US11326536B2
An internal combustion engine control apparatus is configured to control an internal combustion engine including a piston reciprocating in a cylinder and a fuel injector arranged to inject a fuel into a combustion chamber facing the piston in the cylinder. The internal combustion engine control apparatus includes an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the fuel injector so as to inject the fuel in an injectable area from a first crank angle at which an intake stroke is started to a second crank angle at which a compression stroke is ended, and setting an injection frequency of the fuel injected by the fuel injector in the injectable area. The microprocessor is configured to perform the setting including setting the injection frequency between once and four times.
US11326525B2
A method of monitoring bleed air provided from a first engine to a second engine of a multi-engine aircraft includes operating the first engine in a powered mode to provide motive power to the multi-engine aircraft; and when the first engine is in the powered mode: actuating an air valve to open an air flow path from a compressor section of the first engine to a plurality of parts of the second engine, after the step of actuating the air valve, determining a change in a temperature in a main gas path of the first engine at a location in the main gas path at or downstream of a combustor of the first engine, and in response to determining that the change is below a threshold, executing an action with respect to the first engine, the air valve, and/or the second engine.
US11326522B1
Sealing arrangements and turbomachines are provided. A sealing arrangement for a turbomachine includes a transition duct having an upstream end and a downstream end. The transition duct includes an aft frame that circumferentially surrounds the downstream end of the transition duct. A stage one nozzle spaced apart from the aft frame and defining a gap therebetween. A sealing assembly extends across the gap. The sealing assembly includes a first seal link magnetically coupled to the aft frame. The sealing assembly further includes a second seal link magnetically coupled to the first seal link and the stage one nozzle.
US11326520B2
A heat exchange apparatus cools air supplied from a compressor to a turbine and includes a shell housing; a heat exchanger coupled to an outer surface of the shell housing and configured to cool air passing through an air channel of the heat exchanger using a coolant passing through a coolant channel; a flow guide installed in the shell housing and connected to the air channel of the heat exchanger in order to pass the cooled air into the shell housing, the flow guide having a distal end spaced apart from an inner surface of the shell housing; and at least one air discharge port installed through a sidewall of the shell housing to communicate with the air channel via the flow guide. The heat exchanger is a printed board type including a first plate and a second plate and is formed by alternately stacking the first and second plates.
US11326510B2
Provided is a general purpose engine that has a small external appearance and can be placed in a stable posture even when inverted, and whereby labels attached to the upper surface thereof can be protected. The general purpose engine 1 comprises a shroud 4 covering an engine main body. The shroud 4 includes: a top cover 2 arranged in an upper section of the general purpose engine 1; and a bottom cover 3 arranged in a lower section of the general purpose engine 1. The top cover 2 has a pair of bridges 20, 20 formed so as to protrude from the upper surface of the top cover 2, constituting the apex of the top cover 2 and continually extending from the front surface of the top cover 2 to the rear surface thereof, across the upper surface.
US11326509B2
The valve ignition prechamber (1) with a reversed direction of combustion includes a lamination cavity (6) in which opens a pilot charge injector (32), and said cavity (6) being connected to a combustion chamber (5) of an internal combustion engine by a lamination duct (7), which, when opened by a lamination valve (13), forms with the latter a torch-ignition prechamber while an inverter housing (93) containing an ignition pilot charge (27) and accommodating ignition means (11) is housed in the lamination cavity (6) with which it forms a late combustion volume, said housing (93) comprising a main ejection nozzle (94) which can emit a pre-ignition torch in the direction of the lamination duct (7), the volume swept by said torch forming an early combustion volume.
US11326507B2
In one aspect, an engine ignition apparatus for a natural gas engine may include a housing including a drive piston, a floating piston, a controllable hydraulic fluid chamber located between the drive piston and the floating piston, and an ignition chamber acted on by the floating piston, the ignition chamber having an outlet formed by a plurality of orifices, the outlet being in direct communication with a combustion chamber of the engine. In another aspect, an engine ignition apparatus for a natural gas engine may include, among other features, a controllable valve connected to a hydraulic fluid chamber, and configured to open and release a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid chamber, and to close. In still another aspect, a method for controlling an engine ignition apparatus for an engine includes, among other features, controlling a volume of a hydraulic fluid chamber of an ignition apparatus.
US11326503B2
A portable, easily mountable, temporary exhaust removal system adapted to re-direct exhaust emissions away from an internal combustion engine having an exhaust conduit that exhausts combustion gas from the engine.
US11326497B2
An energy recovery converter for exhaust gases or waste heat is provided. The converter includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an exhaust gas having a first molecular oxygen content, and an external electrical load. The MEA includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an oxygen ion conductive membrane sandwiched between the first and second electrodes. Each of the first and second electrodes includes at least one oxidation catalyst configured to promote an electrochemical reaction. The second electrode of the MEA is exposed to the exhaust gas and the first electrode of the MEA is exposed to a gas having a second molecular oxygen content. The second molecular oxygen content is higher than the first molecular oxygen content. The external electrical load is connected between the first and second electrodes of the MEA.
US11326486B2
Methods and systems are provided for an oil heater of a hybrid electric vehicle. The oil heater comprises a metal foam comprising a plurality of pores. The oil heater is activated during a regenerative braking event where an oil temperature is less than a predefined temperature.
US11326478B2
A strut structure with a strip for an exhaust diffuser of a gas turbine and a gas turbine having the same are provided. The strut structure with a strip for an exhaust diffuser of a gas turbine is configured to include a plurality of struts disposed along an outer circumference of a diffuser body disposed on a central side of the exhaust diffuser, and one or more strips formed on the strut, wherein an exhaust gas passing through the strut flows along the strip from a leading edge of the strut to alleviate a separated flow phenomenon, and wherein if the exhaust gas enters the strip, corner vortices are formed on the leading edge of the strut, and if the exhaust gas flows along the strip, streamwise vortices are formed to alleviate a pressure loss of the exhaust gas.
US11326477B2
Method for assembling a turbomachine (1) by means of a device (10), the turbomachine comprising at least two modules (3) which are assembled by the insertion of a shaft of one of the modules into a housing of the other of the modules, the device comprising: means (11) for supporting a first of the modules, means (20, 21) for suspending a second of the modules and for moving this second module along an axis of movement (Z), a laser beam emitter (30) intended to be fixed to the said first module and configured to emit a laser beam (31) that coincides with a longitudinal axis (X) of this first module, and a target (40) intended to be fixed to the said suspension and movement means so that it can be moved along the said axis of movement, and so that in at least two axial positions on this axis which are distant from one another, a spot from the said laser beam is located at the centre of the said target, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: a) positioning the said first module (3) on the said support means (11), b) fixing the said target (40) to the said suspension and movement means, c) determining a first axial position of the said target, for which position a spot from the said laser beam (31) is positioned at the centre of the said target, d) moving the said target along the said movement axis (Z), and e) determining a second axial position of the said target, for which position a spot from the said laser beam is located at the centre of the said target, so as to validate the parallelism between the said longitudinal axis (X) of the said first module and the said movement axis.
US11326466B2
A supply system of a sealing system of a turbomachine, wherein the sealing system which are suppliable with a seal gas. The supply system comprises, for each sealing sub-system, four seal gas lines: a first seal gas supply line, via which process gas extracted from the turbomachine is suppliable as first seal gas to the respective sealing sub-system. A second seal gas supply line, via which second seal gas is suppliable to the respective sealing sub-system. A seal gas discharge line, via which the first seal gas and the second seal gas are dischargeable from the respective sealing sub-systems. A safety discharge line, which is closed during the normal operation and open in the event of a fault, to discharge at least one part of the first seal gas and of the second seal gas from the respective sealing sub-system via the same in the event of a fault.
US11326459B2
A blade for a gas turbine engine comprises an aerofoil body having a suction side, a pressure side, and a trailing edge. An internal cooling passageway is provided in the aerofoil body, and an ejection slot in fluid communication with the cooling passage and provided at the trailing edge of the aerofoil body. The ejection slot is defined between a pressure side wall and a suction side wall. Both the suction side wall and the pressure side wall include a mid-section and a trailing edge section adjacent the mid-section, and the thickness of the suction side wall and the pressure side wall reduces to define a taper with a wedge angle less than or equal to 20 degrees.
US11326456B2
A vibration suppression device for a rotary machine according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is a vibration suppression device for a rotor of a rotary machine including a damper pin movably provided inside a gap of the rotor, the damper pin including a magnet, and a magnetic force generation portion provided in the rotor at a periphery of the gap. The magnetic force generation portion is configured to exert, against the magnet, a magnetic force in a direction pushing the damper pin away from a stick region of the damper pin located on a radially outward side of the rotor in the gap.
US11326451B2
This disclosure relates to a pick tool with a PCD impact tip. The impact tip is joined to a support body at a non-planar first interface. The non-planar first interface comprises two co-axial and annular interface surfaces of differing radial widths.
US11326443B2
Reservoir sweep efficiency includes obtaining fluid front arrival times for streamlines in a reservoir. A wellbore is partitioned into independent production zones, and a target flow rate is allocated to each of the independent production zones based on the fluid front arrival times. Partition choke parameters complying with the target flow rates are allocated to generate a completion design, which is presented.
US11326440B2
An instrumented coupling for pipe joints is described herein. The instrumented coupling includes a first threaded end configured to thread to a first pipe joint and a second threaded end configured to thread to a second pipe joint. The instrumented coupling also includes a sensor configured to obtain a measurement of a parameter of a well and a communications device configured to communicate to a receiving device outside of the well. The instrumented coupling further includes a processor configured to execute instructions in a data store. The instructions direct the processor to read the measurement from the sensor, compare the measurement from the sensor to a preset limit, and generate a signal within the communications device based, at least in part, on the measurement.
US11326439B2
Compositions and methods for prevention and reduction of iron sulfide scale formation, one method including detecting at least one component indicative of an iron sulfide scale precursor, the at least one component selected from the group consisting of: H2S; HS−; S2−; Sn2−; FeS(aq); Fe2+; Fe3+, and combinations of the same; preparing a composition to react with the iron sulfide scale precursor, the composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: a methylating agent; a metal operable to react with sulfide species; a compound to increase the oxidation state of Fe2+; and combinations of the same; and applying the composition to the iron sulfide scale precursor to consume the iron sulfide scale precursor.
US11326434B2
Methods for enhancing the conductivity of fractures in a subterranean formation using electrically controlled propellants are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: introducing an electrically controlled propellant into one or more secondary boreholes in a subterranean formation near a main well bore that penetrates the subterranean formation; igniting the electrically controlled propellant in the secondary boreholes, whereby at least a portion of the region of the subterranean formation near the secondary borehole is at least partially ruptured by the ignition of the electrically controlled propellant in the secondary boreholes; and introducing a fracturing fluid into the main wellbore at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one primary fracture in the subterranean formation that extends into at least a portion of the ruptured region of the subterranean formation.
US11326433B2
A fracturing method, to cause a crack in bedrock, includes installing a depressurizing device in a well in the bedrock, and depressurizing the inside of the well with the installed depressurizing device. The installing step includes installing, in the well, a connecting pipe, which is connected to the depressurizing device, and a packer, which is attached to the connecting pipe, and the depressurizing step includes shutting off a gap between the well and the connecting pipe, with the packer, and depressurizing a region in the well below the packer, with the depressurizing device.
US11326432B2
A fluid control device includes a housing, a fluid channel defined within the housing, the fluid channel having an inlet, and a flow control body disposed in the fluid channel, the flow control body tapering towards the inlet. The flow control body, in use, causes a fluid flowing through the fluid channel to flow into an annular fluid flow path within the fluid channel. The annular fluid flow path has a geometry selected based on a subcool of the fluid at a pressure of the fluid entering the fluid channel, and the geometry is selected to induce cavitation of the fluid to choke fluid flow through the fluid channel.
US11326428B2
A stator for a downhole-type motor includes a housing. The housing includes a sleeve. The sleeve includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer is erosion-resistant. The second layer is corrosion-resistant. The third layer can provide structural support. The stator includes a motor stack. The stator can be used to drive a rotor disposed within an inner bore of the housing.
US11326421B2
A perforating gun system with at least one gun. Each of the perforating guns have charges disposed in a gun carrier that are angled to the longitudinal axis of the gun to achieve a predetermined proppant transport profile into clusters within a stage in a well casing. The perforation tunnels may also have burrs on each side of the casing and acts in initially aiding proppant transport during fracture treatment. A method of tuning a cluster to achieve a desired fracturing treatment based on a feedback from another cluster includes selecting a hole diameter, a hole angle for creating an angled opening, a discharge coefficient, and a proppant efficiency. Moreover, a method of improving perforation charge efficiency.
US11326416B1
A spiral deployed isolation tool includes a central pipe having an outer surface in a conical shape and an axial through hole, and an anchoring sealing structure. The anchoring sealing structure is matched and sleeved on the outer surface of the central pipe. The anchoring sealing structure has a first sealing section and an anchoring section. The first sealing section is located at a larger end of the central pipe. The anchoring section includes a plurality of slips, the first sealing section includes a plurality of first spiral sealing rings. The plurality of slips 221 correspond to the plurality of first spiral sealing rings one by one to respectively form an integral structure. The plurality of slips are uniformly expanded in a radial direction, thereby achieving uniform circumferential distribution of slips, so that the slips are evenly anchored on an inner wall of the whole wellbore.
US11326404B2
A system includes a processing device configured to determine a tripping operation to be undertaken. The processing device is configured to also calculate a variable tripping speed for the tripping operation to vary a speed of the tripping operation. The processing device is further generate an output to control the operation of a portion of a continuous tripping system to implement the tripping operation at the variable tripping speed.
US11326403B2
A rotating control device can include a latch assembly with a lock ring that permits displacement of an inner mandrel in one longitudinal direction, and prevents displacement of the inner mandrel in an opposite longitudinal direction. Another rotating control device can include a latch assembly and an equalization valve having an open configuration in which fluid communication is permitted between an exterior and an interior of the rotating control device through the equalization valve, the latch assembly changing from a latched to an unlatched configuration only when the equalization valve is in the open configuration. A method of installing a rotating control device can include releasing a running tool from the rotating control device by producing relative rotation between components of the running tool.
US11326394B2
The present disclosure discloses a punching-free mounting assembly for a curtain, a curtain, and a method of installing a curtain; the punching-free mounting assembly for a curtain comprises a mounting seat, a telescopic head, an adjusting plate and an elastic thrust member; the center of the telescopic head is sequentially provided with an outwardly extending threaded column and smooth column. In a natural state, the elastic thrust member squeezes and pushes the mounting seat and the adjusting plate toward two sides, and the limiting part of the smooth column abuts against the outer bottom of the mounting seat, which no longer needs to damage the surface of the wall, and without the requirements of auxiliary tools, a quick and punching-free installation of the curtain is achieved, greatly saving time and effort.
US11326391B2
A polymer window assembly includes a polymer window frame with a pair of jambs and a sill, and a glass unit carried by the window frame. A pair of brackets are attached to the jambs proximate corners between the jambs and the sill. Each bracket has an upright member, a horizontal member orthogonal to the upright member and a hook attached to a rear surface of the upright member. The brackets attach to the jambs so that the hook extends through a hole in the jamb, the upright member is adjacent a surface of the jamb and the horizontal member is disposed above (e.g., spaced above) the sill. The brackets support and transfer the weight of the glass unit to the jambs to inhibit (e.g., prevent) the sill from bearing the load of the glass unit, thereby inhibiting (e.g., preventing) the crushing or bowing of the sill by the glass unit and thereby inhibiting (e.g., preventing) the formation of gaps in the window assembly that allow for air and/or water infiltration through the window assembly.
US11326388B2
An assembly includes: a pair of glass substrates; a peripheral wall disposed between the glass substrates; partitions; an evacuation port; and air passages. The partitions are provided to partition an internal space, surrounded with the glass substrates and the peripheral wall, into an evacuation space and a ventilation space. The evacuation port connects the ventilation space to an external environment. The air passages are used to evacuate the evacuation space through the evacuation port. The air passages include particular air passages arranged in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, in which the glass substrates face each other, to constitute a ventilation path running through the internal space in the second direction.
US11326387B2
Electro-mechanical and electronically controlled access devices are described for automatically controlling passage between two areas, and where a plurality of such access control devices may be ganged or clustered to provided additional throughput and directional control, including stacking a plurality of access control devices side by side within a cluster. Each access control device contains multiple rotatable and moveable door panels. The door panels are controlled by various drive mechanisms to enable passage through the device, while ensuring by the use of sensors that door panels avoid touching subjects as they traverse the device. The direction of flow through a device according to these embodiments is electronically controlled and may be changed from time to time. At any instant in time while being traversed, the flow through each device is unidirectional. Multiple devices within a cluster can be directionally controlled according to traffic, demand, time of day, or other factors.
US11326384B2
An automatic door opening system suitable for use in an electrical device having a body with an inner chamber, a door hinged to the body from one side, and a processing unit, the automatic door opening system having a rod that allows the door to open by applying a pushing force to the door while moving in a forward direction, and allows the door to be released when the rod brings into the backward position by moving in the backward direction.
US11326373B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock (1) which comprises a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl, and a first actuating lever (8), the locking mechanism being at least indirectly unlockable by means of the actuating lever (8), and the locking mechanism further having a locking device (21). The actuating lever (8) can be disengaged from the locking mechanism by means of the locking device (21). An additional motor vehicle door lock (2) is provided, and said vehicle door lock (2) can be actuated by means of the actuating lever (8). The actuating lever chain to the additional motor vehicle lock (2) can be disengaged by means of the locking device (21).
US11326370B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a first object, a second object, and a latch. The latch includes a worm gear, a spur gear, and a lever arm. The spur gear rotates in response to rotating the worm gear. The lever arm rotates in response to rotating the spur gear. The first object latches to the second object in response to rotating the lever arm.
US11326358B2
A hardboard installation support apparatus for mounting hardboard for board and batten siding installations includes a support bracket having a bracket front side, a bracket back side, a bracket top edge, a bracket bottom edge, a bracket left edge, and a bracket right edge. The supper bracket has a pair of mounting apertures extending from the bracket front side through the bracket back side. The pair of mounting apertures receives hardware to engage a building. A measurement indicator is coupled to the bracket front side and indicates a vertical distance from the bracket bottom edge. A support lip is coupled to the support bracket. The support lip is coupled to the bracket bottom edge and extends away from the bracket front side. The support lip and the bracket front side form an angle between 90° and 100°.
US11326355B2
A connecting system for boards, and a connecting device and a support element for boards are disclosed. The connecting system includes the support element configured to support at least one board and the connecting device configured to releasably fasten the at least one board to the support element. The support element includes at least one lateral surface with at least one locking member arranged on the lateral surface. The connecting device includes at least one arm with a locking member configured for engagement with the locking member of the support element. At least one of the locking member of the support element and the locking member of the connecting device includes a plurality of protrusions forming a plurality of locking positions of the connecting device relative the support element.
US11326348B2
The present disclosure relates generally to roofing elements and methods for making them. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a roofing element in the form of a roofing shingle that includes a body of a foamed cured cross-linked polymer, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body extending substantially in a plane and having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 35 mm; and a layer of weather-resistant roofing granules disposed on and adhered at the top surface of roofing element. The roofing element can be made by providing a body of wet foamed curable composition, and allowing the curable composition to cure to provide the body of foamed cured cross-linked polymer.
US11326342B1
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an interlocking, interchangeable wall system allowing for the formation of a plurality of form structures. Each parallel sidewall is embedded with stones or other materials into a composition base on one side. On the opposite side, the sidewalls are embedded with metal lathing and hardware to connect to bracing which connects to the opposing sidewall to form a plurality of structures, including an interlocking block system. Each sidewall interlocks with the panel or block next to it. When connected, the resulting interlocking composite blocks may be used in the construction of walls or other structures. The resulting sidewalls may be used in the decoration of existing construction or other structures. The present invention provides a significant improvement in labor and customization of structures.
US11326339B2
The present disclosure provides a Tetris house in which a structural material and an insulating material are combined with each other to further save a space, and an exterior of the structural material is treated with neoprene to block a heat bridge between an inside and an outside and prevent condensation. The Tetris house includes a plurality of structural materials which are installed in regions corresponding to respective sides of a hexahedron, and a connector which is installed in a region corresponding to each corner of the hexahedron to connect adjacent structural materials to each other, in which the structural material includes a metal pipe, a first insulating material with which an inside of the metal pile is filled, and a second insulating material which surrounds an outside of the metal pipe.
US11326332B2
An advanced toilet/bidet with a remote pod that stores both the majority of the bidet hardware and an advanced software program, providing a toilet seat that is thinner and lighter than a traditional toilet/bidet combination. The toilet seat has a bidet nozzle, and an internal cavity in which additional hardware and software is stored. The toilet seat has sensors the record health-related data on each user and has a unique cleaning mechanism to ensure the highest sanitary standards.
US11326330B2
A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.
US11326325B2
An engineering system for collecting and utilizing regional rainwater includes a rainwater collection system, a water quality treatment system, and a control and allocation system. The rainwater collection system includes a rainwater collection ditch for a hardened underlying surface, a barrier and a water storage tank. The water quality treatment system includes a filter system. The control and allocation system includes a water quality monitoring device, a water level monitor, a control gate and a water pump. The filter system is connected to the underlying surface through the rainwater collection ditch, and the filter system is connected to the water storage tank. The control gate is disposed between the filter system and the water storage tank. The water quality monitoring device and the water level monitor are disposed within the water storage tank. The water pump is used to drain water from the water storage tank.
US11326318B2
Provided is a lateral water intake structure for preventing silting of bed load and floating debris, which is provided at a river bank. The lateral water intake structure includes: a diversion canal, a guiding wall structure, a shaft-shaped water intaking space, and a trash rack. The lateral water intake structure functions to prevent the floating debris from gathering at the surface of the trash rack and reduce a risk that the trash rack is damaged by water pressure and hitting of the floating debris. Meanwhile, by using a water flow in the watercourse to continuously wash the floating debris near the trash rack, maintenance costs of removing the floating debris at the trash rack manually or mechanically can be reduced.
US11326317B2
A transportable wave suppressor and sediment collection system for suppressing wave action along the shore of a body of water, which includes a plurality of interconnected sections, each section including a base, a forward wall, and a rear wall, and having a plurality of flow pipes extending from the forward wall to the rear wall, and further including a plurality of shelves on the forward wall for dispersing wave energy, while redirecting and using the wave energy to allow water and sediment to flow into the flow pipes and for collecting sediment that is not carried into the flow pipes and settles on the shelves for being contacted by a following wave to carry the sediment into the flow pipes. In some deeper water embodiments, the sections may include a base portion, a top portion and one or more spacer portions to enable raising or changing the height of the system.
US11326315B2
A rotatable plow shovel apparatus for clearing a path without having to lift includes a plow blade and a shaft housing having a curved front face coupled to a back side of the plow blade. A shaft aperture extends through a top side of the shaft housing to proximal a bottom side and the back face has a plurality of adjustment apertures extending through to the shaft aperture. A handle shaft has a vertical engagement portion rotatably engaged within the shaft aperture and an angled extension portion coupled to the engagement portion. A locking pin is coupled to the engagement portion and is selectively engageable with each of the plurality of adjustment apertures of the shaft housing to lock the handle shaft in a straight position, at least one alternative left tilt position, and at least one alternative right tilt position.
US11326308B2
A coated paperboard comprising a paperboard substrate having a first side and a second side and a coating in contact with the first side of the paperboard substrate, the coating including binder and pigment, the coating containing substantially no fluorochemical or wax, wherein the coated paperboard has a 3M kit test value of at least 3, and wherein the coated paperboard is repulpable.
US11326306B2
A method for the production of a fibrous product from a fibrous web, wherein the method comprises the steps of: —providing a fibrous suspension comprising a microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the content of the microfibrillated cellulose of said suspension is in the range of 60 to 99.9 weight-% based on total dry solid content, —adding an uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 50000 g/mol to said suspension, —adding an anionic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 00000 g/mol to said suspension to provide a mixture of said microfibrillated cellulose, said uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer and said anionic polymer, 1—providing said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web, wherein the amount of uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer in said mixture is in the range of 0.1 to 20 kg/metric ton based on total dry solid content and wherein the amount of anionic polymer in said mixture is in the range of 0.01 to 10 kg/metric ton based on total dry 20 solid content; and—dewatering said fibrous web to form a fibrous product.
US11326304B2
The present invention relates to a process for adhering a textile material to an elastomer, the process comprising the steps of pretreating the textile material with at least one polyester of an α-β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, contacting the pretreated textile material with an unvulcanized elastomer, and vulcanizing the product obtained. The present invention additionally encompasses an elastomer article obtainable by this process and also the use of a polyester of an α-β-unsaturated carboxylic acid for improving the adhesion of a textile material to an elastomer.
US11326295B2
A laundry treating appliance includes a tub defining a tub interior and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub interior. The basket can include an upper basket portion defining a basket interior, as well as a lower base portion coupled to the upper basket portion and including at least one spoke.
US11326293B2
The present disclosure relates to a level adjustable washing machine and a method for adjusting a level of the washing machine. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the level adjustable washing machine may include a cabinet forming an exterior of the washing machine; a tub disposed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry; a level sensor disposed on at least one surface of the cabinet and configured to sense a tilt of the cabinet; a vibration sensor disposed on at least one side of the tub and configured to sense vibration generated by rotation of the drum; a plurality of height adjustable supports disposed on a bottom portion of the cabinet; and a processor configured to receive tilt information of the cabinet from the level sensor, receive information on the vibration generated by rotation of the drum from the vibration sensor, and derive a tilt value of the cabinet that is capable of minimizing the vibration of the corresponding washing machine using an artificial intelligence pre-trained through machine learning.
US11326287B2
A cap frame includes a body member including an arc-shaped curved wall extending in a particular direction, an attaching portion connected to the body member, and a retaining member including a clamping portion having a plurality of protrusions aligned along the particular direction, and a facing portion. The attaching portion is removably attachable to a moving mechanism of an embroidery machine. In a state where the retaining member is attached to the body member, the clamping portion is elastically deformed in conformance with the curved wall and presses, toward the curved wall, a cap sandwiched between the curved wall and the clamping portion. The facing portion faces the curved wall of the body member. Each protrusion extends toward the curved wall from a leading end of the facing portion in a removing direction and faces a leading end of the curved wall of the body member in the removing direction.
US11326286B1
A stitch counting device for assisting users with counting the number of stitches made during stitchwork. The stitch counting device includes a casing, a first prong, a second prong, a display, a microcontroller, one or more fasteners, a fulcrum having a spring, a battery, and an interface input port. Methods for using the stitch counting device are also described.
US11326279B2
An antibacterial yarn that includes a core yarn including a functional polymer that generates a charge by external energy and a first sheath yarn higher in hygroscopicity than the core yarn, the first sheath yarn covering at least a part of a periphery of the core yarn across an axial direction of the core yarn.
US11326275B2
A SiC epitaxial growth apparatus according to an embodiment includes a mounting stand on which a SiC wafer is mounted, and a furnace body which is configured to cover the mounting stand, and the furnace body includes a raw material gas supply port which is positioned so as to face the mounting stand and is configured to supply a raw material gas to the growth space, a first purge gas supply port which surrounds a vicinity of the raw material gas supply port and is configured to supply a purge gas to the growth space, and a second purge gas supply port which surrounds a vicinity of the first purge gas supply port and is configured to supply a purge gas to the growth space.
US11326274B2
Provided is a single crystal growth crucible including a first housing and a second housing, in which a fitting portion between the first housing and the second housing has a first protruding portion, which is provided by protruding inner wall side of the first housing toward the second housing, and a second protruding portion, which is provided by protruding outer wall side of the second housing toward the first housing and covers an outer circumferential surface of the first protruding portion, the first protruding portion is formed such that an outer diameter of a tip portion thereof is larger than that of a base portion thereof in the protruding direction, and the second protruding portion is formed such that an inner diameter of a tip portion thereof is smaller than that of a base portion thereof in the protruding direction, the outer diameter of the tip portion of the first protruding portion is equal to or smaller than the inner diameter of the tip portion of the second protruding portion at room temperature, and the outer diameter of the tip portion of the first protruding portion is larger than the inner diameter of the tip portion of the second protruding portion at a single crystal growth temperature.
US11326264B2
Provided is a membrane electrode assembly for a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer, including: an oxygen electrode including an iridium oxide (IrO2) layer which is an electrodeposited oxygen electrode catalyst layer on a titanium (Ti) layer which is a diffusion layer; a hydrogen electrode in which a hydrogen electrode catalyst layer is formed on a diffusion layer; and an electrolyte membrane placed between the oxygen electrode catalyst layer and the hydrogen electrode catalyst layer, in which a portion of the pores of the Ti diffusion layer are filled with an electrolyte of the electrolyte membrane.
US11326257B2
An integrated sleeve structure is provided between an electrode configured to feed power to a silicon core wire and a bottom plate part. Sealing members are arranged on at least part of a flange part of an insulating member and on at least part of a straight part of the insulating member.
US11326255B2
A system and method for improved atomic layer deposition. The system includes a top showerhead plate, a substrate and a bottom showerhead plate. The substrate includes a porous microchannel plate and a substrate holder is positioned in the system to insure flow-through of the gas precursor.
US11326249B2
In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
US11326246B2
A system and method includes pre-warping a mask to induce strain when affixed to a substrate and ensure positive contact between the mask and the substrate during all phases of deposition. A film is applied to the mask at a rate sufficient to impart stress to the film faster than such stress can be released. Depending on the features defined by the mask, the pre-warping may be concentric, linear along one axis, or complex along a plurality of axes.
US11326244B2
Steel materials for continuously variable transmissions sheaves, and methods for manufacturing a continuously variable transmission sheaves, are provided. In the disclosed steel materials for continuously variable transmission sheaves, the steel materials satisfy the following expressions: 13.9≤Fn1≤15.5, and 1.20≤Fn2≤4.35 (in which Fn1=7×Cr−6×Si+4×Mn; and Fn2=Al×N×104).
US11326243B2
Low-density hot dip galvanized steel, comprising a steel substrate (1) located at a core portion and a coating layer (3) located on the surface. An interface layer is disposed between the steel substrate (1) and the coating layer (3), the interface layer comprises an iron particle layer (4), iron particles dispersed on the steel substrate (1) and covering the steel substrate (1) are disposed in the iron particle layer (4), and the iron particles are covered by a first inhibition layer (5). The low-density hot dip galvanized steel contains element Al in a mass percentage of 3.0% to 7.0%. Correspondingly, the present invention also comprises a manufacturing method for the low-density hot dip galvanized steel. The low-density hot dip galvanized steel has a low density, a high strength and high galvanizability and coating layer adhesion.
US11326237B2
An austenitic wear-resistant steel plate according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, amounts of C and Mn by mass % satisfy −13.75×C+16.5≤Mn≤−20×C+30, the volume fraction of austenite in a metallographic structure is 40% or more and less than 95%, and the average grain size of the austenite is 40 to 300 μm.
US11326236B2
Provided is a black stainless steel sheet that has excellent weldability, that can ensure good toughness and corrosion resistance, and that can maintain the blackness of the surface thereof, even after being welded. This black ferrite-based stainless steel sheet having excellent weldability includes, as a base, a stainless steel containing, in mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.35% or less of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 11-25% of Cr, 1.0% or less of Mo, 0.020% or less of N, 0.4% or less of Al, 10(C+N) to 0.3% of Ti, 0.05% or less of Nb, and 0.01% or less of O, and has a surface in which an oxide coating is formed on the base, wherein the surface has a lightness index (L*) satisfying L*≤45, chromaticity indices (a*, b*) satisfying −5≤a*≤5 and −5≤b*≤5, and a blackness (E) satisfying E=(L*2+a*2+b*2)1/2≤45.
US11326229B2
Provided is a monatomic amorphous palladium, a method for preparing the same and use thereof. The method comprises a) loading a monatomic palladium powder on a silicon nitride substrate; b) heating the silicon nitride substrate loaded with the monatomic palladium powder obtained in a) up to a temperature of 800° C. to 1000° C. and keeping the temperature for at least 3 minutes; and c) cooling a system of palladium and silicon nitride obtained in b) to room temperature at an apparent cooling rate greater than 103° C./second, thus obtaining the monatomic amorphous palladium.
US11326227B2
A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
US11326215B2
The present invention provides novel methods of diagnosing and determining treatment strategies for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
US11326213B2
The invention features methods, systems, and panels for rapid detection of tick-borne pathogens in a sample (including Borrelia spp. such as B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii) and for diagnosis and monitoring of tick-transmitted diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q-fever, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and anaplasmosis.
US11326208B2
Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father.
US11326195B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to materials and methods for preparing a clathrate-forming composition comprising a plurality of linear glucomonomer chains of about 15 to about 100 D-glucopyranosyl residues linked by α-1,4 linkages, wherein the linear glucomonomer chains are a product of partial amylolysis of a modified starch substrate and wherein the product is flowable at temperatures within a range of 4-20° C. at about 20% w/v solids content. The present disclosure further describes methods of using the clathrate-forming compositions to form molecular dispersions or clathrates with hydrophobic guest molecules, kits for use in these methods, and molecular dispersions or clathrates obtained from the materials.
US11326192B2
The present invention relates to a variant of oleaginous yeast of the species Trichosporon oleaginosus characterized by mutations affecting cell wall synthesis that change the morphology thereof with respect to the wild-type strain of the same species. In particular, thanks to said mutations, cell aggregates are formed which, with respect to the wild-type strain of the same species, lower the viscosity of the culture broth, are more easily separable therefrom and thus make their recovery easier. Said variant of oleaginous yeast of the species Trichosporon oleaginosus is also characterized by yields of oleaginous cellular biomass and intracellular accumulation of lipids that are similar or even higher than those of the wild-type strain. Further, the present invention relates to a process for the production of lipids through said variant of oleaginous yeast of the species Trichosporon oleaginosus. The lipids thus obtained can be advantageously used as synthesis intermediates, particularly in the so-called “green chemistry” sector, or in the production of biofuels such as, for example, “biodiesel” or “green diesel”, which can be used as such, or mixed with other fuels for transportation.
US11326190B2
An aspect of the present disclosure is a microbial cell that includes a genetic modification resulting in the expression of a deficient form of an endogenous dioxygenase, and a gene encoding an exogenous dioxygenase and a promoter sequence, where the endogenous dioxygenase includes PcaH and PcaG, the exogenous dioxygenase includes LigA and LigB, the microbial cell is capable of growth utilizing at least one of a cellulose decomposition molecule or a lignin decomposition molecule, and the microbial cell is capable of producing 2-hydroxy-2H-pyran-4,6-dicarboxylic acid.
US11326189B2
A method for conversion of magnesium chloride into magnesium oxide and HCl includes the steps of providing a magnesium chloride compound to a thermohydrolysis reactor, the reactor being at a temperature of at least 300° C., withdrawing MgO from the thermohydrolysis reactor in solid form, and withdrawing an HCl containing gas stream from the thermohydrolysis reactor. The magnesium chloride compound provided to the thermohydrolysis reactor may be a solid magnesium chloride compound which comprises at least 60 wt. % of MgCl2.4H2O.
US11326188B2
A method for conversion of magnesium chloride into magnesium oxide and HCl includes the steps of providing a magnesium chloride compound to a thermohydrolysis reactor, the reactor being at a temperature of at least 300° C., withdrawing MgO from the thermohydrolysis reactor in solid form, and withdrawing an HCl containing gas stream from the thermohydrolysis reactor. The magnesium chloride compound provided to the thermohydrolysis reactor may be a solid magnesium chloride compound which comprises at least 60 wt. % of MgCl2.4H2O.
US11326186B1
The invention is directed to a culture medium for Haematococcus that contains combustion gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen or sulfur and which fixes the carbon, nitrogen or sulfur in these combustion gases into biomass and to methods providing superior biomass yields using this culture medium to culture select species of Haematococcus such as Haematococcus sp. KAU-01.
US11326176B2
A method of in vivo assembly of a recombinant micelle including: introducing a plasmid into a plant cell, wherein: the plasmid includes a segment of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for encoding a ribonucleic acid (RNA) for a protein in a casein micelle, the segment of DNA is transcribed and translated; forming recombinant casein proteins in the plant cell, wherein: the recombinant casein proteins include a κ-casein and at least one of an αS1-casein, an αS2-casein, a β-casein; and assembling in vivo a recombinant micelle within the plant cell, wherein: an outer layer of the recombinant micelle is enriched with the κ-casein, an inner matrix of the recombinant micelle include at least one of the αS1-casein, the αS2-casein, the β-casein.
US11326173B2
The present invention concerns a method of producing and enantiomerically pure alpha-ionone. Further, the invention concerns a nucleic acid that comprises a sequence that encodes a lycopene-epsilon-cyclase (EC), a lycopene-epsilon-cyclase (EC), plasmids, which encode components of the alpha-ionone biosynthesis and a microorganism that contains heterologous nucleotide sequences which encode the enzymes geranylgeranyl-diphosphate-synthase, isopentenyl-diphosphate-isomerase (IPI), phytoene desaturase-dehydrogenase (crtI), phytoene synthase (crtB), lycopene-epsilon-cyclase (EC) and carotenoid-cleavage-dioxygenase (CCD1). Further, the invention concerns a method of producing highly pure epsilon-carotene.
US11326167B2
In some aspects, the invention provides a method of treating atherosclerosis in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an agent that increases the activity or level of a let-7 miRNA or an agent that decreases activity or level of a TGFβ signaling polypeptide in an endothelial cell in the subject. In some embodiments, the subject is administered an additional agent comprising a therapeutically effective amount of rapamycin or any derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the agent is a let-7 miRNA. In some other aspects, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a let-7 miRNA. In some embodiments, the let-7 miRNA is encapsulated in a nanoparticle formulated for selective delivery to an endothelial cell.
US11326166B1
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., dsRNA agents, targeting the xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an XDH gene and to methods of treating or preventing an XDH-associated disease in a subject.
US11326160B2
This disclosure provides, among other things, a method for making a cDNA library. In some embodiments the method may comprise reverse transcribing mRNA to produce DNA:mRNA hybrids, treating the DNA:mRNA hybrids with RNAseH to produce mRNA fragments, and reverse transcribing the mRNA fragments.
US11326159B2
Various approaches for generating read-sets from nucleic acid molecules and segments and phasing are disclosed. Nucleic acids are assembled into complexes using binding moieties and exposed nucleic acid ends are tagged with nucleic acid tags. Read-sets can be generated from tagged nucleic acid molecules and segments. Physical linkage relationships between nucleic acid molecules and segments can be examined using the nucleic acid tags. Various approaches to generating read-sets and phasing are presented.
US11326150B2
The present invention provides a means for reconstituting tissues and organs having mature functions. A method of preparing a tissue or an organ, comprising coculturing an organ cell with a vascular endothelial cell and a mesenchymal cell, generating an organ bud, transplanting the organ bud into a non-human animal, and then isolating from the non-human animal the transplanted organ bud-derived tissue or organ.
US11326140B2
A method and apparatus of aseptic processing and production of cells in a non-sterile enclosure apparatus without chemical biocides is disclosed, by controlling the level of humidity throughout the enclosure to 25% relative humidity (RH) or less, and preferably 20% or 15% or less RH. In addition, the temperature is controlled to 37° C., and consistent gas flow is maintained the enclosure. Colony forming units from microbial contamination detected by environmental monitoring within the enclosure are significantly reduced in this method.
US11326135B2
An additive dispensing device for dispensing of additives into a pressurised vessel, more particularly a fermentation vessel of a brewing system, is disclosed. The device has a vessel body including a chamber, the chamber having a closed end and an open end. A pressure release means is provided between the chamber and atmosphere. A controllable valve positioned between the closed end and the open end, configured to selectively open and close a flow path between the closed end and the open end.
US11326132B2
An antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe includes i) a fibrous nonwoven substrate bonded with a cross-linkable VAE dispersion stabilized with one or more nonionic colloidal stabilizers and one or more nonionic surfactants, and ii) absorbed in the nonwoven substrate, an aqueous lotion including one or more cationic disinfectants. No anionic surfactants are present in the antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe. A method of producing the antimicrobial nonwoven wet wipe includes a) applying a first aqueous composition including a crosslinkable VAE dispersion stabilized with one or more nonionic colloidal stabilizers and one or more nonionic surfactants to a nonwoven substrate; b) drying the composition; and c) applying a second aqueous composition to the product of step b). At least one of the first and second aqueous compositions includes one or more cationic disinfectants.
US11326128B2
Provided among other things is a cleaning composition comprising: a carrier fluid; and Minute Fibrils suspended in the carrier fluid, wherein the composition is protein cleaning effective.
US11326118B2
A lubrication method including lubricating a sliding member which contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal polymer and polyetheretherketone by using a lubricating oil composition which contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil and alkyl benzene as a lubricating base oil.
US11326115B2
An improved biodiesel production process includes the steps of processing a feedstock to produce biodiesel, cooling the biodiesel so as to form sediment, and filtering the biodiesel to remove the sediment. The resulting biodiesel from the cold filtration process avoids problems of sediment formation during storage and transportation.
US11326109B2
Metals, such as mercury, may be removed from glycol fluids by applying a sulfur compound having the general formula HS—X, wherein X is a heteroatom-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and/or alkylaryl group either alone or in combination with or as a blend with at least one antifoam additive, at least one demulsifier and/or a buffering agent, to chelate the at least one metal and form a chelate complex of the sulfur compound with the at least one metal and then separating the chelate complex from the fluid.
US11326106B2
A solid hazardous waste pyrolysis process and full-set equipment including a pyrolysis box for hazardous waste and intermittent pyrolysis equipment. The equipment includes an outer and rotatable inner barrel; at least one pyrolysis material placement area is formed in the inner barrel; the placement area formed by multiple groups of guide plates circumferentially arranged on the inner wall of the barrel and baffles arranged on the top of plates at the two ends; each group of plates include vertical and sieve plates that are connected. Hazardous waste placed in the pyrolysis box; a box body is placed between the baffles of the pyrolysis material placement areas; after a pyrolysis device is sealed, heat is carried out to start pyrolysis; the box body rotates at the bottom of the inner barrel; and a material is heated, melts and falls onto the reaction medium below, completing pyrolysis of solid hazardous waste.
US11326099B2
A scintillator for positron emission tomography is provided. The scintillator includes a garnet compound of a formula of A3B2C3O12 and an activator ion consisting of cerium. A3 is A2X. X consists of at least one lanthanide element. A2 is selected from the group consisting of (i), (ii), (iii), and any combination thereof, wherein (i) consists of at least one lanthanide element, (ii) consists of at least one group I element selected from the group consisting of Na and K, and (iii) consists of at least one group II element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba. B2 consists of Sn, Ti, Hf, Zr, and any combination thereof. C3 consists of Al, Ga, Li, and any combination thereof. The garnet compound is doped with the activator ion.
US11326098B2
A luminophore may have the general empirical formula X3A7Z3O11:E, where: X=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and/or Zn; A=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Cu, and/or Ag; Z=Al, Ga, and/or B; and E=Eu, Ce, Yb, and/or Mn.
US11326096B2
A red light thermally activated delayed fluorescence material, a method for preparing the same, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device are provided. The OLED device has a luminescent material layer containing the red light thermally activated delayed fluorescence material. The red light thermally activated delayed fluorescence material has a specific molecular structure. The OLED device has a maximum brightness ranging from 1300 to 1800 cd/m2 and a maximum current efficiency ranging from 25 to 35 cd/A.
US11326093B2
A fracturing fluid may include an aqueous base fluid; a proppant material; and hydrophilic fibers having a length of about 250 microns to 10 millimeters. A method of performing a fracturing operation may include injecting a fracturing fluid comprising hydrophilic fibers having a length of about 250 microns to 10 millimeters and proppant into a wellbore.
US11326091B2
Methods and compositions for treating aqueous fluids that may be included in treatment fluids that are used for treating a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a water-based friction reducing additive that includes an aqueous base fluid, a salt, a first friction reducing polymer, and a suspension agent; introducing the water-based friction reducing additive into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more fractures within the subterranean formation.
US11326079B2
Disclosed is an aqueous bonding composition comprising: (A) a saccharide; (B) a phosphate; and (C) at least one neutralizing agent selected from ammonia and an amine compound having at least one hydroxyl group. The aqueous bonding composition is excellent in balance among bending strength, bending strength under wet condition, water-absorption thickness expansion coefficient and peeling strength and scarcely causes metal to rust. The aqueous bonding composition can be usefully used to produce a wood-based material.
US11326063B2
Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersibility. The fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid contains a solvent and one or more fibrous carbon nanostructures having a percentage mass loss of 3.0 mass % or less upon heating from 23° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./min in a nitrogen atmosphere as measured by thermogravimetric analysis.
US11326062B2
Aspects of this disclosure pertain to a colorless material that includes a carrier, copper-containing particles, and either one or both of sodium thiocyanate and titanium dioxide. In one or more embodiments, the material exhibits, in the CIE L*a*b* system, an L* value in the range from about 91 to about 100, and a C* value of less than about 7, wherein C* equals √(a*2+b*2). In some embodiments, the material exhibits a greater than 3 log reduction in a concentration of Staphylococcus aureus, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing conditions.
US11326051B2
It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound.
US11326048B2
A member contains a fluorine-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing surfactant, in which provided that a mass-based content of the fluorine-containing surfactant in at least a surface of a portion of the member is M1, and a mass-based content of the surfactant in a position 10 nm below the surface in a thickness direction of the member is M2, M1/M2 is 0.50 to 0.90, and an atom number ratio X1 of the number of fluorine atoms contained in the surface to the number of carbon atoms contained in the surface is 0.50 to 3.0.
US11326044B2
The resin composition contains: a resin component containing an ethylene-(meth)acrylate ester copolymer and at least one of an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer or ethylene-acrylate rubber; and a flame retardant, and the resin component is crosslinked. The tensile stress at 19% strain of the resin composition is 2.0 MPa or less, and the resin composition has heat resistance at 150° C. prescribed in JASO D624.
US11326042B1
A foundry dust compound reinforcing filler for natural rubber contains 40-80 parts by weight of foundry dust, 10-40 parts by weight of silica and 10-40 parts by weight of Carbon black. A method for preparing a foundry dust compound reinforcing filler for natural rubber includes the steps of sieving, iron removal, pickling, precipitation, primary grinding, mixing, secondary grinding, granulation and the like. The foundry dust compound reinforcing filler used for reinforcing natural rubber is easy to disperse in natural rubber. The compound reinforcing filler has excellent reinforcing effect, which realizes the resource utilization of casting dust waste and reduces the consumption of silica and carbon black.
US11326040B2
Described herein is curable composition comprising a halogenated amorphous polymer having at least 25% halogen by weight; at least 0.5 phr of an acid acceptor; at least 0.01 phr of silicon-containing compound; and a dehydrohalogenation cure system. Upon curing, a silicon-containing superficial layer forms, which can provide increased durability, non-tackiness, and a matte finish to the cured elastomer.
US11326037B2
A compressible seal (400A) includes a compressible body (406) having a first surface (410) and a second surface. A pattern of discontinuous adhesive regions (412) is formed of an adhesive connected with at least one of the first surface (410) or the second surface of the compressible body (406). The compressible body (406) is operable to conform around the pattern of adhesive regions (412) to prevent fluid ingress when the compressible body (406) is compressed.
US11326036B2
A phenolic resin foam has a density of 30 kg/m3 to 80 kg/m3, a closed cell ratio of 85% or more, and reaches a total amount of heat release of 8 MJ/m2 in a time of 20 minutes or more in a heat release test performed using a cone calorimeter.
US11326021B2
Bellows, for example, a roll bellows and a folding bellows, can be produced that can be used at higher temperatures such as those prevailing in modern articulated constructions, using a mixture comprising at least one thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group of copolysters with a hard segment and a soft segment, wherein in a first step the at least one thermoplastic elastomer is mixed with approximately 0.8 wt. % to approximately 5 wt. % triallyl isocyanurate, based on the total amount of the mixture; in a second step the bellows is produced; and in a third step, the bellows is exposed to an ionizing irradiation in a range from approximately 140 kGy to approximately 350 kGy.
US11326015B1
A method for making a cyanate ester resin includes reacting an arylorganometallic agent with a phosphorous halide in a solvent forming methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphines with one to six meta-methoxy groups. The methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphines with one to six meta-methoxy groups are reacted with an oxidizing agent forming a methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphine oxide including one to six meta-methoxy groups. The methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphine oxide is reacted with a dealkylating agent forming a hydroxy substituted triphenylphosphineoxide including one to six meta-hydroxyl groups. The hydroxy substituted triphenylphosphineoxide is reacted with cyanating reagent and a base forming a substituted triphenylphosphine oxide including one to six meta-cyanate groups. The substituted triphenylphosphine oxide is polymerized forming the cyanate ester resin.
US11326000B2
The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer, at least one intermediate layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer and at least one intermediate layer includes a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene.
US11325991B2
Thermoplastic elastomer compositions comprising acrylic multigraft copolymers are described. The multigraft copolymers comprise a rubbery polyacrylate backbone and a plurality of randomly spaced glassy polyacrylate side chains. The multigraft copolymers can be prepared using a facile grafting through method that can provide copolymers with enhanced purity. The acrylic multigraft copolymers exhibit microphase separated morphologies and “superelastomeric” properties, including an elongation at break, stress at break, and/or strain recovery behavior that exceeds that of conventional triblock copolymer polyacrylate thermoplastic elastomers.
US11325980B2
The invention provides methods of treating a subject having or at risk of cancer by administering a LIV-1 antibody drug conjugate and a chemotherapeutic.
US11325977B2
The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) against multiple but not all human leukocyte antigen (HLA-G) isoforms. More specifically, the invention concerns CARs that are specific for HLA-G β2M-free or β2M-associated immunosuppressive isoforms respectively.
US11325975B2
Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce.
US11325967B2
The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting or preventing photophobia in subjects in need thereof using anti-CGRP antibodies or antibody fragments that inhibit photophobia, especially CGRP-associated photophobia. These antibodies and fragments are useful in treating different disorders associated with photophobia such as migraine, cluster headaches and the like. The present invention also provides assays using transgenic Nestin/Ramp1 rodents, utilizing a CGRP model light aversive behavior model for identifying therapeutically effective anti-CGRP antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP which inhibit or prevent photophobia in subjects in need thereof. The present invention is specifically directed to methods for identifying therapeutically effective antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP that may be used to treat CGRP associated disorders such as migraine. Specifically, this invention relates to assays and therapies using the antibodies described herein to inhibit or prevent photophobia, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them.
US11325957B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing the immunogenicity of chimeric Notch receptors, and specifically to transcription factors useful for controlling gene expression delivered to tissues by such chimeric Notch receptors.
US11325952B2
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises: (a) a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a first biosensor, wherein said first biosensor is a first molecule capable of interacting with a second molecule; (b) a second nucleic acid sequence encoding an effector-activating module, wherein the effector-activating module comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a first part of a protease, wherein said first part of the protease is capable of interacting with a second part of said protease to form an active form of said protease; (c) a third nucleic acid sequence encoding a third biosensor comprising a protease cleavage site, wherein the protease cleavage site is sterically occluded in the absence of a stimulus for said third biosensor and wherein the protease cleavage site becomes accessible in the presence of said stimulus.
US11325950B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic fusion protein comprising a first amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a first group B Streptococcus surface protein, which is fused to a second amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a second group B Streptococcus surface protein. Each of the first and the second group B Streptococcus surface protein is selected from the group consisting of Rib protein, Alp1 protein, Alp2 protein, Alp3 protein, Alp4 protein and AlpC protein. The immunogenic fusion protein further comprises at least one amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of the group B streptococcus surface protein Alp1, Alp2, Alp3 or Alp4. The invention further pertains to an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding the immunogenic fusion protein; a vector; a host cell; an immunogenic product, a vaccine; and a method for preventing or treating a group B Streptococcus infection.
US11325947B2
The present invention provides, among other things, a novel and improved method for generating “mosaic” influenza antigenic polypeptides including hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) polypeptides based on unique combination of epitope patterns that maximize exposure to epitopes present across multiple HA or NA sequences and therefore improved influenza strain coverage. In particular, the present invention provides engineered H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides that are comprised of novel combinations of protective epitopes and antigenic regions from multiple H1N1 viral strains. Such engineered HA polypeptides have improved properties over HA polypeptides developed through conventional approaches that rely on consensus alignments of viral sequences.
US11325946B2
The present invention relates to novel immunogens based on overlapping peptides (OLPs) and peptides derived therefrom useful for the prevention and treatment of AIDS and its related opportunistic diseases. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, vectors and host cells expressing these immunogens as well as vaccines including said immunogens.
US11325944B2
The invention relates to macrocyclic peptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions for modulating opioid receptor activity.
US11325942B2
Useful chiral specific boron-containing compounds, such as boronate, boronate esters, boranamines, borane diamines, boranamine thioesters, and boronic mono/di-thioesters, have been prepared. These compounds and compositions containing them are useful as anti-cancer or anti-amyloidosis agents.
US11325938B2
Described herein are CD73 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US11325936B2
New 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-sialic acids and 2,7-anhydro-sialic acids, which are useful as sialidase inhibitors, and enzymatic methods for preparing them are disclosed. The methods include forming a reaction mixture comprising a glycoside acceptor, a sialic acid donor, and a sialyltransferase; maintaining the reaction mixture under conditions sufficient to form a sialoside; and contacting the sialoside with a Streptococcus pneumoniae sialidase to form the sialic acid product. Methods for the inhibition and sialidases and the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases are also disclosed.
US11325931B2
Methods and compounds are disclosed for treating a disease or condition by inhibiting PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) using prodrugs of 2-PMPA.
US11325929B2
The present invention provides a phosphorus-containing compound characterized by being a compound represented by the following structure: the compound is a novel immune cell migration inhibitor. The compound has good hydrophilicity and can be developed into eye drops. The compound has a strong inhibitory ability to immune cell migration and can relieve the symptoms of most dry-eye patients.
US11325928B2
A modified spray-dried Ziegler-Natta (pro)catalyst system comprising a Ziegler-Natta (pro)catalyst, a carrier material, and a tetrahydrofuran/ethanol modifier; polyolefins; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.
US11325927B2
An activated, titanium-based, spray-dried Ziegler-Natta catalyst system containing a titanium-based Ziegler-Natta catalyst, a carrier material, and an activator mixture comprising an effective amount of an activator mixture comprising triethylaluminum and diethylaluminum chloride for producing a substantially uniform comonomer composition distribution. Also, polyolefins; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.
US11325923B2
Siloxanes are prepared by reacting: a compound A with a compound B or a compound A with a compound C or a compound B with a compound C or a compound C alone, in the presence of a compound D at ≥40° C., wherein compound A is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydrogen atom, compound B is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded alkoxy moiety, compound C is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydrogen atom and at least one silicon-bonded alkoxy moiety, and compound D is a cationic Si(II) compound.
US11325903B2
Disclosed are compounds useful, for example, in methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) and (Ie), in which R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.
US11325895B2
Provided are type I, III, V and VI crystals of 1-((1R,2R)-2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-3-(5-methyl-6-(2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)-2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)urea which are useful as bulk pharmaceutical crystals. Also provided are type I, III, V and VI crystals of 1-((1R,2R)-2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-3-(5-methyl-6-(2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)-2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)urea having excellent TrkA inhibitory effect, medicines and medicinal composition containing these crystals, and a method for producing these crystals.
US11325890B2
Provided herein are Diaminopyrimidine Compounds having the following structures: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Diaminopyrimidine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing liver fibrotic disorders or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of a JNK pathway.
US11325886B2
Amide compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds as well as methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases that involve administering the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to a subject.
US11325881B2
The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition and a preparation method therefor and, more specifically, to a plasticizer composition, which contains an anhydrosugar alcohol monoester, an anhydrosugar alcohol diester, and a sugar alcohol ester at a specific content ratio and has improved plasticity and excellent storage stability, and to a preparation method therefor.
US11325879B2
Certain bleached earths improve methods of fatty acid purification.
US11325866B2
An aluminum nitride sintered body for use in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus is provided. The aluminum nitride sintered body exhibits, in a photoluminescence spectrum thereof in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 700 nm obtained with 250 nm excitation light, a highest emission intensity peak within a wavelength range of 580 nm to 620 nm.
US11325861B1
Multi-solid waste activated concretes with high-silicon iron ore tailings and preparation methods thereof are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the concrete is prepared from raw materials including 360-380 kg/m3 of a cement, 30-40 kg/m3 of fly ash, 30-40 kg/m3 of a modified ultrafine sand of high-silicon iron ore tailings, 930-950 kg/m3 of a waste stone of tailings, 870-930 kg/m3 of a fine sand of tailings, 160-170 kg/m3 of water, and 4-8 kg/m3 of an additive.
US11325860B2
A colored sapphire material and methods for coloring sapphire material using lasers are disclosed. The method for coloring the sapphire material may include positioning the sapphire material over an opaque substrate material, exposing the opaque substrate material to a laser beam passing through the sapphire material to impact the substrate material, and inducing a chemical change in a portion of the sapphire material exposed to the laser beam. The method may also include creating a visible color in the portion of the sapphire material as a result of the chemical change. The colored sapphire material may include a first transparent portion, and a second, colored portion substantially surrounded by the first portion. The second, colored portion may have a chemical composition different than that of the first portion.
US11325854B2
A process and an apparatus for drying and consolidating an optical fibre preform in a furnace tube comprising a heating chamber, wherein an extension tube having an extension chamber configured to house at least a length portion of the preform is removably joined to the furnace tube and the drying process starts with the preform not completely inserted into the furnace tube, an upper length portion of the preform being surrounded by the extension tube joint to the furnace tube.
US11325851B2
A diluted chemical liquid production apparatus has a structure that has a platinum group metal carrying resin column, a membrane-type deaeration apparatus and a gas dissolving membrane apparatus, which are sequentially provided in a supply line of ultrapure water; and has a pH adjuster injection device and an oxidation-reduction potential adjuster injection device, which are provided between the platinum group metal carrying resin column and the membrane-type deaeration apparatus. An inert gas source is connected to a gaseous phase side of the membrane-type deaeration apparatus, and an inert gas source is also connected to the gaseous phase side of the gas dissolving membrane apparatus; and a discharge line communicates with the gas dissolving membrane apparatus. A pH meter and an ORP meter are provided in the discharge line. Such a diluted chemical liquid production apparatus can control a pH and an oxidation-reduction potential.
US11325844B2
An apparatus and method for decontamination of effluent, includes connecting a first ejector to source of a first motive fluid, directing from the first ejector first motive fluid into piping connected to a source of effluent thus causing the effluent to stream in the piping and simultaneously causing the effluent to be heated, and controlling the directing of the first motive fluid in such a way that a predetermined thermal effect is achieved.
US11325838B2
These surface-modified metal compound particles have metal compound particles the surfaces of which are modified by: at least one first carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid; and at least one second carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of a C6-C16 fatty acid and a C7-C32 monovalent carboxylic acid having at least one benzene ring, wherein at least a portion of the first carboxylic acid is a carboxylic acid type in which a hydrogen atom of the carboxy group is not dissociated as an ion.
US11325833B2
A method of making a carbon nanotube composite yarn, the method including growing floating carbon nanotubes in a reactor, forming a mat of carbon nanotubes from the floating carbon nanotubes, a deposition step including depositing secondary particles on at least a portion of the mat of carbon nanotubes to provide a carbon nanotube composite mat, and a densification step including densifying the carbon nanotube composite mat to provide a carbon nanotube composite yarn.
US11325831B2
CNT foams and methods are provided. The methods may include forming, in a non-solvent liquid, a suspension of CNTs and particles of a pyrolytic polymer; removing the non-solvent liquid; and removing the particles of the pyrolytic polymer to produce a CNT foam having cells that at least substantially correspond to the dimensions of the particles of the pyrolytic polymer. CNT foams having porous structures also are provided.
US11325829B2
The invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen gas and optionally a carbonaceous product from a hydrocarbon fuel, comprising: introducing a flowing stream of said fuel into a reaction chamber of a reactor, wherein said reaction chamber has at least one wall and a heating zone which is heated by a heat source, heating said fuel in said heating zone to effect pyrolytic decomposition of said hydrocarbon fuel to produce said hydrogen gas and optionally said carbonaceous product; wherein the ratio of C:O (mol/mol) in the reaction chamber is greater than 20:1; and characterized in that the heat source heats the hydrocarbon fuel in the heating zone by radiated heat to an average temperature of greater than 2000° C. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention.
US11325828B2
A method for manufacturing a millimeter scale electromechanical device includes coupling a stainless steel ply to a polymer carrier ply, coating the stainless steel ply in a photo resist material, masking the photoresist material, exposing the photoresist material to cure a portion of the photoresist material, developing the photoresist material to remove uncured photoresist material from the stainless steel ply, chemically etching the stainless steel ply to remove a patterned portion of the stainless steel ply, dissolving the polymer carrier ply to release unwanted chips of the stainless steel ply, and adhering the patterned stainless steel ply to a flexible material ply to form a sub-laminate.
US11325825B2
A fleet refueling silo tank system gravity feeds fuel through hoses to fleet units without requiring pressurizing pumps. A specialized valve at the fleet unit fuel tank prevents vapor escape and admits fuel at low, gravity-feed pressures. The valve includes a valve body with an upper end and a lower end, the upper end adapted to engage a cap which affixes the valve body to the fuel tank fill mouth. Below the cap, a fuel cut-off plunger and seat selectively interrupt fuel flow through the mouth by responding to a buoyant float extending coaxially beneath the valve body and into the fuel tank. Linkage coupled to the plunger extends through the valve body to the float, and roller bearings within the valve body engage a shaft extending from the float coaxially into the lower end of the valve body.
US11325823B2
The systems and methods of fuel vapor recovery and use comprise a cryogenic condensation module and a fuel tank of a service station. The cryogenic condensation module comprises a cryogenic vaporizer that lowers the temperature of fuel vapors via condensation. The cryogenic condensation module also comprises a processing element that processes the fuel vapors that have not been condensed via the cryogenic vaporizer. The fuel tank is connected to the cryogenic condensation module by a ventilation pipe and a return pipe. The ventilation pipe is capable of displacing the fuel vapors to the cryogenic condensation module. The return pipe is capable of returning condensed fuel vapors to the fuel tank.
US11325820B2
A beverage distribution system for preparation of espresso coffee and similar aromatic beverages, including a drinking recipient (1, 1′), for example of type glass, cup, or similar, a beverage discharge disposition (2) operatively associated with a beverage preparation device (3), whereby the beverage discharge disposition is provided so that the beverage discharge flow impinges, with a given flow pressure, a flow regulation disposition (12) on the base region (11) of the drinking recipient (1, 1′) along a direction opposite gravity, whereby the drinking recipient has first and second recipient parts (11, 12) adapted to be removably retained and that, in an assembled condition, provide fluid connection through a flow passageway (110) that develops along a single direction and to confine the beverage flow downstream of flow constrain means (16) and upstream of the entry of beverage flow in the region of the base wall (111) of the collection space.
US11325817B2
A device for producing filled containers has a transport device which is configured for transporting containers which are filled with a liquid and are closed by a closure. Furthermore, the apparatus has a penetration device which is configured for producing an opening in at least one region of the closure and/or of the container, and an application device, which applies a flowable and in particular gaseous medium to the interior of the container through this opening (or feeds the gaseous medium to this interior). Furthermore, the apparatus has a closing device which closes the opening again.
US11325816B2
A lifting apparatus and controller therefore, where the lifting apparatus includes independently driven lifting columns and independently driven wheels that are controlled by a controller having a number of sensors such as limit sensors, position sensors, rotation sensors, laser sensors, torque sensors and the like. The independent motors for lifting and driving may also be removed easily to provide for improved servicing and maintenance. The various sensor signals are used to calculate, coordinate and calibrate the apparatus for precise and safe movement by the motors in order to perform lifting and positioning operations, for example rail car repair and service.
US11325811B2
The disclosure relates to a mine shaft conveyance safety brake for controlling the rate of deceleration of a free-falling conveyance, operating within or upon fixed shaft guides, in a vertical, substantially vertical or inclined mine shaft. The safety brake includes an activation system, one or more guide clamp assemblies operable for locking onto one or more shaft guides, one or more braking assemblies and one or more brake paths attached upon the conveyance. Upon detection of a conveyance suspension failure or slack rope condition associated with a free-falling or obstructed condition of the conveyance, the activation system is triggered, causing each guide clamp assembly to self-lock onto a shaft guide. Upon further downward travel of the conveyance, the braking assemblies travel upwardly upon the brake paths, generating increasing braking forces in a controlled manner until the conveyance comes to a controlled stop. The safety brake is purely mechanical in nature, as there are no electronics, electro-mechanical controls or hydraulic systems involved.
US11325807B2
A line-handling device is for letting out, winding up and locking a line. The line-handling device has: a first handle; a substantially flat reel which is rotatable relative to the first handle; a line-guiding part which is fixed relative to the first handle; a locking mechanism for locking the reel in a non-rotatable position; and an attachment element for a tautening device, the reel being displaceable relative to the first handle parallel to the rotational axis of the reel. A line-handling system is for suspending a line between two anchoring points and a method is for suspending a line between two anchoring points.
US11325803B2
A gluing device of an end edge of a log including an introduction assembly into the gluing device of a log, a handling assembly for a log associated to detection device of the end edge and including a pair of rolls for advancement and holding in rotation of the log, a glue dispensing assembly and a transfer assembly of the log including a transfer plane positioned downstream of the lower handling roller. The glue dispensing assembly is placed in series between the lower handling roll and the transfer plane and includes a transverse tank for the glue, housing cyclically movable glue transfer members. The transverse tank is provided with an upper cover provided with a plurality of openings provided in succession side by side at a set distance along a transverse row. The movable glue transfer members include a plurality of tips provided in succession along a transverse row, alternatively projecting through the relevant openings and retracted within the transverse tank because of the cyclical movement.
US11325795B1
Systems and methods for the modification of loading dock environments are provided that allow trailers and shipping containers on chassis' to park at a loading dock with closed doors and have these doors opened into the loading dock environment and resealed while the trailer remains at the loading dock.
US11325794B2
An unloading conveyor system for unloading grain through the floor of a grain bin. A removeable cover is vertically supported by the plurality of ribs to cover the span of the midpan to allow maintenance. The midpan comprises a plurality of slots and ledges to receive and support the ribs to allow easy installation and maintenance. A central pit having an internal portion and an access support wall also provides easy installation and maintenance. The first bearing mount, second bearing mount, and roller are all accessible for service through the internal portion of the central pit.
US11325792B2
A loading station for a pocket conveyor having two conveying lines. The loading station has a receiving section for receiving pockets for each conveying line; a receiving section for objects, with which the pockets are to be loaded; and a device for each conveying line, into each of which an empty pocket to be filled can be introduced. In addition, the loading station has a moving unit for moving the devices from a receiving section for objects to one of the receiving sections for receiving pockets, and back again. The loading station is also designed to alternately load the pockets of the first conveying line and the pockets of the second conveying line.
US11325791B2
A storage apparatus for transport goods includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor and a deflecting mechanism for deflecting transport goods conveyed by the first conveyor onto the second conveyor. A motor configuration is provided for motorized driving of the first conveyor and/or the second conveyor. A step is provided over which the transport goods are conveyed. The storage apparatus is configured to vertically compress the transport goods with the aid of the step. A method for storing transport goods, in particular packages, is also provided.
US11325788B2
A two-loop cross-belt sorter includes at least one loop-shaped track (1); two cross-belt trolley groups (2), and forms two side-by-side conveyance loops able to circulate on the loop-shaped track (1), and a power apparatus (3) that drives the two cross-belt trolley groups (2) to move along the loop-shaped track (1). The two-loop cross-belt sorter uses two sets of trolleys on a loop-shaped track, allows the space inside the loop to be utilized and the quantity of cross-belt trolleys to be increased without increasing the area occupied by the sorter, thus doubling sorting capacity, while allowing parcels to be transferred between cross-belt trolleys on the two conveyance loops, thereby reducing the idle rate of the trolleys.
US11325775B2
A single-use means for preparing a beverage from an infusible product, containing a bendable sheet-like base with a designated bend line, and a moisture-permeable bag for brewing a product, wherein the bag has an upper portion attached by one side to the sheet-like base, and an unattached lower portion, wherein the sheet-like base and the bag are designed and mutually arranged such that the sheet-like base can cover a vessel containing a liquid, in which the bag is immersed during the brewing of a product, and such that the product can be squeezed after brewing by bending the sheet-like base and pressing the bag from two opposing sides using the bent sheet-like base, wherein to allow more careful squeezing of an infusion from the product in the bag after brewing, the region in which the attached side of the upper portion of the bag is attached to the sheet-like base is situated along a line that intersects the bend line of the sheet-like base, wherein the line along which the attachment region of the bag is situated substantially coincides with the bend of the bag in its suspended state on the base during use.
US11325773B2
A spray canister dispenser for mounting to a spray canister to allow for more convenient actuation of a nozzle. The spray canister dispenser includes a housing that removably mounts to an upper end of a spray canister. A first channel is disposed on an interior sidewall of the housing and can align with a lip of the spray canister to selectively couple thereto. An actuator assembly having a trigger handle and an actuator extends from a moveable plate secured to the housing and can transition between a dispensing and resting configuration. In the dispensing configuration, the actuator is forced against a spray canister nozzle to dispense substance therefrom. In use, the trigger handle is positioned on a forward side of the spray canister, wherein the housing is on a rearward side of the canister. An aperture is disposed within the trigger handle to allow the substance to be dispensed therethrough.
US11325769B2
A cushioning packaging material for packaging one or more electronic products and the like is disclosed. The cushioning packaging material includes a cushioning portion provided with a plurality of air pockets, an air distribution portion provided with a distribution passage through which air is distributed into the plurality of air pockets, and an air inlet provided at one side of the air distribution portion. The air inlet is closed after completion of air injection. Thus, air leakage through the air inlet is prevented and cushioning force reduction caused by air leakage is also prevented.
US11325765B1
A weighting device for audio equipment may include a container and an outer casing. The container includes an interior volume that contains or is configured to contain a filler material and that is defined by one or more sidewalls that are impermeable to the filler material. The filler material may include a liquid, solid, slurry, or non-Newtonian fluid. The outer casing includes an interior volume configured to receive the container. The outer casing has an exterior side comprising a rubberized material, non-abrasive material, slick material, soft cloth, or non-abrading polymer material to prevent damage to the audio equipment.
US11325757B2
A re-closable vent for a container closure which requires no pre-formed holes in the closure deck, provides a tamper-evident feature, and provides simple rotation of a cap structure to open and a vent after punching out a frangible deck section.
US11325753B2
A thermal pizza slice container apparatus for transporting a pizza slice and maintaining temperature includes a base having a base bottom side, a base sidewall, and an open base top side defining a base cavity. The base bottom side is sector-shaped and configured to accommodate a slice of pizza. A bottom lip is coupled to a perimeter of the open base top side. A lid has a lid top side, a lid sidewall, and an open lid bottom side defining a lid cavity. The lid top side is sector-shaped and conforms to the base bottom side. The lid sidewall has a flared lower portion that is selectively engageable with the bottom lip to seal and alternatively unseal the base cavity and the lid cavity. The base and the lid are each comprised of an outer shell layer and an inner insulation layer.
US11325750B2
A container for storing at least one personal care item includes a base plate and well. The base plate defines an aperture and has top and bottom surfaces. The well passes through the aperture and has: an open top portion and a closed bottom portion collectively defining a chamber accessible through the top portion, a seat abutting the bottom surface, and a flange overlying a portion of the base plate. A cap is removably secured atop the chamber and abuts the flange such that the flange seals between the cap and the base plate when the cap is secured atop the chamber. The well has an uppermost point and a lowermost point and a height defined therebetween, and the lowermost point is collapsible toward the uppermost point to a maximum distance of: at least forty percent of the height and no more than sixty percent of the height.
US11325744B2
A carton box includes a main body and at least one fastening module removably mounted on the main body. The main body includes two first face boards and two second face boards. One of the first face boards is provided with a first movable plate. The other one of the first face boards is provided with a second movable plate. The main body is provided with at least one locking slot. The at least one fastening module includes a first fastener member mounted on the second movable plate and a second fastener member located in the at least one locking slot of the main body. The second fastener member is detachably connected with the first fastener member.
US11325743B2
A retail ready package configured for division into two separate product display cases is disclosed wherein two rows of products are arranged side-by-side within the package in a vertical front facing display orientation relative to the left and right lower front panels of the package.
US11325725B2
The present invention comprises: a fatigue estimation unit that estimates the fatigue life of a prescribed area of a fuselage, on the basis of the level of damage in the prescribed area during operation; a determination unit that determines whether the estimated fatigue life will be reached after a prescribed period of time has elapsed; a repair determination unit that determines that repair of the fuselage is unnecessary if a determination is made that the estimated fatigue life will be reached after the prescribed period of time has elapsed, and that determines that the fuselage is to be repaired if a determination is made that the estimated fatigue life will be reached within the prescribed period of time; and a selection unit that, if a determination is made that the fuselage is to be repaired, selects a repair method corresponding to the detected degree of damage in the prescribed area.
US11325721B2
An inerting system comprises an air separating device having an enclosure (40) having at least one air inlet (46) and one outlet (48) for oxygen-depleted air. The air separating device (18) is configured to generate, from an air inlet flow coming from the air inlet (46) of the enclosure (40), an outlet flow of oxygen-depleted air and to discharge the outlet flow of oxygen-depleted air through the outlet (48) for oxygen-depleted air. The inerting system (14) comprises a heating system (20), outside the enclosure (40), configured to heat at least one region of the enclosure (40).
US11325720B2
A system for power and data communications within a fuel tank and across a wall of the fuel tank includes a fuel height sensor and a sealed connector extending through a wall of a fuel tank. The system also includes an electric power connection between the fuel height sensor and the sealed connector. The system additionally includes an internal data communications connection between the fuel height sensor and the sealed connector, wherein the electric power connection comprises a resistive non-metallic wire.
US11325716B2
A nacelle inlet may comprise a lip skin and a bulkhead mounted to the lip skin. The lip skin may define an orifice. The bulkhead may comprise a forward face, a first flange extending axially from an outer circumference of the forward face, and a ventilation groove formed in the forward face. The ventilation groove may be circumferentially aligned with the orifice.
US11325707B2
An automation system, comprising a control device for controlling at least one machine, and at least one unmanned aircraft. The control device is designed to control the unmanned aircraft to support an operation of the machine.
US11325695B2
A rotor blade of a rotary wing aircraft includes a core defining a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a skin extending from the trailing edge defining an opening including the core. The skin defines an aerodynamic surface of the rotor blade. The rotor blade additionally includes at least one trim tab assembly including a trim portion extending from the core beyond the trailing edge of the rotor blade and an actuation system including at least one actuator disposed within the core. The actuation system is operable to adjust an angle of the trim portion relative to the rotor blade.
US11325691B2
An assembly that comprises a first part and a second part. The second part comprises a non-faying surface facing the base surface, a plurality of faying surfaces manifested at bosses that are shimmed if and as required, and a plurality of second through-holes. A width of each one of the plurality of bosses is equal to or greater than 2(r+T tan θ), where r is a maximum radial dimension of an outermost peripheral portion of a fastener in contact with the first part or the second part, T is the distance from the point of contact, between a fastener and the first part or the second part, and a faying surface of a corresponding boss, and θ is an angle between a central axis of the corresponding second through-hole and an outermost load vector initiating at the point of contact between the fastener and the first part or the second part.
US11325684B2
The present disclosure provides an inflatable kayak. The inflatable kayak includes an inflatable floor having two ends defined upward; two inflatable gunwales arranged on the left and right sides of the inflatable floor, the height of the upper edge at both ends of the inflatable gunwale being higher than the height at the middle of the inflatable gunwale, allowing the height of the prow and the stern of the inflatable kayak to be no less than the height at the middle of the inflatable kayak; and a reinforcing assembly including a bottom reinforcing layer, a prow hatchway cover, and a stern hatchway cover, the bottom reinforcing layer at least covering the joints of the inflatable floor and the two inflatable gunwales. The prow hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the prow, and the stern hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the stern.
US11325682B2
An apparatus for reliquefaction of boil-off gas for a vessel, comprises: a compression unit for compressing the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; and a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging the compressed boil-off gas compressed by the compression unit with the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a first expansion means for dividing the boil-off gas passing through the heat exchanger into at least two flows including a first flow and a second flow, and expanding the divided first flow; a first intercooler for cooling the second flow remaining after the division of the first flow by using the first flow expanded by the expansion means as a refrigerant; and a receiver for receiving a second flow having passed through the first intercooler, in which a downstream pressure of the compression unit is controlled by a flow discharged from the receiver.
US11325672B2
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an electric scooter and electric scooter, wherein the method comprises: a first target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected in a case that the electric scooter is unlocked by using a target account; the electric scooter is set to be in a temporarily locked state in response to the first target operation, wherein the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is set to allow to be unlocked only by the target account within a target duration after detecting the first target operation the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is unlocked in a case that a second target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected within the target duration. The present disclosure solves the problem existed in the method for controlling an electric scooter in the related art that the electric scooter is easily used by others when the electric scooter is temporarily stopped using.
US11325671B2
The present invention provides a headlight provided on a front side of a vehicle and configured to illuminate the front side of the vehicle, including a first board provided with a first light source, a second board provided with a second light source, and a reflecting portion provided between the first board and the second board, wherein the reflecting portion includes a first reflector configured to reflect light from the first light source, and a second reflector configured to reflect light from the second light source, the first board and the second board are arranged to face each other while sandwiching the first reflector and the second reflector, and a space irradiated with the light from the first light source and a space irradiated with the light from the second light source define one continuous space.
US11325670B2
A saddle riding vehicle includes a front fork including a pair of left and right fork tubes and a pair of top and bottom bridges connecting the left and right fork tubes, a headlight, and an electric part accommodating member accommodating electric parts, the electric part accommodating member being disposed on the rear side of the headlight in a space surrounded by the left and right fork tubes and the top and bottom bridges. The electric part accommodating member includes a fastening section fixed to the front fork by a fastening member and a fitting section fitted and fixed to the bridge.
US11325668B2
The invention relates to a shock-absorbing seat tube, including an outer tube and an inner tube sleeved within the outer tube. The inner tube is adapted for connection to a bicycle saddle from below through a joint. The seat tube is provided with a height adjustment device having a supporting end inserted into the inner tube, and a shock-absorbing device disposed in the inner tube at a position above the height adjustment device and includes a fixing part and a damper part. The fixing part passes at its top end through the inwardly protruded portion of the inner tube and is arranged in the barrel portion of the inner tube. The damper part is arranged between the inwardly protruded portion and the supporting end.
US11325663B2
A car having: a passenger compartment; a body surrounding the passenger compartment and having: a roof, a tail provided with a rear bumper, and a joining portion connecting the 5 roof to the tail; a rear spoiler, which is arranged at the end of the joining portion in the area of the tail; and a deflector panel, which is arranged on the joining portion, is directly hit by an air flow brushing the joining portion during the travel and is mounted in a movable manner so as 10 to move between a rest position, in which the deflector panel rests on the joining portion, and an active position, in which the deflector panel is lifted and spaced apart from the joining portion.
US11325661B2
An apparatus for a trailer is provided that has a top fairing configured for being mounted to a top surface of the trailer at a location closer to the back of the trailer than the front of the trailer. The trailer has a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, and a vertical direction. First and second side fairings are also included and are configured for being mounted to respective first and second side surfaces of the trailer. Additionally, first and second trailer skirts are configured for being carried by the trailer and are part of the apparatus. First and second trailer rear skirts are likewise included and are located rearward of the first and second trailer skirts. The combination of components provides aerodynamic benefit to the trailer.
US11325651B2
There is provided a vehicle body structure, including: a die-cast rear floor side member; and a metal rear floor side member rear, a joint section including: an inner joint section provided at a side of the rear floor side member, the inner joint section including at least three joining faces including an upper face provided at an upper portion, in a vehicle vertical direction, of the inner joint section and two faces positioned with orientations intersecting the upper face in a cross-section profile of the inner joint section sectioned along the vehicle vertical direction and the vehicle width direction, and an outer joint section provided at the side of the rear floor side member rear, the outer joint section abutted against and joined to the three joining faces of the inner joint section from an outer side of the inner joint section.
US11325645B2
A vehicle comprises a chassis supported by wheels for moveably carrying the chassis in a driving direction, a steering wheel for turning a steering column around a rotation axis, and a steering angle sensor for measuring a rotation angle of the steering column with an encoder that is stationary to the steering column and with a magnet sensor that is disposed axially displaced from the encoder on the rotation axis. The encoder includes a first magnet with a top side directed to the magnet sensor and a second magnet attached to the first magnet opposite to the top side. The first magnet includes a recess starting from the top side, and each magnet is magnetized orthogonal to the rotation axis. The first magnet and the second magnet are displaced against each other in rotation direction. The recess has a depth lower than an axial thickness of the first magnet.
US11325638B2
A dual-mode active rear-wheel steering device, including: a steering motor, a main shaft, an intermediate gear, a transmission gear, a planetary gear coupling mechanism and a mode switching assembly. An output end of the steering motor is provided with a first input gear. An end of the main shaft drives a first rear wheel to rotate by a two-stage gear transmission system and a first rear-wheel motion conversion mechanism, and the other end of the main shaft drives a second rear wheel to rotate by the planetary gear coupling mechanism and a second rear-wheel motion conversion mechanism. The intermediate gear, the transmission gear and a sun gear of the planetary gear coupling mechanism are provided on the main shaft. The intermediate gear meshes with the first input gear.
US11325631B2
A stroller and foldable frame assembly for a stroller includes a locking mechanism adjustable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking mechanism is configured to releasably lock the foldable frame assembly in its use configuration and/or storage configuration by releasably and internally locking at least one of a respective swivel joint assembly of the frame assembly. The locking mechanism includes an actuation element configured to adjust the locking mechanism between the unlocked and the locked position that is arranged spaced apart transversely to a swivel axis of the respective at least one internally lockable swivel joint.
US11325627B2
A foldable cart comprising an upper frame, a lower frame, and a plurality of legs attached to and supporting the upper frame and the lower frame is disclosed. Each leg is configured to be folded into a folded configuration from an erect configuration. Each leg comprises a lock configured to hold the leg in the erect configuration. The lock comprises a lock bar movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, an internal support brace, wherein the lock bar extends through the internal support brace, and a spring configured to bias the lock bar into the locking position to hold the leg in the erect configuration. The lock bar is spring-loaded against the internal support brace, wherein the entire length of the spring surrounds the lock bar, and wherein the spring is confined entirely within the internal support brace.
US11325625B2
Systems and methods for railway asset management. The methods comprise: using a virtual reality device to recognize and collect real world information about railway assets located in a railyard; and using the real world information to (i) associate a railway asset to a data collection unit, (ii) provide an individual with an augmented reality experience associated with the railyard and/or (iii) facilitate automated railyard management tasks.
US11325620B2
A portable rope tow assembly is used to transport people, typically skiing or snowboarding, along snow covered ground and usually up hill. The assembly is extremely lightweight, portable and rapid to deploy. It uses a variable frequency drive to control an electric drive motor, and enables convenient variable speed and reverse direction operation.
US11325614B2
A system for providing a speed profile of a self-driving vehicle includes a vehicle driving information prediction device, and a speed profile generation device, wherein the vehicle driving prediction device includes a navigation unit configured to set information on a drive route and a target travel time, a 3D map information provision unit configured to search for gradient information of the drive route set by the navigation unit, and a vehicle driving information provision unit, and wherein the speed profile generation device includes a vehicle energy consumption calculation unit configured to calculate energy consumption at a current speed of the vehicle when the vehicle runs along the set drive route, and a speed profile calculation unit configured to calculate a distance-based target speed profile by executing a dynamic programming algorithm.
US11325613B2
An automatic driving system allows a vehicle to travel by automatic driving. The system includes first and second detectors and first and second determiners. The first detector is disposed on a movable part of the vehicle and detects an object located around the vehicle. The second detector is disposed on the vehicle and has an object detection region that partially overlaps a detection region of the first detector. The first determiner determines whether a detection state of the first detector based on a position of the object detected by the second detector and behavior of the object estimated from a detection position of the first detector and a traveling state of the vehicle. The automatic driving availability determiner determines availability of the automatic driving according to the detection state of the first detector and disables the automatic driving when the first detector is not in a regular detection state.
US11325609B2
A vehicle driving assist system includes an imaging device, an alarm, and a controller. The controller includes a facial recognition unit, an occupant determination unit, and a loss determination unit. The facial recognition unit recognizes at least a part of an occupant's face in first captured images acquired from the imaging device. The occupant determination unit determines a driving state of the occupant on the basis of a second captured image in which at least the part of the face is recognizable, and generate a first alert request if the occupant is unable to drive the vehicle. The loss determination unit generates a second alert request if a third captured image in which at least the part of the face is unrecognizable occurs two or more times. The alarm outputs an alert to the occupant on the basis of the first and second alert requests.
US11325603B2
Systems and methods for estimating lane geometry are disclosed herein. One embodiment receives sensor data from one or more sensors; detects a road agent based on the sensor data; detects, based on the sensor data, that the road agent has performed a lane shift from a first lane of a roadway to a second lane of the roadway; and estimates a boundary line between the first lane of the roadway and the second lane of the roadway based, at least in part, on the detected lane shift.
US11325600B2
The present invention provides a vehicle control method capable of suppressing an increase in the frequency of stopping and restarting of the engine when the braking device is activated at the self-driving mode. When the operation mode is set as self-driving, the braking device is activated in accordance with a system deceleration request to keep an actual vehicle-speed at a target vehicle-speed or change the actual vehicle-speed at the target vehicle-speed or lower depending on environment surrounding the vehicle. Further, a braking amount is estimated, the braking amount is a magnitude of a braking force generated from the activated braking device. When the braking amount is an engine-stopping enabling threshold or more, enabling stopping is allowed. When the braking amount is less than the engine-stopping enabling threshold, enabling stopping is not allowed.
US11325598B2
A travel assisting method for a vehicle which is executed by a processor, comprising: generating a vehicle speed command value based on vehicle information of a subject vehicle; calculating the vehicle speed command value at a predetermined time (a look-ahead time) ahead of a current time based on information of a feature existing ahead of the subject vehicle in a travelling direction, as a look-ahead vehicle speed command value; and controlling the subject vehicle based on the look-ahead vehicle speed command value. Further, a lighting state of a traffic light located around the subject vehicle is detected, and the look-ahead time is set based on the lighting state.
US11325595B2
In vehicle platooning, when road surface information is received from a preceding vehicle, an ECU determines whether a specific spot on a road included in the road surface information can be avoided. That is, the ECU determines whether avoidance control can be performed. When it is determined that the avoidance control can be performed, the ECU transmits the road surface information received from the preceding vehicle to a following vehicle, and performs the avoidance control to avoid the specific spot on the road. In contrast, when it is determined that the avoidance control cannot be performed, the ECU ends a process without performing the avoidance control.
US11325592B2
Techniques are provided for operation of a vehicle using multiple motion constraints. The techniques include identifying an object using one or more processors of a vehicle. The vehicle has a likelihood of collision with the object that is greater than a threshold. The processors generate multiple motion constraints for operating the vehicle. At least one motion constraint includes a minimum speed of the vehicle greater than zero to avoid a collision of the vehicle with the object. The processors identify one or more motion constraints for operating the vehicle to avoid a collision of the vehicle with the object. The processors operate the vehicle in accordance with the identified motion constraints.
US11325589B2
This vehicle control device comprises: action amount determination units that determine evasive action amounts indicating the degree of evasive action relative to a recognized obstacle; and a travel control unit that performs travel control whereby a vehicle is caused to take evasive action corresponding to the determined evasive action amount. The action amount determination units determine the amount of evasive action, according to user preferences for the vehicle.
US11325585B2
A clutch control method for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT is provided. The method includes determining an energy-saving possible period based on a selection state of shifting ranges, operation states of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, and the gradient of a road on which the vehicle is driven. An operation current is set for maintaining a clutch, which is configured to engage the first gear, engaged as 0 A in response to determining that a current state of the vehicle is in the energy-saving possible period.
US11325581B2
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to start an engine promptly during propulsion in an electric vehicle mode. Electric power generation resulting from cranking the engine by a first motor is greater in the first electric vehicle mode compared to a second electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to determines whether an acceptable input power to an electric storage unit is smaller than a threshold value. If the acceptable input power to the electric storage unit is smaller than the threshold value, selection of the first electric vehicle mode is inhibited.
US11325569B2
A dump-truck fluid assistance system and method for prevention and remediation of material sticking to the truck bed and dampening generation of dust, at different stages of loading, transport, and dumping operations. Fluid is emitted from one or more outflow manifolds inside the bed of the dump truck for one or more purposes of lubricating the truck bed, regulating the temperature of the truck bed, physically flushing material from the truck bed, and dampening generation of airborne particles or dust. Under the control of a controller having a controller transceiver, directed via a cab operator transceiver or remote operator transceiver, a fluid pump sends fluid from a fluid reservoir via a fluid line into the outflow manifolds that emit the flow of fluid variously as spray, stream, jet, drip, or weep, into the bed of the dump truck.
US11325565B2
A vehicle recognition device includes a vehicle recognizer and a wiper controller. The vehicle recognizer is configured to determine, upon a first state, whether a transition is made from the first state to a second state. The first state is a state in which a second vehicle is recognizable from captured images obtained from respective cameras provided in a first vehicle. The second state is a state in which the second vehicle is unrecognizable from one or more of the captured images. The one or more of the captured images is obtained from all or a part of the cameras. The wiper controller is configured to automatically control an operation of a wiper of the first vehicle on the basis of an automatic control, when the vehicle recognizer determines that the transition is made from the first state to the second state.
US11325562B1
A wire-management module is configured to be installable to a vehicle having an operable system configured to be energized in response to operative connection between a first wire and a second wire. A user-authentication module is configured to transmit a wire-management signal including a wire-inhibit signal configured to indicate lack of authorization to use the operable system of the vehicle. The wire-management module is configured to be operatively coupled to the first wire and the second wire. The wire-management module has a signal input port configured to receive the wire-inhibit signal that is transmittable from the user-authentication module. The wire-management module is also configured to inhibit operative connection between the first wire and the second wire.
US11325555B2
A vehicle seat comprises a seating portion and a back rest the angle of inclination is adjustable in relation to the seating portion, where at least the back rest is of modular design made of a plurality of upholstered elements, the upholstered elements each comprising a preformed foam part surrounded, at least in part, by a cushion cover, the upholstered elements made in this manner are put together via fasteners in modular fashion to form the back rest adjustable in inclination.
US11325545B2
A rotary connector device is provided, which includes a moving member on a stator side in an insertion direction of a steering shaft, the moving member including a first recessed portion recessed in the insertion direction and located in a first direction (X) orthogonal to a center axis (Cx) of the stator, and a second recessed portion recessed in a direction opposite to the first recessed portion and located in a second direction (Y); a rotator including a first guide portion configured to loosely fit together with and guide the first recessed portion; a rotating portion provided in the stator and configured to rotate about the center axis (Cx) includes a second guide portion configured to loosely fit together with and guide the second recessed portion; and the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion are capable of movement in the first direction (X) and the second direction (Y).
US11325542B2
An airbag device attached to a vehicle body frame member and covered by a garnish is configured such that when a bag body is deployed, the airbag device pushes out the garnish to create a gap between the garnish and the vehicle body frame member to allow the bag body to be inflated out of the gap. The clip for securing the garnish to the vehicle body frame member includes a first member configured to be fixed to the vehicle body frame member, a second member configured to be fixed to the garnish, and a connecting member for keeping the first member and the second member connected when the airbag is deployed. The connecting member is tiltable with respect to the first member and the second member so that the movable range of the clip can be maximized without using flexible material for the connecting member.
US11325536B2
A lighted exterior mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes a lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly having a light module, which includes a planar circuit board and a light guiding element. The light module includes a plurality of illumination sources disposed on a mounting side of the circuit board and operable to emit light. When the illumination sources are actuated, light emitted by each of the illumination sources is emitted in a direction normal to the mounting side of the planar circuit board. The light guiding element is configured so that light emitted by the illumination sources is redirected by the light guiding element so that light emanates from the light guiding element in a direction parallel to the mounting side of the planar circuit board and parallel to the road surface.
US11325533B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting portion, a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. The reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front surface, a planar rear surface and a circumferential perimeter edge around a periphery of the glass substrate that extends across a thickness dimension separating the planar front surface from the planar rear surface. A front perimeter edge portion of the circumferential perimeter edge includes a rounded glass surface circumferentially around the periphery of the glass substrate, with the rounded glass surface at least partially spanning the thickness dimension of the glass substrate. The rounded glass surface has a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm. The planar rear surface of the glass substrate is coated with a coating. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps onto the rounded glass surface of the glass substrate.
US11325528B2
A rear turn lamp has a structure formed of divided components, i.e., a first lamp unit provided to a fixed portion of a vehicle body and a second lamp unit provided to a movable portion of the vehicle body. The first lamp unit is provided with a controller. A first lighting circuit turns on multiple first light sources. A second lighting circuit turns on multiple second light sources.
US11325526B2
A headlamp control device configured to control a headlamp which illuminates forward of a vehicle, is provided. The device includes a visibility detector configured to detect visibility of a road state forward of the vehicle, and a headlamp controlling module configured to control brightness of the headlamp. The headlamp controlling module is able to adjust light emitted from the headlamp so that a brightness gradient that is a difference of brightness of a part distant from the vehicle and brightness of a part closer to the vehicle is changed. When a deterioration in the visibility is detected, the headlamp controlling module executes a brightness adjusting control in which the brightness gradient is increased by making the brightness of the part closer to the vehicle higher than the brightness of the part distant from the vehicle, as compared with the brightness gradient when the deterioration in the visibility is not detected.
US11325524B2
Various embodiments include methods and vehicles, such as an autonomous vehicle, a semi-autonomous vehicle, etc., for collaboratively directing one or more headlights by two or more vehicles. Various aspects may include receiving, by a first vehicle processor, a first vehicle collaborative lighting message from a second vehicle, in which the first vehicle collaborative lighting message requests that the first vehicle direct one or more headlights of the first vehicle to illuminate a target area of uncertainty that is disposed, relative to the first vehicle, in a direction other than a direction of travel of the first vehicle. The first vehicle processor may direct one or more the headlights of the first vehicle to illuminate the target area in accordance with the first vehicle collaborative lighting message.
US11325517B2
A tailgate apparatus for a dump body is described herein. The dump body includes a floor, a front wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the floor and two opposing side walls coupled to and extending upwardly from the floor. Each side wall is coupled to the front wall. The two side walls define an opening at a rear end of the floor. The tailgate apparatus includes a tailgate sized to cover the opening and two opposed side arms extending from the tailgate towards the front wall. Each side arm is pivotally coupled to a respective one of the side walls. The tailgate apparatus also includes a pair of linkages for linking the side arms to the side walls. The linkages enable the tailgate to pivot between a closed position where the tailgate covers the opening and an open position where the tailgate is positioned closer to the front wall than the opening.
US11325504B2
The present disclosure relates to a track for an automotive vehicle seat comprising: a first, upper, rail and a second, lower, rail mounted sliding relative to each other along a sliding axis, that define a cavity between them; a bolt comprising at least one locking member movable from a locked position in which the at least one locking member immobilizes the first rail and the second rail relative to each other, and an unlocked position and a guiding system for the at least one locking member between the first locked position and the second unlocked position, secured to the first, upper, rail, where the guiding system comprises an inner guide secured to the first rail at two anchoring points extending respectively the guide forming body above and below a guiding orifice.
US11325498B2
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.
US11325489B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a housing including an AC inlet and a DC connector. The DC connector is connectable to an inlet for DC power of a vehicle. The AC inlet is connectable to a connector of a cable for AC power. A rectifier circuit is housed in the housing. The rectifier circuit is located between the AC inlet and the DC connector, and configured to convert AC power input from the AC inlet side into DC power and output the DC power to the DC connector side.
US11325484B2
A method of charging a battery includes coupling an electricity network or subnetwork to the battery using inductive power transfer, transferring electrical energy to the battery from the electricity network or subnetwork and varying the inductive power transfer using a controller of the electricity network or subnetwork according to at least one predetermined criteria of the electricity network or subnetwork.
US11325474B2
The invention relates to a particularly redundant electrical machine (10) for driving a means of propulsion (1) with increased reliability. The machine (10) comprises a plurality of independent partial rotors (210, 220) which are respectively coupled to a common shaft (200) by means of freewheel devices (510, 520) in order to drive said shaft and the means of propulsion (1) therewith in a working direction of rotation. The machine (10) also comprises a plurality of independent stator winding systems (111, 121), a stator winding system (111, 121) and a partial rotor (210, 220) being respectively associated with each other and arranged in such a way that they can electromagnetically interact with each other. The stator winding systems (111, 121) are successively arranged in the axial direction. Similarly, the partial rotors (210, 220) are successively arranged in the axial direction.
US11325471B2
A method for displaying a safety zone in front of a transportation vehicle or object. The safety zone is shown on a display unit. The safety zone is displayed as a grid and the end of the grid that is remote from the transportation vehicle indicates the end of the safety zone at the measured speed, taking into consideration the determined driving situation.
US11325468B2
An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.
US11325465B2
A work vehicle including a tank (31,131) formed so as to extend from a rear part of a vehicle body toward a center, wherein the tank includes: a first storage tank (32) located on the rear side of the vehicle body, and stores stored fluid (9); a second storage tank (34) located on a side close to the center in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and stores the fluid; a partition part (36) that separates the first storage tank and the second storage tank; a discharge member (49) that has a discharge opening (49a) extending and opened inside the second storage tank, and discharges, from the second storage tank, the fluid stored in the second storage tank; and a hollow tube member (60) that has a first end communicated with the first storage tank through the partition part so as to enable the stored fluid to flow, and a second end having a hollow tube opening (62) extending and opened toward the center of the vehicle body inside the second storage tank, wherein the hollow tube opening of the hollow tube member is located on the central side of the vehicle body with respect to the discharge opening of the discharge member.
US11325462B2
A capless filler pipe closure is provided for a tank filler pipe. The capless closure permits a fuel pump nozzle to be inserted into the tank filler pipe without first removing a fuel cap from the outer end of the tank filler pipe.
US11325460B2
Disclosed herein is a baffle for regulating air flow around an object. The baffle can be of unitary construction and can be made by a single shot injection molding process. The baffle can have an edge portion that is more flexible than the base portion. The baffle has also can have a base portion with a base portion thickness and an edge portion with an edge portion thickness that is less than the base portion thickness. A method of making a baffle by an injection molding process is also disclosed.
US11325457B2
The present invention relates to a triple clutch device (2) for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a double clutch device comprising a first disk clutch (40) for selective torque transmission between a first input-side disk carrier (52) and a first output-side disk carrier (54) and a second disk clutch (42) for selective torque transmission between a second input-side disk carrier (56), which is connected rotationally fixed to the first input-side disk carrier (52), and a second output-side disk carrier (58), and having a separating clutch device comprising a third disk clutch (44) for selective torque transmission between a third input-side disk carrier (60) and a third output-side disk carrier (62), wherein the first input-side disk carrier (52) is connected rotationally fixed to the third output-side disk carrier (62), and a first disk set (46) of the first disk clutch (40) and a third disk set (50) of the third disk clutch (44) are arranged nested in the radial directions (8, 10). The third disk set (50) is arranged within the first disk set (46) in the radial direction (10). The present invention additionally relates to a drivetrain of a motor vehicle comprising such a triple clutch device (2).
US11325456B2
Various embodiments may include a clutch assembly comprising: a first coupling and a second coupling; and a vibration damper with a spring. The first coupling includes a crankshaft connection and a coupling-in element which can be connected to one another in a controlled manner. The second coupling has an output connection and an intermediate element which can be connected to one another in a controlled manner. The spring connects the intermediate element and the coupling-in element to one another.
US11325438B2
A suspension is provided which can not only generate a damping force between sprung mass and unsprung mass but also steer a wheel. A suspension includes: a shaft coupled to sprung mass of a vehicle, the shaft having a screw groove and a spline groove formed thereon; a ball screw nut assembled to the shaft via a ball; a ball spline nut assembled to the shaft via a ball; a ball screw-specific motor connected to the ball screw nut; a ball spline-specific motor connected to the ball spline nut; and a case coupled to unsprung mass of the vehicle, the case being configured to hold the ball screw-specific motor and the ball spline-specific motor. The ball spline-specific motor rotates the ball spline nut and the shaft relative to the case.
US11325432B2
An apparatus includes a rim, a tire, and an energy harvesting component. The rim is configured to rotate and move. The tire is coupled to the rim. The tire when inflated is configured to transfer force to the rim resulting from compressive force acting on a portion of the tire making contact with a road. The energy harvesting component is positioned on the rim and configured to capture a kinetic energy in response to the compressive force acting on the portion of the tire making contact with the road as the rim rotates.
US11325425B2
A tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain comprises a tread portion. In a region between at least one of tread edges and a tyre equator, the tread portion is provided with middle blocks, shoulder blocks, and tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and its adjacent one of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder blocks include first shoulder blocks forming the one of the tread edges and second shoulder blocks arranged on an inner side in a tyre axial direction of the one of the tread edges. The tie bars include first tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the first shoulder blocks and second tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the second shoulder blocks.
US11325423B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion with shoulder lug grooves spaced apart in a circumferential direction, each extending outward in a tire lateral direction, opening to a ground contact end, and including a closed end inward in the tire lateral direction. In a region of each of the shoulder lug grooves from an end of a belt having a greatest width in a belt portion of the pneumatic tire to an inner side in the tire lateral direction, the shoulder lug groove has a groove width that decreases inward in the tire lateral direction, and includes a portion where a groove cross-sectional area is kept constant by a change in at least one of a groove wall angle or a groove depth of the shoulder lug groove, the portion being provided in the tire lateral direction across a length of at least 20% of half a tire development width.
US11325421B2
A tire has an intended tire rotational direction and comprises a tread portion having a tread surface defined between tread edges and a pair of buttress surfaces defined as extending radially inwardly from the respective tread edges. One or each of the buttress surfaces is provided with a plurality of protrusions protruding axially outwardly and arranged in the tire circumferential direction. The protrusions include a curved protrusion which extends radially inwardly from the tread surface while curving toward the intended tire rotational direction.
US11325420B2
Provided is an aircraft tire which has both satisfactory light weight and satisfactory separation durability of carcass ply ends. An aircraft tire (10) includes a pair of bead cores (1), and a carcass (2) extending between the pair of the bead cores (1). In this aircraft tire (10), the carcass (2) includes at least one layer of a turn-up ply (2a) which is composed of a main body (2aa) and folded portions (2ab), and at least one layer of a down ply (2b) which covers a tire width-direction outer side of the respective folded portions (2ab) of the turn-up ply (2a) and extends to at least a tire radial-direction inner side of the respective bead cores (1); rubber-cord reinforcing members (6) are each arranged between the main body (2aa) of an outermost turn-up ply (2a) and the folded portion (2ab) of the turn-up ply (2a) extending to a tire radial-direction outermost side, and between the folded portion (2ab) of the turn-up ply (2a) extending to the tire radial-direction outermost side and an innermost down ply (2b); and cords of the rubber-cord reinforcing members (6) have an elongation at break of not less than 30%.
US11325413B2
A speed square is provided including a triangular flat plate having measurement markings indicated on at least one face, a T bar affixed to, and extending along, the length of a first side of the triangular flat plate, and an extension element hingedly connected to an end of second side of the triangular flat plate opposite the T bar. The extension element having measurement markings indicated on at least one face, such that the measurement markings of the triangular flat face continue on the extension element.
US11325408B2
A device for driving a stamping foil over a path through a stamping machine is disclosed herein. The driving device comprises two foil-introduction chain-like elements and a drive member coupled to the foil-introduction chain-like elements for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements notably through a platen press of a stamping machine. The driving device further comprises at least one first load-measurement device comprising a first detector configured to measure a parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements in a first direction, the at least one first load-measurement device being connected to a stamping-machine control unit configured to stop the driving by the drive member when the parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member and measured by the first detector crosses a threshold.
US11325406B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a recording head, a monitor, an operation panel, and a controller. The ink tank forms an ink chamber and including an injection inlet. The recording head ejects ink from the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The operation panel receives user input. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor, and the operation panel. The controller performs receiving a completion signal indicating completion of ink injection, decision processing deciding whether an initial processing has been completed, and inquiry processing based on receipt of the completion signal.
US11325402B2
A printer including a printing part which prints on a recording paper; a cutter part which cuts the recording paper; and a conveying part which includes a conveying route having a curving shape and through which the recording paper conveyed through the cutter part is conveyed; a conveying route cover which is attached to the conveying part and covers a portion of the conveying route; and a flapper which is provided at a curved portion of the conveying route, has a curved shape, and is rotatably attached to the conveying route cover so as to rotatably open or close relative to a main body of the printer, wherein the conveying route cover and the flapper are movable together so as to separate from or contact the main body.
US11325401B2
A printer for printing on rolled paper includes an air pressure sensor that detects air pressure, a platen that has a suction hole and is installed on a transport path of the rolled paper, a suction fan that sucks the rolled paper via the suction hole, and a control section that performs control for changing a rotation speed of the suction fan according to a detection result of the air pressure sensor.
US11325392B2
A printer includes an ink tank, a print head that performs printing by using ink in the ink tank, a light source that emits light into the ink tank, a sensor that outputs pixel data by detecting light incident from an ink tank side in a period during which the light source emits light, and a processing section that determines an ink amount by an output of the sensor. The processing section designates a reading area for the sensor, and determines an ink amount based on pixel data of the reading area output from the sensor.
US11325387B2
In various examples, biased print gaskets can include a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to charge a material included in a gasket with a first bias voltage to repel print particles from a surface of the gasket, cease charging the material with the first bias voltage and charge the material with a second bias to attract print particles to a surface of the gasket.
US11325379B2
A fluid ejection die may include a number of fluid ejection chambers laid to correlate with a number of dividers formed in a fluid channel layer such that adjacent fluid ejection chambers are alternatively arranged on a relatively higher-temperature side of the fluid ejection die and a relatively lower-temperature side of the fluid ejection die.
US11325373B2
An inkjet printer includes: a print execution unit that executes printing; and a controller that controls the print execution unit. The controller is configured to: determine whether a type of ink supplied by the ink supply unit is changed; determine whether to use a residual ink which is ink before change remaining in the ink flow path in response to be determined that the type of the ink is changed; control the print execution unit to execute new printing using the residual ink in response to be determined to use the residual ink for the printing; and execute a discarding process for discarding the residual ink before the new printing is performed in response to be determined to not use the residual ink for the printing.
US11325369B2
The present disclosure is directed to a thermal developing assembly that is configured to reduce (or eliminate) the reactivity of contaminants and/or unreacted photosensitive material associated with forming a relief image on a photosensitive printing element during thermal development. The thermal developing assembly is configured to reduce (or eliminate) the reactivity of a byproduct associated with forming a relief image on a photosensitive printing element, the byproduct including but not limited to, contaminants within vapors (e.g., fumes), contaminants within condensate, unreacted photosensitive material, and combinations thereof.
US11325363B2
An object is to provide a laminate having excellent lamination strength that includes a polyester film having a furandicarboxylate unit and a heat-sealable resin layer, and to provide a packaging bag including the same. A laminate including a polyester film and a heat-sealable resin layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film containing a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol, a plane orientation coefficient ΔP of the film is 0.100 or more and 0.160 or less, a thickness of the film is 1 μm or more and 300 μm or less, a heat shrinkage rate of the film is 10% or less when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and lamination strength of the laminate is 2.0 N/15 mm or more.
US11325354B2
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass which is excellent in sound insulation property and has improved sound insulation performance not only in a coincidence region but also in a mass-dominated region. The interlayer film for laminated glass includes a sound insulating layer which is formed from a composition (A) containing at least one resin (a1) selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin, wherein a tan δ obtained when a dynamic viscoelasticity of a sheet, which is obtained by molding the composition (A) to have a thickness of 0.8 mm, is measured at a frequency of 0.3 Hz in a tension mode has a maximal value at a temperature TA (° C.), TA (° C.) is in a range of −50 to 50° C., and the tan δ at TA (° C.) is 2.5 or more.
US11325351B2
A method for fabricating a display panel including a bending area includes: providing a substrate; forming a first flexible layer on the substrate; forming an organic layer on the first flexible layer, wherein a wavelength of light absorbed by the organic layer is different from a wavelength of light absorbed by the first flexible layer; irradiating a part of the organic layer in the bending area with a laser to make at least a portion of the part of the organic layer a carbonized layer, thereby forming a spacer layer; forming a second flexible layer covering the first flexible layer and the spacer layer, wherein the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer are made of a same material and separated by the spacer layer; and cutting a part of the substrate and a part of the first flexible layer in the bending area.
US11325345B2
A method of forming a fiber-bound engineered material utilizing carrier screens is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. Also provided are articles formed of fiber-bound engineered materials manufactured utilizing carrier screens. A fiber layer is placed adjacent at least one carrier screen and entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber-bound engineered material may be accomplished through manipulation of the fibers and/or through fiber binding a scrim. The fiber layer binds with additional fibers through entanglement such that a mechanical connection between the entangled fibers is provided. This entanglement allows the fibers to bind without supplemental adhesives, interlacing, or connections.
US11325342B2
A substrate 2 of an adhesive tape 1 includes a mesh structure made of thermoplastic resin. The mesh structure has a structure in which multiple first fibers drawn in a first direction corresponding to a length direction of the adhesive tape and multiple second fibers drawn in a second direction corresponding to a width direction of the adhesive tape are layered or woven. (a) A first fiber has a thickness of 0.04 mm or less, and a width of 0.6 mm or less, (b) a second fiber has a thickness greater than that of the first fiber, and a width greater than or equal to that of the first fiber, (c) the mesh structure has a tensile strength in the first direction of from 130 to 250 N/50 mm, (d) the mesh structure has a bending resistance in the first direction obtained by a cantilever test of from 40 to 80 mm, and (e) the mesh structure has a bending resistance in the second direction obtained by the cantilever test of from 65 to 95 mm.
US11325333B2
Disclosed is a tire building drum and a method for building a tire, wherein the tire building drum includes a crown section and a bead-lock section, wherein the bead-lock section defines a bead-lock position, wherein the crown section includes crown segments movable with respect to the base from a crown-down position into a crown-up position in a crown-up direction, wherein the crown segments together form a crown surface, a leading edge and a shoulder, wherein the tire building drum further includes a sleeve that extends around the crown segments in the circumferential direction, wherein the sleeve includes a first circumferential edge that is fixed to the crown segments at a side of the shoulder facing away from the bead-lock section, a second circumferential edge that is located between the shoulder and the bead-lock position, wherein the second circumferential edge is unfixed at least when the crown segments are in the crown-down position.
US11325324B2
A guide mechanism includes a support member that supports a plurality of tow guides provided corresponding to each of fiber bundles, and a support mechanism that supports the support member with respect to an arm, and the support mechanism is configured such that the support member is displaceable in a width direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the arm in a plan.
US11325311B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus. A receiving unit receives a data of printing. An output unit outputs image data of each of plural elements which are parts of recording media, if the receiving unit receives print data including height information of a three-dimensional object at positions of each pixel of image data on a two-dimensional image is generated such that the three-dimensional object is formed by stacking the plural elements, and the image data is generated from the height information of the three-dimensional object at the positions of the each pixel.
US11325305B2
A build plate for 3D printers that facilitates separation of the workpiece from the build plate and yet provides lateral anchoring of the unit cell. The build plate comprises (1) a foundation of a material that the unit cell material will not adhere to or will only weakly adhere to, and (2) a plurality of adhesive islands that provide a lateral anchor for the unit cell. An adhesive island is a hole in the foundation of the build plate that is filled with a plug of material to which the unit cell material will strongly adhere. The number, type, location, and size of the adhesive islands is tailored to provide enough lateral stability where needed, but not more.
US11325295B2
A method for producing a sterilized container comprises: providing a preform having a hanger arranged on a bottom of the preform, heating the preform in a heating device, feeding the heated preform into a stretching and blowing apparatus, stretching and blowing the preform in the stretching and blowing apparatus such that the container for the infusion solution is formed from the preform, cleaning the formed container in a rinsing apparatus, and drying the cleaned container in a drying device, filling the cleaned and dried container at least with an infusion solution, via a filling opening present in the container, in a filling plant, closing the container by attaching a closure cap to the filling opening of the container, sterilizing the closed container in an autoclave, wherein the hanger of the preform is oriented and folded over by a bending apparatus prior to stretching and blowing in the stretching and blowing apparatus.
US11325294B2
Embodiments of an invention disclosed herein relate to devices, processes, and systems for processing one or more polymers.
US11325289B2
A method of forming a molded polymer part having a screw boss includes positioning a screw boss insert on a pin of a mold tool. The screw boss insert may contact guide surfaces of the mold tool. During molding, polymer material flows along the screw boss insert while the screw boss insert is positioned on the pin. The polymer material may bond to the screw boss insert. The screw boss insert may include one or more geometric features that prevent rotation and/or axial movement of the screw boss insert relative to the surrounding polymer material.
US11325279B2
The present disclosure describes architectural blocks configured to give the appearance of real cut stone. A plaster composition may be applied to one or more surfaces of a block, such as a concrete masonry unit (CMU) to form an architectural block having the appearance of cut stone. The plaster composition includes a cementitious component, such as white Portland cement, a limestone aggregate component, and optionally an adhesive component. The limestone aggregate component includes a fine sand portion and a coarse sand portion that effectively enable the appearance of cut stone after finishing of the plaster surface via sanding and/or polishing.
US11325276B2
A method of drying sticks, a related apparatus, resultant product and its uses where the method involves presenting a plurality of sticks in parallel as a single layer, pressing each stick with a bank of pressing members on and/or into at least one face of the sticks, each with plurality of protuberances, thereby to constrain the sticks against crook, and drying the sticks when so constrained. Preferably each bank of pressing members is an underside of a frame or lattice of a stack of such frames or lattices able to receive such a single layer of sticks between adjacent overlying/underlying frames or lattices, the protuberances preferably being only downwardly directed.
US11325272B2
Shaving razors and shaving assemblies for wet shaving are disclosed, which include a blade unit pivotably mounted on arms extending from an interface element. The arms have features that allow them to flex, in some cases in a differential manner depending on the direction of applied forces.
US11325271B2
Shaving razors and shaving assemblies for wet shaving, including a blade unit pivotably mounted on an interface element, are disclosed. Pivoting of the blade unit is accomplished using a shell bearing arrangement in which the shell bearing member is provided on an interface element. An elastomeric return element is provided to bias the blade unit towards a rest position.
US11325237B2
The invention relates is a multi-purpose utility tool. More specifically, the present invention provides an attachable handle for gripping pots and pans used in outdoor cooking. The attachable handle can be configured to connect to a fuel canister and prepare the fuel canister for disposal or recycling. The attachable handle can have a puncture tool to pierce the fuel canister. The connection of the attachable handle to the fuel canister can aid in the evacuation of fuel from the canister.
US11325235B2
A fastening tool of the present invention includes a housing having an underside. The fastening tool also includes a magazine and a support foot connected to one of the housing underside and the magazine. Using a system of cooperating detents formed on the support foot and housing underside (or magazine, as the case may be), the support foot can be quickly and easily removably secured to the fastening tool without using any tools.
US11325231B2
A screwdriver assembly includes a screwdriver shaft and an insert. The screwdriver shaft extends longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and having a longitudinal channel extending therethrough. The insert has a longitudinal shaft received within the longitudinal channel and a distal end extending distally relative to the distal end of the screwdriver shaft. The insert shaft is rotatable relative to the screwdriver shaft. The distal end of the insert is sized and shaped to engage a head of a screw. The distal end of the insert is disengaged from the screw head by rotating the insert relative to the screwdriver shaft.
US11325230B2
A tool extension rod includes a main piece, a sliding sleeve, and a magnetic assembly. The sliding sleeve is slidably sleeved onto the main piece. When the sliding sleeve moves between a first position and a second position, the magnetic assembly is movable along an axial direction.
US11325228B2
A rotary impact tool in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, an impact mechanism, an impact detector, and a controller. The controller executes constant duty ratio control from when the motor is started until an impact is detected by the impact detector. The controller executes constant rotation speed control in response to detection of an impact by the impact detector.
US11325223B2
A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a carrier body, an outer membrane assembly, an annular segmented chuck, and an inner membrane assembly. The outer membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and defines a first plurality of independently pressurizable outer chambers. The annular segmented chuck supported below the outer membrane assembly, and includes a plurality of concentric rings that are independently vertically movable by respective pressurizable chambers of the outer membrane assembly. At least two of the rings having passages therethrough to suction-chuck a substrate to the chuck. The inner membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and is surrounded by an innermost ring of the plurality of concentric rings of the chuck. The inner membrane assembly defines a second plurality of independently pressurizable inner chambers and has a lower surface to contact the substrate.
US11325222B2
An embodiment relates to a porous polyurethane polishing pad for use in a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process of semiconductors and a process for preparing the same. In the porous polyurethane polishing pad, the polishing performance (or polishing rate) thereof can be controlled by adjusting the size and distribution of pores in the polishing pad.
US11325220B2
A double-side polishing method, including: simultaneously polishing both surfaces of a semiconductor wafer by holding the semiconductor wafer in a carrier, interposing the held semiconductor wafer between an upper turn table and a lower turn table each having a polishing pad attached thereto, and bringing both surfaces of the semiconductor wafer into sliding contact with the polishing pads, wherein the semiconductor wafer is polished under a condition that a thickness A (mm) of the polishing pad attached to the upper turn table and a thickness B (mm) of the polishing pad attached to the lower turn table satisfy relations of 1.0≤A+B≤2.0 and A/B>1.0. This provides a double-side polishing method capable of obtaining a semiconductor wafer in which F-ZDD<0 while controlling the GBIR value to be equal to or smaller than a required value.
US11325218B2
Loopback rolls which can transfer and guide a polishing tape (T) along a perimeter of a pressure contact roll (R) is provided, the pressure contact roll having a tapered peripheral edge having a top edge and a pair of slant edge faces formed on a periphery of the pressure contact roll, by which the polishing tape can be bent into a substantially V-shape in cross section, and a switchable pressure contact mechanism is switchably provided which pressure contacts each of bent portions of the polishing tape, which is bent into the substantially V-shape in cross section by the tapered peripheral edge, to one tooth face (B1) or the other tooth face of a worm.
US11325213B2
According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: a heating unit, which includes a lower heating unit and an upper heating unit rotatably coupled to the lower heating unit, and heats an external electronic device mounted on at least one surface of the lower heating unit; a fixing unit, which is disposed to be adjacent to the lower heating unit, and has at least one part formed to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the lower heating unit, thereby fixing the external electronic device; a adsorption unit having one part, which is inserted into at least one recess formed on the upper heating unit, and adsorbing at least a region of the external electronic device; and a driving unit, which is disposed at one side or a surrounding part of the heating unit, can move in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the fixing unit, and rotates the upper heating unit by pressurizing the same.
US11325212B2
A preparation process of a novel drill shank for an IMPACT gun drill, including: manufacturing a mold and a forming block, wherein a forming blind hole is formed in a middle of the mold, the forming block is inserted into the forming blind hole, a wire pipe is disposed in the mold, a feed port is formed in the forming block, a heating cavity is formed in a forming block lateral face and a forming post; manufacturing the forming block with a 2Cr25Ni20 material; injecting tin bronze powder and iron powder into the forming blind hole, starting vibration pressing by the forming block; inputting direct and pulse current to communicate with the metal powder and heat the metal powder at a same time; forming a drill shank blank after 2-3 min, taking out the drill shank blank; removing an adsorbing agent from the drill shank blank by an extraction method.
US11325211B2
A method for restoring a blade or vane platform of a gas turbine assembly configured for a power plant by: providing a blade or a vane having a platform with an edge deterioration zone; removing the deterioration zone by electro discharging machining technology; and rebuilding a removed zone by additive manufacturing technology. The removing can be performed to create a recessed plane along a platform edge, the recessed plane being connected to a platform plane by an enter inclined plane and an exit inclined plane arranged opposed along the platform edge.
US11325197B2
The tool holder device for broaching and slotting, comprising: one main frame associated with one machine adapted to machine one workpiece; one working assembly associated with the main frame and comprising one supporting bar movable longitudinally along a first axis and a guiding mechanism for the supporting bar movable longitudinally along the first axis; one tool associated with the supporting bar and adapted to machine the workpiece; angular adjustment mechanism for adjusting the supporting bar, interposed between the main frame and the guiding mechanism and adapted to rotate the supporting bar around a second axis substantially orthogonal with respect to the first axis; and straight adjustment mechanism for adjusting the tool with respect to the supporting bar, interposed between the tool and the supporting bar, the straight adjustment mechanism being adapted to adjust the position of the tool along the second axis.
US11325188B2
This invention concerns an additive manufacturing apparatus for building objects by layerwise consolidation of material. The apparatus includes a build chamber containing a working area, a high energy beam for consolidating material deposited in the working area in layers and a flow device for generating a gas flow across at least a part of the working area from a gas inlet to a gas outlet. The gas inlet and gas outlet are arranged to be movable within the build chamber.
US11325186B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a sintered component, which can suppress occurrence of edge chipping when a through-hole is formed in a powder-compact green body and also has a good productivity. The method for manufacturing a sintered component includes a molding step of press-molding a raw material powder containing a metal powder and thus fabricating a powder-compact green body; a drilling step of forming a hole in the powder-compact green body using a drill; a sintering step of sintering the powder-compact green body after drilling, wherein the drill used for drilling has a circular-arc shaped cutting edge on a point portion thereof.
US11325185B2
A multi-step method to produce materials, and coatings of materials, which has three key characteristics. The first is that the density of the resulting materials or coatings can be controllably and widely variable from less than ten percent of normal density up to normal density. The second key characteristic of the invention is the use of starting materials having powders that have grains (particles) with one, two or three dimensions on the size scales of nanometers or micrometers. The third major characteristic part of the invention is the use of microwave radiation or induction heating to quickly raise the temperature of the powders to produce materials or coatings before deleterious diffusion and densification can occur. These features produce new types of materials with properties favorable to many applications, such as chemical and other catalysis, electrolysis in batteries and fuel cells, and light weight structural components.
US11325184B2
A method for producing a powder-metallurgical product, in particular a bearing element or a motor component, is provided. According to the method, a metal powder, typically with a grain size between 2 μm and 15 μm, is melt-metallurgically produced and agglomerated into a powder mixture having a grain size smaller than 400 μm by organic binders and waxes. Subsequently, the agglomerated powder mixture is formed into a green body typically by way of uniaxial pressing and the formed green body thermally debindered. Finally, the debindered green body is sintered typically at temperatures of 1000° C. to 1300° C. and the sintered body reworked into the powder-metallurgical product.
US11325182B2
A furnace for removing a molybdenum-alloy refractory metal core through sublimation comprising a retort furnace having an interior; a sublimation fixture insertable within the interior of the retort furnace, the sublimation fixture configured to receive at least one turbine blade having the molybdenum-alloy refractory metal core; a flow passage thermally coupled to the retort furnace configured to heat a fluid flowing through the flow passage and deliver the fluid to the molybdenum-alloy refractory metal core causing sublimation of the molybdenum-alloy refractory metal core.
US11325181B2
A mold (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mold which is formed by additive manufacturing. The mold includes: a heat medium channel (10) for a heat medium to flow through, the heat medium channel being provided inside the mold; a medium introduction port (4) at which the heat medium is to be introduced into the mold; a medium discharge port (5) at which the heat medium is to be discharged out of the mold; and a buffer layer (20) located between a mold surface (1a) and the heat medium channel. The buffer layer includes a low-melting percentage portion (21) having a lower melting percentage than does any portion inside the mold other than the buffer layer.
US11325179B2
Systems and methods that provide an improved mechanism for attaching a sensor wire to a bus bar in a battery module are disclosed. A battery module according to the present disclosure may include a bus bar comprising a rivet hole and a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled to the bus bar. The battery module may also include a sensor wire comprising a terminal end, as well as a blind rivet passing through the rivet hole of the bus bar and coupling the bus bar to the terminal end of the sensor wire. Attaching the sensor wire to the bus bar with a blind rivet may provide one or more of the following mechanical advantages: fast assembly, robustness for low power applications, elimination of the need to wait for an adhesive to cure, and elimination of the need for double-sided access of the bus bar.
US11325173B2
Machine for bending metal products (B) includes a drawing unit (11) configured to feed at least one metal product (B) along an axis of feed (D) and toward a bending unit (12) and a shearing unit (14) configured to shear the metal product (B). The bending unit (12) is mounted on a translating platform (13) able to be translated in a direction of translation (T) transverse to the axis of feed (D), and at least one part of the shearing unit (14) is mounted on the translating platform.
US11325172B2
An automatically adjusting auto gauge system comprises a servo motor that provides rotational motion; at least one of a gearbox and linear actuator driven by the one or more servo motors to transfer the rotational motor of the servo motor to linear motion; a group of roll former passes, each including a cam arm, an eccentric cam, a push rod, a top set of roll tooling, a bottom set of roll tooling; a bar operably coupled to the gearbox and the cam arms of the group of roll former passes, the bar driven by the gearbox to impart linear motion to the cam arms, which in turn imparts rotational motion to each eccentric cam, which in turn imparts linear motion, raising or lowering the top set of roll tooling via the push rod, adjusting a gap between the top and bottom sets of roll tooling.
US11325171B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus of manufacturing a panel for home appliance by performing uniform surface processing on the panel and a method of manufacturing a home appliance by performing uniform surface processing on a panel. The apparatus of manufacturing a panel for home appliance includes a contacting roller configured to perform surface-processing on a panel that is to be processed; a pressing roller configured to press the panel toward the contacting roller; and a supporting roller configured to support a center middle portion of the contacting roller.
US11325155B2
An immersible ultrasonic transmitter consists of an end element of a first type, an end element of a second type and at least one transmitting member. The end element of the first type comprises a first cylindrical transmitter, a stack of piezoelectric elements, a second cylindrical transmitter and a coupling element with a threaded connection for coupling together the two cylindrical transmitters. The transmitting member contains a stack of piezoelectric elements, a cylindrical transmitter of a transmitting member, and an element with a threaded connection for coupling together the cylindrical transmitter of a transmitting member and the cylindrical transmitter of an adjacent transmitting member, or the second cylindrical transmitter of the end element of the first type. The end element of the second type comprises a first cylindrical transmitter, a stack of piezoelectric elements and a coupling element with a threaded connection for coupling together the cylindrical transmitter and the cylindrical transmitter of an adjacent transmitting member.
US11325154B2
For a resonator system such as a (haptic) LRA, a methodology for resonant frequency (F0) tracking/control with continuous resonator drive, based on estimating back-emf, including estimating resonator resistance based at least in part on the sensed resonator drive signals, with back-emf estimated based at least in part on the sensed resonator drive signals and the estimated resonator resistance. A phase difference is detected between the resonator drive signals, and the estimated back-emf signals, generating control for resonator drive frequency, which can be used to iteratively adjust the resonator drive frequency until phase coherent with the estimated back-emf signals (F0 lock), such as for driving the resonator at or near a resonant frequency. An amplitude control loop can be used to iteratively adjust resonator drive amplitude based on a difference between estimated back-emf and a target back-emf derived from a rated back-emf and the resonator frequency resonant frequency.
US11325142B2
The present invention provides a showerhead, and a water jet for a showerhead, that is specifically configured to aerate at least some of the water passing through the showerhead. This is achieved by a water jet configuration that may require less precision in manufacturing tolerances and may be a more cost-effective solution for producing a softer flow of water compared to prior art arrangements. The invention has particular application for handheld showerheads which have multiple spray arrays.
US11325141B2
A spray nozzle includes a transmission component and a fan blade assembly. The fan blade assembly is connected to the transmission component, and can rotate with respect to the transmission component to create a vacuum inside the fan blade assembly, so that the liquid to be atomized under atmospheric pressure can enter the fan blade assembly through the transmission component. The fan blade assembly can also drive the liquid in the fan blade assembly to rotate so as to atomize the liquid and eject it from the fan blade assembly. The liquid in the fan blade assembly rotates with the fan blade assembly. A sprayer includes a body and the spray nozzle.
US11325140B2
An air turbine drive spindle capable of suppressing a pressure increase inside a through hole is provided. A spindle includes a rotary shaft and an outer circumferential member (a housing assembly, a cover and a nozzle plate). The rotary shaft is provided with a through hole. The outer circumferential member includes a bearing sleeve configured to surround at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft. The outer circumferential member includes a gas supply portion and a gas exhaust hole. The spindle includes a second gas exhaust portion (a first gas exhaust hole and a first gas flow passage). The second gas exhaust portion is independent of the gas exhaust hole and continuous to outside from a gas exhaust space.
US11325134B2
The invention involves an automatic shut-off waste disposer that may be activated with a control module, which utilizes a programmable automatic shut-off routine. This enables a user to turn on the garbage disposer and walk away without having to turn the disposer off. In exemplary embodiments, activation of the disposer includes actuation of a solenoid valve for injecting a stream of water flow into the dispenser chamber in order to facilitate a proper water flow while the disposer is actively disposing of food waste. In some exemplary embodiments, activation of the disposer may be achieved via a user-activated pneumatic actuator, which may be installed in proximity to the sink to which the disposer is coupled. In some exemplary embodiments, the disposer implements a sensor for automatically shutting of a motor of the disposer upon a predetermined event.
US11325129B2
A collection system including a storage tray and a swab positioned in the storage tray, wherein the swab is configured to collect a sample comprising one or more microorganisms. The system further includes a generally elongate storage device positioned in the tray. The storage device is configured to contain a culture medium therein and configured to receive therein at least part of the one or more microorganisms collected by the swab. The storage tray includes a first recess configured to receive the storage device in a longitudinal configuration, and a second recess configured to receive the storage device in an axial configuration oriented generally perpendicular to the longitudinal configuration.
US11325121B2
Methods include treating a portion of a sample composition to be tested for presence of an analyte by depleting or blocking the target analyte. The treated composition may be used to equilibrate an acoustic wave sensor prior to exposing the sensor to the untreated sample composition for analysis. By using the treated sample composition, in which the analyte is depleted or blocked, to equilibrate the sensor, the sensor may be equilibrated with a composition having a similar viscosity and non-specific binding characteristics to the untreated sample composition, which should result in improved accuracy when analyzing the analyte in the untreated sample composition.
US11325117B2
A separation container for extracting a portion of a sample for use or testing and method for preparing samples for downstream use or testing are provided. The separation container may include a body defining an internal chamber. The body may define an opening, and the body may be configured to receive the sample within the internal chamber. The separation container may further include a seal disposed across the opening, such that the seal may be configured to seal the opening of the body, and a plunger movably disposed at least partially inside the internal chamber. The plunger may be configured to be actuated to open the seal and express the portion of the sample.
US11325116B2
Provided is a tip set used for a genetic testing device. The tip set includes a piercing tip breaking a lid portion of a reagent container filled with a reagent to open the reagent container and an injection tip injecting a sample solution containing a target gene nucleic acid into a microchip. The injection tip has a reservoir storing the sample solution in an internal space and an injection needle protruding from the reservoir, an opening the internal space to a side opposite to the injection needle is formed in the reservoir, and the piercing tip has a fitting portion fitted to the injection tip to connect the injection tip and the piercing tip.
US11325105B2
This invention relates to a supported catalyst for synthesizing ammonia (NH3) from nitrogen gas (N2) and hydrogen gas (H2), method of making the support, and methods of decorating the support with the catalyst.
US11325103B2
Herein provided are treated matrix materials including a binding agent and a hydrophobic nanoparticle treatment that are formed or formable into water dispersible or biodegradable products, including manufacturing methods therefore.
US11325100B2
The invention relates to strong hydrogen-bond acidic sorbents. The sorbents may be provided in a form that limits or eliminates intramolecular bonding of the hydrogen-bond acidic site between neighboring sorbent molecules, for example, by providing steric groups adjacent to the hydrogen-bond acidic site. The hydrogen bond site may be a phenolic structure based on a bisphenol architecture. The sorbents of the invention may be used in methods for trapping or detecting hazardous chemicals or explosives.
US11325099B2
A water filtration system is provided that comprises a combination of two components: silver nanoparticles immobilized on a porous carbon solid matrix and calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles immobilized on the porous carbon solid matrix are prepared in a one-step wet ball milling process that does not use an environmentally hazardous reducing agent or an organic stabilizer. The calcium carbonate in the calcium carbonate silver nanoparticles is preferably isolated from egg shells. The two filter components can be present in any ratio but an approximate 50:50 ratio is preferred. Also provided is an in situ method of preparing silver nanoparticles on active charcoal. Powdered activated charcoal and silver nitrate are mixed together in a mixture of ethanol and water to form a charcoal-silver nitrate solution which is then subjected to ball milling in the presence of polypropylene glycol to produce silver nanoparticles on active charcoal.
US11325090B1
A catalytic solar reactor useful in chemical processes, more particularly, useful in endothermic chemical processes. The reactor comprises a reaction pathway defined by an exterior wall and an interior wall, the exterior wall comprising a solar radiation receiver capable of converting solar radiation into heat and transmitting the heat to the reaction pathway. Further, the reaction pathway has disposed therein, in alternating fashion, a plurality of catalytic elements and a plurality of heat transfer elements. Optionally, a supplementary heater, such as a conventional fossil fuel burner, is disposed in a plenum located within the interior of the reactor. The heater is employed as a supplemental source of heat, for example, when solar radiation is unavailable.
US11325084B2
The present invention is a dust shield device that secures over a mixing pail. Powdery material, such as plaster, cement, grout or the like, is poured through the device, and mixed with water inside the pail. The device includes a mounting sleeve, a radial manifold housing and a funnel shaped lid. The manifold housing and lid form a radial pneumatic channel with a circumferentially disbursed air intake that generates a radially uniform airflow that draws in airborne dust that would otherwise escape to the surrounding air. The manifold is connected to a vacuum with an air filter, and generates a dust shield zone and air intake zone above the device. The manifold lid forms a radial guard to prevent downward flows of material and water from entering the manifold, and forms a splash guard to retain upwardly projected splashes of material and water inside the pail.
US11325078B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
US11325074B2
The present invention provides a porous membrane for water treatment, comprising: a high molecular weight polyethylene, a water-soluble polymer and an antioxidant, the high molecular weight polyethylene having an average molecular weight of 1.0×105 to 10.0×106 and a density of 0.940 to 0.976 g/cm3; wherein, the weight of the water-soluble polymer is 5 to 50 parts, the weight of the antioxidant is 0.1 to 10 parts, based on 100 parts of the weight of the high molecular weight polyethylene. The porous membrane for water treatment prepared by the present invention has a thickness of 5 to 30 μm, a pore size of 10 to 100 nm, a porosity of 20 to 60%, and a surface contact angle of 30° to 95°. The porous membrane according to the present invention has good durability, simple preparation process, and relatively thin thickness, a uniform pore size distribution and small pore size, good hydrophilicity, as well as good filtration and adsorption effect.
US11325067B2
An electrochemical reactor is arranged inside an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and is provided with a plurality of groups of cells. Each group of cell has a plurality of cells, each cell has an ion conducting solid electrolyte layer, and an anode layer and cathode layer arranged on a surface of the solid electrolyte layer. Each group of cells is configured so that all of the exhaust gas flows into passages defined by cells configuring the group of cells and so that both of the anode layers and the cathode layers are exposed to each passage. The plurality of groups of cells are arranged aligned in a direction of flow of exhaust gas and different groups of cells are connected to a power source in parallel with each other.
US11325064B2
Device to dry a damp compressed gas, whereby the device (2) is provided with a dryer that is provided with a liquid desiccant and configured to bring compressed gas in contact with the aforementioned desiccant that is capable of absorbing moisture from the compressed gas, characterised in that the dryer is a membrane dryer (11); the device (2) to dry compressed gas contains a circuit (20) in which the aforementioned liquid desiccant is placed and means to allow the circulation of the desiccant in the circuit (20), consecutively through the membrane dryer (11) with a membrane (13) that forms a partition between the compressed, gas on one side and the liquid desiccant on the other side of the membrane (13), whereby the membrane (13) is impermeable or virtually impermeable to the gas in the compressed gas but selectively permeable to the moisture in the compressed gas; a heat exchanger (29} to heat up the liquid desiccant; a regenerator (22) used to remove at least partially the moisture absorbed in the liquid desiccant before this is returned through the membrane dryer (11) for a following cycle, whereby the regenerator (22) is formed by a housing (23) through which the liquid desiccant with the moisture absorbed therein is guided in moisture-transfer contact with a flushing agent that is simultaneously guided through the housing (23) and is capable of absorbing moisture from the liquid desiccant upon contact; and the circuit (20) is provided with a closable bypass (45) between a branching point in the circuit downstream from the regenerator (22) and upstream from the membrane dryer (11) and a confluence point in the circuit downstream from the membrane dryer (11) and upstream from the regenerator (22).
US11325062B2
Structures for housing a filtration media for the removal and/or solidifying of synthetic ester-based fluids from liquids are provided. The structures disclosed include: a stormwater insert container for installation within a storm drain designed for intake of high volumes of water; an angling filter plug mounting structure and pre-filter basket for a flush installation on a planar floor, such that the filtration media rests beneath the floor and releases filtered liquids into a drainage area; a trench filtration assembly for installation into a trench below surface level, such that the unfiltered liquid passes through the trench and a trench box disposed within the trench filtration assembly prior to passing through the filtration media into a drainage area; and a liner box assembly for installation over an opening made in a non-permeable liner for purposes of pre-filtering contaminated liquids as it flows through the liner box and subsequently the filtration media.
US11325058B2
Apparatuses and methods to rejuvenate spent filtration media are described. The apparatuses include a filtration unit to filter a liquid having solids that need to be removed and a rejuvenation unit to heat the spent filtration media that has reduced filtering capacity. The methods include using the apparatus to rejuvenate spent filtration media by removing solids deposited on the filtration media to allow its repeated reuse rather than being discarded and replaced with new filtration media.
US11325054B2
A device for automatic extraction, storage and encapsulation of fatty compounds, the device may include: an extraction unit configured to provide a liquid mixture comprising fatty compounds extracted from biological material and a liquid solvent; an evaporation and reaction unit; a storage unit comprising one or more storage outlet ports; and a controller configured to: control delivery of the liquid mixture from the extraction unit to the evaporation and reaction unit; control evaporation of the solvent from the liquid mixture in the evaporation and reaction unit; control delivery of the liquid mixture from the evaporation and reaction unit to the storage unit; detect safe connection of each of at least one of one or more capsules to one of the one or more storage outlet ports of the storage unit; and control filling of at least one of the one or more connected capsules with the liquid mixture.
US11325049B1
A miniature magnetic theater apparatus provides an elevated surface supporting on its upper face (stage) one or more magnetic characters. The characters utilize magnets positioned under the stage for manipulation by a user in accordance with a stage play. Scenery elements may utilize magnets to attach to magnetically receptive drops, wings and a back wall. The drops and wings may be positioned in slotted side beams for positioning and support.
US11325046B1
Systems and methods for determining seller reputation for users of an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: execute an instance of the game; monitor sales transactions; determine a sales metric that represents a sales reputation ascribed to a given user; monitor in-game actions of the given user that do not include sales transactions; determine in-game action metrics for the monitored in-game actions; and determine a combined reputational score based on the sales metric and the in-game action metrics.
US11325041B2
A codeless video game method may include receiving an arbitrary game image previously unknown to the computer system and containing object images, each object image corresponding to a game element of the video game, each game element associated with at least one property, and associating automatically each object image with a respective game element that corresponds thereto by identifying automatically, in the game image, each object image. Then a program of instructions is generated that is executable by the computer system, which defines behavior of game elements in the video game according to the at least one property associated with the game elements. During a playing of the video game, the program of instructions causes each game element to be represented in the display by the object image, which may be substantially identical to the game object images that were input as part of the overall game image.
US11325037B2
A method of mapping a virtual environment comprises obtaining a first sequence of video images output by a videogame title; obtaining a corresponding sequence of in-game virtual camera positions at which the video images were created; obtaining a corresponding sequence of depth buffer values for a depth buffer used by the videogame whilst creating the video images; and for each of a plurality of video images and corresponding depth buffer values of the obtained sequences, obtain mapping points corresponding to a sampling distribution of points over the area of a respective video image and their associated depth values; wherein respective mapping points are obtained by projecting co-ordinated derived from the sample points from the video image and associated depth values back into a 3D game world co-ordinate system of the videogame title; thereby obtaining a point cloud dataset of mapping points corresponding to the first sequence of video images.
US11325030B2
A game pad holder for video games adapted to simulate a weapon, the holder has a mechanical force feedback device designed to simulate the recoil of the weapon at the moment of a trigger pressure during a game event, and the force feedback device includes: a casing in the form of a butt in physical contact with a zone of the body of the player, a firing pin forming a physical contact with the zone of the body of the player, and the firing pin is mounted mobile in the casing between: a folding position, and an advanced position to impact the zone of the body of the player. The device further includes a spring element, an actuator and an electronic management unit so that only pressure exerted on the firing pin the player allows to make the firing pin to pass from an advanced position to the folding position.
US11325027B1
A game controller is provided. The game controller includes a first handle, a second handle, and a function expansion module. The first handle and the second handle are connected to each other to jointly form an accommodating space. The function expansion module is disposed in the accommodating space between the first handle and the second handle. The function expansion module is connected to the first handle or the second handle.
US11325026B2
A portable micro controller for interacting with video games executed on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet computer is disclosed. The portable micro controller includes a plurality of interface elements common to video game controllers. The interface elements are ergonomically located on multiple surfaces of a controller housing. The controller housing further includes a retractable support arm for securing a video game device to the controller.
US11325024B1
A game that promotes abstract reasoning, problem solving, spatial reasoning, and time management may include use of particular game components, wherein the game components include a deck of cards; a random number generator; a random theme generator; a timer; and a card holder. The deck of cards may include a plurality of alphabet cards; a plurality of numerical cards; a plurality of bonus point cards; at least one universal symbol card; and at least one wild card. A separate deck may include at least one symbol card. The random theme generator may be a six sided dice, wherein each side of the dice has a theme marked thereon, the themes being: alpha, alpha number, alpha symbol, alpha number symbol, player choice, and dealer's choice. Playing the game may include manipulating a set of dealt cards to create words and phrases that correspond with a generated theme.
US11325019B2
Pole handle, for alpine ski poles or cross-country ski poles, with a handle body and with a hook for fastening a hand holding device. A displaceable latching structure is arranged in the region of the hook so that an eye-shaped device which is pushed in from above and is provided on the hand holding device is fixed in a self-locking manner. The hook is arranged on the stick handle on the hand side in the upper region. A holding mandrel, which is set off from the handle body to the hand side, forms an insertion slot. The latching structure includes a retaining lug which defines a region, restricted against a force, for the eye-shaped device. An upper region of the holding mandrel or the entire holding mandrel, viewed in the running direction, can be deflected laterally on both sides against a restoring force.
US11325018B2
A heel unit for a downhill or a combined downhill and alpine touring ski binding has a vertical-release functional group with a tensioning device with a first spring assembly for holding a ski boot downhill, and a horizontal-release functional group with a base plate to be positioned on the ski and a slide that deflects laterally opposing the ski longitudinal direction against the force of a second spring assembly, on which the vertical-release functional group is arranged, as well as with a compression spring assembly acting on the horizontal-release functional group. The vertical-release functional group rotates on the horizontal-release functional group around an axis running vertically towards the top of the ski or towards the vertical, such that, after a limited lateral deflection of the slide, the vertical-release functional group rotates against the force of the second spring assembly to release of the ski boot into the respective lateral-release direction.
US11325009B2
Golf ball comprising at least one layer that is comprised of a cured elastomeric composition comprising a mixture of an elastomeric composition and an organic peroxide-based curing composition; wherein the mixture at least partially contacts oxygen during curing.
US11325006B2
Enhanced surfing by means of waterproof gloves which provide lifting pads spanning the width of the palm from the base of the thumb and terminating near the pinky, or also extending across the upper palm finger pads if desirable, while secured tightly at the wrist. The padding is contoured and rises to prescribed height starting at the base of the wrist, rising to the maximum height near the base of the palm, and then returning to ‘level’ with the hand inside the palm. Similarly, narrower finger pads will follow a similar contour but will have less height than the palm pad. The padding provides a resilient, rebound boost to aid surfers in quickly rising to their feet while simultaneously creating more clearance between a surfer's torso and board to allow for a heightened swing arch to create forward distance for initial foot positioning and added takeoff momentum.
US11324999B2
Devices such as medical devices, including those for use in conducting pelvic muscle exercise, are generally provided. Embodiments herein relate generally to the medical device and consumer medical product fields, and in some embodiments, to a device for sensing, guiding, and/or tracking pelvic muscle exercise in men and women for the purpose of treating urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and other pelvic conditions.
US11324997B2
There is provided a plank exercise device including a support portion adapted to receive arms or hands of a person and adapted to receive a display device, a destabilizer connected to the support portion, and a stationary base adapted to hold the destabilizer.
US11324992B2
A collapsible exercise bar includes two elongate sections; attachment means for connecting the two elongate sections together and for permitting the two elongate sections to move relative to each other between a position in which the two elongate sections are aligned for use of the bar, and a folded position in which the two elongate sections are generally parallel to each other. A retainer member is slidable relative to the two elongate sections and includes attachment means for engaging cooperating attachment means on one of the two elongate sections to immobilize the retainer member in a position overlying contiguous edges of the two elongate sections when the two elongate sections are aligned for use of the bar. A connector is provided on the exercise bar and is configured to be connected to a resistance device.
US11324983B2
An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a torque controller coupled to the pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a high resolution encoder coupled to the pancake motor.
US11324980B2
A sprinkler head includes a body having a nozzle to be connected to a water supply pipe, the nozzle being provided inside the body; a valve that closes the nozzle in normal times; a pair of frames extending from the body in a direction of water discharge from the nozzle; a deflector provided at a distal end of a part where distal ends of the frames are coupled to each other on a center axis A of the nozzle; and a heat sensitive disassembling unit provided between the valve and the deflector. A spring that is bent in a W shape has two ends engaged with the pair of frames, and the heat sensitive disassembling unit is fitted in a bent portion provided between the two ends and of the spring.
US11324960B2
Disclosed are embodiments directed to security methods applied to connections between components in a distributed (networked) system including medical and non-medical devices, providing secure authentication, authorization, patient and device data transfer, and patient data association and privacy for components of the system.
US11324957B2
A passive implantable relay module includes a first coupler arm configured to wirelessly receive electromagnetic energy radiated through electric radiative coupling from a transmitting antenna located outside a subject's body; a second coupler arm; and a connector portion comprising a first metal core and a first dielectric coating surrounding the first metal core, the connector portion configured to connect the first coupler arm to the second coupler arm such that when the passive implantable relay module is implanted inside the subject's body and the transmitting antenna initiates wireless energy transfer to the first coupler arm via non-inductive coupling, electromagnetic waves carrying the electromagnetic energy received at the first coupler arm propagate along the first metal core to arrive at the second coupler arm, where the electromagnetic energy arriving is wirelessly transferred, again via non-inductive coupling, to a receiving antenna on a passive wireless neural stimulator device.
US11324955B2
The systems and methods described herein include an external base station with a tethered transceiver, an implanted hub that includes power, telemetry, and processing electronics, and a plurality of implanted satellite that contain reconfigurable front-end electronics for interfacing with electrodes. The system can operate in different modes. In a first mode, called a base boost mode, the external base station is used for closed-loop control of stimulation therapies. In a second, autonomous mode, closed-loop control is performed in the hub without direct influence from the base station. In a third mode, streams of neural data are transmitted to an offline processor for offline analysis.
US11324949B2
A system for electrically stimulating one or more muscle groups includes a processor-readable storage medium storing, in association with each of at least one muscle group, digital exertion data representative of one or more action potentials captured during an exertion regime from the muscle group of a respective subject; a signal generator for generating electrical stimulation signals; processing structure configured to automatically retrieve digital exertion data from the processor-readable storage medium and to automatically cause the signal generator to generate new electrical stimulation signals based on the digital exertion data; and a signal distributor for conveying the new electrical stimulation signals from the signal generator to one or more respective muscle groups of at least one different subject. Also provided is a system for providing exercise session data including a capture subsystem capturing one or more action potentials from at least one muscle group of a subject during an exertion regime, the capture subsystem including a processor-readable storage medium; processing structure generating digital exertion data representative of the one or more action potentials and creating the exercise session data by: storing the digital exertion data in association with an identification of the respective muscle group in the processor-readable storage medium; storing, in the processor-readable storage medium, one or more exercises each defining at least the digital exertion data for one or more muscle groups; and storing, in the processor-readable storage medium, one or more sessions each defining at least one or more of the exercises, a publishing subsystem for publishing the exercise session data for download and use by at least one different subject to cause another processing structure to generate and distribute new electrical stimulation signals to one or more respective muscle groups of the at least one different subject. Related methods are disclosed.
US11324946B2
Systems and methods for the concurrent treatment of multiple oral diseases and defects while promoting general oral hygiene utilizing electricity are provided for non-human animals. Electrodes are used to deliver an electrical current to the gingival tissues of a mouth in order to achieve a number of therapeutic, prophylactic, and regenerative benefits. These benefits include killing oral microbes, increasing oral vasodilation, reducing oral biofilm, improving oral blood circulation, reversing oral bone resorption, promoting oral osteogenesis, treating gum recession, and fostering gingival regeneration. Other benefits include the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis, and oral malodor, and other systemic diseases correlated with oral pathogens.
US11324927B2
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter. A body of the catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a first lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end. The catheter adapter may include a side port, which may extend outwardly from the body. The side port may include a second lumen, which may be perpendicular to the first lumen. The catheter assembly may include a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the body. The catheter assembly may include a valve disposed within the first lumen. The valve may include an outer surface that is cylindrical and may seal the first lumen from the second lumen. The catheter assembly may include a divider disposed with the second lumen. The divider may divide the second lumen into a plurality of openings and may increase a burst value of the valve.
US11324919B2
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therethrough. The catheter assembly may also include a septum slidably disposed within the lumen. The septum may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a barrier disposed between the distal end of the septum and the proximal end of the septum. The barrier may divide an interior of the septum into a distal cavity and a proximal cavity. A distal face of the barrier may include a protrusion. The barrier may include a slit extending through the protrusion for selectively opening fluid communication between the distal cavity and the proximal cavity.
US11324914B2
A percussive ventilation breathing head is adapted to be supplied with a flow of pulsatile gas fed to an elongated breathing head body at a proximal end thereof. The breathing head body defines an interior passageway therein. A reciprocating injector shuttle is movably mounted in the breathing head passageway. The shuttle moves distally due to the pulsatile gas, assisted by a diaphragm and a venturi-like jet nozzle which nozzle pulls nebulized aerosol from a depending plenum and a nebulizer attached below the depending plenum. A depending body defines the plenum. The generally cylindrical nebulizer is attached below the depending body. The shuttle is also biased in a proximal direction within the interior passageway and moves proximally due to the bias. The shuttle defines an internal flow passage from a proximal shuttle input port to a distal shuttle output port at the distalmost mouth of the percussive ventilation breathing head body.
US11324913B2
An anesthesia vaporizer system having a reservoir fillable with anesthetic agent from a bottle. A fill body defines a cavity that receives the anesthetic agent from the bottle via an inlet. The fill body further defines main and vent ports each communicating between the cavity of the fill body and the reservoir. A fill valve is receivable within the cavity of the fill body and moveable between open and closed positions. The anesthetic agent from the bottle flows through the inlet only when the fill valve is in the open position. A lower seal is receivable within the cavity of the fill body and moveable between open and closed positions by the fill valve. The vent port communicates between the cavity and the fill body only when the lower seal is in the open position. The lower seal is positionable in the open position when the fill valve is in the closed position.
US11324910B2
A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) appliance module includes an adapter that couples to a port on an NIV mask and an appliance for performing a respiratory care procedure. The adapter is configured to form a PPV seal with the port of the PPV mask and also form a PPV seal with the appliance. The PPV appliance module allows clinicians to perform procedures through the NIV mask without disrupting the therapeutic pressure.
US11324903B2
An anaesthetic halocarbon capture system is provided. The system includes a pressure-intolerant sleeve containing filter material for capturing one or more types of anaesthetic halocarbon prior to supercritical fluid extraction, and a pressure-tolerant housing into which the sleeve can be inserted so as to permit exposure of the sleeve contents to pressures required for supercritical fluid extraction.
US11324894B2
An assembly for a drug delivery device comprises a housing, a dose member which is displaceable in a proximal direction with respect to the housing for setting of a dose of a drug, a clutch member which is displaced in the proximal direction with respect to the housing when setting the dose, and a stop member configured to define a clutch stop position. The clutch member and the dose member are configured to mechanically cooperate with one another when the clutch member is in the clutch stop position, thereby preventing further displacement of the dose member in the proximal direction with respect to the housing during setting of the dose.
US11324883B2
Disclosed is a method for initializing an ambulatory infusion system. The method includes providing a liquid drug cartridge including a cartridge body, and a cartridge piston. The method further includes providing a dosing unit including a metering pump unit with a dosing cylinder and a dosing piston. The dosing unit further includes a valve unit configured for switching between a filling state and a draining state. The filling port being fluidically coupled with the dosing cylinder in the filling state and the draining port is fluidically coupled with the dosing cylinder in the draining state. The method further includes a) exerting an initialization force displacing the cartridge piston, and b) increasing a fluidic volume of the dosing cylinder by displacing the dosing piston, thereby sucking liquid out of the liquid drug cartridge into the dosing cylinder and further displacing the cartridge piston, without the initialization pushing force being exerted.
US11324882B2
The application describes a protective case for an auto-injector. The medicament contained within these auto-injectors can be susceptible to degradation due to exposure to extreme temperatures and light. Thus, one embodiment of the protective case reduces the rate of heat transfer between the internal storage compartment of the case and the external atmosphere by including particularly configured vacuum chambers. Additionally, as auto-injectors become smaller, portability can be desirable. Thus, another embodiment of the protective case includes low-profile cases that allow the user to keep the auto-injector with them, e.g., by attaching the case to a common everyday item.
US11324881B2
A pump for delivering a fluid includes a pump housing that defines at least one reservoir having a circumferentially open first end, a circumferentially closed second end and a chamber to receive the fluid. The pump includes a plunger assembly having at least one plunger arm and a cannula fluidly coupled to the plunger arm to dispense the fluid from the pump. The plunger arm is receivable within the first end of the reservoir, and the at least one plunger arm defining an internal conduit to receive the fluid from the at least one fluid reservoir. The internal conduit is fluidly coupled to the cannula. The plunger assembly is movable in a first direction relative to the pump housing to advance the plunger arm within the fluid reservoir to dispense the fluid from the fluid reservoir out of the pump via the cannula.
US11324878B2
An irrigation system for anal or stomal irrigation includes a tubing system attachable between a reservoir and a catheter. The tubing system has a proximal portion attachable to the reservoir and a distal portion including a distal end that is attachable to the catheter, with the tubing system providing an irrigation flow path from the proximal portion attachable to the reservoir through the distal end attachable to the catheter. A pump is operable to move the liquid through the irrigation flow path to provide the anal or stomal irrigation out of the catheter. A pressure control device is attachable to the distal portion of the tubing system and communicates with the catheter. The pressure control device has a valve that is adapted to limit an irrigation pressure for the anal or stomal irrigation out of the catheter to a value less than a pre-determined pressure threshold.
US11324874B2
An example assembly for use with a vacuum system and an esophageal positioning device esophageal positioning device includes an introducer, in which the esophageal positioning device includes a handle, a first segment, a second segment and an articulation driving mechanism. The first segment being coupled to the handle. The second segment being pivotally connected to the first segment. The articulation driving mechanism being configured to pivot the second segment about the first segment upon articulation.
US11324872B2
A bi-directional perfusion cannula comprising a flexible elongated tube 1 for insertion into an artery having a first aperture 3 at a distal end and a second aperture 4 formed rearward of the first aperture, the elongated tube can be bent in correspondence of the second aperture to orient it in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. The cannula is provided with a tape 5 having a first end portion shaped as a ring, fixed on an outer surface of the elongated tube, and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion either coupled to or being integral with a belt 7 defining a strap 11 with holes 12 and at least a prong 13 integral with the strap and configured to engage a respective hole, wherein the belt is configured to be tightened around an outer surface of the artery.
US11324870B2
An arteriovenous graft system is described. The arteriovenous graft system includes an arteriovenous graft that is suited for use during hemodialysis. In order to minimize or prevent arterial steal, at least one valve device is positioned at the arterial end of the arteriovenous graft. In one embodiment, for instance, the arteriovenous graft systems includes a first valve device positioned at the arterial end and a second valve device positioned at the venous end. In one embodiment, the valve devices may include an inflatable balloon that, when inflated, constricts and closes off the arteriovenous graft. If desired, a single actuator can be used to open and close both valve devices.
US11324853B2
The present disclosure pertains to crosslinkable compositions and systems as well as methods for forming crosslinked compositions in situ, including the use of the same for controlling the movement of bodily fluid within a patient, among many other uses.
US11324847B2
The present invention discloses an automatic source-seeking indoor pollution purifying and removing device and method for airborne pollutants. The device comprises pollutant concentration sensors, a control unit, a position sensor, a power plant, a moving mechanism, a telescopic device, a pollutant collection hood, and a filtering and purifying device. The control unit can identify the actual release positions and hourly release rates of relevant pollutants according to the concentration data monitored by the pollutant concentration sensors, and can control the pollutant collection hood in the device to move to a designated position in a space, so as to realize the collection and removal of pollutants at the release position of the pollutants.
US11324845B1
Methods and apparatus for the sanitization, detoxification, disinfection, high level disinfection, or sterilization of both the interior and exterior surfaces of at least one object.
US11324839B2
Provided herein are isolated DNA vectors comprising a heterologous gene, wherein the DNA vector is devoid of bacterial plasmid DNA and/or bacterial signatures, which can abrogate persistence in vivo. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions (non-immunogenic pharmaceutical compositions) including the DNA vectors of the invention, which can be used for induction of long-term, episomal expression of a heterologous gene in a subject. The invention involves methods of treating a subject by administering the DNA vectors of the invention, including methods of treating disorders associated with a defect in a target gene.
US11324836B2
The present invention relates to virus-like particles of plant virus Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV), and in particular to modified VLPs of CMV comprising Th cell epitopes, in particular universal Th cell epitopes. Furthermore, these modified VLPs serve as, preferably, vaccine platform, for generating immune responses, in particular antibody responses, against antigens linked to said modified VLPs. The presence of the Th cell epitopes, in particular universal Th cell epitopes, led to a further increase in the generated immune response.
US11324822B2
Described herein are methods for the treatment of cancer in a subject. In particular, methods are provided for the treatment of non small cell lung cancer and melanoma with a combination of entinostat and an anti-PD-1 or an anti-PD-L1 antibody.
US11324819B2
Provided herein are compositions of CD1280 binding proteins and a Hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBcAg) and/or a Hepatitis B virus E antigen (HBeAg), or antigenic fragments or mutants thereof, attached to the CD180 binding protein, and methods for using the compositions to treat or limit the development of hepatitis-B virus (HBV)-related disorders.
US11324818B2
The present disclosure provides an immunogenic composition comprising: a) a hepatitis C virus (HCV) heterodimeric polypeptide that includes HCV E1 and E2 polypeptides; b) a T-cell epitope polypeptide comprising a T-cell epitope present in an HCV protein other than E1 and E2; and c) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The present disclosure provides a method of inducing an immune response, in an individual, to an HCV polypeptide. The present disclosure provides an immunogenic composition comprising: a) a polypeptide that comprises one or more T-cell epitopes present in an HCV protein other than E1 and E2; and b) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11324817B2
Compositions and methods are provided that enable activation of innate immune responses through RIG-I like receptor signaling. The compositions and methods incorporate synthetic nucleic acid pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that comprise elements initially characterized in, and derived from, the hepatitis C virus genome.
US11324813B2
The present invention relates to the field of prophylaxis and therapy of cancer. In particular there is provided a protein Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) or peptide fragments here of that are capable of eliciting anti-cancer immune responses. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of IDO or peptides derived here from or IDO specific T-cells for treatment of cancer. The invention thus relates to an anti-cancer vaccine which optionally may be used in combination with other immunotherapies and to IDO specific T-cells adoptively transferred or induced in vivo by vaccination as a treatment of cancer. It is an aspect of the invention that the medicaments herein provided may be used in combination with cancer chemotherapy treatment. A further aspect relates to the prophylaxis and therapy of infections by the same means as described above. The use of IDO and immunogenic peptide fragments hereof in cancer and infection treatment, diagnosis and prognosis is also provided.
US11324810B2
A method for producing ACE Inhibitor peptides from a protein source or plasma is disclosed. The method utilizes proteolysis by intestinal, blood-circulating, or membrane-bound proteases. The initial synthesis step could require obtaining a protein source either from a human or animal. A protease is added to either a given plasma protein or plasma and incubated. Following incubation, the protease activity must be quenched using a protease inhibitor to inactivate the protease. After incubation with protease inhibitor, the solution will contain a mixture of bioactive ACE inhibitory peptides and inert peptides. This mixture may be purified to select for the ACE inhibitory peptides through centrifugation. The mixture may also be sterilized to remove any microbial contaminants. The ACE inhibitory peptides can be mixed with protein powders, incorporated into baked good and put into other food products to provide food products with the added benefit of lowering blood pressure.
US11324805B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a lyophilized formulation having improved storage stability of hepatic growth factor compared to conventional lyophilized formulations. The present invention provides a lyophilized formulation comprising (1) a hepatic growth factor, (2) trehalose and (3) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of arginine, histidine, lysine, meglumine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, creatine, creatinine, tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US11324797B2
Plasmonics-active metal nanostars are provided that can be used for treating and detecting cells in a subject. The modes of treatment include a photo-activated drug, which is activated by the photo-response of the nanostar to electromagnetic stimulation; a thermally-activated drug, which is activated by a thermal response of the nanostar to electromagnetic stimulation; and the thermal response of the nanostar itself to electromagnetic stimulation, which may directly or indirectly cause the death of an undesirable cell. Uptake of nanostars by undesirable cells may also aid in detection, by enhancing contrast or otherwise transforming electromagnetic stimulation during imaging.
US11324794B2
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving or treating intestinal dysfunction, including an enzyme-degraded product of bamboo shoots or a fermented product of bamboo shoots as an active ingredient. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical composition or the food composition of the present invention is effective for preventing or treating intestinal dysfunction such as constipation, etc., and includes a plant-derived component which minimizes adverse effects on the human body.
US11324793B2
This invention provides herbal compositions useful for increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic compounds. This invention also provides methods useful for improving the quality of life of an individual undergoing chemotherapy. Furthermore, this invention improves the treatment of disease by increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapy drugs by administering the herbal composition PHY906 to a mammal undergoing such chemotherapy.
US11324789B2
A method of treating equine encephalitis is provided. A composition having at least one cardiac glycoside, such as oleandrin, is used to treat a viral infection causing the encephalitis. The composition can further include at least one triterpene. Alternatively, the composition comprises at least one, at least two, or at least three triterpenes.
US11324785B2
The present invention relates to: a novel Lactobacillus intestinalis YT2 strain (deposition number: KCCM11812P); and a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating menopause, comprising, as an active ingredient, Lactobacillus intestinalis comprising the novel strain. The present inventors have established an animal model for menopause through ovariectomy, confirmed changes of the distribution of intestinal microorganisms by the model, identified and isolated a novel Lactobacillus intestinalis strain among lactic acid bacteria of which the distribution is significantly reduced in the menopausal model, and confirmed effects, by means of the novel strain and previously reported Lactobacillus intestinalis strains, of alleviating menopausal symptoms, such as the inhibition of an increase in body fat, the inhibition of a decrease in bone mineral density, the inhibition of an increase in the pain sensitivity, and the alleviation of depression. Therefore, it is expected that the composition comprising the Lactobacillus intestinalis according to the present invention can be usable for a use of preventing, alleviating, or treating menopause.
US11324783B2
A probiotic formulation is provided including one or more bacteria, bacterial strains or bacterial species of the genus Veillonella, genus Faecalibacterium, genus Phascolarctobacteria, genus Oscillospira, genus Ruminococcus, genus Bacteroides, genus Blautia, family Christensenellaceae, genus Dialister, or phylum cyanobacteria.
US11324781B2
Provided is application of genetically engineered bacteria VNP20009-M in preparation of drugs for preventing and treating malignant sarcoma.
US11324778B2
Methods of producing human stem cells are disclosed for parthenogenetically activating human oocytes by manipulation of O2 tension, including manipulation of Ca2+ under high O2 tension and contacting oocytes with serine threonine kinase inhibitors under low O2 tension, isolating inner cell masses (ICMs) from the activated oocytes, and culturing the cells of the isolated ICMs under high O2 tension. Moreover, methods are described for the production of stems cells from activated oocytes in the absence of non-human animal products, including the use of human feeder cells/products for culturing ICM/stem cells. Stem cells produced by the disclosed methods are also described.
US11324776B2
Maillard reaction products produced by heating carbohydrates with one or more amino acids (e.g., lysine), at basic pH and for a selected reaction time at a particular concentration in solution, can exhibit inhibitory activity against Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.
US11324775B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of contact lens discomfort (CLD) and/or lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE). Such compositions comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of such compositions to the inner surface of the eyelid provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from contact lens discomfort (CLD) and/or lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE).
US11324771B2
A process for the preparation of hydroxocobalamin hydrochloride. More particularly the present application relates to improved process for the preparation of Hydroxocobalamin hydrochloride. In addition the present application also relates to process for the preparation of novel amorphous form. This application particularly relates to a process for the industrial manufacture of hydroxocobalamin hydrochloride from cyanocobalamin. The present application also relates to the improvement in yield with better purity of Hydroxocobalamin hydrochloride.
US11324770B2
RNA encoding an immunogen is co-delivered to non-immune cells at the site of delivery and also to immune cells which infiltrate the site of delivery. The responses of these two cell types to the same delivered RNA lead to two different effects, which interact to produce a strong immune response against the immunogen. The non-immune cells translate the RNA and express the immunogen. Infiltrating immune cells respond to the RNA by expressing type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines which produce a local adjuvant effect which acts on the immunogen-expressing non-immune cells to upregulate major histocompatibility complex expression, thereby increasing presentation of the translated protein to T cells. The effects on the immune and non-immune cells can be achieved by a single delivery of a single RNA e.g. by a single injection.
US11324762B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising deuterated derivatives of psilocybin. The provided compositions may be useful for treating and/or preventing various diseases and conditions, such as mood or psychiatric disorders.
US11324761B2
The invention relates to a halogenated salicylanilide selected from closantel, rafoxanide, oxyclozanide and niclosamide and derivatives thereof including salts, hydrates, esters and the like for use in the topical treatment or prevention of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus, in particular Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus, in particular Streptococcus pyogenes. Grain positive bacteria treated with the halogenated salicylanilides exhibit a very low frequency of appearance of resistant mutants compared to commonly used topical antibiotics.
US11324752B2
Use of imeglimin for the prevention and/or treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
US11324747B2
A method of inhibiting neuroinflammation in neuron surrounding cells, includes a step of treating the neuron surrounding cells with at least one tyrosine kinase inhibitor or sirtuin-2 inhibitor or a combination thereof, to inhibit the neuroinflammation. A method of managing neuroinflammation or neuroinflammation mediated neurodegenerative disease or disorder in a subject in need thereof, includes administering at least one tyrosine kinase inhibitor or sirtuin-2 inhibitor or a combination thereof to the subject. A composition includes at least one tyrosine kinase inhibitor or at least one sirtuin-2 inhibitor optionally along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11324745B2
Amorphous solid dispersions and pharmaceutical compositions of the protein kinase inhibitor dasatinib. The pharmaceutical compositions may be used in methods of treating a proliferative disorder such as cancer, or in methods of delivering dasatinib to patients without regard to whether the patient is concurrently administered a gastric acid-reducing agent, or without regard to whether the patient has an elevated gastric pH. The compositions may be particularly suitable for patients afflicted by achlorhydria or hypochlorhydria, or Helicobacter pylori infection.
US11324743B2
Compounds of formula (I) or their enantiomers, diastereoisomers thereof and the addition salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable bases or acids, for use for the prevention or treatment, preferably treatment, of NASH.
US11324728B2
Described herein are dosing regimens for the treatment of fungal infections such as onychomycosis using ravuconazole or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof.
US11324718B2
The invention relates to a method for the chromatographic purification of at least one cannabinoid compound, wherein the method comprises a main purification stage comprising the steps of: injecting an initial mixture comprising the at least one cannabinoid compound and one or more additional compounds onto a main stationary phase comprising silica particles, the silica particles comprising amino and/or diol groups; performing an elution with an elution solution, and collecting one or more elution fractions; and optionally, washing the main stationary phase with a washing solution and collecting one or more washing fractions; at least one of the elution fractions or washing fractions containing the at least one cannabinoid compound purified from the one or more additional compounds.
US11324707B2
Disclosed herein are immediate release oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent and abuse-resistant features. In particular, the disclosed dosage forms can provide deterrence of abuse by ingestion of multiple individual doses. The disclosed dosage forms can likewise provide protection from overdose in the event of accidental or intentional ingestion of multiple individual doses. The dosage forms may also exhibit abuse resistant properties when physically manipulated, and also when physically manipulated and then administered in a manner not consistent with oral dosing. The dosage forms may also exhibit abuse resistant properties when administered in a manner intended to result in administration of the esketamine in a higher than therapeutic dose.
US11324704B2
Provided is a sustained release sheet that includes a drug for treating nerve injury, wherein the sheet is applied to a nerve injury site, can maintain a high concentration of the drug over a long period, and promotes nerve regeneration without stimulating the nerves, even when the sheet is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site. Also provided is a production method for the sheet. This sustained drug release sheet for treating nerve injury is a sheet comprising a non-woven fabric that is formed from nanofibers each containing a drug such as vitamin B12 and a biocompatible polymer such as a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site to promote nerve regeneration.
US11324703B2
Disclosed herein are surfactant peptide nanostructures wherein the peptides have repeating hydrophobic amino acids in an integer equal to or less than four. The peptide nanostructures are useful for therapeutic applications, including for delivery of drugs and siRNA.
US11324701B2
The present disclosure provides a method for freeze-drying cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, the method comprising providing a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, providing cells, combining the cells and the hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose to form a cell system, and freeze drying the cell system to obtain dried cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose. The present disclosure also provides a freeze-dried hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose and cells.
US11324699B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of lipid multiparticulate compositions comprising at least one active agent, a low flow point excipient, and a high flow point excipient.
US11324698B2
The application disclosure provides a sterically stabilized liposome carrier encapsulating a selected drug for the aerosol delivery of the drug effectual in the treatment of a mammal, a composition containing the sterically stabilized liposome carrier and the selected drug effective for the treatment of airway hypersensitivity and inflammation such as of the lungs of a mammal as an aerosol, and a method of treatment using the composition. The composition disclosed herein provides effective treatment for the longer of a period of time at least twice as long as the selected drug alone or up to at least one week.
US11324686B2
The invention provides a topical o/w emulsion which moisturizes, and protects, repairs or restores the skin lipid barrier of a mammal. The topical o/w emulsion composition comprises: (a) a discontinuous oil phase; (b) a continuous aqueous phase comprising water; (c) a thickening agent; (d) at least one lamellar membrane structure comprising (i) a phospholipid, (ii) a fatty alcohol, and (iii) a fatty acid; and wherein in use the composition has a water vapor transmission rate of less than about 70 g.m−2.hr−1 measured in vitro using the modWVTR test methodology.
US11324674B2
The present invention relates to processes for neutralizing relaxed hair. Still further, the present invention relates to neutralizer compositions for use on relaxed hair. Still further, the present invention relates to a system for neutralizing relaxed hair. Yet further, the invention relates to relaxed hair neutralized by the compositions and methods disclosed herein. The present invention also relates to compositions and methods to simultaneously neutralize and color relaxed hair.
US11324649B2
The invention relates to a mobility scooter for individual mobility of a person, comprising a chassis, two front wheels aside the chassis and at least one rear wheel, a seat with a seat base and armrests for the person, a footrest on the chassis that extends between the seat and the front wheels, and an electronic controller assembly, wherein the mobility scooter has a driving mode and a boarding mode, wherein in the driving mode the seat base and the armrests are in the driving position, and wherein in the boarding mode the seat base or at least one of the armrests is in the boarding position, wherein the electronic controller is configured to steer the front wheels in the boarding mode into the sideward steering direction that is opposite to the side to which the seat base or the armrest is swung in the boarding position.
US11324644B2
An absorbent article, where on a skin side of a laminated part of a side sheet 7 and a liquid permeable front-surface sheet 3, a side emboss that sinks in toward a non-skin side and is made by fusing the side sheet 7 and the liquid permeable front-surface sheet 3 is formed. The side emboss 10 is comprised of a plurality of large embosses 11, where 11 is formed to have a relatively larger area that are arranged to align linearly along the longitudinal direction of a sanitary napkin 1 with equal intervals, and between the adjacent large embosses 11, 11, a plurality of small embosses 12, 12 . . . are formed to have a relatively small area that are arranged in a wave-like shape along the longitudinal direction of the sanitary napkin 1 with intervals, separated from the large embosses 11. A side sheet and a front-surface sheet are strongly joined to prevent detachment, and to improve the feel against the skin by fitting flexibly to a body.
US11324643B1
A tampon applicator has a barrel and a plunger. The barrel extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end having a base opening, and the proximal end having an upper opening exposing an inner chamber. A window formed in the barrel is shaped to receive a tampon. A set of protrusions extends inwardly from the inner chamber proximate the distal end of the barrel, and an inner ring of the inner chamber is proximate the distal end of the barrel. The plunger extends from a first end to a second end, the first end having a base. A top ring is on the base of the plunger, wherein the inner ring of the barrel is adapted to removably snap into the top ring. A annular ridge is on the second end of the plunger for threaded engagement with the set of protrusions of the barrel.
US11324640B2
Compression sleeve (1) for application circumferentially around a human limb (10) to exert therapeutic pressure on the limb. The compression sleeve has a fabric (80), which comprises viscoelastic strands (90) for providing the fabric with viscoelastic properties.
US11324628B2
The disclosure relates to a hygiene product, in particular a menstrual cup, having a cup body comprising a cup wall defining a receiving space using an inner surface, the cup body comprising on a first end an opening opening into the receiving space, the opening having an edge, and at a second end, a bottom opposite the opening, and the cup body comprising a generally conical shape, tapering towards the bottom and terminating in a tip. The hygiene product is characterized in that the cup body is rotationally asymmetric and a central axis of the cup body runs curved.
US11324627B2
A constrictor ring made of a flexible but resistant material adapted to surround the entire base circumference of the penis tightly, acting in this way as a constrictor device that prevents blood from escaping from the penis, thus maintaining the erection, wherein the constrictor ring has an adjuster to adjust the diameter of the ring; a grip that allows the user to firmly push the constrictor ring towards the pubic joint in a precise position and with a sleeve made of a rigid material that surrounds the ring in a position that matches the urethra when the ring is correctly placed, thus protecting the urethra against possible damage when the ring is adjusted.
US11324593B2
An annuloplasty band and method of implantation. The band is shaped and sized to avoid the adjacent aortic valve structure and better protects against dehiscence along the muscular mitral annulus. The band is asymmetric and when implanted spans more around the side of the mitral annulus having the posterior commissure than the side with the anterior commissure. The band has a saddle shape with a posterior upward bow centered on a minor axis of the mitral annulus, and a span extending clockwise therefrom is longer than a span extending counter-clockwise. The longer span may be 150° while the shorter span extends 90°. A set of rings may have different saddle profiles and different plan view shapes for different sized bands. A method includes implanting so that the band extends over the posterior leaflet and a short distance past the posterior commissure outside of the anterior leaflet.
US11324590B2
Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. A device for delivery of the IOL into the eye may include a housing; a nozzle operatively coupled to the housing; a first cylinder movably disposed within the housing; a second cylinder movably disposed within the housing, wherein the second cylinder is in fluid communication with the first cylinder; a plunger at least partially and movably disposed within the first cylinder; and a shaft movably disposed within the second cylinder, wherein the shaft is configured to move toward the lens component.
US11324582B2
The techniques of this disclosure generally relate to an assembly including a docking graft. The docking graft includes a main graft defining a main lumen, a first internal lumen within the main lumen, a second internal lumen within the main lumen, and a main docking lumen within the main lumen. The first and second internal lumens are configured to receive first and second bridging stent graft therein. The main docking lumen is configured to receive a tube graft therein. The first internal lumen, the second internal lumen, and the main docking lumen being parallel to one another and extending an entire length of the docking graft when the docking graft is in a relaxed configuration. The docking graft forms the foundation, or anchor device, for attachment of the first bridging stent graft, the second bridging stent graft, and the tube graft within the aorta.
US11324573B2
An orthodontic device can include a bracket configured to support an orthodontic wire. The orthodontic device can include a locking assembly coupled to the bracket and switchable between a plurality of operational modes. The plurality of operational modes can comprise a first sliding mode in which the orthodontic wire is slidable relative to the bracket and a second locked mode in which the orthodontic wire is slidably locked relative to the bracket.
US11324571B2
An orthodontic appliance shaped to receive teeth. The orthodontic appliance can be constructed from a laminate structure with an outer transparent layer and an inner translucent layer. The translucent layer can scatter light to decrease a relative degree or perceived gloss to the human eye, and hence provide a more natural appearance to the orthodontic appliance.
US11324569B2
The present invention relates to a delivery system (100) for the release of a dental composition mixed from two or optionally three components. The delivery system has a mixer (14), a cartridge (20) with three compartments and a switchable bypass valve (40) for bypassing the third component from the mixer. The present application further relates to a method of dispensing a dental composition.
US11324559B2
Airway management methods, devices, assemblies and systems. Methods, devices, assemblies and systems may include robotic movement and control of an intubation tube introducer or guide, and may include utilizing image data from one or more image sensors. The methods, devices, assemblies and systems may optionally be used in endotracheal intubation procedures.
US11324556B2
In one embodiment, a medical probe tracking system includes a first probe, a magnetic field generator to generate a magnetic field, and processing circuitry to measure first electrical currents between body surface electrodes and first probe electrodes, receive magnetic position signals from a magnetic field sensor of a second probe, compute first position coordinates of the first probe in a first coordinate frame responsively to distribution of the first electrical currents, render an initial 3D representation of the first probe in the first coordinate frame and then compute a current-position map with respect to a second coordinate frame defined by the magnetic field generator, find a transformation between the first and second coordinate frames, apply the transformation to the first position coordinates yielding second position coordinates, and render a modified 3D representation of the first probe according to the second position coordinates in the second coordinate frame.
US11324550B2
A system and method for assessing effective delivery of ablation therapy to a tissue in a body is provided. A three-dimensional anatomical map of the tissue is generated and displayed with the map defining a corresponding volume. An index is generated corresponding to a location within the volume with the index indicative of a state of ablation therapy at the location. The index may be derived from one or more factors such as the duration an ablation electrode is present at the location, the amount of energy provided, the degree of electrical coupling between an ablation electrode and the tissue at the location and temperature. A visual characteristic (e.g., color intensity) of a portion of the anatomical map corresponding to the location is then altered responsive to the index.
US11324549B2
A method is provided, including inserting a catheter into a right atrium of a heart of the subject. A distal portion of the catheter is advanced toward a fossa ovalis of the heart. A flexible longitudinal member is deployed from the catheter, such that a deployed portion of the flexible longitudinal member is loop-shaped. The fossa ovalis is contacted with the deployed portion of the flexible longitudinal member. A needle is deployed from the catheter. A distal end of the needle is brought in contact with a site on a surface of an interatrial septum of the heart outside the fossa ovalis. A hole is formed through the interatrial septum at the site with the needle. The deployed portion of the flexible longitudinal member is withdrawn toward the catheter.
US11324544B2
A jaw assembly that includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw includes a first outer jaw member having an effecting surface; a first inner jaw member having an effecting surface; and an element connecting the first outer jaw member and the first inner jaw member. The first inner jaw member is moveable relative to the first outer jaw member. The effecting surface of the first outer jaw member is proud of the effecting surface of the first inner jaw member in a direction of the second jaw.
US11324541B2
Thermal cutting surgical instruments incorporate a blade incorporating a first substrate of high thermal conductivity material in the heated portion of the blade and a support and, the first substrate of high thermal conductivity material joined to a second substrate of low thermal conductivity material in the support region of the blade; an electrically insulative dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and on the first surface of second substrate; an electrically resistive heating element disposed on the electrically insulative dielectric; electrically conductive power leads and electrically conductive sense leads disposed on the electrically insulative dielectric layer and that are in electrical communication with the electrically resistive heating element; and an electrically insulative dielectric overcoat layer disposed on the electrically resistive heating element and on the distal portion of the electrically conductive power leads and electrically conductive sense leads.
US11324535B2
A needle assembly (10) for relieving a pneumothorax and/or a hemothorax, the needle assembly (10) comprising a canula (12), the canula (12) comprising: a distal end portion (20) comprising a cutting end (22) for puncturing a thoracic cavity wall (24), a proximal end portion (14) for removing a fluid or gas from a thoracic cavity (28), a first curved portion (18) between the distal end portion (20) and the proximal end portion (14), an intermediate portion (16) between the first curved portion (18) and the proximal end portion (14), and a first fixing bulge (42) arranged between the first curved portion (18) and the intermediate portion (16), wherein an outer diameter of the canula (12) at the first fixing bulge (42) is increased with respect to the diameter (D1) of the intermediate portion (16), said first fixing bulge (42) being arranged such as to be placed at or close to the inner surface (24) of the thoracic cavity wall (24i), when the canula (12) is inserted for relieving the pneumothorax, such as to prevent or to reduce the risk that the canula (12) inadvertently slides out of its inserted position.
US11324523B2
A drill guide system provides a means of improved tunnel placement accuracy by allowing the drill guide to articulate to seat against the bone being drilled. The drill guide includes an articulating drill guide adapter constructed in four parts: a top cap, a thumbscrew, a lock tab, and a spring mechanism. The drill guide adapter is part of an aimer arm which mates with a handle on the proximal end and an aimer guide on the distal end. The drill guide adaptor allows the aimer guide to articulate relative to an irregular mating surface, allowing for increased area contact between the aimer guide template and bone. Examples of the drill guide adaptor also include a means for locking the aimer guide into place relative to the aimer arm.
US11324521B2
An apparatus and method for penetrating bone marrow is provided. The apparatus may include a housing such as a handheld body, a penetrator assembly, a connector that releasably attaches the penetrator assembly to a drill shaft, a gear mechanism, a motor and a power supply and associated circuitry operable to power the motor. The penetrator assembly may include a removable inner trocar and an outer penetrator or needle. It may also include a grooved trocar that allows bone chips to be expelled as the apparatus is inserted into bone marrow. Various connectors are provided to attach the penetrator assembly to the drill shaft.
US11324505B2
A reload assembly is disclosed that includes a proximal body portion having an indicator that is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position to provides a visual indication to a clinician of the state of the reload assembly, i.e., whether the reload assembly is loaded with staples and ready for use or depleted of staples. A tool assembly of the presently disclosed reload assembly may also include a cartridge assembly, an anvil and a drive assembly. In embodiments, one or both of the cartridge assembly, the anvil, and/or the drive assembly may support an illuminating device. In embodiments, the illuminating device, which may be an LED, is adapted to change color when the reload assembly has been fired to provide an indication to a clinician that the reload assembly is spent. Since the illuminating device is illuminated when reload assembly is in both the unused and spent states, the illuminating device also improves visualization during placement and use of the reload assembly.
US11324493B2
A suture anchor includes an anchor body having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. The anchor body includes a central bore located at the proximal end and a passage extending between the central bore and the distal end. The central bore has a first dimension substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the passage has a second dimension substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis less than the first dimension. The suture anchor includes a flexible strand extending through the passage, and a first knot formed in the flexible strand at the distal end has a third dimension greater than the second dimension to prevent the first knot from passing through the passage. A closed loop is positionable at least partially within the central bore and formed entirely by the flexible strand without forming any additional knots on the flexible strand extending proximally from the first knot.
US11324492B2
A multifunctional surgical instrument for extension of laparotomic, laparoscopic, robotic and thoracotomic incisions allows at the same time the spreading apart of the cutaneous/subcutaneous corners, pinching and lifting of the deep parietal layer, its dissection with the electrosurgical knife and protection of the surrounding and underlying tissues, particularly the intestinal ansae in the peritoneal cavity, during the dissection itself.
US11324490B2
A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder comprises an outer cup and a cap. A tray retains severed tissue samples from a biopsy procedure. In some versions, the tray is selectively detachable from the cap in a one-handed operation by the user. The tray may be ejected into a sample container, such as a formalin cup. The cap may include a threaded portion that is configured to engage a complementary threaded portion of a sample container to seal the sample container once the tissue samples have been transferred to the sample container from the tissue sample holder of the biopsy device. One or more ports may be provided in the cap to manage excess fluid within the outer cup of the tissue sample holder, and/or to provide integrated access for a marker delivery device.
US11324486B2
The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a display configured to display a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) image corresponding to the MSP of a head of an object, and an image processor configured to determine a measurement plane based on the MSP and generate a measurement plane image corresponding to the measurement plane. The display is further configured to display the measurement plane image with the MSP image.
US11324481B2
An apparatus and method for generating high quality, high frame rate images in a handheld or hand-carried ultrasound imaging machine. The apparatus includes a time-multiplexed beamformer coefficient generator that supplies the necessary delay and weight coefficients to process multiple beams in parallel via a beamforming coefficient bus. This approach reduces the required hardware and power consumption to satisfy the physical space and power requirements of a handheld probe. The ultrasound machine may optionally turn off or operate beamformers in a standby mode. The ultrasound machine may also use pulse inversion harmonics to improve image quality by improving signal-to-noise ratio.
US11324480B1
A sonographic imaging device involves an at least one movable panel, coupled to an upper surface, wherein movement of the panel will alter the overall size of the opening, a tub positioned beneath the opening and defining a volume such that a body part of a human subject can freely protrude through the opening into the volume defined by the tub, at least one robotic arm having a terminal end, wherein the terminal end is position-able to multiple locations within the volume defined by the tub, and at least one high frequency ultrasound transducer located near the terminal end. A related method of acquiring sonographic images of tissue of a human subject is also described.
US11324478B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an operating unit for inputting an instruction from an operator; and a controller for eliminating at least a part of the puncture guide line, which has been displayed so as to be superimposed on the ultrasound image, when an instruction for non-display of the puncture guide line is given through the operating unit during the freeze operation, and automatically returning the eliminated puncture guide line and displaying the eliminated puncture guide line so as to be superimposed on the real-time ultrasound image at the time of returning from the freeze operation to the live operation.
US11324473B2
A method for operating a cardiac CT imaging system (200) in coronary CT with prospective electrocardiography-triggering of the imaging system (200) is proposed. The method comprises the steps of determining a plurality of R-peak times (ti) from a dataset of electrocardiography data, determining a variability of a heart rate by statistically analyzing the determined R-peak times (ti), and automatically adjusting an acquisition time period (ΔTac) of the CT imaging system (200) for acquiring projection data based on the determined variability of the heart rate.
US11324468B2
A method for processing angiography image data by using an imaging catheter path that is directly detected from the angiography data as a co-registration path or using detected marker locations from the angiography data to generate a co-registration path. If the acquired angiography data includes synchronized cardiac phase signals and a predetermined quantity of angiography image frames not including contrast media, then a directly detected imaging catheter path is used as the co-registration path. Otherwise the co-registration path is determined based upon detected marker locations from the angiography image data.
US11324466B2
An image processor applies computation processing to a plurality of CT images formed by irradiation of radiation of a plurality of energy levels to acquire monochromatic CT images. The image processor acquires a first energy level CT image formed by irradiation of first energy level radiation and a second energy level CT image formed by irradiation of second energy level radiation, applies a plurality of weighted computations to the first and second energy level CT images to compute a plurality of monochromatic CT images as a result of the weighted computations, segments a surrounding region of a highly-absorbent material circumferentially into a plurality of regions of interest having a predetermined area and calculates a standard deviation of the surrounding region by using a mean value of image data of each region of interest, for each monochromatic CT image, and selects a monochromatic CT image with a small standard deviation.
US11324456B2
An in-ear optical sensor device sits deep within the ear canal of a subject such that is in the cartilaginous region and/or the bony region of the ear canal where effects from temporomandibular joint activity or other movement, and external light, are limited. The device has a lateral housing and a medial articulating head joined at an articulation joint so that the medial articulating head may be angled relative to the lateral housing to help the device fit within tortuous ear canals. The device also includes a seal configured to conform to the shape of the ear canal to physically support the device to further limit movement and block environmental light. An audio receiver is also included in the device.
US11324453B2
System for filtering cardiac signals. The system includes: cardiac terminals (10a-d) adapted to collect cardiac electrophysiological potentials from a plurality of cardiac electrodes (1a-d) placed at respective cardiac locations in or on an individual (99) and a processor device (40) adapted to process one or more input signals, which are based on the collected electrophysiological potential(s). The processing includes running an adaptive filter algorithm on one or more signals based on the input signals. The adaptive filter algorithm is arranged to calculate estimated noise component(s) of the signals and arranged to subtract the estimated noise component(s) from the signals. In this way a cardiac signal is derived where the noise has been significantly reduced.
US11324448B2
The present invention relates to a sensor applicator assembly for a continuous glucose monitoring system and provides a sensor applicator assembly for a continuous glucose monitoring system, which is manufactured with a sensor module assembled inside an applicator, thereby minimizing additional work by a user for attaching the sensor module to the body and allowing the sensor module to be attached to the body simply by operating the applicator, and thus can be used more conveniently. A battery is built in the sensor module and a separate transmitter is connected to the sensor module so as to receive power supply from the sensor module and be continuously used semi-permanently, thereby making the assembly economical. The sensor module and the applicator are used as disposables, thereby allowing accurate and safe use and convenient maintenance.
US11324443B2
A medical monitoring and treatment device that includes a therapy delivery interface, a plurality of therapy electrodes coupled to the therapy delivery interface, a plurality of electrocardiogram sensing electrodes to sense electrocardiogram signals of a patient, a sensor interface to receive the electrocardiogram signals and digitize the electrocardiogram signals, and at least one processor coupled to the sensor interface and the therapy delivery interface to analyze the digitized electrocardiogram signals, to detect a cardiac arrhythmia based on the digitized electrocardiogram signals, and to control the therapy delivery interface to apply electrical therapy to the patient based upon the detected cardiac arrhythmia. The at least one processor is further configured to analyze a frequency domain transform of the digitized electrocardiogram signals, to determine a metric indicative of a metabolic state of a heart of the patient, and to accelerate or delay application of the electrical therapy based upon the metric.
US11324436B2
Techniques are disclosed for detecting knowledge based on brainwave response to external stimulation. A subject can be exposed to stimuli and brainwave responses indicating a p-300 signal can be detected. Further stimuli or sequences of stimuli can be selected be presented to the subject based on the category correlated with the stimuli that indicate a p-300 response.
US11324433B2
A method can include storing input electrical signal data representing at least a given electrophysiological signal acquired from a patient. A non-local mean filter can be applied to the given electrophysiological signal, the non-local mean filter including a spatial filter component and an intensity filter component. The method can also include controlling parameters to establish weighting of each of the spatial filter component and the intensity filter component in response to a control input. Filtered signal data can be stored based on the applying and the controlling.
US11324429B2
A sensor array can be integrally defined in a fabric headgear. A gel distribution module can be connected to each sensor of the sensor array. Each module can include an outer part that is connectable to a second inner part so that the fabric of the headgear and sensor are between the inner and outer parts. Each module can be configured to facilitate the distribution of a gel onto a scalp of a patient and into contact with the sensor via actuation of an actuator of the module to permit rapid deployment of the gel at the sensor specific locations on the head of a patient. The gel can be distributed directly onto skin of the scalp even when the patient has hair at the sensor location. The sensor array can be positioned so that asymmetrical positioning of the sensors on a patient's head is detectable.
US11324424B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus for imaging blood within a target region of tissue includes an imaging device configured to output image data associated with light received by the imaging device having a first and second spectral ranges, wherein the absorptivity by blood of light having the first spectral range is less than the absorptivity by blood of light having the second spectral range, and a controlling element configured to capture the image data associated with light received by the imaging device and to process the captured image data associated with light having the first spectral range and the captured image data associated with light having the second spectral range to generate compound image data associated with an amount of blood within the target region of tissue.
US11324419B2
While obtaining electrophysiologic data from a cardiac catheter a series of visual displays are presented. The displays include a respective current image of the heart and the distal portion of the cardiac catheter therein and further include a catheter icon that represents the distal portion of the cardiac catheter, The catheter icon is separated from the image of the heart in the displays. The catheter icon has indicia that represent functional elements of the cardiac catheter.
US11324408B2
This invention provides methods for mapping and ablating renal nerves to treat disease caused by systemic renal nerve hyperactivity, e.g. hypertension, heart failure, renal failure and diabetes. Also provided are catheters for performing the mapping and ablating functions.
US11324403B2
A new born temperature and heart monitor wrap apparatus and method includes a wrap where the wrap is configured such that a new born is substantially covered by the wrap when the wrap is applied to the new born. A heart monitor device is attached to the wrap and a temperature lead retainer is attached to the wrap. A substrate is provided where the wrap is removably connected to the substrate.
US11324393B2
Where a flexible tool includes a tool body with a flexible portion, a distal end and a first optical fiber within the flexible portion, shape sensing can be achieved with increased accuracy by inserting or otherwise including a second optical fiber within the flexible portion. The increased accuracy can be achieved when the second optical fiber has a diameter larger than that of the first optical fiber. Once the shape of the flexible tool has been determined using at least the second optical fiber, the first optical fiber can be used for subsequent shape sensing. This may be particularly applicable where the tool includes an instrument such as an optical imaging device inserted in a channel of the tool, where not all of the width of the channel is occupied by functional components behind the operable end of the instrument.
US11324384B2
A debris capturing device includes a glove including an open end, a plurality of finger extensions including finger slots, and a thumb extension including a thumb slot. An adhesive pad is coupled to the glove. A removable pad cover is disposed on the adhesive pad. The removable pad cover is configured to expose an adhesive surface of the adhesive pad when removed. The adhesive surface faces away from the glove. The adhesive pad is dimensioned, shaped and positioned with respect to the glove to fold a distal end of the adhesive pad to contact a proximal end of the adhesive pad. The glove is dimensioned, shaped and positioned with respect to the adhesive pad to be inverted upon removal of the glove from a user's hand.
US11324369B2
A robot cleaner capable of extending the service life of a filter by including a cyclone unit is provided. The robot cleaner includes a main body including wheels configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a brush device provided in the main body to draw in air containing dust, a first chamber, through which the air drawn in through the brush device is introduced, configured to change a traveling direction of the introduced air, and a second chamber connected to the first chamber and including a dust separator separating dust contained in air, and arranged side by side with the first chamber in a direction in which the rotation axis extends.
US11324368B2
A dust collector includes a filter frame, a cartridge filter, an end cap, and a cover. The filter frame is provided with a center column. The end cap is provided with a bottom plate, a plurality of sliding slots, a plurality of first side walls, a plurality of baffles extending from the first side walls, and a plurality of clamping members. The cover is provided with a plurality of protruding members and a plurality of extending members. The filter frame includes an accommodating space. The bottom plate is provided with a plurality of through openings that run through the bottom plate. The through openings are disposed opposite to the baffles and are configured to communicate between the sliding slots and the accommodating space. The extending members extend into the through openings. The first side walls are connected between the bottom plate and the baffles.
US11324360B2
An apparatus for washing hands may have a chamber having a water outlet and a vessel at least partly in the chamber. An axle extending into the chamber is configured to attach to the vessel such that the vessel rotates relative to the axle to pour water out of the vessel and into the chamber. The vessel has a valve mechanism configured to close a valve and thereby block further entry of water into the vessel when a water level in the vessel reaches a certain level, for example when it exerts an upward force on a float. A water inlet delivers water to or into the vessel through a vessel wall to the valve and is configured to allow a constant flow of water into the vessel until the water inlet is closed by the valve mechanism. In some embodiments without a chamber, water drains external to the apparatus.
US11324358B1
The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.
US11324357B2
Embodiments are directed to smoking food in an outdoor grill using a customized smoking routine. In one scenario, an electronic controller of an outdoor grill receives an input to initiate smoke generation according to a specified smoke generation pattern, including: adding a specified amount of combustible pellets to a combustion area within the outdoor grill, such that the combustible pellets begin to burn, measuring a current internal temperature of the outdoor grill and, if below a threshold value, adding a specified amount of additional combustible pellets to the combustion area sufficient to raise the temperature to another threshold value, allowing the internal temperature to cool a temperature below the first threshold value and, upon determining that the temperature of the outdoor grill has cooled below the first specified threshold value, adding additional combustible pellets to the combustion area sufficient to raise the temperature to at least the second threshold value.
US11324355B2
A coffee machine for the preparation of pressure-extracted coffee with a low particle content is provided. The coffee machine differs from known machines for pressure-extraction of coffee by comprising a filter element for reducing the particle content of coffee, which filter element is disposed downstream of the percolating sieve and is connected fluidically to the percolating sieve and to the outflow. By means of the filter element, coffee extracted by pressure in the percolating unit can be filtered before dispensing the outflow so that suspended particles and emulsified oils of a specific size are separated from the coffee by the filter element and a new coffee is produced. In addition, the coffee machine can prepare standard pressure-extracted coffee since the coffee from the percolating unit can also be guided past the filter element, i.e. need not flow necessarily via the filter element to the outflow.
US11324348B1
A floor mat with improved rigidity and non-slip surfaces is disclosed. The floor mat includes a bottom surface with an interior cavity that has within it a plurality of interior walls that intersect with one another, thereby increasing rigidity of the floor mat. The floor mat also includes a plurality of nubs at the intersections of the interior walls that increase friction with the flooring of an automobile, thereby improving the non-slip characteristics of the floor mat.
US11324334B2
Disclosed a reversible mattress comprising a layer of coil pockets comprising first and second coil pockets. Each of the first and second coil pockets comprise a coil spring disposed in a pocket. The mattress further comprises a first layer of cushion members comprising first and second cushion members engaged with an attachment member. The attachment member is engaged with the layer of coil pockets such that the first and second cushion members act directly upon the first and second coil pockets, respectively. The mattress further comprises a second layer of cushion members comprising first and second cushion members engaged with an attachment member. The attachment member is engaged with said second layer of coil pockets such that said first and second cushion members act directly upon said first and second coil pockets, respectively.
US11324333B2
The present invention concerns a spring core (1, la, 12, 13, 17, 18) that may be used in e.g. bed mattresses, chairs or sofas. The spring core (1, 1a, 12, 13, 17, 18) comprises springs placed inside pocket (3). The pockets (3) are placed in a number of rows, which rows of pockets (3) are placed side by side. The spring core (1, 1a, 12, 13, 17, 18) is held in a compressed state by means of at least one cord (5). The at least one cord (5) is formed into braids (6) at opposite outer ends (7) of each row of pockets (3). Further, the at least one cord (4) forms a number of loops (8) on at least one side of each row of pockets (3). By pulling at one free end (10) of the at least one cord (5) the braids (6) and loops (8) are dissolved, allowing the spring core (1) to return to the non-compressed state.
US11324330B1
A temperature modulation system for a bed, blanket, or other furniture includes a fluid for moderating temperature change, a number of conduit circuits for directing the fluid through respective zones, a control unit including a thermoelectric device for modulating temperature of the fluid, and a pump. Each of the conduit circuits selectively and independently directs fluid through its respective zone in order to produce a temperature within the zone that is independent of the temperature outside the zone. The system also includes an arrangement of one or more zones in an arrangement in which the control unit is programmed to vary the zone temperature over time according to a schedule.
US11324329B2
An adjustable bedding (18) cover height and lengthwise positioning apparatus (30). A base (32) is configured for positioning between a bed frame (12) and an adjacent mattress (14). At least one riser (36, 38) allows adjustment of the height and lengthwise positioning of bedding with respect to the mattress. A connecting section (34), connected between the base and the risers optionally allows rotation of the risers with respect to the base. A clip (34) is connected to the at least one riser and secures the bedding to the apparatus. An optional top support (40) provides a support width for the bedding which is preferably at least as broad as the width between a user's feet when the user is sleeping on his or her back. An optional friction strip (39) on the base prevents slippage of the apparatus.
US11324327B2
A chest may be configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, the chest including an enclosure configured to store a foldable mattress supported by a sleeping platform when the foldable mattress is in an unfolded state. The chest may include a top panel, a front panel, and side panels, the top panel configured to be manually lifted off of the chest to form a lower portion of the sleeping platform.
US11324321B2
Embodiments of the invention may include a ready-to-assemble chair, comprising a seat assembly, wherein said seat assembly comprises a top seat surface, at least three sides, and an underside, wherein the underside has an internal cavity defined by the at least three sides; a seat back assembly, wherein said seat back assembly is configured to fit substantially within the internal cavity of the underside of the seat assembly in a flat orientation when said chair is disassembled; and at least three legs. Some aspects of the present invention may include a method of assembly of a ready-to-assemble chair, as well as methods of packaging the same.
US11324320B2
A foldable cushion includes a cushion mechanism and a connecting mechanism. The cushion mechanism includes a seat unit and a back unit. The seat unit and the back unit are juxtaposed and movable relative to each other along a transverse folding line. The connecting mechanism includes a first endless cord and a second endless cord. The first endless cord and the second endless cord respectively extend through the transverse folding line and are flexibly arranged on the seat unit and the back unit. When the seat unit and the back unit are moved relative to the transverse folding line, the first endless cord and the second endless cord are stretched, so that the seat unit and the back unit are positioned at an expanded state by the elastic force of the first endless cord and the second endless cord.
US11324319B1
Stabilizer that provides tip resistance to a piece of furniture against a wall includes a first plate, a second plate, and a limited expansion assembly between inner sides of the first and second plates and having a collapsed state providing the stabilizer with its smallest thickness between outer sides of the first and second plates and a fully expanded state in which the stabilizer has its largest thickness between outer sides of the first and second plates. When the first plate is attached to the wall and the second plate is attached to the piece of furniture, movement of the piece of furniture away from the wall is prevented once the expansion assembly has attained its fully expanded state.
US11324313B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of a free standing paper organizational system comprising: a base; at least one vertical support member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the base; a handle component coupled to the second end of the at least one vertical support member; at least one fixed or removable shelf unit comprising a first shelf member extending from the vertical support member at a predetermined angle.
US11324302B1
A container for a viscous liquid, gel or paste-like substances has a closure integrated into its cap. The closure operates via a partial turn from open to closed, without separating into multiple parts. Even when open, one-way valves prevent the container contents from escaping until the flexible body of the container is squeezed to expel the contents. An outer surface of the closure is provided with brush bristles, and expelled container contents emerge among the bristles. The brush may be used to apply the expelled contents onto a surface. A separate cap may be provided to cover the bristles when the container is not in use. The bottle and a portion of the closure may be formed integrally. The bottle may have an arbitrary shape, such as a cartoon animal, and/or an opening to accept a carabiner for hanging the container.
US11324300B2
A handheld device for combing and dispensing a non-liquid cosmetic on human hair, the device comprising a main body with a container portion for housing a dispersible dry cosmetic content, an attached handle portion, an internal shaking means, and brushing zone on the bottom of said container portion, wherein the brushing zone comprises a plurality of protruding teeth configured to produce a triboelectric effect to help the dry cosmetic adhere to a user's hair.
US11324295B2
A buckle including: a male buckle member; a female buckle member; locking and unlocking means locked and unlocked by a relative sliding action of the male buckle member and the female buckle member; and a releasing means for unlocking the locking and unlocking means by sliding the male buckle member and the female buckle member in a release direction.
US11324294B1
Systems and methods are involved for a self-contained portable electronic computing device and for a stylus-shaped member, the system includes (I) a case for holding at least one portion of the self-contained portable electronic computing device, the case including at least one aperture; (II) a frame assembly including at least one projection, the at least one projection couplable with the at least one aperture of the case; and (III) a flexible tubular member removably couplable with the frame assembly, the flexible tubular member for holding at least one portion of the stylus-shaped member. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US11324291B2
A slider for a slide fastener is disclosed having a slider body and a pull tab wherein: the slider body includes a pull tab retainer having a first side wall and a second side wall with respective recesses for accommodation of the ring of the pull tab, and each recess has a tongue which is inwardly extended to provide a contact surface for the ring, and each tongue joins with the respective side wall with a rounded edge.
US11324286B2
The present invention relates to an invisible tie clip mounted to the back of the tie, that holds the entire length of the tie in place. The device can accommodate any width of tie and is placed at bottom portion of the tie and attached to the front button hole seam of a shirt or to a button on the shirt. It is fast and easy to put on or readjust. It is strong and reusable and can also be worn with conventional clips or chains.
US11324269B2
Disclosed is a shield for eyelash extension of an eyelash extension system for extending a subject's eyelashes by bonding fake eyelashes thereto. The shield includes a safety cover divided into an upper body and a lower body such that front ends of the upper body and the lower body are paired to be opened or closed together to bite a subject's eyelashes placed therebetween. The safety cover includes a concave curved receiving groove in a front end of the safety cover to accommodate the subject's eyelashes while in contact with a protruding eye of the subject with his or her eye closed, and a work space with an entrance open to a rear side is provided behind the receiving groove. The work space is for accommodating the eyelashes pulled by being bitten between the front ends of the upper and lower bodies and conducting eyelash extension work therein.
US11324266B2
An article of apparel including insulation material is discussed. The insulation material includes an insulating layer formed of waterfowl fibers and synthetic fibers. The waterfowl fibers are present in an amount of at least 20% by weight of the insulating layer. The insulating layer is generally free of waterfowl plumage.
US11324259B2
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article; an inductor coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; a plurality of elongate susceptor elements projecting into the chamber and spaced apart from each other, the susceptor elements each extending substantially parallel to a magnetic axis of the inductor coil; and a power supply and a controller connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the inductor coil such that the inductor coil generates an alternating magnetic field to heat the susceptor elements and thereby heat at least a portion of the article received in the chamber, the inductor coil being helical and having a non-circular cross-sectional shape. An aerosol-generating system including the device, the article, and the susceptor elements, is also provided.
US11324244B2
The present invention relates to a potato derived flavour enhancing composition having a dry matter content of at least 3 wt. % and containing per kg of dry matter: •150-900 g of proteinaceous matter; •0-100 g of starch; •0-5 mg of chlorogenic acid; •0-30 mg of glycoalkaloid selected from α-solanine, α-chaconine and combinations thereof; wherein free amino acids represent at least 80 wt. % of the proteinaceous matter, said free amino acids comprising: •a first group of free amino acids selected from asparagine (Asn), aspartate (Asp), glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), pyroglutamate (pGlu) and combinations thereof, said first group of free amino acids representing 45-95 wt. % of the free amino acids; •a second group of free amino acids selected from glycine (Gly), leucine (Leu), lysine (Lys), serine (Ser), isoleucine (Ile) and combinations thereof, said second group of free amino acids representing 1-20 wt. % of the free amino acids; •at least 3.5 wt. % Glu; wherein the first group of free amino acids and the second group of free amino acids are present in a weight ratio of at least 4:1. The flavour enhancing composition according to the present invention is obtained by removing most of the starch and protein naturally present in potato, by additionally removing the bulk of glycoalkaloids (α-solanine, α-chaconine) that are endogenous to potato, and by retaining flavour enhancing components, including glutamate.
US11324241B2
Snack bars incorporating a prebiotic, probiotic and natural fibers, and methods of making such snack bars are described herein. The snack bar may incorporate waxy grains held together by a binder comprising inulin and may be enrobed with a yogurt coating. The methods may include mixing inulin into a binder syrup at low temperature and a slab-bake process for reducing water activity.
US11324222B2
The present invention relates to an antiviral dispersion liquid, a method for producing the same, and an antiviral formed product. This dispersion liquid contains copper compound fine particles and a stabilizer in a non-aqueous solvent, and the copper compound fine particles are coated with fatty acid. The copper compound fine particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium homogeneously and stably, thereby to exhibit efficiently the antiviral properties of the copper compound fine particles.
US11324217B2
A method of isolating a compound 1 and a compound 2 includes: providing Penicillium sp. TR85; inoculating the Penicillium sp. TR85 into a sterilized solid medium; resting for fermentation at room temperature, and obtaining a fermentation product. The fermentation product includes the compound 1 and the compound 2. An herbicidal composition includes a compound 1 or a compound 2; and pesticide-acceptable adjuvants.
US11324214B2
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, wheels supporting the chassis for moving the vehicle, an application system supported by the chassis and including a product tank storing a volume of agricultural product for delivery onto an agricultural field, and an application boom configured to deliver the agricultural product to the agricultural field. The application boom includes a boom arm segment having a longitudinal tube, an elongated structure coupled to the longitudinal tube, and an elastomeric bonding material affixing the longitudinal tube and the elongated structure.
US11324212B2
A system and method of protecting plants while spraying having a hood mounted to a farm implement and positioned between plant rows and below plant vegetation. Extending through the hood into a hollow chamber is a hydraulic fitting having a spray nozzle. Heated water is supplied to the hydraulic fitting.
US11324210B2
A system for monitoring for presence of insects in non-hollow trees, the system including a structural element configured to be driven into the tree's interior and bearing a vibration sensor; and a processor configured to receive data recorded by the sensor, to detect presence of insects in the tree's interior by analyzing said data, and to generate alerts accordingly.
US11324200B2
The utility model discloses a dual-purpose dog training device including a remote controller and a receiver. The remote controller is provided with a function switching key. A main control board is connected to at least one of a vibration motor or an ultrasonic generator or an electric shock electrode. The main control board is provided with a dog training control unit and a bark stopping control unit, respectively. The dog training control unit or the bark stopping control unit is separately connected to the vibration motor or the ultrasonic generator or the electric shock electrode, respectively. The main control board receives an instruction of the function switching key to switch a control unit for controlling the vibration motor or the ultrasonic generator or the electric shock electrode between the dog training control unit and the bark stopping control unit, so as to switch an operating mode of the receiver between a dog training mode and a bark stopping mode. The dual-purpose dog training device provided by the utility model may be used as both a dog training device and a bark stopping device. By pressing the function switching key, the receiver may be switched between two function modes of the dog training device and the bark stopping device.
US11324198B2
A DIY pet costume kit could allow a pet owner to efficiently and easily customize pet accessories to bond with a pet. The DIY pet costume kit could include pet-safe equipment for the customization of included pet accessories.
US11324191B2
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-018 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-018 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-018 RZ.
US11324182B2
A soybean cultivar designated 95060020 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95060020, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95060020, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95060020, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95060020. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95060020. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95060020, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 95060020 with another soybean cultivar.
US11324181B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077335. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077335. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077335 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077335 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11324173B2
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of pepper hybrid SHP9018. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SHP9018, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11324166B2
Frame assemblies for a corn row head formed from components formed from different materials may include a frame portion having a first beam leg and a second beam leg formed of a first material and a skid plate attached to each of the first beam leg and the second beam leg formed from a second material different than the first material. The first material may be aluminum, and the second material may be steel. In some implementations, a breast plate joining the first beam leg and the second beam leg may be formed from the first material and may be welded to the first beam leg and the second beam leg. In other implementations, the breast plate may be formed from the second material and may be adhesively bonded to the first and second beam legs.
US11324164B2
A system for monitoring a condition of a sickle of a header of an agricultural machine. The system includes a knife guard mounted to the header, a knife section of the sickle that is configured to move either along or with respect to a surface of the knife guard, and a sensor either mounted to the knife guard or another surface of the header for sensing the condition of the knife section.
US11324159B2
Methods and systems to improve application of seed applied components to seeds are disclosed. Environmentally controlled enclosures to test, evaluate and develop seed treatment solutions for certain geographical locations are provided. Controlled environments during seed treatment application process in a production location improves the overall seed treatment efficiency and uniformity.
US11324153B2
An apparatus, which may be a tillage apparatus, has a flexible frame. The frame may be made from open members. The frame may support ground engagers and may be supported on wheel assemblies. The ground engagers may be connected to a spring trip mechanism. The ground engagers may be mounted to open members of the frame with a clamping style mechanism. The clamp mechanism may include wedge devices. The frame may be lowered and raised relative to wheels of the wheel assemblies with a lift mechanism. One row of ground engagers may be raised or lowered relative to the frame independent of another row of ground engagers. An anti-skid or skew control system may be employed in association with the independent height adjustment of one row of ground engagers. A system may be provided to maintain and control the height of a tow hitch forming part of the apparatus.
US11324152B2
A jump arm assembly for a tilling machine includes a jump arm and a disc hub assembly for coupling a tilling disc to the jump arm. The jump arm has a first end configured to be coupled to a frame unit of the tilling machine and a second end opposite the first end. The disc hub assembly includes a hub housing and a shaft having a first axial shaft section and a second axial shaft section. The first axial shaft section is configured to be rotatably mounted within the hub housing. The second axial shaft section extends outwardly from the hub housing and is at least partially threaded to receive a threaded nut to secure the tilling disc to the disc hub assembly.
US11330747B2
An apparatus and method for dissembling electronic devices are described. The apparatus includes a housing with an aperture providing access to an interior thereof, and an adjustable support assembly positioned therein. The support assembly includes a first side plate and a second side plate with spacing in between, and a base plate for supporting an electronic device. A user interface is provided for receiving a user input, and in response to the user input, a motor is configured to drive a ram member downwards to contact and apply force to the electronic device held in the support assembly. A sensor may be included to measure the motor load current and output the measured load to an indicator to be viewed by a user for determining when a shell of the electronic device has been cracked.
US11330742B2
This power supply device is provided with: a first heat-generating component; a case; a resin material; a circuit board; a second heat-generating component; and a heat dissipation casing. This power supply device is additionally provided with a heat transfer member which has a first portion that is arranged to be in contact with a first outer surface of the case and a second portion that is arranged to be in contact with a second outer surface of the case, and which has a higher thermal conductivity than the case. The second heat-generating component is arranged in contact with the heat transfer member; and the heat transfer member dissipates the heat of the first heat-generating component and the second heat-generating component by being arranged in contact with a wall surface that constitutes the heat dissipation casing.
US11330741B2
A fluid connector includes an adapter panel defining at least two mounting holes configured to be secured to a mounting rail of a server chassis. The fluid connector also includes an interior connector configured to fluidly communicate with a cooling module of a server, and a blind mate connector extending from the adapter panel and configured to fluidly connect with a port of a rack manifold.
US11330731B2
An electric apparatus includes a substrate having a ground pattern on a top surface of the substrate; a conductive housing on the ground pattern and having an insertion space; a conductive connector disposed between the ground pattern and the conductive housing and connected to the ground pattern and the conductive housing, wherein the conductive housing is fixed to the substrate via the conductive connector; and a conductive cover coupled to the conductive housing, wherein the conductive cover is configured to move from a first position, at which the conductive cover externally opens the insertion space, to a second position, at which the conductive cover closes the insertion space.
US11330724B2
A disclosed electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a roll mounted in the housing, a flexible display wound on the roll and being extendable and retractable through the opening based on a rotation direction of the roll, and a roll guide configured to guide the roll to move in a direction capable of constantly maintaining a proceeding direction of the flexible display toward the opening in the housing, based on a variation in a wound length of the flexible display on the roll.
US11330716B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a first printed circuit board including a first electrical terminal exposed on one face of a first area, a second electrical terminal exposed on the one face of a second area and insulated from the first electrical terminal, and a first ground terminal exposed on the one face of a third area formed between the first area and the second area, the third area having a width narrower than a width of the first area or the width of the second area; and a second printed circuit board including a third electrical terminal exposed on one face of a fourth area, a fourth electrical terminal exposed on the one face of a fifth area and electrically connected to the third electrical terminal, and a second ground terminal exposed on the one face of a sixth area located between the fourth area and the fifth area, wherein the second printed circuit board is disposed on the first printed circuit board to overlap the third area, the first electrical terminal and the third electrical terminal are electrically coupled to each other, the second electrical terminal and the fourth electrical terminal are electrically coupled to each other, and the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal are electrically coupled to each other.
US11330715B2
An electronic device includes a motherboard, a bridging device, and an add-in card. The motherboard includes a processor, a first circuit board, and a first connector. The processor is coupled to the first connector through the first circuit board. The bridging device includes a second circuit board and a second connector and is disposed on the motherboard and coupled to the first connector. The second connector is coupled to the first connector through the second circuit board. The add-in card includes a third circuit board and a peripheral circuit and is disposed on the bridging device and coupled to the second connector. The peripheral circuit is coupled to the second connector through the third circuit board. The processor is coupled to the peripheral circuit through a signal path including the first circuit board, the first connector, the second circuit board, the second connector, and the third circuit board.
US11330712B2
An electronic circuit device according to the present invention includes a base substrate having a wiring layer, at least one first electronic circuit element having a first surface fixed to the base substrate and having a connection part on a second surface opposed to the first surface, a re-distribution layer including a photosensitive resin layer, the photosensitive resin layer enclosing the first electronic circuit element on the base substrate and embedding a first wiring photo via, a second wiring photo via, and a wiring, the first wiring photo via electrically connected to the connection part of the first electronic circuit element, the second wiring photo via arranged at the outer periphery of the first electronic circuit element and electrically connected to a connection part of the wiring layer, the wiring arranged on the second surface and electrically connected to the first wiring photo via and the second wiring photo via.
US11330706B2
A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure; a component embedded in the stack so that a gap of less than 100 μm, in particular less than 60 μm, remains between at least one sidewall of the component and a sidewall of an adjacent one of the layer structures or a further component embedded in the stack; and a filler medium including filler particles, wherein the filler medium at least partially fills the gap. In addition, a method of manufacturing a component carrier is provided.
US11330699B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to methods and apparatus for power distribution. The apparatus can include a power distribution network for a plurality of integrated circuits (IC). According to embodiments, the power distribution network includes a plurality of overlapping power/ground (PG) plane segments and one or more non-overlapping PG (no-PG) plane segments. Each overlapping-PG plane segment is separated from another overlapping-PG plane segment by at least one no-PG plane segment. The no-PG plane segments can include at least one of a multilayered power (P) plane segment with no ground reference of any PG plane and a multilayered ground (G) plane segment with no power reference of any PG plane.
US11330698B2
The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a method of expanding the sheath and bulk of plasma using dual high frequencies, in which the sheath and bulk of microwave-generated plasma are expanded. The method of expanding the sheath and bulk of plasma using dual high frequencies according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a generation step of generating plasma by a microwave plasma generator; and an expansion step of expanding the sheath and bulk of the plasma by applying a radio-frequency (RF) bias to a radio-frequency electrode disposed at a predetermined distance from the microwave plasma generator.
US11330695B2
An arrayed X-ray source and an X-ray imaging apparatus are described. An example X-ray source includes a housing and X-ray generators located in the housing. The X-ray generators are arranged in an array. The X-ray generators are provided separately from each other and configured to emit X-rays independently of each other.
US11330693B2
A method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic lighting effect, where that effect is considered or deemed unfavourable, by obtaining information of the dynamic lighting effect for at least part of a an area illuminated by said effect; determining, based on the obtained information, a modifying lighting pattern to modify the effect of said dynamic lighting, and controlling one or more luminaires to output the modifying lighting pattern selectively to a target portion of the illuminated area.
US11330689B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting modules. The at least one of the plurality of light-emitting modules includes a light-emitting unit group. The light-emitting unit group includes a plurality of light-emitting units coupled to each other in series. The first current source is coupled to the light-emitting unit group, and configured to provide a first current to drive the plurality of light-emitting units. The bypass unit includes a plurality of first switch units. The bypass unit is coupled to the light-emitting unit group in parallel. The plurality of first switch units are coupled to the plurality of light-emitting units in parallel.
US11330674B2
A radiant heat foot warming device including a top planar surface configured to emanate radiant heat therefrom to warm feet of a user; a bottom planar surface spaced apart from the top planar surface; a plurality of curved sidewalls positioned between and connected to the top planar surface and the bottom planar surface; and an adjustable temperature control member positioned on the top planar surface that displays device temperature and further adjustably controls device temperature to regulate radiant heat emanating from the top planar surface.
US11330673B2
A heater for a semiconductor processing chamber is disclosed that includes a ceramic body, and a resistive heating element embedded in the ceramic body, the resistive heating element disposed in a heater coil having an inner central sector and an outer central sector, the inner central sector having a plurality of first peaks and the outer central sector having a plurality of second peaks, wherein the number of first peaks is less than about fifty-six, and the number of second peaks is less than about eighty.
US11330671B2
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system for receiving a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a main unit and a cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol generator configured to receive liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion; one or more capillary wicks configured to transfer liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to the aerosol generator; a tilt sensor configured to sense the orientation of the liquid storage portion; and electric circuitry. The electric circuitry is configured to monitor the orientation of the liquid storage portion as sensed by the tilt sensor and determine depletion of liquid aerosol-forming substrate based on the orientation of the liquid storage portion.
US11330656B2
This disclosure provides mechanisms for User Equipment, UE, capability signaling and coordination for Long Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR) tight-interworking without increasing the complexity of LTE capability reporting. This disclosure proposes a capability signaling and coordination framework in order to coordinate at least band combinations and Layer 2 buffer capabilities across the master and the secondary nodes which are of different Radio Access Technologies (RATs), such as LTE and NR.
US11330650B2
Provided are a wireless connection method and device, where the method includes: receiving, by a second device, a first Bluetooth advertising message from a first device, where the first Bluetooth advertising message includes a first channel pointer; receiving a second Bluetooth advertising message from the first device on a channel indicated by the first channel pointer, where the second Bluetooth advertising message includes a WIFI direct address of the first device; sending a first Bluetooth message to the first device, where the first Bluetooth message includes a WIFI direct address of the second device; and performing a WIFI direct connection operation according to the WIFI direct address of the first device and the WIFI direct address of the second device. The method and device provided in the embodiments of the present application can shorten the time required for WIFI direct connection and improve the direct connection efficiency.
US11330649B2
Methods and systems of multi-link peer-to-peer communications enable consumer devices to have increased communication performance. A method of communication can include establishing, by a consumer device, a P2P interface with extender devices, transmitting uplink data to the two or more extender devices, and transmitting, by each of the two or more extender devices, uplink transmission data to a cellular network. The method can further include receiving, by the extender devices, downlink transmission data from a respective cellular network, transmitting, by each of the two or more extender devices via the peer-to-peer wireless interface, the received downlink transmission data, and receiving, at the consumer device via the peer-to-peer wireless interface, data related to the received downlink transmission data. In an example, the consumer device can also transmit data directly to a cellular network and receive data directly from the cellular network in parallel with the P2P communication.
US11330635B2
This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a network device, first information, where the first information indicates a first parameter, and the first parameter is at least one of 237, 216, 195, 173, 152, 137, 132, 127, 121, 117, 112, 108, 103, 99, 94, 91, 89, 86, 84, 81, 77, 74, 72, 69, 68, 67, 66, 64, 63, 62, 61, 59, 58, and 57, or at least one of 153, 137, 122, 109, 97, 85, 81, 77, 74, 71, 68, 65, 63, 60, 57, 55, 53, 51, 50, 48, 47, and 45. According to the information transmission method and apparatus provided in this application, information used to generate a random access preamble sequence can be configured for a terminal device.
US11330632B2
Disclosed are techniques for measuring round trip times (RTTs) between a user equipment (UE) and a plurality of transmission-reception points (TRPs). In an aspect, the UE receives a positioning configuration message from a TRP, measures a time of arrival (TOA) of each of a plurality of positioning signals from the plurality of TRPs, and transmits, to the TRP, a RACH positioning Message A on uplink resources defined in the positioning configuration message, and receives, from the TRP, a RACH positioning Message B subsequent to transmitting the RACH positioning Message A, wherein the RACH positioning Message A includes a first plurality of positioning measurements corresponding to the plurality of TRPs, the RACH positioning Message B includes a second plurality of positioning measurements corresponding to the plurality of TRPs, or any combination thereof.
US11330623B2
According to some examples, a base station may allocate uplink and/or downlink resources (e.g., in the time domain, frequency domain, spatial domain) to user equipment (UEs), or groups of UEs, that may be subsequently reallocated. For example, a base station may determine a reallocation of uplink resources, and may issue a preemption indication (e.g., a cancelation indication) that may correspond to at least a portion of a random access resource. UEs may be configured to monitor for preemption indications and, based on received preemption indications, UEs may determine whether or not to proceed with transmission of a random access message using a random access resource that at least partially overlaps with resources indicated by the preemption indication. For example, a UE may transmit, or preempt transmission of, a random access message based on a preemption configuration of the UE (e.g., configured rules for UE preemption of random access resources).
US11330620B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit to a base station an indication of a UE capability associated with a beam change at the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station during a scheduling slot, a control signal including a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) and a grant for a transport block over a first slot aggregation including a set of slots. In some cases, each slot of the first slot aggregation is offset from the scheduling slot according to a scheduling constraint based on the indicated UE capability. The UE may transmit or receive the transport block over the first slot aggregation using a UE beam based on the TCI.
US11330619B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may use low latency communications to improve the throughput of a wireless link. To facilitate efficient low latency communication, the UE may send UE-initiated CSI reports in addition to periodic and base station-initiated reports. For example, the UE may, in various examples, send UE-initiated CSI reports using contention based spectrum, using a request-to-transmit, or using a CSI differential (i.e., an indicator of a change in channel conditions). The base station may schedule different UEs for uplink low latency communication by providing resources to each UE for CSI and scheduling requests (SRs) using coherent or non-coherent uplink transmissions. The CSI and SR may also be combined with uplink feedback.
US11330618B2
Communication apparatuses and methods reduce the amount of signaling while maintaining a high scheduling gain. A determination unit stores a correspondence between the number of code words and the number of clusters to reduce the maximum value for the number of clusters allocated to each terminal as the number of code words increases, and thus determines the maximum value for the number of clusters based on the number of code words acquired. Based on the number of code words for a transmission signal from a terminal, an estimated value for the reception quality that is output by an estimation unit, and the maximum value for the number of clusters that is output by the determination unit, a scheduling unit schedules the allocation of the transmission signal transmitted by each terminal to a transmission band frequency (frequency resource) so as not to exceed the maximum value for the number of clusters.
US11330617B2
A configuration is disclosed to enable a UE to determine and/or prepare Rx beams prior to downlink reception in multi-TRP operation. The apparatus sends, to a first TRP, a report indicating a plurality of threshold scheduled offsets. Each threshold scheduled offset associated with a different number of TCI states. The apparatus receives, from the first TRP, DCI including a TCI and a time-offset. The TCI comprising at least one TCI state. Each TCI state indicating a Tx beam for a TRP of a set of TRPs. The set of TRPs including the first TRP. The apparatus determines at least one Rx beam based on at least one of the received TCI, the time-offset, or one or more of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets. The apparatus receives, based on the received time-offset, a PDSCH from each TRP of the set of TRPs through the determined at least one Rx beam.
US11330613B2
Techniques and apparatus for optimizing scheduling of uplink traffic are provided. One technique includes determining, based on evaluation of a pending interest table (PIT) at an apparatus, at least one portion of an uplink traffic flow from a client device that satisfies one or more conditions for periodicity. A resource for the at least one portion of the uplink traffic flow that satisfies the one or more conditions for periodicity. An indication of the resource allocation is transmitted to the client device.
US11330611B2
An uplink transmission method and an uplink transmission device are provided. The uplink transmission method includes: receiving a first downlink control channel which carries scheduling information of a first uplink shared channel and determining, based on the scheduling information carried on the first downlink control channel, a first frequency domain resource for transmitting the first uplink shared channel; generating a pilot of the first uplink shared channel based on the first frequency domain resource and a basic frequency domain unit; and transmitting the first uplink shared channel and the pilot on the first frequency domain resource.
US11330608B2
An electronic device, a radio communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, and is configured to use a group common-physical downlink control channel (GC-PDCCH) to transmit control information relating to data in a time slot preceding a time slot of the GC-PDCCH. In the invention, a GC-PDCCH can be better designed according to characteristics of an NR communication system.
US11330599B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a method and a computer-readable storage medium for a wireless communication system. The electronic apparatus for a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure comprises: a processing circuit, configured to generate resource allocation information according to interference conditions encountered by user equipment (UE), wherein a current altitude of the UE is higher than an altitude threshold, and sending the resource allocation information to base station equipment of other cells apart from neighboring cells of a current serving cell of the UE, so as to configure information sending resources for the base station equipment of the other cells. The electronic device, method and computer-readable storage medium of the present disclosure are capable of reducing information interference generated in a wireless communication system of an unmanned aerial vehicle device.
US11330595B2
A sending method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a target uplink control channel in a first uplink control channel and a second uplink control channel, where the first uplink control channel corresponds to first uplink control information and the second uplink control channel corresponds to second uplink control information; and sending, by the terminal device, target uplink control information on the target uplink control channel, where the target uplink control information includes the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information.
US11330589B2
In various embodiments, a first carrier and a second carrier occupying different frequencies can be determined by a terminal device. A working state on the first carrier and a working state on the second carrier can be determined by the terminal device as a first working state, and a second working state, respectively. The first working state indicates the terminal device is capable of sending a first signal including at least one of an uplink data signal and an uplink control signal, and the second working state indicates the terminal device is incapable of sending the first signal. First indication information can be received by the terminal device from a network device. Based on the first indication information, the terminal device can determine that the working state on the first carrier is the second working state, and the working state on the second carrier is the first working state.
US11330585B2
Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal operation method in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: identifying a primary anchor carrier among a plurality of anchor carriers used by a base station; and receiving an information signal (IS) from the base station through the identified primary anchor carrier, wherein the primary anchor carrier can be continuously maintained in order to receive the IS from the base station.
US11330583B2
Disclosed are a method and device for determining a transmission time, and a computer storage medium. The method includes that: a terminal receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) from a base station at a first time; and the terminal determines, based on the first time, a second time for transmitting sidelink data.
