US11293399B2
Wind turbine comprising at least a pitch bearing comprising at least two rings, each of the at least two rings attached to a wind turbine component, being a first wind turbine component a blade and a second wind turbine component a hub, and further comprising at least one bearing reinforcement attached to at least one of the two rings. The invention also relates to the pitch bearing of the wind turbine.
US11293397B2
A method for transmitting data from a sensor to a receiver by means of an analog interface, whereby, during a first period of time, the sensor transmits identifier data for identifying the type of the sensor and/or for identifying the type of a component associated with the sensor, and measurement signals of the sensor are only transmitted after the first period of time. In this context, it is also provided that the transmission of the identifier data serves to identify a specific sensor from a group of multiple sensors and/or a specific component that is associated with the sensor from a group of multiple components, whereby the multiple sensors of the appertaining group and/or the multiple components of the appertaining group have mechanically identical interfaces and consequently can fundamentally be employed alternatingly. A method according to the invention is advantageously suitable, among other things, for transmitting data from a cylinder pressure sensor—which is especially integrated into a glow plug of an internal combustion engine—to a receiver, whereby this receiver can especially be integrated into a control unit, for instance, an engine control unit of the internal combustion engine. With such a method according to the invention, before measurement signals of the cylinder pressure sensor are transmitted, the engine control unit of the internal combustion engine can advantageously identify whether a defined, selected cylinder pressure sensor, and particularly a defined selected glow plug with an integrated cylinder pressure sensor, is also actually installed in the internal combustion engine.
US11293393B2
An internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection nozzle in which a nozzle hole that injects fuel is provided to be exposed to a combustion chamber from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, and a hollow duct in which an inlet and an outlet are exposed to the combustion chamber. The duct is provided to penetrate through an inside of the cylinder head so that fuel spray injected from the nozzle hole of the fuel injection nozzle passes from the inlet to the outlet. The duct is preferably configured so that a direction from the inlet to the outlet corresponds to a direction of the fuel spray injected from the nozzle hole.
US11293392B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector. In one example, a system comprises an injector spool valve having a fuel outlet shaped to flow fuel to different portions of a nozzle inlet based on an actuation of the injector spool valve, thereby adjusting a fuel injection angle of a fuel injection.
US11293388B1
The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a system and method of protecting the engines of ATVs by preventing excessive water from entering the belt drive and/or air intake of the vehicle motor. The system includes a riser and valve assembly. Each snorkel valve assembly includes one or more water sensors in communication with a valve. When water is detected by the sensors, the valve closes, preventing water from entering the vehicle engine, transmission, air box, clutch housing, and/or any other vented element of the ATV engine. Instead, the water is diverted out of the system through a drain valve. Accordingly, the system prevents water, mud, and the like from entering the main components of the ATV motor.
US11293376B2
A nacelle comprising a fixed structure with a fixed cowl and a duct, a mobile assembly with a chassis forming a frame and a mobile cowl, the chassis being mobile, relative to the fixed structure, in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position to open an opening through the frame between the duct and the outside. The mobile assembly comprises at least one threaded rod parallel to the direction of displacement and fixed to the chassis through the frame. The fixed structure comprises an outer, an inner, and at least one intermediate box fixed to the inner box and to the outer box. For each threaded rod, the fixed structure comprises a motorized ball nut which meshes with the threaded rod, and an actuator which turns the ball nut and is fixed to at least one box from among the outer, the inner, or the intermediate box.
US11293375B2
An ejector assembly includes a primary nozzle in fluid communication with a primary fluid inlet, a secondary nozzle in fluid communication with a secondary fluid inlet, the primary nozzle being oriented concentrically within the secondary nozzle and the secondary nozzle having a venturi downstream of the primary nozzle, and the primary nozzle having a variable cross-sectional area. A gas turbine engine includes a source of high pressure air, a region of low pressure air, and an ejector assembly, the ejector assembly includes a primary nozzle in fluid communication with a primary fluid inlet, the primary fluid inlet in fluid communication with the source of high pressure air, a secondary nozzle in fluid communication with a secondary fluid inlet, the secondary fluid inlet in fluid communication with the region of low pressure air, the primary nozzle being oriented concentrically within the secondary nozzle and the secondary nozzle having a venturi downstream of the primary nozzle, and the primary nozzle having a variable cross-sectional area.
US11293371B2
Provided is a technique for identifying a variation in an injection amount by estimating a valve opening start timing in an extremely small injection region of a half lift region. Therefore, a fuel injection control device according to the present invention estimates a valve opening start timing of a fuel injection valve by referring to a characteristic of a reference fuel injection valve acquired in advance.
US11293367B2
In a failure determination device for an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger, the failure determination device determining a failure of a breather pipe that is connected between a crankcase and an intake passage at a position on an upstream side of the supercharger, the breather pipe is constituted by a double pipe including an inner pipe and an outer pipe, a communication passage communicates an enclosed space between the inner pipe and the outer pipe of the breather pipe with a portion of the intake passage on a downstream side of the supercharger. When the detected breather outer-pipe gauge pressure is higher than or equal to a determination threshold that is set in accordance with detected intake gauge pressure, the failure determination device determines that the breather pipe is failed.
US11293365B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine, including aligning an injection behavior of the number of injectors. Aligning the injection behavior includes switching off one injector of the number of injectors, detecting a signal of the internal combustion engine that is to be assigned to the switched off injector, determining an alignment characteristic from the signal and assigning the alignment characteristic to the switched off injector as an alignment characteristic assigned to the injector, and switching on the previously switched off injector. Aligning the injection behavior further includes performing the aforementioned steps sequentially for the other injectors of the number of injectors and correcting a control of an injector that is to be corrected using the measured value assigned to the injector that is to be corrected.
US11293363B2
A method for controlling delivery of electric power between a power source and an electric turning machine (ETM) comprises applying a start signal to a start-up power electronic switch to cause turning on of the start-up power electronic switch and to allow delivery of electric power from the power source to the ETM via the start-up power electronic switch. A recharge signal is applied to a run-time power electronic switch to cause turning on of the run-time power electronic switch for delivery of electric power from the ETM to the power source via the run-time power electronic switch. A circuit comprises a discharging circuit including the start-up power electronic switch for delivering the electric power when the start-up power electronic switch is turned on. A charging circuit includes the run-time power electronic switch for delivering the electric power when the run-time power electronic switch is turned on.
US11293356B2
A reset mechanism for an electronic throttle body comprising a valve, a throttle shaft, a reset gear, an upper spring seat, a lower spring seat, and a reset spring. A support leg is installed in the reset gear. The upper spring seat, the reset spring, and the lower spring seat are sleeved outside the reset gear. Two ends of the reset spring are fixed to the upper spring seat and the lower spring seat, respectively. The upper spring seat has an upper support leg surface attached to a first side of a valve limiting block and a side of the support leg. The lower spring seat has a lower support leg surface attached to a second side of the valve limiting block and another side of the support leg.
US11293349B2
A turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising a thermoacoustic system associated with a fluid circuit that serves to supply the engine of the turbomachine with fluid. The thermoacoustic system comprises an exchanger which is connected to the fluid circuit and in which there flows a fluid that is to be cooled, an acoustic attenuation structure which is distinct from the exchanger and which forms all or part of a wall of the fan duct, and at least one heat-duct tube comprising a portion that is entirely received in the acoustic structure and a portion with an end that is received in the exchanger, and a single curved elbow with a non-zero angle between the two portions.
US11293339B2
An engine system comprising an internal combustion engine and a turbocharger, where a diameter of the at least one intake valve is greater than a diameter of the at least one exhaust valve, the salient angle of the piston bowl is at least 10 degrees, the ratio between the piston bowl opening diameter and the piston bowl depth is approximately 0.5 to 2.0, the intake valve opens before top dead center on an exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine and closes before bottom dead center of an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine, and the turbocharger has a combined efficiency of more than 50%.
US11293335B1
A cooling system for a marine inboard internal combustion engine includes at least one engine cooling passage disposed in thermal communication with heat emitting portions of the engine. A pump is in fluid communication with the at least one engine cooling passage. The pump draws cooling water out of the at least one engine cooling passage. At least one outlet drain is downstream of the pump for discharging the cooling water that was pumped out of the at least one cooling passage. A switch activates the pump in response to the following: an operator command to stop the engine and/or a speed of the engine being below a threshold speed.
US11293333B2
An outdoor unit has a frame that carries a ground grooming or working implement, a traction drive, and a cooling fan, all of which comprises loads on a prime mover. A power management controller automatically reduces an operational speed of the traction drive when prime mover droop is present. The cooling fan cools two cooling fluids. The controller stores data representing variable fan speeds for cooling each cooling fluid in both normal and above normal temperature ranges and for use when prime mover droop is present. The controller uses the highest fan speed required for cooling the cooling fluids in the normal range unless the droop fan speed is lower in which case the lower droop fan speed is used but only to the extent that the lower droop fan speed is not lower than the highest fan speed required for cooling the cooling fluids in the above normal temperature range.
US11293332B2
A vehicle electronic control unit water block is provided. The vehicle electronic control unit water block comprises a mounting plate, cooling plate, at least one heat sink, at least one heat sink fin set, and at least one lift plate. The mounting plate and cooling plate define a cooling chamber therein having a first, second and third flow channel. The cooling liquid flows through the first and second flow channels having the at least one lift plate and at least one heat sink therein with a generally minimal and even liquid flow resistance distribution. The at least one lift plate corresponds to an elevated position of the at least one heat sink, such that the volume of cooling liquid flow is even over the lift plates and the thickness of the heat sink is minimized.
US11293331B1
Provided is a cover structure for an air-cooled engine to be cooled by cooling air generated by a cooling fan, the cover structure including: a fan housing covering the cooling fan and configured to guide the cooling air to a cylinder unit, the fan housing being formed with an opening part for maintenance of the cylinder unit; and a debris cover removably attached to the fan housing so as to close the opening part. The fan housing is formed with an air guide plate that constitutes a part of an outer periphery of the fan housing. The air guide plate includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending from the proximal end portion to a cooling fin of the cylinder unit. A reinforcing plate for securing rigidity of the fan housing is formed at the proximal end portion of the air guide plate.
US11293326B2
An exhaust gas purifying device for an internal combustion engine includes: an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) including an insulating member; an insulation resistance detector; and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire an insulation resistance value of the insulating member using the insulation resistance detector each time a trip of the vehicle starts; and execute diagnostic processing to diagnose the state of the EHC when the acquired insulation resistance value is equal to or less than a reference value. In the diagnostic processing, the processor is configured to determine whether or not there is an insulation abnormality of the EHC, based on an index value indicating the degree of decrease in an insulation resistance value of the insulating member of the current trip with respect to an insulation resistance value of the insulating member of one or more past trips including the last trip.
US11293323B2
Systems and methods for reductant delivery in aftertreatment systems for internal combustion engines
A dosing lance assembly for an exhaust component includes: a housing comprising: a plate having a first channel, an endcap having a second channel, and a pipe having a first end coupled to the plate and a second end coupled to the endcap, wherein at least a portion of the pipe is airfoil-shaped; and a delivery conduit having a first end coupled to the plate and a second end coupled to the endcap, such that reductant is flowable from the first channel to the second channel.
US11293322B2
A method of recognizing deactivation of an exhaust gas catalytic converter is disclosed. For this purpose, coverage of storage sites of the exhaust gas catalytic converter with rich gas components is modeled (60) and the deactivation is recognized from a proportion of the occupied storage sites in a total number of storage sites.
US11293320B2
Provided is a control device configured to be able to execute a forced regeneration process in an engine which includes a DOC and DPF disposed in an exhaust passage of the engine, and a temperature increase unit including an exhaust throttle valve, for increasing a temperature of each of the DOC and the DPF. The forced regeneration process includes a first temperature increase process of controlling the temperature increase unit such that the temperature of the DOC is increased to a first temperature, and a second temperature increase process of controlling the temperature increase unit such that the temperature of the DPF is increased to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature after completion of the first temperature increase process. The control device includes a valve opening/closing operation execution part configured to cause the exhaust throttle valve to execute a valve opening/closing operation of increasing an opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve to be greater than a predetermined opening degree for a predetermined time, when the forced regeneration process is switched from the first temperature increase process to the second temperature increase process.
US11293316B2
There is provided a muffler structure of a saddle-type vehicle. The muffler structure is disposed at a downstream side of an exhaust pipe extending from an exhaust port of a cylinder head. A pipe is connected to the exhaust pipe and inserted into a muffler main body. The pipe is provided with an expansion chamber having an inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the exhaust pipe. At least a part of the expansion chamber is disposed in the muffler main body, and a plurality of through holes are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the expansion chamber disposed in the muffler main body.
US11293314B1
The Autonomous Oil Change System allows a user to arrive at a station and conduct an oil change on their vehicle. They do so by opening the lid/cover located on the front of the car on the machine to process the payment. This permits the user to insert their debit/credit card on the machine to process their payment and to begin the process and receive an oil change in a few minutes with a receipt and a date recommendation for their next oil change. The system then performs the oil change autonomously. A first hose extends from an oil pan of a vehicle to an externally accessible point on the vehicle. A sensor indicates a level of oil and generates a signal for a pump to draw an oil in the oil pan via the hose externally accessible on the vehicle based on the signal from the sensor.
US11293302B2
An anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion unit having an air inlet lip at the front end, an internal structure and an external panel extending the air inlet lip, and an annular rigidifying frame having an external peripheral edge connected to the external panel is disclosed. The anterior part of the nacelle includes a shock-absorbing element connected rigidly on the one hand to an internal peripheral edge of the rigidifying frame and on the other hand to the internal structure.
US11293298B2
A compressor case to blade tip clearance system comprising a rotor having blades with tips, the case including an inner case comprising at least one surface feature fluidly coupled to a distribution manifold disposed in a cooling air passageway, the at least one surface feature configured to interact with the cooling air, and a tip clearance located between the tips and the inner case; wherein the tip clearance is maintained responsive to a flow of the cooling air over the at least one surface feature.
US11293293B2
Turbomachine casing treatments are described. A turbomachine that includes an example of a turbomachine casing treatment includes a wheel, a casing, and a fluid pressurizer. The wheel has a hub that defines a rotational axis and a plurality of blades. The casing has a first end, a second end, and defines an inner surface that surrounds the plurality of blades, an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a passageway, and a channel that extends from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The passageway extends from a first passageway opening that is defined on the inner surface and a second passageway opening that is defined on the inner surface and is disposed between the first passageway opening and the first end of the casing. The fluid pressurizer is disposed within the passageway.
US11293290B2
A turbine component includes a substrate made from monocrystalline nickel-based superalloy including rhenium, which has a γ-γ′ Ni phase, and an average weight faction of chromium of less than 0.08, a sublayer made from nickel-based metal superalloy covering the substrate, in which the sublayer made from metal superalloy includes at least aluminium, nickel, chromium, silicon, hafnium and has, predominantly by volume, a γ′-Ni 3 Al phase.
US11293282B2
A flow-off telemetry system and method of communicating information from a downhole location in a borehole to a surface location while fluid circulation is off. A string is conveyed in the wellbore to define an inner bore and an annulus. During a flow-off condition, an inner bore sealing element closes the inner bore to create a first standing column of fluid in the inner bore, and an annulus sealing element closes the annulus to form a second standing column of fluid in the annulus. A bypass valve in the string at a downhole location between the first standing column of fluid and the second standing column of fluid is activated to generate a pressure pulse including information for performing an action. The pressure pulse is received at a pressure sensor at the surface location and a controller performs an action in response to the information in the pressure pulse.
US11293278B2
A system and method for identifying a position of a sliding sleeve. The system may comprise an outer housing, a sliding sleeve within the outer housing, one or more magnetic switches, and a magnet. A method may comprise closing a switch within a magnetic switch disposed with a magnet, wherein the magnetic switch is disposed downhole, and transmitting an electric current into a first electric branch, wherein the electric current traverses through first electric branch, through the magnetic switch, to a second electric branch, and to a node. The method may further comprise measuring the electric current or voltage at the node and identifying a position of a sliding sleeve in an outer housing from the measurement. The method may further comprise calibrating a linear resistor position sensor assembly based at least in part on the measurement.
US11293269B2
Methods and systems for controlling a set of tools for hydrocarbon recovery are presented. One example system generally includes a first tool and a first control device mounted on the first tool and configured to operate the first tool. The first control device includes an explosion-proof housing and a processor disposed in the housing. The system further includes a second tool and a second control device mounted on the second tool and configured to operate the second tool. The second control device includes an explosion-proof housing and a processor disposed in the housing.
US11293258B2
Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner integrated structure material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner integrated structure including contiguous voids formed in the casing liner integrated structure material, and depositing a cementitious material into the contiguous voids formed in the casing liner material to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including the casing liner integrated structure material and the cementitious material.
US11293252B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses of the present disclosure generally relate to dissolvable plugs for separating fluids in a wellbore. A dissolvable plug includes a first end comprising a first fluid barrier. The first fluid barrier includes a polymer film. The dissolvable plug also includes a second end opposite to the first end. The second end comprises a second fluid barrier. The second fluid barrier comprises a polymer film. The dissolvable plug includes a solid structure made of a sand and salt mixture.
US11293246B2
A downhole placement tool includes an actuation (122) and a placement assembly. The actuation assembly includes a housing (226a) having a fluid pathway therethrough and an actuation piston seated in the housing to block the fluid pathway. The actuation piston is movable by fluid applied thereto to open the fluid pathway and allow the fluid to pass therethrough. The placement assembly is connected to the actuation assembly (122), and includes a housing (226b) having a pressure chamber (217b) to store the wellbore material (103) therein, a door (219), and a placement piston. The placement piston includes a piston head (264a) slidably movable in the housing, and a rod (264b) connected between the piston head (264a) and to the door (219). The piston head (264a) is movable in response to the flow of the fluid from the actuation assembly (122) into the placement assembly to advance the placement piston and open the door (219) whereby the wellbore material (103) is selectively released into the wellbore.
US11293226B2
A system is provided for safe access to a roof through an opening in a roof of a structure having a fixed ladder leading upward to the opening. The system includes a mechanism to drive a set of pushrods to raise a hatch covering the opening. The system may include a section of ladder secured to the underside of the hatch. The system may have an extendable ladder driven by the drive mechanism to slide along the fixed ladder and extend through the opening in the roof when the hatch is raised. The system may include a safety pole driven by the drive mechanism to extend through the opening in the roof when the hatch is raised. The system allows someone who needs to access the roof for inspection or maintenance to safely open the hatch, climb up through the opening in the roof, and safely step onto the roof.
US11293211B2
A vehicle door opening and closing device includes: a detection unit having three or more detection sections configured to detect an object, wherein each of the detection sections has a detection range for the object, and two or more operation zones are defined by partial overlapping of the detection ranges of the detection sections which are adjacent to each other; and a control section configured to cause a door driving section to control a door to open and close when a predetermined movement performed by the object is detected in any of the two or more operation zones. The control section is configured to use detection results of two of the detection sections corresponding to the operation zone where the object has first been detected for detection of movement of the object in preference to other detection results.
US11293209B2
A device for controlling a door of a vehicle includes a drive unit that pivots the door between closed and open positions, wherein the closed and open positions define a pivoting range of the door. The device includes a control unit to control the drive unit. The device also includes a sensor unit that monitors the pivoting range. The sensor unit transmits a collision signal when an object is in the pivoting range while the drive unit is pivoting the door. The control unit transmits a switch-off signal to the drive unit if the control unit receives the collision signal.
US11293207B2
A hinge cover assembly (10) for a hinge having an elongate hinge arm has first and second cover members (20, 22) mountable about the hinge arm so as to completely encircle the hinge arm over at least part of its length. The first cover member (20) has a channel portion (24) which surrounds the arm on three sides and the second cover member (22) is mountable to the first enclose the arm on the other side. The first cover member (20) has locking projections (46) on the inner surface of a side wall that engage in apertures in the hinge arm. The cover assembly (10) is particularly suited for use with a swan neck hinged used to mount a boot lid to a vehicle body. A housing portion (32) of the first cover member encapsulates a mounting structure of the hinge and may have a clip formation for clamping an edge region of a trim panel mounted to the boot lid.
US11293202B2
An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. A shroud may at least partially enclose a portable electronic device. A dock may releasably engage the shroud such that the shroud and portable electronic device are locked to the dock when engaged with the dock. A key may engage activate a lock mechanism to release the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock.
US11293200B2
The invention relates to a child safety latch for limiting movement of a first element with respect to a second element, comprising a prong assembly secured to the second element, said prong assembly including a prong arm with a terminal end; a receiving means secured to the first element for capturing the terminal end of said prong, to stop movement of the first element with respect to the second element by a specified distance from the second element; by automatic engagement of the receiver of the receiving means with the terminal. The prong arm being movable by a user between a first position in which the terminal end is captured by the receiver preventing movement of the first element with respect to the second element and a second position in which the terminal end is released from the receiver permitting movement of the first element with respect to, and further away from, the second element; in a way that the prong arm is resilient and returns to the first position after release by the user such that when the first element is moved back towards the second element, the latch is automatically reactivated such that subsequent movement of the first element away from the second element by the specified distance will result in re-engagement of the terminal end and the receiver. Secondary lock means is provided which is biased to a locked position in which it prevents movement of the prong arm by the user until the secondary lock means is first moved by the user to an unlocked position.
US11293179B2
A structural panel is manufactured from at least two generally parallel and spaced-apart thin-shell cementitious skins that are joined by a truss matrix. The elements creating the truss matrix, being the truss, the face mesh, and the insulating core, are selected to meet the structural loads to be placed thereon. The thickness of each cementitious skin is selected to meet the structural loads to be placed thereon.
US11293177B2
A permanent wood foundation wall which includes a frame having a first member, a second member spaced apart from the first member, and two side members. The first member, second member, and two side members each have a front surface and a rear surface that form the front frame surface and the rear frame surface. A cavity is formed between the front frame surface and the rear frame surface of the frame and the first member, second member, and two side members are formed from a wood material including a preservative. Further, the permanent wood foundation wall includes a sheathing board having a first side attached to the rear frame surface of the frame and a second side opposite the first side, a waterproofing membrane applied to the second side of the sheathing board, and a foam layer formed within the cavity of the frame.
US11293176B2
To improve soundproofing performance of a soundproofing wall constituted by wall members overlapping with a hollow portion therebetween. A resonance state of an outer wall member of a soundproofing wall which includes an inner wall member on the side of a sound generation source, an outer wall member outwards from the inner wall member with respect to a position of the generation source, and a hollow portion which is provided between the inner wall member and the outer wall member is detected. A pressure of the hollow portion is adjusted so that the resonance state is a minimum based on adjustment of the pressure of the hollow portion.
US11293166B2
A subsoil tool for ameliorating soil compaction having a shank attached to a toolbar of a tractor, wings on forward wing links pivotally engaged to the shank, and following wings on a wing rod pivotally engaged with the forward wing link. The forward wing links are positioned near the bottom of the shank in front of the rear of the shank. The wing rod is positioned behind the shank. A power link is engaged to the toolbar, a hydraulic drive cylinder, and the wing rod for enabling oscillation of the wing rod relative to the shank.
US11293163B2
A hydraulic drive apparatus includes a boom flow rate control valve, a target boom cylinder speed calculation part, a pressing force calculation part, a correction part, and a boom flow rate operation part. The target boom cylinder speed calculation part calculates a target boom cylinder speed for making the construction surface by the bucket closer to the target construction surface. The pressing force calculation part calculates the pressing force by which the bucket is pressed against the construction surface, based on the cylinder thrust of the boom cylinder and the center-of-gravity position information on the center-of-gravity position of the work device. The correction part corrects the target boom cylinder speed to make the deviation between the target pressing force and the calculated pressing force closer to 0. The boom flow rate operation part operates the boom flow rate control valve to provide the corrected target boom cylinder speed.
US11293157B2
A ground mounting assembly includes one or a plurality of posts, each attached to at least one stabilizing plate or scoop pyramid. The post may be driven into the ground and then lifted to deploy plates into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground by a pile driver with plate held in place, released, and driven further and deployed into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground and double pounded inside the post to drive reinforcing plate into slotted winglets, or driven, double pounded and rotated to extend the reinforcing plates horizontally from the pole or pile. The post also can used as a mooring in harbors, lakes, or at sea. A system based on a double pounder pile driven mono pole, optionally extendable in length, is also described.
US11293153B1
An erosion control wattle formed using parallel rows of loops that interlock with succeeding and preceding rows of loops and forms a hollow tubular sock whereby biomass is inserted into hollow tubular sock and deployed in areas whereby erosion is likely to occur and whereby said erosion control wattle blocks high volume flow of water and filters turbid water.
US11293145B2
An installation device for tension clamps for attaching a rail to a railroad tie or another rail substructure, a method for attaching at least two tension clamps in their installation position by such an installation device, and a system made of an installation device with a drive device connected to it are disclosed.
US11293144B2
The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
US11293143B2
A method to produce dried single-layer or multi-layer paper is disclosed. The method comprises, for a single-layer paper, preparing and spraying a partially dehydrated first fibrous web with a spray solution or suspension to give a sprayed partially dehydrated first fibrous web, and dehydrating the sprayed partially dehydrated first fibrous web by applying heat to form a dried single-layer paper; or, for a multi-layer paper, preparing and spraying a partially dehydrated layer compound with a spray solution or suspension to form a sprayed layer compound, and dehydrating the sprayed layer compound by applying heat to form a dried multi-layer paper. The spray solution or suspension comprises water and at least one water-soluble polymer P, which is obtained by polymerizing: (i) a monomer of formula H2CCHNHC(0)R1, where R1 is H or C1-C6- alkyl; and (ii) one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers different from monomer (i).
US11293131B2
A major appliance such as a laundry washing machine, a dryer, a cooking appliance or a dishwasher includes an internal steam generator fluidly coupled to a hand held steam accessory that is configured to be manually operated to perform a steaming operation external to the cabinet.
US11293121B2
The present invention relates to fabrics and/or garments/apparel that confer protection to a wearer by resisting break open, and/or by absorbing at least a portion of any incident energy. The fabrics/garments/apparel described herein comprise yarns prepared from blends of polymers and woven in stellar weave. The blend of fibers comprises flame retardant viscose fibers, meta aramid fibers, para aramid fibers, Nylon 66 fibers, and antistatic fibers in a predefined proportion. A process of manufacturing the fabric for wearable light weight protective apparel comprises processes of spinning, weaving, wet processing and garmenting carried out in a predefined manner.
US11293101B2
A method for fabricating a perovskite film includes the steps of: placing a substrate on a substrate stage in a chamber, the substrate stage configured to rotate around its central axis at a rotation speed; depositing first source materials on the substrate from a first set of evaporation units, each coupled to the side section or the bottom section of the chamber; depositing second source materials on the substrate from a second set of evaporation units coupled to the bottom section, wherein the chamber includes a shield defining two or more zones having respective horizontal cross-sectional areas, which are open and facing the substrate, designated for the two or more evaporation units in the second set. The perovskite film includes multiple unit layers each being formed by one rotation of the substrate stage, and having composition and thickness thereof controlled by adjusting evaporation rates, rotation speed and horizontal cross-sectional areas.
US11293098B2
A method for performing gapfill of features of a substrate including a) arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber; b) performing atomic layer deposition (ALD) to deposit film in a feature of the substrate; c) supplying an inhibitor plasma gas to the processing chamber and striking plasma in the processing chamber to inhibit deposition in upper portions of the feature as compared to lower portions of the feature; d) repeating b) N times, where N is an integer greater than one, and repeating c) M of the N times where M is an integer greater than zero and less than or equal to N; e) supplying an etch gas to the processing chamber to etch the film in the feature of the substrate; and f) repeating b) to e) one or more times to gapfill the feature of the substrate.
US11293096B2
A vaporization system includes a vaporization chamber having a first portion and a second portion. A first fluid supply part is connected to the first portion of the vaporization chamber, and configured to supply a mixed fluid in which a first carrier gas and a liquid precursor are mixed, toward the second portion. A second fluid supply part is configured to supply a second carrier gas toward the mixed fluid at the second portion.
US11293082B2
A powder containing tungsten carbide has an Fsss particle size of greater than or equal to 0.3 μm and less than or equal to 1.5 μm, and a content rate of the tungsten carbide of greater than or equal to 90% by mass. The powder has a crystallite size (average particle diameter) Y satisfying a relational expression of Y≤0.1×X+0.20 (X: the Fsss particle size of the power containing tungsten carbide).
US11293075B2
A steel sheet for hot press comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure that includes ferrite and cementite and in which Mnθ/Mnα is 1.4 or more, where Mnα is a Mn concentration of the ferrite and Mnθ is a Mn concentration of the cementite.
US11293074B2
Disclosed is a hot-pressed member that can exhibit very high tensile strength after hot pressing as high as TS: 1780 MPa or more, excellent resistance to resistance welding cracking, and excellent delayed fracture resistance after resistance welding by having a specific chemical composition, and a microstructure such that a prior austenite average grain size is 7 μm or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and at least 5 Nb-based precipitates having a grain size of less than 0.08 μm are present on average per 100 μm2 of a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the member within a range of 100 μm in the thickness direction from a surface of the member, and such that a Ni diffusion region having a thickness of 0.5 μm or more is present in a surface layer of the member.
US11293072B2
An process for the on-line quenching of seamless steel tube using residual heat, a method for manufacturing a seamless steel tube, and a seamless steel tube. The process for the on-line quenching of a seamless steel tube comprises the following steps: when the temperature of a tube is higher than Ar3, evenly spraying water along a circumferential direction of the tube so as to continuously cool the tube to be not higher than T° C., the cooling rate being controlled to be E1° C./s to E2° C./s to obtain a microstructure with martensite as the main composition, wherein T=Ms−95° C., Ms represents the martensitic phase transition temperature, E1=20×(0.5−C)+15×(3.2−Mn)−8×Cr−28×Mo−4×Ni−2800×B, and E2=96×(0.45−C)+12×(4.6−Mn), and the C, Mn, Cr, Ni, B and Mo in the equations each represents the mass percentages of corresponding elements in the seamless steel tube.
US11293066B2
The present invention relates to a method for assessing the response to PD-1/PDL-1 targeting drugs based on the differential expression levels of BINP3 and GBE1.
US11293054B2
The inventions provided herein relate to detection reagents, compositions, methods, and kits comprising the detection reagents for use in detection, identification, and/or quantification of analytes in a sample. Such detection reagents and methods described herein allow multiplexing of many more labeled species in the same procedure than conventional methods, in which multiplexing is limited by the number of available and practically usable colors.
US11293053B2
The invention relates to a mediator probe comprising a probe region and a mediator region. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system comprising a mediator probe and a detection molecule, use of that system and a method for detection of at least one target molecule.
US11293044B2
The present invention relates to the co-production and isolation of mycoprotein and ethanol from carbohydrate feedstock material (e.g cereals). The present invention also provides a fermentation system for the co-production of mycoprotein from a carbohydrate feedstock material.
US11293042B2
The invention relates to a genetically modified microorganism for making a oligosaccharide, preferably of 3-8 monosaccharide units, more preferably of 3-5 monosaccharide units, particularly a HMO, which comprises one or more genes encoding a sucrose utilization system, so the microorganism can use sucrose as a carbon and energy source.
US11293040B2
Provided is a method of producing one or more sesquiterpene compounds comprising: contacting an acyclic FPP precursor with a polypeptide having terpene synthase activity, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 55% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, to produce one or more terpenes selected from the group consisting of isovalencene, spirovetiva-1(10),7(11)-diene and valencene or derivatives thereof, or mixture of sesquiterpenes comprising one or more of isovalencene, spirovetiva-1(10),7(11)-diene and/or valencene; and optionally isolating the one or more terpenes or the mixture. Also described is a nucleic acid derived from Vetiveria zizanoides encoding a polypeptide having sesquiterpene synthase activity, a polypeptide that can be used to produce one or more sesquiterpenes or a mixture of sesquiterpenes comprising one or more of isovalencene, spirovetiva-1(10),7(11)-diene and/or valencene, and a non-human organism or cell comprising the nucleic acid or comprising an expression vector comprising the nucleic acid.
US11293035B2
The invention relates to a process for producing biogas from fibrous substrate by anaerobic fermentation. The process is characterised in that a) the fibrous substrate is fed together with process liquid to a fermenter containing anaerobic microorganisms depending on the TSS content ascertained in this fermenter, b) the fibrous substrate is subjected to wet fermentation in this fermenter to produce biogas c) the output containing fermented fibrous substrate is drawn off from the fermenter and the TSS content in the fermenter is ascertained, d) the TSS content ascertained is compared with a fixed target range and e) depending on the result from d), step a) is repeated with adjusted amounts in order to comply with the target range for the TSS in the fermenter.
US11293032B2
Provided are isolated polynucleotides at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-479, 813-5173, 8511, 8513, 8515, 8517, 8519, 8521, 8523, 9096-9141 and 9142; and isolated polypeptides at least 80% homologous to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 624, 480-623, 625-812, 5174-7015, 7017-7021, 7024, 7026-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, 9143-9177, such as the polypeptides set forth in SEQ ID NO:480-812, 5174-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, and 9143-9177, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells and plants expressing same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.
US11293027B2
The present invention provides a recombinant Bacillus subtilis with improved 2′-fucosyllactose production, and a construction method thereof. In the present invention, a strain capable of efficiently synthesizing 2′-fucosyllactose is obtained by the fusion expression of the fucosyltransferase gene and the L-fucokinase/guanosine 5′-diphosphate-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase gene in Bacillus subtilis BSGL-FF, the fermentation supernatant of which comprises a cumulative amount of 2′-fucosyllactose as high as 1.62 g/L, which is 55% higher than the amount achieved with the control strain. The construction method of the recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the present invention is simple, and convenient to use, and thus has good application prospects.
US11293010B2
Disclosed herein are method of producing NK cells that include one or more heterologous nucleic acids. The methods include culturing a population of isolated NK cells in the presence of one or more cytokines to produce a population of activated NK cells. The population of activated NK cells are transduced with a viral vector comprising the one or more heterologous nucleic acids, for example by contacting the activated NK cells with viral particles including the viral vector. The resulting transduced NK cells are then cultured in the presence of one or more cytokines, and optionally in the presence of irradiated feeder cells, to produce a population of expanded transduced NK cells. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject with a disorder (such as a tumor or hyperproliferative disorder) by administering to the subject NK cells produced by the methods described herein.
US11293003B2
The present set of embodiments relate a system, method, and various devices for installation of a bioproduction system. The bioproduction system includes a rigid housing having a moveable platform to assist in the installation of a bioprocessing container within. The system also includes mounting systems for a variety of peripherals originating from the flexible container while safeguarding operators. More specifically, the system includes systems and methods for mounting bearings, organizing tube sets, and placement of the flexible container in its proper orientation.
US11293001B2
As with many human physiological systems, issues within the central nervous system can arise for individuals leading to a variety of neurological disorders including, but not limited to, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Alzheimer' disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, demyelination, and axonal degeneration. However, culture devices presently provide researchers with limitations in their research. Embodiments of the invention aims to address these various limitations and allow studies, methods and screenings which cannot be performed with prior art culture devices. These include reducing manufacturing complexity, volumes of pharmaceuticals and cells required, allowing use in fields other than neurobiology, improved adhesion within the desired micro-channel regions of the devices, and increasing cell survival in cultures. Accordingly, microfluidic devices comprising a connecting chamber and micro-channel having the same depth which prevents hydrostatic pressure, end walls of the connecting chamber and micro-channel arrays having a high angle relative to the fluid flow direction for supporting culturing and topside of the connecting chamber that has been profiled in order to improve the adhesion of cells is provided.
US11292999B2
A bioreactor system may include (a) two or more fluidically coupled vessels configured to collectively carry out a bioreaction; (b) one or more fluidic paths coupling the two or more vessels to one another, where the fluidic paths are configured to provide flow of culture medium between the two or more vessels; (c) one or more fluid transfer devices along at least some of the one or more fluidic paths; and (d) a control system. The control system may be configured to (i) read or receive values of one or more parameters characterizing the culture medium in one or more of the vessels, and (ii) use the values to determine an adjusted flow rate in at least one of the fluidic paths to maintain substantially uniform values of the one or more parameters in the culture medium from vessel-to-vessel among the two or more vessels.
US11292991B2
An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt % of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt % of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.
US11292990B2
Provided herein are solid textile treating compositions; compositions containing colorants stabilized with one or more colorant stabilizers; compositions containing colorants that do not need to be stabilized by one or more colorant stabilizers; solid wash cycle conditioning agents; liquid textile treating compositions; cleaning agent compositions containing these; methods of making these; methods of treating textiles with these; textiles treated by these; containers containing the compositions; and methods of visually designating when a composition has reached or passed its pull date.
US11292987B2
A compressor system includes a compressor including a compressor inlet, a compressor outlet, and a bearing assembly, the compressor configured to compress a heat transfer fluid. An additive dispenser is fluidly coupled to the compressor upstream of the bearing assembly. The additive dispenser is configured to controllably release a volume of an additive material into the heat transfer fluid, the additive material configured to lubricate the bearing assembly. A method of lubricating a bearing assembly of compressor includes locating a volume of additive material at an additive dispenser fluidly coupled to a compressor, dispensing a portion of the additive material into the flow of heat transfer fluid at a selected time, flowing the heat transfer fluid containing the additive material to a bearing assembly of the compressor, and lubricating the bearing assembly of the compressor with the additive material.
US11292967B2
A method of treating a substrate comprises applying an electric field to a substrate comprising a layer of a dopant on at least one surface; applying a predetermined temperature to the substrate in the electric field; applying the electric field and the predetermined temperature for a time sufficient to induce migration of the dopant into the substrate to provide a doped substrate; and removing the electric field and returning the doped substrate to about room temperature, wherein the doped substrate is characterized in that a spectral laser output of the doped substrate exhibits a nominally single frequency having a linewidth less than about 5 nm. The substrate may be a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material, which may be optically transparent. Before treatment, the substrate may be an undoped substrate or a doped substrate.
US11292961B2
An aqueous synthetic acid composition is provided for use in oil industry activities The composition comprises: lysine and hydrogen chloride in a molar ratio ranging from 1:3 to 1:12.5, preferably from more than 1:5 to 1:8.5 The composition may further comprise a metal iodide or iodate and an alcohol or derivative thereof. The composition demonstrates advantageous properties for synthetic acids at temperatures above 90° C. The composition is useful in various oil and gas industry operations. Preferred embodiments of the composition provide substantial advantages in matrix acidizing by increasing the effectiveness of wormholing.
US11292955B2
Embodiments provide a method for controlled release of a cement additive for use in a wellbore. The method includes the steps of mixing an aramide capsule with a cement slurry to form an additive-containing slurry, and introducing the additive-containing slurry into the wellbore. The aramide capsule is formed by interfacial polymerization where an aramide polymer forms a semi-permeable membrane encapsulating the cement additive.
US11292936B2
A paint composition comprises (A) a binder component and (B) a rheology control agent, the rheology control agent (B) comprising a reaction product of (b1) a polyisocyanate compound, (b2) a primary monoamine having a number average molecular weight of 300 or less, and (b3) a polyether amine having a number average molecular weight of more than 300 but less than 6000.
US11292935B2
Provided is a latex-based composition capable of being applied to a surface to form a strippable coating on the surface that can encapsulate substances. The composition may include a latex polymer component and an anti-freeze component, and have a viscosity of less than or equal to about 90 cP. The composition may be delivered as an aerosol spray or a misting agent.
US11292933B2
The present technology relates generally to a stable oil-in-water emulsion containing upconverting nanoparticles. In particular, the present technology relates to an ink formulation comprising a stable oil-in-water emulsion of upconverting nanoparticles useful for security printing. Preferably the upconverting nanoparticles comprise a β-Na(RE)F4 nanoparticle, wherein RE is a lanthanide, yttrium, or a combination or mixture thereof.
US11292930B2
A textile printing ink jet ink composition set includes a textile printing ink jet ink composition having a hue angle ∠h° within a range of 260° or more and 310° or less and a chroma C* of 45 or less, which are specified in the CIELAB color space, on a textile printing product after textile printing; and a textile printing ink jet ink composition having a hue angle ∠h° within a range of 15° or more and 80° or less and a chroma C* of 65 or less, which are specified in the CIELAB color space, on a textile printing product after textile printing.
US11292929B2
An aqueous UV curable inkjet ink includes an aqueous medium, and capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core containing one or more polymerizable compounds having an alkyne group or an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the aqueous UV curable inkjet ink contains one or more photoinitiators and one or more thiol compounds having at least two thiol groups.
US11292926B2
An impregnate with antistatic properties for use in laminates or for coating wood-based panels is disclosed. A resin used for impregnating and/or coating paper may include carbon-based particles, at least one compound of the general formula (I) R1aR2bSiX(4-a-b), and/or hydrolysis products thereof. X is H, OH, or a hydrolysable moiety selected from the group including halogen, alkoxy, carboxy, amino, monoalkylamino or dialkylamino, aryloxy, acyloxy, or alkylcarbonyl. R1 is an organic moiety selected from the group including alkyl, aryl, or cycloalkyl, which may be interrupted by —O— or —NH—. R1 has at least one functional group Q1 selected from a group including a hydroxy-, amino, monoalkylamino, carboxy, mercapto, alkoxy, aldehyde, acrylic, acryloxy, methacrylic, methacryloxy, cyano, isocyano or epoxide group. R2 is a non-hydrolyzable organic moiety selected from the group including alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl; a is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and b is 1, 2, 3, or 4.
US11292923B2
A composite resin comprising silver nanoparticles and a polymer where the silver nanoparticles are formed by reduction of silver ions by the functional groups of the polymer without the addition or application of an external reducing agent. The composite e resin has a low silver leach rate. The composite resin may be used as a surface coating, particularly an antimicrobial or antifouling surface coating.
US11292921B2
An antimicrobial coating composition is disclosed. The composition delivers several orders of magnitude improvement in the reduction of infectious materials (i.e., microbial substances, including bacteria, fungus, germs, and other pathogens). An advanced high performance antimicrobial coating composition that is able to eliminate and reduce the bacteria and germ count at a log reduction of greater than 5 within 10 minutes of exposure.
US11292913B2
Granules of material usable as a road binder or as a sealing binder including a core and a coating layer, wherein: the core consists of a first composition including at least one material selected from: a bitumen base, a pitch, a clear binder, and the coating layer consists of a second composition which includes: at least one viscosifying compound selected from cellulose ethers, and at least one anticaking agent. Also, a method for producing granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder, and the use thereof as a road binder, in particular for the production of coated materials. Also, a method for producing coatings from granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder and to a method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling granules.
US11292911B2
An aqueous composition contains N-benzyl-substituted N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropylsiloxane hydrochlorides, wherein the composition after storage for 6 weeks at 60° C. has a color number of ≤1 Gardner, a content of methanol of ≤0.5% by weight, an active substance content of ≤60% by weight, and a content of water of ≥40% to ≤60% by weight, and wherein the components in the composition sum to 100% by weight.
US11292909B2
The present invention provides an extrudable polymer composition comprising a base polymer and a bicomponent fiber comprising a low melt temperature component selected from the group consisting of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polylactic acid (PLA) and a high melt temperature component selected from the group consisting of PET, 100% PDLA, 100% PLLA or a 50/50 blend of 100% PDLA and 100% PLLA, and nylon wherein the base polymer has a melt temperature of about 20° C. to 40° C. lower than this high melt temperature component of the bicomponent fiber.
US11292906B2
Aqueous silicone polymer emulsion The presently claimed invention relates to a composition in form of an emulsion of water incompatible silicone oil comprising droplets of silicone oil dispersed in a continuous aqueous phase. The composition provides better slip and mar resistance, anti-blocking properties and optical properties to the coating formulations, printing ink, personal care product compositions, textiles, leather and indirect food contact applications.
US11292897B2
A composition comprising (A) from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene component including at least one propylene based polymer having a propylene content of at least 50.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the propylene based polymer, and a melt flow rate from 0.5 g/10 min to 200.0 g/10 min (ASTM D-1238 at 230° C., 2.16 kg); (B) from 1 wt % to 60 wt % of a polyolefin elastomer; (C) from 1 wt % to 20 wt % of a block composite comprising (i) an ethylene-propylene copolymer, (ii) an isotactic polypropylene copolymer, and (iii) a block copolymer including an ethylene-propylene soft block that has a same composition as the ethylene-propylene copolymer of the block composite and an isotactic polypropylene hard block that has a same composition as the isotactic polypropylene copolymer of the block composite; and (D) optionally, from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of an antioxidant.
US11292896B2
A rubber composition is based on at least: a copolymer A, with a content of greater than or equal to 50 phr, said copolymer A being a copolymer based on at least one ethylene monomer and on at least one vinyl acetate monomer a reinforcing inorganic filler as agent for coupling between said copolymer A and said reinforcing inorganic filler, a copolymer B different from said copolymer A, said copolymer B being a copolymer based on at least one alpha-olefin monomer and on at least one functional monomer Y; and a peroxide crosslinking system. This composition is especially intended for the manufacture of semi-finished products for tires or for the manufacture of tires.
US11292894B2
The invention describes a composite material for heat storage comprising a thermochemical material (TCM) encapsulated in a water vapour permeable polymeric material. The thermochemical material preferably comprises at least one salt, at least one salt hydrate or a mixture of these, wherein the salt is preferably capable of binding water in an exothermic reaction, such as calcium chloride. Encapsulation in a water vapour permeable polymeric material results in an improved stability, cyclability of the thermochemical material, a reduced regeneration temperature and reduced corrosion of the environment. The composite according to the invention is particularly suitable for energy storage, preferably in the field of building and construction, and more preferably in the seasonal storage of solar energy.
US11292893B2
A resin composition is provided that contains a urethane resin and a smectite with partially immobilized lithium.
US11292889B2
The present invention relates to a benzophenone derivative and an aqueous copolymer dispersion comprising the benzophenone derivative. This invention also relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous copolymer dispersion. The benzophenone derivative provides better crosslinking efficiency and improvement to dirt pick up resistance performance.
US11292881B2
Provided is a polyoxyalkylene group-containing organosilicon compound which contains at least one group represented by structural formula (1) in one molecule and has a polyoxyalkylene structure in the main chain. This polyoxyalkylene group-containing organosilicon compound exhibits satisfactorily fast curability and excellent safety even when an amine compound is used as a curing catalyst (In the formula, each R1 independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-10 alkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted C6-10 and group, each R2 independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-10 alkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted C6-10 aryl group, and each R3 independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-10 alkyl group, or a hydrogen atom. m is a number from 1-3, and n is an integer of 2 or greater. A dashed line represents a bond.)
US11292879B2
A method of manufacturing an isolated polyetherimide composition includes combining an as-synthesized polyetherimide comprising units of the formula (I) and a melt-stabilizing amount of a tri(C8-30 acyl) glyceride, an anhydride of the formula (II), or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, to provide a mixture; and isolating a polyetherimide composition from the mixture to provide the isolated polyetherimide composition having a change in complex viscosity measured over 30 minutes at 390° C., at a shear rate of 6.28 rad/seconds, strain=5%, and under nitrogen, from +15 to −20%, preferably from +10 to −20%, more preferably from +5 to −20%.
US11292877B2
Provided is an amorphous polyamide resin that has a small weight change rate under hot and humid conditions and that can maintain a good appearance even when formed into a molded article and placed under hot and humid conditions. Also provided is a molded article including the amorphous polyamide resin. An amorphous polyamide resin includes: constituent units derived from a diamine and constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid, not less than 70 mol % of the constituent units derived from a diamine being constituent units derived from isophoronediamine, the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid including constituent units derived from an α,ω-straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 8 to 14 carbons and constituent units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.
US11292876B2
The present disclosure provides a non-hydrocarbyl-based alcohol initiated polyetheramine. In particular, the polyetheramine of the present disclosure is produced from a tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol-based initiator which is alkoxylated and then reductively aminated. The polyetheramine of the present disclosure may be used in a variety of applications, such as a raw material in the synthesis of a dispersant for use in an aqueous pigment dispersion.
US11292875B2
Provided is a mixture which can be subjected to a Diels-Alder reaction, comprising polymer (I) and polymer (II), wherein the structures of the polymer (I) and the polymer (II) are as shown in (I), wherein x1, y1, x2, y2, z1 and z2 are percentage molar contents; said x1 is >0, x2 is >0, y1 is >0, y2 is >0, z1 is ≥0, and z2 is ≥0; x1+y1+z1=1, and x2+y2+z2=1; Ar1, Ar2, Ar2-1, Ar3, Ar4 and Ar4-1 are each independently selected from: an aryl, or heteroaryl group containing 5-40 ring atoms; R1 and R2 are each independently a linking group; D is a conjugated diene functional group, and A is a dienophilic functional group; and n1 is greater than 0, and n2 is greater than 0. The mixture for a Diels-Alder reaction has a very good optical performance.
US11292873B2
Implementations described herein generally relate to etheramine mixtures formed from a mixture of two or more multifunctional alcohol initiators, processes for the etheramine mixtures production, and its use as a curing agent or as a raw material in the synthesis of polymers. In one implementation, the process comprises mixing a polyol initiator having a melting point greater than a processing temperature and a polyol initiator having a melting point less than the processing temperature to form a polyol initiator mixture having a melting point less than the processing temperature, charging the polyol initiator mixture to an alkoxylation reaction zone, contacting the polyol initiator mixture with an alkylene oxide in the alkoxylation reaction zone to provide a mixture of alkoxylated precursor polyols and charging the mixture of alkoxylated precursor polyols to a reductive amination zone and reductively aminating the mixture of alkoxylated precursor polyols to form the etheramine mixture.
US11292872B2
Provided is an epoxy resin composition maintaining excellent adhesion and having low dielectric tangent. Specifically, provided is an epoxy resin composition comprising a specific epoxy resin and a phenol-based curing agent.
US11292871B2
Compositions and methods for forming epoxy resin systems are provided. In one embodiment, a composition is provided for an epoxy resin system including a liquid epoxy resin component including a liquid epoxy resin and an acrylate monomer, a curing agent component including a compound having an imidazole group and, optionally, a co-curing agent for the compound having an imidazole group comprising a phenolic monomer compound, a branched chain carboxylic acid, and combinations thereof, and a non-aromatic polyol compound. The composition may be used to form composites, such as used in commercial wind turbine blade manufacturing.
US11292870B2
The present disclosure provides a polymeric material including a reaction product of a polymerizable composition and having a solids content of 90% or greater. The polymerizable composition includes a uretdione-containing material including a reaction product of a diisocyanate reacted with itself, a first hydroxyl-containing compound having a single OH group, and a second hydroxyl-containing compound having more than one OH group. The first hydroxyl-containing compound is a primary alcohol or a secondary alcohol, plus the second hydroxyl-containing compound is a diol and the reaction product contains 0.2 to 0.5, inclusive, of diol equivalents relative to isocyanate equivalents. The present disclosure also provides a two-part composition, in which the polymeric material is included in the first part and the second part includes at least one amine. Further, a method of adhering two substrates is provided, including obtaining a two-part composition; combining at least a portion of the first part with at least a portion of the second part to form a mixture; disposing at least a portion of the mixture on a first substrate; and contacting a second substrate with the mixture disposed on the first substrate. The disclosure also provides a polymeric material and a method of making a two-part composition. Advantageously, two-part compositions according to the present disclosure can be used as coatings and adhesive systems with handling and performance similar to existing two-part urethane systems, but with less sensitivity to water.
US11292865B2
A reaction mixture and a process for making a polyisocyanurate comprising rigid foam having a density in the range 50-500 kg/m3 is disclosed, said process having a cream time >35 seconds and a snap cure behaviour.
US11292864B2
The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a hot blend of a first isocyanate-based uretdione resin and a second isocyanate-based uretdione resin, a neutralized polyol and a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, pigments (colorants), wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the first isocyanate and the second isocyanate are different. The isocyanate-based uretdiones that have been hot blended together produce coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants, which exhibit better performance properties (such as microhardness) than those coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants produced from the constituent isocyanate-based uretdiones alone.
US11292863B2
The present invention relates to a polyolefin-polystyrene multi-block copolymer having a structure comprising a polyolefin block and polystyrene blocks bonded to both ends of the polyolefin block, to an organozinc compound for preparing the same, and a method for preparing the polyolefin-polystyrene multi-block copolymer.
US11292857B2
Processes and systems for preparing copolymers of ethylene and a polar comonomer include contacting an initial feed comprising ethylene and a polar comonomer with a first polymerization initiator in a continuous stirred tank reactor to form a first polymer, which may then be contacted with second polymerization initiator in a plug flow reactor to form a second polymer. The process yields a second polymer having a lower melt flow index (and higher molecular weight) with high polar comonomer content. The polar comonomer may be, for example, vinyl acetate to prepare a poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of up to about 33% while maintaining the melt flow rate less than about 10 g/10 minutes without the use of fillers.
US11292848B2
Described herein are humanized anti-TL1A antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
US11292846B2
Bispecific antibodies binding ALK-1 and BMPR-2 The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies binding human ALK-1 and human BMPR-2. Also provided are BsABs which are agonists of ALK-1/BMPR-2 signaling, and BsABs which do not trigger osteogenic signaling. Furthermore, the invention relates to pharmaceutical uses of the BsABs, in particular for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Also provided are methods to screen for BsABs for use in the therapy, e.g. of pulmonary hypertension.
US11292841B2
An anti-PD-1 nano-antibody capable of blocking a binding interaction between PD-1 and a ligand thereof, PD-L1. Disclosed are the nano-antibody, a nucleotide sequence encoding the nano-antibody, a corresponding expression vector, a host cell expressing the nano-antibody, and a method of producing the nano-antibody. Also disclosed is a humanized PD-1 nano-antibody sequence. The humanized nano-antibody can block the binding interaction between PD-1 and the ligand thereof, PD-L1 while still retaining a high affinity.
US11292838B2
The invention relates to a method for generating an antibody binding to a cell surface protein of interest, the method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a non-human cell which does not express the endogenous form of the cell surface protein of interest but expresses an exogenous form of the cell surface protein of interest comprising at least one human segment; (b) immunization of a non-human animal with the cell line provided in step (a); (c) generation of hybridomas from the immunized non-human animal of step (b); (d) screening for an antibody that binds to the cell surface protein of interest by contacting the antibodies secreted by the hybridomas of step (c) with human cells which do not express the endogenous form of the cell surface protein of interest but express an exogenous form of the cell surface protein of interest comprising at least one human segment.
US11292836B2
The present invention is directed to a novel antibody against CD47 and the antibody fragments thereof and a composition comprising the antibody or antibody fragments thereof. The present invention relates further to a nucleic acid encoding the antibodies or antibody fragments thereof and host cells comprise the same, as well as the relevant use of the same. In addition, the present invention is also directed to the use of these antibodies and antibody fragments in the therapy and diagnosis.
US11292829B2
The invention provides a method for culturing mammalian cells. The method provides greater control over cell growth to achieve high product titer cell cultures by changing the temperature of the cell culture and/or by starving the cells in their asparagine supply.
US11292824B2
Described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), wherein the recombinant hCG in the composition comprises α2,3- and α2,6-sialylation and comprises mono-(1S), di-(2S), tri-(3S) and tetra-(4S) sialylated glycan structures. The recombinant hCG may be obtained by expression in a human cell line, such as the PER.C6 cell line, optionally wherein the cell line is modified using α2,3-sialyltransferase.
US11292823B2
Fusion molecules composed of a type I interferon protein or portion thereof and a type III interferon protein or portion thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the fusion molecules, and methods for their use in inhibiting infection, inhibiting or treating cancer, inducing signaling of transcription of IFN-stimulated genes through an IFN-αR2 chain in a subject suffering from an infection which degrades or downregulates an IFN-αR1 chain, and treating various diseases or conditions are provided.
US11292822B2
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders.
US11292817B2
Provided herein are mutant single-chain Mycobacterium smegmatis porin (Msp) and uses thereof.
US11292811B2
Provided are a long-acting prodrug of Entecavir, preparation method and use thereof, wherein the prodrug of Entecavir has a structure of formula I. The prodrug of Entecavir can be released slowly, sustainably and steady, and converted to active compound of Entecavir to achieve a long-acting effect.
US11292810B2
The present invention relates to novel Inclusion Complexes of Compound A, compositions comprising an Inclusion Complex of Compound A, and methods of using the Inclusion Complexes of Compound A for preparing compositions useful for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient, wherein Compound A has the structure:
US11292809B2
This application belongs to the field of pharmaceutical technology, and relates to the crystals of glycyrrhizic acid derivatives, their crystalline and pharmaceutical compositions, and medical use thereof, and, in particular, to the crystalline form A, crystalline form B, crystalline form C, crystalline form D, and crystalline form E of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate, the method of preparing the crystals, the crystalline and pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystals, and medical use thereof. The crystalline forms prepared according to this application have overcome the defects of the compound of Formula I prepared according to the prior art, such as solid caking, difficult filtration, hard drying, and poor clarity. They are also suitable for industrial production, and capable of improving product safety.
US11292808B2
The present invention relates to neisserial LPS having a hexa-acylated lipid A moiety, wherein the hexa-acylated lipid A moiety is modified as compared to the lipid A moiety of a wild-type neisserial LPS in that it comprises a palmitoleoyl instead of a lauroyl secondary acyl chain on the glucosamine at the non-reducing end of the lipid A moiety. The invention further relates to mixtures of the hexa-acylated LPS with the corresponding penta-acylated LPS, lacking a secondary acyl chain on the glucosamine at the non-reducing end of the lipid A moiety. The invention also relates to neisserial bacteria that have been genetically modified to reduce expression of the endogenous lpxL1 gene and to introduce expression of a heterologous thermosensitive lpxP gene for producing the hexa- and penta-acylated LPS. By selecting the time and/or temperature at which the bacterium is grown, it is feasible to increase or decrease the amount of hexa-acylated lipid A structure relative to the corresponding penta-acylated structure and thereby modulate the TLR4 agonist activity of the neisserial LPS of the invention, to the exact level of activity required for a particular immunotherapeutic approach.
US11292799B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted azetidine dihydrothienopyrimidines with phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity, and to their use in therapy, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to methods of treating diseases with the compounds (I).
US11292790B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to employing an aggregation of participant sensor coverage areas to determine if there are missing coverage areas or unwanted overlapping coverage areas. If there are missing coverage areas, then at least one participant is instructed to modify its sensor coverage area to at least partially cover the missing coverage area. Conversely, if at least one participant has a sensor that is providing unwanted overlap of other sensor coverage areas, then that participant may be instructed to stop using that sensor, utilize that sensor for other data transmission purposes, or modify the coverage area to be non- or less-overlapping.
US11292786B2
Provided are a pyrimidine compound represented by Formula 1, a method of preparing the compound, and a pharmaceutical use of the compound for the prevention or treatment of cancer.
US11292777B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing a cyclic carbonate, which has the advantages of high yield, mild reaction conditions, high catalytic efficiency under room temperature and 1 atm pressure conditions, and wide substrate scopes. It is not only suitable for monosubstituted epoxides, but also suitable for disubstituted epoxides. The method comprises the step of reacting epoxides of Formula (I) with carbon dioxide in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt and a catalyst, to obtain a cyclic carbonate of Formula (II). The reaction formula is:
US11292774B2
Provided is a method for the synthesis of N-protected 3,6-bis-[4-aminobutyl]-2,5-diketopiperazine including the step of heating a solution of ε-amino protected lysine in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and phosphorus pentoxide.
US11292770B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, agricultural compositions containing them and their use as herbicides (Formula 1), wherein R1, R2, L, G and W are as defined in the disclosure, and A is selected from (Formula A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9 and A-19) and X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, Y and Y1 are as defined in the disclosure.
US11292767B2
Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of MCT4 mediated diseases, such as proliferative and inflammatory diseases, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition MCT4 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
US11292766B2
Provided is a substituted piperidine compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for narcolepsy.
US11292764B2
Novel photoacid generator compounds are provided. Compositions that include the novel photoacid generator compounds are also provided. The present disclosure further provides methods of making and using the photoacid generator compounds and compositions disclosed herein. The compounds and compositions are useful as photoactive components in chemically amplified resist compositions for various microfabrication applications.
US11292755B2
Olefins may be produced from C4-C6 saturated hydrocarbons by systems and methods comprising passing a feed comprising C4-C6 saturated hydrocarbons and hydrogen into a dehydrogenation unit to produce a dehydrogenation effluent, passing at least a portion of the dehydrogenation effluent into a hydrogenation unit to produce a hydrogenation effluent, and passing at least a portion of the hydrogenation effluent into a cracking unit to produce a cracking effluent comprising olefins. The dehydrogenation unit includes a dehydrogenation catalyst, the hydrogenation unit includes a hydrogenation catalyst, and the cracking unit includes a cracking catalyst.
US11292754B2
A method of producing p-xylene, the method comprising the steps of converting the C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and the hydrogen gas in the presence of a dealkylation catalyst to produce a dealkylation effluent, separating the dealkylation effluent to produce a carbon-nine (C9) aromatics stream, a xylene stream, and a toluene stream, separating the p-xylenes from the xylene stream in the p-xylene separation unit to produce a p-xylene product and a p-xylene depleted stream, converting the m-xylene and o-xylene in the p-xylene depleted stream in the isomerization unit to produce an isomerization effluent, reacting the C9 aromatics stream and the hydrogen stream in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst in the transalkylation reactor to produce a transalkylation effluent, separating the C6 to C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons in the isomerization effluent and the transalkylation effluent in the splitter column to produce a benzene recycle, a toluene recycle, a xylene recycle and a C9+ recycle.
US11292748B2
The present invention relates to zirconium oxide powder for thermal spraying and a method for its manufacture. Furthermore, the present invention relates to thermal insulation layers, which are obtained using the zirconium oxide powder according to the invention.
US11292735B1
A system for generating aqueous ozone solution includes a plurality of auxiliary compartments fluidically coupled to an ozone supply unit enclosure, wherein each of the auxiliary compartments includes a mixing assembly. At least one of the mixing assemblies includes a first flow path for water to flow through and a second flow path in parallel with the first flow path. The first flow path includes one or more ozone intake ports that are fluidically coupled to one or more ozone output ports of the ozone supply unit enclosure. The second flow path includes a control valve that selectively permits a portion of the water to flow through the second flow path to produce a negative pressure in the first flow path so that ozone is drawn into the first flow path and mixed into the water flowing through the first flow path to produce an aqueous ozone solution.
US11292733B2
An electrolyzed water generation device is provided with a first flow passage delivering electrolyzed water generated in one of a first polar chamber and a second polar chamber of an electrolytic chamber, a second flow passage delivering electrolyzed water generated in the other one of the first polar chamber and the second polar chamber, a double autochange crossline valve in which a flow rate regulating valve 74 and a flow passage switching valve 85 are interlocked, a polarity switching unit 51 switching the polarities of a first power feeder 41 and a second power feeder 42, and a determination unit 52 determining switching timing of the polarity switching unit 51 and the flow passage switching valve 85. The determination unit 52 integrates electrolysis time in the electrolytic chamber 40 and determines that the switching timing arrives when an integrated electrolysis time t reaches a predetermined threshold value T without the polarity being switched.
US11292728B2
A light-absorbing material includes a compound, wherein the compound has a perovskite crystal structure represented by the formula AMX3 where a Cs+ ion is located at an A-site, a Ge2+ ion is located at an M-site, and I− ions are located at X-sites, and at least a part of the compound has an orthorhombic perovskite crystal structure. An X-ray diffraction pattern of the compound measured using Cu Kα radiation may have a first peak at a diffraction angle (2θ) of 25.4° or more and 25.8° or less and a second peak at a diffraction angle (2θ) of 24.9° or more and 25.3° or less, and an intensity of the first peak may be 30% or more of an intensity of the second peak.
US11292725B2
A method and arrangement for recovering lithium hydroxide from a mineral containing lithium, by pulping the raw material containing lithium in the presence of water and an alkali metal carbonate, leaching the obtained slurry twice, first at an elevated temperature, and secondly in an aqueous solution containing an alkali earth metal hydroxide, separating the thus obtained slurry into solids and a solution containing lithium hydroxide, the latter being purified, whereby lithium hydroxide monohydrate can be recovered from the purified solution by crystallising, and finally separating the solution obtained during the crystallization from the process and recycling it to one or more of the previous process steps.
US11292710B2
A fluid management system includes a fluid management controller and a fluid dispenser. The controller authorizes control of the one or more fluid management components over a wireless interface. A dispensing meter can be activated by an authentication device. The fluid meter includes a cartridge valve with a valve cartridge and a valve stem. The cartridge valve guides the valve stem and provides the only sealing surface for the dynamic seals and control seal disposed on the valve stem. The handheld meter dispenses through a nozzle, which includes an overmolded stem tip that generates a laminar fluid flow as the fluid exits the nozzle. The handheld fluid meter includes circuitry configured to invert the orientation of a visual output provided by a display of the handheld fluid meter to facilitate installation of the handheld fluid meter for use in an oil bar application.
US11292697B2
A monitoring system for monitoring an escalator is provided including: a local gateway device; and a sensing apparatus in wireless communication with the local gateway device through a short-range wireless protocol, the sensing apparatus including: a frequency detection device configured to detect frequency data of the escalator, wherein the sensing apparatus is configured to obtain a specific frequency of a component of the escalator and detect at least one of a change in the specific frequency of the component to a sub-frequency, a direction shift of the specific frequency of the component, and a change in a harmonics of the specific frequency of the component in response to the frequency data.
US11292692B2
A speed governing system, a releaser, an elevator speed governing system, and an elevator. The speed governing system comprises a speed governor for detecting an overspeed condition of a motion device, and a releaser connected to the speed governor. The releaser comprises: a housing; at least one positioning pin having a section that is disposed in the housing and at least partially constructed to have an arc-shaped outline; and a releasing component passing through the housing and provided with a groove on its portion located in the housing, wherein the groove is constructed to be adaptable to the arc-shaped outline, for accommodating the section to fix the releasing component relative to the housing, and be separated from the section when the speed governor detects the overspeed condition and moves the releasing component relative to the housing.
US11292691B2
A monitoring unit, for monitoring an elevator system, includes a circuit assembly having a power supply unit for dispensing a grid-dependent first operating voltage and at least one processor-controlled monitoring module to actively and/or passively ascertain state data of the elevator system. An energy storage unit, that dispenses a grid-independent second operating voltage, and a first switching device supply the first operating voltage to the monitoring module during a normal operation and supply the second operating voltage to the monitoring module in the event of a power outage. A non-volatile data storage unit that stores a variable operating parameter and a second switching device deactivate parts of the circuit assembly. The monitoring module actuates the second switching device based on the stored operating parameter that has a first value before the monitoring unit is started and has a second value after the monitoring unit is started.
US11292681B2
A sheet feed device includes a pair of sheet feed rollers, a pair of separation pads, and a first contact portion. The pair of sheet feed rollers are provided in alignment with an interval between them in a width direction perpendicular to a feeding direction in which sheets placed on a sheet placing portion are fed, and feed a sheet from the sheet placing portion. When an overlapping sheet overlaps under a target sheet that is in contact with the pair of sheet feed rollers, the pair of separation pads separate the overlapping sheet from the target sheet. The first contact portion is provided on the holder at a position between the pair of separation pads and projecting more than contact surfaces of the pair of separation pads, and comes in contact with the lower surface of the sheet.
US11292677B2
A conveyor sled assembly is utilized to supply proppant in support of oilfield hydraulic fracturing operations. The conveyor sled assembly includes precisely positioned components where tolerances between components are so small as to prevent significant spillage at component junction boundaries. This manner of fitting proppant pods onto the conveyor sled assembly increases predictability of which pods will discharge their proppant load first. This enhances reliability of the overall proppant delivery system.
US11292659B2
Disclosed is a packing system for a slide of an aircraft evacuation system, the packing system having: a rigid packboard having a first side end and a second side end that opposes the first side end; a first valise flap having a first outer end and a first inner end, the first outer end connected to the first side end of the rigid packboard; a second valise flap having a second outer end and a second inner end, the second outer end connected to the second side end of the rigid packboard; and lacing for tying together the first inner end of the first valise flap and the second inner end of the second valise flap, wherein the first valise flap and the second valise flap are formed of a heat shrink material.
US11292656B2
A method of assembling a box from a blank including obtaining a blank including a plurality of outer side panels, the outer side panels connected to each other by a plurality of fold lines, a plurality of outer bottom panels each joined to each of the outer side panels by a fold line, a plurality of connecting strips each joined to each of the outer side panels by a fold line, a plurality of inner side panels each joined to each of the connecting strips by a fold line, and a plurality of inner bottom panels each joined to each of the inner side panels by a fold line; and joining the outer side panels at opposite ends such that the outer side panels form a ring.
US11292649B2
The packaging bag is a packaging bag made of a laminate formed in a bag shape, the laminate being composed of a paper substrate, a foamed sheet made of polyolefin resin laminated on an inner side relative to the paper substrate, and a sealant layer laminated on an inner side relative to the foamed sheet, which are laminated with the sealant layer facing inward. In the packaging bag, a thickness of the foamed sheet is in a range of 0.8 mm to 5.0 mm, an expansion ratio of the foamed sheet is in a range of 15 to 50 times, and a bending stiffness of the paper substrate in an MD direction is in a range of 150 mN to 700 mN.
US11292636B2
A protective bottle enclosure includes a container having a neck, a shoulder, and a body, wherein the neck includes a plurality of threaded portions and a plurality of planar portions located intermediate the plurality of threaded portions. The enclosure further includes a removable cap from which extends a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion, the first and second threaded portions being located along opposing sides of the sidewall, and a first planar portion and a second planar portion disposed adjacent and between the first and second threaded portions. The first and second threaded portions of the cap are aligned with the plurality of planar portions along the neck when the cap is axially inserted into the container.
US11292622B2
Packages used to deliver items or other payloads via a drone may be customized and 3D printed to house the payload. The package may be customized to minimize the size and/or weight needed to house the payload. The customized packages may include one or more attachment mechanisms adapted to engage with or otherwise be coupled to the drone for delivery. Multiple individual customized packages can be secured together into a composite package for delivery by drone. The customized package may be designed to be aerodynamic given the shape of the payload and the flight characteristics of the drone. The drone itself may be the package, with the payload housed within a portion of the drone. The package and/or a portion of the drone (e.g., fuselage, wing, body, frame, etc.) may be printed at least partially in, on, or around an item or package to be transported by the drone.
US11292621B2
A spacecraft onboard equipment and payload storage system comprising a spacecraft having an interior volume, wherein said interior volume comprises a interior annular portion; a annular storage support track connected to said spacecraft within said spacecraft's interior annular portion; and at least one storage module that is movably connected to said annular storage support track.
US11292615B2
An aircraft structural deformation sensor system comprises a deformation sensor arrangement comprising one or more transceiver(s), each transceiver matched to at least one corresponding transponder and configured to be attached to a support component. The deformation sensing arrangement is configured such that one or more range values between the at least one transceiver and the at least one corresponding transponder is determinable by the transceiver. A deformation controller is configured to process the one or more range values from the transceiver(s) and compute a deformation state of the deformable component relative to the support component.
US11292613B2
According to an embodiment, a drone-storable pole elevation system comprises a pole vertically fastened to a ground, an elevation device formed through the pole to be moved up or down by external power, and at least one drone station formed on the elevation device and having a top opening to receive a drone.
US11292611B2
The embodiments described herein provide for lightning protection in aircrafts constructed with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP). In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) panel, a second CFRP panel that overlaps with the first CFRP panel in a vertical direction, and a fastener to join the first CFRP panel with the second CFRP panel, the fastener extending in the vertical direction in an area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap. The apparatus further includes a plurality of electrically conductive pins in each of the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel, wherein the pins extend in the vertical direction proximate to the fastener to electrically connect the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel in the area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap.
US11292610B2
A camera module for surveillance of a passenger cabin of an aircraft, including a covering device for securing in a longitudinal cutout of a service channel including a carrier part having a circular securing cutout and including a mounting structure at least partly surrounding the securing cutout. A camera device includes a camera housing having a mounting portion with a spherically curved outer surface, and includes a camera unit having a lens accommodated in a front cutout of the camera housing, an optical sensor for generating image data, the optical sensor being in an interior of the camera housing, and a data interface for transferring the image data, wherein the camera housing is mounted by the mounting portion in the mounting structure to be rotatable or pivotable about at least two axes, and a locking device for locking the camera housing relative to the mounting structure.
US11292600B2
An aircraft contaminant removal system includes one or more membrane separators configured to absorb a contaminant from a cabin air stream into a liquid sorbent, desorb the contaminant from the liquid sorbent, discharge the contaminant in a contaminant stream, and return clean air back to the cabin. In some examples, the contaminant removal system includes a membrane scrubber-separator and a membrane stripper-separator, while in other examples, the contaminant removal system may include a single membrane separator configured to operate in a scrubbing mode and a stripping mode. The contaminant removal system may include a humidity management system configured to maintain a humidity of the clean air stream or water concentration of the liquid sorbent using one or more water sources of the aircraft or a thermal management system configured to maintain a temperature of the liquid sorbent using one or more heat exchangers fluidically coupled to an aircraft air stream.
US11292596B2
An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly coupleable to the fuselage, and an empennage including a pair of tail booms configured to be removably coupled to the wing assembly. The wing assembly includes a pair of boom interfaces located on laterally opposite sides of the fuselage. Each tail boom has a boom forward end configured to be mechanically attached to one of the boom interfaces using an externally-accessible mechanical fastener.
US11292595B2
An unmanned flying device including a body; a first blade and at least a second blade; a coupling assembly for coupling the first blade and the at least second blade to the body, wherein the coupling assembly urges the collapsing of the first blade and the at least second blade towards the body; and wherein both the first blade and the at least second blade are rotatable about the body, and wherein the first blade and the at least second blade are deployable away from the body via rotation of the first and the at least second blades about the body.
US11292585B2
An electrically powered STOL aircraft having dedicated motors energized to deploy movable landing gear driven to propel short takeoffs and to actively rotate downwardly to engage the runway surface as the aircraft approaches touchdown on landing. The front and rear landing gear, or both, may be powered and actuated in the landing process with braking to shorten the landing distance, each driven landing gear wheel having a dedicated electric motor and coaxial brake.
US11292582B2
Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along an elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along the elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) relative to the elongated track member (36C).
US11292581B2
The 3D extension linkage 100 can include at least one arm that includes two elements connected by a joint. The linkage can include an actuation mechanism, additional arms and/or each arm can include more than two elements, tie rods and/or cross pieces connecting two or more arms, and any other suitable components. The linkage 100 functions to translate and rotate a body attached to one end of the arm relative to a primary structure attached to a second end of the arm.
US11292580B2
In a propulsion unit for an aircraft, including a nacelle and a turbojet engine supported by a pylon, a nacelle includes an outer shroud, a fixed internal structure defining, with the outer shroud, an annular space in which a cold air stream can circulate, and a sealing ring positioned between the fixed internal structure and the pylon. The sealing ring is used to separate a cold pylon zone from a hot engine zone. The propulsion unit includes a ventilation device allowing a portion of cold air of the cold air stream to be deviated to the sealing ring in order to ventilate the sealing ring.
US11292579B2
An aircraft empennage includes a lower vertical fin member attached to a rear portion of a fuselage, and an upper stabilizer assembly connected to the lower vertical member by an articulating mount configured to allow movement of the upper stabilizer assembly relative to the lower vertical member to adjust pitch trim of the fuselage. The upper stabilizer assembly includes first and second horizontal stabilizer portions and at least one upper vertical member.
US11292578B2
A monolithic skin for an aerodynamic structure is provided. The skin comprises a root end defining a root opening; a tip end opposite to the root end; a trailing-edge portion defining a slot opening extending from the root opening toward the tip end; a leading-edge portion extending spanwise from the root end to the tip end; and a middle portion extending between the trailing edge and the leading-edge portion and at least partially defining an open slot in fluid communication with the slot opening and root opening. The middle portion comprises an interior surface facing the open slot that is graded so that the middle portion decreases in thickness spanwise toward the root end. The middle portion also comprises a first integrated spar section extending from the interior surface to the tip end.
US11292577B2
A method for manufacturing a wing box for aircraft comprises the steps of arranging, on a curing surface, a first panel of composite material, alternately arranging, on the first panel, along a transverse direction, a rib of non-polymerized composite material and a tool comprising a central part, a bottom part and a top part, wherein the central part of each tool is interposed between said bottom part and the top part and may be extracted in a transverse direction, arranging a second panel of composite material by putting said second panel in contact with the flanges of each rib, pulling out the central part of each tool along the transverse direction and removing the top part and the bottom part of each tool, and subjecting the first panel, the second panel, and each rib to a curing process in autoclave with vacuum bag.
US11292575B2
In the field of aeronautics, there is disclosed an aircraft with reduced installation noise and specifically an aircraft wing and jet engine system including an aircraft wing and at least one jet engine with high bypass ratio attached to the wing, suitable for emitting a jet intercepted by a first portion of the trailing edge of the wing. The range formed by the set of angles with orientation α defined by a vector following the direction of the jet and by a vector following the tangent at a point of the first portion of the trailing edge and oriented towards the wing tip of the wing, is included within a range of angles selected from the range delimited by 5° and 65°, and the range delimited by 115° and 175°.
US11292570B2
Disclosed are a method and a virtual sensor system for determining the speed through water of a marine vessel. The method includes obtaining propeller revolutions per minute and at least one of torque at propeller, propulsion power, thrust and engine fuel flow, obtaining speed over ground or logged data from one or more speed through water logs of the vessel and using the obtained data and hydrodynamic modelling to determine the speed through water of the vessel.
US11292564B2
Disclosed is a mast intended to equip a marine or submarine vessel. The mast includes a metal structure extending along an axis and a fairing arranged externally to the structure in a direction normal to the axis. The fairing is removably assembled to the structure.
US11292560B2
A supervisory propulsion controller module, a speed and position sensing system, and a communication system that are incorporated on marine vessels to reduce the wave-making resistance of the multiple vessels by operating them in controlled and coordinated spatial patterns to destructively cancel their Kelvin wake transverse or divergent wave system through active control of the vessels separation distance with speed. This will enable improvement in the vessel's mobility (speed, payload and range), improve survivability and reliability and reduce acquisition and total ownership cost.
US11292555B2
A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, a mounting member, at least one fastening member, and a cover member. The sprocket body has at least one first threaded portion. The mounting member has at least one fastening hole configured to be aligned with the at least one first threaded portion in the assembled state. The at least one fastening member has a fastening shaft portion, a fastening head portion, and a second threaded portion. The second threaded portion is configured to threadedly engage with the at least one first threaded portion of the sprocket body in the assembled state. The cover member is configured to at least cover the fastening shaft portion of the at least one fastening member when viewed from an axial direction with respect to the rotational center axis in the assembled state.
US11292547B2
A system includes a first wheel connected to a left vehicle body comprising a first upper case and a first lower case, a second wheel connected to a right vehicle body comprising a second upper case and a second lower case, a rotating connection member between the left vehicle body and the right vehicle body, a plurality of batteries placed inside the rotating connection member, and a controller on at least one of the first upper case and the second upper case.
US11292545B2
A multimedia system may include a main control unit of a bicycle lock, a display unit, and a cloud server. The display unit may include a plurality of display screens. The main control unit may report an electric quantity of the shared bicycle to the cloud server when the bicycle lock is unlocked. The cloud server may send multimedia information to the main control unit when the shared bicycle is at a high level of electric quantity. The main control unit may refrain from turning on the display unit when the shared bicycle is at a low level of electric quantity. The multimedia system may turn on or off a display screen according to the electric quantity of the shared bicycle, and the display screen may display the multimedia information for advertising. The multimedia system may further include a navigation module to provide navigation for users and facilitate user travel.
US11292544B2
A bicycle has a spider including a torque input section and at least one torque output section; a crank assembly coupled with the spider through the torque input section and applying an input torque to the spider; a chainring mounted to the spider through the at least one torque output section and receiving an output torque from the spider; a gauge disposed and oriented generally along a tangential direction or a quasi-tangential direction with respect to the torque input section and the at least one torque output section; and a circuitry coupled to the gauge and receiving a signal from the gauge.
US11292534B2
Exemplary vehicle truck bed assemblies may include a unibody construction. A cargo box of an exemplary truck bed assembly may include at least two different floor-to-side wall mating configurations, and each of the at least two different mating configurations is non-visible from within a cargo space established by the cargo box. In addition, each of the at least two different mating configurations may include a fastener, such as a weld, an adhesive, and/or a bolt, for adjoining adjacent mating surfaces of the cargo box floor and side wall.
US11292520B2
A method for providing an intervening action for a host vehicle. A target is detected in the vicinity of the vehicle it is determined that the host vehicle is travelling on a collision course with the target. When a collision with the target is predicted to occur within a predetermined time period and no driver initiated steering action for avoiding the collision course has been detected, controlling a steering control system to provide an initial steering torque action to the steerable wheels of the host vehicle for providing an initial steering action towards the same side of the target as a detected safe side. A driver initiated steering action is in response to the initial steering torque action is detected. Next, the intervening action is provided for altering the present driving course of the host vehicle for avoiding a collision with the target.
US11292515B2
A work vehicle includes a chassis defining a longitudinal axis, a prime mover configured to move the chassis in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and a steering assembly configured to pivot a wheel relative to the chassis. The steering assembly includes a knuckle coupled to the wheel, a tie rod coupled to the knuckle and having a ball portion, a steering cylinder, and a joint assembly. The steering cylinder is slidably coupled to the chassis and configured to translate relative to the chassis along a cylinder axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The steering cylinder includes a connection portion having an inner circumferential surface that partially defines a bearing pocket. The joint assembly couples the ball portion to the connection portion and includes a bearing race that is received into the bearing pocket in direct contact with the inner circumferential surface. The bearing race receives the ball portion.
US11292512B2
A method of operating an electric power assisted steering system of the kind in which an electric motor applies an assistance torque to a part of the steering system as a function of an assistance torque signal, the assistance torque reducing the force required by the driver to turn a steering wheel, comprises during normal operation generating an assistance torque signal that is dependent on the torque applied by the driver, and during a fault operation in which the torque applied by the driver is not reliably known to the system generating an assistance torque signal that is derived from a first term that has a value that varies as a function of the angular position of the steering relative to a changeable datum, the angular position of the changeable datum being updated in the event that the direction of rotation of the steering changes.
US11292508B2
There is provided a novel electric power steering device capable of continuing a steering assist function as much as possible even in an environment where moisture enters inside a housing of an electric motor due to breakage of a rubber boot and an electrical short circuit phenomenon occurs. A stator 14 around which a winding is wound is vertically divided into two areas in the direction of gravity, a winding 16 of one system is wound in the upper stator area of the stator 14 while the winding 16 of the other system is wound in the lower stator area of the stator 14, and power of the winding of one system is controlled by an electronic control means 33 of one system while power of the winding of the other system is controlled by an electronic control means 34 of the other system. Even if moisture enters inside the housing of the electric motor due to breakage of the rubber boot, occurrence of the electrical short circuit phenomenon is suppressed at least in the winding wound on the upper side, whereby the steering assist can be continued.
US11292504B2
Vehicles, steering systems, and steering assemblies of a vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, a steering system includes a track oriented substantially in a side-to-side direction with respect to the vehicle. The side-to-side direction may be substantially horizontal with a ground surface and substantially perpendicular with a forward-facing direction of the vehicle. The steering system also includes a steering wheel adapted to slide laterally along the track. In another embodiments, the present disclosure provides a vehicle comprising a steering wheel assembly adapted to be positioned in laterally variable locations with respect to the vehicle, whereby the steering wheel assembly is further adapted to enable a driver to manually operate the vehicle from a left-hand side of the vehicle and from a right-hand side of the vehicle.
US11292502B2
A steering assembly for a machine is provided. The steering assembly includes a frame. The steering assembly also includes a steering column mounted on the frame. The steering column includes a steering input device and a controller communicably coupled to the steering input device. The steering assembly further includes a steering wheel operably coupled to the steering column. The steering wheel is disposed adjacent to the steering input device.
US11292501B2
It is provided a steering wheel for a motor vehicle having a steering-wheel frame and at least one element for setting the vibration frequency and/or the inertia of the steering wheel. The at least one element is electrically conductive and is part of a sensor element.
US11292498B2
A loading frame includes a rectangular u-shaped frame with an opening at one side, forks extendable and retractable between the closed side and the open side of the U-shaped frame, loading frame wheels on one arm of the U-shaped frame, and a truck interface on the other arm of the U-shaped frame. The loading frame wheels and truck interface support travel of the frame in a direction other than the direction of travel of the forks between the open and closed sides of the U-shaped frame.
US11292496B2
A method for supplying power to railway operating elements that are arranged along a railway line. A terminal station has a power supply device. At least one substation has a power supply subunit for at least one connected railway operating element. An input-side control unit of the substation modifies the current consumption in the substation incrementally, with corresponding modification of the voltage of the power supply subunit to match the rated voltage of the railway operating element on the substation, and producing a coded message. The control device of the terminal station modifies the output voltage according to the coded message, until the rated voltage for the railway operating element is reached on the power supply subunit. When the nominal voltage is reached the power supply subunit is connected to the railway operating element.
US11292490B2
An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a user interface device with a display. A computing system determines, based upon a profile of the passenger, that support is to be provided pictorially to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. The computing system further detects occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger. The computing system yet further sets a predefined pictorial support message defined in an account corresponding to the event maintained in a database prior to occurrence of the event as a pictorial support message to be presented to the passenger. The computing system additionally causes the display to present the pictorial support message, wherein the pictorial support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous vehicle.
US11292485B2
A method for granting access and driving authorizations and driving commands to be carried out, in the form of a data format, for a vehicle. A plurality of data processing systems of different user groups, which exchange the data format via a plurality of communication connections, are used, and an exchange undertakes the distribution of the data format among the respective involved user groups and into the vehicle.
US11292484B2
A vehicle control device includes an operation detection unit detecting an operation input to an operation input unit capable of being used when increasing or decreasing a travel speed of a host vehicle, when initiating a following control with respect to a preceding vehicle, or when reinitiating the following control with respect to the preceding vehicle, and a lane change control unit performing a lane change control based on the operation input detected by the operation detection unit. In the case that a first operation input is performed, the lane change control unit performs a lane change into a first lane located on one side of a host vehicle lane where the host vehicle is traveling, whereas in the case that a second operation input is performed, the lane change control unit performs a lane change into a second lane located on another side of the host vehicle lane.
US11292483B2
A method for managing a change in a physical property of a vehicle due to an external object that is attached to the vehicle, the method may include receiving information regarding the external object and a relationship between the external object and the vehicle; wherein at least part of the information is sensed information that is sensed by a sensor; determining, by a vehicle computer and based on the information, an effect of the external object on the vehicle; and responding to the effect of the external object on the vehicle.
US11292472B2
A method of operating a motor vehicle drive-train having a drive aggregate, a group transmission and a drive output. The aggregate can couple an input shaft of the transmission which includes main, splitter and range groups. To carry out a shift, a target gear and target rotational speed of the aggregate are calculated for the shift to be carried out. After the initiation of the shift a load reduction is first carried out, then a group of the transmission is disengaged in order to shift the transmission to neutral, after which a group of the transmission is synchronized and to shift out of neutral, the synchronized group is engaged, and then the load is again built up. Initiation of the shift, after calculating the target gear and the target rotational speed, occurs at a point in time when complete performance of a shift is not yet possible.
US11292469B2
A reversing assistance device suited for a mining dump truck measures a first distance to a first object, which exists at a first height comprising a trajectory of a rear wheel of the dump truck during reversing, and a second distance to a second object, which exists at a second height comprising a trajectory of a vessel during the reversing, for computing the position of the first object. If the distance between the position of the first object and a designated loading position designated by an operator of a loading machine is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the first object is determined to be an approachable object, a smaller one of the first distance and the second distance is determined as a target stop distance, and based on the target stop distance, a target stop position is computed.
US11292465B2
A traffic controller includes a controller configured to reject a request and issue a speed requirement based on a priority to cause a speed of a one of a plurality of vehicles to be within a speed band before entering a road. The rejection is responsive to receiving the speed request from the one approaching the road having priority less than a predetermined threshold and outside of a speed band and a predetermined acceleration band of vehicles on the road.
US11292464B2
A driver assistance apparatus being configured to determine an object position sequence for each of a plurality of objects and generate an object track to approximate each respective object position sequence. The apparatus also sorts the object tracks in to at least one object group according to the value of at least one parameter of each of the object tracks. For each object group, a swarm function is generated to approximate the object position sequences of the object tracks that are members of the respective object group. A swarm lane is generated according to each the swarm function, the swarm lane portion representing a portion of a lane. A corresponding method is also provided.
US11292463B2
A system for a vehicle, which drives in an at least in-part-automated manner is configured to determine a control signal for a control system. The system includes a sensor, a planning module, and a monitoring module. The sensor is configured to detect an object in a surrounding area of the vehicle and store a corresponding object representation. The planning module is configured to determine, based to the stored object representation, a first trajectory and a first probability of collision of the first trajectory for the vehicle. The monitoring module is configured to perform one of following actions when the first probability of collision exceeds a predefined probability of collision: determine, using the planning module and based on the stored object representation, a further trajectory having a further probability of collision and a maximum deceleration of the further trajectory; or assess the stored object representation of the object using the sensor.
US11292453B2
Method for operating a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive, which includes an internal combustion engine connected to an exhaust system of the motor vehicle along with at least one traction electric motor, which is operated via an electric energy accumulator of the motor vehicle and can be coupled to the internal combustion engine, wherein the motor vehicle can be moved via the internal combustion engine and/or the traction electric motor, wherein when movement of the motor vehicle via the internal combustion engine is switched to movement of the motor vehicle solely via the traction electric motor, and the internal combustion engine is decoupled from the traction electric motor, operation of the internal combustion engine is continued, dependent upon at least one piece of exhaust system information describing a condition of the exhaust system.
US11292449B2
An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) includes one or more motors configured to drive one or more wheels of the UGV, a memory storing instructions, and a processor coupled to the one or more motors and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to cause the UGV to determine location information of a movable target; calculate a direction and a speed for the unmanned ground vehicle based on the determined location information; and drive the one or more motors to move the unmanned ground vehicle in the calculated direction at the calculated speed to follow the movable target when the movable target moves.
US11292445B2
A method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination, which includes a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, includes activating, after a parking operation and braking of the vehicle combination, a trailer check function in a standstill state. The trailer check function enables a check as to whether, in the case of a decrease in the braking action of the trailer vehicle, the vehicle combination can be held in a stationary manner solely by way of the braking action of a parking brake of the tractor vehicle. The trailer check function is carried out automatically when a vehicle combination has been braked in a stationary manner independently by way of an automatic parking function.
US11292441B2
An ECU operating as a vehicle control device, to be mounted on a truck tractor, has a hauling determination part and an automatic driving control part. The truck tractor is hauling/pulling a trailer. The hauling determination part detects whether the trailer is hauled by the truck tractor. The automatic driving control part switches an automatic driving mode between a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode on the basis of a detection result of the hauling determination part. The first automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is not hauling/pulling the trailer. The second automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is hauling/pulling the trailer.
US11292434B2
A wiper device is disclosed. The wiper device coupled to a wiper arm to remove a foreign substance of the present invention includes a contact member configured to wipe off the foreign substance; a lever structure configured to press the contact member to be in contact with a windshield and having a plurality of levers connected in a multi-level structure from the wiper arm to the contact member; and an adapter configured to be coupled to the lever structure and connected to the wiper arm, wherein at least one lever of the plurality of levers is formed to have less width or equal width to that of a lower lever, based on the multi-level structure.
US11292425B2
A pretensioning lapbelt apparatus where the pretensioning of the lapbelt is performed by the rapid inflation of an airbag that is integral to the lapbelt itself. The design of the airbag, including the attachment locations of the ends of the webbing are chosen such that, upon inflation of the airbag, the free end of the webbing—the end of the webbing that is passed through the cinching latch—is pulled taught, thereby reducing the effective length of the lapbelt. The anchor is designed to be a cinching anchor such that once the airbag deploys and pulls the webbing through the anchor (thereby pretensioning the lapbelt) a sliding pin in the anchor “cinches” the webbing, effectively locking the webbing in the pretensioned state.
US11292417B2
A knee airbag device includes: a knee airbag that is housed in a folded state at a lower end portion of an instrument panel, and that, due to gas being supplied thereto, is inflated and expanded along the instrument panel; an airbag case that houses the knee airbag; an airbag door portion that structures a lower surface of the airbag case, and that, due to a planned rupture portion rupturing due to inflation pressure of the knee airbag, is opened toward a vehicle front side; and a flap that is housed within the airbag case, one end portion of the flap being fixed to the airbag case, another end portion of the flap being a free end, and that, at a time of inflation and expansion of the knee airbag, unfolds, and covers the airbag door portion from a vehicle rear side.
US11292401B2
An apparatus and method for applying stitches to a decorative component having a three dimensional configuration is provided. The apparatus having a head with a needle bar assembly operatively coupled to the head; a looper configured to cooperate with the needle bar assembly in order to provide a plurality of stitches in the decorative component, the looper rotating in a plane parallel to the decorative component; and a post assembly configured to drive the looper in a reciprocating fashion in the plane, wherein the post assembly is operatively coupled to a motor configured to drive the needle bar assembly in a reciprocating fashion.
US11292384B2
A pattern skin lighting device of a vehicle may include a plurality of lightning cells disposed on a plane while forming a predetermined pattern. Each lightning cell includes a light emitting element, a cell pocket configured to surround the light emitting element, a cell cover configured to be pivotable with respect to the cell pocket while surrounding the light emitting element within the cell pocket, and an actuator engaged to an end of the cell cover and configured to selectively pivot the cell cover with respect to the cell pocket.
US11292382B2
The present invention is a securement apparatus and method of use. The securement apparatus comprises a spring E-fitting device connected to a strap device. The securement apparatus is preferably releasably attached to a section of E-track that is preferably fastened to a head wall of a pickup truck bed or a trailer and is useful in quickly and easily securing objects thereto.
US11292379B2
A mobile performance stage is configurable between a compact transport condition to a performance condition with expanding deck wings and expanding canopy wings. The deck wings are carried directly on top of the main trailer deck and roll on tracks to deploy to the performance condition. The roof canopy includes a main roof element and two foldable roof wings. The roof wings pivot from fully open to a fully closed stowed condition below the main roof element to reduce the height of the stage when transported. Lift columns are hinged to reduce height. The roof wings may also be stored in a vertical position to provide side walls for a cargo trailer configuration. The roof may also be completely removed to form a deck only stage.
US11292374B2
A vehicle seat assembly is provided with a seat back frame with an upper crossbar. A deformable member is welded to the seat back frame. A pair of tubes is welded to the deformable member. A pair of head restraint posts are each received in one of the pair of tubes to support a head restraint. A pair of spaced apart limit bracket bases is welded to the upper crossbar and extend away from the seat back frame to support a pair of limit bracket contact portions. A pair of contact target plates are each welded to one of the pair of tubes, spaced apart from and aligned with one of the pair of limit bracket contact portions so that the deformable member deforms under a rear vehicle impact until the contact target plates contact the contact portions of the limit brackets.
US11292373B2
A motor vehicle seat having a metal frame, the seat defining a volume (V). The frame is configured to be electrically connected to a chassis of the motor vehicle so as to generate a Faraday effect. The seat includes an electronic and/or electrotechnical device having at least one electronic control unit and/or a motor connected to a power cable. The cable is intended for connection to a power supply of the motor vehicle for the at least one electronic control unit and/or motor. The electronic and/or electrotechnical device is at least partially arranged within the volume (V) of the seat.
US11292369B2
A seat apparatus includes plural links configured to be attached to a base member, a seat cushion frame supported by the links, and a connecting member. The seat cushion frame includes a pair of side walls connected by the connecting member, and a contact portion on at least one of the pair of side walls. At least one of the links includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a projecting portion projecting from the second end portion. The first end portion is rotatably connectable to the base member directly or indirectly about a first rotation axis, the second end portion is rotatably connectable to the side wall directly or indirectly about a second rotation axis, and the projecting portion is configured such that at least when the seat cushion frame is moved to the highest position, a predetermined portion of the projecting portion faces the contact portion.
US11292367B2
A swivel plate assembly is provided that comprises a first swivel plate coupled to a second swivel plate. Each of the first and second swivel plates includes a first portion and a second portion. A channel is defined by the first swivel plate and the second swivel plate. A ball bearing assembly is positioned within the channel. A ball bearing of the ball bearing assembly is positioned substantially flush with the first and second swivel plates.
US11292363B2
A charging system is installed outside an electric vehicle to charge an in-vehicle battery mounted in the electric vehicle. The charging system includes a charger that supplies electricity to the in-vehicle battery, an external cooling device that cools the in-vehicle battery, and an off-vehicle controller that controls driving of the charger and the external cooling device. The external cooling device has an external channel which is provided inside the charging system and through which an external refrigerant flows, cooling mechanisms that include at least a compressor and cool the external refrigerant, and a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the cooled external refrigerant and an internal refrigerant that flows inside the electric vehicle to cool the in-vehicle battery or outside air that is sent to the electric vehicle to cool the in-vehicle battery.
US11292362B2
A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes an inverter including a plurality of legs each including one pair of switching devices connected in series to each other between opposite ends of the battery and corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, a motor including a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, where one end of each of the plurality of coils is connected to a connection node between one pair of switching devices included in a corresponding leg and other ends of the coils are connected to each other, and a controller configured to select two phases of the plurality of phases, and to alternately control an on/off state of switching devices included in two legs in the inverter, corresponding to the two selected phases, at a preset switching frequency to generate alternating current (AC) supplied to the battery.
US11292358B2
A vehicle includes a power storage device, a charging device configured to be supplied with an electric power from a power supply unit external to the vehicle for charging the power storage device, and an electronic control unit configured to detect information on a maximum output power of the power supply unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a predetermined process associated with the charging the power storage device based on the maximum output power of the power supply unit which is indicated by the detected information.
US11292356B2
Reactive spoilers for aircraft and associated methods. In one embodiment, a wing of an aircraft includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an upper surface and a lower surface between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The wing further includes a reactive spoiler disposed on the upper surface between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The reactive spoiler comprises one or more turbines configured to raise in relation to the upper surface into an airflow passing over the upper surface, and to reduce lift of a wing section behind the turbines. The turbines are configured to convert kinetic energy from the airflow into electrical energy.
US11292355B2
A battery charging method for an on-board charger (OBC) includes: applying, by a controller, an output voltage of a first converter to a second converter by controlling the output voltage based on a result of a comparison between a battery load voltage and a battery rated voltage; controlling, by the controller, the second converter to perform a frequency modulation on the output voltage using a low-speed frequency modulation method or a high-speed frequency modulation method based on a result of the control of the output voltage; and generating, by the controller, a frequency harmonic of a system frequency in a battery current based on a modulation method used to perform the frequency modulation. An output voltage of the first converter is controlled based on a load voltage state of a battery and applied to the second converter.
US11292346B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a traction battery, a low-voltage power system, a DC to DC converter, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to accelerate the vehicle and to slow the vehicle. The traction battery is configured to deliver electrical power to the electric machine and to receive electrical power from the electric machine via a high-voltage bus. The low-voltage power system has vehicle accessories, an accessory battery, and a low-voltage bus. The DC to DC converter is configured to transfer electrical power between the high-voltage bus and the low-voltage bus. The accessory battery is configured to deliver electrical power to the vehicle accessories and to receive or deliver power from or to DC to DC converter via the low-voltage bus. The controller is configured to controller the transfer of electrical power between the high-voltage bus and the low-voltage bus.
US11292345B2
An apparatus for controlling energy feedback, a braking system and a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing; an actuating assembly, received in the housing and movable back and forth between a first position and a second position along an axial direction of the housing; a first control member for a stop lamp, received in the housing and configured to trigger the stop lamp to be turned on or off along with a back-and-forth movement of the actuating assembly; and a second control member for energy feedback, at least partially received in the housing. The control member for the energy feedback is configured to acquire a braking depth signal of a brake pedal in real time based on the back-and-forth movement of the actuating assembly, and control the energy feedback based on the braking depth signal.
US11292342B1
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for detecting an occupancy of a back seat in a vehicle before a driver exits the vehicle. In one example method, a backseat occupancy alert system detects an activity that precedes the driver exiting the vehicle. For example, the system may detect that the driver has performed, or is performing, actions such as turning off the engine of the vehicle, placing the vehicle in a parked condition, and/or opening a door of the vehicle. The detection may be carried out, for example, by evaluating an image captured by one or more cameras in the vehicle. The system may then detect a failure by the driver to look towards a back seat of the vehicle, where, for example, a child may be seated in a car seat. The system may then produce an alert to prompt the driver to check the back seat.
US11292339B2
The disclosure relates to a method for displaying safety-relevant information on a display device of a vehicle. A speed of the vehicle, environment data representing an environment of the vehicle, a driver reaction time, and an emergency braking reaction time for an emergency braking driver assistance function are input, and used to superimpose an emergency braking marker and a driver intervention marker on the map representing a lane in which the vehicle is travelling in the display device. The emergency braking marker represents a future point in time and/or future location for an intervention of the emergency braking driver assistance function, and the driver intervention marker represents a future point in time and/or a future location for the latest possible intervention of the driver prior to the intervention of the emergency braking driver assistance function.
US11292321B2
A sliding sun visor having a reduced thickness is provided. The visor includes a sliding housing provided on a sun visor body and installed to be movable in an axial direction of a pivot arm. A clamp is installed in the sliding housing to be fixed to the pivot arm and configured to guide and support a movement of the sliding housing when the sliding housing slides, in which a guide, which is a substitute for the sliding housing, is installed at an inner-upper end of the sun visor body to minimize a width of the sliding housing that surrounds the pivot arm. The guide includes a guide rail integrally formed at the inner-upper end of the sun visor body, a clamp housing moving together with the sun visor body along the guide rail, and a clamp installed in the clamp housing and sliding on the pivot arm.
US11292316B2
Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted gas water heater, wherein the water flow pipe comprises a water inflow section, a first heating section, a second heating section and a water outflow section, wherein the water inflow section is shortened, wherein the water inflow section is shortened, a heating section is rapidly heated directly by the combustion heating device, and the second heating section is heated by winding on the heat exchanger, so that, formation of condensed water at the water inflow section is reduced due to reduction of surface area, condensed water formed on the surface of the first heating section is rapidly evaporated, and it is difficult for condensed water to form on the surfaces of the second heating section and the outflow section.
US11292313B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an engine cooling device having a first radiator and a first water pump connected via a first coolant line. An electrical equipment cooling device includes a second radiator and a second water pump connected via a second coolant line. A battery module is disposed in a battery coolant line selectively connected with the second coolant line. An air conditioner is connected with the battery coolant line and includes a third water pump and a cooler disposed in the first connection line. A heating device is connected with the first coolant line via a third valve and includes a fourth water pump and a heater disposed in the second connection line. A centralized energy (CE) module supplies a coolant to the air conditioner, is connected with the coolant lines to supply a high-temperature coolant to the heating device.
US11292312B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle may include: a casing having an inlet and a plurality of outlets; an evaporator disposed within the casing; a heater core disposed behind the evaporator within the casing; and an air mixing door disposed between the evaporator and the heater core. In particular, the heater core and a rear wall of the casing are spaced apart from each other by a first distance, the evaporator and the heater core are spaced apart from each other by a second distance, and the first distance is greater than the second distance.
US11292301B2
A vehicle having one or more pneumatic wheels, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine including a cylinder and an intake manifold in fluid communication with the cylinder, a tire inflation system configured to direct air into at least one of the one or more inflatable wheels, and a compressor assembly configured to supply air at a first pressure higher than atmospheric pressure to both the intake manifold and the tire inflation system.
US11292290B2
A metallized plastic component includes a base body of at least one light-permeable plastic to which a metal layer is applied into which at least one illuminatable structure is introduced. The at least one illuminatable structure is formed by an area in the metal layer in which a plurality of light-permeable openings is arranged in a dot matrix.
US11292256B2
A liquid ejecting head including a nozzle configured to eject a liquid, a liquid flow path communicating with the nozzle, a communication chamber including a communication port configured to communicate with atmospheric air, a partitioning wall portion provided between the liquid flow path and the communication chamber, the partitioning wall portion including an opening portion that communicates the liquid flow path and the communication chamber to each other, and an elastic member closing the opening portion.
US11292246B2
There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a conveyor; a head; a carriage; and a controller. The controller executes: recording of an image; in a case of performing recording of a same image continuously, recording of the same image, while making a setting to be a first setting; calculating of a total ejection amount; and presuming of a point of time at which each of the plurality of nozzles becomes an ejection-defective nozzle having defectiveness in ejection of the liquid. Further, in a case that the controller presumes that a certain nozzle, as any one of the plurality of nozzles, becomes the ejection-defective nozzle before the recording of the same image is completed, the controller changes, before the point of time, the setting to a second setting in which the total ejection amount of the certain nozzle is made greater than that in the first setting.
US11292245B2
A device includes a nozzle including a discharge end for discharging a fluid, a shutter plate including an aperture, the shutter plate positioned at the discharge end of the nozzle, a plurality of tethers coupled to the shutter plate, and a plurality of electrostatic actuators. Each of the plurality of electrostatic actuators are coupled to one or more of the plurality of tethers. The plurality of electrostatic actuators are configured to move the shutter plate between an open position and a closed position relative the discharge end of the nozzle. In the open position, the aperture is in fluid communication with the discharge end of the nozzle to permit fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle to flow through the aperture. In the closed position, at least a portion of the shutter plate inhibits fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle from flowing through the aperture.
US11292241B2
Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. 3-D printed packaging systems of one or more entities may be transmitted to an aggregator and used for, among other things, optimizing shipping and fulfillment of packages.
US11292228B2
Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, comprising fibrous structures, and more particularly articles comprising fibrous structures comprising a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved consumer relevant properties, for example improved bulk and absorbent properties, compared to known articles and methods for making same are provided.
US11292227B2
Fibrous structures including a plurality of pulp fibers wherein at least a portion of the plurality of pulp fibers are in the form of a paper web and a plurality of thermoplastic meltblown filaments spun directly onto the paper web such that the fibrous structures exhibit novel properties are provided.
US11292220B2
A rework press assembly for reworking a dimensionally non-conformant component is provided. The rework press assembly includes a frame, a die coupled to the frame and configured to contact a first portion of the component, and a ram. The ram is coupled to the frame opposite the die with respect to an axis of the rework press assembly and is configured to contact a second portion of the component. The ram and the die define a component cavity therebetween. At least one of the die and the ram has a first length, relative to the axis, in response to the rework press assembly being at a first thermal condition. The at least one of the die and the ram has a second length, relative to the axis, in response to the rework press assembly being at a second thermal condition, and the second length is greater than the first length.
US11292219B2
Provided is a method of shaping a composite blade made of a composite material by curing prepreg in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with resin. A foaming agent disposed in an internal space of the composite blade contains a plurality of foaming bodies and foaming agent resin. The foaming bodies foam by being heated. The foaming agent resin cures by being heated. The foaming bodies include low-temperature side foaming bodies and high-temperature side foaming bodies. The low-temperature side foaming bodies foam in a low temperature range during a curing step. The high-temperature side foaming bodies foam in a high temperature range corresponding to temperatures higher than the low temperature range during the curing step.
US11292217B2
Methods for repairing composite component voids are provided. For example, one method comprises locating a void in a composite component and subjecting the composite component to a process for repair. The process for repair includes creating a flow path through the void, applying a filler material to the composite component at the flow path, and processing the composite component having the filler material. In some embodiments, the flow path has a first opening on a first side of the composite component and a second opening on a second, opposite side of the composite component. In other embodiments, at least one portion of the flow path extends at a first angle with respect to a lateral direction defined by the CMC component, and at least another portion extends at a second angle with respect to the lateral direction.
US11292209B2
An ultrasonic processing system (1) which comprises an ultrasonic vibrator (10) having an ultrasonic sonotrode (30) and a working surface (31) for ultrasonic processing of a workpiece. The vibrator (10) comprises a longitudinal axis (L), an enclosed cavity (32, 51) extends along the longitudinal axis at least in the sonotrode (30), a medium inlet (52) through which a cooling medium is fed into the cavity (32, 51), at least one vortex generator (53) which arranged between the medium inlet (52) and the cavity (32, 51) such that a swirl motion of the medium is generated inside the cavity (32, 51) around the longitudinal axis. A cooling channel (34) is fluidly connected to the enclosed cavity (32, 51) to guide the medium in the vicinity of the working surface (31) such that the working surface (31) is cooled. A first medium outlet (33) is fluidly connected to the cooling channel (34).
US11292208B2
Composite fabrication system and associated methods. In one embodiment, a composite fabrication system comprises a molding tool that includes a forming surface at least partially disposed within a constrained space, and a foamable material that expands inside of the constrained space to form an expanded material that presses a layup of one or more composite layers against the molding tool. The composite fabrication system further comprises a curing device configured to cure the layup to form a composite part, and a cutting wire embedded in the constrained space that is heated and configured to cut the expanded material into pieces that are removable from the constrained space.
US11292205B2
A force for adjusting a relative position of a regulating blade relative to a development rotary member supported by a development frame member is applied to the regulating blade so that a gap between the development rotary member and the regulating blade when attached to an attachment portion falls within a predetermined range in a rotational axis direction of the development rotary member in a state that the regulating blade is separated from the attachment portion with an adhesive applied. The regulating blade is attached, with the adhesive, to the attachment portion with the adhesive applied so that the gap between the development rotary member and the regulating blade with the force applied falls within the predetermined range.
US11292202B2
In one example, a control process for an additive manufacturing machine includes displacing a platform, measuring the actual displacement of the platform, determining that the actual displacement varies from a nominal displacement, and determining an amount of an agent to be applied to build material layered on the displaced platform based on the determined variation.
US11292199B2
To provide a building system for building an object, including a building apparatus that ejects a material of the object, a data generation unit, and a control unit. The data generation unit generates ejection position designating data based on input data indicating the object in a format different from that of the ejection position designating data. During a time when the data generation unit performs an operation of generating the ejection position designating data, the control unit causes a head to form a plurality of material layers constituting at least a part of the object, and sets a layer forming start timing for starting to form the material layers so that the interlayer time does not exceed an upper limit time set in advance. Hence, appropriately building a high quality object.
US11292196B2
A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom.
US11292194B2
Examples of the present disclosure relate to a rotatable container for storing a material for a printing system. The container has a channel structure for conveying the material, the channel structure defining an opening of the container. The container also has a material-conveying member at least partially disposed within the channel structure, wherein the material-conveying member is mounted to prevent rotation relative to the channel structure. The material-conveying member and the channel structure are arranged to rotate together about a shared axis to convey the material through the channel structure.
US11292190B2
A technique for depositing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic filament in an arc is disclosed that mitigates the centripetal forces that arise in the prior art. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the centripetal forces are ameliorated by twisting the filament while depositing it in an arc.
US11292189B2
In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a polymeric or polymeric composite build material is applied. A dielectric agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material. The dielectric agent includes a dielectric material having an effective relative permittivity (εr) value ranging from 1.1 to about 10,000. A fusing agent is selectively applied on the at least the portion of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material, and the polymeric or polymeric composite build material is exposed to radiation to fuse the at least the portion of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material to form a region of a layer of a 3D part. The region exhibits a dielectric property, a piezoelectric property, or a combination thereof.
US11292188B2
The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional models.
US11292183B2
In a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional formed object, the method includes a first discharging in which a forming material is continuously discharged from a nozzle while causing a position of the nozzle to change with respect to the forming table in a first direction which is perpendicular to a top surface of the forming table to cause the forming material to be deposited in the first direction, a second discharging in which the forming material is continuously discharged from the nozzle while changing the position of the nozzle with respect to the forming table in a second direction which is parallel to the top surface of the forming table to dispose the forming material along the second direction, and repeating in which the first discharging and the second discharging are repeated.
US11292182B2
A printed image for the decor of a panel and a method for imprinting plates, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels. The method includes the following steps: (i) providing a plate; (ii) applying a primer by means of a liquid curtain of coating material on/to a main surface of the plate; (iii) optionally drying and/or curing the primer; (iv) treating the surface of the primer by means of at least one of the following measures: a) corona treatment; b) plasma treatment; c) applying an oil in an aqueous dilution and (v) applying a decorative decor.
US11292181B2
A method for manufacturing a sheet laminate to be affixed to an adherent surface of an object, the method comprising preparing a sheet member having a front surface to become a design surface and a rear surface on which an adhesive part has been formed, bending an edge part of the sheet member by sandwiching the sheet member from a front surface side and a rear surface side in a mold, and heating a part of a bent sheet member. The sheet laminate has a flat part spreading out in a flat plate shape, a side surface on which the edge part bent by the bending step is configured, and a connecting surface protruding and curving toward the front surface side between the flat part and the side surface, and in the heating step, the connecting surface is partially heated after the side surface is molded in the bending step.
US11292180B2
Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.
US11292163B2
Methods of forming polymeric foams are provided. The methods may involve co-extruding a foam layer along with one or more skin layers. In some embodiments, the skin layer(s) may be removed (e.g., in a peeling operation); while, in other embodiments, the skin layer(s) may form part of the final article. The methods are particularly well suited for producing polymeric foams from polymeric materials that are considered to be difficult to foam by those of skill in the art.
US11292161B1
A method of thermal compacting of an airbag cushion is described where rapid heating is conducted by a microwave beam directed at a mold through a radiation transparent wall without materially heating the mold itself.
US11292160B2
Within examples, elastomeric apparatuses for use in manufacture of a composite component, and methods for altering a surface rigidity of an elastomeric apparatus for use in manufacture of a composite component are described. In one example, an elastomeric apparatus comprises an elastomer housing, and a plurality of magnets within the elastomer housing at predetermined positions to provide surface rigidity to the elastomer housing based on one or more alignments of certain magnets of the plurality of magnets due to magnetic forces. An increase in temperature causes a loss in one or more of the magnetic forces of one or more of the plurality of magnets resulting in a reduction of stiffness of the elastomer housing at corresponding predetermined positions.
US11292151B2
A method for manufacturing a board as well as a profiled element for manufacturing the board. The method including the steps of providing a material mass including an organic material and a binding agent for binding the organic material together, pressing the material mass so as to form the board, and removing material from the material mass in one or more material zones before pressing so as to obtain after pressing a lower density in those zones compared to the remainder of the board.
US11292146B2
A cutting apparatus for cutting a web within a frame includes a die cutter assembly including a cutting blade projecting from a cylindrical surface and a counter anvil including first and second ends journaled into the frame. The counter anvil is positioned below the die cutter assembly for receiving the web fed therebetween across a width of the frame. The cutting apparatus includes first and second outboard bearing assemblies positioned on the die cutter near the first and second opposing ends, respectively, and one or more inboard bearing assemblies positioned about the die cutter assembly and spaced inwardly from the outboard bearing assemblies. Each outboard bearing assembly is configured to control a spacing between the die cutter assembly and the counter anvil along the width of the frame. The cutting apparatus also includes one or more actuators positioned atop the frame in connection with the one or more inboard bearing.
US11292141B2
A power-assisted folding knife, including: a blade holder; a blade arranged in the blade holder; a handle rotatably connected to the blade holder; a locking mechanism for locking the blade holder in an unfolded position and/or a folded position; the power-assisted folding knife further includes a power-assisting mechanism connected to the blade holder and the handle, for providing assisting power when unfolding a power-assisted folding knife. The power-assisted folding knife uses an assisting mechanism for providing assisting power when unfolding a folding knife, so as to facilitate easier unfolding of the folding knife and to allow single hand operation; the blade holder can be locked in an unfolded position and/or a folded position to ensure safe use of the power-assisted folding knife.
US11292137B2
An end effector including: a supporter configured to support a plate member; a support table provided at an end portion of the supporter via an universal joint and configured to support the plate member by making surface contact with the plate member; holding unit including a pair of holders configured to move linearly in a planar direction while the support table is interposed between the pair of holders in the planar direction, the holding unit being fixed to a base portion of the support table; and electric cylinders configured to change an inclination angle of the support table with respect to the supporter.
US11292132B2
The present disclosure relates to robot path planning. Depth information of a plurality of obstacles in an environment of a robot are obtained at a first time instance. A static distance map is generated based on the depth information. A path is computed for the robot based on the static distance map. At a second time instant, depth information of one or more obstacles is obtained. A dynamic distance map is generated based on the one or more obstacles, wherein for each obstacle that satisfies a condition: a vibration range of the obstacle is computed based on a position of the obstacle and the static distance map, and the obstacle is classified as a dynamic obstacle or a static obstacle based on a criterion associated with the vibration range. A repulsive speed of the robot is computed based on the dynamic distance map to avoid the dynamic obstacles.
US11292129B2
The present disclosure generally relates to performance recreation, and in particular, the recreation of observed human performance using reinforcement learning. In this regard, a first object is identified from a plurality of objects. The manipulation of the first object is tracked from a first position to a second position. A characterization of the manipulation is generated. A policy that controls a mechanical gripper to recreate the manipulation is generated based on an iteratively increasing cumulative award. The mechanical gripper iteratively recreates the manipulation to increase a cumulative award with each recreation.
US11292128B2
Method for programming a force to be applied by a working end of a robot, along at least part of a preprogrammed path of the working end, the method comprising the steps of: —moving the working end of the robot over the said at least part of the preprogrammed path, the driving of the robot being feedback-controlled in order to keep the working end in position without a force setpoint, —at least at one position during the movement, having an operator apply to the working end a force which is the opposite of that which is to be applied during the task and which has an intensity proportionate to that which is to be applied during the task, —determining the force that is to be applied during the task from the resistive force exerted by the robot in order to keep the working end on the path, —storing in memory the force thus determined in relation to the position of the working end while the opposing force is being applied.
US11292124B2
Various embodiments provide a variable stiffness soft actuator inspired by an ossicle structure of echinoderm and a robot apparatus including the same. According to various embodiments, the soft actuate includes a plurality of ossicle elements arranged in a specific structure, wherein an interval between the plurality of ossicle elements is maintained or reduced depending on vacuum generation to change the stiffness of the soft actuator.
US11292121B2
A robot includes a spin body, and a drive motor, a spin motor, and a PCB connected electrically to the spin motor and the drive motor mounted on the spin body. Accordingly, the spin motor, the driving motor, and the PCB are rotated together with the spin body, so that relative movement does not occur between the PCB and the respective motors, and tangling or twisting of the connection member electrically connecting the respective motors and the PCB does not occur.
US11292118B2
A hydraulic tool includes a tool head and a moveable piston coupled to the tool head. The hydraulic tool head includes a plurality of jaws, which are operable to open and close for performing work on a workpiece. The hydraulic tool also includes a motor operable to drive the moveable piston to close the plurality of jaws to a closed position at which the work on the workpiece is completed. The hydraulic tool further includes a position sensor configured to detect when the plurality of jaws are at the closed position and responsively generate a sensor signal indicating that the plurality of jaws are at the closed position. Additionally, the hydraulic tool includes a controller configured to receive the sensor signal from the position sensor. The controller is configured to operate the motor based on the sensor signal that the controller receives from the position sensor.
US11292116B2
A pneumatic tool includes: a drive mechanism which is configured to be driven by compressed air of a first pressure: and a valve mechanism which is configured to be actuated by compressed air of a second pressure, which is higher than an atmospheric pressure and lower than the first pressure, and which is configured to switch whether or not to supply the compressed air of the first pressure to the drive mechanism.
US11292115B2
A manually operated staple gun includes a frame, a staple magazine, and a user-actuated unit. The user-actuated unit is mounted in the frame to switch between a first condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a first width along a guide axis into a ready position to be driven into a work piece and a second condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a second width along the guide axis into the ready position to be driven into a work piece.
US11292108B2
A method comprises the steps of providing a tool over a collar secured to a stud on a gas turbine engine system. The collet is driven to rotate and remove the collar from the stud. A tool for removing collars from studs has a driver with a housing receiving a piston. A spring drives the piston, and the housing also has a hydraulic fluid supply opening for selectively receiving a hydraulic fluid to move the piston in opposition to a force from the spring. Collet fingers are movable between a released position and a secured position when a supply of hydraulic fluid is supplied into the housing.
US11292103B2
An elastomeric sanding block conformable to curved or flat surfaces includes a Shore A hardness ranging from about 30 to about 90, and is made from ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, low-density polyethylene or an admixture thereof. The polymer or admixture ranges from about 35 to about 70 percent of the sanding block composition by weight. A blowing agent is present in an amount that ranges from about 1.5 to about 4.5 percent of the composition by weight. The elastomeric sanding block may be formed by combining the polymer or admixture and other components under heat to yield a feedstock, thermoforming the feedstock in a mold to yield a foamed material sheet, and cutting the foamed material sheet.
US11292094B2
The invention relates to a method for the controlled and automatic tensioning of bolts pre-installed in a flange joint between a hub and a main shaft in a nacelle of a wind turbine as well as to a bolt tensioning system for such method. The method comprises arranging a fixture inside the nacelle and mounting a bolt tensioning tool to the fixture which is mounted movable in an axial direction and in a working area perpendicularly hereto. First the flange joint is rotated to position a first set of bolts within the working area of the bolt tensioning tool, and then the bolt tensioning tool is controlled alternately to move the tensioning tool into a position for tensioning a bolt and to tension the bolt, until all bolts of the first set of bolts have been tensioned. The rotation of the flange joint may be controlled by operating a rotation tool operably connected to the main shaft, gearbox, and/or generator.
US11292093B2
A multi jack tensioner including: a body portion formed to engage an elongate fastening member or integrally formed therewith; a load bearing member for applying force to a workpiece to be fastened and arranged for location about said fastening member adjacent the body portion; a pressure chamber between the load bearing member and the body portion arranged to displace the body portion from the load bearing member in response to hydraulic pressure; and a plurality of jack bolts extending between the body portion and the load bearing member for further displacing the body portion from the load bearing member; wherein application of hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic chamber displaces the body portion from the load bearing member for tensioning said fastening member and whereby subsequent tensioning of the fastening member is applied by operation of the jack bolts.
US11292090B2
An additive manufacturing system including a two-dimensional energy patterning system for imaging a powder bed is disclosed. Improved chamber designs, multiple chambers, powder handling and re-use systems, and powder characterization methods are disclosed.
US11292086B2
The present invention relates to a laser machining system (1) with a control unit (30), a laser ablation apparatus (10) and a gas supply (40), wherein the laser ablation apparatus (10) comprises a laser (12) for generating a laser beam (14), a laser head (16) including a re-directing arrangement (18) for directing the laser beam (14) of the laser (12) onto a surface (20) of a workpiece (22) to be machined, wherein the workpiece (22) is disposed in an accommodation device (26), placed in a working chamber (28), wherein a positioning arrangement (32) is provided for a relative movement between the laser head (16) and the workpiece (22) and wherein the working chamber (28) comprises at least one inlet (46) and at least one outlet (48) for a gas. The gas supply (40) of the laser machining system (1) is configured to provide a flow of the gas in the working chamber (28) and a temperature system (11) is provided to adjust the temperature of the gas flow (44).
US11292085B2
A method for working a first component and a second component comprises the following steps: providing the first component, which comprises a thermally sprayed electrically conductive layer, providing the second component, which has a longitudinally extended strip of copper, which at least in a first region has a thickness transversely to the longitudinal direction of more than 0.1 millimeter, arranging the strip and the layer one on top of the other, so that the first region of the strip and the layer have a contact region in common with one another, emitting a laser beam onto the contact region and forming a welded connection, which connects the strip and the layer to one another.
US11292079B2
Apparatus and methods for measuring the temperature of a substrate are disclosed. The apparatus includes a source of temperature-indicating radiation, a detector for the temperature-indicating radiation, and a decorrelator disposed in an optical path between the source of temperature-indicating radiation and the detector for the temperature-indicating radiation. The decorrelator may be a broadband amplifier and/or a mode scrambler. A broadband amplifier may be a broadband laser, Bragg grating, a fiber Bragg grating, a Raman amplifier, a Brillouin amplifier, or combinations thereof. The decorrelator is selected to emit radiation that is transmitted, at least in part, by the substrate being monitored. The source is matched to the decorrelator such that the emission spectrum of the source is within the gain bandwidth of the decorrelator, if the decorrelator is a gain-driven device.
US11292073B2
A welding torch includes a gas lens of a lattice structure that straightens a shielding gas. The welding torch includes a non-consumable electrode, an electrode holder into which the non-consumable electrode is inserted, and a torch body including a sleeve that holds the electrode holder, a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path around the sleeve, and a nozzle that forms a shielding gas guiding space around a distal end of the non-consumable electrode, the distal end extending from the electrode holder, in which the gas lens is provided so as to separate the shielding gas flow path from the shielding gas guiding space.
US11292069B2
The invention relates to a soldering system and a method for wave soldering, having at least one flux nozzle and a device for monitoring a state of a spray jet of the flux nozzle.
US11292065B2
A cutting tool comprises a substrate and an AlTiN layer, the AlTiN layer including a first major surface and a second major surface, the AlTiN layer including a first region having a distance of 0 nm or more and 30 nm or less from the first major surface and having a maximum oxygen content ratio of more than 0 atomic % and less than 5 atomic %, a second region having a distance of more than 30 nm and 100 nm or less from the first major surface and having a maximum oxygen content ratio of 5 atomic % or more and 30 atomic % or less, and a third region having a distance of more than 100 nm and 150 nm or less from the first major surface and having a maximum oxygen content ratio of more than 0 atomic % and less than 5 atomic %.
US11292064B2
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate with a coating having a total thickness of 0.25-30 μm. The coating has a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a wear resistant PVD deposited layer having a thickness of 0.2-15 μm arranged between the substrate and the second layer, and wherein the second layer is a Cr layer.
US11292062B2
A method for producing three-dimensional objects layer by layer using a powdery material which can be solidified by irradiating it with at least two electron beams, said method comprises a pre-heating step, wherein the pre-heating step comprises the sub-step of scanning a pre-heating powder layer area (100) by scanning a first electron beam in a first region (I) and by scanning a second electron beam in a second region (II) distributed over the pre-heating powder layer area (100), wherein consecutively scanned paths are separated by, at least, a security distance (ΔY), said sub-step further comprising the step of synchronising the preheating of said first and second electron beams when simultaneously preheating said powder material within said first and second regions respectively, so that said first and second electron beams are always separated to each other with at least a minimum security distance (ΔX).
US11292059B2
A process for the additive manufacture of a part within a machine, the machine including a working surface, a device for spreading the powder layer along at least one longitudinal horizontal direction, at least one injector of powder over the working surface, the injector being movable with respect to the working surface along at least one transverse horizontal direction, and a system for regulating the amount of powder dispensed by the injector, the process including the following stages: moving the injector along a trajectory comprising at least one component parallel to the transverse horizontal direction; and regulating the amount of powder dispensed by the injector at any point of the trajectory of the injector.
US11292058B2
Techniques for optimizing powder hole removal are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for inserting powder removal features may identify what powder removal features are optimal for a given AM component, as well as the optimal location and physical characteristics of these features. The features are automatedly added to the component, and an FEA test is run. In the event of failure, the offending feature is removed and the process is repeated. If successful then the loose powder may be removed in a post-processing step following AM.
US11292055B2
A process for producing silicon nano-particles from a raw silicon material, the process including steps of alloying the raw silicon material with at least one alloying metal to form an alloy; thereafter, processing the alloy to form alloy nano-particles; and thereafter, distilling the alloying metal from the alloy nano-particles whereby silicon nano-particles are produced.
US11292054B2
A lead delivery apparatus for a cast on strap machine is arranged to deliver a predetermined volume of molten lead to a mould. The apparatus includes a first needle valve, a second needle valve, and a housing. The housing has a reservoir including an inlet and an outlet. The reservoir inlet is in fluid communication with a molten lead supply. The reservoir is supplied with molten lead during use such that the molten lead in the reservoir is maintained at a constant height.
US11292044B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for forming, in which at least one spindle is driven in a rotating manner by means of a rotary drive, a workpiece is received on the spindle by means of a clamping means and clamped on the spindle and at least one forming roller is fed axially and/or radially relative to the workpiece in order to carry out a spinning or flow-forming process. In accordance with the invention provision is made for the spindle and the clamping means to be combined to a changing unit which is adjustable transversely to the axis of rotation, wherein the changing unit is adjusted between a forming position and a set-up position.
US11292040B2
The invention relates to a method for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, comprising the following steps: —determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a total of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs free energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; —determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model by using the determined total enthalpy; and —open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product according to at least one initial variable of the temperature calculation model.
US11292034B2
A hand-held rotary cleaning tool includes a housing that encloses an electric motor and a gear set that connects the motor to an output shaft. The rotary cleaning tool includes at least one cleaning accessory that is detachably connected to the output shaft, and a flexible splash guard. The splash guard surrounds the output shaft and cleaning accessory so as to prevent liquid splash during tool use. The splash guard includes a reinforcing ring that is formed of a material that is less flexible than the material used to form the splash guard body. The reinforcing ring prevents the splash guard from excessive deformation, whereby interference of the splash guard with the cleaning accessory or the output shaft is minimized or avoided. The reinforcing ring may also include other features which enhance the cleaning function of the rotary cleaning tool.
US11292030B2
A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) is disclosed. The device consists of a flexible membrane that is connected to a rigid substrate via flexures. The flexures are defined by slots etched through the perimeter of the membrane. These features release the stress present on the structural layers of the membrane, making it less sensitive to residual stress. The flexures are designed to act as torsion springs so that the membrane's vibration mode shape is highly curved in the piezoelectric actuation area, thereby increasing the electromechanical coupling.
US11292026B2
Disclosed is an adaptor for connecting a grease injection gun to either of a lipped or a threaded grease cartridge; the adaptor including a tubular sleeve, having an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diameter of the grease cartridge, but smaller than the lip of the lipped cartridge, for receiving the discharge end portion of the cartridge; and an adaptor head shaped and dimensioned to form a closure over the tubular sleeve, the adaptor head including an outer face configured to releasably connect with the grease injection gun, and an inner face shaped and configured to releasably connect with the tubular sleeve and the cartridge, with a flow passage extending between the outer face and the inner face, for fluid communication between the grease injection gun and the cartridge.
US11292023B2
The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber having a process space in which a substrate is processed; a substrate support including a susceptor having a plurality of pocket grooves recessed in a circumferential direction from a top surface with a circular plate shape so that the substrate is seated, a shaft configured to rotate the susceptor, and a satellite seated in the pocket groove and on which the substrate is seated; and a gas injection unit disposed at an upper portion of the process chamber to face the substrate support, thereby injecting a process gas toward the substrate support.
US11292017B2
An insulated electrostatically-assisted insulated spraying extender (10) is described, which is installed on the spraying bar (100) of a spraying device and positioned adjacent to a hydraulic nozzle (20) that atomizes the spray solution, said extender (10) being equipped with an insulated internal shaft (12) for the passage of the power supply cable (30) and the placement of an encapsulated electric device (13) that feeds the induction electrode (151) surrounding the opening (21) of the hydraulic nozzle (20), causing the dielectric rupture of atomized drops, eliminating or decreasing the wetting of the induction electrode (151) and of the power supply cable (30), as well as of other electric parts that affect the efficiency and the full operation of the spraying nozzle, while hindering leakage of the electric current through cable (30) by contacting any section of the machine structure.
US11292012B2
A method for performing contactless ODEP for separation of CTCs is provided with the steps of obtaining patients' blood with rare cell suspected CTCs; adding at least one fluorescent antibody binding to CTCs into the blood; staining the blood; injecting the stained blood with fluorescent dye into an ODEP device and then performing fluorescent image identification; trapping the CTCs with at least one fluorescent antibody in the ODEP device by creating an image pattern and then generating an ODEP force; Separating the trapped CTCs from other non-CTCs cells; absorbing the trapped CTCs; and obtaining a high purity of CTCs. An apparatus for performing contactless ODEP for separation of CTCs is also provided.
US11291989B2
Methods and devices are provided for sample collection. In one example, a device is provided comprising at least one capillary tube or collection channel directed to a sample vessel, wherein in a one-step removal step of detaching the sample vessel from the collection channel, a vacuum force is created within the sample vessel, due in part of the pulling of the sealed vessel away from the device, wherein this vacuum force draw out residual sample that may still be resident in the collection channel.
US11291977B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a) from 90% to 99.99% by weight of alumina in which said alumina is at least 90% by weight α-alumina and b) from 0.01% to 10% by weight of at least one metal of valency 0 selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ru, Pt, Rh and Ir, characterized in that the chloride content of said catalyst is less than 500 ppm, based on the total weight of the catalyst.
US11291973B2
The invention relates to a reactor and to a method for continuous polymerization, in which said reactor for the continuous production of polymers, particularly synthetic rubbers, contains at least one substantially tubular reactor housing (4), wherein said reactor housing (4) has a drive shaft (30) that is connected to at least one agitator (38) arranged such that it can rotate inside the reactor housing (4), and the agitator contains at least one, and preferably two, three or four helical mixing elements (24) which are designed to be preferably close to the wall or to come into contact with the wall.
US11291969B2
Described herein is a process for preparing microcapsules. More particularly, the process is characterized by the fact that it requires limited amounts of water for preparing microcapsules. Microcapsules obtainable by the disclosed process as well as consumer products including those microcapsules are also described.
US11291961B2
A stirring apparatus includes a case that houses fiber pieces containing fibers, and a rotary body that is disposed inside the case and that stirs the fiber pieces, in which the rotary body includes a rotary portion that forms a portion of a bottom surface of the case and that rotates, and blades that stand upright on the rotary portion.
US11291957B2
Apparatus and method for semi-permeable membrane cleaning in particular, applying series of pulsed water stroke, made simultaneously with osmosis backward flow causing superposed membrane directional shaking and fouling detachment. Pulsed water stroke provided by water stroke generator as several momentum sharp changes in gauge pressure and induce velocity pulse of residual brine flow. The pulsed water strokes ideally induce resonance in the membrane. Osmosis backward wash may be provided either by injection for predetermined injection time, additional solution selected in such way that net driving pressure becomes opposite to normal osmotic operation thereby providing a backward flow of permeate towards to the side opposite to normal operation mode, so as to lift said foulant, or by throttling permeate exiting from the permeate enclosure, until the net driving pressure value become equal to zero, during application of precise synchronized and opposing brine and permeate pressure strokes thereby providing a plurality of quick RO-FO-RO process changes. These procedures allow a membrane to be kept continuously clean and operate at higher recovery.
US11291945B2
The invention of the present application provides a self-heating sheet-like material for moisture absorption and desorption which includes at least a self-heating layer and an adsorption layer in a laminate thereof, in which the self-heating layer and the adsorption layer are connected in a state in which heat conduction is enabled; a moisture absorption and desorption body formed of this material; and a moisture absorption and desorption device.
US11291934B2
An end cap assembly comprises a first connector element comprising at least two snap arches, each snap arch including a snap tooth lock; and at least two snap arms each including a snap tooth; the first connector element having a central cavity closed off with a wall, or having a central opening with side walls having an internal thread; a second connector element comprising at least two snap arches, each connector snap arches including a snap tooth lock; and at least two snap arms, each of the at least two snap arms including a snap tooth; the second connector element having a central opening, and an annular channel for receiving an end of a hollow cylindrical filter element; and, a gasket arranged between the first connector element and the second connector element, the gasket having a central opening; wherein the connector elements are lockably engageable with each other when placed in contact with each other and axial force is applied such that each first connector snap tooth is retained in each respective second connector snap tooth lock, and each second connector snap tooth is retained in each respective first connector snap tooth lock.
US11291927B2
This disclosure provides systems and methods that utilize integrated mechanical vapor or thermal vapor compression to upgrade process vapors and condense them to recover the heat of condensation across multiple processes, wherein the total process energy is reduced. Existing processes that are unable to recover the heat of condensation in vapors are integrated with mechanical or thermal compressors that raise vapor pressures and temperatures sufficient to permit reuse. Integrating multiple processes permits vapor upgrading that can selectively optimize energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, process economics, or a prioritized blend of such goals. Mechanical or thermal vapor compression also alters the type of energy required in industrial processes, favoring electro-mechanical energy which can be supplied from low-carbon, renewable sources rather than combustion of carbonaceous fuels.
US11291918B2
A collaborative diplomacy mechanics system for an online game is described. A player selects an ally to be engaged in a combat mode of an online social game against an enemy. The profile of the selected ally is retrieved. An ally power up weapon is generated based on the profile of the selected ally. The ally power up weapon is applied against a combat unit of an enemy of a player in the combat mode. The ally power up weapon can also be applied on a combat unit of the player in the combat mode.
US11291909B2
A Single-foot Skateboard. The Skateboard has interchangeable components in order to reduce spare part inventory. The footboard of the Skateboard is reversible.
US11291903B2
A golf swing training tool including an arm band (which connects the elbows) and the club shaft are connected by a cord maintain a prescribed grip angle. The arm band is configured to adjust a distance between the elbows. An elastic clip locks onto the club shaft and is configured to encircle the club shaft, and enables easy changing of the grip angle by using an opening lever to change the locking point with a single touch. As a result, frequent changes in grip angle can be made much more easily. Three types of cords are employed, a low-elasticity cord, a high-elasticity cord, and a cord combining both are used to achieve twelve different types of training methods.
US11291900B2
An exercise system includes a target having a rectangular body composed of a polycarbonate material; a first handle having an opening extending through a thickness of the rectangular body; striking the rectangular body causes an audible noise.
US11291898B2
A batting tee system that can be used to both tee a ball for batting and retrieve balls on the ground. As balls are retrieved, the balls are automatically positioned for use in batting. The batting tee system uses a tube body having an interior and an open first end of a first diameter. An expandable constraint is disposed at the first end. The expandable constraint defines a secondary opening that can be selectively altered between a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and a third diameter that is larger than the first diameter. A mechanical activator is used to alter the secondary opening of the expandable constraint between the second diameter and the third diameter. This controls the passage of balls out of the tube body.
US11291894B2
A putter holding assembly for storing a putter golf club on a golf cart includes a tube for accommodating a handle of a putter golf club having a head of the putter golf club being exposed for gripping. A receiver is provided and the receiver is coupled to the tube. The receiver insertably receives the handle of the putter golf club when the handle of the putter golf club is inserted into the tube for storage. A pair of brackets is each positionable around the tube. Each of the brackets engages a structure on a golf cart for retaining the tube on the golf cart. A support is movably coupled to the tube and a towel is coupled to the support such that the towel is available to a golfer.
US11291879B1
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to exercise machines. In some embodiments, the device may include a resistance adjuster configured to adjust the difficulty of an exercise performed on the exercise machine. Particularly, the exercise machine may include a knob configured to modify the resistance in even steps. The exercise machine also may include functional components, such as pulleys, for transmitting a drive force from a user to a resistive body. The functional components may be operatively connected via one or more belts. In some embodiments, the exercise machine may include one or more belt tensioners to regulate the tension of the one or more belts.
US11291872B2
The invention concerns a fire extinguishing system valve (1) comprising a housing (2), a fluid inlet chamber (11) in the housing (2), a fluid outlet chamber (13) in the housing (2), and a closing body (9) reciprocable between a blocking state and a release state and which in the blocking state prevents a direct flow of fluid between the fluid inlet chamber (11) and the fluid outlet chamber (13) and in the release state connects the fluid inlet chamber (11) directly in fluid-conducting relationship to the fluid outlet chamber (13). According to the invention the fire extinguishing system valve (1) has at least one manometer (15, 17) which is operatively connected to the fluid inlet chamber (11) or the fluid outlet chamber (13) and which is mounted to the housing (2), and a venting device (21) integrated into the housing (2) for the at least one manometer (15, 17).
US11291870B2
A fire safety system particularly adapted for commercial kitchen applications provides control of exhaust levels for energy efficiency and intelligently responds to fires or fire risks. In embodiments, systems may provide early warning of fire hazards or impending fires. Embodiments employ probabilistic estimates with alarms that can be canceled. Embodiments employ classifiers that can make use of alarm cancellations as a mechanism for supervised learning.
US11291869B2
A modular powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) is provided including one or more of a first inlet configured to receive an ambient gas; a gas filter in fluid communication with the first inlet and configured to filter the ambient gas; a blower configured to boost at least one of a flow rate or a pressure of the ambient gas entering and/or exiting the gas filter; a second and independent inlet configured to receive a non-ambient gas; a first outlet configured to selectively provide a breathing gas to a user from the ambient gas or the non-ambient gas; and/or a controller and switching device configured to select the source of the breathing gas between the first inlet and the second inlet. Embodiments may also include a power source for the blower.
US11291866B2
Various approaches to generating and maintaining an ultrasound focus at a target region include configuring a controller to cause transmission of treatment ultrasound pulses from a transducer having multiple transducer elements; cause the transducer to transmit focusing ultrasound pulses to the target region and generate an acoustic reflector therein; measure reflections of the focusing ultrasound pulses from the acoustic reflector; based at least in part on the measured reflections, adjust a parameter value associated with one or more transducer elements so as to maintain and/or improve the ultrasound focus at the target region.
US11291865B2
A verification device for robotic radiotherapy provides beam imaging displaced from an isocenter of a treatment plan to isolate individual beams for comparison to a baseline image to deduce convergence or target deviations in each of three dimensions over the area of a planar imager and perpendicular to that area.
US11291861B2
An example method of treating a target using particle beam includes directing the particle beam along a path at least part-way through the target, and controlling an energy of the particle beam while the particle beam is directed along the path so that the particle beam treats at least interior portions of the target that are located along the path. While the particle beam is directed along the path, the particle beam delivers a dose of radiation to the target that exceeds one (1) Gray-per-second for a duration of less than five (5) seconds. A treatment plan may be generated to perform the method.
US11291857B2
In the field of radiotherapy, methods for dose or treatment planning for a radiation therapy system having a collimator, includes determining shots to be delivered during said treatment, each shot being associated with an isocenter and being modelled by a spatial dose volume distribution of radiation, the shape of said spatial distribution depending on the specific collimator setting and said selected dose level, including selecting isocenter positions within a target in a predetermined angle range; evaluating each isocenter based on predetermined conditions; selecting at least a specific collimator and sector setting for each isocenter based on the evaluation; calculating a dose for the selected isocenters; repeating the steps until at least one stopping criteria has been reached, wherein a final set of isocenters are provided; and using the final set of isocenters in treatment planning.
US11291849B2
A method and system for use with an implantable medical device for subcutaneous implant within a patient to determine a likelihood of the patient experiencing a cardiac event that includes sensing a cardiac signal along a plurality of different sensing vectors, determining state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors, determining a cross correlation of the determined state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors, comparing the cross correlation of the determined state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors to a threshold, and detecting the cardiac event in response to the comparing.
US11291848B2
Provided are a method for supplying power to an implantable medical device and a power supply system for an implantable medical device. The power supply system supplies a constant power to the implantable medical device even when there is a movement in a body, by using a wireless power transmitter unit, a wireless power receiver unit, and a piezoelectric sensor unit stacked at the wireless power receiver unit.
US11291846B2
A long-range wireless charging enhancement structure for implantable medical devices (IMDs) is disclosed. The abovementioned enhancement structure provides a possibility for long-range charging the IMDs, which maintains the quality of user's lives and also reduces the risks of replacing the batteries through surgeries. The enhancement structure includes an enhancer, which comprises an emitter, a carrier, an IMD, and an enhancement module. The enhancement module is set within the carrier and disposed at the outer surface of user's skin between the emitter and the IMD. The charging signals emitted by the emitter is enhanced by the enhancement module and further transmitted for charging the IMD inside the user's tissue.
US11291839B2
A hidden cochlear implant system comprises a canal unit and an implanted unit. The canal unit comprises at least one canal microphone; a canal modulator; a canal transmitting antenna: and a canal electrical power source, wherein the at least one canal microphone is electrically connected to the canal modulator, the canal modulator is electrically connected to the canal transmitting antenna, and the canal electrical power source is electrically connected to any component of the canal unit that requires supply of electrical power. The implanted unit comprises a cochlear receiving antenna; a processor; and an electrode array, wherein the cochlear receiving antenna is electrically connected to the processor, and the processor is electrically connected to the electrode array. Additional embodiments of the hidden cochlear implant are disclosed herein.
US11291835B2
An apparatus for treating venomous bites and stings of poisonous snakes, insects and other types of poisonous vectors with a titrated dose of electrons. The unit is small and easily portable and requires on a 9-vold DC battery for power. It does not require a lot of expertise to use. A bi-metallic switch provides for a limited (and calculated) dose delivery of electrons. The venom desensitizer destabilizes and de-organizes toxic metalloproteinases. This occurs through several physiological and chemical phenomena. It addresses oxidative stress occurring from bite trauma as well as venom toxins without causing negative side effects other than a brief electrical shock.
US11291834B2
A subcutaneous implantable medical device and method (SIMD) provided. A pulse generator (PG) is configured to be positioned subcutaneously within a lateral region of a chest of a patient. The PG has a housing that includes a PG electrode. The PG has an electronics module. An elongated lead is electrically coupled to the pulse generator. The elongated lead includes a first electrode that is configured to be positioned along a first parasternal region proximate a sternum of the patient and a second electrode that is configured to be positioned at an anterior region of the patient. The first and second electrodes are coupled to be electrically common with one another. The electronics module is configured to provide electrical shocks for antiarrhythmic therapy along at least one shocking vector between the PG electrode and the first and second electrodes.
US11291831B2
In an aspect of the present disclosure, a system and method for controlling uterine contractions is disclosed including receiving data from at least one sensor by a wireless apparatus inserted into the patient's vagina adjacent the cervix. The data includes an indication that a contraction of the uterus is imminent. The method further includes in response to receiving the data, causing a generator circuit of the wireless apparatus to supply electrical energy to an energy applicator of the wireless apparatus that is configured to apply the supplied electrical energy to the uterus of the patient via the cervix of the patient to control contractions of the patient's uterus.
US11291829B2
A transcranial electrical stimulation device includes a base, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The base includes a center portion, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a first surface. The first end portion and the second end portion are angled relative to the center portion. The first electrode includes a first conductive cup and a first post. The second electrode includes a second conductive cup and a second post.
US11291825B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a tube configured to traverse a subject's aortic valve. A frame is disposed within a portion of the tube, and a plurality of winged projections are coupled to the frame. An impeller is disposed inside the tube, the impeller including at least one helical elongate element, and a film of material supported at least partially by the helical elongate element. The impeller is rotated, such as to pump blood from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta. Blood flow that is generated by the rotation of the impeller is rectified, by using the winged projections to direct blood flow toward a direction of the longitudinal axis of the tube. Other applications are also described.
US11291812B2
The invention provides biodegradable implants for treating sinusitis. The biodegradable implants have a size, shape, density, viscosity, and/or mucoadhesiveness that prevents them from being substantially cleared by the mucociliary lining of the sinuses during the intended treatment period. The biodegradable implants include a sustained release therapeutic, e.g., an antibiotic, a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, or both. The biodegradable implants may take various forms, such as rods, pellets, beads, strips, or microparticles, and may be delivered into a sinus in various pharmaceutically acceptable carriers.
US11291808B2
A blood clot removal device for removing blood clots from the vascular system of a patient is implantable in the patient's body. The blood clot removal device comprises a blood flow passageway to be connected to the patient's vascular system to allow circulation of the patient's blood through the blood flow passageway, a filter provided in the blood flow passageway for collecting blood clots occurring in the blood flowing through the blood flow passageway, and a cleaning device for moving blood clots collected by the filter out of the blood flow passageway. By means of such blood clot removal device, the risk of blood clots reaching sensitive areas of the patient's body, such as the brain, is reduced.
US11291805B2
A medical elongated body and a medical elongated body set are constructed in a way that expedites medical instrument insertion into a tubular body lumen via a valve body. The medical elongated body includes a tubular body insertable into a body lumen, a hub having an internal space communicating with a lumen of the tubular body and disposed in a proximal portion of the tubular body, a valve body disposed in the internal space and having an insertion portion, and a cap member that fixes the valve body in the internal space by being attached to the valve body and has a proximal opening portion to communicate with the internal space via the insertion portion. The cap member has a marker portion that guides a medical instrument inserted into the tubular body to the valve body. The marker portion has a color distinguishable from a periphery of the marker portion.
US11291796B2
A method and an apparatus for adjusting a user emotion are provided. In one example, the method includes obtaining, by a terminal device, data that represents a physical condition of a user, where the data comprises first data, and the first data is at least one parameter value detected for the user by a wearable device connected to the terminal device. The method also includes obtaining, by the terminal device, emotion information determined based on the data and performing, by the terminal device, an operation corresponding to the emotion information.
US11291795B2
An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.
US11291792B2
In a pulmonary ventilation system, a filter arrangement useful as an input filter arrangement and an output filter arrangement is constructed to allow for changing or cleaning of the filter without interrupting or impacting the ventilation therapy and to limit the release of pathogens to the surrounding area or atmosphere. A preferred exhaust filter is constructed to function as a water trap and filter. Methods of operating the pulmonary ventilation system are also disclosed along with kits containing materials to construct an input or an output filtration structure.
US11291775B2
A medicament delivery device is presented having a drive mechanism configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding mechanism configured to hold said drive mechanism in a pre-tensioned state; an activation mechanism configured to interact with said holding mechanism for releasing said drive mechanism from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further includes a feedback mechanism configured to interact both with said holding mechanism and with said drive mechanism for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled.
US11291771B2
The invention relates to an electronic add-on module which is fitted releasably onto an automatic injection appliance before the start of injection. The add-on module comprises a force sensor for measuring a time-variable axial force component exerted on or transmitted to the attached add-on module by the injection appliance during an injection procedure. The add-on module also comprises a grip or a preferred grip position for gripping and holding the add-on module and the inserted injection appliance. The add-on module can additionally have a microphone for detection of acoustic signals. A state of the injection appliance can be determined by the add-on module solely on the basis of measurements of the axial force sensor, optionally supplemented by microphone measurements. The invention thus affords a straightforward and cost-effective way of monitoring or controlling the correct performance of an injection procedure carried out with an automatic injection appliance.
US11291766B2
A pressure jacket for use with a fluid injector may have a pressure jacket body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end along a pressure jacket longitudinal axis. The pressure jacket may further have at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member having a first segment attached to the pressure jacket body and a second segment protruding from the first segment toward the distal end of the pressure jacket body and deflectable relative to the first segment. The pressure jacket may further have at least one actuation member associated with the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member. The at least one actuation member may interact with a housing of the fluid injector when the pressure jacket is connected to the housing to deflect the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member upon rotation of the pressure jacket.
US11291765B1
The disclosure relates to a control method of a syringe pump, a syringe pump and a computer-readable storage medium. In the control method of the syringe pump, by determining whether a pressure of the first pressure sensor is less than a first pressure threshold and actively stopping an injection process when the pressure of the first pressure sensor is greater than or equal to the pressure threshold, it can be achieved to accurately determine whether a subject can bear an injection pressure, and to actively stop the injection and sound an alarm when a pressure in the infusion tube exceeds a bearing limit of the subject, thus ensuring personal safety of the subject. When the pressure of the first pressure sensor is less than the first pressure threshold, it is further determined whether a pressure of the second pressure sensor with higher sensitivity is less than a second pressure threshold, and when the pressure of the second pressure sensor is greater than or equal to the pressure threshold, the injection process can be actively stopped and an alarm can be sounded, thus realizing dual monitoring of the pressure in the infusion tube.
US11291746B2
A wound dressing makes use of a saccharide, such as Manuka honey, in combination with collagen in order to suppress the efficacy of matrix metalloproteinases enzymes (“MMPs”) present in chronic wounds. The mixture is applied to an absorbent surface that is designed to absorb the mixed saccharide only partially.
US11291744B2
An electrode component for generating large area atmosphere pressure plasma is provided. The electrode component comprises a first transparent insulation substrate, a first transparent electrode pattern, a second transparent electrode pattern, and a second transparent insulation substrate. The first transparent insulation substrate has a first thickness. The first transparent electrode pattern and the second transparent electrode pattern are formed on the upper surface of the first transparent insulation substrate and has a gap therebetween. The second transparent insulation substrate has a second thickness and covers the first transparent electrode pattern and the second transparent electrode pattern. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness in order to form atmospheric pressure plasma above the second transparent insulation substrate.
US11291741B2
A sterilization package includes a first package layer and a second package layer coupled to the first package layer with a perimeter seal extending around a portion of the sterilization package to define a pouch having a proximal end and a distal end. A first sterilization indicium is disposed on the second package layer exterior of the pouch and a second sterilization indicium is disposed on the second package layer interior of the pouch. The first and second sterilization indicia are multi-parameter sterilization indicia configured to be responsive to a sterilization process such that the first and second sterilization indicia undergo a visual change to a desired ending color when the package is subjected to complete multi-parameter sterilization conditions.
US11291735B2
The invention relates to VLP derived from human polyoma virus loaded with a drug (cargo) as a drug delivery system for transporting said drug into the CNS, in particular of living humans.
US11291731B2
Described herein are silicon based conjugates capable of delivering one or more payload moieties to a target cell or tissue. Contemplated conjugates may include a silicon-heteroatom core, one or more optional catalytic moieties, a targeting moiety that permits accumulation of the conjugate within a target cell or tissue, one or more payload moieties (e.g., a therapeutic agent or imaging agent), and two or more non-interfering moieties covalently bound to the silicon-heteroatom core.
US11291730B2
A composition for treating a wound includes graphene oxide (GO) and hyaluronic acid (HA) that are covalently linked, XAV939, and water. The composition can also include a surfactant, such as PEG. The composition can be topically administered to a subject to treat a wound of the subject. Methods of treating a wound using the composition are also provided.
US11291728B2
Described herein is anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, methods for synthesizing anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ototoxicity. Anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is synthesized from sodium sulfite, sulfur, and cetylpyridinium chloride. The anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is formulated into a pharmaceutical composition comprising a buffer and solvent. These compositions are useful for eliminating or reducing ototoxicity in pediatric patients receiving platinum based chemotherapeutics.
US11291724B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for tracking freight. Embodiments include a tracking device for a trailer containing a load. The tracking device includes a support member, a connector, a housing and a GPS tracker configured to track the location of the load. The connector securely attaches to a container on the trailer and attaches to a seal such that the container cannot be opened without breaking the seal. The support member stabilizes the housing and protects the tracking device during transit of the load. A tracking system may implement to monitor, gather information and report on the tracking device and the load.
US11291721B2
Multispecific molecules that include i) a tumor-targeting moiety; and one, two or all of: (ii) an immune cell engager (e.g., chosen from an NK cell engager, a T cell engager, a B cell engager, a dendritic cell engager, or a macrophage cell engager); (iii) a cytokine molecule; and/or (iv) a stromal modifying moiety are disclosed. Additionally disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the same, methods of producing the aforesaid molecules, and methods of treating a cancer using the aforesaid molecules.
US11291719B2
Compounds and compositions for selectively modulating Akt3 are provided. Methods of using the compounds are also provided. Because Akt3 modulates the suppressive function of natural Tregs and the polarization of induced Tregs, the disclosed compounds are useful for modulating immune responses.
US11291713B2
The current invention lies in the field of medicine and more specifically in the field of vaccinology. The current invention concerns a novel Bordetella LPS and a modified bacterium of the genus Bordetella comprising such modified LPS. The LPS of the invention has a reduced endotoxicity in comparison to an unmodified Bordetella LPS. The modified LPS of the invention is therefore particularly suitable for use in inducing or stimulating an immune response in a subject, wherein the immune response is induced or stimulated against a Bordetella infection. The modified Bordetella LPS of the invention is obtainable by introducing in a Bordetella cell the expression of a heterologous acyl transferase. In particular, the modified Bordetella cell of the invention has an increased expression of an heterologous LpxA, LpxL or LpxD acyl transferase.
US11291698B2
Human-derived probiotic strains Lactobacillus paracasei KBL382, Lactobacillus paracasei KBL384 and Lactobacillus paracasei KBL385 are described, as well as uses of the strains for improving intestinal health and treating or preventing intestinal diseases. The strains have excellent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory functions, superb strengthening effects on tight junctions of the intestinal tract wall, suppress enteritis-induced weight loss and colon length reduction, thereby exhibiting therapeutic effects for enteritis, and significantly alleviate the symptoms of atopic dermatitis. The strains can be used as probiotic material for enhancing anti-inflammatory effects, strengthening immunity, improving intestinal health functions, and alleviating allergic diseases.
US11291697B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of microbial technology, and discloses a probiotic composition and use thereof. The probiotic composition in the present disclosure is consisted of Bifidobacterium adolescentis CCFM8630, Lactobacillus reuteri CCFM8631 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus CCFM1044, whose effect of alleviating metabolic syndrome is significantly better than that of CCFM8630 or CCFM8631 alone or combination of the two, especially in aspects of lowering epididymal fat content, lowering fasting blood glucose level, lowering the area under sugar tolerance curve and lowering contents of serum low density lipoprotein and total cholesterol, improving liver antioxidant capacity and lowering serum IL-1β content, etc. The extent of decrease or increase is increased by 9.62% to 769.62% compared with formulations of a single probiotic or a combination of two probiotics. The combination of three probiotics achieves a significant synergistic effect.
US11291686B2
The present disclosure relates to human facilitating cells (hFC), and methods of isolating, characterizing, and using such hFCs.
US11291672B2
A stable oral spray formulation comprising a glucocorticoid together with other excipients is disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the spray formulation is used to treat neurological disorders such as ataxia by being sprayed in an effective dose into the mouth of a patient.
US11291662B2
The present invention relates to solid state forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 1), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods therewith.
US11291653B2
Provided, inter alia, are methods for treating an epilepsy disorder using clemizole, a clemizole analog, or pharmaceutical salts thereof.
US11291647B2
The present invention discloses process for preparation of a CO2 extract of Azadirachta indica and herbal compositions thereof for the treatment of Oral and Colon cancers. More particularly, the invention discloses a process for preparation of a standardized SCO2 extract of Azadirachta indica leaves and herbal compositions of the same for oral use.
US11291645B2
A water soluble iron carbohydrate complex obtainable from an aqueous solution of iron(III) salt and an aqueous solution of the oxidation product of one or more maltrodextrins using an aqueous hypochlorite solution at a pH-value within the alkaline range, where, when one maltodextrin is applied, its dextrose equivalent lies between 5 and 20, and when a mixture of several maltodextrins is applied, the dextrose equivalent of the mixture lies between 5 and 20 and the dextrose equivalent of each individual maltodextrin contained in the mixture lies between 2 and 40, a process for its production and a medicament for the treatment and prophylaxis of iron deficiency conditions.
US11291641B2
Embodiments herein disclose methods relating to diabetic nephropathy (DN); methods for preventing the onset and also for preventing the progressing of DN, as well as the treatment of DN in diabetic subjects comprising administering reparixin and/or ladarixin which are inhibitors of CXCL8 receptor CXCR1 and CXCR2 activation.
US11291638B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11291634B2
An abuse resistant oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising: a barrier layer, comprising a first polymer; a diffusion layer, comprising a second polymer, substantially covering the barrier layer, wherein the diffusion layer is bonded to the barrier layer and comprises a drug that is substantially homogeneously distributed within the second polymer and diffuses from the diffusion layer within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract; and optionally an expansion layer comprising an expandable polymer, wherein the expansion layer is substantially covered by the barrier layer. Methods of making the same and methods of using the same are also provided.
US11291631B2
The present invention relates to a cannabinoid containing oral solution. Preferably the oral solution comprises a cannabinoid, a lipid solvent, a sweetener and ethanol, characterised in that the sweetener is an ultrahigh potency sweetener.
US11291623B2
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition, and more specifically to a cosmetic composition for skin moisturization. The composition contains, as an active ingredient, a composite seawater extract obtained by mixing each of seawater extracts of Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes. The composite extract extracted from vegetables of Brussels sprouts, lima beans and artichokes by a natural method using seawater has excellent skin water loss-preventing and skin barrier-enhancing effects, and superior skin moisturizing ability. Therefore, the cosmetic composition containing the composite extract, as an active ingredient, can be advantageously used as a cosmetic material having excellent skin moisturizing ability.
US11291608B2
A connection assembly configured to deliver a medical liquid to a container is described. The connection assembly includes a connecting member connected to the container, an attachment member, and a sealing element. The attachment member defines a lumen, a first end to be connected to a delivery device, and a second end connected to the connecting member. The sealing element is disposed in the lumen of the attachment member and includes a sealing head, a flange, and a foot portion. The sealing head seals the lumen of the attachment member, and the flange and the foot portion engage the connecting member.
US11291607B2
A medical device of the type used for assisting a user in manually delivering repetitive therapy to a patient (e.g., chest compressions or ventilations in cardiac resuscitation), the device comprising a feedback device configured to generate feedback cues to assist the user in timing the delivery of the repetitive therapy, at least one sensor or circuit element configured to detect actual delivery times, at which the user actually delivers the repetitive therapy, and a processor, memory, and associated circuitry configured to compare the actual delivery times to information representative of desired delivery times to determine cue times at which the feedback cues are generated by the feedback device.
US11291606B2
A treatment device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having an actuator that provides mechanical energy to the tissue. The mechanical energy provided may include a vibratory component that can range between low and ultra-high frequencies, and such energy may include various combinations of two or more frequencies tailored to produce the desired effect on the subcutaneous tissue. Disruption of adipose tissue cooled by an external treatment device may be enhanced by applying mechanical energy to cooled tissue. Furthermore, such mechanical energy may impart a vibratory effect, a massage effect, a pulsatile effect, or combinations thereof on the tissue.
US11291598B2
A lift which is mainly used in wheelchairs to change the position of the seat and thus to change the position of a person sitting in the wheelchair. On the known scissor lift there is attached an upper frame consisting of a horizontal fixed part 1 and a tilting plate 2 attached to arms 3. In the fixed part 1 of the upper frame, tilting arms 5 are pivotally mounted on axle 4, with the other end pivotally mounted on axle 6 in arms 3 of the tilting plate 1, powered by the actuator 7 mounted in fixed part 1 of the upper frame. Actuator 7 through the levers of the cam tilting system drives tilting arms 5. The tilting plate 2 can be tilted in both directions around axle 6 that is around the attachment point of the arms 3 in the tilting arms 5.
US11291595B2
A topsheet for use in an absorbent article is provided and has at least a first layer. The first layer comprises at least 15% by weight of natural fibers by total weight of the first layer. The first layer has a plurality of apertures. The first layer comprises land areas between the plurality of the apertures. The contact angle on the land areas of the first layer between the plurality of the apertures is more than 70°, according to the Contact Angle Test Method. The topsheet has a run-off of less than 40%, according to the Run-off Test Method.
US11291589B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus for covering a burn or other wound in ways that prevent or limit touching the wound. The present disclosure describes Burn Bandages that may include domes or structures that bridge over a wide range of a burn or wound size. In certain instances these structures may expand in one or more directions as they are adjusted to fit to a particular burn or wound size. Such bridging structures may include airways, openings, or voids that promote air/oxygen flow to the wound as the Burn Bandage sits upon surfaces or pads that contact healthy surrounding tissue while they cover a wound site. The apparatus may be any shape including, yet not limited to, a circle, a rectangle, a square, a hexagon, an octagon, an oval, a cone, a cylinder, have a semi-cylindrical shape, or that have any another geometric shape.
US11291588B2
A porous wound dressing for use in negative-pressure therapy is proposed. The wound dressing has an outer edge which defines a substantially oval or rectangular outer shape of the wound dressing with a major axis and a minor axis. The wound dressing has one or more incisions or perforations which together form one or more arc-shaped lines and serve for cutting the wound dressing to size in order to adapt the wound dressing to the shape and/or size of a wound. The one or more arc-shaped lines each extend asymmetrically with respect to the major axis and/or to the minor axis and each enclose, together with a portion of the outer edge, a segment of the wound dressing that is designed for separation from the wound dressing.
US11291578B2
An adhesive wafer for an ostomy device, the wafer comprising a first adhesive layer, a backing layer on the distal side of the first adhesive layer, a second skin facing adhesive layer and a hole for accommodating a stoma. Embedded between the adhesive layers is a release layer capable of releasing a neutralizing compound to the peristomal skin.
US11291576B2
A disposable stoma plug includes an absorbent body and a grip device. The absorbent body has a bottom end and a top. The bottom end is configured for insertion into a stoma opening. The grip device is connected to the top of the absorbent body. The grip device is configured for handling the absorbent body for inserting and removing the absorbent body into and from the stoma opening. Wherein, the stoma plug is configured to briefly seal off the stoma opening of an urostomy, an ileostomy, or a colostomy to prevent bodily fluids from leaking from the stoma opening, thereby, keeping surrounding skin free and dry while changing dressings, bandages or a collection bag.
US11291570B2
Disclosed herein is a hybrid stent having a balloon-expandable portion joined to a self-expanding portion. The hybrid stent is capable of withstanding the forces applied by delivery. Delivery systems for deploying a hybrid stent are described, as are methods of using such delivery systems.
US11291562B2
A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.
US11291552B2
A spinal implant has proximal and distal regions, and includes upper and lower bodies. A proximal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies in the proximal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies, and a distal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies in the distal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies. The proximal and distal adjustment assemblies are independently movable with respect to each other, both concurrently and alternately, to change a vertical height of at least one of the proximal or distal regions of the spinal implant. A set screw is removably disposed within the proximal region of the spinal implant to lock the vertical height of the proximal and distal regions of the spinal implant.
US11291543B2
Heart valve delivery systems and methods of delivering and implanting heart valves using delivery catheters are disclosed. The delivery systems can include a handle assembly which can include a first control mechanism, a second control mechanism, and a decoupling mechanism. The delivery systems can also include a delivery catheter extending from the handle assembly. The delivery catheter can include an outer shaft, which can be controlled by the first control mechanism; a prosthesis containing capsule comprising a proximal capsule portion connected to the outer shaft, and a distal capsule portion releasably coupled to the proximal capsule portion. After deploying a valve prosthesis, the capsule can be closed by activating the decoupling mechanism in the handle to rapidly close the distal and proximal capsule portions together. The delivery system can also include a centering element to guide the distal and proximal capsule portions together.
US11291538B2
The embodiments disclosed herein include improved toric lenses and other ophthalmic apparatuses (including, for example, contact lens, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and the like) and associated method for their design and use. In an embodiment, an ophthalmic apparatus (e.g., a toric lens) includes one or more angularly-varying phase members comprising a diffractive or refractive structure, each varying the depths of focus of the apparatus so as to provide an extended tolerance to misalignment of the apparatus when implanted in an eye. That is, the ophthalmic apparatus establishes an extended band of operational meridian over the intended correction meridian.
US11291536B2
The present invention relates to a device (1) for introducing a flexible prosthesis into a surgical incision, comprising a globally tubular body (2) having a proximal end (2a) and a distal end (2b), said tubular body being designed for receiving the prosthesis in a folded configuration in a sliding way, wherein the tubular body is provided with an open longitudinal slit (3) extending from said proximal end (2a) to said distal end (2b), and wherein said distal end is provided with a distal semi-tubular rounded extension (2c).
US11291529B2
Disclosed is an orthodontic member, having a tube shape, a hollow polygonal prism shape, a hollow truncated polygonal pyramid shape, a hollow truncated cone shape, or a funnel shape, and including a water-soluble or biodegradable material, wherein the orthodontic member into which a wire is inserted is attached to the teeth, thereby making it simple to perform orthodontic treatment.
US11291515B2
A compact robotic device for driving movement of two or more elongate surgical tools configured for a telescopic arrangement when said two or more elongate surgical tools are at least partially received within said device, the device comprising: a housing comprising walls which define an inner volume including at least two inner pathways for accommodating the two or more elongate surgical tools; the housing encasing: a plurality of motors, and two or more tool actuation assemblies configured at a position of each of the two or more inner pathways; the actuation assemblies driven by the plurality of motors and configured to operably contact an elongate surgical tool at least partially received in the inner pathway to at least one of advance, retract and/or roll said elongate surgical tool.
US11291514B2
A medical device includes a clevis, a first blade, a second blade, and a tension member. The first and second blades are rotatably coupled to the clevis. The first blade includes a first coupling portion. The tension member is coupled to the first blade and applies a torque to the first blade to rotate the first blade about the clevis between a first, second, and third orientation. The second blade includes a second coupling portion. The second coupling portion is coupled to the first coupling portion such that A) the second blade remains in a fixed position relative to the clevis when the first blade is between the first and second orientation, and B) rotation of the first retractor blade between the second and third orientation transfers at least a portion of the torque to the second retractor blade causing rotation of the second blade about the clevis.
US11291512B2
A system and method are described herein for creating planar bone cuts on a bone to receive a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) femoral implant. The system includes a robotic surgical device, a computing system, and one or more contingent manual instruments. A surgical plan is generated having instructions for the robotic surgical device to create six or more planar bone cuts on the bone. The robotic surgical device executes the instructions, and in the event the robotic procedure is aborted before completing the six or more planar cuts, the one or more contingent manual instruments are used to create any remaining planar bone cuts. The one or more contingent manual instruments may include a plurality of uniquely arranged guide slots to assist a user in creating one or more remaining planar bone cuts.
US11291510B2
A method for downloading data from a surgical hub to a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method comprises assembling a first shaft assembly to a handle and downloading a first set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the first shaft assembly is attached to the handle. The method further comprises assembling a second shaft assembly to the handle and downloading a second set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the second shaft assembly is attached to the handle, wherein the second set of operational data is different than the first set of operational data.
US11291497B2
An ablation needle apparatus (10) for delivering ablation energy (20) to a subject (40) comprising a hypotube with a proximal and distal end and having a hollow lumen, including a puncture member and a first electrode disposed at the distal end of the hypotube; a second electrode disposed within the hollow lumen; and a first ring member disposed about the second electrode and slidably holding the second electrode apart from the first electrode; wherein the first ring member comprises a semipermeable structure that allows for the passage of a gas and resists the passage of a liquid from the distal end to the proximal end of the hypotube.
US11291493B2
Conventional vasectomy techniques suffer from a number of potential complications, including, for example, a substantial risk for the development of hematomas, and swelling, and post-surgical pain, a potential for spontaneous duct reconnection and undesired resumption of fertility, a need for a highly skilled surgical professional, as well as a long recovery period, accompanied by severe limitations on post-surgical activity. The vasectomy methods of the present invention reduce and/or minimize contact with sensory nerves located on the distal side of the vas deferens, particularly the distal region of the outer vas deferens sheath, so as to minimize nerve damage and the post-surgical pain associated therewith. In addition, the methods of the present invention overcome the disadvantages and deficiencies of the prior art, resulting in a rapid, reliable, minimally-invasive male sterilization procedure that may be readily, reliably and successfully performed by minimally skilled personnel around the world in a variety of medical settings.
US11291473B2
An embodiment of a uterine hemorrhage controlling system comprises a suction module including a suction end coupleable to a pump by a connecting tube, and a sealing module coupled to the suction module. The system may further comprise the pump and a filter coupled to the suction module. A uterine hemorrhage controlling method comprises: shielding a suction module that has been delivered into a uterus; sealing an entrance into the uterus while the suction module is situated within the uterus; applying a negative pressure within the uterus upon activation of a pump; and maintaining the negative pressure within the uterus to induce uterine contraction. The method may further comprise delivering the suction module into the uterus; transmitting bodily fluids, out of the uterus through the suction module, and filtering the bodily fluids.
US11291471B2
A medical system comprising a guiding catheter having an inflation lumen. The inflation lumen extends within a handle and a shaft of the guiding catheter. An inflatable sleeve has a proximal end and a distal end, with the ends attached to the guiding catheter. A sealed interior portion of the inflatable sleeve is bounded by the inflatable sleeve and the shaft of the guiding catheter, and in fluid communication with a distal port of the inflation lumen. The system further comprises a delivery catheter defining a delivery lumen and configured for sliding engagement within the guide lumen of the guiding catheter.
US11291470B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to a surgical probe with shape-memory material, such as a probe with a set of light sources, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a cannula with a shape-memory material that is used to secure a window. In one or more embodiments, for example, an apparatus for surgical use may include a cannula with a shape-memory material in an austenitic phase. In some embodiments, the window may be positioned at an opening of the cannula when the shape-memory material is in a martensitic phase. In some embodiments, transitioning the shape-memory material from the martensitic phase to the austenitic phase secures the window in position at the opening of the cannula.
US11291469B2
A tissue splitting device for splitting a harvested soft tissue to provide a layer of tissue having a uniform thickness and methods for tissue transplantation using uniform layers of tissue.
US11291464B2
The present invention is directed to a novel target detecting device comprising an excitation transducer generating a low frequency pulses of weakly focused ultrasonic energy and a sensing transducer. The present invention also includes a method of aligning a treatment transducer to a target by mapping the target in situ by sending a low frequency ultrasound signal and receiving reflected signals from the target. These inventions provide a simpler way of determining the location of a target and aligning a treatment transducer without the need to generate and interpret an image and then translate the image back onto the target.
US11291463B2
Methods and devices for removing an obstruction from a vessel include an elongate flexible shaft with an expandable capture cage coupled to the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The expandable capture cage has an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The collapsed configuration is adapted to be delivered through the vessel and the expanded configuration is adapted to be expanded in the vessel to enmesh the obstruction.
US11291462B2
A drill bit for drilling into bone, including at least a first, second and third longitudinally extending substantially straight flute blades, wherein the drill bit has an extrapolated outer profile established by rotation of the first, second and third flute blades 360 degrees about a longitudinal axis thereof, the extrapolated outer profile includes a first surface having tangents more perpendicular than parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the extrapolated outer profile includes a second surface having tangents more parallel than perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US11291456B2
An insertion device includes a stent and a plurality of sealing elements where each sealing element is operatively attached to the stent and an earclip retention system.
US11291450B2
A method is used to manufacture an anvil of a surgical circular stapler. The anvil includes a head and a shank extending proximally from the head. The method includes forming the head of a surgical circular stapler using a metal injection molding process. The method also includes forming an annular array of staple forming pockets in the head. The method also includes machining the shank of the surgical circular stapler. The method also includes coupling together the head and the shank of the surgical circular stapler that were separately manufactured.
US11291447B2
A surgical stapling instrument comprising an end effector movable between an open configuration and a clamped configuration, a closure drive configured to place said end effector in the clamped configuration, and a staple firing drive is disclosed. The stapling instrument further comprises a control system which utilizes the closure drive during a staple firing stroke of the staple firing drive to configure the end effector. The control system can also be operated to utilize the staple firing drive to close the end effector in lieu of the closure drive.
US11291442B2
A system and method of variable velocity control of a surgical instrument in a computer-assisted medical device including an end effector located at a distal end of the instrument, an actuator, and drive mechanisms for coupling force or torque from the actuator to the end effector. To perform an operation with the instrument, the computer-assisted medical device sets a velocity set point of the actuator to an initial velocity, monitors force or torque applied by the actuator, reduces the velocity set point when the applied force or torque is above a first threshold, increases the velocity set point when the applied force or torque is below a second threshold, decreases the velocity set point to zero when the applied force or torque is above a maximum threshold, and drives the actuator based on the velocity set point. The first and second thresholds are lower than the maximum threshold.
US11291434B2
The present disclosure generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for Fallopian tube diagnostics. In some embodiments, a tube may have a distal end, and a balloon may be coupled to the distal end of the tube. The balloon may be disposed in the tube in a first, inverted position and movable to a second, everted position. The balloon may be extendable a distance distal of the tube distal end such that a surface of the balloon is contactable with an inner surface of the Fallopian tube. A push wire may have a distal end coupled to a second end of the balloon. The balloon may be movable from the first inverted position to the second everted position by actuation of the push wire. The surface of the balloon may include a plurality of surface features for collection of a tissue sample of the inner surface of the Fallopian tube.
US11291425B2
In order to sufficiently capture spatial distortion specific to an X-ray CT device and evaluate the three-dimensional shape measurement accuracy of the X-ray CT device, in a utensil, by attaching support rods fixing spheres to the tip thereof and having different lengths to a base spheres are arranged in an XYZ space on the base. On a flat surface on the top of the base, the support rods supporting the spheres and having different lengths are arranged at predetermined intervals. In doing so, the spheres are arranged in the XYZ space respectively at appropriate inter-sphere distances.
US11291424B2
The present invention relates to displaying spatial information of an interventional device in a live 2D X-ray image. In order to provide a facilitated visualization technique to provide 3D information of a subject, a device (10) for providing spatial information of an interventional device in a live 2D X-ray image is provided. The device comprises an input unit (12), and a processing unit (16). The input unit is configured to provide an actual 2D X-ray image (18) of a region of interest related to a portion of a patient's body. A target location (22) lies within the region of interest. At least a portion (20) of an interventional device is arranged in the region of interest. The input unit is configured to provide actual 3D ultrasound data of at least a part of the region of interest and at least a portion of an interventional device (19). The target location (22) lies within the region of interest. The processing unit is configured to register the actual 3D ultrasound data to the actual 2D X-ray image. The processing unit is also configured to identify the target location in the 3D ultrasound data, and to determine, based on the actual 3D ultrasound data, a spatial relation between the portion of the interventional device and the target location, to retrieve a distance value in a projection direction of the actual 2D X-ray image from the spatial relation, and, based on the distance value, to generate a graphical representation (32) indicative of the spatial relation, the graphical representation to be displayed with the actual 2D X-ray image.
US11291415B2
A sensor system for obtaining and displaying information relating to physiological parameters, such as Total Hemoglobin and Pulse rate for use by a user such as an athlete. The system can present the measured physiological parameters to the user in a useful way. For example the system can display a visual multi quadrant infographic display, which can present the total hemoglobin values measured by the system in a particular season. The system can also display a visual elevation infographic display, which can present a comparison of the total hemoglobin values measured by the system over a period of time and/or at various altitudes. The system can also display a visual yin-yang infographic display, which can present a comparison of one or more metrics calculated by the system or one or more parameters measured by the system. The system can provide useful information about the user's health and/or well-being and allow the user to quickly and easily view and interpret relevant information.
US11291411B2
An approach is provided that automatically adjusts a band of a wearable electronic device. The approach detects conditions, such as activity-based conditions and location-based conditions, and automatically adjusts the band of the wearable electronic device based on the detected conditions.
US11291401B2
Described herein are user-wearable devices, and methods for use therewith, for monitoring for one or more types of arrhythmias based on a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal obtained using an optical sensor of a user-wearable device. A PPG based statistical and/or machine learning model is used to analyze a PPG signal, obtained using the optical sensor, to monitor for one or more types of arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation (AF). In response to detecting an arrhythmia based on the PPG signal, an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is obtained using an ECG sensor of the user-wearable device. An ECG based statistical and/or machine learning model is used to analyze the ECG signal obtained using the ECG sensor of the user-wearable device to confirm or reject the arrhythmia detected based on the PPG signal and/or to perform arrhythmia discrimination. Obtained PPG and/or ECG signal segments can be provided to the model(s) to update the model(s).
US11291395B2
Disclosed are various examples and embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods configured to detect a location of a source of at least one cardiac rhythm disorder in a patient's heart, such as atrial fibrillation, and to classify same. Velocity vector maps reveal the location of the source of the at least one cardiac rhythm disorder in the patient's heart, which may be, by way of example, an active rotor in the patient's myocardium and atrium. The resulting velocity vector map may be further processed and/or analyzed to classify the nature of the patient's cardiac rhythm disorder, e.g., as Type A, B or C atrial fibrillation. The resulting cardiac rhythm classification then can be used to determine the optimal, most efficacious and/or most economic treatment or surgical procedure that should be provided to the individual patient. A simple and computationally efficient intra-cardiac catheter-based navigation system is also described. Also described and disclosed are various intra-cardiac catheter-based navigation systems.
US11291393B2
A biological fluid sampling device for collecting a blood sample from a separate vascular access device and for ejecting a portion of the collected sample to a point-of-care testing device for analysis is provided. The biological fluid sampling device includes a body enclosing a reservoir. The reservoir has an internal volume sufficient to contain enough blood for use in a diagnostic test. The sampling device further includes: an access lumen extending from a distal end of the body for establishing fluid communication between a separate vascular access device and the reservoir; an outflow lumen also in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a removable vented cap attached to the outflow lumen including a gas permeable vent in gaseous communication between the reservoir and ambient air. In addition, several sample and transfer devices are provided for obtaining a sample from a subject and transferring the sample to a point-of-care testing device.
US11291390B2
A system and method for monitoring body chemistry of a user, the system comprising: a housing supporting: a microsensor comprising a first and second working electrode, a reference electrode, and a counter electrode, and configured to access interstitial fluid of the user, and an electronics subsystem comprising a signal conditioning module that receives a signal stream, from the microsensor, wherein the electronics subsystem is configured to detect an impedance signal derived from two of the first working electrode, the second working electrode, the reference electrode, and the counter electrode; and a processing subsystem comprising: a first module configured to generate an analysis indicative of an analyte parameter of the user and derived from the signal stream and the impedance signal, and a second module configured to transmit information derived from the analysis to the user, thereby facilitating monitoring of body chemistry of the user.
US11291385B2
A system controls assistive technologies with an assistive tool for users with movement and/or communication disorders. The system includes an electronic communication interface, a biometric sensor, a calibration module and a processing unit. The interface presents users with stimuli associated with commands and/or information that the user might select. The sensor detects the user's biometric activity and generates a biometric electrical signal. During initial calibration, the calibration module records signal characteristics associated with a biometric electrical signal detected with voluntary biometric activity. The processing unit recognizes, based on the biometric electrical signal and the signal characteristics, the user's voluntary biometric activity and commands and/or information the user wants to select. The processing unit provides control signals to the interface and the assistive tool, based on the user's selection preferences. The interface presents stimuli based on the presentation control signal, if present, or presents a scan of stimuli.
US11291380B2
A blood volume monitor includes a carrier mountable on a subject's body part. A measuring arrangement is mounted on the carrier. The measuring arrangement provides data relating to a change in volume of the body part, and outputs signals representative of the change. A control unit is in communication with the measuring arrangement to process data output by the measuring arrangement to determine, using the volume data, the volume of the body part and determines blood volume in the body part. The control unit uses the response signals received from the measuring arrangement and the determined volume of the part of the body to determine the blood volume.
US11291378B2
An apparatus for measuring photoplethysmogram includes a ring structure with at least one photon source and at least one photon detector positioned on an inner surface of the ring structure. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to measure a preliminary photoplethysmogram during a first time period by taking a first number of samples, determine a form factor from the preliminary photoplethysmogram, determine an inter beat interval from the preliminary photoplethysmogram, and use the form factor and the inter beat interval to determine a second number of samples to be taken during a second time period of measurement of the photoplethysmogram and the distribution of the samples to be taken in function of time.
US11291374B2
Provided is an apparatus for estimating bio-information which estimates bio-information from a user. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a spectrometer configured to obtain, absorbance from a user; a physiological information obtainer configured to obtain metabolic and physiological information including a concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2); and a processor configured to estimate bio-information based on the absorbance and the metabolic, and physiological information by using a predictive model corresponding to the obtained metabolic and physiological information.
US11291350B2
A disclosed medical device includes a first data transmission path that includes a first insulation device connecting a secondary circuit and a patient circuit such that serial data output from the secondary circuit is transmitted to the patient circuit while maintaining electrical insulation between the secondary circuit and the patient circuit; a second data transmission path that includes a second insulation device connecting the secondary circuit and the patient circuit such that the serial data transmitted from the secondary circuit to the patient circuit via the first data transmission path is fed back to the secondary circuit while maintaining electrical insulation between the secondary circuit and the patient circuit; and a comparison determination unit that is provided in the secondary circuit and compares the serial data output from the secondary circuit with the serial data fed back to the secondary circuit.
US11291346B2
A device for customizing a washing program for removing soiling from items being washed in a water-conducting household appliance includes a sensor configured to acquire spectral measurement values of organic compounds in washing water in the water-conducting household appliance. A determination unit determines functional groups of the organic compounds based on the acquired spectral measurement values of the organic compounds, and a customization unit customizes washing parameters of a current washing program based on the determined functional groups.
US11291341B1
A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a debris chamber defined within the housing, a filter disposed within the debris chamber, a motor assembly including a motor and an impeller connected to the housing and operable to generate airflow through the debris chamber and filter, a voltage sensor positioned to detect an input voltage applied to the motor, a temperature sensor positioned to detect a temperature associated with the motor and a controller communicatively coupled to the voltage sensor, temperature sensor, and motor. The controller includes a processor and memory having instructions that program the processor to determine a threshold temperature based at least in part on the input voltage detected by the voltage sensor, compare the temperature associated with the motor to the threshold temperature, and output a warning that the filter is full of debris when the temperature associated with the motor exceeds the threshold temperature.
US11291340B2
A paint booth filter assembly has a housing defining an interior having a securable lid, a shop vacuum exhaust attachment point, and a device exhaust. The device exhaust is secured within the lid. Secured within the interior of the housing is a plurality of removable air filters, having different levels of filtration.
US11291337B2
A food-product handling device includes a sifter unit having a housing defining an open upper side, a mount extending outwardly from the first housing along a first axis, and a lower side opposite the upper side. The sifter unit further has a sifter basket having an interior aligned with and inset within the open upper side. The device further includes a scale assembly having a body defining an upper opening and an opposite lower opening and having an annular weight-sensing unit surrounding the upper opening. The body is positionable on the housing of the sifter unit with the opening in communication with the open upper side of the housing. A hopper is positionable on the weight-sensing unit and defines a lower open end at least partially received within the body when the hopper is positioned on the weight-sensing unit.
US11291323B2
A carpet stretching apparatus includes a sleeve that has a first end and a second end. The first end is open. A carpet stretcher extends outwardly of the first end and is rotatable with respect to the sleeve. A locking member releasably engages the sleeve to the carpet stretcher in a first position or a second position. The first and second positions are orientated 90° with respect to each other. An anchor is attached to the second end of the sleeve and releasably engages the carpet.
US11291321B2
A recyclable or reusable assembly is described. The assembly includes a lid having a first side disposed opposite a second side that engages an opening of a container and a hole extending through a width of the lid. A corrugated flex pipe configured straw fully extendable for use of the assembly is configured to collapse on itself in a telescoping movement and has a first and a second portion. A second side of the first portion engages the hole on the first side of the lid and a second side of the second portion engages the hole on the second side of the lid. A first sealing plug is affixed to the first side of the first portion of the straw and a second sealing plug is affixed to the first side of the second portion of the straw to seal an inside of the straw.
US11291317B2
A marking apparatus facilitates blind mounting of an object to a mounting surface in a desired alignment using the object as an alignment template. One end of the apparatus is configured to be affixed to a mounting slot or edge of the object, then the other end used to mark the appropriate supporting fastener location on the mounting surface. The object's mounting slots or edges may be represented by mounting hardware components that are flush with, recessed in, or protruding from the local planar surface of the object. To accommodate a broad variety of mounting conditions and mounting hardware, certain embodiments of the apparatus may include selectively adjustable or interchangeable head adapters, distinct head and retention configurations and/or a hardware relief channel A channel adapter is disclosed for use with embodiments of the apparatus having a hardware relief channel. Embodiments of a slot-securable point marking tool are also disclosed.
US11291304B1
A seat assembly includes a seatback with a frame assembly. A track member is operably coupled to the frame assembly. A carriage member is pivotally and slideably coupled to the track member between raised and lowered positions. At least one support rod having upper and lower portions is operably coupled to the carriage member for movement therewith. A headrest assembly is supported on the upper portion of the at least one support rod and is operable between extended and retracted positions. The headrest assembly includes a headrest bun with a downwardly extending lower portion. The seatback includes a receiving area extending inwardly from a front side of the seatback and extending downwardly from an upper side of the seatback. A portion of the downwardly extending lower portion of the headrest assembly is received in the receiving area of the seatback when the headrest assembly is in the retracted position.
US11291294B1
A magnetically driven electric toothbrush head includes a brush body, a movable board and a screw cap with a cavity. A fixed frame is arranged in the cavity. Two spaced twisting plates are connected between the fixed frame and the movable board. The movable board is connected with a driving shaft extending through the fixed frame and the elastic cover is fixedly connected with the brush body. The bottom of the movable board is provided with permanent magnets. When the screw cap is connected to the brush handle, under the magnetic effect between the electromagnet and the permanent magnets and the distortion restriction of the twisting plates, the movable board drives the driving shaft and the brush body to rotate reciprocatingly and synchronously. The lower part of the twisting plate is exposed to form a twisting section which is connected to the driving shaft via a rubber strip.
US11291283B2
A portable, lightweight, insulated, and heated storage device is provided. The heated storage device is movable between a closed condition adapted to maintain stored items therein at a predetermined temperature and an open condition for externally radiating heat. In one embodiment, the heated storage device may be a heating sack adapted to unfurl from the closed condition storing a sleeping bag or the like to the open condition as a flat, heated blanket, externally radiating heat.
US11291281B1
A roller garment bag is disclosed that combines and integrates a carry-on and a garment bag into a single luggage case, which obtains the desirable conveniences of carry-on luggage while retaining all of the desirable aspects of a garment bag and a carry-on without introducing any significant detriments to the individual advantages of each style of luggage bag by itself.
US11291278B2
A compact or “minimalist” holder for a bottle and various personal items. The compact holder comprises three members: a bottle member, a protective member, and at least one adjustable band. The bottle member and the protective member are removably coupled by the at least one adjustable band. The compact holder allows access to, storage and protection of various personal item(s) disposed between the bottle and protective member. A variety of personal item(s) can be removably held, stored and protected by the compact holder, and a variety of fluids may be stored by and dispensed from the bottle, including lubricant, cleaners, antimicrobial solution, vitamin solutions, mace, pepper spray, perfume, oils, and lotion.
US11291270B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole coupled to the upper. The sole includes an upper sole, a fluid filled bladder coupled to the upper sole, and a plurality of recesses disposed between the upper sole and the bladder. The bladder includes a plurality of chambers extending below the upper sole. The plurality of chambers hold a fluid. Ambient air is disposed within the plurality of recesses between the upper sole and the bladder.
US11291266B2
A clipless cycling shoe having an upper and a base plate. The base plate has a medial portion, a lateral portion and a medial sidewall. The medial portion has a rigid support structure having a top portion and a bottom portion, a cavity is formed between the top portion and bottom portion, wherein the cavity is filled with a core material. The lateral portion has a lateral plate. The medial sidewall wrap is adjacent the medial portion and extends outward and upward relative to the base plate and the medial sidewall wrap extends a portion of the length of the base plate. The medial portion is desirably thicker than the lateral portion.
US11291265B2
A surgical garment for use with a helmet, wherein the garment comprises a shell, a transparent face shield, and an attachment element coupled to the transparent face shield. The garment may be configured to define a barrier between the wearer and the environment. The attachment element configured to removably couple with a coupling member of the helmet, wherein the attachment element and coupling member comprise complementary coupling surfaces. The attachment element comprises a head having a distal surface and a proximal surface, and defining a coupling recess, the coupling recess is defined in the proximal surface of the head. The garment may comprise a first and second attachment element, with the first attachment element being coupled to upper portion of the transparent face shield and the second attachment element being coupled to lower portion of the transparent face shield.
US11291261B2
A helmet including a lighting system integrated into said helmet, the lighting system comprising a first layer; light emitting means mounted to said first layer; controller means mounted to said first layer for controlling said light emitting means; wiring means for linking said light emitting means to said controller means; a second layer fixably attached to said first layer thereby providing an area between said first and second layer for said light emitting means, controller means, and wiring means; power means fixably attached to said second layer for powering said controller and light emitting means; and operating means functionally linked to said controller means for operating said controller means. The application also discloses lighting system contained in a shell that that can be attached to an existing helmet. This application also discloses a lighting system contained in a flexible material that can be fitted onto an existing helmet.
US11291253B2
An electronic cigarette cartridge tube and a method for preparing the same is introduced herein. Both of a filter tip and a cartridge container of the electronic cigarette cartridge tube are made respectively by consistent-and-continuous production machines used with a pulp-molding fabrication approach which is researched and improved, thereby integrally forming a solid geometrical shape of any one of the filter tip and the cartridge container. It can not only resolve the technical problems of the existing pulp-molding fabrication method that is incapable of producing a component (e.g. a cylinder-shaped longitudinal filter tip or cartridge container) of a cylinder-shaped lengthwise electronic cigarette cartridge tube, having a ratio, greater than one, of a maximum longitudinal height thereof being relative to a maximum transverse width thereof, but can also save its working cycle time, benefit its mass production, and assure its higher product yield and quality.
US11291250B2
An aerosol generating device includes: a case into which a cigarette is to be inserted; a cap detachably coupled to a top portion of the case; a cover configured to slide on a top surface of the cap so as to open or close a cigarette insertion hole; a first sensor configured to sense whether the cigarette insertion hole is open or closed; and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette insertion hole is open or closed based on a signal sensed by the first sensor and set an operational mode of the aerosol generating device as an ON mode or an OFF mode based on a result of the determining.
US11291248B2
An aerosol-generating system may include a device body and a cartridge configured to be removably inserted into or connected to the device body. The device body may include a power supply and an electrical heater connected to the power supply. The cartridge contains an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a thermoreversible gel that is a solid at room temperature.
US11291242B2
A system, apparatus and method for forming a smoke filter including a forming nozzle through which a fibrous bundle material passes. The forming nozzle includes a converging passage, at least one first internal cavity in fluid connection with a first working fluid source, and a plurality of first holes fluidly connecting the at least one first internal cavity with a working surface of the forming nozzle. The plurality of first holes are further positioned and directed such that in passing through the plurality of first holes, the first working fluid conveys the fibrous bundle material through the forming nozzle in a transport direction. A guide pin is disposed along a central axis of the converging passage, the guide pin including an elongated body which tapers in the transport direction. A bobbin disposed downstream of the forming nozzle.
US11291241B2
There is provided a smoking article (10) comprising a tobacco rod (12) and a filter (14) axially aligned in an abutting end-to-end relationship. The filter (14) consists of a single segment of filtration material having an overall length (L) and extending from a mouth end (16) to a tobacco rod end (18). The smoking article (10) comprises a ventilation zone (20) at a location at a first distance (V) from the mouth end (16) of the filter; and an additive delivery element (22) upstream of the ventilation zone (20) and at a second distance (C) from the mouth end (16) of the filter (14). The ventilation zone (20) is at least 5 mm apart from the additive delivery element (22). The overall length (L) of the filter is from 20 mm to 30 mm; the first distance (V) is from 11 mm to 22 mm; and the second distance (C) is from 16 mm to 27 mm.
US11291236B2
Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to a device having an inlet and a chamber. Immobilized lipase, immobilized protease, and immobilized amylase may be contained within the chamber. The device may also include an outlet, wherein a flow path extends from the inlet, through the chamber, and to the outlet.
US11291235B2
Provided herein is a method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding about 10 to about 40 ppm, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the substantial absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not significantly enhance the sweetness of the article or composition.
US11291233B2
Rebaudioside M compositions with improved aqueous solubility and methods for preparing the same are provided herein. The rebaudioside M compositions include (i) disordered crystalline compositions comprising rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D, (ii) spray-dried compositions comprising rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D and steviol glycoside mixtures and/or rebaudioside B and/or NSF-02, (iii) spray-dried compositions comprising rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D and at least one surfactant, polymer, saponin, carbohydrate, polyol, preservative or a combination thereof. Sweetened compositions, such a beverages, containing the rebaudioside M compositions with improved water solubility are also provided herein.
US11291232B2
The invention relates to a process for producing highly soluble compositions containing purified steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract, more particularly Rebaudioside D. Obtained highly soluble compositions are useful as non-caloric sweeteners or in combination with sugar or high intensity sweeteners in edible and chewable compositions such as beverages, confectionaries, bakery products, chewing gums and the like.
US11291230B2
A flavor composition to be added to a food or drink, which composition contains at least one selected from the group consisting of (−)-mustakone, (+)-mustakone, and a mixture thereof, the drink may be a citrus drink including a citrus, and the citrus may be at least one selected from the group consisting of grapefruit, orange, and lemon.
US11291228B2
A food product flavoring apparatus is provided. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a removable container configured to contain a flavor target, a device for agitating the flavor target, and a housing. The housing is configured to receive the agitated flavor target when the removable container is adjacent the housing such that the container opening is aligned with the housing opening. The apparatus further includes a device for applying a flavoring agent to the agitated flavor target a device for removing substantially all residual flavoring agent from the housing after the flavor target has been flavored. A method of applying a flavoring agent to a flavor target is also provided.
US11291221B2
The present invention features methods of extracting amylase trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) from processed and unprocessed foodstuff, determining bioactivity of ATIs, quantifying the amount of ATIs in a foodstuff, and reducing the content of ATIs in a foodstuff.
US11291219B2
The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms—including novel strains of the microorganisms—microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same, in methods for modulating the production and yield of milk and milk components in ruminants. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable components of milk in ruminants. Furthermore, the disclosure provides for methods of modulating the rumen microbiome.
US11291218B2
A machine for the production of liquid, semi-liquid or pasty solid food products is described. The machine includes a working container provided with an internal stirrer and externally with heat exchange means, an inlet opening in fluid communication with means for feeding a base food mixture into the container, a first outlet opening for a finished food product and a second outlet opening or a washing liquid. The machine further includes an automatic device for washing the feeding means and the container, and the automatic device has a circuit and a pump for recirculating the washing liquid and means for heating the recirculated washing liquid. A method for cleaning a machine of the aforementioned type is also described.
US11291214B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, and uses concerning the enzymatic preparation of a fermented milk product.
US11291206B2
The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific pigment synthesis inhibitors selected from beflubutamide, flurtamone and clomazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
US11291204B2
A composition for and methods of preserving a topical cosmetic, toiletry or pharmaceutical formulation against microbiological contamination or growth are described in which the compositions used herein include at least one hydroxamic acid, salt or complex thereof, and the methods include addition of an effective amount of such compounds to a cosmetic, toiletry or pharmaceutical formulation. Compositions further including alkanediols and/or solubilizing agents in blends with hydroxamic acid are also described.
US11291200B2
The present disclosure relates to the application of a viable cell monitor to the cryopreservation of plant cells. The viable cell monitor is, for the first time, used in a method for rapidly evaluating the effect of cell freezing-preservation. The effect of a cryoprotectant on cell preservation is evaluated through the change in the capacitance of viable cells before and after cell freezing and resuscitation. Viable cell electrodes can provide a quick and accurate characterization of viable cell concentrations. Combining the viable cell capacitance with the detection result of 2,3,4-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC), a rapid and quantitative evaluation of the effect of a freezing method on cell preservation can be achieved, thus overcoming the low effectiveness and non-quantification of previous cell preservation methods. Compared with traditional methods, the method of the present disclosure can improve the comprehensive score of cell cryopreservation by 5 times or more.
US11291199B2
An active barrier to termites and other insects includes a polymeric or paper substrate; and a copper-carbon matrix, wherein the copper-carbon matrix is incorporated into or is coated onto the polymeric or paper substrate. The resulting combination of the substrate and copper-carbon matrix allows for the creation of films, tapes, coated paper and fabric, or molded or formed parts that interfere with and block the passage or entry beyond the barrier of termites or other insects. Uses may be as diverse as but not limited to underlayment(s) for temporary, semi-permanent or permanent structures as well as films and barriers for walls, roofs of permanent, semi-permanent or temporary structures, or interior spaces, cabinets, or vehicles or protecting equipment, telecommunication gear, electronics or other assets that may be impacted, damaged or degraded by termite or other such insect infestation.
US11291198B2
Systems and methods for effectively repelling pest animals (e.g., birds), including drones that adopt complex deterrent strategies (e.g., cooperative strategies), establishing a fuzzy boundary for a geofenced area and altering pest deterrent device flight patterns based on the characteristics of the fuzzy boundaries. Deterrence strategies can be selected based on the type of pest animals, and new deterrence strategies can be generated based on outcome feedback from previous strategies (e.g., combining aspects of preexisting deterrence strategies by utilizing an AI system). Drones can be automatically maintained by comparing current drone operational status with a predetermined threshold level. A maintenance robot (e.g., a drone) can autonomously rescues a working robot (e.g., another drone) that is in trouble.
US11291195B2
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool shaft, a rolling bearing, and an elastic element. The spool shaft is rotatable with respect to the reel body. The rolling bearing has an outer diameter of 8 mm or less and supports the spool shaft. The rolling bearing includes an outer ring having a holding groove in an outer peripheral surface thereof, an inner ring connected to the spool shaft so as to be integrally rotatable, and a rolling element disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring. The elastic element has an annular shape and is held in the holding groove. The holding groove is located in a position that does not overlap with the rolling element in a radial direction of the spool shaft. The outer ring has a minimum thickness that is 10% or more of the outer diameter of the rolling bearing.
US11291189B2
An electronic monitoring device for attaching to an animal includes an NFC module facilitating wireless communication between a smart phone and the monitoring device, an accelerometer for monitoring acceleration of the head of the animal, and a microprocessor which determines various states of the animal from signals received from the accelerometer. The smart phone is programmed by a software application which allows an identifying code of the monitoring device to be read from the memory chip and cross-referenced in the smart phone with the identity of an animal, which can be inputted into the smart phone. Data relating to the states(s) of the animal can be read from the microprocessor through the NFC module into the smart phone. Additionally, data relating to the animal stored in a cloud server corresponding to the state or states of the animal is downloaded from the cloud server by the smart phone.
US11291187B2
An adjustable side lead animal harness with a top portion, bottom portion, and chest portion that are connected so that upon excessive pulling by the animal, the chest portion collapses bringing the animal's legs together to discourage pulling. A strap of the chest portion is threaded through a ring and doubled-back through a modified ring.
US11291177B1
A novel maize variety designated X18R022PWE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18R022PWE with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R022PWE through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R022PWE, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R022PWE are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R022PWE and methods of using maize variety X18R022PWE are disclosed.
US11291176B2
The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding ABCB transporter proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
US11291169B2
A broom tube assembly for dislodging debris while employing a leaf blower includes an air tube that is mountable on an output of a leaf blower. A broom is provided and the broom is coupled to the air tube. The broom frictionally engages a surface being cleaned when the air tube is directed toward the surface. In this way the broom can dislodge debris for blowing the debris with the leaf blower. A plurality of brackets is each positioned around the handle. Each of the brackets engages the air tube for retaining the handle on the air tube.
US11291158B2
A blade cartridge for a horizontal rotary mower includes airfoil blades and diverter blades that alter airflow within the blade cartridge and prevent grass clippings from accumulating. The horizontal rotary lawnmower may be adapted to engage a cleaning station with brushes or cleaning pads to remove grass clippings while the horizontal rotary lawnmower blade assembly is operated in reverse. The cleaning station may automatically engage a reverse operation. The cleaning station may also hone the blades of the blade assembly while operating in reverse.
US11291157B2
A lawn mower has an electrical port that receives current from an alternator powered by the lawn mower engine. The current and voltage sent the electrical port depend on a flywheel and stator arrangement operatively connected to the alternator. The stator may be replaceable or interchangeable to selectively determine the alternator current and voltage output. The port receives a plug from a garment worn by the lawn mower operator. The garment includes one or more thermo-electric elements that are powered from current extending through the port. The thermo-electric elements may be resistive heaters to warm the operator or TEC coolers to cool the operator. Furthermore, the garment may include a rechargeable battery that powers the thermo-electric elements when the plug is disconnected from the port.
US11297735B2
A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger and two pumps. The heat exchanger defines a heat exchange pathway, an inflow pathway communicated with the heat exchange pathway for guiding a cooling liquid to flow into the heat exchange pathway, and an outflow pathway opposite to the inflow pathway for guiding the cooling liquid to flow out from the heat exchange pathway. Each of the pumps includes a case body defining a flow-guiding chamber communicated with and disposed between the heat exchange pathway and the outflow pathway, a rotor mounted in the flow-guiding chamber, and a stator mounted to the case body for driving rotation of the rotor, facilitating flowing movement of the cooling liquid toward the outflow pathway.
US11297730B1
A computer chassis can include a top cover that can be secured and removed without the need for tools. Sidewalls of a chassis base can include receiving slots that receive bosses of the top cover. A latch receiver mounted to a bottom surface of the chassis base can receive a sliding body of a latch assembly of the top cover. The computer chassis can be assembled by placing the top cover on the chassis base such that the bosses are placed into the receiving slots, and such that the sliding body fits within the latch receiver. In this position, rotation of a lever of the latch assembly can force the top cover to move with respect to the chassis base, pushing the bosses of the top cover towards distal ends of the receiving slots of the chassis base, thus securing the top cover to the chassis base.
US11297729B2
Example implementations relate to a computing system having a chassis and a front panel pivotably coupled to the chassis via a pair of retention brackets. In some examples, the chassis has a pair of frames that is disposed spaced apart and in parallel to each other. Further, each retention bracket of the pair of brackets is movably coupled to a respective frame of the pair of frames. The front panel is releasably engaged to the pair of frames and pivotably coupled to the pair of retention brackets such that the front panel is movable independently relative to the chassis. During installation and maintenance of the computing system, the front panel is movable linearly along a radial direction relative to the pair of frames and rotatable independently relative to the pair of retention brackets so as to provide clearance for accessing interiors of the chassis.
US11297728B1
A chassis housing one or more Information Handling Systems (IHSs) includes a bay for coupling hardware components to the chassis, such as rear-facing bay that extends from the chassis midplane to an externally accessible opening. A first hardware component is fastened to a removeable carrier and the carrier is inserted in the bay, with the first hardware component coupling to the midplane. The carrier includes arms that extend to the externally accessible opening. Each arm includes a retractable handle that is used, when in an extended position, to extract the carrier from the bay. A second, removeable hardware component is inserted in the bay, with the second hardware components nested between the arms of the carrier. The carrier handles rotate to a concealed position when the second hardware component is nested in the carrier and the handles rotate to the extended position when the second hardware component is removed.
US11297723B2
A display device includes a display module, a support part arranged on a rear surface of the display module and including a support plate and a plurality of support bars, a first case configured to accommodate the display module and the support part, a second case coupled to the first case so as to be movable away from or closer to the first case in a first direction, a first rotating unit below some support bars, of the plurality of support bars, arranged horizontally together with the support plate, a second rotating unit below some other support bars of the plurality of support bars, and belt units each configured to couple a portion of the first rotating unit and a portion of the second rotating unit adjacent to each other, and the support part is movable according to a rotation of the first and second rotating units.
US11297721B2
An electronic component comprising a body and at least one terminal for soldering the body to a carrier is provided, with the terminal comprising: an electrode arranged on a surface of the body; an outgassing layer formed on and/or surrounded by the electrode, wherein the outgassing layer is configured to outgas when being heated; and an electrically conductive cover layer formed on the outgassing layer, wherein the cover layer is electrically connected to the electrode and seals the outgassing layer in a gastight manner between the cover layer and the electrode.
US11297715B2
A solderable circuit board module system includes at least a first solderable circuit board module and a second solderable circuit board module, wherein the first solderable circuit board module has a first module circuit board having a top side and an underside provided for placement on a motherboard, wherein on the underside of the first module circuit board, solder connection contacts are arranged in a first frame-shaped contact region around a central middle section, which is free of connection contacts. The second solderable circuit board module has additional solder connection contacts, which form an outer frame around the first frame-shaped contact region, as a second group.
US11297710B2
An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source and a method for patterning a resist layer on a substrate using the EUV light source are disclosed. For example, the EUV light source includes a volume to collect liquid tin debris remaining after a plasma generation process, a cover coupled to the volume, wherein the cover comprises at least one opening to allow the liquid tin debris to fall through the at least one opening of the cover and into the volume, and a heater coupled to the cover, wherein the heater is to melt solid tin that forms from cooling of the liquid tin debris on a surface around the at least one opening of the cover.
US11297695B2
A dielectric heating device is provided with two or more electrodes, a grounded surface connected to a first electrode, a signal source connected to a second electrode to output a high-frequency signal, a first element interposed serially between the signal source and second electrode, and a second element interposed serially between the grounded surface and first electrode. The first element includes two terminals that electrically connect the signal source and second electrode in a non-contact manner, to cause the high-frequency signal outputted from the signal source to pass through the first element, by using the electric coupling between the two terminals. The second element includes two terminals that electrically connect the grounded surface and first electrode in a non-contact manner, to output, by using the electric coupling between the two terminals, the high-frequency signal outputted from the signal source, to the grounded surface.
US11297694B2
A slide-in or drop-in cooking range includes an upper cooktop in the form of a module suspended above an oven cavity. For installation purposes, the upper cooktop can be vertically repositioned relative to the oven cavity to assure proper alignment with the countertop and avoid damage to the cooktop as a result of combined thermal and mechanical stresses over time. The disclosure is particularly applicable to ranges employing glass cooktops having a periphery designed to rest upon edge portions of a countertop and contemplates various mechanisms to perform the cooktop repositioning function, including select mechanisms for locking, ratcheting and biasing the cooktop to establish a desired vertical position for the cooktop.
US11297684B2
Disclosed is a method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, including receiving parameters for a search space from a base station via higher layer signalling, receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) format associated with power adjustment, the DCI format including configuration information for a monitoring period of the search space, determining a parameter for the search space based on the configuration information, and performing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on the determined parameter for the search space.
US11297679B2
Proposed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless LAN system. Particularly, an AP transmits a PPDU to one STA. The AP transmits data to the one STA over a first NCCB band or a second NCCB band on the basis of the PPDU. The PPDU includes a first signal field and a second signal field. The first NCCB band is a 40 MHz or 60 MHz band generated by bonding a discontinuous 20 MHz band in an 80 MHz band. The second NCCB band is an 80 MHz, 100 MHz, 120 MHz, or 140 MHz band generated by bonding a discontinuous 20 MHz band in a 160 MHz band. The first signal field includes first information and second information. The first information is NCCB indication information on whether or not an NCCB can be performed. The second information is NCCB bandwidth information for a band to be used for transmitting the PPDU from the first NCCB band and the second NCCB band.
US11297676B2
This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and devices for improved beam recovery at mobile stations (UE's) that support connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX). In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes monitoring, at a communication node configured to operate in a connected discontinuous reception mode, a first plurality of reference signals in a time window that overlaps at least partially with a semi-active time or an active time within a discontinuous reception cycle of the communication node.
US11297673B2
Techniques are disclosed for determining, at a first wireless access point (AP), one or more radio resource management (RRM) input parameters. The one or more RRM input parameters are determined based on a line of sight (LOS) estimate between two wireless stations (STAs). A plurality of RRM values are generated based on the one or more RRM input parameters. A wireless connection is established between the first AP and a first STA using the RRM values.
US11297671B1
When a first access node is considering setup of dual-connectivity service for a UE, the first access node could take into consideration the uplink path loss respectively of each of one or more candidate second access nodes, in order to decide whether to set up the dual-connectivity service for the UE and/or to decide which of the multiple second access nodes to use for the UE's dual-connectivity service. For instance, the first access node may decide to use a given candidate second access node for the dual-connectivity service of the UE, with the decision being based on the given candidate second access node having a lower measure of uplink path loss than one or more other candidate second access nodes.
US11297663B2
A Distributed Unit (DU) transmitting a random access (RA) response including a cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) (C-RNTI) to the communication device, in response to a RA preamble from a communication device; receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message from the communication device; transmitting an INITIAL uplink (UL) RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message including the RRC message to a Centralized Unit (CU), wherein the ITIAL UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message includes the C-RNTI; receiving a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST message from the CU; transmitting a UE CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE message to the CU; receiving a downlink (DL) RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message from the CU, wherein the DL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message includes a RRC response message; transmitting the RRC response message to the communication device according to the C-RNTI; communicating data with the communication device according to the C-RNTI.
US11297651B2
Method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) performing random access are disclosed. For this end, the UE transmits first multiple random access preambles for a random access procedure to the network, and monitors random access responses respectively corresponding to each of the first multiple random access preambles during each of multiple random access response reception windows. The UE transmits second multiple random access preambles for the random access procedure to the network, if a random access response reception of the first multiple random access preambles is determined as not successful. Here, the random access response reception is determined as not successful, when none of the random access responses is successfully received until a last random access response reception window among the multiple random access response reception windows ends.
US11297649B2
A dynamic configuration of crest factor reduction in a licensed assisted access radio system. A processing device comprises a detecting block, a clipping pulse generator, a first storage block, a selecting block, a full clipping block and a simplified clipping block. The detecting block performs a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on a plurality of carriers in parallel and generates a trigger signal in response to LBT success on one or more carriers. The clipping pulse generator generates, for the carrier(s) with LBT success, a clipping pulse within a time period from the receipt of the trigger signal to the start of user traffic transmission. The first storage block stores the clipping pulse for use by the full clipping block. The selecting block selects the full clipping block when there is user traffic on the carrier(s) and selects the simplified clipping block when there is no user traffic on the carrier(s).
US11297641B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to scheduling communications in a network are provided. A wireless communication device communicates a semi-persistent schedule (SPS) for communicating with a group of wireless communication devices, the SPS including a plurality of resource allocations spaced apart in time. The first wireless communication device identifies a first resource allocation for at least a subset of the group of wireless communication devices based on a missed resource allocation of the plurality of resource allocations associated with a failed listen-before-talk (LBT). Additionally, the wireless communication device communicates with at least the subset of the group of wireless communication devices, communication signals based on the first resource allocation.
US11297638B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for triggering a buffer status reporting in wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring with a first SR resource configuration and a second SR resource configuration; checking whether or not data is a first data on logical channels mapped to the first SR resource configuration, when the data becomes available for a first logical channel mapped to the first SR resource configuration, in a state that the first logical channel has a lower priority than a highest priority among priorities of logical channels having data, which are mapped to the second SR resource configuration; and triggering a first BSR if the data is the first data on logical channels mapped to the first SR resource configuration.
US11297636B2
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for performing channel access. In detail, provided are a method including: receiving uplink scheduling information; and when the user equipment has stopped an uplink transmission during the uplink transmission being performed according to the uplink scheduling information, to resume the uplink transmission, performing a second type channel access when a channel sensed by the user equipment is continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, and performing a first type channel access when the channel sensed by the user equipment is not continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, wherein the first type channel access comprises performing a random backoff after a channel sensing, and the second type channel access only comprises performing a channel sensing and an apparatus and a system therefor.
US11297631B2
OFDMA transmission by a plurality of terminal apparatuses is realized in a communication system in which CSMA/CA is premised and existing terminal apparatuses coexist. A communication method of a radio receiving apparatus of the invention includes the steps of: receiving a resource reserving signal which is transmitted from the radio transmission apparatus and which includes information indicating that the signal is addressed to the plurality of radio receiving apparatuses; and transmitting a resource reserving response signal to the radio transmission apparatus by using at least one radio resource with which the resource reserving signal is received, in which at least part of information included in the resource reserving response signal is identical to information included in the first resource reserving response signal transmitted by another of the radio receiving apparatuses.
US11297628B2
A wireless network device, for operation within a wireless network, the wireless network device comprising: a wireless interface operable on one or more wireless channels; a memory; and a processor configured to: scan at least one channel for a predetermined time duration; and make a channel quality assessment measurement during the predetermined time duration, wherein the processor is adapted to synchronize the predetermined time duration with other wireless network devices that are operable in the wireless network and that scan the at least one channel and make channel quality assessment measurements during substantially the same predetermined time duration, wherein the channel quality assessment measurement is compared with other channel quality assessment measurements from other network devices that are operable in the wireless network thereby to enable determination of an optimal channel for communication between the network devices and wherein the wireless network device is configured to operate on the optimal channel.
US11297625B2
A method in a first wireless station of establishing a connection with a second wireless station includes: generating a frame including a capabilities element having: a core capabilities field containing a predefined sequence of core subfields having respective predefined lengths; the core subfields containing respective first core values defining core capabilities of the first wireless station; and at least one extended capability field containing: an extended capability identifier subfield containing an identifier of one of a plurality of predefined extended capabilities; an extended capability length subfield containing an extended capability length value; and an extended capability payload subfield having a length equal to the extended capability length value; the payload subfield containing a first extended value defining an extended capability of the first wireless station; and responsive to generating the frame, transmitting the frame.
US11297622B1
A method includes receiving a request to allocate an instantiation of a network function and information indicative of resource needs of the instantiation. The resource needs include at least one resiliency requirement. The method includes computing a resource map comprising a global tier and a regional tier and comparing the resource needs with the resource map to determine an allocation solution. The method also includes, based on the allocation solution, allocating resources to the instantiation. The resources include a first resource of the global tier and a second resource of the regional tier.
US11297621B2
Various examples herein may be used to select scrambling sequences that avoid repetitive sequences that cause high PAPR. In one example, a UE or BS may be configured with a first selected scrambling selection value and a second selected scrambling selection value and perform a DPS between the first selected scrambling selection value and the second selected scrambling selection value based on a DCI bit. In another example, a UE or BS may be configured with a third scrambling selection value and perform the DPS for the third selected scrambling selection value based on the first selected scrambling selection value. In still another example, a UE or BS may be configured with a first selected scrambling selection value, a second selected scrambling selection value, and a third selected scrambling selection value that are one of a first value, a second value, or a third value.
US11297613B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently identifying a receive beam for performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure in an attempt to gain access to a transmission opportunity (TxOP) in a shared radio frequency spectrum. In particular, a wireless device may select a receive beam that corresponds to one or more transmit beams to be used in a TxOP to perform an LBT procedure in an attempt to gain access to the TxOP. In one example, the wireless device may select a receive beam for performing an LBT procedure based on the energy of each of the transmit beams to be used in a TxOP. In another example, the wireless device may select a receive beam for performing an LBT procedure if the receive beam is quasi co-located with each of the transmit beams to be used in a TxOP.
US11297609B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for wireless communication in a wireless network include generation of a bandwidth query report poll (BQRP) frame by an access point and transmission of the BQRP frame to multiple wireless stations. The BQRP frame includes a bandwidth query for each station. Each wireless station receives the BQRP frame and generates a bandwidth query report. The bandwidth query report includes channel availability information at a corresponding wireless station. The access point allocates channel resources to each wireless station according to the channel availability information.
US11297608B2
Disclosed are an information transmission method and terminal for: determining from a base station that a beam mismatch has occurred; transmitting a terminal-specifically allocated RACH preamble to the base station in order to transmit beam-related information indicating that the beam mismatch to the base station; receiving, from the base station, a message (for example, RACH response) for requesting transmission of the beam-related information; and transmitting uplink control information including the beam-related information to the base station.
US11297606B2
An application for a user such as a professional installer and/or a customer to install and activate an RF communication device at a user's location such a customer's premises. The application provides for automating at least a portion of the actions necessary to install the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices; and subsequently activate wireless RF communication between the RF communication device and a remote base station associated with a wireless carrier. Also, video presentations along with written tutorials, manuals, and instructions, may be provided to answer questions and provide directions to the user in the installation and/or activation process for the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices.
US11297604B2
A resource assignment method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The resource assignment method includes determining a target resource set for data transmission at a first time unit, selecting the earliest resource in time from the target resource set, wherein the selected resource is located at a second time unit, determining, at the second time unit and/or between the first time unit and the second time unit, whether the selected resource at the second time unit is available, and determining whether data is transmitted on the selected resource at the second time unit based on the result of the determination.
US11297601B2
A resource allocation method for network slicing and an orchestrator, comprising: uniformly incorporating resources originally bundled statically with the base station into a dynamic resource pool; allocating, by an orchestrator, resources from among the dynamic resource pool for the network slicing based on different network slicing requirements. A static corresponding/mapping relationship between the hardware/radio resources and the base station is broken, such that hardware/radio resources (e.g., radio access network Virtual Network Function (RAN VNF), baseband unit (BBU), RRH (Remote Radio Head) as well as antenna) that originally corresponded to different base stations will be organized as an integrated and dynamic hardware/radio resource pool and reported to the orchestrator, such that the orchestrator will centrally manage all hardware/radio resources in this pool and then sufficiently utilize and dynamically orchestrate these hardware/radio resources based different needs from the network slicing.
US11297590B2
A multilateration method basically includes receiving a signal strength indicator for at least one client wireless device from a plurality of access point devices, and calculating a position of the at least one client wireless device based on the signal strength indicator for the at least one client wireless device, prestored positions of the access point devices and a radio transmission parameter. The radio transmission parameter is obtained as a value that minimizes an error between a calculated position of at least one reference wireless device and a prestored position of the at least one reference wireless device.
US11297582B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block selection. One method includes receiving multiple synchronization signal blocks on a first wideband carrier. Each synchronization signal block includes at least one synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel. The method includes detecting at least one synchronization signal block of the synchronization signal blocks, determining at least one synchronization signal frequency associated with the at least one detected synchronization signal block, and selecting a first synchronization signal block of the at least one detected synchronization signal block and a first synchronization signal frequency of the at least one synchronization signal frequency. The first synchronization signal block is associated with the first synchronization signal frequency. The method includes decoding a first physical broadcast channel of the first synchronization signal block, and determining whether to reselect the first synchronization signal block based on a result of decoding the first physical broadcast channel.
US11297580B2
A method for determining timing of a synchronization signal block (SS block) includes: receiving, by a user equipment, timing information of the SS block sent by a network apparatus; and determining, by the user equipment, timing of the SS block according to the timing information of the SS block. Embodiments of the present disclosure can be employed to achieve accurate timing for an SS block.
US11297578B2
The present invention includes: a plurality of antenna sections, each of which to generate base station reception beams and to receive, by using the base station reception beams, one or more signals transmitted from a wireless terminal using one or more terminal transmission beams; a measurement unit that measures reception quality of each of the signals for each of the base station reception beams; and a control unit that groups the base station reception beams into groups in units of the antenna sections, and perform transmission power control on the terminal transmission beams of the wireless terminal in units of the groups, on the basis of a result of measurement of the measurement unit in units of the groups.
US11297569B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some systems support user equipment (UEs) achieving power savings by operating in a connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The systems may additionally utilize wakeup signals for further power savings at a UE. For example, a UE may be configured with a wakeup signal resource configuration (e.g., a first search space configuration) for monitoring for wakeup signals while operating in a low power mode. This first search space configuration may be different from a second search space configuration for the UE operating in an active mode. When in a low power mode, the UE may monitor for wakeup signals according to the wakeup signal resource configuration. If the UE receives a wakeup signal in a wakeup signal resource defined by the configuration, the UE may initiate a wakeup procedure and transition to the active mode for data communication.
US11297567B2
The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support modem control using millimeter wave (mmW) energy measurement. Generally, the described techniques provide for wireless device (e.g., wireless repeater) power savings in the absence of an attached (e.g., connected) user equipment (UE). For example, a wireless repeater may perform relay operations (e.g., amplification and forwarding operations) for communications between a base station and a UE in some channel (e.g., in a mmW channel). The wireless repeater may use energy measurements in the channel (e.g., analog mmW measurements) to control or configure a digital interface for monitoring out of band control information (e.g., in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) channel). For example, a wireless repeater may use energy measurements of signals transmitted by devices in a mmW band to configure (e.g., turn on) a digital interface of another modem to monitor for control information in a sub-6 GHz band.
US11297566B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: a terminal device receives state indication information sent by a network device, the state indication information is used for indicating that the network device will switch from an ON state to an OFF state; and the terminal device performs cell selection according to the state indication information, so that the terminal device can learn the state of the network device and then transmit data normally according to the state of the network device.
US11297556B2
An enhanced location based service for hybrid long term evolution (LTE) and/or Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) network is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving, from a user equipment device, via a radio access technology, a first message representative of a request for measurement gap information for a location based service; determining a location of the user equipment device based on a serving cell location of a serving cell device that services the user equipment device; and transmitting, to the user equipment device, a second message comprising data representative of the measurement gap information.
US11297551B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AMF (106) for handling handover. The AMF (106) receives one of: a handover required message and a first request message. The handover required message is received from an S-RAN (104s) and the first request message is received from another AMF (106) in response to the handover required message. The AMF (106) sends to a SMF (108), a set of one or more first request messages and activates a timer. The AMF (106) determines whether at least one of the following is true: a certain amount of time has elapsed since the timer was activated and the AMF (106) has received a first PDU response message for each one of the first PDU request messages. The AMF (106) transmits a handover request message to a T-RAN (104t) as a result of determining that at least one of the conditions is true.
US11297549B2
Simplified communication between user equipment and a neighboring cell not the primary cell is achieved by restricting the transmission parameters, such as bandwidth, of the neighboring cell transmission and provision of a simplified secondary baseband processor in the user equipment.
US11297540B2
A system for allocating resources in a communications network includes a plurality of access points, where each access point in the plurality of access points is in communication with one or more user devices. The system also includes a central controller in communication with the plurality of access points. The central controller is configured to receive traffic information and channel information for access point—user device links in the communications network. The central controller is also configured to receive an intensity of independent homogeneous Poisson traffic intended for the one or more user devices. The central controller is further configured to determine a joint resource allocation based at least in part on the received traffic and channel information and the intensity of independent homogeneous Poisson traffic, where the joint resource allocation is determined with an algorithm.
US11297539B1
Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and apparatus for managing service provider network nodes in a converged network by identifying indicia of a reduced Quality of Service (QoS) level of network services provided to user equipment (UE) via a WiFi access point (WAP) such that a WiFi control entity may responsively communicate the identification of affected UE to various provider equipment such that the UE may be migrated to a proximate service provider mobile network node in accordance with a network slice having a Quality Class Index (QCI) of at least a minimum QoS level indicated by the subscriber profile information.
US11297538B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and transmit second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel used in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth: and controlling circuitry configured to control the transmitter.
US11297537B2
A wireless communication device includes: a transmission unit that transmits a request frame indicating a request for traffic information; a receiving unit that receives a response frame in which the traffic information is stored; and a control unit that controls transmission of a frame related to permission of transmission directed to a first wireless communication device that is identified on the basis of the traffic information stored in the received response frame and that is permitted to perform multiple access. A wireless communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request frame indicating a request for traffic information; a transmission unit that transmits a response frame in which the traffic information is stored in response to the received request frame; and a control unit that controls transmission of a frame related to the traffic information on the basis of a communication parameter related to multiple access.
US11297536B2
A method for transmitting a flow control request by a wireless node in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving information related to a first destination and a second destination and information related to first and second threshold values for triggering the flow control request; based on a reception buffer status value being greater than the first threshold value and is less than the second threshold value, transmitting the flow control request to the first destination; and based on the reception buffer status value being greater than the second threshold value, transmitting the flow control request to the second destination.
US11297531B2
A network apparatus (10, 30) incorporates edge computing related control information (1001, 1101) into a header part (800) of a protocol data unit of an encapsulation protocol that is used to encapsulate a user packet originated from or destined for a radio terminal. Further, the network apparatus (10) transmits the protocol data unit whose header part (800) contains the edge computing related control information (1001, 1101).
US11297529B2
A radio device (100) sends a radio transmission (503, 507) to a further radio device (150). Further, the radio device (100) receives a further radio transmission (505, 509) from the further radio device (150). The further radio transmission (505, 509) comprises an indicator of reception success. In response to the indicator being toggled with respect to a previous state of the indicator, the radio device (100) determines that the radio transmission (509) was successfully received by the further radio device (150). In response to the indicator not being toggled with respect to the previous state of the indicator, the radio device (100) determines that the radio transmission (503) failed.
US11297528B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G (5th generation) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G (4th generation) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a device in a Central Unit (CU) connected to a Distributed Unit (DU) and a fronthaul in a wireless communication system may comprise: a communication interface for performing signaling between the CU and the DU; and at least one processor for determining whether to control a congestion state of the DU on the basis of the signaling, and when controlling the congestion state of the DU, stopping transmission of at least one packet to the DU before processing a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP).
US11297524B2
Disclosed is technology for applying a more differential QoS, that is, service quality to each communication service by implementing a differential QoS control in a radio section more precisely without any increase in complexity and load compared to a conventional bearer based QoS control method.
US11297522B2
A measurement gap indication method includes: obtaining indication information of whether a measurement gap is required when a user equipment operates with a target parameter; and transmitting the indication information to a network device. The target parameter includes at least one of carrier, carrier frequency band combination, bandwidth part, bandwidth part combination and reference signal.
US11297518B1
Orchestrating wireless monitoring sensors, including registering each sensor with an orchestrator, generating, by the orchestrator for each sensor, a monitoring plan including a description of wireless channels and protocols for the sensor to monitor, and amounts of time that the sensor should spend monitoring each channel/protocol, attempting, by each of the sensors, to monitor the channels/protocols specified in the sensor's monitoring plan in accordance with the amounts of time specified in the monitoring plan, generating, by each sensor, an execution report including, for each channel/protocol monitored by the sensor, the actual time spent at the channel/protocol, the actual amount of data collected from the channel/protocol, and data captured from the channel/protocol, generating, by the orchestrator, a current coverage map indicating coverage of each channel over space and time, and further generating, by the orchestrator, one or more respective updated monitoring plans, based on the current coverage map.
US11297517B2
This disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal device, and an access network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first message sent by an access network device, where the first message includes measurement type information, the measurement type information is used to indicate a first measurement granularity, and the first measurement granularity is one of a cell measurement granularity or a beam measurement granularity; and obtaining, by the terminal device, a measured value of a measurement object corresponding to the first measurement granularity. In the embodiments of this disclosure, by introducing different measurement type information, measurement of different granularities may be implemented, so that the measurement granularity is more refined and measurement results are more accurate.
US11297516B2
In order to maintain performance during wireless communication, a transmitting electronic device may concurrently and independently communicate redundant information to a receiving electronic device. In particular, information associated with a data stream may be communicated to the receiving electronic device using one or more channels by two radios using one or more wireless local area network communication protocols. The packets transmitted by the radios may preferentially include the same information. Moreover, the transmitting electronic device may attempt to maintain the redundant communication if a performance metric associated with the one or more channels degrades. For example, the transmitting electronic device may transfer communication to a different channel or may compress the information in the packets in the one or more channels if the throughput drops below a threshold value. Furthermore, the concurrent communication may allow the transmitting electronic device determine link quality without disrupting the communication of the information.
US11297507B2
An interaction security system for user verification utilizes co-location in order to more accurately identify a user location. The system identifies a user computer system location based a location determination component for the user computer systems. Moreover, the system identifies a resource accessory location of a resource accessory. The resource accessory location may be determined in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to, a location determination component of the resource accessory. The system may utilize a time requirement and/or a geo-location requirement in order to maintain verification of the user for a period of time and/or within a specific location. Moreover, the system may require the user to take an action with respect to the resource accessory before verifying the user location for an interaction.
US11297504B2
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a user instruction to initiate meshnet provisioning. The method also includes provisioning a first device to a meshnet, where the provisioning the first device yields first provisioning data that includes one or more keys. The method also includes provisioning a second device to the meshnet, where the provisioning the second device yields second provisioning data that includes include one or more keys. The method also includes transferring provisioning data that includes the first provisioning data and the second provisioning data to storage on the first device. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the method.
US11297499B2
A server device can, in response to a mobile device request, facilitate presentation of a login page via a mobile device. The login page can prompt for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page. Based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, the server device can facilitate displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link. The server device can receive a submitted code from the mobile device, and in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.
US11297497B2
A method of authentication in ride hailing situations may include transmitting, to a server by a first device of a passenger, a request for a ride to a destination, receiving an indication that a second device of a driver accepted the ride, and communicating first location data of each respective device to the other respective device. The method may also include determining a first distance between the first and second device based on the first location data of the first and second device. Responsive to determining that the first distance satisfies a threshold condition, the method may also include communicating, via a first point-to-point communication between the first and second device, second location data of each respective device to the other respective device. Further, the method may include presenting, based on the second location data, directions for the first and second device to reach each other.
