US11332494B2
An oxysterol or oxysterol-like compound is provided, which finds use in treating and/or targeting cancer.
US11332493B2
Described are a combinatorial library of DNA molecules that can induce shape changes within specific regions of hydrogels up to centimeter scales. The DNA molecules include polymerizing hairpins, terminating hairpins, reversal strands, and crosslink nucleic acid sequences.
US11332487B2
A cyclopentadienyl nickel complex compound represented by a formula (I): Ni(R1nC5H5-n)2 (I), where R1 is each independently a C1-4 alkyl group, and n is 2, 3, or 4.
US11332485B2
Described herein are certain boron-containing compounds, compositions, preparations and their use as modulators of the transpeptidase function of bacterial penicillin-binding proteins and as antibacterial agents. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit penicillin-binding proteins. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US11332479B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating tumors, the pharmaceutical composition including an imidazooxazole derivative compound, a solvate, a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition is administered to an entity which has developed a tumor or is in danger of developing a tumor, and thus tumors can be prevented or treated.
US11332477B2
The present invention discloses a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic substituted benzoxazine oxazolidinone compound, a preparation method and use thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for treating and/or preventing infectious diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Specifically, the present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I) and stereoisomer thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention, use thereof, a method for preparing the compound, in which X1, X2, R1 and R2 are described in the specification.
US11332472B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, B, W, Z, m and n are as defined in the description.
US11332471B2
Disclosed are a leveling agent, a metal plating composition containing same, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The raw materials of the metal electroplating composition comprise a metal plating solution and a leveling agent; the metal plating solution comprises a copper salt, an acidic electrolyte, a source of halide ions and water; and the leveling agent is a compound of formula I. The metal plating composition can be used in the processes of printed circuit board electroplating and integrated circuit copper interconnection electroplating, can achieve the effects of no voids or defects, low purity in the plating layer, good plating homogeneity, a dense structure and small surface roughness, and has better industrial application value.
US11332468B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula I inhibiting Rho Kinase that are tyrosine analogues derivatives, processes of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and therapeutic use thereof. Particularly the compounds of the invention may be useful in the treatment of many disorders associated with ROCK enzymes mechanisms, such as pulmonary diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
US11332463B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of 7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation (I).
US11332459B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of Transient Receptor Potential Channel 6 (TRPC6) protein activity. The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention, a method for manufacturing compounds of the invention and therapeutic uses thereof.
US11332455B2
The present invention provides an α,β-unsaturated amide compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or the like thereof having anticancer activity and the like represented by the following formula (I): [wherein, “A” represents optionally substituted heterocyclic diyl, R1 represents hydrogen atom or optionally substituted lower alkyl, R2 represents optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aliphatic heterocyclic group or optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, X represents —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —NRX1— (wherein, RX1 represents hydrogen atom or lower alkyl), —CHRX2— (wherein, RX2 represents hydrogen atom or hydroxy), —CH═CH—, —CO— or —NH—CO—, and n1 and n2 are the same or different, and each represents 0 or 1].
US11332447B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) by halogenating compounds of the formula (II), where in R1, R2, R3 and X are defined according to the invention.
US11332441B2
Crystalline N-methyl tryptamine derivatives, compositions containing those crystalline forms and their methods of use are disclosed. The crystalline N-methyl tryptamine derivatives according to the invention include crystalline N-methyl-N-propyltryptamine (MPT), crystalline N-methyl-N-isopropyltryptammonium fumarate (MiPT fumarate) and crystalline 4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-isopropyltryptammonium fumarate monohydrate (HO-MiPT fumarate monohydrate).
US11332436B2
The present technology provides a process for selectively preparing an (E)-(2-(chloromethyl)-3-fluoroallyl)carbamate compound by refluxing an (E/Z)-(2-(chloromethyl)-3-fluoroallyl)carbamate compound in an organic solvent, followed by crystallization by cooling.
US11332433B2
Processes for preparing latanoprostene bunod and an intermediate prepared from the process. Also latanoprostene bunod compositions having high-purity latanoprostene bunod.
US11332428B2
Methods and systems for producing alkyl hydroxyalkanoate from hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottoms. The methods generally comprise the steps of obtaining a hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom, adding a mono-alcohol to the hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom to obtain a first mixture, heating the first mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product, and recovering an alkyl hydroxyalkanoate fraction.
US11332427B2
The present application discloses methods for the efficient preparation of high purity compounds of the Formula I, and their methods of use.
US11332416B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for producing fluorinated cycloaliphatic compounds from the analogous aromatic compounds by hydrogenation with an Rh-carbene catalyst system.
US11332414B2
A particle is provided that includes 5 wt % to 90 wt % of agricultural biomass, combustion residues, biosolids, or a combination thereof. A binder intermixed with the agricultural biomass, combustion residues, biosolids, or a combination thereof retains the mixture in the form of a particle. The resultant particle creates a use for existing waste streams while also improving soil quality. A process of stabilizing agricultural biomass, combustion residues, biosolids, or a combination thereof particles is also provided that includes combining agricultural biomass, combustion residues, biosolids, or a combination thereof with mineral and/or synthetic chemical fragments having a bulk density of greater than about 40 pounds per cubic foot and a sizing of about 100% passing through a 30 mesh screen and about 50% or more passing through a 200 mesh screen. By adding binder, a particle is formed that is deodorized and/or stabilized. Through the choice of binder, the particle can be rendered dispersible to rapidly disintegrate into soil.
US11332412B2
The invention relates to a particulate urea-based composition comprising elemental sulphur and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, wherein the urea-based composition comprising elemental sulphur is further characterized in that it comprises a magnesium sulphate. The composition according to the invention has improved properties for reducing ammonia loss by urease activity in the soil and is in particular suitable as a fertilizer. The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of a particulate urea-based composition comprising urea, elemental sulphur and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT), as well as to a composition of kit of parts comprising a magnesium sulphate.
US11332402B2
A tempering frame for thermal tempering of glass panes, includes a carrier frame and a support frame that is joined to the carrier frame via a plurality of connection elements and is arranged completely within the carrier frame, wherein the support frame has an upper primary surface for placing a glass pane, a lower primary surface, a front edge, and a rear edge, and wherein the support frame has recesses introduced in the rear edge, which are arranged between adjacent connection elements.
US11332401B2
The specification describes a system and process for treating a sludge or slurry to produce biochar. The sludge or in slurry may be digestate produced by an anaerobic digester that receives waste activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. In a process, digestate is dosed with metal ions, dewatered, and pyrolized. A corresponding system includes a reactor, a dewatering unit and a pyrolysis unit. In an example, the digestate is air stripped in the reactor and a metal salt is added to it. The metal ions form precipitates in the digestate that remain in the biochar. In some cases, a precipitate such as struvite is formed that also increases the phosphorous content of the biochar. The biochar may be used as a soil amendment, wherein the metal and phosphorous are beneficial to the soil.
US11332397B2
A process is disclosed for treating water, such as wastewater, with ozone under alkaline and acidic conditions to decompose and remove acrolein and acrolein byproducts from the water and/or wastewater. The process is able to lower the concentration of acrolein and acrolein byproducts from water to a sufficiently low level suitable for discharge to a municipal sewer collection system with reduced occurrence of the decomposition by-products of acrolein converting back to acrolein in the water. One embodiment of the process treats contaminated water containing acrolein with ozone by sparging or bubbling ozone through the contaminated water. The contaminated water can be treated with ozone where the contaminated water is initially adjusted to a pH greater than 7.0 for a time to convert at least a portion of the acrolein to 3-hydroxypropanal to obtain a partially treated water. The pH of the partially treated water is then adjusted to a pH below 7.0 while continuing the ozone treatment for a time sufficient to react with and decompose the 3-hydroxypropanal to inhibit the conversion of 3-hydroxypropanal back to acrolein.
US11332381B2
A functional element includes functional titanium oxide. The functional titanium oxide includes crystal grains of one or more of β-phase trititanium pentoxide (β-Ti3O5) and λ-phase trititanium pentoxide (λ-Ti3O5). The functional titanium oxide includes the property that at least a portion of crystal grains of one or more of β-phase trititanium pentoxide (β-Ti3O5) and λ-phase trititanium pentoxide (λ-Ti3O5) changes into crystal grains of titanium oxide (TiO2) when the functional titanium oxide is heated to 350° C. or higher.
US11332380B2
The present invention discloses a method for aluminum-enhanced dealkalization of red mud and separation and recovery of aluminum and iron. The method includes: dissolving red mud in water, introducing excessive SO2, introducing O2 for aeration, and refluxing part of alkaline leachate after filtering; when pH of a red mud mixture decreases to below 3, washing and filtering the red mud mixture, adding NaOH to acidic leachate to adjust its pH to a strongly alkaline level, aging and filtering the leachate, treating filter residue to recover Fe2O3, and refluxing part of alkaline leachate after filtering to the red mud mixture; and adjusting pH of the remaining alkaline leachate after filtering to a weakly acidic level, and conducting filtering to recover aluminum.
US11332379B2
An industrial waste salt resourceful treatment method comprises the following steps: the industrial waste salt is sequentially subject to dissolving, chemical pre-purification, deep purification, organic matter concentration reduction, adsorption and oxidation decolorization and multi-effect evaporative crystallization to respectively obtain sodium sulfate, sodium chloride and sodium nitrate crystals; the crystallization temperature of sodium sulfate is in a range of 75° C. to 85° C.; the crystallization temperature of sodium chloride is in a range of 60 to 70° C.; and the crystallization temperature of sodium nitrate is in a range of 45° C. to 55° C. An industrial waste salt resourceful treatment device is further provided.
US11332369B2
A composition (or an aggregate) comprising an epitaxial h-BN/BNNT structure that comprises a hexagonal boron nitride structure that is epitaxial with respect to a boron nitride nanotube structure. Also, a composition (or an aggregate) that comprises independent boron nitride nanotubes, in which a total mass percentage of independent hexagonal boron nitride and residual boron in the composition is not more than 35%. Also, a composition (or an aggregate) in which not more than 1% of independent boron nitride nanotubes and boron nitride nanotube structures have a dixie cup or bamboo defect. Also, a composition in which at least 50% of independent boron nitride nanotubes and boron nitride nanotube structures are single-wall. Also, a method of making a composition that comprises epitaxial h-BN/BNNT structures.
US11332357B2
A liquid quality management device capable of being added to a liquid supply system which can supply a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device in order to cool the liquid, and can dispense the liquid to a drinking container. The liquid quality management device includes an actual flow rate preparation unit including a flow rate sensor for determining an actual measured flow rate of the liquid; a dispensing liquid temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container; and a determination unit electrically connected to the actual flow rate preparation unit and the dispensing liquid temperature sensor, for determining an integrated flow rate of the liquid when the liquid temperature is equal to or higher than a set temperature, and for determining whether or not coolability of the dispensing device is suitable by comparing the integrated flow rate with a determination value.
US11332356B2
A preform is sterilized by a preform sterilizer. The preform is blow-molded by a blow-molding device to manufacture a container. Next, the container is filled with a culture medium by a filling device without sterilizing the container by a container sterilizer, and the container is plugged by a plugging device. Thereafter, it is verified how much microorganism survive or propagate in the culture medium in the container. A degree of sterilization in the container sterilizer is adjusted on the basis of a verification result.
US11332355B2
The present invention discloses an opening tool (100, 200) for opening and/or removing a tab portion (314) of a beverage can (300). The opening tool includes a hollow housing (110, 210). The hollow housing includes a generally cylindrical housing body (112, 212) having a top end (ET), a bottom end (EB), an outer surface (114, 214), an inner surface (116, 216) and an open cavity (118, 218) extending from a top end towards a bottom end of the housing body. The opening tool further includes one or more claws (120, 220), having a claw body (121, 222) extending between a claw end portion (123, 224) and a claw tip (122, 226) such that the tip of each of the claws is adapted to be hangingly disposed within the open cavity of hollow housing. In operation, when a beverage can is passed through the hollow housing from the bottom end towards the top end, the claw tip of at least one of the claws engages and pulls-opens the tab portion while the beverage can moves out of the housing.
US11332348B2
A splice joint of a main girder of a crane, the main girder including at least two longitudinal main girder parts to be connected to each other by their ends and each having a central web which includes at least one web plate, longitudinal upper and lower flanges, the lower flange protruding from the central web to both sides thereof. The splice joint includes a plate-like tongue-and-groove joint, the tongue-and-groove joint including a tongue fixed to the central web of a main girder part, and a groove fixed to the central web of a second main girder part; and a lower flange joint receiving the bending forces of the splice joint. The tongue-and-groove joints are arranged reversed in relation to each other, and the location of the tongues and grooves on opposite sides of the web is reverse in relation to each other.
US11332346B2
Elevator door coupling systems are described. The systems include a car door lock having a coupling element and a lock element, the lock element operably connected to a latch for locking the car door lock and a landing door lock having a movable plate, a first contact element mounted to the movable plate and configured to engage with the coupling element and a second contact element configured to engage with the lock element. In operation, the coupling element is operable to apply force to the first contact element and cause the movable plate to rotate and as the movable plate rotates, the second contact element applies force to the lock element to urge the latch from a locked position to an unlocked position.
US11332344B2
An elevator car of an elevator system includes a car body and a car frame supportive of the car body. The car frame includes two opposing side frames, each side frame formed from a plurality of side frame segments, including two upright members and one or more upright braces connecting the two upright members, adjacent side frame segments secured to each other via a joint. A method of installation of an elevator car of an elevator system includes positioning a first side frame segment of a plurality of side frame segments adjacent to second side frame segment of the plurality of side frame segments, and securing the first side frame segment to the second side frame segment via a splice joint thereby constructing a car frame of the elevator car. One or more car bodies are installed into the car frame.
US11332341B2
The present invention provides an automatic elevator call system and a method for requesting an elevator service, belonging to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The automatic elevator call system of the present invention includes a wireless signal apparatus that is installed in an elevator system and broadcasts a corresponding wireless signal around, wherein the automatic elevator call system detects the wireless signal and a signal strength value thereof by using a personal mobile terminal carried by a passenger, and automatically sends an elevator service request command to the wireless signal apparatus when the signal strength value is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. The wireless signal apparatus wireless signal apparatus. The present invention can further improve elevator call experience of passengers.
US11332340B2
An elevator system includes a drive controller configured to actuate a drive motor of an elevator drive assembly. A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes program instructions that cause a processor to retrieve a set of rules of the elevator system, generate at least one graphical user interface by applying the set of rules to at least one design template, calculate an acceptance score for the at least one graphical user interface based on a user profile of an administrator, and publish the at least one graphical user interface based at least partially on the acceptance score. The elevator system further includes a display device configured to display the graphical user interface after it is published and cause the drive controller to actuate the drive motor based on user input of a selection of at least one selectable option on the at least one graphical user interface.
US11332330B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a first detection device that outputs a first signal upon detecting a stacked sheet and outputs a second signal upon detecting no sheet, and a second detection device that outputs a third signal when a sheet stacking member is above a predetermined position and outputs a fourth signal in a case where the stacking member is below the predetermined position A control unit controls movement of sheet stacking member by restricting movement of the stacking member when the second signal is output and the third signal is output when power of the sheet feeding apparatus is turned on. The second detection device includes a switch that emits the third signal while abutting a moving member that moves with the sheet stacking member and emits the fourth signal while being separated from the moving member.
US11332329B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes a medium tray, a pair of side guides to regulate a width direction of a medium, and a housing on which the medium tray is located and including a conveyance path capable of conveying the medium placed on the medium tray. The pair of side guides are located on the medium tray so that outer ends of the pair of side guides can be positioned from an inside of the medium tray to an outside of a maximum width of the medium tray. The conveyance path can convey a medium having a width of an inside of the pair of side guides even when the outer ends of the pair of side guides are positioned outside the maximum width of the medium tray.
US11332320B2
In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an adjustable roller bracket assembly for a belt conveyor system, and which comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and an adjustment mechanism connecting the first and second end portions, the first end portion being for attachment to a system frame, the second end portion being for rotatably engaging a roller at an axial end thereof, and the adjustment mechanism being operable to permit selective movement of the second end portion relative to the first end portion against frictional resistance therebetween to effect adjustment of a rotational axis of the roller.
US11332315B2
A link for a chain for an article conveyor includes first and second link elements formed as coupleable separate parts. The first link element may be configured to support articles, and the second link element may be adapted to support the first link element and to allow the chain to be moved when in use. The link includes a hinging region in the second link element for hinging the link to a further link of the chain. The hinging region may be adapted to the insertion within it of a hinging element for hinging the link to another link of the chain. The link includes confining means provided in the first link element and adapted, when the first and second link elements are coupled, to confine the hinging element within the hinging region, thereby preventing the hinging element to escape from the hinging region.
US11332314B2
A conveyor belt assembly (10) for transporting single sheets or stacks of a packaging material is described. It comprises at least one conveyor belt (12a) being arranged over at least two pulleys (20a-20d), wherein at least one of the pulleys (20a-20d) is adapted to drive the conveyor belt (12a) in a conveying direction (15). Furthermore, the conveyor belt assembly (10) comprises a conveying section (22) adapted for transporting the sheets or stacks and a return section (24) adapted to return the conveyor belt (12a) from an end (22b) of the conveying section (22) to a beginning (22a) of the conveying section (22). The conveying section (22) is equipped with a middle section (26), in which the conveyor belt (12a) is arranged in a substantially flat manner, and at least one transition section (28) arranged between the middle section (26) and the respective pulley (20a-20d), with the conveyor belt (12a) being arranged in the transition section (28) in a retracted position with respect to a plane (26a) defined by the middle section (26).
US11332307B2
A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, a lift arm that is operable to lift a refuse container, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating an angular position of the grabber, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a relative positioning of the lift arm, a first controller for adjusting the angular position of the grabber, and a second controller adjusting the relative positioning of the lift arm. The adjustment of the angular position of the grabber is coordinated with the adjustment of the relative positioning of the lift arm.
US11332295B1
A double door assembly bottom restraining device and method provide stability to the double door assembly during manufacturing and shipping. The double door assembly bottom restraining device may be installed on the bottom of a double door assembly.
US11332293B2
The present disclosure relates to a container device capable of storing and discharging liquid. A container device according to the present disclosure includes a pouch having the elastic property; a rigid container having a rigid outer case compared to the pouch and having a container opening at one side thereof; a coupling unit coupled to the container opening and for coupling an opening of the pouch with the container opening; and an air passage formed at the rigid container or the coupling unit. When the pressure is applied to the inside of the pouch and the volume of the pouch is increased, the volume of a space between the pouch and the rigid container is reduced by an increase in the volume of the pouch, such that the air in the space is discharged to the outside of the rigid container through the air passage to perform the depressurization of the space.
US11332291B2
A container includes a bag, which has an internal space to accommodate contents and a first opening, and a fastener to open and close the first opening. The bag places contents into the internal space through the first opening. The bag also has a second opening and also places contents into the internal space through the second opening.
US11332290B2
A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incisions are in the circular sidewall. The incisions form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision and a second incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member.
US11332289B2
A sealed container capable of knowing that the opening of the container body is exactly in close contact with a packing when a lid body is attached to the container body. The sealed container has a container body, a lid body attached to the opening of the container body, and a packing attached to the lid body, while the packing has a packing body provided in the lid body and a plurality of flexible ring-shaped protrusions provided thereupon which are mutually separated in the axial direction of the lid body The outer peripheral portion of the ring-shaped protrusion, which is the farthest from the top plate portion of the lid body in the axial direction, is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the container body, while the outer peripheral portions of other ring-shaped protrusions are radially separated from the inner peripheral surface of the container body.
US11332286B2
A portable beverage container is provided. The portable beverage container may include a glass vessel having a neck; a metal outer shell configured to surround a first portion of the glass vessel; a cap configured to engage with the metal outer shell to surround a second portion of the glass vessel; and an amorphous thermoplastic spout having a neck configured to be inserted through an opening in the cap and into the neck of the glass vessel. The spout may be configured to securely engage with the cap. The cap may include a lid with an elastomeric sealing member having a knob configured to extend into a recess in the spout and a recess configured to wrap around and over a lip of the spout. The spout may be removable from the cap while the cap is engaged with the outer shell.
US11332283B2
A safe self-sealing bag includes a double-sided bag body and a sealing strip. The sealing strip includes a first fastening strip and a second fastening strip. Two long side edges of the first fastening strip are hermetically attached to one of inner side faces of the bag body. A long side edge of the second fastening strip away from the bag opening is hermetically attached to the other inner side face of the bag body. A double-layer bag area is arranged on a bag surface provided with the first fastening strip, and the double-layer bag area is arranged on a side of the first fastening strip away from the bag opening. A side edge of the double-layer bag area away from the first fastening strip is provided with an opening, and the opening is located on the outer side layer of the double-layer bag area.
US11332278B2
Systems and methods for determining shrinkage of a commodity sold by a store are provided which may include: identifying data indicative of a volume of the commodity, associating a label with a container that holds the commodity, collecting the label information with a reader and transmitting collected label information to at least one server, automatically determining data characterizing the material in the container, associating the label information and the data characterizing the material in the container, and determining performance data related to the commodity by comparing the data indicative of the volume of the commodity supplied to the store, the data indicative of the volume of the commodity sold by the store, and the data characterizing the material in the container.
US11332277B2
An apparatus and method for separation of air from fluids, whereby a contractable partition, a throat seal, and air vents are provided, which allow an inside portion behind the contractable partition to expand into or contract from an outside portion, increasing or decreasing the side of the inside portion to accommodate changing volumes of beverage, thereby preventing the entry of contaminating air and slowing the loss of carbonation of the remaining beverage.
US11332268B2
A system and method for adding smokable material into cone is provided. One embodiment receives input at a user input device from a user that specifies an amount of the smokable material that is to be dispensed by the auger load system into an empty cone; determines, at a cone filler control system, a determined duration based on the user specified amount of smokable material received in at user input device; communicates a control signal from the cone filler control system; and operates an auger drive motor to rotate an auger for the determined duration in response to the control signal so that a helical screw blade of the auger dispenses the user specified amount of smokable material out from a lower portion of a hopper containing the smokable material into an empty cone.
US11332239B2
A long-distance drone is disclosed having a canard wing configuration with a cabin attached to a left main wing and a right main wing. There is a left forewing and a right forewing connected together to form a single-piece forewing. There is a left linear support connecting the left forewing to the left main wing, and a right linear support connecting the right forewing to the right main wing. A plurality of propellers is disposed on the left and the right linear supports.
US11332237B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the torque of a drive device (1) for rotating wheels (2) of an aircraft comprising actuators for selectively driving rotating wheels of the aircraft to ensure its movement on the ground, comprising the step of regulating a torque generated by the drive device according to a torque setpoint (4) issued by the pilot. According to the invention, the method involves the step of generating, as long as the torque setpoint is not sufficient to guarantee a stable movement speed of the aircraft, a replacement torque setpoint (5) to allow the aircraft to move at a stable speed, and substituting the replacement torque setpoint for the torque setpoint generated by the pilot.
US11332232B2
Provided are vertical tail structures with symmetry action slat systems. Specifically, a vertical tail structure comprises a main element and a leading edge element. The leading edge element comprises a first slat body and a second slat body that are symmetrically positioned on either side of a longitudinal centerline of the vertical tail structure. Each slat body is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position to increase a camber sag of an airfoil of the vertical tail structure and thereby increase a maximum aerodynamic yawing moment provided by the vertical tail structure. In a first operable mode, each of the slat bodes are in the respective retracted position. In a second operable mode, one of the slat bodies is in the respective extended position. The extended position of each of the slat bodies includes a pitch angle and an extension distance from the main element.
US11332224B2
An automatic-direction-alignment-system aligns a floating platform axial-centerline with the water-flowing-direction automatically. This system maneuvers the floating platform to let the center-line of the floating platform to be aligned with the ocean-wave-flowing-direction automatically in the ocean where the ocean-wave-flowing-direction keeps changing.
US11332222B2
A floating platform dimensioned and configured to receive and transport an automated pool cleaner on the surface of the water is disclosed. For convenience, the floating platform is referred to as a pontoon. The pontoon is also configured to control the retrieval of the pool cleaner. The pontoon includes a buoyant housing having a first end and a second end. An inclined platform ramp is positioned in the pontoon housing at an angle from the first end towards the second end. The pontoon includes a winch for winding and unwinding a cable connected to the pool cleaner to thereby selectively release and retrieve the cleaner.
US11332218B2
An attachment of a stockless anchor on the sea floor encourages flukes to tilt as soon as the vessel pulls away, while maintaining stability on the floor. The weight of the flukes act as a pivot with the crown of the stockless anchor that, when placed on the floor, causes the anchor to become attached by being buried in the floor when the vessel pulls away. The attachment comprises two claws fastened to the flanks of the flukes at or in close proximity of the crown on the pivot axis of the flukes, thereby enabling them to tilt and become attached immediately in the floor as soon as the anchor is placed on the floor. When the vessel pulls away the anchor is open and becomes attached immediately. An attachment to the floor avoids or reduces dragging of the anchor on the floor.
US11332211B2
A straddle-type vehicle (100) includes a frame (20) and an engine (10) mounted on the frame (20), the engine (10) includes a cylinder head (11) positioned toward the rear end of the frame, and located below a saddle seat (80). The cylinder head laces toward the rear end of the frame, which allows the heated cylinder head of the engine and the exhaust pipe connected to the cylinder head to avoid contact with the vehicle the user's legs while riding the vehicle, so the effect of heat emitted from the cylinder head on the rider's experience is reduced.
US11332207B2
A booster for a trailer system is provided comprising a control system in communication with a sensor(s) for determining the direction and speed of the booster when in motion. The control system comprises instructions corresponding to one or more booster operations such as: detection of a reverse state, retraction of a suspension system when the reverse state is detected; engagement of a steer axle lock when the reverse state is detected; detection of a forward state; extension of the suspension system when the forward state is detected; disengagement of the steer axle lock when the forward state is detected; detection of a high-speed forward state; engagement of the steer axle lock when the high-speed forward state is detected; detection of a low-speed forward state; and disengagement of the steer axle lock when the low-speed forward state is detected.
US11332203B2
An aerodynamic fairing assembly for attachment to a trailer of a tractor-trailer. The aerodynamic fairing assembly may comprise a front skirt fairing and a movable skirt fairing that is configures to move forward and rearward along the length of the trailer. The front skirt faring and movable skirt fairing are coupled to the trailer by one or more mounting brackets.
US11332202B2
The present invention provides a wind guard or shield or diverter which attaches to a vehicle side wall of greater dimension than that of the diverter and which surrounds an object, such as a school bus stop sign, a predetermined distance spaced from the diverter so as to provide an annular discharge space through which wind may flow while shielding the sign from contact by wind.
US11332182B2
A vehicle steering apparatus includes a shaft member, a moving portion, a support member, and a stop portion. The moving portion includes a first abutting surface that faces the stop portion in a circumferential direction of the shaft member. The first abutting surface is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the shaft member to face a shaft support portion side when the moving portion is viewed in a radial direction of the shaft member. The stop portion includes a first abutted surface that abuts the first abutting surface.
US11332178B2
A foldable wagon has a frame that is collapsible in a manner such that the wagon basically has the same vertical height when in the collapsed and expanded configurations. The frame has folding bar assemblies on its sides. As the wagon is altered from the expanded to the collapsed configurations, the lower leg outer end of each of the pair of folding bar assemblies slides downward relative to the corresponding upper leg outer on the respective vertically oriented pole. The pairs of folding bar assemblies increase in height and decrease in length. As wagon is altered from the collapsed to the expanded configuration, the lower leg outer end of each of the pair of folding bar assembly slides upward relative to the corresponding upper leg outer end s on the respective vertically oriented pole, and the pairs of folding bar assemblies decrease in height and increase in length.
US11332172B2
In a method of determining a radius or diameter of a train wheel, a camera mounted on a train acquires first and second images (pictures) of first and second objects spaced along a path being traveled by the train. Matches are then determined between the first and second objects appearing in the first and second acquired images and representations (pictures) of the first and second objects appearing in prerecorded images included in a track database that include corresponding first and second geographical locations. A distance L traveled by the train between the first and second geographical locations is determined and a sum C of electrical pulses generated by an encoder coupled to the train wheel during travel of the train the distance L is determined. Based on the distance L and the sum C, a diameter or radius of the wheel is determined.
US11332160B2
An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle comprising a vehicle-mounted controller configured to cause the vehicle to run toward a planned riding location such that the vehicle automatically runs along a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area. The vehicle-mounted controller communicates with an on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller. Based on route information and an in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal received from the vehicle fleet controller, the vehicle-mounted controller controls the vehicle so that the vehicle runs toward an anticipated riding location based on the in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal.
US11332154B2
A method for determining jumps and/or inflection points in an activation characteristic of an activation unit includes activating the activation unit using an activator, wherein different activation areas, separated from one another by the jumps and/or inflection points, are defined by the activation characteristic. Different activation forces for activating the activator are respectively set in the activation areas. The jumps and/or inflection points are determined by activating the activator by continuously determining activation travel values of the activator, respectively assigning an activation speed characteristic variable to the determined activation travel values, continuously forming value pairs from the determined activation travel value and the assigned activation speed characteristic variable, and checking, based on the value pairs which are formed whether significant changes occur in the activation speed. The jumps and/or inflection points in the activation characteristic are assigned to activation travel values at which significant changes occur in activation speed.
US11332153B2
A method of operation of a vehicle system comprising: determining an activity level of a vehicle bus; determining a running level for the activity level for a running period; detecting an off level for the activity level dropping from the running level; generating a true off state for an engine based on an off level; and calculating vehicle usage based on the true off state.
US11332135B2
A driving support apparatus for supporting the driving of a vehicle includes: a boundary estimation part for outputting magnetic waves or ultrasonic waves to the periphery of a vehicle, and for estimating the boundary of a roadway based on reflected waves which are detected by a sensor for detecting the reflected waves; a detection part for detecting a mobile body based on the reflected waves which are detected by the sensor; and a region estimation part for estimating a progress region of the object vehicle which is moving in an adjacent lane when this detection part detects the mobile body generated by multiplexed reflections from an object vehicle which is actually moving in the adjacent lane.
US11332134B2
A method for predicting whether another vehicle in the driving-environment of an ego-vehicle will execute a lane-change, based on observations of the driving-environment of the ego-vehicle, including: the observations are supplied to individual classificators; based on at least a portion of the observations, each individual classificator, in accordance with an individual instruction, ascertains an individual probability that the other vehicle will change lanes; the driving situation in which the ego-vehicle finds itself is classified as a whole by a situation classificator into one of several discrete classes; a record of weighting factors, assigned to the class into which the situation-classificator has classified the driving-situation, is ascertained, that indicates the relative weighting of the individual classificators for this driving situation; the individual probabilities are set off against the weighting-factors to form an overall probability that the other vehicle will change lanes. A method for training weighting-factors and related computer-program are described.
US11332128B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a surrounding object recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding object, a signal recognition unit configured to recognize a state of a light color of a traffic signal, and an assistance unit configured to assist driving of the host vehicle. The assistance unit is configured to determine whether or not there is a possibility that the host vehicle will come into contact with the surrounding object if the state of the light color is a state of prohibiting the host vehicle from proceeding in one or a plurality of specific directions and when the host vehicle proceeds in that specific direction, and calculate a withdrawal route candidate for the host vehicle to leave from the intersection without coming into contact with the surrounding object if it is determined that there is the possibility that the host vehicle will come into contact with the surrounding object.
US11332122B2
A vehicle assembly includes a sensor system of a bumper or a skid plate. The sensor system includes a plurality of first sensors and at least one second sensor. The sensor system emits a first electrical field from each of the first sensors when the plurality of first sensors are active and the at least one second sensor is inactive. The sensor system emits a second electrical field when the plurality of first sensors are active and the at least one second sensor is active. The first electrical field projects a first distance from the skid plate. The second electrical field projects a longer, second distance from the skid plate.
US11332120B2
A method of energy management includes steps of: deciding system parameters; determining an object function; obtaining characteristics information and predetermined ranges respectively of the system parameters; calculating function values of the object function for various parameter value combinations of the system parameters within the predetermined ranges based on the characteristics information so as to establish a database; determining a smallest function value among those of the function values in the database that satisfy certain conditions; and determining an optimum power split ratio based on the parameter value combination corresponding to the smallest function value for energy management of the vehicle.
US11332116B2
A hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle and an output shaft configured to provide torque to drive the hybrid vehicle, and a transmission which has a transmission input shaft. The hybrid drive train also includes a first electric machine by which the transmission input shaft can be driven, a second electric machine by which the output shaft can be driven to start the internal combustion engine, and an auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the second electric machine.
US11332110B2
The invention concerns a method for utilizing a park brake system to improve the deceleration of a vehicle in the event of failure of the service brake system, the service brake system comprising a brake pedal (2) and at least one air supply circuit (40, 42, 44), the method including the steps of a) measuring the pressure in the air supply circuit, in particular in an air tank (40, 42) of the air supply circuit, and b) when the pressure in the air supply circuit falls below a certain value, switching the park brake system from a normal mode, wherein the park brake system is released, to an assistance mode. In the assistance mode, the park brake system assists the service brake system only if the brake pedal (2) is depressed until reaching a threshold position different from a rest position.
US11332109B2
A pedal force simulator device includes: a pressure piston actuatable by a brake pedal and axially moveably mounted in a housing; and at least two disk spring stacks connected in series, each disk spring stack having at least two disk springs, at least two of the disk spring stacks having different spring constants, and the disk spring stacks being situated in the housing between an end face of the pressure piston and an axial stop of the housing. At least one of the disk spring stacks includes an axial receiving recess, in which a spring element, which can be elastically deformed by the pressure piston, is situated, one end of the spring element being supported on the pressure piston and the other end being supported on one of the disk spring stacks.
US11332108B2
A brake system (20) for a vehicle includes a brake unit (20A; 20B) having: a fluid reservoir (32) for containing a volume of brake fluid therein, an ECU (1000), and an electronically-controlled plunger device (60) operable to stroke in response to a control signal from the ECU (1000) to supply fluid pressure to at least one wheel cylinder (RL, RR) for vehicle braking. The plunger device (60) includes: a rod (108) coupled to an actuator (M), a primary seal (100) coupled to the rod (108) and arranged to seal against an inner wall of a plunger chamber, and a secondary seal (104) surrounding the rod (108) to seal an interface where the rod (108) exits the plunger chamber. A portion of the plunger chamber between the primary and secondary seals (100, 104) is coupled through a switchable valve (112) to the fluid reservoir (32). A method of operating a brake system (20) for self-contained brake circuit filling comprises the steps of providing a brake unit (20A; 20B), performing a pressure bleed on a first portion of a brake circuit, supplying pressurized brake fluid to a wheel (RL) coupled to the first portion and supplying brake fluid from a reservoir (32) to a second portion of the brake circuit by switching a valve (112) while using a plunger device (60) under control of an ECU (1000).
US11332101B2
Apparatus for providing heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface includes an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid, a housing bounding a reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet port, and an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir for dispensing an amount of heated fluid. A heater element heats fluid passing from the inlet port to the outlet port through the reservoir. A heat exchanger in thermal contact with the heater element for conveying heat to fluid within the reservoir has a strut that divides fluid entering the housing through the inlet port into two flow paths and elongated fins extending outwardly from the strut at transverse angles that bound fluid flow channels for fluid moving through the reservoir. A control circuit energizes the heater element to heat the heating element and the fluid passing from the inlet port to the outlet port through the reservoir.
US11332100B2
A windshield wiper system (WWS) is provided. The WWS includes a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor, a wiper arm and blade, a gearbox/converter operably interposed between the BLDC motor and the wiper arm and blade and a smart motor drive configured to determine a WWS failure condition and to operate the BLDC motor according to the determination.
US11332097B2
A passenger seat airbag includes: a bag main body; and a left-right tether, arranged in the bag main body to connect a left wall portion and a tight wall portion facing each other on a left-right direction side of the peripheral wall portion, preventing left and right outward protrusions of a connecting portion with the left wall portion or the right wall portion. The connecting portion includes a pair of strip portions and an intermediate portion which is sewn and connected to the left wall portion or the right wall portion between the strip portions. A sewn portion for sewing the intermediate portion to the left wall portion or the right wall portion is configured as a substantially rectangular shape having a pair of strip-side sides on the strip portion side and a pair of non-strip-side sides connecting both ends of the pair of strip-side sides.
US11332091B2
A life protection device system is proposed. More particularly, the life protection device system includes: a shock absorbing device provided with a shock absorbing part, a shock absorber, and an airbag that are mounted on a moving object so as to absorb impact to protect the life of passengers in a crash or collision of the moving object; a measuring device detecting the shock applied to the moving object; a controller generating a preset driving control signal according to the detected shock of the measuring device; and an artificial intelligence part notifying of an occurrence of a disaster and asking for help from a designated disaster center in response to the driving control signal of the controller, wherein the impact on the passengers is minimized even when the moving object such as a drone, autonomous aircraft, and autonomous vehicle crashes or collides, or falls into a river or sea.
US11332087B2
A phase module assembly includes a first flat laminated busbar elongated along a first direction, including a positive layer, a negative layer, and a load layer that is configured to be conductively coupled with a load. The first flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled to a second flat laminated busbar extending in a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The second flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled with a power source of direct current. The phase module assembly also includes one or more switches conductively coupled with internal terminal connectors of the first flat laminated busbar and configured to convert the direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current, and to output the phase to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors mechanically mounted on and conductively coupled with the second flat laminated busbar.
US11332083B2
A shock absorber for damping movement of a wheel suspension system of a vehicle can include a damper tube, a piston, a damping adjustment assembly, and a protective cover. The damper tube can contain a fluid. The piston can be located in the damper tube so as to accommodate relative movement between the damper tube and the piston. The damping adjustment assembly can be connected to the damper tube, and can include a reservoir, a solenoid valve, and a wire harness connection. The solenoid valve can be in fluid communication with each of the reservoir and the damper tube and configured to selectively open and close fluid communication between the reservoir and the damper tube. The wire harness connection can be in electrical communication with the solenoid valve. The protective cover can contain the wire harness connection.
US11332075B2
A retractable stair assembly for vehicles. In an embodiment, the retractable stair assembly may be detachable. Mounting brackets may be provided at opposing sides of a floor plate, and a one-piece mounting bracket assembly provided for installation at the threshold of a door in a recreational vehicle. Pivot plates are provided for pivotal movement of a retractable stair assembly about pivot studs provided on the mounting brackets. Pivot plates may be in the form of open jaw brackets provided at each side of a sill cover plate, to enable removal of the retractable stair assembly. A sill cover plate is provided that is shaped and sized to fit over the threshold and sill in a recreational vehicle doorway, yet allow closure of the door. In an embodiment a bottom stair is independently deployable, so the stair may be used, or not used, as may be appropriate at a given location. The independently deployable stairs are secured by an uplock and downlock operable with a latch which is biased in a closed condition at either the uplock or downlock position.
US11332074B2
A vehicle system comprises an automotive vehicle, at least one connector coupled to the vehicle, a vehicle protector coupled to the at least one connector, and a controller. The controller is configured to selectively adjust the connector, thereby adjusting the position of the vehicle protector such that the vehicle protector is located adjacent to a door of the vehicle.
US11332071B2
A communication system for a vehicle comprises a mechanism for sensing a motion status of a vehicle, a control device, plurality of data acquisition sensors, and one or more alerting device activation circuits. The communication system is customizable with the plurality of data acquisition sensors and one or more alerting device activation circuits based upon the needs of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the communication system is customized before it is installed within the vehicle. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the communication system is customizable after it is installed within the vehicle by turning on and/or turning off one or more of the data acquisition sensors and one or more alerting device activation circuits. The communication system is able to be implemented on a bus or other such fleet vehicles.
US11332062B2
A vehicle structure includes a vehicle body structure, a first tie-down assembly and a second tie-down assembly. The vehicle body structure defines a cargo area having a floor structure, a first pillar structure and a second pillar structure. The first and second pillar strictures are spaced apart from one another and are rigid strictures that extend upward from the floor structure. The first tie-down assembly is attached to the first pillar structure. The second tie-down assembly is attached to the second pillar structure.
US11332042B2
A vehicle seating assembly comprises a lift mechanism disposed at a forward portion of a seat and a latch assembly disposed at a rearward portion of the seat and rotatably coupled to the seat. A mechanical link has a first end rotatably coupled to the forward portion of the seat and a second end rotatably coupled to the latch assembly. The vehicle seating assembly is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the latch assembly is positionable in a latched position or an unlatched position relative to a mount assembly. The mechanical link is disposed in an initial position when the seating assembly is in the first position, and the mechanical link is disposed in a final position when the seating assembly is in the second position.
US11332040B2
The invention relates to a system for seat occupancy detection, comprising a vehicle seat for a driver with an upper part and at least one suspension-damper system, wherein an acceleration sensor is arranged on the upper part and is designed to detect a characteristic of an acceleration of the upper part as a function of a time, an evaluation unit being provided which is designed to generate an evaluation of the characteristic of the acceleration and optionally to transmit a signal to a higher-level control unit, the evaluation unit also being designed to assign the evaluation to one of several states, wherein the states are selected from a group comprising an occupied state and an unoccupied state of the vehicle seat.
US11332037B2
A method for evaluating a state of health (SOH) of an electric battery of an electric vehicle, said method comprising a step of: performing a given number (m) of tests on the electric battery, each giving results, associating each result to a state of the battery, a given number (N) of states of the battery being possible, estimating a probability of each state of the battery on the basis of a Bayesian calculation, and estimating the SOH in function of the probability of each state and of the results of the tests, called estimated SOH.
US11332034B2
A battery replacement system is configured to move a spare battery to an automatic guided vehicle. The battery replacement system includes a charging stand and a carrier. The charging stand includes a base and a plurality of supporting seat. The supporting seats are pivotably disposed on the base and configured to support the spare battery. The carrier includes a frame and a clamping component. The frame is located aside the charging stand. The clamping component is movably disposed on the frame and configured to replace a vehicle battery on the automatic guided vehicle with the spare battery.
US11332033B2
A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) battery changing station includes a UAV landing area configured to support a UAV coupled to a first battery when the UAV is resting on the battery changing station, a movable battery storage unit including a holding station configured to store a second battery, and a battery replacement member configured to retrieve the second battery from the holding station and couple the second battery to the UAV. The movable battery storage unit is configured to permit the holding station to rotate about an axis of rotation.
US11332032B2
A smart parking lot system for charging electric vehicles (EVs) includes a charger unit, a switching unit, an interface unit, and a control unit. The charger unit includes m chargers, the switching unit includes matrix switch elements S(i,j) configured to switch a connection between an i-th input port and a j-th output port according to a control signal specifying an address (i,j) and a switching state. An interface unit includes n interface ports to be connected with EVs parked for charging. Each of the m chargers is connected with one of m input ports of the matrix switch, respectively. Each of the n interface ports is connected with one of n output ports of the matrix switch, respectively. The control unit is configured to provide for the EV connected with an interface port, accessibilities to at least two chargers with different output power levels, when available.
US11332019B2
A photovoltaic (PV) panel mounting system for a vehicle includes: a PV panel movably mounted on a vehicle panel; a first electrode electrically connected to the PV panel; a second electrode attached to the vehicle panel and electrically connected to the first electrode; and a damping mechanism elastically supporting the PV panel with respect to the vehicle panel. The damping mechanism allows the PV panel to move between a first position and a second position. The first position refers to a position in which an outer surface of the PV panel is flush with an outer surface of the vehicle panel and the second position refers to a position in which the outer surface of the PV panel is recessed from the outer surface of the vehicle panel.
US11332015B2
A power supply charging system comprising: a) a first power cell having electrical energy stored therein; b) a second power cell having electrical energy stored therein, wherein the first power cell and the second power cell are adapted to not be in a discharging mode or a charging mode simultaneously; c) a third power cell in electrical communication with the first power cell and the second power cell, wherein the third power cell is adapted to operably supply power to the first power cell when in the charging mode or the second power cell when in the charging mode; and d) a control system which is adapted to alternate the power being supplied from the third power cell to the first power cell while in the charging mode and the second power cell which in the charging mode based on an occurrence of a pre-determined condition.
US11332005B2
A wheel drive assembly for transferring propelling torque from a source shaft to a wheel, the source shaft receiving torque from a motion actuator. The wheel drive assembly includes a wheel-hub, adapted to have the wheel mounted thereon, the wheel-hub being arranged about a longitudinal axis, which is adapted to coincide with a rotation axis of the wheel. The wheel drive assembly further includes a drive axle and a constant velocity (CV) joint mounted onto an outer end of the drive axle. The CV joint connects the drive axle to the wheel-hub. An outermost surface of the CV joint is disposed outwardly of an outermost surface of the wheel hub, along the longitudinal axis of the wheel-hub.
US11332002B2
In an engine compartment, a separation wall is provided between an intake pipe, which runs around to a rear side of the engine from a lateral side of the engine, and the engine. On an outer side of this separation wall, a travel wind guide having a vertical wall portion that opposes the separation wall with the intake pipe being therebetween is provided. The travel wind guide guides vehicle travel wind that is introduced into the engine compartment in a manner to cause the vehicle travel wind to flow along the intake pipe on the outer side of the separation wall.
US11331993B2
A temperature conditioning unit includes a first temperature conditioning unit part, a second temperature conditioning unit part, and a blower (centrifugal blower). The first temperature conditioning unit part includes a first housing, a first air hole part, a first air chamber, a first object to be temperature-conditioned, and a second air chamber. The second temperature conditioning unit part includes a second housing, a second object to be temperature-conditioned, a second air hole part, and a third air chamber.
US11331981B2
This on-board air conditioner control device comprises: a PTC heater which is contained in a high-voltage circuit and generates heat by means of power supplied from a high-voltage battery; a micro-controller which is contained in a low-voltage circuit and controls the power supplied to the PTC heater from the high-voltage battery; a current detection sensor which is contained in the high-voltage circuit and outputs a voltage signal indicating a value for the current flowing through the PTC heater; a V/f conversion unit which is contained in the high-voltage circuit and converts the voltage signal outputted by the current detection sensor to a frequency signal; and a digital isolator which transmits the frequency signal to the micro-controller while preserving electrical insulation between the V/f conversion unit and the micro-controller.
US11331973B2
A voltage converter of a high voltage driver generates a high voltage applied to an electrorheological damper. The voltage converter and the electrorheological damper are electrically connected together through a connecting portion. The connecting portion comprises an electrode pin that connects the voltage converter and an electrode cylinder of the electrorheological damper; a ground pin that connects an external cylinder of the electrorheological damper and ground, and a ground detection pin disposed separately from the ground pin and connected to the ground through the external cylinder and the ground pin. When the ground detection pin and the ground are disconnected, the voltage converter discontinues the voltage generation with or without a command (control signal) of a sub-controller.
US11331971B2
A dual mode vehicle that operates on both guided rails and roadways includes a capsule, a carriage, a left motor, a right motor, a road drive system, a rail drive system, a pod control unit, and at least one battery. The carriage includes a spherical frame-housing, a left wheel housing, and a right wheel housing. A spherical cabin of the capsule is attitudinally mounted within the spherical frame-housing. The left motor is adjacently mounted to the left wheel housing. The right motor is adjacently mounted to the right wheel housing. The left and right motors are operatively coupled with the road drive system through the at least one battery and the pod control unit to operate a roadways transportation mode. The left and right motors are operatively coupled with the rail drive system through the at least one battery and the pod control unit to operate a railway transportation mode.
US11331963B2
A run-flat tire includes reinforcing rubber in a sidewall, first bead filler rubber disposed toward the inside of a folded back portion of a carcass layer in a lateral direction, and second bead filler rubber disposed toward the outside of the folded back portion in the lateral direction. The reinforcing rubber has a thickness from a rim base line to a position within 38% to 68% of a tire cross-sectional height being from 90% to 100% of a maximum thickness of the reinforcing rubber. In a range from a position of a rim check line to a position being 38% of the tire cross-sectional height from the rim base line, a total thickness of the reinforcing rubber, the first bead filler rubber, and the second bead filler rubber is from 100% to 140% of the maximum thickness of the reinforcing rubber.
US11331959B2
A tire capable of showing a sufficient cooling effect on a tire side portion when a vehicle travels at a low speed. A pneumatic tire includes a projection group in a tire side portion. A gap is formed between a first projection and a second projection. A size of the gap in a tire radial direction is smaller than a size of each of the first projection and the second projection in the tire radial direction.
US11331946B2
Deformation sensor, device for measuring load of wheel hub of vehicle, and wheel assembly of vehicle
The present disclosure discloses a deformation sensor and device for measuring the load of a wheel hub of a vehicle, and an automobile. The deformation sensor includes: a metal lining fixed on the surface of the wheel hub, and a resistance strain gauge fixed on the metal lining. The resistance strain gauge is fixed on the metal lining through a structural adhesive.
US11331945B2
A wheel carrier assembly for a motor vehicle including a wheel carrier, which has a main body and a knuckle arm extending from the main body for connecting a tie rod by means of a tie rod joint, and a brake disc, which is mounted on the wheel carrier by a wheel bearing. An air-guiding element is fastened to the main body via the knuckle arm, having a ventilation channel for ventilation of the brake disk, which is directed towards the brake disk.
US11331940B2
An ink jet recording method includes the steps of ejecting an active-radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium by an ink jet process and curing the ejected ink composition by irradiation with active radiation. During transporting of the recording medium in the ejecting and curing steps, an unwinding stress in the recording medium is larger than a winding stress in the recording medium. The recording medium has a thickness of 10 μm to 100 μm. Also provided is a method for manufacturing laminated printed matter using printed matter produced by the ink jet recording method.
US11331922B2
A liquid container configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a liquid discharge head, the liquid container includes a tank case, a first container in the tank case, the first container configured to store the liquid, a second container, separated from the first container, in the tank case, the second container configured to store the liquid, a communication channel connecting the first container and the second container, a first valve configured to open when the liquid is fed to the first container, and a second valve configured to open when the liquid is discharged from the second container.
US11331920B2
In an example of the disclosure, a cleaning system for a printhead includes a web of material movable in a web direction. The web has a first side for wiping a printhead face. The cleaning system includes a dispensing apparatus to dispense a liquid upon the web. The cleaning system includes a scraper element for scraping liquid from the web and includes a collector element with a trough. The collector element is to cause collection of liquid scraped from the web to collect in the trough. The cleaning system includes a pusher element to push against the second side of the web and thereby cause the first side of the web to wipe the printhead face.
US11331919B2
The plurality of first nozzles and the plurality of second nozzles are arranged such that a distance between nozzles adjacent to each other in a first direction is a first distance, the support body is provided with a first fixing portion for fixing the first head unit onto the support body and a second fixing portion for fixing the second head unit onto the support body, and a distance between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion in the first direction is a second distance that is different from an integral multiple of the first distance.
US11331918B2
Printheads and printers are described herein. In one example, a printhead includes a plurality of nozzles configured to eject ink drops of different sizes wherein a low drop weight (LDW) drop is ejected through a nozzle with a circular bore (CB), and a high drop weight (HDW) drop is ejected through a nozzle with a non-circular bore (NCB).
US11331912B2
An actuator drive circuit of a liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge waveform generating circuit, a sleep waveform generating circuit, and a wake waveform generating circuit. The discharge waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a plurality of drive waveforms to be applied to actuators of the liquid discharge apparatus for liquid discharge. The drive waveforms correspond to gradation values of gradation scale data. The sleep waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a sleep waveform to be applied to the actuators. The sleep waveform causes a voltage of the actuators to transition to a first voltage without liquid discharge. The wake waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a wake waveform to be applied to the actuators. The wake waveform causes the voltage of the actuators to transition to a second voltage higher than the first voltage without liquid discharge.
US11331902B2
The present invention relates to a blowing means unit and a hot foil stamping and die-cutting device. The blowing means unit fora hot foil stamping device, comprising: a blowing means having a blowing part configured to inject a gas stream to a location of foil material to separate foil and a supporting part for supporting the blowing part; supporting means supporting the blowing means; and lifting means connected to the supporting means for moving the blowing means between a first position and a second position, in the first position, the blowing part of the blowing means is at a working level, and in the second position, the blowing means is at a non-working level to give access to an operation area.
US11331895B2
The present disclosure relates to a laminating method and device for a display module, a display module and an electronic device. The laminating method includes steps of: laminating a second panel on a first surface of a first panel, and positioning the second panel relative to the first panel; and coating a bonding adhesive on a side surface of the second panel along an outer circumference of the second panel and curing the bonding adhesive to form a sealing frame adhesive on an outer circumference side of the second panel and the first surface of the first panel, so that the first panel and the second panel are bonded and fixed by the sealing frame adhesive, wherein a gap defined by the sealing frame adhesive, the first panel and the second panel is in a negative pressure state.
US11331892B2
A laminating apparatus for improving the uniformity of the thickness of a resulting laminate to improve the yield of products such as laminates is provided. A pressing device includes: a first press block movable back and forth; a second press block disposed in opposed relation to the first press block; a first pressing plate mounted to the inside of the first press block; and a second pressing plate mounted to the inside of the second press block. The first pressing plate and the second pressing plate are opposed to each other. A surface of the first pressing plate which is opposed to the second pressing plate has a peripheral portion formed into a tapered surface in such a manner that the distance from the second pressing plate increases in an outward direction.
US11331887B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions and processes suitable for use in forming a lid for a hot food or beverage container, the lid being made from a multi-layer sheet that includes a substrate layer and a cap layer made from polyolefin-based compositions. The lid has a density less than water at 23° C., allowing the lid to be recycled in a recycling stream.
US11331884B2
A laminated glass, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, at least two lamination layers arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, and at least one design element, wherein the design element is formed on a partial region of a pane side of the outer pane or the inner pane from a pictorial black print having one or a plurality of unprinted regions, and an opaque, non-black underlay is arranged between the two lamination layers, which underlay is placed underneath the unprinted region(s) of the design element. The laminated glass has a design element with good contrast and good visibility and is suitable in particular as a vehicle window.
US11331882B2
[Problem] To provide a metal/fiber-reinforced resin material composite in which a metal member and a fiber-reinforced resin material are firmly bonded, a light weight and excellent workability are obtained while the strength is enhanced, and the amount of the fiber-reinforced resin material used can be reduced. [Solution] A metal/fiber-reinforced resin material composite comprising a metal member, and a first fiber-reinforced resin material having a matrix resin and a reinforcement fiber material, the metal member and the first fiber-reinforced resin material being formed into a composite with an adhesive resin layer interposed therebetween, wherein the adhesive resin layer is obtained by solidifying or curing an adhesive resin composition containing at least 50 mass parts of a phenoxy resin (A), and the maximum load of the metal/fiber-reinforced resin material composite is greater than the total load of the maximum load of the metal member alone and the maximum load of the fiber-reinforced resin material alone (i.e., so as to display a “super-law-of-mixture (or law of over-mixture)” that surpasses the law of mixture with respect to the tensile load).
US11331877B2
A structural reinforcement for insertion into a cavity of a vehicle structure including a base reinforcing portion, an expandable material and a localized reinforcement is disclosed. The localized reinforcement is placed within the structural reinforcement at a location of anticipated increased deformation during vehicle impact in an effort to reduce deformation and control the load distribution post-impact.
US11331873B2
A device (1) for dispensing a cushioning and packaging element from at least one strip of paper includes at least two guides (2) around which at least one strip of paper is wound. The device (1) also includes at least one drive element for driving the at least one strip of paper. The device (1) further includes at least one creasing device (4) for creasing the at least one strip of paper. The guides (2) extend beyond the at least one creasing device (4), downstream of the at least one creasing device (4).
US11331872B2
A method for feeding a web of printing material in a manufacturing system for producing packages, includes feeding the web from a web-fed printing press to a flat-bed machine for die-cutting or embossing while the printing press is in operation. An inserting device is used for winding the web onto an auxiliary wind-up device, moving a web-guiding element having a roller in a compensatory manner to achieve a temporary standstill of the web by converting a continuous movement of the web into an iterative movement by changing a speed of the web through changes of position of the roller, clamping the web while being cut by using a clamping unit, cross-cutting the web creating a cross cut edge by using a cutting unit adjacent the clamping unit, and inserting the web, cross cut edge first, into the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing.
US11331865B2
The application relates to a method for producing a hollow support from a fiber composite material, to a core designed as a hollow body, to the use of said core, and to the use of said hollow support made from fiber composite material.
US11331862B2
A method of mechanically securing a first object including a thermoplastic material in a solid state to a second object with a generally flat sheet portion, with a perforation of the sheet portion, and with the sheet portion having an edge along the perforation is provided, wherein the first object is positioned relative to the second object so that the edge is in contact with the thermoplastic material and wherein mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the assembly including the first and second objects until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material due to friction heat generated between the edge and the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows around the edge to at least partially embed the edge in the thermoplastic material. After the mechanical vibration stops, the thermoplastic material is caused to re-solidify, whereby the re-solidified thermoplastic material at least partially embedding the edge anchors the first object in the second object.
US11331858B2
Build material handling unit (2) for a powder module (3) for an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, which apparatus is adapted to successively layerwise selectively irradiate and consolidate layers of a build material (4) which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, wherein the build material handling unit (2) is coupled or can be coupled with a powder module (3), wherein the build material handling unit (2) is adapted to level and/or compact a volume of build material (4) arranged inside a powder chamber (5) of the powder module (3) by controlling the gas pressure inside the powder chamber (5).
US11331856B2
The present application relates to a linear light source using ultraviolet light emitting diodes (LEDs), and a photopolymer 3D printer comprising the linear light source. The linear light source may include a substrate distanced from a polymer case of the photopolymer 3D printer and an ultraviolet LED array in which a plurality of ultraviolet LEDs, which project ultraviolet rays toward the polymer case, are arranged on the substrate in multiple rows in the X-axis direction. The arrangement of the multiple columns in the Y-axis direction is at an oblique angle to the multiple rows.
US11331854B2
A method and apparatus for forming a 3D article. According to the method, a composite filament material is formed from a UV curable material, a thermoset polymer material and at least one of filaments or fibers. After the composite is formed, the filament is dispensed to form the 3D article. Dispense is typically through a nozzle or other orifice that delivers the composite filament material as a bead of material. As the composite is dispensed, at least a portion of the composite material is exposed to UV radiation thereby curing a portion of the dispensed composite filament. The UV radiation is provided by a light source than can target discrete portions of the dispensed composite filament. For this purpose, the UV radiation source can be a light source integrated with the nozzle or a steered light source. As the composite filament is dispensed, UV radiation is directed onto the composite filament. If a steered light source is used, the composite filament is dispensed and light from the steered UV radiation source is directed to targeted regions of the composite filament, introducing cured zones or regions into the composite filament.
US11331853B2
Certain examples described herein relate to a removable unit for a three dimensional printing system. The removable unit comprises at least one compartment to store build material for a three-dimensional print job, a coupling to engage with a printer device of the three-dimensional printing system, and a memory. The memory is configured to store instructions for the three-dimensional print job for the printer device, and the instructions are readable from the memory by the printer device when the removable unit is engaged with the printer device.
US11331852B2
An additive manufacturing device includes a beam generation unit, a raw material container and a raw material supply unit. A window element can transmit an energy beam emittable by the beam generation unit to the raw material container for manufacturing a solid article from multiple raw material layers. The raw material includes a powder. The raw material container contains a raw material arranged in multiple raw material layers arranged upon each other, where an uppermost raw material layer including a raw material surface is exposed to the energy beam. The window element includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the beam generation unit and the second surface faces the raw material surface. The second surface is at least partially covered by a protection element. The protection element is transparent for the energy beam such that in operation, the energy beam passes through the protection element.
US11331847B2
Systems and methods of additive manufacturing are provided, in which solid polymer material in form of strand(s) or particles is continuously received, and its surface is heated peripherally to liquefy the surface, using specified heating-related parameters which are selected to maintain a central volume of the continuously received solid polymer material in a solid state. The surface of a polymer substrate is also liquefied, and the peripherally heated surface of the continuously received solid polymer material is attached to the liquefied surface of the polymer substrate, followed by re-solidification of the liquefied surface to yield monolithic attachment of the material to the substrate. Liquefying only the surface of the material maintains some of its strength and prevents deformation upon solidification. The monolithic attachment provides uniform and controllable industrial products.
US11331846B2
A forming unit (20) for forming plastic preforms into plastic bottles, wherein the forming unit comprises a blow mould (20) having a first lateral portion (4), a second lateral portion (6) and a bottom portion (2), wherein said lateral portions as well as the bottom portion (2) form a cavity (15), within which the plastic preforms (10) can be formed into the plastic bottles, wherein the bottom portion (2) can be moved relative to the lateral portions (4) in a closed condition of the blow mould, wherein the forming unit (20) comprises a drive unit in order to move the bottom portion (2) relative to the lateral portions (4, 6), wherein the drive unit preferably has a movable piston element (32) which ist movable along a predefined stroke path. According to the invention, the apparatus has a first stroke path limiting means (22, 24) that limits the stroke path of the bottom portion (2) and/or of the piston element (32) in a first direction, wherein this stroke path limiting means (22, 24) is adjustable in order to modify the stroke path.
US11331841B2
A sizer for cooling an extrudate includes a core and a housing. The core includes an extrusion channel which accommodates the extrudate, a core cooling channel, and a core vacuum channel in fluid communication with said extrusion channel. The housing includes a housing cooling channel, a housing vacuum channel, a cooling intake, and a cooling exhaust. The housing cooling and vacuum channels having curved segments. The cooling intake and exhaust being in fluid communication with said housing cooling channel.
US11331837B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for forming interior material of a vehicle, in which when a resin is injected onto a rear surface of fabric through a fixed mold while a moving mold, onto which the fabric is placed, is pressed against the fixed mold and then a core mold of the moving mold is pulled back by a decompression releasing distance, a capacity increases by as much as the distance such that a pressure and a temperature are reduced so as to minimize damage to the fabric.
US11331820B2
A motion transmission unit for a drive train of a hair cutting appliance includes an input shaft, an eccentric portion, a motion converter, and a tilting lever that engages a driving portion of a blade set. The motion converter is arranged between the input shaft and the tilting lever. The eccentric portion engages a motion converter input interface. A motion converter output interface engages the tilting lever input interface and includes a cylindrical portion defining a cylinder axis parallel to a swivel axis of the tilting lever. A tilting lever output interface includes a head portion defining a cylinder axis parallel to a swivel axis of the tilting lever. The cylinder axis of the head portion and the cylinder axis of the cylindrical portion are parallel to the swivel axis.
US11331808B2
A robot for performing an expression by a non-verbal reaction, includes a body including a lower part provided so as to be capable of panning and tilting with respect to a support point coupled to a placement surface; a pair of arms provided to side parts of the body so as to be capable of moving up and down; and a head provided to an upper part of the body so as to be capable of panning and tilting, wherein the non-verbal reaction includes a combination of the tilting and the panning of the body with respect to the support point and movement of the pair of arms or the head or any combination thereof.
US11331807B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for configuring an animatronic device. Information about a user is obtained for whom an animatronic device is to be configured to carry out a dialogue with the user and is used to select, from a plurality of selectable programs, a program related to a topic to be covered in the dialogue, where the program is to be used by the animatronic device to drive the dialogue with the user. The animatronic device is then configured based on the program for carrying out the dialogue with the user.
US11331798B2
A robot system includes: a robot; a portable operation terminal having a teaching function; and a robot controller having operation modes including a teaching mode and another operation mode different from the teaching mode, the teaching mode being an operation mode for teaching a motion to the robot through the portable operation terminal. The robot controller is configured to: detect electrical connection and electrical disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; change an operation mode in which to operate the robot to the teaching mode when detecting the connection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; and change the operation mode in which to operate the robot to the other operation mode different from the teaching mode when detecting the disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal.
US11331786B2
A table includes a frame, a rotatable component, and a rotation mechanism. The frame has a pair of rotation bearings. The rotatable component has a first rotation position and a second rotation position. The rotatable component includes a pair of pivot portions supported by the pair of rotation bearings. The rotatable component further includes a first work surface configured to support preparation of a first wiring harness in the first rotation position. The rotatable component further includes a second work surface configured to support preparation of a second wiring harness in the second rotation position. The rotation mechanism is coupled with the rotatable component and is configured to rotate the rotatable component between at least the first rotation position and the second rotation position.
US11331785B2
A supplementary support assembly for a workpiece support assembly of a semi-stationary machine tool, wherein a workpiece support body of the workpiece support assembly has a base supporting surface, which is substantially horizontal in use, for supporting a workpiece for sawing by a tool of the machine tool, wherein the supplementary support assembly has a supplementary supporting surface and a support body with support body mounting means for detachably mounting on the workpiece support assembly, wherein when the supplementary support assembly is mounted on the workpiece support assembly the supplementary supporting surface is at least substantially aligned with the base supporting surface.
US11331778B2
According to one aspect, a fluid control system is provided comprising a servicing tool set and at least one valve assembly comprising an actuator and a valve operationally engageable therewith; each valve comprising a valve body; each actuator comprising an actuator body having an upper base and side walls; wherein each actuator body is engageable with a valve body, and wherein the system is configured to allow: engaging the servicing tool set with an actuator and subsequently applying torque to an actuator body engaged with a valve body and thereby disengaging the actuator body from the valve body; the at least one valve assembly comprising at least one Normally Closed (NC) valve; wherein the NC valve is configured to allow activating an actuator engaged therewith with pressurized fluid and thereby opening the NC valve, wherein the actuator comprises a nipple and the servicing tool set comprises a ratchet and at least one socket engageable with the actuator body, and wherein the at least one socket is sized and shaped to accommodate the nipple, and wherein the servicing tool set is further configured to allow operationally coupling the pressurized fluid to the actuator.
US11331773B2
A rapid ratchet wrench capable of being used in one hand comprises a handle, a wrench head, pawls, and a tensioner head, wherein the wrench head is arranged at the top end of the handle, and a left pawl and a right pawl are arranged at positions close to the handle in a sleeve hole. The tensioner head is mounted at the top end of a control mechanism, and a propelling head is arranged at the tail end of the control mechanism; and the adjacent sides of the left pawl and the right pawl are respectively provided with a touch head in a staggered manner, the tensioner head can respectively touch one of the touch heads and ejects the corresponding pawl to make same open outwards, and the other touch head is in the working position.
US11331772B2
A method of connecting a first component having a first hole with a second component having a second hole includes the acts of placing together the two components so that the holes are situated above one another, and fixing the two components on one another. The fixing occurs by pushing a connection element projecting beyond the two components through the two components, the connection element having at least one clamping head which projects beyond a side of the first component facing away from the second component, and clipping a clamping element onto the clamping head, so that the clamping element is supported on a side of the first component facing away from the second component and exercises a clamping force onto the connection element which clamps together the two components.
US11331769B2
A polishing apparatus and a polishing method capable of detecting whether a polishing tool has been brought into contact with a substrate, such as a wafer, and further capable of detecting a position of the polishing tool are disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate, a pressing member configured to press a polishing tool against a surface of the substrate, an actuator configured to apply a pressing force to the pressing member, a motor-drive moving device configured to move the pressing member along the surface of the substrate, and a monitoring device configured to emit an alarm if a motor current supplied to the motor-drive moving device is smaller than a threshold value.
US11331767B2
A pad for chemical mechanical planarization comprises a material having a major surface, and asperities extending from the major surface, a ratio between a length and a width of each of the asperities greater than about 2:1, and an included angle between a leading surface of at least some asperities and the major surface greater than about 90°. Related pads, tools for chemical mechanical planarization, and related methods are also disclosed.
US11331765B1
The present disclosure includes methods and systems that include multiple lapping stages having at least one lapping stage that laps while a heat source is applied to cause expansion during lapping and at least one subsequent lapping stage that laps while the heat source is reduced (e.g., turned off).
US11331761B2
A suction device for a hole saw of a hand-held power tool oscillatingly driven about an oscillation axis. A substantially disk-shaped base body has a first side that faces the hand-held power tool and a second side that faces the hole saw. A fastening section detachably fastens the suction device to an oscillatingly driven hand-held power tool; and a connecting piece connects the suction device to a suction apparatus.
US11331756B2
Methods include directing a laser beam to a target along a scan path at a variable scan velocity and adjusting a digital modulation during movement of the laser beam along the scan path and in relation to the variable scan velocity so as to provide a fluence at the target within a predetermined fluence range along the scan path. Some methods include adjusting a width of the laser beam with a zoom beam expander. Apparatus include a laser source situated to emit a laser beam, a 3D scanner situated to receive the laser beam and to direct the laser beam along a scan path in a scanning plane at the target, and a laser source digital modulator coupled to the laser source so as to produce a fluence at the scanning plane along the scan path that is in a predetermined fluence range as the laser beam scan speed changes along the scan path.
US11331742B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a flux-cored wire including a steel sheath and a flux that fills the steel sheath. The flux contains fluorides of which a total value α of F-equivalent values is 0.21% or more, oxides of which the total value β of amounts ranges from 0.30% to less than 3.50%, and carbonates of which a total value of amounts ranges from 0% to 3.50%. An amount of CaO ranges from 0% to less than 0.20%. An amount of iron powder ranges from 0% to less than 10.0%. A X-value is 5.0% or less. The amount of CaF2 is less than 0.50%. The amount of Ti oxides ranges from 0.10% to less than 2.50%. A ratio of α to β ranges from 0.10 to 4.00. A total value of amounts of MgCO3, Na2CO3, and LiCO3 ranges from 0% to 3.00%. Other chemical composition is within a predetermined range. Ceq ranges from 0.45% to 1.20%.
US11331733B2
A cast system, which includes: a padding layer configured to be disposed within a cast and support a portion of a patient's limb; a casting material which hardens around the padding layer and form an outer shell of the cast surrounding the patient's limb; and a wire saw configured to be disposed within the cast and extend along a longitudinal axis of the cast. The wire saw has a cutting surface which is at least partly enclosed by a plastic sheath. By enclosing the wire saw cutting surface in a plastic sheath, the saw does not lock up during the cutting operation, cutting is facilitated, allowing for easy and safe removal of the cast by pulling at least one end of the wire saw so as to cut through the outer shell of the cast.
US11331723B2
A light metal joint filler is provided. The light metal joint filler is formed by uniformly mixing a solvent with a light metal powder and a silver powder, where a powder particle size of the light metal powder is on a micron scale, and a powder particle size of the silver powder is on a nanometer scale or a submicron scale. A metal joining method of the present disclosure includes: coating a joint of two to-be-joined light metal pieces with the light metal joint filler; and hot pressing the two to-be-joined light metal pieces, so that the silver powder is sintered and bonded with the light metal powder and surfaces of the two to-be-joined light metal pieces, and completing joining of the two to-be-joined light metal pieces after the silver powder is condensed.
US11331711B2
A method for operating a fine blanking system comprises at least one fine blanking press having a first press unit, a second press unit, and one or more sensors. The method comprises obtaining parameter data from the one or more sensors for at least one of the first press unit, the second press unit, and another component of the fine blanking system during a first fine blanking process step. Adjustments are determined for control parameters of at least one of the first press unit, the second press unit, and the other component based on the parameter data. The adjustments are applied to the control parameters in a second fine blanking process step subsequent to the first fine blanking process step.
US11331709B1
An elastic double-support variable-diameter mandrel for bending of an aircraft engine-specific metal conduit includes a frame receiving pipe, an elastic outer frame and an inner hydraulic component. In the inner hydraulic component, an inner chamber of an elastic membrane is filled with a liquid, a tail end of the elastic membrane is provided with an opening, the opening communicates with a first end of a liquid delivery pipe through a pipe joint, and a second end of the liquid delivery pipe is connected to an external hydraulic system. The elastic outer frame is a flexible single unit composed of a tie rod and an elastic mesh structure. The tie rod includes an elastic traction segment, a straight segment and a pull ring. The elastic mesh structure includes wavy metal strip circumferences and anti-fatigue elastic connectors. The frame receiving pipe is sleeved outside the elastic outer frame/inner hydraulic component.
US11331684B2
A system and method for delivering materials for deposition is described. The system includes reservoirs for holding materials, heating elements for liquefying the materials (unless they are to be delivered as solids). Once in a desired state, pressure and material delivery systems to move the materials to a deposition nozzle. In the deposition nozzle, or thereabouts, the materials combine and are prepared to be deposited. An agitation element is used to break up the material and push it out of the nozzle tip in an atomized or droplet form. Changes in the material composition/concentration result in adjustment in heat, pressure or deposition agitation.
US11331683B2
A foam output device, such as a dispenser, a gun, a turreted cannon, a hose adapter, an aerosol can, or others. The foam output device includes a valve configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The valve is configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of compositions and a fluid during the first mode such that the compositions and the fluid are able to react with each other within the valve to form a foam thereby. The valve is configured to prevent the compositions and the fluid from reacting with each other in the valve during the second mode.
US11331675B2
A step of obtaining a mixture by adding 0.3 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a particulate binder dispersion, which has a solid content concentration of 20% by weight to 60% by weight in terms of a solid content, to 100 parts by weight of an electrode active material; a kneading step of stirring the mixture by a kneading blade to obtain a uniformly dispersed mixture; a crushing step of crushing the uniformly dispersed mixture by a crushing blade to obtain granulated particles; and a drying step of drying the granulated particles are included.
US11331672B2
The present invention relates to a pillar structure for a biochip, the pillar structure including: a substrate portion which has a plate-shaped structure; multiple pillar portions which protrude from one surface of the substrate portion and each of which has an end portion on which a sample is disposed; and smooth surface forming portions which are formed on the other surface of the substrate portion that defines the plate-shaped structure together with the one surface of the substrate portion, the smooth surface forming portions forming smooth surfaces each having a relatively concave groove shape at a portion corresponding to a circumferential surface of each of the pillar portions.
US11331667B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed for modifying the position of particles distributed in a fluid flow in a channel, comprising a channel formed by two substrates, each of the two substrates being on opposite sides of the channel, each substrate having a preselected periodic profile pattern along a length of the channel, and a transducer, wherein one of the substrates is between the transducer and the channel, the transducer to generate an acoustic standing wave within the channel with at least one node or antinode positioned within the channel.
US11331665B2
A microfluidic centrifuge is provided that includes a microfluidic disc having a pair of through holes that include a first through hole and a second through hole, where the pair of through holes are disposed symmetric and proximal to a central axis of the microfluidics disc, where the microfluidics disc includes a sealable input port and a sealable output port, where the sealable input port and the sealable output port are connected by a microfluidics channel, and a pair of tethers disposed through the pair of through holes that are disposed to twist about each other for unwinding where the tether unwinding is disposed to interact with the through holes, where the microfluidics disc rotates about the central axis.
US11331664B2
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a microfluidic chip that includes a plurality of openings to expose a microfluidic channel. The plurality of openings are within a recessed area of the microfluidics chip, the recess defining a surface onto which a sensor die can be clamped. The surface can include a clamping bump that contacts a membrane of a solid-state chemical sensor. The surface can also include a glue stop that, in some embodiments, can act as a spacer to prevent over-compression of the sensor die as it is clamped onto the microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip can include a rigid structure, such as a printed circuit board, that is affixed to a top surface of the microfluidic chip. The rigid structure can include contact pads that are electrically connected to sensor electrodes on the sensor die by a wire.
US11331655B2
A method for preparing a homogenous catalyst for the production of linear alpha olefins includes: preparing a first pre-catalyst solution comprising a modifier and an organoaluminum compound in a first solvent wherein the first pre-catalyst solution is reacted and stored in a first vessel for a period of time of 1 hour to 90 days; preparing a second pre-catalyst solution comprising a second solvent, a ligand, and a chromium containing compound, wherein the second pre-catalyst solution is stored in a second vessel for a period of time of 1 hour to 90 days; and after a period of time, adding the first pre-catalyst solution to a catalyst pre-formation unit; after the same period of time, adding the second pre-catalyst solution to the catalyst pre-formation unit; forming a homogenous catalyst by mixing the first pre-catalyst solution and the second pre-catalyst solution; adding the homogeneous catalyst to a reaction vessel, wherein the reaction vessel comprises an alpha olefin; and forming the linear alpha olefin by mixing the homogeneous catalyst and the homogenous catalyst.
US11331654B2
The present invention provides a catalyst for aromatization of a long-carbon chain alkane and a preparation method thereof. In the present invention, a molecular sieve containing a BEA structure is taken as an active component and mixed with a carrier, and then the mixture is formed, dried and calcined to obtain the catalyst for aromatization of a long-carbon chain alkane. The active component is prepared by taking a Naβ molecular sieve as a raw material and modifying through the following steps of: first obtaining an Hβ molecular sieve through ammonium ion-exchange, and then conducting dealumination and silicon insertion treatment of the Hβ molecular sieve through first hydrothermal treatment; forming a mesoporous structure in a molecular sieve framework through second hydrothermal treatment; reducing the acidity of the catalyst by potassium ion exchange, and finally using metal modification to improve the capability of the catalyst for catalyzing the aromatization of the long-carbon chain alkane and enhancing the toluene selectivity. The catalyst provided by the present invention shows high stability in the aromatization of the long-chain alkane and has a service life up to 170 h or above and aromatic hydrocarbon selectivity up to 80%, and the selectivity to toluene in aromatic hydrocarbon products can reach 85.5%.
US11331652B2
A precursor mixture for producing a porous body, wherein the precursor mixture comprises: (i) at least one milled alpha alumina powder having a particle size of 0.1 to 6 microns, (ii) non-silicate powder that functions as a binder of the alpha alumina powders, and (iii) at least one burnout material having a particle size of 1-10 microns and a decomposition temperature of less than 550° C., with the proviso that a burnout material having a decomposition temperature of 550° C. or greater is excluded from the precursor mixture.
US11331647B2
High-capacity dispensable moisture and hydrogen getter to be used as sealant and/or to control the level of these substances in electronic or optoelectronic sensitive devices, its use for the hermetic sealing or semi-hermetic sealing of such electronic or optoelectronic sensitive devices and a method to control the level of contaminants within them.
US11331637B2
An arrangement for controlling a flow of solid particles includes a vertical inlet pipe for directing solid particles downwards and having a bottom at a level L0, a first outlet chute and a second outlet chute in particle flow connection with the vertical inlet pipe and a fluidizing device for directing controlled first and second sub flows to the first and second outlet chutes. The arrangement includes a branch in particle flow connection with an opening on a side wall of the vertical inlet pipe for directing the first sub flow of solid particles to the first outlet chute and a horizontally extending intermediate pipe for directing the second sub flow of solid particles to the second outlet chute. The intermediate pipe includes at least one nozzle feeding fluidizing gas to the intermediate pipe and has a first end in particle flow connection with the bottom of the inlet pipe.
US11331636B2
A fluid mixing device includes a plurality of nozzles, each having a converging chamber, at least one chemical injection port, a diverging chamber, a nozzle throat, and an adjustable self-opening valve. The fluid mixing device provides for improvements in mixing fluids.
US11331635B2
A minute bubble generator includes a flow path member including a flow path allowing a liquid to pass therethrough; and a colliding part provided in the flow path and generating minute bubbles in the liquid passing through the flow path by locally reducing a cross sectional area of the flow path. The colliding part is formed integrally with the flow path member and is provided closer to an upstream end or a downstream end relative to a lengthwise center of the flow path.
US11331633B2
An apparatus for producing nano-bubbles in a volume of liquid is described. The apparatus includes a motor having a rotatable shaft, an axially rotatable permeable member couplable to a gas inlet, and a rotatable tube support coupled to the rotatable shaft of the motor and having an inner cavity that houses the axially rotatable permeable member. When rotated, the axially rotatable permeable member is rotated so that the surface velocity of the rotatable permeable member simulates axial turbulent flow above the turbulent threshold in the liquid that allows the liquid to shear gas from the outer surface of the axially rotatable permeable member, thereby forming nano-bubbles in the liquid.
US11331631B1
A proton exchange membrane includes a porous structural framework and a boron-based acid group bonded to the porous structural framework. The porous structural framework may be formed of an amorphous or crystalline inorganic material and/or a synthetic or natural polymer. The boron-based acid group may be a tetravalent boric acid derivative, such as a cyclic boric acid derivative, borospiranic acid, or a borospiranic acid derivative. The boron-based acid group may be the reaction product of boric acid or a boric acid derivative and a poly-hydroxy compound.
US11331628B2
A membrane evaporative condenser (MEC) includes a repeating sequence of channels for evaporation and/or condensation are arranged, each sequence of channels includes a condensation channel for condensation of a vapor to a liquid, an evaporation channel, and zero to one hundred evaporation-condensation channels. The condensation channel has walls of a non-permeable material which exterior to the condensation channel share the wall with a liquid evaporative medium (LEM) conduit that contains a LEM. The LEM conduit includes a moisture transfer membrane (MTM), where the LEM can evaporate into an evaporation channel or an evaporation-condensation channel that can amplify the effect of the heat transfer for additional mass transfer.
US11331627B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for distilling a fluid by exposing the fluid to a porous membrane that includes a surface capable of generating heat. In some embodiments, the heat generated at the surface propagates the distilling of the fluid by converting the fluid to a vapor that flows through the porous membrane and condenses to a distillate. In some embodiments, the surface capable of generating heat is associated with a photo-thermal composition that generates the heat at the surface by converting light energy from a light source to thermal energy. In some embodiments, the photo-thermal composition includes, without limitation, noble metals, semiconducting materials, dielectric materials, carbon-based materials, composite materials, nanocomposite materials, nanoparticles, hydrophilic materials, polymers, fibers, meshes, fiber meshes, hydrogels, hydrogel meshes, nanomaterials, and combinations thereof. Further embodiments pertain to methods of making the porous membranes of the present disclosure.
US11331622B2
Ionization systems and methods include moving air into contact with one or more ion generators and then past an ozone removal assembly to remove at least some ozone from the air. The air may be moved by a fan and may be filtered before contacting the one or more ion generators. The amount of one or more of the following of the air may be measured: the amount of ions, particulates, temperature, humidity, and other relevant factors. The ionization amount may be adjusted based on one or more of the measured amounts. The one or more ion generators and ozone removal assembly may be constructed as part of a single unit so they can be removed and replaced easily.
US11331620B2
Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve performing dampening for fluctuations in the streams conducted away from the adsorbent bed unit. The process may be utilized for swing adsorption processes, such as rapid cycle TSA and/or rapid cycle PSA, which are utilized to remove one or more contaminants from a gaseous feed stream.
US11331616B2
A pool filter system includes a filter housing with an open interior. A pleated filter container in the open interior of the filter housing has a pleated filter side wall and divides the interior of the filter housing into an pleated filter compartment and an particulate filter compartment surrounding the pleated filter side wall. The pleated filter side wall has a plurality of pleated filter container openings. A particulate filter medium is within the particulate filter compartment, and a pleated filter is within the open interior of the pleated filter compartment. A water inlet communicates with the particulate filter compartment, and a water outlet communicates with the pleated filter compartment. The pleated filter container openings in the pleated filter container side wall have a dimension that is less than the diameter of the particulate filter medium. A backwash assembly and a method of filtering pool water is also disclosed.
US11331614B2
In an example, an air filter system includes an air filter and a thermally conductive particulate sensor (TCPS). The TCPS includes a temperature sensor to measure a first temperature of the TCPS at a first time, measure a second temperature of the TCPS at a second time, and provide the measured first temperature and the measured second temperature to a controller. The controller to determine an actual rate of temperature change based on the measured first temperature and the measured second temperature, compare the actual rate of temperature change to a target rate of temperature change, and provide a notification when a difference between the actual rate of temperature change and the target rate of temperature change is greater than an accumulation threshold indicative of a threshold amount of particulate accumulation on the TCPS.
US11331613B2
A ceramic filter having a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure, wherein when observing a plurality of pores from a surface of partition walls with a laser microscope and plotting an equivalent circle diameter (μm) of each pore on an X-axis and a pore depth (μm) of each pore on a Y-axis on a two-dimensional coordinate system, a slope of a regression line (y/x) obtained by a least squares method in a range of 20≤x≤40 is 0 to 0.20, an average value of the pore depth of the plurality of pores is 2.5 μm to 5.0 μm, and a number density of the plurality of pores is 600/mm2 to 2450/mm2.
US11331607B2
Disclosed herein are air intake assemblies for internal combustion engines. In some embodiments, an air intake assembly includes an air filter configured to produce filtered air, a sealed filter housing configured to house the air filter therein, and an intake tube configured to convey the filtered air to an internal combustion engine. The filter housing includes an air intake port configured to provide intake air to the air filter. The air filter is configured to remove particulate matter from the intake air and produce the filtered air. The air filter includes a multi-component coupling interface configured to accept an intake-end portion of the intake tube in the coupling interface. The filter housing includes an aperture configured to accept the coupling interface of the air filter in the aperture. Also disclosed herein are methods of the air intake assemblies.
US11331604B2
An air purifier and a filter cleaner are provided. The filter cleaner is configured to be mounted in an air purifier. The filter cleaner comprises a motor, a cleaning member and a gear mechanism. The motor is configured to drive the gear mechanism to drive a radially outwards facing surface of a cylindrical air filter or a filter holding case past the cleaning member. The air purifier can comprise a polygonal casing and the cylindrical air filter can be located inside the polygonal casing so that a space is formed between the radially outwards facing surface of the cylindrical air filter and the inside corners of the polygonal casing. The filter cleaner can be located in the space between the corner and the filter.
US11331602B2
A filter for filtering contaminants from a fluid. The filter includes a cylinder of pleated filter media, a first end cap coupled to a first end of the filter media and a second end cap coupled to a second end of the filter media. The second end cap including a wall formed to include a central opening. The filter also includes a central core positioned radially inward of filter media and extends from the first end cap to the second end cap. The central core has a cylindrical side wall that is formed to include a plurality of apertures that are adapted to allow for the passage of the fluid. The filter also includes an annular collar that is adapted to be positioned within the central core. The annular collar is adapted to be rotatable with respect to the central core and includes a sidewall formed to include a series of space projections that extend radially inwardly from the sidewall.
US11331600B2
A method of managing foam in a gas processing system includes flowing a gas processing solution through a processing line and flowing an antifoaming agent through a treatment line into a mixed fluid line to form a fluid mixture, determining a foam level of the fluid mixture at a foam controller disposed along the mixed fluid line, automatically controlling a valve disposed along the treatment line to control a flow rate at which the antifoaming agent is flowed into the mixed fluid line to achieve a target dose of the antifoaming agent to be mixed with the gas processing solution in the mixed fluid line based on the foam level determined at the foam controller, and flowing the fluid mixture containing the target dose of the antifoaming agent into a system component to prevent an amount of the foam in the gas processing system from exceeding a threshold amount.
US11331597B2
A sorbent cartridge device includes an ion-exchange material containing zirconium phosphate and no more than about 0.1 mg of leachable phosphate ions per about 1 g of the ion-exchange material. In one example, the cartridge also includes a phosphate-adsorbing material containing zirconium oxide. In this example, the weight ratio between zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide in the cartridge is from about 10:1 to about 40:1. The zirconium phosphate may be alkaline zirconium phosphate prepared by a process including the following steps: (i) drying acid zirconium phosphate to obtain a dry acid zirconium phosphate; (ii) combining the dry acid zirconium phosphate with an aqueous solution to obtain an aqueous slurry; and (iii) combining the slurry with an alkali hydroxide to obtain the alkaline zirconium phosphate. During step (ii), any free phosphate ions in the dry acid zirconium phosphate leach out into the aqueous phase of the slurry.
US11331596B2
A chromatography system includes a first chromatography column for receiving and separating a flow stream, a plurality of traps configured to trap a plurality of distinct flow segments exiting the first chromatography column during separation of the flow stream, and a second chromatography column operatively associated with the plurality of traps for receiving and separating the distinct flow segments. The system can include at-column dilution at trapping and separating stages thereof. A chromatography method for operating the chromatographic system includes measuring a plurality of time segments corresponding to a plurality of peaks of a fluid sample flowing through the first chromatographic column, and sequentially fluidly coupling the plurality of distinct flow segments with the corresponding plurality of traps during time segments corresponding to the plurality of peaks.
US11331593B2
A method is disclosed for stripping in a stripper a urea synthesis solution received from a urea forming process wherein ammonia and CO2 are reacted under urea forming conditions. The shell space of the stripper comprises a continuous vertical zone.
US11331591B2
A humidity management device and a potable water generation system and method using such a device are provided. The humidity management device includes a chamber having an air inlet disposed adjacent a first end and an air outlet disposed adjacent a second end, and a dispensing mechanism configured to dispense a moisture-regulating substance into a space between the first and second ends. The dispensing mechanism includes a liquid inlet disposed adjacent the second end for supplying a flow of the moisture-regulating substance into the chamber toward the first end and a conveyor configured to transport a portion of the moisture-regulating substance collected adjacent the first end and re-distribute said moisture-regulating substance into the space between the first and second ends. The conveyor includes an Archimedes' screw at least partially enclosed in an elongated sleeve.
US11331588B2
An example virtual reality headset stand includes a base, a stem, and a docking station. The stem, which extends from the base, is angled toward the base. The docking station, which is attached to the stem, is angled away from the stem. The docking station is contoured to hold a virtual reality headset. The docking station includes a lip connected to the stem, a body portion connected to the lip, and a clip connected to the body portion.
US11331581B2
A game development platform operates by: updating a gaming application based on a play of the game by a non-imitating game bot to generate a first updated gaming application corresponding to a first updated game; generating an imitating game bot based on first game telemetry data generated in response to a play of the first updated game by a first plurality of actual players; generating behavioral experience analysis (BEA) data based on the play of the first updated game by the first plurality of actual players; generating a BEA tool based on the BEA data; updating the first updated gaming application based on play of the first updated game by the imitating game bot to generate a second updated gaming application corresponding to a second updated game; generating predicted player motivations via the BEA tool based on second game telemetry data generated in response to a play of the second updated game by a second plurality of actual players; and updating the second updated gaming application based on the predicted player motivations to generate a third updated gaming application corresponding to a third updated game.
US11331578B2
Methods and systems for hosting a virtual environment in which geographic coordinates of a user are mapped to virtualized coordinates of an avatar in the virtual environment. The user's geographic coordinates may be compared to real world geographic coordinates of one or more entities having a presence in the virtual environment. The user may be presented with options for accepting or activating a first reward from the list of rewards. Responsive to the user selecting the first reward, the first reward may be activated for a first time period in association with one or more goods or services offered by the first entity. The user may be rewarded in response to verifying the user has purchased the offered goods or services during the first time period.
US11331574B2
This application provides a method and an apparatus for locking on to a target object in a game scene, and an electronic device. The method may include determining at least one to-be-applied object corresponding to a skill currently triggered by the terminal. The method may further include generating, in an active joystick area, a sub-area corresponding to a quantity of the at least one to-be-applied object. The method may further include determining, in at least one sub-area, a target sub-area indicated by a joystick corresponding to the skill. The method may further include determining, as a target object, a to-be-applied object corresponding to the target sub-area.
US11331562B2
A game apparatus is disclosed that comprises a plurality of tokens including first tokens and second tokens, a frame arranged to define multiple pathways along which the tokens can move under force of gravity, and a retainer arranged to controllably retain the tokens relative to the pathways. The retainer is movable between a first position wherein the retainer retains the tokens relative to the pathways, and a second position wherein the tokens can move under force of gravity. The game apparatus also includes a separating mechanism arranged to direct the first tokens towards a first collection zone and to direct the second tokens towards a second collection zone. The separating mechanism comprises a first separating component associated with each first token and at least one second separating component associated with the frame.
US11331561B1
A ground-engaging devices that is capable of sustained rolling, stable braking, secure standing, and walking. In one preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled footwear device. In another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled footwear platform. In yet another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled artificial foot.
US11331558B2
A protective sports helmet that includes a chin strap system that allows for rapid, one-handed adjustment of a chin strap assembly by the player while he/she is wearing the helmet is provided. The chin strap assembly includes a protective chin cup and a pair of straps extending from opposed sides of the chin cup and having a plurality of securing elements. The assembly also includes a pair of adjustable connectors affixed to the helmet and that include a central opening that receives an extent of the strap and a lever that engages a portion of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in a first direction, and prevents movement of the strap in a second direction when the lever is engaged with at least one of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in both the first and second directions when the lever is not engaged with the securing elements.
US11331554B1
A system for learning to float including an aquatic learning station deployable in a volume of water. The learning station can include a horizontal member having an upper and a lower surface, wherein the horizontal member is supported in the volume of water with the upper surface located within four inches of a surface of the volume of water. The system can include a tether assembly coupled to the aquatic learning station. The tether assembly can include a tether portion releasably coupled to and extending away from the aquatic learning station and a belt portion connected to the tether portion and wearable by a person learning to float.
US11331548B2
Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.
US11331546B2
A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B).
US11331538B2
An interactive exercise system includes an exercise machine having a display able to present videos, a three-dimensional camera system, and local processing system able to provide pose estimation based on data from the three-dimensional camera system. The system also includes a communication module for connection to a cloud processing system, with the cloud processing system supporting exercise related analytics including those based on pose estimation provided by the local processing system.
US11331529B1
A physical training system includes a belt for fixing around the waist of a person and that includes a plurality of belt extension straps each adapted for fixing with the belt at any location therearound and preferably adjustable in length. Two shoes are adapted for wearing on the person's feet, each shoe including at least four attachment loops at opposing quadrants of the shoe and optional shoe extension straps. A plurality of elastomeric bands are selectively fixable between any of the belt extensions straps and the attachment loops or shoe extension straps of the shoes. A shoulder harness comprising two straps is included for attachment to and positioning of the belt. As such, in use, the person while running experiences resistance as each leg extends into a fully extended position, and a reduction or cessation of resistance as each leg retracts into a non-extended position.
US11331526B2
An asbestos waste neutralization device, that includes an acid tank and a vat containing a diluted acid solution, in which waste containing asbestos is dipped, the diluted acid solution neutralizing the waste containing asbestos during a neutralization reaction. The device further includes a filtration unit to separate, at the end of the neutralization reaction, solid inert waste from a liquid phase of the acid solution, and a regeneration unit for the liquid phase of the acid solution, which adjusts the hydrogen potential of the liquid phase of the acid solution by adding concentrated acid contained in the acid tank. In addition, the device includes an attenuation sensor for regenerated liquid phase of the acid solution from the regeneration unit, and a selective precipitation unit for the regenerated liquid phase of the acid solution, depending on the degree of attenuation the attenuation sensor senses.
US11331521B2
A breathing aid for enabling a person buried by an avalanche to breathe has a housing which includes an inhalation channel having a valve situated in the housing, which automatically opens during inhalation and automatically closes during exhalation, and an exhalation channel having a valve situated in the housing, which automatically closes during inhalation and automatically opens during exhalation, wherein the inhalation channel and the exhalation channel open into a mouthpiece situated on the housing, and the housing includes at least one inhalation opening into which the inhalation channel opens, wherein the housing is designed as a handle which can be gripped by a user's hand and brought to the mouth.
US11331516B2
A method of making a treatment plan with a treatment planning system and radiotherapy system are provided. The method includes: acquiring a preset dose distribution scheme; generating at least one radiation dose distribution scheme to be used with the treatment planning system, wherein the treatment plan system is adapted to at least one of beam energy of the radiotherapy system, a size of a collimator of the radiotherapy system, a radiation angle and radiation time of the radiotherapy system; and comparing the at least one radiation dose distribution scheme to be used with the preset dose distribution scheme, and determining, among the at least one radiation dose distribution scheme, a radiation dose distribution scheme that is the closest to the preset dose distribution scheme to make the treatment plan.
US11331503B2
An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a shield member defining a first portion of an interior cavity of the implantable medical device and a skirted feedthrough assembly. The feedthrough assembly includes a shield extender having a top face and a sidewall that extends from the top face so that the top face and the sidewall are a single continuous component. At least one feedthrough aperture extends through the top face.
US11331496B2
A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including an electrical feedthrough assembly mounted on a housing, is described. An electronics compartment of the housing can contain an electronics assembly to generate a pacing impulse, and the electrical feedthrough assembly can include an electrode tip to deliver the pacing impulse to a target tissue. A monolithically formed electrode body can have a pin integrated with a cup. The pin can be electrically connected to the electronics assembly, and the cup can be electrically connected to the electrode tip. Accordingly, the biostimulator can transmit the pacing impulse through the monolithic pin and cup to the target tissue. The cup can hold a filler having a therapeutic agent for delivery to the target tissue and may include retention elements for maintaining the filler at a predetermined location within the cup.
US11331495B2
A field measurement algorithm and measuring circuitry in an implantable stimulator, and an field modelling algorithm operable in an external device, are used to determine an electric field in a patient's tissue. The field measuring algorithm provides at least one test current between two electrodes, and a plurality of voltage differentials are measured at different combinations of the electrodes. The voltage differential data is telemetered to the field modelling algorithm which determines directional resistance at different locations in the patient's tissue. The field modelling algorithm can then use a stimulation program selected for the patient and the determined directional resistances to determine voltages in the patient's tissue at various locations, which in turn can be used to model a more-accurate electric field in the tissue, and preferably to render an electric field image for display in a graphical user interface of the external device.
US11331492B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed relating to the stimulating of tissue including nerve tissue based on combinations of capacitors and resistors. Application and removal of voltage to an electrical circuit is taught as part of a method of creating voltage waveforms for nerve and other tissue with such waveforms creating neural signals. The electrical apparatus taught may, include a first electrical node grounded through a first resistor; a second electrical node grounded through a second resistor; a first capacitor connected to both the first electrical node and the second electrical node; a second capacitor separating the second electrical node from a biological grounding point and direct current sources connected to the two nodes.
US11331491B2
Systems and methods for optimizing neuromodulation field design for pain therapy are discussed. An exemplary neuromodulation system includes an electrostimulator to stimulate target tissue to induce paresthesia, a data receiver to receive pain data including pain sites experiencing pain, and to receive patient feedback on the induced paresthesia including paresthesia sites experiencing paresthesia. The neuromodulation system includes a processor circuit configured to generate a spatial correspondence indication between the pain sites and the paresthesia sites over one or more dermatomes, determine an anodic weight and a cathodic weight for each of multiple electrode locations using the spatial correspondence indication, and generate a stimulation field definition for neuromodulation pain therapy.
US11331488B2
A method for enhancing muscle function of skeletal muscles in connection with a planned spine surgery intervention in a patient's back is provided. The method includes implanting one or more electrodes in or adjacent to tissue associated with one or more skeletal muscles within a back of a patient, the one or more electrodes in electrical communication with a pulse generator programmed for enhancing muscle function of the one or more skeletal muscles. Electrical stimulation is delivered, according to the programming during a time period associated with the planned spine surgery intervention, from the pulse generator to the tissue associated with the one or more skeletal muscles via the one or more electrodes, thereby improving neuromuscular control system performance of the one or more spine stabilizing muscles in connection with the planned spine surgery intervention to reduce the patient's recovery time associated with the planned spine surgery intervention.
US11331487B2
An example of a system for programming a neurostimulator may include a storage device and a user interface. The storage device may be configured to store waveform building blocks. The user interface may include a display screen, a user input device, and an interface control circuit. The interface control circuit may include a waveform composer configured to allow for composition of one of more building blocks and composition of a pattern of neurostimulation pulses using selected one or more waveform building blocks. The waveform composer may include a library controller and waveform building block editors. The library controller may be configured to display a library management area on the screen. The displayed library management area allows a user to manage the stored waveform building blocks. The waveform building block editors may each be configured to allow the user to compose a type of the waveform building blocks.
US11331484B2
A terminal device includes: a treatment content setting unit that sets a first treatment content performed by a first electrical treatment device and a second treatment content performed by a second electrical treatment device; and a treatment instruction unit that instructs the first electrical treatment device and the second electrical treatment device to treat a user in accordance with the first treatment content and the second treatment content. The treatment content setting unit swaps the first treatment content and the second treatment content in accordance with a preset instruction. The treatment instruction unit, when the first treatment content and the second treatment content are swapped, instructs the first electrical treatment device and the second electrical treatment device to treat the user in accordance with the first treatment content and the second treatment content, which have been swapped.
US11331479B2
Described is a device and method for administration of molecules to tissue in vivo for various medical applications, the device comprising a single hypodermic injection needle and at least two spaced elongate electrodes which provide for the ability, when the needle is inserted into tissue, such as skin or muscle, to pulse tissue with a non-uniform electric field sufficient to cause reversible poration of cells lying along or in close proximity to the track made by the needle upon its insertion into said tissue.
US11331473B2
A method for treating pain or discomfort in a patient is disclosed. The method comprises stimulating a cranial nerve with an electrical signal. The pain or discomfort may be a withdrawal symptom. The cranial nerve may be in an auricular area of the patient. The cranial nerve may be cranial nerve V, cranial nerve VII, cranial nerve IX, cranial nerve X, or branches of greater and lesser occipital nerves thereof and their associated neurovascular bundles. The withdrawal symptom may result from cessation of an opioid. The method may further comprise administering a secondary drug treats one or more of the withdrawal symptoms and addiction. The secondary drug may be administered about one day to about one week after initiating the stimulating step.
US11331471B2
A variety of electrode pad cartridges are described that are suitable for use with a defibrillator. In one aspect the cartridge includes a housing and a tray that carries a pair of defibrillation electrode pads. At least a portion of the tray is slidably received within the cartridge housing such that the electrode pads are received within the housing. The tray is configured to be slidably pulled from the cartridge housing while the housing remains attached to the defibrillator to provide access to the electrode pads to facilitate use of the defibrillator.
US11331460B1
A dilator device including an elongated flexible material sleeve having a hollow interior extending along a distal portion and a proximal portion thereof. An expandable or inflatable bladder is connected to the distal portion and disposable radially outward from an exterior of the sleeve when in an expanded and/or inflated orientation. The elongated sleeve including a tip having a predetermined configuration that facilitates positioning the elongated sleeve within an intended body part. A fluid input is structured for removable connection to a fluid source and is disposed on the sleeve, in fluid communication with the bladder. An access opening is formed on the proximal portion and is cooperatively dimensioned with the hollow interior to removably receive any one of a plurality of different types of positioning instruments within the sleeve.
US11331453B1
A foley catheter stabilizing apparatus includes an attachment strap, a mounting plate, and a catheter stabilizing retainer. The catheter stabilizing retainer that secures the port divider of the catheter includes a channeled holder, an elastic cover, and a male fastening feature. The attachment strap slidably traverses through the mounting plate. A base of the channeled holder is rotatably mounted to the mounting plate as the attachment strap secures the mounting plate and the catheter stabilizing retainer to patient's leg. A proximal end of the elastic cover is terminally connected to a first lateral wall of the channeled holder. The male fastening feature is angularly connected to a second lateral wall of the channeled holder. The elastic cover is stretched across the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall of the channeled holder and removably mounted to the male fastening feature to secure the port divider in place.
US11331440B2
A surgical humidification system includes a source of gas flow and a humidifier that receives the gas flow and outputs a humidified gas to a delivery conduit. The delivery conduit has an outlet and a suitable interface, such as a diffuser, is connected to the outlet. The interface can be positioned near or within an open surgical cavity of a patient to supply the humidified gas to the cavity. The system also includes a pressure relief arrangement that operates to relieve pressure from the system above a normal operating pressure. The pressure relief arrangement can be located in a non-sterile portion of the system, such as upstream from the humidifier, for example.
US11331431B2
A syringe assembly having a barrel for storing a medication and a stopper positioned within the barrel and having an opening, the stopper separating the proximal and distal sections of the barrel. A plunger is movable axially within the barrel. A cover extends radially from the plunger, the cover movable within the barrel from an open position to a closed position, wherein in the open position the cover exposes the opening in the stopper to enable the medication to flow within the barrel from the proximal section to the distal section and in the closed position the cover covers the opening to prevent the flow of medication from the proximal to the distal section.
US11331403B2
Purified air is provided, having a TVOC content of from less than 5 ppb to about 500 ppb, a Biologicals content of from less than 1 CFU/M3 to 150 CFU/M3 and a Particulate content of from about 1,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3 to about 50,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3, or from about 600 0.5 μm particles per ft3 to about 500,000 0.5 μm particles per ft3.
US11331401B2
A sterilization cabinet, comprising a top panel, at least two side panels, and a floor panel forming a part of a chamber of the sterilization cabinet; at least one door connected to at least one of the at least two side panels of the sterilization cabinet; a vent formed in at least one of the two side panels; at least one first filter covering the vent and a filter cover configured to hold the first filter against the vent; a drain positioned in the floor panel, wherein the floor panel has a slope configured to cause condensate within the chamber to flow into the drain and wherein the drain is the only outlet for the condensate along the floor panel; and a second filter covering the drain such that condensate flowing into the drain passes through the second filter.
US11331400B2
Various implementations of the invention are directed toward a sanitizing door handle and/or components of such sanitizing door handle. Some implementations of the invention are directed toward a manual sanitizing door handle while some implementations of the invention are directed toward an auto-sanitizing door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto an exterior surface of the sanitizing door handle in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto a user's hand(s) in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the user's hand(s).
US11331396B2
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT) is a powerful treatment where precision and accuracy is crucial. Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) facilitates more accurate position verification, correcting for anatomic changes related to internal organ movement. IGRT thereby helps reduce toxicity of radiotherapy and increases relapse-free survival. An inter-correlation point with a fixed position and volume (a marker) can be applied to indicate the point of treatment clearly in both imaging modalities and to localize and track tumors in real time. In this study, we present the development of a marker based on lactose octaacetate:octapropionate 1:1 containing 3 mM PLA-DTPA(Gd), 40% triglyceride, 5% propylene carbonate and 10% XSAIB (sucrose based CT-contrast agent). The injectable marker had high CT contrast (>1000 HU) and displayed clearly visible, stable T1 contrast enhancement (T1˜900 ms) in the rim over at least 3 weeks with clinically observable resolution.
US11331391B2
This invention relates to drug conjugates useful for localized treatment of diseases or disorders of the middle ear and/or inner ear. Methods of treating diseases or disorders of the middle ear and/or inner ear, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the conjugates, and methods of inhibiting a Tropomyosin receptor kinase are also provided.
US11331388B1
Methods of treating fibrotic diseases and disorders including Systemic sclerosis (SSc) are provided. Methods include, for example, administering to a subject an effective amount of an antagonist/inhibitor of PTP4A1 protein expression or activity to treat a fibrotic disease or disorder such as SSc, or an associated pathology such as organ or skin fibrosis.
US11331386B2
The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for the treatment or prevention of viral infections. The polyvalent (e.g., 2-valent) vaccines described herein incorporate computationally-optimized viral polypeptides that can increase the diversity or breadth and depth of cellular immune response in vaccinated subjects.
US11331384B2
This invention relates to methods to determine vaccine candidate strains that can be used to induce broadly cross-reactive immunity against pathogens, related vaccines, and related methods.
US11331376B2
The disclosure relates to a dosage forms and combinations of dosage forms useful for effective oral administration of drugs which are otherwise unsuitable for oral administration, owing to acid- and/or protease-mediated degradation. The dosage forms include a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) with which the drug is combined and an antacid. When co-administered to a mammal, the dosage form(s) can prevent drug degradation by the strong acid and digestive enzymes normally present in the gastric environment, and can improve water-soluble drug absorption in gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The dosage forms can be used to effectively administer insulin by an oral route, for example, such as in the form of a powder that can be stored for long periods and reconstituted with water or another fluid shortly before administration.
US11331375B2
Inflammatory cell recruitment to local sites of tissue injury and/or infection is controlled by many signaling processes influencing cell-to-cell interactions between vascular endothelial cells (EC) in post-capillary venules and circulating leukocytes. Here we report that the ATP-release channel Pannexin1 (Panx1) opens downstream of EC activation by tumor necrosis factor α (TNF α). This process involves activation of Type 1 TNF receptors, recruitment of Src Family Kinases (SFK), and SFK-dependent phosphorylation of Panx1. We report a previously unidentified role for Panx1 channels in promoting leukocyte adhesion and emigration through the venous wall during acute systemic inflammation. The present application further discloses that Panx IL2 peptide consisting of amino acid sequence KYPIVEQYLKYGRKKQRR (SEQ ID NO: 3) or 10Panx1 peptide consisting of amino acid sequence RQAAFVDSY (SEQ ID NO: 8) are inhibitors of leukocyte adhesion.
US11331372B2
The present invention provides methods for the identification of patients with an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that demonstrate an inadequate response to treatment with a multi-Fc therapeutic, and the determination of an optimal dose of a multi-Fc therapeutic for said patient based on the patient's circulating levels of inactivated C3b (iC3b) and/or additional complement components that may be employed as a surrogate for iC3b based on an analogous response to multi-Fc therapeutics. The present invention further provides for improvements in the use of such multi-Fc therapeutics in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
US11331370B2
Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified lectins. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions.
US11331366B2
The present invention provides a composition for suppressing muscular atrophy, comprising as an active ingredient(s) one or more peptides selected from the group consisting of tripeptides DIY, IYN, YNP, NPQ, DFY, DIF, FYN, IFN, FNP, and NPK; the group consisting of dipeptides comprising F; and the group consisting of dipeptides DI, IY, YN, and NP.
US11331364B2
The present invention relates to the use of novel JNK inhibitor molecules and their use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.
US11331359B2
Compositions and methods for treatment of and maintaining the health of the liver are disclosed that include a mixture of plant extracts, wherein the plant extracts comprise at least one Artemisia extract, at least one Aloe gel powder, and at least one Schizandra extract. Compositions and methods for treatment of and maintaining the health of the liver are disclosed that include a mixture of plant extracts, wherein the plant extracts comprise at least one Artemisia extract enriched for at least one polymer or biopolymer, at least one Aloe gel powder enriched for at least one chromone, and at least one Schizandra extract enriched for at least one lignan and organic acid.
US11331355B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) an effective amount of one or more lytic bacteriophages specific against Fusobacterium nucleatum selected from FnpΦ02-14, FnpΦ11 and FnnΦ107 or mixtures of them; and b) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or excipients. Method for preventing and/or treating diseases associated with Fusobacterium nucleatum and the use of the pharmaceutical composition for treating a disease associated with Fusobacterium nucleatum of the oral cavity such as V periodontal disease, among others.
US11331348B2
A method is provided for preparing an ECM material, including an ECM gel, from regenerative or regenerating tissue. ECM material prepared from regenerative or regenerating materials also is provided.
US11331344B2
The present invention relates to the transient modification of cells. In particular embodiments, the cells are immune systems, such as PBMC, PBL, T (CD3+ and/or CD8+) and Natural Killer (NK) cells. The modified cells provide a population of cells that express a genetically engineered chimeric receptor which can be administered to a patient therapeutically. The present invention further relates to methods that deliver mRNA coding for the chimeric receptor to unstimulated resting PBMC, PBL, T (CD3+ and/or CD8+) and NK cells and which delivers the mRNA efficiently to the transfected cells and promotes significant target cell killing.
US11331334B2
The present invention relates to an intranasal composition, particularly once weekly intranasal composition comprising methylcobalamin and at least one gelling agent and a process for preparation thereof.
US11331320B2
The present invention provides heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US11331319B2
Given its various activities in the brain, nitric oxide (NO) has been associated with various neuropsychiatric diseases and/or neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. In fact, evidence has been accumulating to show that abnormalities in NO levels are associated with schizophrenia. Among a number of NO's neural mechanisms associated with schizophrenia, its role as a second messenger of NMDA receptor activation, which interacts with both dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways, has been of particular focus. It demonstrated herein that a combined administration of nitric oxide synthase substrates and co-factors display antineuropsychiatric activity and cognitive benefit by re-establishing homeostatic nitric oxide production.
US11331318B2
The present invention provides an agent that suppresses a decrease in arterial oxygen saturation or increases decreased arterial oxygen saturation, and that can be ingested by a relatively simple method and has excellent immediate effectivity and persistence. The agent of the invention comprises orotic acid or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, which is absorbed into the body via oral mucosa. When the agent is absorbed in the body via oral mucosa it suppresses a decrease in arterial oxygen saturation or increases decreased arterial oxygen saturation. The agent is effective for improvement or prevention of a symptom or disease related to a decrease in arterial oxygen saturation, such as exercise, alcohol drinking, a decrease in oxygen concentration in air, reduced cardiopulmonary function, and respiratory arrest, and a symptom or disease caused by hypoxia, in particular, for prevention of an increase in uric acid level.
US11331317B2
The present invention relates to: a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating vascular or cardiac valvular calcification, containing a thiamine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a food composition for alleviating vascular or cardiac valvular calcification, containing a thiamine derivative or a salt thereof, and the compositions of the present invention can be effectively used for a use of preventing, treating or alleviating vascular or cardiac valvular calcification.
US11331316B2
The disclosure provides new, stable, pharmaceutically acceptable amorphous solid dispersions of 1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-((6bR,10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,9,10,10a-hexahydro-1H,7H-pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]quinoxalin-8-yl)-butan-1-one, together with methods of making and using them, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US11331313B2
Potassium chloride cotransporter-2 (KCC2) plays a critical role in brain function, and deficiency in KCC2 has been linked to neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and central nervous system injuries. In particular, Rett syndrome (RTT), a severe neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the X-linked gene Methyl CpG binding Protein 2 (MECP2), has been linked to deficits in KCC2. The disclosure reports the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technology to generate stem cell-derived, genetically defined KCC2 reporter human neurons for large-scale compound screening. This screening platform has been utilized to identify a number of small molecule compounds that are capable of enhancing KCC2 expression in both wild-type and RTT neurons, as well as organotypical brain slices cultured from wild-type mice. These first-in class compounds may be applied as a novel therapeutic approach to restore the impaired balance between excitation and inhibition observed in neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and central nervous system injuries.
US11331304B2
YAP1 inhibitors and methods of treating a subject with a cancer that include administering a YAP1 inhibitor are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for determining responsiveness to a YAP1 inhibitor in a subject, methods for diagnosing a tumor in a subject including determining the level of YAP1 expression, compositions that include YAP1 inhibitors, and methods of using those compositions.
US11331289B2
The present invention relates to a new topical composition comprising niclosamide and/or oxyclozanide and to the use of said composition for the treatment or prevention of pyoderma or dermatitis in non-human mammals.
US11331288B2
Methods of increasing perfusion and vascularity in irradiated tissue and of increasing retention of fat cells in a fat graft in irradiated tissue by applying an effective amount of DFO to the irradiated tissue at a treatment site. The DFO may be administered transdermally by applying a transdermal delivery device to a tissue surface at the treatment site in multiple discrete doses. The transdermal delivery system comprises DFO encapsulated in reverse micelles.
US11331284B2
The present invention is directed to 13C and/or 2H isotope enhanced ambroxol (“isotope enhanced ambroxol”) and its use in the treatment of autophagy infections, especially mycobacterial and other infections, disease states and/or conditions of the lung, such as tuberculosis, especially including drug resistant and multiple drug resistant tuberculosis. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising isotope enhanced ambroxol, alone or in combination with an additional bioactive agent are useful against an autophagy mediated disease state and/or condition, for example, a Mycobacterium infection, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, Sjogren's disease and lung cancer. Methods of treating autophagy disease states and/or conditions, especially including autophagy disease states or conditions which occur principally in the lungs of a patient represent a further embodiment of the present invention. Methods of synthesizing compounds according to the present invention are disclosed herein.
US11331283B2
A pharmaceutical composition containing cinacalcet or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. A pharmaceutical composition containing cinacalcet or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having a particle size distribution D90 equal to or less than 20 μm, D50 equal to or less than 10 μm, and D10 equal to or less than 5 μm and one or more and binders in an amount of 0.9% w/w or less, relative to the total weight of composition, where the composition is not free of binder and that the total amount of binder does not exceed 0.9% w/w relative to the total weight of the composition.
US11331282B2
The present invention provides an ophthalmic composition and a use thereof. In one embodiment of the present invention, an ophthalmic composition containing a clathrated antioxidant substance is provided. In some of embodiments of the present invention, a composition for treating or preventing an ophthalmic disease, an ophthalmic disorder or an ophthalmic symptom is provided, wherein the ophthalmic disease, the ophthalmic disorder or the ophthalmic symptom includes, but is not limited to, dry eye or a dry eye-like ophthalmic disease, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcer, age-related macular degeneration, cataract, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, and symptoms in these diseases which can be ameliorated by increasing the quantity of tears and/or goblet cells and/or mucin.
US11331275B2
The present invention discloses a bexarotene softgel capsule and a preparation method thereof. The bexarotene softgel capsule including: a softgel capsule shell and contents, in which the contents include bexarotene, low molecular weight polyethylene glycol, high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, and polysorbate. The bexarotene softgel capsule of the formula can avoid a problem of drug degradation caused by high temperature heat release and degassing difficulty in a process of preparing the bexarotene softgel capsule in the prior art while maintaining the drug release characteristics, and the preparation method has a simple production process and can significantly improve a problem of poor dosage uniformity while filling a capsule in the prior art.
US11331273B2
The present invention relates to a film-coated tablet having a high chemical stability of an active ingredient, said film-coated tablet comprising: (a) a tablet core containing obeticholic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) a coating layer, which is provided on the surface of the tablet core, containing a film base and being substantially free from any plasticizer or containing at least one kind of specific plasticizer.
US11331271B2
Methods for buccally, sublingually, or intranasally administering a prodrug of propofol to a subject in need of treatment thereof in an amount sufficient to deliver a therapeutically effective amount of propofol to the subject are disclosed.
US11331262B2
A method of treating skin by reducing tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) activity or matrix metalloproteinase enzyme (MMP-1) activity in a person's skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying a composition that includes an effective amount of an extract of Brachychiton acerifolius to the person's skin to reduce TNF-α activity or MMP-1 activity in the skin.
US11331250B2
A method for manufacturing a colored sheet for coloring an object by adhesion to the object includes, a coloring step of applying by spraying, a first coating fluid containing first microparticles for coloring to a thin film of a print receiver body which has a sheet-shaped support body and the thin film, the thin film being peelably held on the sheet-shaped support body to serve as a base material of an adhesive sheet which is to be adhered to the object, and a restricting step of applying by spraying, before the coloring step, a second coating fluid for restricting the first microparticles from penetrating the thin film to a location where the first coating fluid is to be applied.
US11331248B2
A bioprocess vessel includes a flexible bag or substantially rigid container that defines an interior volume and having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being open or containing an aperture therein for the passage of fluid. A pump is secured to the bottom surface of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In some embodiments is secured directly to the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In other embodiments, the pump is secured indirectly the flexible bag or substantially rigid container using, for example, a port that extends through the aperture on the bottom surface. The port or flanged surface may also be integrated into the pump, which is secured to the vessel. An optional mixing adaptor may be provided inside the interior volume of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container and at least partially covers the inlet that leads to the pump.
US11331242B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with a travel assistance system. A wearable personal navigation device may include a communication system, an indicator, and a processor coupled to the communication system and the indicator. The processor may be configured to generate a request for a navigation path from a location to a destination and transmit the request to a node of the network. The processor may be configured to determine the direction of travel from the location of the user based on a first navigation path received from the node of the network in response to the request, wherein the first navigation path includes at least one modification from a second navigation path, wherein the modification is based on data received by the network from a remote device that indicates an object, and cause the indicator to indicate the direction of travel. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11331237B2
A medical examination table includes a base assembly, a table assembly, a table actuation assembly, a wheel assembly, and an actuating mobility assembly. The base assembly configured to support the medical examination table in a first mobility configuration. The table actuation assembly is configured to raise and lower the table assembly relative to the base member to thereby transition the table assembly between a lowered position and a raised position. The wheel assembly is configured to support the medical examination table in a second mobility configuration. The actuating mobility assembly is configured to cooperate with the table actuation assembly to thereby actuate the wheel assembly relative to the base assembly to thereby transition the medical examination table between the first mobility configuration to the second mobility configuration.
US11331232B1
The present invention relates to a wheelchair improvement kit and a manual wheelchair. The improvement kit includes an anti-tip device including a pair of multifunction tube assemblies. Each multifunction tube assembly includes a mount tube configured for pivotally mounting one on each side of the wheelchair, a slide tube slidably engaged to the mount tube where both ends of the slide tube extend beyond the mount tube, a slide tube brake engaging or releasing the position of the slide tube relative to the mount tube, and an extendable pole inserted into the top of the slide tube. The top of the extendable pole is fitted with a hand grip. The anti-tip device further includes a pair of guide tubes configured for mounting one on each side of the wheelchair. When the multifunction tube assembly is used as the anti-tip device, the slide tube passes through the guide tube.
US11331229B2
An absorbent garment that includes a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis. The absorbent garment also includes a front region, a back region and a crotch region, with the crotch region being disposed between the front region and the back region. The crotch region includes an absorbent assembly. The absorbent garment further includes a front panel in the front region, wherein the front panel includes an inner layer, an outer layer and a front longitudinal end; a back panel in the back region, wherein the back panel includes an inner layer, an outer layer and a back longitudinal end. The front panel and the back panel each include a stranded elastic area between their inner and outer layers. The front panel also includes a stretch banded area disposed between the inner and outer layers. The stretch banded area is disposed adjacent the front longitudinal end.
US11331227B2
A moisture management apparatus monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. An embodiment of the moisture management apparatus includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. The sensor event communication system may monitor other types of patient events. Portions of the moisture management apparatus and/or the moisture event communication system may be embodied in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.
US11331224B2
An absorbent article processing device includes a cutter roll and an anvil roll. The cutter roll includes a roll main body; a blade protruding in a radial direction in a first angular range of a part of a circumferential direction of the roll main body; a first bearer protruding in the radial direction in a second angular range of a part of the circumferential direction including at least the first angular range and being in contact with the anvil roll, and being cut out in an angular range excluding the second angular range at a first end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body; and a second bearer provided around the entire circumference or a part of the circumferential direction and being in contact with the anvil roll at the second end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body.
US11331216B2
The invention is directed to a mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a patient during chemotherapy treatment. The mouth piece includes a cooling medium contained within the top element and the bottom element and able to retain a cooling environment within the mouth sufficient to reduce capillary blood flow to the patient's mouth.
US11331215B2
Implantable thermal therapy devices, systems, and methods are provided for the treatment of pathological conditions including arrhythmias and trauma. The implantable thermal therapy devices and systems are specifically structured to deliver transient cooling to a target tissue, and to gradually dissipate the heat energy transferred from the target tissue to other body masses in a controlled and delicate manner. In some examples, a phase change material can be used to accomplish such a gradual dissipation of the heat.
US11331213B2
A device sized and shaped for alleviating organ prolapse when inserted into a vagina, comprising: (a) an adjustably flexible, substantially planar ring provided with at least one opposing snapping element; (b) a central rod extending at least partially through the ring transverse to the snapping elements, where the central rod is provided with counterpart slots configured for insertion of the snapping elements therein; and, (c) a connection block, co-axial with the central rod and slidable thereover to transition the device from an expanded state to a collapsed state, configured with slots which align with the counterpart slots of the central rod for passage of at least one snapping element therethrough when the device is in the collapsed state.
US11331202B2
A modular jaw for attachment to an orthopedic implant extraction tool that includes an elongated body, a claw about a distal end of the elongated body for engaging an object, and a locking mechanism about a posterior end of the elongated body for engaging the orthopedic implant extraction tool. The locking mechanism includes a dovetail lock, a detent mounted to the dovetail lock, and a distally facing surface about a proximal end of the elongated body.
US11331195B2
The disclosure provides an articular gasket prosthesis and an articular prosthesis with the articular gasket prosthesis. The articular gasket prosthesis includes an elastic gasket disposed between a first skeleton and second skeleton forming a joint, the elastic gasket including: an elastic matrix, having a first contact surface facing the first skeleton and a second contact surface facing the second skeleton; and multiple synovial fluid passages, distributed in the elastic matrix and communicating the first contact surface and the second contact surface, the multiple synovial fluid passages being disposed according to a predetermined manner to gradually increase hardness of the elastic matrix from a center to an edge and gradually decrease elasticity of the elastic matrix from the center to the edge.
US11331189B2
An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.
US11331179B2
Endovascular stent grafts in accordance with various embodiments include one or more channels on a main body graft, the one or more channels defining a passageway for receiving one or more branch portions for treating branch vessels. In various embodiments, the one or more channels on the main body graft may be abluminal, adluminal, or weaved, with respect to a stent structure of the main body graft.
US11331168B2
A dental implant with a specialized thread arrangement is disclosed. The dental implant includes a cylindrical upper section and a tapered lower section coupled to the cylindrical upper section. A helical thread is located on the exterior surface of the cylindrical upper section and the tapered lower section. A path is defined by the helical thread. The helical thread has a section on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body section and a section on the tapered body section. A cutting tooth is formed on the helical thread where the thread section on the cylindrical body section transitions into the thread section on the tapered body section. The cutting tooth allows minimal torque to be applied to create stability of the implant by cutting into the dense part of the bone.
US11331155B2
An end effector for a surgical tool includes a first jaw that defines an aperture, a second jaw rotatably coupled to the first jaw, and a spacer pin received within the aperture and protruding from an upper surface of the first jaw. The spacer pin is adjustable within the aperture to define a jaw gap between the first and second jaws when the second jaw is moved to a closed position and engages the spacer pin, and the spacer pin is secured within the aperture to set the jaw gap.
US11331150B2
Disclosed is a surgical navigation system for tracking an instrument relative to a patient. The system can track a portion of the patient, an instrument, and/or both relative to image data, a coordinate system, an atlas, a morphed atlas, or combinations thereof. The system can include a tracking device on the instrument to provide six degree of freedom information regarding the location of the instrument.
US11331142B2
Described herein are methods, devices, and support structures for assembling optical fibers in catheter tips and facilitating alignment and structural support. A method for assembling a plurality of optical fibers and lenses in a support structure for an ablation catheter includes providing a support structure with a proximal end, a body, and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a plurality of alignment orifices or slits. A plurality of optical fibers are threaded through the alignment orifices or slits, such that each optical fiber is threaded through a corresponding alignment orifice or slit. An adhesive material is applied at each alignment orifice or slit to secure the optical fibers, and the plurality of optical fibers are then cleaved at the distal end to remove portions of the fibers extending out of the distal end. Finally, a lens is attached to each of the ends of the plurality of optical fibers.
US11331133B2
A redressing device (100) for redressing a tapered portion (12) of an orthopaedic implant (10) comprising: a grinding member (110) adapted to engage the tapered portion (12); an adjustable guide element (130) for defining, at least in part, the degree of redressing required for said tapered portion (12) by a user; and a drive shaft (120) for driving movement of said grinding member (110). A device for retaining debris produced during redressing a tapered portion (12) of an orthopaedic implant (12), a surgical kit for redressing a tapered portion (12) of an orthopaedic implant (10) and a method of redressing a tapered portion (12) of an orthopaedic implant (10) are also provided.
US11331132B2
An apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to a weakened or fractured bone is disclosed. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a bone including a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen capable of allowing a bone reinforcing mixture to pass therethrough; a balloon engaging the tube wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon.
US11331120B2
The invention comprises a cannula assembly kit for a trocar suitable for use in minimally invasive surgery. The cannula assembly kit comprises a cannula and a pattern generating member. The cannula has a distal end and a proximal end and comprises a flange portion at its proximal end and an elongate cannula shaft portion extending from said flange portion to its distal end and an access port through the flange portion and the elongate cannula shaft portion, such that a surgical tool of a surgical instrument can be inserted through the access port. The pattern generating member comprises a pattern light source and a projector arranged such that the pattern light source is operatively connected to the projector for projecting a light pattern. At least the projector of the pattern generating member is configured for being at least temporarily fixed to the cannula shaft portion of the cannula.
US11331109B2
A device (100) and method (1200) for autogenous bone grafting simultaneously cuts a cross-section of a bone (212), both longitudinally with a longitudinal cutting member (104), and transversely with a saw (140) during a bone drilling procedure to obtain a bone block (214) for repairing and rebuilding diseased bones. The device (100) is hand-controllable to selectively cut internally to the device (100), so as to cut captured bone (212) for internal bone harvesting. The device (100) also selectively cuts surrounding bone (212) outside the device (100) for external bone harvesting. The saw (140) is biased to stow in a wall space (120) when not in use, and rotate along a perpendicular plane (202) inwardly or outwardly for internal or external cutting of the bone (212), respectively. The saw (140) rotatably extends inwardly to support and carry the bone block (214) after a longitudinal section has been cut. The saw (140) rotatably extends outwardly from the device (100) to release the bone block (214) after the bone grafting procedure.
US11331107B2
An apparatus including a frame, where the frame includes a user handle, a motor receiving area, and a first aperture through the frame into the motor receiving area, where the motor receiving area is configured to removably receive a cannulated motor assembly therein; and a first seal located proximate the first aperture through the frame, where the first seal is configured to form a seal between the cannulated motor assembly and the frame when the cannulated motor assembly is in the motor receiving area.
US11331103B2
An example occlusive implant is disclosed. The example occlusive implant includes an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable framework includes a plurality of strut members circumferentially spaced around a longitudinal axis of the expandable framework, wherein one or more of the plurality of strut members includes a first twisted portion and a face portion. The occlusive implant also includes a plurality of fixation members disposed along the face portion of one or more of the plurality of strut members.
US11331100B2
A retainer system for use with staple cartridges configured for use with a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The retainer comprises a retainer body that is configured to be attached to the staple cartridge by retention features. The system includes a tool that moves the retention features between a first state wherein the retention features prevent the retainer from being attached to the staple cartridge to a second state where the retainer may be coupled to the staple cartridge by the retention features.
US11331093B2
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device including a flexible portion that is suited to access target anatomy. The flexibility of an elongate portion of the delivery device can be varied. Additionally, the delivery device can include structure that maintains the positioning of the delivery device in patient anatomy.
US11331083B2
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a high voltage power source; a transmission circuit to receive power from the high voltage power source, generate a pulse generating an ultrasound wave, and apply the ultrasound wave to a probe in the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; a power circuit to receive the power from the high voltage power source and charge a capacitor with electric energy when the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus operates in a shear wave mode, and supply, to the transmission circuit, shear wave mode power used for generating a shear wave, based on the electric energy; and a processor to control the power circuit to supply the shear wave mode power when the shear wave mode is in operation, and control the high voltage power source and the power circuit such that insufficient power of the shear wave mode power is supplied from the high voltage power source to the transmission circuit.
US11331077B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for controlling an ultrasound machine using one or more touchless inputs. In one embodiment, the method for controlling operation of the ultrasound machine comprises obtaining one or more touchless inputs; determining one or more operations to control the ultrasound machine based on the one or more touchless inputs and machine state of the ultrasound machine; and controlling the ultrasound machine using the one or more operations.
US11331076B2
A probe generates a shear wave inside a target tissue, and allows the sear wave to pass through regions of interest sending a tracking pulse to the regions of interest through which the shear wave passes. A receiving circuit and beam-forming unit receive echo information of the tracking pulse. A elasticity related result calculation unit calculates shear wave parameters according to the echo information of the tracking pulse, so as to obtain a corresponding elastic measurement result of the regions of interest and a corresponding relationship between the elastic measurement result and statistical variables and generates graphic marks.
US11331074B2
A method of imaging a vessel with a catheter includes positioning an imaging tip in a reinforced terminal section of an outer sheath of the catheter, inserting the catheter into a vessel, and performing near infrared spectroscopy of the vessel by retracting the imaging tip to a retracted position proximally spaced from the reinforced terminal section of the outer sheath, transmitting near infrared light from the imaging tip to the vessel wall via the outer sheath, and collecting near infrared light from the vessel wall at the imaging tip via the outer sheath. Transmitting and collecting may be performed after retracting the cable and while the imaging tip is rotated and translated proximally from the retracted position along the outer sheath. Ultrasound energy may be transmitted to the vessel from a transducer on the imaging tip and received from the vessel at the transducer.
US11331069B2
A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a replacement procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the replacement procedure. Force sensing is included to aid in quantifying installation of an implant, particularly a cup into a pelvic bone.
US11331061B2
Imaging methods, imaging apparatuses and image processing devices are provided. In one aspect, an imaging method includes: scanning a subject to obtain a photon-counting sequence output by a photon-counting detector of a photon-counting CT system; determining, by using a photon-counting model and the photon-counting sequence, a target material distribution parameter value of the subject, and performing imaging based on the target material distribution parameter value. The photon-counting model is created by at least one of a charge sharing model, an energy resolution model, or a pulse pileup model. The charge sharing model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by charge sharing. The energy resolution model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by energy resolution. The pulse pileup model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by pulse pileup.
US11331060B2
An extra-oral dental imaging apparatus can obtain a radiographic image of a portion of a head of a patient. Exemplary dental apparatus and/or method embodiments can position a subject for dental radiographic imaging by providing a bitable dental arch mounting apparatus to offset the antero-posterior plane of the dental imaging apparatus and the plane of symmetry of the dental arch mounting apparatus. In one embodiment, the offset can be provided by a tilted dental arch mounting apparatus (e.g., relative to the horizontal).
US11331049B2
A method and apparatus for the quantitative determination of an individual's risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) is described. Risk determination is accomplished and may have a sensitivity and specificity of greater than 95%, by generating linear and nonlinear mathematical digital ECG-constructed models from digital ECG-type data of an individual's digital ECG, determining stability/instability of digital ECG-constructed control model systems corresponding to the digital ECG-constructed models by a plurality of techniques and transforming stability/instability values obtained by the determining stability/instability into a quantitative value reflecting an individual's risk for SCD.
US11331048B2
Provided is a technique for comprehensively understanding the relationship between brain regions. A brain connectivity analysis system herein includes a memory configured to have stored therein a connectivity analysis program for analyzing the connectivity; and a processor configured to read the connectivity analysis program from the memory and analyze the connectivity. The processor is configured to execute a process of acquiring from a storage unit measured data on a plurality of selected regions of a brain, a process of determining at least two of the plurality of regions as seed regions and calculating a plurality of connectivity features for the seed regions and other regions from the measured data on the plurality of regions, and a process of generating a connectivity feature graph showing a relationship between a transfer delay time and another connectivity feature of each region that are included in the plurality of connectivity features.
US11331039B2
An image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image representing a three-dimensional shape of a surface of a human body, a spinal-column arrangement estimation-unit configured to estimate spinal-column arrangement of the human body using accumulated data, and an angle calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of a Cobb angle and a rotation angle from the estimated spinal-column arrangement are included.
US11331036B2
Systems, architectures, and methods of neurophysiological monitoring are described. In a particular example, an architecture may include a monitoring system and display system including two or more display devices. The monitoring system may manage the monitoring of some aspect of a patient's nervous system. A first display device is positioned adjacent the patient and viewable by a first user. A second display device is positioned apart from the patient and viewable by a second user and obscured from the first user. The first display device and the second display device may be used to display monitoring data collected by the monitoring system.
US11331033B2
Apparatus for monitoring activation in a heart comprises a probe 101, a plurality of electrodes 102 supported on the probe and extending over a detection area of the probe, the detection area being arranged to contact a detection region of the heart. Each of the electrodes 102 is arranged to detect electrical potential at a respective position in the heart during movement of a series of activation wave fronts across the detection region. A processor is arranged to analyse the detected electrical potentials to identify a propagation direction of at least one of the wave fronts, and to generate an output indicative of that direction.
US11331018B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to a sensor that includes an analyte-sensing dye and a reference dye. The analyte-sensing dye can be configured to emit an analyte-dependent optical signal in the presence of an analyte. Similarly stated, the intensity and/or duration of the analyte-dependent optical signal can be modulated by a quantity and/or concentration of the analyte in the environment of the sensor. The reference dye can be configured to emit an analyte-independent optical signal. The analyte-dependent optical signal and the analyte-independent optical signal have an analyte-dependent spectrum and an analyte-independent spectrum, respectfully. The analyte-dependent optical spectrum and the analyte-independent spectrum can be the same, substantially the same, and/or overlapping. The analyte-dependent optical signal can have a duration of lifetime that is shorter than a duration or lifetime of the analyte-independent optical signal.
US11331016B1
Robust estimation of a characteristic of a user's physiological signals can be achieved by filtering or classifying samples. Rather than estimating the characteristic of the user's physiological signals based on each sample at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, a robust system and method can, in some examples, estimate the characteristic using samples at the first wavelength and the second wavelength that meet one or more criteria and filter out samples that fail to meet the one or more criteria. In some examples, the system and method can weight samples based on the one or more criteria, and estimate the characteristic using the weighted samples. Samples failing to meet the one or more criteria can be given less weight or no weight in the estimation. The one or more criteria can include a criterion based on at least the physiological signal at a third wavelength.
US11331003B2
A method for contextually aware determination of respiration includes obtaining, by an electronic device, context information and selecting, by the electronic device, a set of sensor data associated with respiratory activity of a subject, based on the context information. The method further includes selecting, based on the selected set of sensor data, an algorithm from a plurality of algorithms for determining a respiration rate of the subject, and determining, by applying the selected algorithm to the selected set of sensor data associated with respiratory activity of the subject, the respiration rate for the subject.
US11331000B2
A method of operating a localization array. The method includes providing the localization array in substantially an optimal position. The method also includes maintaining the localization array at substantially the optimal position by controlling movement of the localization array.
US11330996B2
As placement of a physiological monitoring sensor is typically at a sensor site located at an extremity of the body, the state of microcirculation, such as whether vessels are blocked or open, can have a significant effect on the readings at the sensor site. It is therefore desirable to provide a patient monitor and/or physiological monitoring sensor capable of distinguishing the microcirculation state of blood vessels. In some embodiments, the patient monitor and/or sensor provide a warning and/or compensates a measurement based on the microcirculation state. In some embodiments, a microcirculation determination process implementable by the patient monitor and/or sensor is used to determine the state of microcirculation of the patient.
US11330987B2
An implantable vital sign sensor including a housing including a first portion, the first portion defining a first open end, a second open end opposite the first end, and a lumen there through, the first portion being sized to be implanted substantially entirely within the blood vessel wall of the patient. A sensor module configured to measure a blood vessel blood pressure waveform is included, the sensor module having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion being insertable within the lumen and the proximal portion extending outward from the first open end.
US11330977B2
Systems and methods for assessing the visual acuity of person using a computerized consumer device are described. The approach involves determining a separation distance between a human user and the consumer device based on an image size of a physical feature of the user, instructing the user to adjust the separation between the user and the consumer device until a predetermined separation distance range is achieved, presenting a visual acuity test to the user including displaying predetermined optotypes for identification by the user, recording the user's spoken identifications of the predetermined optotypes and providing real-time feedback to the user of detection of the spoken indications by the consumer device, carrying out voice recognition on the spoken identifications to generate corresponding converted text, comparing recognized words of the converted text to permissible words corresponding to the predetermined optotypes, determining a score based on the comparison, and determining whether the person passed the visual acuity test.
US11330975B2
The present technology relates generally to devices and methods for intravascular evaluation of blood vessels. Many embodiments of the technology relate to the intravascular evaluation of blood vessels before, during and after creation of autologous valves. In one embodiment, for example, the present technology is directed to a method comprising intravascularly delivering a delivery catheter to a target location adjacent a vessel wall and engaging the vessel wall along a portion of the delivery catheter. The method can further include determining the location of a first circumferential periphery of a dissection pouch formed within the vessel wall, determining the location of a second circumferential periphery of the dissection pouch, and determining an angular width of the dissection pouch based on the location of the first circumferential periphery and the second circumferential periphery.
US11330972B2
An oblique-viewing endoscope includes: an endoscope axis that is a longitudinal direction of an endoscope distal end portion; an optical axis of a lens, the optical axis being an observing direction, the endoscope axis and the optical axis being disposed to form a predetermined inclination angle with respect to each other; a rectangular semiconductor package including an imaging sensor configured to convert an optical image formed by the lens to an image signal, and a terminal formed on a back face of the semiconductor package; and a rigid substrate including a semiconductor package mounting area in which the semiconductor package is mounted, an electronic component mounting area in which an electronic component is mounted, and a cable mounting area in which a cable is mounted.
US11330964B2
A tube like member having a first flexible portion comprising a first and a second circumferential slits, the first circumferential slit is arranged opposite to the second circumferential slit and comprises a first end and a second end, the second circumferential slit comprises a third end and a fourth end, wherein the first end and the third end are arranged such that a first bridge is provided between said first and second circumferential slits characterized in that the first flexible portion comprises a first longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member and a second longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member, wherein the first circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the first longitudinal slit, wherein the second circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the second longitudinal slit, the first longitudinal slit and second longitudinal slit being arranged to define longitudinal sides of the first bridge.
US11330947B2
A cyclone type dust collector includes a first cyclone comprising a first cyclone body configured to induce a cyclonic flow of air around a first flow axis extending in a vertical direction, a first air inlet formed in the first cyclone body, a first dust outlet formed in the first cyclone body, and a first air outlet formed in the first cyclone body; and a first dust container configured to communicate with the first dust outlet and collect dust separated from the air, wherein at least a part of the first cyclone body is horizontally adjacent to the first dust container in a first horizontal direction that intersects with the first flow axis.
US11330936B2
A covering member intended to be connected to a mini-oven, includes one or more connectors. The covering member is constructed and arranged to form at least a portion of the mini-oven door or to be placed between the cooking cavity and the mini-oven door when the door is closed, so as to limit access to the cooking cavity through the opening of the mini-oven. The covering member may reduce the quantity of heat energy lost from the cooking cavity when the mini-oven door is open, such that it improves the performance of the mini-oven and reduces cooking times.
US11330915B2
A frame is configured to rest on a support surface and an infant-receiving receptacle is supported above the support surface by the frame. The infant-receiving receptacle includes a bottom/floor panel forming a bed for the child to sleep upon and a peripheral sidewall surrounding the bottom panel and extending between the bottom panel and the frame. The bassinet includes a depth-adjustment mechanism that enables a caregiver to selectively adjust the depth of the infant-receiving receptacle by raising or lowering the bottom panel of the infant-receiving receptacle. Various embodiments can also include wheels, rollers, or other mechanisms for rolling, sliding, or gliding the bassinet across the support surface. Some embodiments include a height-adjustment mechanism, downward-recessed front wall, longitudinal-axis folding canopy, inverted-eggcrate bed pad, and/or base-positioned foot rest.
US11330901B2
A flat packaged support and table which can be assembled using through screw fasteners and interlocking structures to create a table and/or a support from flat stock such as plywood. The table when disassembled packs into a container which is less than 3 inches thick.
US11330892B2
The present invention provides a backpack structure for easily loading a large item having column shape or “T”-shape that cannot be put into a storage space of a backpack. The backpack (500) includes a first backpack member (510) provided on both sides thereof with shoulder straps 530, a second backpack member (520) configured onto a rear surface of the first backpack member, an auxiliary loading portion (540) configured to fix the bottom surfaces of the first backpack member and the second backpack member to each other to enable the first backpack member and the second backpack member to be unfolded in opposite directions, and configured to be exposed outward from the first backpack member and the second backpack member, and a buckle (550) for coupling both side portions of the first backpack member (510) and the second backpack member (520) to each other, wherein the auxiliary loading portion 540 includes a spacing adjusting device capable of adjusting a spacing according to the item loaded between the first backpack member and the second backpack member.
US11330884B2
An air-moving appliance includes a body extending about an axis. The body includes an inner wall and an outer wall spaced radially outward from the inner wall. The inner wall and the outer wall define a cavity therebetween. The inner wall defines a central passage. The air-moving appliance also includes an inlet and an outlet. The air-moving appliance further includes an attachment configured to selectively connect to the body in flow communication with the outlet. The attachment includes a connector configured to extend into the central passage defined by the inner wall of the body and an attachment inlet configured to receive the airflow that exits the cavity of the body through the outlet. The attachment inlet is circumferentially disposed about the axis and the central passage defined by the inner wall of the body when the attachment is connected to the body.
US11330878B2
A segmented duffle bag with a single continuous strap. A cylindrical duffle bag with two segments secured together with diametrically opposed longitudinal zippers. A multi-segmented duffle bag with two semi-cylindrical segments secured together with longitudinal zippers and each semi-cylindrical segment having quarter sections secured together with an annular zipper. The single continuous strap functions as a hand grip or a shoulder strap and maintains the connectivity of the duffle bag segments even when separated.
US11330875B1
The present disclosed subject matter relates to a snap charm comprising a detachable stud and a detachable charm, with a stud head being formed of eight arms extending from the stud body in the shape of an eight-pointed star, the stud and charm each having a connecting means which matingly engage and allow for the anchoring of a variety of charms to objects such as a bracelet, flip-flop, sandal strap, or a strap for a backpack.
US11330873B2
A clip-on belt buckle, including a buckle part and a connecting part. A fixed end of a belt is fixedly connected to the connecting part. The buckle part includes a buckle body, a first clamp plate and a second clamp plate. An upper end and a lower end of the buckle body are provided with an oblique hole, respectively. An upper part and a lower part of a back of the buckle body are provided with a sliding groove, respectively. Centers of an upper end and a lower end of the first plate are provided with an elongated hole along a front-and-back direction, respectively. A vertical shaft is provided at a middle of the second plate. Two ends of the vertical shaft extend through the elongated holes, and then extend through the oblique holes. A movable end of the belt is inserted between the first plate and the second plate.
US11330869B2
The present disclosure relates generally to traction devices for footwear. In some embodiments, cleats are provided that are operable to provide preexisting articles of footwear with enhanced grip, traction and performance. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure comprise a threaded male extension for interfacing with a preexisting shoe sole and at least one projecting gripping element for contacting or extending toward a ground surface.
US11330868B2
A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and first and second sides, the shoe including a sole, an upper and a closing mechanism extending from a top portion of the upper down along the first side of the shoe and then horizontally between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, around the second side and around the heel portion.
US11330866B2
An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes that may move substantially independently of other nodes. The ribbon structure can provide strength along one of the directions and may simultaneously remain slack in the other direction.
US11330864B2
A shoe including a pliable layer conformably peelably adhered in generally matched engagement with the outsole periphery of the ground engageable surface of the outsole of the shoe.
US11330862B2
Device suitable for being integrated in footwears soles, acting as cushioning, energy dissipation and stabilization means, including: a cushioning element made of a first material having a viscoelastic behavior; a conditioning element positioned under the cushioning element and made of a second material having a viscoelastic behavior; and a containing element positioned above the cushioning element and covering also the conditioning element. The cushioning element having first empty regions that are first through holes and second through holes and channels to pushing out the air when the device is subjected to a compression load.
US11330860B2
A spring for a spring shoe, the spring including a conical disk, the conical disk having a flexible flange around the perimeter of the conical disk. A spring comprising a conical disk and a ring spring around the conical disk, the ring spring being movable up and down relative to the conical disk to adjust the spring force of the spring. A threaded engagement between the ring spring and the conical disk so that rotation of the conical disk moves the ring spring up or down relative to the conical disk. A damper ring around the perimeter of the conical disk to resist the expansion of the circumference of the conical disk. An eccentric ring or cam to adjust the position of the apex of the conical disk relative to an insole by rotating the eccentric ring or cam. An asymmetric conical disk to adjust the position of the apex of the conical disk by rotating the conical disk. A damper for a spring shoe comprising a flexible container containing a material with little or no propensity to return to its original shape. A spring array for a spring shoe, the springs of the spring array having a reducing force resisting compression over at least a portion of the spring range of travel as the spring compresses, and there being a damper associated with the array to oppose compression of the array towards maximum compression.
US11330850B2
A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.
US11330841B2
A personal vaporizer is configured to be used with a separately-formed vial. The vial can be sandwiched between a proximal and distal portion of the vaporizer, which in turn can be releasably attached to, and powered by, a battery assembly. Attaching the proximal and distal portions, with the vial in place, can both hold the vial in place and provide access to the vial so that vaporizing media within the vial can flow to an atomizer of the vaporizer. The vaporizer can include a child-proof locking structure for releasably engaging the proximal and distal portions.
US11330820B2
Pesticidal mixtures including a pesticidally active compound I selected from: a) compound a) of formula (I). b) compound b) of formula (Ia), c) mixtures comprising compounds a) and b), and at least one further pesticidal active ingredient are disclosed. Methods and use of these mixtures for combating and controlling insects, acarids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests are disclosed.
US11330809B2
A spinning reel includes a spool shaft, a handle, a pinion gear, a first intermediate gear, a second intermediate gear, and a reciprocating mechanism. The first intermediate gear is rotatably disposed around a first shaft parallel to the spool shaft. The first intermediate gear includes a first large-diameter gear which meshes with the pinion gear and a first small-diameter gear which integrally rotates with the first large-diameter gear. The second intermediate gear is rotatably disposed around a second shaft parallel to the first shaft. The second intermediate gear includes a second large-diameter gear which meshes with the first small-diameter gear and a second small-diameter gear which integrally rotates with the second large-diameter gear. The reciprocating mechanism includes a driven gear which meshes with the second small-diameter gear and reciprocates the spool shaft in the front-rear direction.
US11330801B2
A device for collecting urine from a mammal including a base removably disposed in an operative position overlying at least an under portion of the mammal. An access opening is formed in the base in urine receiving relation to the mammal, when in the operative position. A receptacle, is removably connected to said base, in the urine receiving relation to the mammal, via said access opening and a closure, integrated in said receptacle, is disposable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, for receiving and retaining collected urine within an interior of the receptacle. The base may also include a retaining aperture disposed and structured to receive and retain a tale of the mammal therein, concurrent to said operative position.
US11330798B2
Disclosed herein is an RFID tag insertion cartridge comprising a hollow needle in which an RFID tag is disposed. The cartridge comprises an optional housing in the form of a shell that is shown transparently. The cartridge comprises a carriage that is movably mounted and to which the hollow needle is attached for withdrawing the needle. Also disclosed herein is a RFID tag insertion tool.
US11330788B2
The present invention relates to a Capsicum annuum seed designated 35-1145 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to Tobamovirus (TMV) pathotypes P0 and P1, resistance to Tobamovirus (PMMoV) pathotype P (1-2) and pathotype P (1-2-3), a medium to tall plant height, a medium time of fruit maturity, and blocky fruits with light yellow mature fruit color. The present invention also relates to a Capsicum annuum plant produced by growing the 35-1145 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the pepper cultivar, represented by hybrid pepper variety 35-1145 RZ.
US11330784B2
A soybean cultivar designated 95322700 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95322700, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95322700, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95322700, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95322700. 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 95322700. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95322700, 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 95322700 with another soybean cultivar.
US11330779B1
A novel sorghum variety designated XS7311 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety XS7311 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety XS7311, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety XS7311 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety XS7311 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation of one or both inbred parents. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.
US11330775B2
Method of sequestration of carbon dioxide characterized in that it comprises: a step of production of at least one macrophyte plant species floating on an expanse of fresh water in order to form a raft of plant biomass; a step of transportation of said raft of plant biomass from said expanse of fresh water to a sea; a step of dispersal and decomposition of said raft of plant biomass on an expanse of said sea; at least one of said step of production, said step of transportation and said step of dispersal and decomposition being carried out with human assistance.
US11330765B2
A grain spreader wherein grain received in the hopper is directed to spreader arms by a spreader cone. The spreader cone has a convergent cone and a divergent cone. The spreader cone has a center opening that allows a first portion of the grain collecting in the convergent cone to pass through and fall through the underside of the divergent cone. The grain spreader further includes support springs that lift the spreader cone upwards into the hopper when the spreader cone is lightly loaded. A center flow choke is configured to throttle the flow of grain through the center opening to partially close the center opening in low grain flow conditions, wherein the center flow choke is mounted to the hopper body such that up and down movement of the spreader cone moves the center opening into or out of engagement with the center flow choke.
US11330764B2
A threshing device with two-way pull wires and adjustable threshing clearance includes a tensioning mechanism, and several grid bars in clearance fit with side plates, wherein the tensioning mechanism is mounted on the several grid bars so that the grid bars can move in radial and tangential directions in the clearance; the tensioning mechanism includes a tangential tensioning device and a radial tensioning device, wherein the radial tensioning device is mounted in the radial direction of any one of the grid bars, so that the grid bars can move in the radial direction in the clearance; the tangential tensioning device is mounted in series in the tangential direction of the grid bars, so that the grid bars can move in the tangential direction in the clearance. Further disclosed is a combined harvester, which includes the threshing device with two-way pull wires and adjustable threshing clearance.
US11330760B2
A hydraulic system for an air cart includes a primary hydraulic assembly and a secondary hydraulic assembly. The hydraulic system also includes a first valve configured to block a flow of a hydraulic fluid flowing in a first direction from the primary hydraulic assembly and a second valve configured to block a flow of the hydraulic fluid flowing in a second direction from the secondary hydraulic assembly.
US11330754B2
A system for assessing the performance of an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field such that the ground engaging tool creates a field material cloud aft of the ground engaging tool in a direction of travel of the agricultural implement. The system may further include a sensor configured to detect a cloud characteristic of the field material cloud and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor data received from the sensor and assess the agricultural operation being performed based at least in part on the cloud characteristic.
US11330752B2
A jump arm assembly for a tilling machine includes a jump arm and a disc hub assembly. The jump arm has a first end coupled to a frame unit of the tilling machine and a second end opposite the first end. The disc hub assembly includes a an arm end configured to be fixedly secured to the second end of the jump arm, and an opposing disc end. A first plane defined by the arm end of the disc hub assembly is arranged in non-parallel relation with respect to a second plane defined by the disc end of the disc hub assembly.
US11337344B2
A shielding member includes a frame body and an outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the frame body respectively include a first shaft portion. Two sides of the frame body respectively include a first side plate. The frame body is covered by the outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the outer cover respectively include a second shaft portion, and each of the second shaft portions is pivotally connected to the corresponding first shaft portion. Two sides of the outer cover respectively include a second side plate, and each of the second side plates covers an outer side of the corresponding first side plate. Accordingly, the frame body and the outer cover are assembled to form a one-piece metallic shielding member. The structure of the shielding member is simple, the manufacturing for the shielding member is easy, and the cost for manufacturing the shielding member is reduced.
US11337342B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a frame positioned behind the display panel, a PCB coupled to the frame and including a heating element, and a vapor chamber including an internal space for fluid to flow, wherein the vapor chamber includes a heat-absorbing part in contact with the heating element, a heat-releasing part positioned above the heat-absorbing part and spaced apart from the PCB, and a plurality of lines formed at an outer side of the vapor chamber, wherein the plurality of lines extend in a first direction corresponding to an axis that connects a center of the heat-absorbing part to a center of the heat-releasing part.
US11337339B2
This disclosure describes systems for arranging racks within a data center for a smaller and/or more flexible footprint, more efficient and/or resilient cooling, and/or easier installation. In some examples, this disclosure describes a data center rack system that includes an aisle and a plurality of rack stations adjacent to the aisle. The aisle includes an aisle guidance track defining an aisle axis. Each rack station of the plurality of rack stations includes a station guidance track defining a station axis. The station guidance track is configured to receive a rack from the aisle guidance track and position the rack in the respective rack station at a rack angle formed between the aisle axis and the station axis that is less than 90 degrees.
US11337337B2
A dissipating device applied to an electronic device and configured to absorb the heat source generated by the electronic device. A thermal conductive fluid is filled in the dissipating device of the present disclosure. The thermal conductive fluid is a mixture of two immiscible fluid mediums. When the thermal conductive fluid contacts the heat source of the electronic device, the thermal conductive fluid will continuously undergo a phase transition cycle to speed up the heat dissipation effect of the dissipating device on the electronic device and achieve an excellent heat dissipation effect.
US11337328B2
The invention relates to a power module (4) for a medium or high voltage converter (1), preferably a modular multilevel converter, comprising at least one power semiconductor module (7), preferably an IGBT assembly, at least one energy storage module (9), preferably a capacitor module, at least one cooling device (14), wherein the cooling device (14) is formed as a cooling plate (17) that can be run through by a coolant, in particular flown through by a cooling liquid, and the at least one power semiconductor module (7) and/or the at least one energy storage module (9) are arranged on an upper side (18) and/or bottom side (19) of the cooling plate (17), and wherein the at least the power semiconductor module (7) is connected with the cooling plate (17) in a thermally conductive manner, and wherein the cooling plate (17) is provided for load-bearing support on a rack (2) of an assigned receiving space (3) of the medium or high voltage converter (1) and comprises support surfaces (16) projecting laterally in the transverse direction (11) with respect to at least one energy storage width (21) of the energy storage module (9).
US11337319B2
A latch structure includes a moving member, a nut and a screw. The moving member includes a base plate, a receiving portion and a limiting portion. The receiving portion has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is connected to the base plate. The limiting portion is disposed at the second end portion of the receiving portion. The nut is fixed into the receiving portion and positioned proximate to the first end portion. The screw is received in the receiving portion and confined to between the limiting portion and the nut.
US11337315B2
A surface treated copper foil 1 includes a copper foil 2, and a first surface treatment layer 3 formed on one surface of the copper foil 2. The first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1 has L* of a CIE L*a*b* color space of 44.0 to 84.0. A copper clad laminate 10 includes the surface treated copper foil 1 and an insulating substrate 11 adhered to a surface of the surface treated copper foil 1 opposite to the first surface treatment layer 3.
US11337314B2
A surface treated copper foil 1 includes a copper foil 2, and a first surface treatment layer 3 formed on one surface of the copper foil 2. The first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1 has a root mean square gradient of roughness curve elements RΔq according to JIS B0601:2013 of 5 to 28°. A copper clad laminate 10 includes the surface treated copper foil 1 and an insulating substrate 11 adhered to the first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1.
US11337313B2
In general, the present invention relates to electrically conducting, polymer coated wires that are in electric contact with, as well as touching, electrically conducting substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to a connection unit for achieving the aforementioned electric connection and touching, as well as a method for producing said connection unit. The present invention also relates to a use for such a connection unit.
US11337312B2
Systems and methods for bonding an electronic component to substrate with a rough surface. The method comprising: disposing an insulating adhesive on the substrate; applying heat and pressure to the insulating adhesive to cause the adhesive to flow into at least one opening formed in the substrate; curing the insulating adhesive to form a pad that is at least partially embedded in the substrate and comprises a planar smooth surface that is exposed; disposing at least one trace on the planar smooth surface of the pad; depositing an anisotropic conductive material on the pad so as to at least cover the at least one trace; placing the electronic component on the pad so that an electrical coupling is formed between the electronic component and the at least one trace; and bonding the electronic component to the substrate by curing the anisotropic conductive material.
US11337311B2
A transparency includes a substrate having a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a peripheral edge extending therebetween. The transparency also includes a conductive coating covering a portion of the first surface. The conductive coating includes a first region having a first power density and a second region having a second power density different from the first power density.
US11337305B1
A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer including an insulating resin and first fillers dispersed in the insulating resin; and a wiring layer disposed on the insulating layer. The first filler includes a core, and a shell coated on a surface of the core, and the shell has a dielectric constant higher than that of the core.
US11337302B2
A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer, a wire embedded in the insulating layer, and an alignment mark electrically independent from the wire and disposed in the insulating layer so as to allow a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the alignment mark to be exposed from the insulating layer. A peripheral portion of the alignment mark consists of only the insulating layer and has a thickness of 30 μm or less.
US11337292B1
A tin trap device may include a housing including a gas inlet port into which gas containing tin flows from a chamber device, an internal space which communicates with the gas inlet port, and a gas exhaust port which exhausts the gas while communicating with the internal space; a multiple tube including a plurality of tube members, arranged on a flow path of the gas traveling to the gas exhaust port from the gas inlet port through the internal space, and having a temperature at which the tin deposited from the gas adheres to the tube member; and a gas travel direction changing member configured to change a travel direction of at least fastest gas of the gas traveling from the gas inlet port to the multiple tube.
US11337278B2
An electrical heating cable with a first power supply conductor, a second power supply conductor, and a third power supply conductor. Each of the first, second and third power supply conductors extend along a length of the cable. The electrical heating cable also includes an electrically conductive heating element body, wherein the first, second and third power supply conductors are electrically coupled to each other via the electrically conductive heating element body. The second power supply conductor is provided with a layer of electrically insulating material which covers only a part of a surface of the second power supply conductor. The layer is provided between the surface of the second power supply conductor and the electrically conductive heating element body.
US11337265B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit an indication of a type of a beam failure recovery request. A wireless device may detect a beam failure and transmit a beam failure recovery requested based on the type.
US11337264B2
This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, control information sent by a first network device, where the control information is used to indicate information about a second network device, the second network device and the first network device use different radio access technologies, the terminal device camps on a cell of the first network device, and a cell of the second network device does not support camping of the terminal device or does not support initial access of the terminal device; and displaying, by the terminal device, a first sign based on the control information, where the first sign is a sign corresponding to a radio access technology used by the second network device.
US11337262B2
A method of establishing bearers for a device in a wireless communication network, including collecting for the device data over a period of time from communication sessions the device participates in, at least some of the communication sessions being supported by a default bearer and a dedicated bearer; calculating from the collected data a likelihood a dedicated bearer will be established for the device at one or more different times values, and predicting the dedicated bearer will be established for the device at a time value if the likelihood of establishment at that time value exceeds a specified threshold; and initiating establishment of the dedicated bearer to establish the dedicated bearer for the predicted time value.
US11337261B2
The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing system which enable setting for establishing connection to a wireless LAN in a simple manner. The present technology includes a user interface that receives a user input concerning connection setting of a second communication path of another information processing device, a communication section that exchanges a command with the other information processing device via a predetermined server by using a first communication path, on the basis of the user input, and a processing section that processes the command. The command includes information that is necessary for the other information processing device to establish the second communication path. The present technology is applicable to an information processing device that performs setting for an IoT (Internet of Things) terminal, for example.
US11337252B2
Methods and apparatus for acquiring system information by receiving, from a base station, information carrying direct or indirect associations between preamble sequences and system information blocks (SIBs); selecting a corresponding preamble sequence based on one or a plurality of required SIBs and the received associations by at least one of: selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the greatest number of required SIBs; selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the fewest number of not-required SIBs; selecting one or a plurality of preamble sequences associated with the one or plurality of required SIBs having the fewest total number; and selecting, according to a priority of the one or plurality of required SIBs, different preamble sequences respectively associated with required SIBs of different priorities; and transmitting the selected preamble sequences to the base station.
US11337247B2
Provided are a terminal, a base station and a signal transmission control method whereby a response signal can be efficiently transmitted when the terminal receives downstream allocation control information via an R-PDCCH. An extraction unit receives downstream control information via one of a first downstream control channel, which is transmitted by use of one or more control channel elements (CCE) associated with an upstream control channel resource, and a second downstream control channel different from the first downstream control channel, and also receives data via a data channel. A control unit selects, from resources associated with CCE and from particular resources reported by a base station, an upstream control channel resource to be used in transmission of the response signal, and controls the transmission of the response signal.
US11337245B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for discontinuous transmission and/or discontinuous reception in time division duplex (TDD) systems that may have data transmission formats dynamically reconfigured. An initial uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration for TDD communication between an eNB and user equipment (UE) may be established. This initial UL-DL configuration may be reconfigured to a different UL-DL configuration for one or more UEs in communication with the eNB. When a UE switches to discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, it may monitor control information from the eNB during DRX on periods, a frequency of the DRX on periods based on a reference UL-DL configuration irrespective of any reconfiguration of UL-DL configuration for a particular UE. In some aspects, a UE that is operating in a UL-DL reconfiguration mode may, upon entering DRX mode, autonomously discontinue operating in the UL-DL reconfiguration mode.
US11337243B2
Embodiments of the application provide a communication method in a wireless communication network. A device of the network determines K bits being used for indicating a resource index of a scheduling resource in downlink control information (DCI), wherein the K bits being used for indicating a resource set or a resource type or a channel format, that is corresponding to the scheduling resource, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 0, then the device determines the resource index indicated by K bits based on the K bits, and determines a scheduling resource from at least one available resource according to the determined resource index.
US11337242B2
A signal assignment unit (105) assigns a downlink control signal including resource assignment information of a PDSCH to a downlink resource. A specification unit (108) specifies a PUCCH resource using an offset value set to either a first PRB set or a second PRB set when the downlink control signal is disposed to spread over the first PRB set and the second PRB set. A signal separation unit (109) separates an ACK/NACK signal included in the specified PUCCH resource from a received signal from a terminal to which the downlink control signal has been transmitted.
US11337233B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first transmission, wherein the first transmission includes information identifying a window, and wherein the UE is to transmit at least part of a second transmission in the window; and transmit at least part of the second transmission in the window. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11337216B2
There is provided a wireless communication apparatus that is able to perform a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication, the second wireless communication having power consumption lower than that of the first wireless communication. The wireless communication apparatus receives, from another wireless communication apparatus through the second wireless communication, information indicating a channel which the another wireless communication apparatus is able to use in the first wireless communication, selects a communication parameter to be provided to the another wireless communication apparatus based on the received information, the communication parameter being required by the another wireless communication apparatus to connect to an apparatus that forms a network in which the first wireless communication occurs; and transmits the selected communication parameter the another wireless communication apparatus through the first wireless communication.
US11337211B2
An operation request generating method, including a generation device generates a first operation request that requests to perform an operation on a first packet, where the first operation request includes first assignment content and information used to indicate a first assignment location, the first assignment location is a location in the first packet, the first assignment content is data used to assign a value to the first assignment location, and the information used to indicate the first assignment location includes an identifier of a type of a first packet header, a first offset, and a first length, where the first packet header is a packet header in the first packet, and the first offset is an offset relative to a start location of the first packet header, and the generation device sends the first operation request to a description device or a receiving device.
US11337210B2
A communications device configured to communicate in a wireless system having a wireless access interface providing communications resources arranged in time divided units of a host radio access technology, RAT, frequency bandwidth, the time divided units and the host RAT interface frequency bandwidth being arranged into one or more virtual RAT interfaces. The communications device configured to receive the signals transmitted via one of the virtual RAT interfaces in accordance with different communications parameters from the host RAT interface providing different characteristics for communicating data represented by the signals with respect to a characteristic of signals transmitted according to communications parameters in the communications resources of the host RAT interface.
US11337207B2
A wireless device generates a first transport block (TB) in response to receiving a first downlink control information (DCI). The first DCI indicates: a hybrid retransmission request (HARQ) identifier; and a new data identifier (NDI). In response to not detecting a second DCI during a validation duration: the first DCI is invalidated; and transmission of the first TB is dropped. In response to receiving a third DCI indicating a same value of the HARQ identifier, uplink signals are transmitted. The uplink signals comprise, based on the NDI, one of: an adaptive-retransmission of the first TB; or a new transmission of a second TB.
US11337205B2
Methods and apparatuses for determining numerology bandwidth in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment receives information for a numerology. The information comprises a frequency location and a bandwidth. The UE derives a resource allocation for the numerology based on the frequency location and the bandwidth.
US11337196B2
A communication apparatus has a receiver and a decoder. The receiver receives a control signal including first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and receives decoding area information that indicates whether the extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) should be decoded for each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses. The decoder decodes each of a plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area or decodes each of the plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area and each of the plurality of second mapping candidates in the extended PDCCH. A number of the second mapping candidates included in the user-specific search space equals to or is more than a number of the first mapping candidates included in the common search space.
US11337190B2
A method for transmitting an uplink signal in multiple serving cells in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by a terminal and may comprise the steps of: receiving a configuration of whether to activate an operation of repeating or segmenting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in at least one secondary serving cell; and repeating or segmenting and transmitting a PUCCH in the at least one secondary serving cell according to the received configuration, wherein the configuration comprises information on the secondary serving cell and/or a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the repetition or segmentation operation is to be performed.
US11337186B2
A method is provided for when an allocation area of data indicated by control information overlaps a subsequent control information area occurring after a control information area is pre-configured by a higher layer signal or system information. A terminal may omit or partially perform a blind search for the subsequent control information area overlapping a data area. Additionally, a terminal may receive data based on an assumption that a data area has been mapped to the subsequent control information area, or a terminal may receive data based on an assumption that a data area has not been mapped to the subsequent control information area. Thus, the terminal may adaptively adjust a configuration area for a data area and prevent blind decoding to further reduce power consumption.
US11337184B2
An operation method of a management node in a vehicle network is provided. The method includes receiving a reservation request for transmission of a data stream from a first communication node and identifying a bandwidth required for transmitting the data stream. A path for transmitting the data stream is calculated based on the identified bandwidth and time sensitive networking (TSN) profile information. Configuration modes of one or more relay nodes in the path are changed and a response to the reservation request is transmitted to the first communication node.
US11337181B2
A cell2 configured by only a DL CC2 being a resource for downlink is configured. The cell2 does not include a resource for uplink, that is, a UL CC to be associated with the DL CC2 by a DL/UL link. The link information indicating the above is notified a communication terminal device by a base station device using the DL CC2. A DL CC1 and a UL CC constitute a cell1. The downlink communication from the base station device to the communication terminal device is performed using the cell1 and the cell2, and the uplink communication from the communication terminal device to the base station device is performed using the cell1.
US11337180B2
The present disclosure relates to channel transmission methods, base stations, and terminal devices. One example method includes receiving a first channel from a network device, determining a frame structure used between the network device and a terminal device according to relationship between a transmission parameter set of the first channel and the frame structure, and communicating with the network device according to the frame structure.
US11337179B2
A relay node receives a data block containing multiplexed data streams intended for multiple user equipment (UE) devices being served by the relay node. The relay node extracts the data streams from the data block and allocates them each to a separate narrowband channel that is associated with a particular UE device. The relay node repeatedly transmits the narrowband channels to the UE devices in a broadcast transmission that is transmitted for a predetermined number of repetitions. Each UE device decodes their own respective narrowband channel to obtain the data stream intended for the UE device associated with a particular narrowband channel. A feedback mechanism is utilized by the relay node to determine whether to retransmit a data packet or a new data packet in subsequent broadcast transmissions.
US11337173B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for selecting from a plurality of beams. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of beam data, and performing frequency sampling on each of the plurality of beam data; obtaining a plurality of beam frequency correlation coefficients based on frequency sampling data of each of the plurality of beam data, in which a beam frequency correlation coefficient is configured to indicate a similarity between one in the plurality of beam data and another one in the plurality of beam data; obtaining a beam frequency correlation coefficient sum corresponding to each of the plurality of beam data based on the plurality of beam frequency correlation coefficients; and selecting beam data having the beam frequency correlation coefficient sum satisfying a preset correlation coefficient requirement in the plurality of beam data as target beam data.
US11337169B2
One disclosure of this specification provides a method for receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) by a user equipment (UE). The method may include: determining frequency locations of multiple SSBs; and receiving at least one SSB among the multiple SSBs. The multiple SSBs may be configured to be arranged spaced apart from each other by a predetermined offset. The at least one SSB may be located at an interval of 1.2 MHz on a frequency axis.
US11337153B2
A method of wireless communication between a transponder and a terminal includes a step, implemented by the transponder, of counting a number of error signals transmitted by the terminal.
US11337146B2
An information handling system may include a processor, a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to provide out-of-band management facilities for the management of the information handling system, the management controller further configured to generate a unique identifier associated with the information handling system and a network interface communicatively coupled to the processor and the management controller and configured to encapsulate the unique identifier in a datagram for wireless communication to a wireless docking station and broadcast the datagram. The management controller may be further configured to, in response to receiving a response datagram from the wireless docking station, wake the information handling system.
US11337138B2
A radio communication apparatus according to a first embodiment comprises a controller. The controller is configured to specify a first time period in which communication with a network is restricted, and perform control in the first time period to restrict the communication with the network.
US11337120B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for a beam-aware handover procedure for multi-beam access systems. A source base station may determine that a handover request is to be sent to a target base station in preparation for handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source base station to the target base station, and transmit the handover request to the target base station with an indication of whether the handover is to be delayed. Alternatively or in addition to, either the target base station or the source base station may generate and transmit a time expiration indicator. The indication of whether the handover is to be delayed or the time expiration indicator may allow either the target base station or the UE to determine whether access parameters for the UE are valid.
US11337114B2
A method and transition device for enabling communication of data between a remote radio unit and a central baseband unit in a wireless network. When detecting a first interface configuration used by the remote radio unit and a second interface configuration used by the baseband unit, the transition device configures interface functions, based on the first and second interface configurations. The interface functions are selected from a set of predefined interface functions associated with different interface configurations. The transition device then establishes a data flow between the remote radio unit and the central baseband unit over the transition device, and performs conversion between the first interface configuration and the second interface configuration for data communicated in the data flow, using the selected interface functions.
US11337111B2
A method of assembling segments and a receiving end are provided. The method includes: determining, in the case that the receiving end receives a target data packet at a RLC layer, whether the target data packet is a segment of a RLC data packet based on a header of the target data packet; arranging the segment of the RLC data packet received by the receiving end, in the case that the target data packet is the segment of the RLC data packet; assembling, in the case that the receiving end receives all segments of the RLC data packet, all segments of the RLC data packet to obtain the RLC data packet; and delivering the RLC data packet to a PDCP layer.
US11337110B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless receiver may receive, from a radio bearer configured to use header compression and at a lower layer of the wireless receiver, a plurality of packets based at least in part on the header compression, wherein the lower layer receives the plurality of packets in an out-of-order sequence. The wireless receiver may deliver, from the lower layer of the wireless receiver to a higher layer of the wireless receiver, the plurality of packets, after header decompression according to the out-of-order sequence, based at least in part on at least one threshold. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11337099B2
A beam measurement and reporting method, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: configuring measurement parameters and report parameters for one or more target beam groups, wherein, the measurement parameters include reference signal resources, reference signal resources corresponding to different target beam groups are different, reference signal resources for beams of at least two TRPs in the one or more target beam groups are same; transmitting the measurement parameters and the report parameters to a mobile terminal; controlling beams of the one or more target beam groups to transmit reference signals on reference signal resources corresponding to the beams, wherein the reference signals are used by the mobile terminal to perform beam measurement; receiving a measurement report including measurement results reported by the mobile terminal based on the report parameters.
US11337098B2
Techniques for channel state information (CSI) reporting are discussed. One example apparatus at a user equipment can derive, for one or more subframes of a license assisted access (LAA) secondary cell (SCell), one or more channel measurements based on reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or CSI reference signals (CSI-RS)), in those subframes; generate CSI that comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on an average of the one or more channel measurements from multiple subframes comprising a first subframe and a later second subframe, wherein each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a second slot of the first subframe is occupied, wherein each of a first three OFDM symbols of the second subframe are occupied, and wherein each OFDM symbol between the first subframe and the second subframe is occupied; and generate a CSI report that indicates the set of CSI parameters.
US11337097B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for measuring a Bluetooth device. The method for measuring a Bluetooth device comprises: determining, on the basis of a Bluetooth device measurement event that a user equipment needs to perform, a minimization of drive tests configuration signaling to be sent, the minimization of drive tests configuration signaling carrying the Bluetooth device measurement event that the user equipment needs to perform; and sending the minimization of drive tests configuration signaling to be sent to a receiving end. The technical solution of the present disclosure may implement a measurement operation for a Bluetooth device by a user equipment in a minimization of drive tests process so that the user equipment may report measurement information of the Bluetooth device and apply minimization of drive tests technology to an indoor scenario.
US11337085B2
The present technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and method, and a program which enable communication to be performed more efficiently. The wireless communication apparatus includes a preamble generating unit configured to generate a preamble signal including header information, an inter-training generating unit configured to generate an inter-training signal including at least part of information of the header information, and a wireless transmission processing unit configured to transmit transmission data after transmitting the preamble signal in at least one or more frequency channels among a plurality of the frequency channels and transmit a plurality of the inter-training signals by utilizing one or a plurality of the frequency channels among the plurality of the frequency channels during a transmission period of the transmission data. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication apparatus.
US11337077B2
There is disclosed a method of selecting a channel for wireless communication in a network, including communicating data over a first communication channel between an access point and a client device for a first time period, during the first time period, obtaining a first performance measurement indicative of the performance of the first channel, communicating data over a second communication channel between the access point and the client device for a second time period, during the second time period, obtaining a second performance measurement indicative of the performance of the second channel, ranking the first and second channels in order of performance taking the first and second performance measurements into account when doing so, selecting an operating channel using the outcome of the ranking.
US11337068B1
The application relates to a multi-link device and a method performed therein. An access point multi-link device (AP MLD) includes a plurality of APs, each of which comprises: a wireless medium; and processor circuitry coupled to the wireless medium and configured to: transmit security capability indication information via the wireless medium; receive an association request frame from a non-AP MLD via the wireless medium, wherein the association request frame comprises security capability indication information of the plurality of non-AP STAs; determine whether the security capability indication information of any of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability indication information of the AP; and if the security capability indication information of one of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability information of the AP, transmit an association response frame to the non-AP MLD via the wireless medium.
US11337066B2
A system (100) for providing a user device (102) access to a resource or data is disclosed. The system (100) comprises: the user device (102) comprising: a light detector (104) configured to detect light (130) emitted by a light source (122), which light (130) comprises an embedded code comprising a light source identifier of the light source (122), a communication unit (108) configured to communicate with a network device (112), a processor (106) configured to retrieve the light source identifier from the light (130), and to communicate the light source identifier to the network device (112). The system (100) further comprises the network device (112), comprising: a receiver (114) configured to receive the light source identifier from the user device (102), and a controller (116) configured to identify the light source (122) based on the light source identifier, to encrypt an access key or data with a public key corresponding to a private key, and to control the light source (122) such that the light (130) comprises an updated embedded code comprising the encrypted access key or the encrypted data. The processor (106) of the user device (102) is further configured to retrieve the encrypted access key or the encrypted data from the updated embedded code comprised in the light (130), and to decrypt the encrypted access key or the encrypted data with the private key, and access the resource with the decrypted access key or retrieve the decrypted data.
US11337063B2
A computer-implemented method for tracking a user includes: configuring a client device for entering: a starting point for a trip, a destination, mode of transportation, and indication of starting the trip; configuring the server for identifying a preferred route based upon: a distance of the trip, a crime rate of areas between the starting point and destination, and the mode of transportation; configuring the server for calculating an allotted time for the trip; configuring the client device for continuously transmitting its location to the server; configuring the server for continuously monitoring the location of the client device; configuring the client device for selectively transmitting an alarm message to the server when the client device deviates beyond a threshold amount from the preferred route or the allotted time for the trip; and configuring the server for notifying a family member and local police when the panic alarm message is received.
US11337049B2
A switching module transmits channel content to a transport encoder. The switching module receives notification content associated with an emergency action system (EAS) message, and transmits the notification content to the transport encoder in place of the channel content.
US11337040B2
The present application relates to broadcast bearer management methods and devices. One example method includes receiving, by a first bearer management server (BMS), a first message sent by a service server, where the first message includes a group identifier of a service group, determining, by the first BMS, a first broadcast bearer for the service group based on the first message, and sending, by the first BMS, a second message to the service server, where the second message carries user plane information of the first broadcast bearer.
US11337035B1
A network device receives a positioning request associated with a computing device; determines a position estimate of the computing device responsive to the positioning request and based at least in part on at least a portion of a positioning map; and determines whether an offline positioning enablement trigger has been identified. Responsive to determining that the offline positioning enablement trigger has been identified, the network device generates a positioning response that comprises the position estimate and information enabling offline positioning of the computing device at least at a location of the position estimate and provides the positioning response such that the computing device receives the positioning response.
US11337020B2
An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining an indication of a position of at least one user in real space; mapping the position of the user in real space to a position of the user in a sound space; and controlling an output audio signal, for rendering a sound scene via multiple audio channels, to provide rendering of a first sub-set of sound sources via at least a first sub-set of the multiple audio output channels and rendering a second sub-set of sound sources via at least a second sub-set of the multiple audio output channels, wherein an allocation of a plurality of sound sources to the first sub-set of sound sources or the second sub-set of sound sources is dependent upon at least a position of the user in the sound space; wherein an allocation of the multiple audio output channels to the first sub-set of the multiple audio output channels or the second sub-set of the multiple audio output channels is dependent upon available audio paths for the multiple audio output channels.
US11337018B2
An example computer system identifies a capability of a playback device to reproduce audio content. Based on the capability, the computer system identifies a first version of audio content for playback by the playback device and causes the playback device to play back the first version of audio content. While the playback device is playing back the first version of the audio content, the computer system detects a change in a network connection between the computer system and the playback device. Based on the detected change in the network connection and the capability of the playback device, the computer system identifies a second version of audio content for playback by the playback device and causes the playback device to transition from playing back the first version of the audio content to playing back the second version of the audio content.
US11337016B2
A mechanical connection is provided for a microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical device for measuring a variation in pressure. The device includes a fixed component extending in a main plane, a mobile component to move or deform in an out-of-plane direction under effect of a variation in pressure, and a detector of movement or deformation having at least one mobile element. The mechanical connection includes: a lever arm; a first connection connecting the mobile component to a first end of the lever arm, the first connection transmitting out-of-plane movement of the mobile component to the first end of the lever arm while allowing out-of-plane rotation of the lever arm about a direction of rotation; a second connection connected to the second end of the lever arm to allow mainly an out-of-plane rotation of the lever arm about an axis of rotation extending in the direction of rotation; a third connection connecting the lever arm to the detector at a given distance from the axis of rotation in the out-of-plane direction, the third connection being designed to convert the rotation of the lever arm about the axis of rotation into a translation in the plane of the at least one mobile element in a direction of translation.
US11337013B2
A hearing aid has a hearing aid module for supplying electrical energy and has a transmitting and receiving unit for communication with another device. The hearing aid module has an accumulator and a charging circuit for charging the accumulator. The charging circuit is formed for contactless, in particular inductive, charging of the accumulator. The hearing aid module further has a charging conductor loop. The transmitting and receiving unit has a radio conductor loop and the radio conductor loop is integrated into the hearing aid module.
US11337011B2
Presented herein are techniques for generating a hierarchical classification of a set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis. The hierarchical classification includes a plurality of nested classifications of a sound environment associated with the set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis, including a primary classification and one or more secondary classifications that each represent different characteristics of the sound environment. The primary classification represents a basic categorization of the sound environment, while the secondary classifications define sub-categories/refinements of the associated primary classification and/or other secondary classifications.
US11336998B1
Techniques for estimating a direction of arrival of sound in an environment are discussed. First and second audio data are received from a first pair of audio sensors associated with a vehicle. A first region of ambiguity associated with the first pair of audio sensors is determined based on the first and second audio data. Third and fourth audio data are received from a second pair of audio sensors. A second region of ambiguity associated with the second pair of audio sensors is determined based on the third and fourth audio data. The regions of ambiguity can be further based on confidence levels associated with sensor or audio data. An area of intersection of the first region of ambiguity and the second region of ambiguity can be determined. A direction of arrival of an audio event can be determined based on the area of intersection.
US11336994B2
A dipole loudspeaker for producing sound at bass frequencies. The dipole loudspeaker includes: a diaphragm having a first radiating surface and a second radiating surface, a drive unit configured to move the diaphragm at bass frequencies such that the first and second radiating surfaces produce sound at bass frequencies, and a frame. The loudspeaker is for use with an ear of a user being located at a listening position that is in front of the first radiating surface and is 40 cm or less from the first radiating surface.
US11336991B2
A loudspeaker apparatus may include a circuit housing accommodating a control circuit or a battery; an ear hook and a rear hook connected to both ends of the circuit housing, respectively. The ear hook may be at least partially covered by a first protective housing. The rear hook may be at least partially covered by a second protective housing. The first protective housing and the second protective housing at least partially cover a periphery of the circuit housing from both ends of the circuit housing in a sleeve manner, respectively. The loudspeaker apparatus can avoid damage to the control circuit or the battery caused by high temperature.
US11336981B2
A vent passage forming structure includes a penetration hole portion, a groove portion and a vent passage forming plate. The penetration hole portion is formed on a housing of an earphone. A space on one side of the housing communicates with a space on the other side of the housing through the penetration hole portion. The groove portion is formed on a surface of the housing on the one side thereof to be connected with the penetration hole portion. The vent passage forming plate covers the penetration hole portion and a part of the groove portion. A vent passage through which the space on the one side communicates with space on the other side, is formed by a hole space that is an inner space of the penetration hole portion, and a groove space that is surrounded by the groove portion and the vent passage forming plate.
US11336980B2
A mobile music store assembly includes a housing base; a first housing member that is selectively movable relative to the housing base between a first position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in a closed configuration, and a second position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in an open configuration; and a second housing member that is selectively movable relative to the first housing member and the housing base between a first position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in the closed configuration, and a second position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in the open configuration. The mobile music store assembly can further include a music player that is positioned substantially within the housing assembly. The music player is only accessible when the mobile music store assembly is in the open configuration.
US11336974B2
A microphone assembly for a vehicle headliner includes a housing arranged to be received within a substrate layer of the headliner and having an upper portion and a lower portion. A circuit board is mounted in the upper portion and has a microphone element coupled thereto. An insert bracket includes a base and a shaft member extending upwardly therefrom, the base having a plurality of apertures aligned with the shaft member, wherein the shaft member engages the lower portion to connect the insert bracket to the housing. A sealing gasket having at least one channel defining an air path extending therethrough is arranged to be received within the shaft member and extend between the base and the upper portion, providing acoustic sealing between the insert bracket and the housing such that the air path directs sound from a cabin of the vehicle through the apertures to the microphone element.
US11336972B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automated video preview generation. Example methods may include determining video content, determining a first shot transition, a second shot transition, a third shot transition, and a fourth shot transition in the video content, and determining that human speech is present during the first shot transition and the second shot transition. Example methods may include determining a first timestamp associated with the third shot transition, determining a second timestamp associated with the fourth shot transition, generating a first video preview of the video content, where the first video preview includes a segment of the video content from the first timestamp to the second timestamp, and causing presentation of the first video preview, where the first video preview does not include a segment of the video content between the first shot transition and the second shot transition.
US11336969B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a distributor user. The video distribution system includes one or more computer processors that execute computer-readable instructions to: display a display instruction object on a distributor user device that is used by the distributor user in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a viewing user; and display the first gift in the video in response to operation on the display instruction object.
US11336966B2
Content delivery and playback methods and apparatus are described. The methods and apparatus are well suited for delivery and playback of content corresponding to a 360 degree environment and can be used to support streaming and/or real time delivery of 3D content corresponding to an event, e.g., while the event is ongoing or after the event is over. Portions of the environment are captured by cameras located at different positions. The content captured from different locations is encoded and made available for delivery. A playback device selects the content to be received based in a user's head position.
US11336956B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to help disambiguate channel identification in a scenario where fingerprint data of media content matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match, a server or other entity will perform disambiguation based on a determination that a segment of the fingerprint data matches a reference fingerprint corresponding with just a single channel, such as a reference fingerprint representing commercial or news programming content specific to just the single channel. The server or other entity will thereby determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving, so as to facilitate taking channel-specific action.
US11336947B2
A playback application is configured to analyze audio frames associated with transitions between segments within a media title to identify one or more portions of extraneous audio. The playback application is configured to analyze the one or more portions of extraneous audio and then determine which of the one or more corresponding audio frames should be dropped. In doing so, the playback application can analyze a topology associated with the media title to determine whether any specific portions of extraneous audio are to be played outside of a logical ordering of audio samples set forth in the topology. These specific portions of extraneous audio are preferentially removed.
US11336945B2
An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest, records an advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest, and records a following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest.
US11336943B2
A method and an electronic device for detecting the resolution of a video material are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device, and a calculation circuit of the electronic device executes an AI model. The video material includes multiple frames, and each frame includes multiple sub-frames. The AI model processes multiple pixel data to generate an intermediate resolution corresponding to the pixel data. The method includes the following steps: (A) generating a target sub-frame, the number of pixels of the target sub-frame being smaller than the number of pixels in any frame; (B) inputting the target sub-frame into the AI model to generate the intermediate resolution; (C) storing the intermediate resolution; (D) repeating steps (A) to (C) to generate multiple intermediate resolutions; and (E) determining the resolution of the video material based on the intermediate resolutions.
US11336942B2
Introduced here are systems to manage and discover a processing offloader. A first multimedia device may identify a processing offloader in a networked environment. A first multimedia device may determine that a bandwidth of a second multimedia device in the networked environment falls below a threshold bandwidth, indicating that the second multimedia device may process instructions and render multimedia information with increased latency or delay. Based on this determination, the first multimedia device may forward instructions from the second multimedia device to the processing offloader for the processing offloader to process and render multimedia information on behalf of the second multimedia device based on the received instructions. The first multimedia device may forward rendered multimedia information from the processing offloader to the second multimedia device, and the second multimedia device may output the rendered multimedia information to an output device.
US11336939B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically ordering content and discrete content segments are presented. A set of discrete content segments is received having a first order for distributing the set of discrete content segments during a display of a media stream. Each discrete content segment includes a set of ordering factors. Event data is received. The event data is representative of a set of events depicted by the media stream. A set of event instances is determined from the event data representing the set of events depicted by the media stream. A second order is generated for the set of discrete content segments based on the set of event instances and the sets of ordering factors.
US11336926B2
System and method for remote-hosted video game streaming and feedback from client on received frames
A method and system are provided for streaming a video game from a server to a client. One example system includes the server configured to generate video frames for the video game responsive to input received from the client. An encoder that processes the video frames to generate compressed video frames and storing past encoder states in memory associated with the encoder. The server is configured to transmit the compressed video frames to the client. The server is configured to receive a feedback signal from the client to determine when one or more of the compressed video frames that were sent were not been received by the client. The encoder is configured to generate one or more next video frames as compressed video frames that are dependent on compressed video frames that are known to have been successfully received based on the feedback signal.
US11336924B2
A point of view multimedia provision may be provided. Embodiments of the provision may enable entities to integrate detection devices within a venue for data capture. The provision may further enable entities to implement access points to receive and transmit captured data from the detection devices. Users of the provision may use embodiments to ingest, analyze and process the data according to certain rules. Subsequently, the processed data may be combined into point-of-view content provided to end users. End users may use embodiments of the provision to request specific point of view content, receive such requested content, manipulate the content and provide feedback based on the provided content.
US11336917B2
An image decoding apparatus including a header decoder configured to decode, from coded data, a flag indicating whether dependent quantization is enabled and a flag prohibiting transform skip residual quantization, and a TU decoder configured to decode a transform coefficient in a TU block in an RRC mode in which a LAST position is coded, the LAST position corresponding to a decoding start position for the transform coefficient, or a TSRC mode in which the LAST position is not coded. The TU decoder performs dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the TSRC mode, and does not perform dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the RRC mode.
US11336916B2
An inter-prediction method and apparatus are provided. An initial motion vector is obtained for a current block. Search space positions are determined according to the initial motion vector. Matching costs for the search space positions are checked according to a checking order to select a target search space position with a minimal matching cost. A refining motion vector of the current block is determined based on the initial motion vector and the target search space position. A central search space position is determined first according to the checking order, and the central search space position is pointed to by the initial motion vector.
US11336912B2
A video encoding device (2) includes a side information determination section (21) and a side information encoding section (22). The side information determination section (21) sets a quantization parameter for each macroblock in such a manner that a difference between quantization parameters for each pair of macroblocks with successive encoding orders is equal to one of n difference values, and transforms the difference into one of n indices with respect to each pair. The side information encoding section (22) generates a binary sequence having a length corresponding to the size of the absolute value of the index. The total of absolute values of the n indices is smaller than the total of absolute values of the n difference values.
US11336904B2
A video coder includes a processing resource and a non-transitory storage device containing instructions executable by the processing resource to compute a weighted Δ frame based on a saliency map and a Δ frame. The saliency map is to indicate the relative importance of each pixel in a current frame based on its perceptual significance. The Δ frame is to include differences between corresponding pixels in a current frame and a motion predicted frame.
US11336899B2
The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: deriving a spatial merge candidate from at least one of spatial candidate blocks of a current block, deriving a temporal merge candidate from a co-located block of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on at least one of the derived spatial merge candidate and the derived temporal merge candidate, wherein a reference picture for the temporal merge candidate is selected based on a reference picture list of a current picture including the current block and a reference picture list of a co-located picture including the co-located block.
US11336897B2
Methods for performing palette coding of video data may include: determining whether a luma component of a coding unit (CU) and chroma components of the CU are coded jointly or separately in a palette mode; and in response to the luma component and the chroma components being coded jointly in the palette mode, determining a first maximum palette-table size for the CU; determining a first maximum palette-predictor size for the CU; and predicting the CU based on the first maximum palette-table size and the first maximum palette-predictor size.
US11336896B2
An encoding apparatus comprises an acquiring unit that acquires image, a divider that divides the image into blocks, and an encoding processor that encodes a block. The encoding processor includes a variable-length encoder that performs quantization on each of pixels in a block so that a code length is no greater than the fixed length, and performs variable-length encoding on quantized block; a determiner that, based on a difference between the code length and the fixed length, determines a size of a free region for filling the fixed length; an analyzer that analyzes each of the pixels and calculates an index value indicating an importance; and a multiplexer that, based on the index values, multiplexes the encoded block data and the bits lost due to the quantization to generate the fixed-length encoded block data.
US11336894B2
Signaling of reference picture resampling with resampling picture size indication in video bitstream
A method, device, and computer-readable medium for decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including obtaining a first flag indicating that a conformance window is present in a current picture; based on the first flag indicating that the conformance window is present, obtaining a second flag indicating whether the conformance window is used for reference picture resampling; based on the second flag indicating that the conformance window is used for the reference picture resampling, determining a resampling ratio between the current picture and a reference picture based on a conformance window size of the conformance window; based on the second flag indicating that the conformance window is not used for the reference picture resampling, determining the resampling ratio based on a resampling picture size; and performing the reference picture resampling on the current picture using the resampling ratio.
US11336892B2
A method comprises obtaining a first weight for a first probability associated with a first probability update window; obtaining a second weight for a second probability associated with a second probability update window, wherein the first weight and the second weight are unequal; and coding, using the first weight and the second weight, a portion of a video.
US11336889B2
The moving image encoding device maintains high encoding efficiency and performs encoding to reduce flicker occurrence in reproducing a moving image in moving image encoding processing by including an acquisition unit acquiring a succeeding frame of the target frame in encoding frame order when an encoding target frame is the inter picture in encoding a moving image including frames for which an intra or inter picture is determined; a determination unit determining whether an occurrence degree of flicker presumed in decoding the encoded moving image satisfies a criterion, based on characteristics of the target frame and the succeeding frame; and a generation unit 53 generating, when the determination result indicates that the criterion is satisfied, as a prediction target image used in encoding the target frame, a provisional prediction image based on the succeeding frame and a reference frame referred to by the target frame.
US11336880B2
The present disclosure relates to an eyewear and a control method thereof. The eyewear includes an optic, a camera device and a frame; wherein the optic and the camera device are respectively located on the frame; and the optic is a transparent display screen. The control method of the eyewear includes: detecting a light intensity of ambient light; obtaining a current light intensity of transmitted light generated after the ambient light passes through the optic, based on the light intensity of the ambient light and current light transmittance of the eyewear; adjusting the light transmittance of the optic; starting the camera device to acquire an environment image; performing enhancement processing on the environment image to obtain an enhanced environment image; and controlling the optic to display according to the enhanced environment image.
US11336876B2
A projection system and an image uniformity compensation method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A test image is projected onto a projection surface by a projection device. When the test image is projected, a plurality of color measurement devices is used to perform measurement on the projection surface to acquire a plurality of test color data corresponding to a plurality of measurement positions respectively. An estimated image is established by using the plurality of test color data. Uniformity compensation information of each pixel is updated according to a target value and each piece of pixel information of the estimated image. An initial image is compensated according to the uniformity compensation information to generate a uniformized image, which is then projected by the projection device.
US11336871B2
An image device is provided. The image device includes a pixel array comprising a first pixel array portion of a part of the pixel array and a second pixel array portion of other part of the pixel array that outputs an image; and a color filter array disposed over the pixel array, the color filter array comprising a first color filter pattern on the first pixel array portion and a second color filter pattern on the second pixel array portion, which are comprising a plurality of different color filters in each of the first pixel array portion and the second pixel array portion, wherein the plurality of the color filters in the first color filter pattern is arranged in an array of N*N and the plurality of the color filters in the second color filter pattern is arranged in an array of M*M (N and M are a natural number of 2 or more, and the N and M is different each other) wherein a number of red (R) color filters included in the first color filter pattern is equal to a number of R color filters included in the second color filter pattern.
US11336869B2
A motion detection method utilized for a motion sensor includes: capturing a monitoring image; entering a recording mode when one intensity change value between the monitoring image and a pre-stored background image is higher than a first threshold and a trigger signal is received from an auxiliary sensor; and entering the recording mode when the intensity change value is higher than a second threshold before the trigger signal is received; wherein the second threshold is higher than the first threshold.
US11336867B2
A method of tracking a mobile device comprising at least one camera in a real environment comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image captured by the at least one camera, generating a first geometrical model of at least part of the real environment based on environmental data or mobile system state data acquired in an acquisition process by at least one sensor of a mobile system, which is different from the mobile device, and performing a tracking process based on the image information associated with the at least one image and at least partially according to the first geometrical model, wherein the tracking process determines at least one parameter of a pose of the mobile device relative to the real environment. The invention is also related to a method of generating a geometrical model of at least part of a real environment using image information from at least one camera of a mobile device.
US11336861B2
A video signal transmission and reception system includes a first video signal receiver and a second video signal receiver in a video signal reception module and a video signal transmitter in a camera module. The video signal reception module includes the first video signal receiver, the second video signal receiver, and a central operation processor. A frame signal generated in the first video signal receiver is sent to a video signal transmitter of a first group and is output to the second video signal receiver. In addition, the frame signal generated in the first video signal receiver is input into the second video signal receiver and is sent to a video signal transmitter of a second group from the second video signal receiver.
US11336859B2
In an image sensor, some pixels in an array contain a sampling circuit to sample the light intensity and a capacitor to store an analog value representing the intensity at that pixel. Alternatively, a group of pixel circuits will be equipped with such sampling and capacitor circuits. This allows simple redundancy-reducing computations with a relatively simple pixel architecture.
US11336853B2
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a photodiode having a first terminal that is coupled by a resistor to a first rail configured to receive a high supply potential and a second terminal that is coupled by a switch to a second rail configured to receive a reference potential. A read circuit is configured to provide a pulse when the photodiode enters into avalanche, and a control circuit is configured to control an opening of the switch in response to a beginning of the pulse and to control a closing of the switch in response to an end of the pulse.
US11336849B2
A polarization imaging section 20 includes polarized pixels in each of a plurality of polarization directions. The polarization imaging section 20 includes a polarizer. The polarization imaging section 20 outputs image signals of a polarized image to a defect detecting section 35 of an image processing section 30. In a case where a difference between a pixel value of a target polarized pixel generated by the polarization imaging section and a pixel value of the target polarized pixel estimated from polarization characteristics corresponding to pixel values of peripheral pixels in a polarization direction different from a polarization direction of the target polarized pixel is greater than a predetermined allowable range, the defect detecting section 35 determines that the target polarized pixel is a defective pixel. Therefore, it is possible to detect a defect of a pixel in the polarization imaging section that generates the polarized image.
US11336848B1
Some image sensors include pixels with capacitors. The capacitor may be used to store charge in the imaging pixel before readout. The capacitor may be a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor that is susceptible to dielectric relaxation. Dielectric relaxation may cause lag in the signal on the capacitor that impacts the signal on the capacitor during sampling. The image sensor may include dielectric relaxation correction circuitry that leverages the linear relationship between voltage stress and lag signal to correct for dielectric relaxation. The image sensor may include shielded pixels that operate with a similar timing scheme as the imaging pixels in the active array. Measured lag signals from the shielded pixels may be used to correct imaging data.
US11336847B2
A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes a first charge detector, a first output circuit and a pulse generator. The first charge detector includes a plurality of first pixels and is configured to detect charges accumulated in the plurality of first pixels. The first output circuit is configured to amplify the charges detected by the first charge detector and output the charges as an output signal. The pulse generator is configured to generate a sampling pulse to extract a charge signal from the output signal during a period different from a signal output period in which the output signal is outputted.
US11336837B2
A system for supporting imaging includes an imaging device configured to capture a plurality of images for a substantially same scene using respective imaging configurations, a stabilization device configured to stabilize the imaging device on a mobile platform during the capturing of the plurality of images, and a controller communicating with at least one of the imaging device or the stabilization device and configured to control an operation of the mobile platform.
US11336836B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface, a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not image data to be encoded by the processing unit includes decoding information for decoding the image data, and a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data encoded by the processing unit and the decoding information to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.
US11336829B2
A display control apparatus includes an obtainment unit capable of obtaining a captured image, and a control unit that performs control to display the captured image on a display device, wherein the control unit performs control to, when the orientation of the display device is horizontal, display the captured image in a first size on the display device, display a first item in a first region located along a first side of the display device, and display a second item in a second region located along a second side of the display device, and when the orientation of the display device is vertical, display the captured image in the first size on the display device, and display the first item and the second item nearer than when the orientation of the display device is horizontal.
US11336824B2
The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
US11336823B2
A camera system includes a camera configured to capture first video of a scene in the form of first image frames. The camera system also includes an infrared sensor configured to capture second video of the scene in the form of second image frames. The system also includes a processor in communication with the camera and the infrared sensor. The processor is configured to obfuscate one or more portions of the scene.
US11336814B2
Integrated circuit devices are disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a focus detection pixel and a lens. The focus detection pixel includes a photosensitive unit and a photo-insensitive unit in a substrate. The lens is disposed over the focus detection pixel, wherein the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit are disposed opposite to each other with respect to an optical axis of the lens, and a light beam passing through the lens is simultaneously incident into the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit.
US11336811B2
Provided is an operation apparatus configured to perform an operation of driving an optical member in a lens apparatus, the operation apparatus including: an operation member for the operation; a detector configured to detect an amount of operation of the operation member; a communication device configured to receive a first information from the lens apparatus, the first information being an information on a state of the optical member; and a processor configured to: select, as a preset information for the operation, one of the first information and a second information based on a setting, the second information being an information on the amount of operation; and generate a command for the operation based on the selected one of the first information and the second information.
US11336798B2
A system includes an image forming apparatus, a first document server apparatus, and a key server apparatus, the image forming apparatus being configured to determine whether document data is private or public, when the document data is determined to be private, then determine a level accessible to the document data, and transmit level information indicating the level and the document data to the first document server apparatus, the first document server apparatus being configured to receive the level information and the document data from the image forming apparatus, generate a document ID for identifying the document data, store the document data in association with the document ID, transmit the document ID to the image forming apparatus, determine an accessible user ID that identifies a user accessible to the document data based on the level information, generate a public key and a private key used to encrypt the document data.
US11336789B1
A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes receiving a video image of a multi-function device (MFD), applying an object detection model to the video image to generate an annotated image with bounding boxes around persons detected in the video image, determining a number of the bounding boxes, determining that the number of bounding boxes is greater than a threshold in a policy associated with the MFD, and deactivating the MFD.
US11336788B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive an image of a document; extract first information and second information from information image printed on the document, the first information being related to writing on the document by a user, the second information indicating a position and a size of an area into which the first information is to be combined with the image of the document; and perform control to ensure the area indicated by the second information so that the area does not overlap a printed portion in the document and to combine the first information into the area.
US11336781B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes a user interface unit that accepts an operation made by a user and a wireless communication unit that communicates wirelessly with an information terminal. A user authentication is executed in response to a user authentication request from the information terminal via the wireless communication unit. In the event of the authentication succeeding, a screen displayed by the user interface unit is not switched in the case where there is a logged-in user who has been authenticated through the user interface unit in response to the user authentication request, whereas the screen displayed by the user interface unit is switched in the case where there is no such logged-in user.
US11336779B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a read image and item information, the read image being an image obtained by reading a paper medium including plural documents, the item information being information of an item specified by a user from among plural items contained in the documents; extract a character string from the read image, the character string being associated with the item information; if a character string contained in a page of the read image and extracted from the page differs from a character string extracted from the previous page immediately preceding the page, set a split position, the split position being a position at which to split out a portion of the read image as a set of documents, the portion being a portion of the read image from a page where extraction has begun to the previous page; and output the read image split in accordance with the split position.
US11336770B2
The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein are designed to analyze comments provided by a coach relating to an agent's interaction with a customer. The methods include receiving a coaching comment regarding an agent's interaction with a customer, applying at least one scoring algorithm to the comment, and outputting a score of the scoring algorithm.
US11336769B2
The following disclosure provides a method and a receiving interface device (200) configured to perform the method for grouping received alarm calls generated by or in connection to the same alarm event, wherein said alarm call being a voice call or/and data/text message. The receiving interface device is a part of an Alarm Receiving Centre (100) for enabling the reception of alarm call alarm calls sent by means of VoIP or SIP, and wherein said receiving interface device comprises said device comprising a processor in a processing circuitry (210) being operative to perform the steps of the method.
US11336764B2
A mobile communication terminal and method are provided for receiving an incoming voice call and for displaying a notification, an incoming phone number, and an elapsed voice communication time during an incoming voice communication. The method includes receiving a call request from a base station; responding to the call request, to perform a call-setup with the base station; in response to the call-set up, automatically displaying a plurality of icons together with the notification, the incoming phone number, and the elapsed voice communication time, wherein the plurality of icons are respectively associated with voice communication related functions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons includes a graphic symbol portion and a text portion; receiving an input for selecting one of the plurality of icons; and performing a voice communication related function associated with the selected icon while in the incoming voice communication.
US11336759B2
In a rotating shaft mechanism and a foldable mobile terminal, connecting rods and swing arms are rotatably connected to a main shaft assembly, and the swing arms and the connecting rods rotate around different axes, so that the swing arms and the connecting rods rotate and slide relative to each other. During folding, the connecting rods or the swing arms drive the two support plates to rotate towards each other, the support plates and the main shaft assembly enclose folding space for accommodating a flexible display of the mobile terminal in a folded state, so that the bending effect of the flexible display is improved, and two housings of the mobile terminal fit almost seamlessly in the folded state.
US11336756B2
Technologies for programming flexible accelerated network pipelines include a comping device with a network controller. The computing device loads a program binary file that includes a packet processing program and a requested hint section. The binary file may be an executable and linkable format (ELF) file with an extended Berkeley packet filter (eBPF) program. The computing device determines a hardware configuration for the network controller based on the requested offload hints and programs the network controller. The network controller processes network packets with the requested offloads, such as packet classification, hashing, checksums, traffic shaping, or other offloads. The network controller returns results of the offloads as hints in metadata. The packet processing program performs actions based on the metadata, such as forwarding, dropping, packet modification, or other actions. The computing device may compile an eBPF source file to generate the binary file. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11336752B2
A transmitting apparatus and an operating method for the apparatus in a multimedia system are provided. The operating method includes inputting at least one network layer packet, generating a link layer packet based on the at least one network layer packet, and transmitting the link layer packet. The link layer packet includes a header including information indicating a packet type of the at least one network layer packet, information indicating whether the link layer packet includes a single network layer packet, and information indicating an identifier related to the at least one network layer packet.
US11336751B2
A method operates a field bus system, wherein the field bus system has: a gateway, which has a network connection for a network of a specified type and a fieldbus connection for a fieldbus, and a number of fieldbus nodes, wherein the fieldbus nodes are coupled to each other and to the gateway via the fieldbus for the purpose of data exchange. Addressing takes place in the network of the specified type by network addresses, wherein the network addresses have a first part which designates a destination address, and a second part which designates a port of the destination address. The method comprises the steps of: creating a bus configuration, wherein the bus configuration assigns a destination address to a port, and performing a network address translation using the gateway based on the bus configuration created.
US11336746B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11336744B2
Methods and systems are described for efficient communication of content. A user device may request content from a content device. The content device may determine a browsing context of the user device. A user model based on machine learning may be determined based on the browsing context. The user model may be used to predicted additional content that might be requested by the user device. The additional content or a portion thereof may be sent to the user device in parallel with the originally requested content. As the user device rejects, accepts, or further requests the additional content, the user model may be further refined.
US11336737B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for improving opt-out compliance are disclosed. A method includes identifying an opportunity to transmit a digital component to a client device that is identified by a given unique identifier, accessing a database, identifying, within the database and based on the accessing, an opt-out timestamp specifying when a given user corresponding to the given unique identifier was presented the opt-out opportunity, determining, whether the timestamp indicates that the user was presented with the opportunity within a specified amount of time, and processing the opportunity by submitting the opportunity to transmit the digital component to third party digital component sources in response to determining that the given user was presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time, or refraining from submitting the opportunity in response to determining that the given user was not presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time.
US11336717B1
A method for server picking in a virtual private network (VPN), the method comprising obtaining information from a connection request received from a requesting user device requesting VPN services; determining a parameter based at least in part on the obtained information; comparing the determined parameter with a current parameter associated with a current user device currently receiving VPN services; and determining an optimal VPN server for providing VPN services to the requesting user device based at least in part on a result of comparing the determined parameter with the current parameter. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11336715B2
The present invention discloses a load balancing method, apparatus and system. In the present invention, a network management and control center of a basic network system interacts with a service management and control center of a network service system, and determines a load balancing policy according to entity information about service function execution entities in the network service system; and the network management and control center generates an execution flow table according to the load balancing policy, and controls a network device to perform a load balancing operation according to the execution flow table. The present invention is applicable to a network service system comprising a service function execution entity in a transparent mode, so as to implement load balancing processing on the service function execution entity in transparent mode in the network service system.
US11336714B1
A data processing system for providing a distributed timer implements receiving a first timer message associated with a first computing device requesting creation of a first timer having a first duration and a first timer identifier; responsive to the first timer message creating a first timer, and inserting a first timer queue entry into a first timer queue associated with a first timer wait interval; receiving a plurality of second timer messages to reset the first timer; inserting a plurality of second timer queue entries into the first timer queue based on the plurality of second timer messages; and processing timer queue entries in the first timer queue responsive to the first timer wait interval having passed.
US11336711B2
A method of playing audio and video is provided. The method includes: obtaining a streaming media content to be encapsulated, and parsing the streaming media content to obtain audio parameter information and/or video parameter information; forming a Media Presentation Description (MPD) file in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format according to the audio parameter information and/or the video parameter information, wherein the MPD file in JSON format includes multiple streaming media content segments, each streaming media content segment includes a video segment and/or an audio segment, each of the video segment and the audio segment includes multiple arrays, and each array includes the audio parameter information or the video parameter information; sending the MPD file in JSON format to a client.
US11336700B2
One example provides a computing system configured to provide scalable, real-time duplex communications across a data network, the computing system comprising one or more processors, and storage comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to instantiate one or more real-time duplex communication service instances. Each real-time duplex communication service instance comprises a real-time duplex communication framework comprising a client hub configured to receive connections for a plurality of clients and a server hub configured to receive connections for a plurality of servers, and each real-time duplex communication service instance is configured to publish messages regarding a state of the real-time duplex communication framework to a channel accessed by other real-time duplex communication service instances.
US11336697B2
The disclosed systems facilitate collection and management of personal data management documentation requirements and associated data. A master questionnaire is used to solicit information regarding documentation requirements for several contexts in a single interaction and responsive data can be mapped to questionnaires and/or datasets for particular contexts, such as jurisdictions and business sectors. The system can generate graphical user interfaces for presenting the documentation requirement data for a particular context by generating an interface with navigational elements for various contexts, detecting browser state data indicating user manipulation of one or more such elements, and generating a subsequent graphical user interface based on the browser context data. The system configures the subsequent interface to present the requested information in display elements and instructs the browser presenting the subsequent interface to retrieve the requested information using an ontology mapping the requested information to a master dataset.
US11336695B2
This disclosure describes techniques for improving policy distribution in a network. The policy distribution may be improved based on a conversation between devices of the network. The techniques include initiating a policy download trigger based on the conversation. The policy download trigger may specify a particular destination device for a data transfer across the network. Therefore, policies specific to the destination device may be downloaded and/or installed at points of enforcement in the network. In this way, the techniques described herein may improve the efficiency of network resource use.
US11336690B1
A method for emulating threats in virtual network computing environment is provided. The method comprises creating a number of virtual machines in the virtual network computing environment. A number of threat actors are emulated, wherein each threat actor comprises a number of threat artifacts that form a sequence of attack steps against the virtual network computing environment. The threat actors are then deployed against the virtual network computing environment. Behavioral data about actions of the threat actors in the virtual network computing environment is collected, as is performance data about the virtual network computing environment in response to the threat actors. The collected behavioral and performance data is then presented to a user via an interface.
US11336684B2
A device includes a secure execution context that is segregated from an operating system of the device. A security application executing in the operating system interfaces with the secure execution context to obtain verified data. The secure execution context may verify that operating system files are free of malware, obtain sensor readings that may be cryptographically signed, verify functioning of a baseband processor, and verify other aspects of the function and security of the device. The verified data may be used for various purposes such as verifying location of the device, training a machine learning model, and the like.
US11336681B2
In various embodiments, systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed for generating a collection of clusters of related data from a seed. Seeds may be generated based on seed generation strategies or rules. Clusters may be generated by, for example, retrieving a seed, adding the seed to a first cluster, retrieving a clustering strategy or rules, and adding related data and/or data entities to the cluster based on the clustering strategy. Various cluster scores may be generated based on attributes of data in a given cluster. Further, cluster metascores may be generated based on various cluster scores associated with a cluster. Clusters may be ranked based on cluster metascores. Various embodiments may enable an analyst to discover various insights related to data clusters, and may be applicable to various tasks including, for example, tax fraud detection, beaconing malware detection, malware user-agent detection, and/or activity trend detection, among various others.
US11336680B2
Techniques for tailoring security configurations for least-privilege applications are provided. In one technique, multiple software artifacts associated with a software application are identified. For each software artifact, a call graph is generated, the call graph is added to a set of call graphs, and a set of dependencies for the software artifact is detected. The set of call graphs are combined to generate a merged call graph. One or more portions of the merged call graph are pruned to generate a pruned call graph. Annotation data is stored that associates elements in the pruned call graph with the set of dependencies for each software artifact. Based on the annotation data, reachable dependencies are identified. Based on the reachable dependencies, a set of security policies is generated for the software application.
US11336676B2
Techniques to facilitate operation of a centralized trust authority for web application components are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a plurality of web resources used to construct web applications is received. Over a secure application programming interface (API), component registration information associated with each of the plurality of web resources is received, provided by producers of the web resources. The plurality of web resources is analyzed to determine unique identities and security attributes for each of the web resources. A plurality of security risk factors is identified for each of the plurality of web resources based on the component registration information and the security attributes determined for each of the web resources. A security profile is generated for each of the plurality of web resources based on the security risk factors identified for each of the web resources.
US11336673B2
Embodiments for systems and methods for third party assessment related to the evaluation of risks associated with third parties in which hacker conversations on websites are filtered and analyzed using keywords as input to uncover relevant forum and marketplace discussions are disclosed herein.
US11336669B2
An analyzer module forms a hypothesis on what are a possible set of cyber threats that could include the identified abnormal behavior and/or suspicious activity with AI models trained with machine learning on possible cyber threats. The Analyzer analyzes a collection of system data, including metric data, to support or refute each of the possible cyber threat hypotheses that could include the identified abnormal behavior and/or suspicious activity data with the AI models. A formatting and ranking module outputs supported possible cyber threat hypotheses into a formalized report that is presented in 1) printable report, 2) presented digitally on a user interface, or 3) both.
US11336662B2
Technologies for detecting abnormal activities in an electric vehicle charging station include an apparatus. The apparatus includes circuitry configured determine a cyber security threat level for the charging station in which the electric vehicle charger is located. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to perform, as a function of the determined cyber security threat level, a responsive action to protect the charging station from a cyber security threat.
US11336659B2
This disclosure is directed to monitoring a crypto-partitioned, or cipher-text, wide-area network (WAN). A first computing device may be situated in a plain-text portion of a first enclave behind a first inline network encryptor (INE). A second device may be positioned in a plain-text portion of a second enclave behind a second INE. The two enclaves may be separated by a cipher-text WAN, over which the two enclaved may communicate. The first computing device may receive a data packet from the second computing device. The first computing device may then determine contents of a header of the data packet. The first computing device may, based at least in part on the contents of the header of the data packet, determine a status of the cipher-text WAN.
US11336658B2
Plural Internet of Things (IoT) gateways detect, secure against and remediate malicious code with an autonomous communication of tokens between the IoT gateways on a time schedule. Detection of an invalid token or a token communication outside of a scheduled time indicates that malicious code may have interfered with token generation or communication. Once malicious code is verified on an IoT gateway, the failed gateway is quarantined from the passing of the token and functions of the failed IoT gateway are assigned to other IoT gateways.
US11336645B2
A computing system may include at least one client computing device and a server configured to authenticate the at least one client computing device based upon a user account, with the user account having an enterprise persona and a private persona associated therewith. The server may be further configured to determine whether the enterprise persona or the private persona is active based upon a context associated with the at least one client computing device. When the enterprise persona is active, the server may provide access to a Software as a Service (SaaS) application with a first set of capabilities enabled, and when the private persona is active, the server may provide access to the SaaS application with a second set of capabilities enabled that is different than the first set of capabilities.
US11336640B2
Methods and systems for authorizing a service request between two services in a network environment are disclosed. One method includes, in a recurring background process occurring separate from a service request, having a target service obtain a pre-authorization token including a signature of the request service. In response to confirming the pre-authorization token was issued by the request service, the pre-authorization token is acknowledged and stored for access by instance(s) of the target service. The acknowledged pre-authorization token is saved for use with service requests to the target service from the request service. In response to receiving a service request including pre-authorization token at an instance of the target service, the method confirms the pre-authorization token matches a stored, acknowledged pre-authorization token, and, if so confirmed, authorizes the service request. Pre-authorization tokens have a set duration. The methods and systems reduce computational overhead of the authorization, resulting in decreased latency.
US11336636B2
Systems and methods for server authentication in a content delivery network are provided. Various embodiments include a content delivery network obtaining multiple digital certificates from multiple certificate authorities. When a client attempts to access the content delivery network, the network serves the client a digital certificate and then monitors the authentication of the certificate. If the authentication fails, the content delivery network serves the client another digital certificate that was issued from a different certificate authority. In other embodiments, the content delivery network constantly monitors the function of each certificate authority. The content delivery network constantly pings each certificate authority. If any one of the certificate authorities fails to respond to the pings, the content delivery network will presume the certificate authority is non-operational and will stop using certificates from the non-operational certificate authorities until they resume operation.
US11336626B2
The disclosure provides some embodiments for securing long training field (LTF) sequence. A responding station (RSTA) configures a location management report (LMR) frame. The LMR frame is configured to include an LMR in respect of a previous measurement, and data to be used to generate a null data packet (NDP) for a current measurement that is to be performed following the previous measurement. The RSTA further encrypts the LMR frame using protected management frames (PMF) scheme, and transmits the encrypted LMR frame to an initiating station (ISTA) for generating an LTF sequence for the current measurement. In response to receiving an NDP announcement (NDPA) and an NDP for the current measurement from the ISTA, the RSTA generates an NDP for the current measurement based on the NDPA and the data using CCMP, and transmits the NDP to the ISTA.
US11336624B2
Methods and apparatus to distribute media content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a client interface to receive a request from a wireless communication device for authorization to present media, the media received at the wireless communication device in an encrypted format. A database is to store an association of the wireless communication device and a wired network termination unit. A record interface is to, in response to the request for authorization, query the database based on an identifier of the wireless network communication device to determine whether the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via a wired communication path, and in response to determining that the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via the wired communication path authorize the wireless communication device to decrypt and present the transmitted media.
US11336620B2
A segmentation firewall executing on a host enforces a segmentation policy. In a co-existence mode, the segmentation firewall operates in co-existence with a system firewall that enforces a security policy. The segmentation firewall is configured to either drop packets that do not match any permissive rule or pass packets that match a permissive rule to the system firewall to enable the system firewall to determine whether to drop or accept the passed packets. To enable efficient operation of the segmentation firewall when operating in co-existence with the system firewall, the segmentation firewall may include a plurality of rule chains and may be configured to exit a chain and bypass remaining rule chains upon an input packet matching a permissive rule of the segmentation policy.
US11336619B2
A host computer system may be configured to connect to a network. The host computer system may be configured to implement a workspace, an isolated computing environment, and a host-based firewall. The host computer system may be configured to isolate the isolated computing environment from the workspace using an internal isolation firewall. The internal isolation firewall may be configured to prevent data from being communicated between the isolated computing environment and the workspace, for example, without an explicit user input. The host computer system may be configured to determine, using one or more environmental indicators, a relative location of the host computer system. The processor may be configured to select a firewall policy based on the relative location of the host computer system. The firewall policy may include a configuration to apply to one or more of the internal isolation firewall or the host-based firewall.
US11336617B2
A method includes, at a server in a network, detecting for a user device network incidents relating to one or more security threats in the network using a plurality of threat detectors over a predetermined time period, each of the network incidents including one or more behavior indicators; assigning the network incidents into one or more groups, wherein each group corresponds to a type of security threat; generating a graph for a particular group of the user device, wherein the graph includes a plurality of nodes each representing a behavior indicator in the particular group, and wherein generating the graph includes assigning an edge to connect two nodes of the plurality of nodes if the two nodes correspond to behavior indicators that belong to a same network incident; and displaying the graph on a graphical user interface for a user.
US11336610B2
An electronic messaging system that reviews content of inbound messages, verifies elements of header fields, and initiates an action if Name (N) and Address (A) of From (F)_and Reply-To (R) elements of header fields match or do not match, those elements being NF=NR and AF≠AR, to protect recipients against inadvertent routing of their reply email to an imposter of the named From sender, thereby mitigating risk of recipients falling prey to what is referred to herein as “Reply-To Whaling” attacks, within the email security category of anti-phishing.
US11336602B1
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing systems, receiving, from a client system, an input in a multi-turn message thread, parsing the input to identify a plurality of hypothesis dialog states associated with the input, generating a plurality of functions corresponding to the plurality of hypothesis dialog states, calculating a plurality of probability scores for the plurality of functions, respectively, based on a prior dialog state associated with the message thread and a current user context, wherein each probability score represents a likelihood that the respective function is associated with an intended dialog state, and storing the plurality of functions if each of the probability scores is below a threshold probability score, wherein the plurality of functions is stored as a hierarchical set of functions that is used as the prior dialog state in response to a next input in the message thread.
US11336598B2
Disclosed are various approaches for integrating chat conversations with email messages. A user can request to view a received email message exchanged between multiple entities. If there is an established chat conversation associated with the user that is linked to the email message, the user interface including the email message can include a messaging component that can allow a user to view the corresponding chat conversation. The user interface can also include a component that allows the user to initiate a chat conversation with another party included in the email without switching to a third-party service.
US11336593B2
A data link layer device and a packet encapsulation method are provided. The data link layer device includes a first and a second first-in-first-out (FIFO) module. The first FIFO module receives and stores multiple first data from an upper-layer module, and removes data gaps from the first data to store the first data in a continuous form. When the first FIFO module is not empty, the first FIFO module generates data of different lengths based on the current amount of data stored temporarily in the first FIFO module and a preset data length. When the data queue of the second FIFO module has enough space to receive the first data, the first FIFO module transfers the first data to the second FIFO module, and the first FIFO module transfers a header including the data length to a header queue of the second FIFO module.
US11336592B2
Disclosure is made of a shared memory switch and methods and system for controlling such. The shared memory switch may allocate cells in a storage array to respective use cases, the use cases including input buffering, output queuing, free cell allocation, and retry buffering. A set of data packets may be stored in the cells allocated to output queuing, wherein each cell allocated to output queuing stores a respective data packet of the set of data packets. A subset of the set of data packets may be transmitted to a destination external to the shared memory switch. The cells storing the subset of data packets may be reallocated to the retry buffering use case, wherein cells allocated to retry buffering use case are a retry buffer.
US11336590B2
Some embodiments provide a method that receives a request for information regarding a path between endpoints of a logical network. The method provides, for display, a visualization of the path including (i) a set of logical network components between the endpoints and (ii) a set of physical network components that implement the logical network components. The physical network components and the logical network components are aligned in the display. In some embodiments, the method receives data regarding a packet tracing operation between the endpoints. The method generates a display including (i) a visualization of the path between the endpoints of the logical network and (ii) a representation of the received data regarding the packet tracing operation, with the packet tracing operation data is visually linked to the components of the path.
US11336552B2
A system to facilitate troubleshooting a hardware device in a network switching fabric is described. The system includes a processor and a machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a message from a hardware device indicating that a problem has been detected at the device, perform a troubleshooting operation to determine the problem at the hardware device and generate a report including the results of the troubleshooting operation.
US11336544B2
A method of assessing at least one of audio and video HDMI performance capabilities of an AV system including one or more sources and one or more sinks, interconnected in a first configuration comprises using an app running on a smart device, wirelessly connected to the AV system, to present audio and/or video performance capability information for each source and sink to a user of the system, based on EDID information received by the smart device from each source and sink. In one embodiment, the app also presents a determination of maximum theoretical data handling capacity of the AV system in the first configuration; runs a test to assess actual data handling capacity of the AC system in the first configuration; and presents one or more results of the test to the user.
US11336540B2
A sampling frequency recommendation method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium relating to the field of communications technologies are disclosed. The sampling frequency recommendation method includes: obtaining a network key performance indicator of a to-be-analyzed data stream; sampling the network key performance indicator based on a plurality of different sampling frequencies to obtain an experience quality sequence corresponding to each sampling frequency, where the plurality of different sampling frequencies include one standard sampling frequency and at least two to-be-tested sampling frequencies, and the standard sampling frequency is greater than each to-be-tested sampling frequency; and determining a matching degree between an experience quality sequence corresponding to each to-be-tested sampling frequency and a standard experience quality sequence, and determining a recommended sampling frequency based on the matching degree between the experience quality sequence corresponding to each to-be-tested sampling frequency and the standard experience quality sequence.
US11336527B2
An expression evaluation system is provided. During operation, the system can obtain an encoded expression associated with a user group of a network and evaluate the encoded expression for a first switch to determine a first set of commands that the user group is allowed to execute on the first switch. The encoded expression can encode a set of commands. The system can then determine validity of the first set of commands for the user group by determining whether a respective user of the user group should be allowed to execute the first set of commands on the first switch. If the system identifies an issue with the validity of the first set commands, the system can generate a notification indicating the issue.
US11336525B1
A device may receive CNF data identifying a CNF to be deployed in a network and a configuration of the CNF and may validate connectivity between resources to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate connectivity data indicating whether one or more connectivity issues exist. The device may validate packages to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate package data indicating whether one or more package issues exist and may validate an NFVO to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate NFVO data indicating whether one or more NFVO issues exist. The device may validate an NFVI to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate NFVI data indicating whether one or more NFVI issues exist and may determine whether one or more issues are associated with deploying the CNF based on the connectivity data, the package data, the NFVO data, and the NFVI data.
US11336519B1
A distributed system may implement evaluating placement configurations for distributed resource placement. Placement requests for a partition of a distributed resource may be received. An evaluation of prospective placement configurations of the distributed resource is performed that locates the partition at different resource hosts. In some embodiments, placement configurations may be analyzed with respect to infrastructure zone locality. Multiple infrastructure zone localities may be analyzed and combined to evaluate prospective placement configurations. Prospective placement configurations may be analyzed with respect to other criteria, such as resource host utilization data. Based, at least in part, on the evaluation of the prospective placement, a resource host is identified for placing the partition.
US11336518B2
Techniques for a configuration change service to transition a network controller into a frozen state, causing network users submitting configuration changes associated with the network to refrain from deploying the configuration changes for a period of time are disclosed. A first user configured as a stager role may submit data representing a proposed change to the configuration change service, where the proposed change may be stored in association with a list of proposed changes. A second user configured as an approver role may submit data representing an approval or disapproval of the proposed changes to the configuration change service, where a modified list of proposed changes may be generated. A third user configured as an administrator role may submit data configured to transition the controller to an unfrozen state and/or deploy the changes included in the list of proposed changes to the network controller, subsequent to the period of time.
US11336512B2
According to some embodiments, the switching units of a single domain (“first domain”) discover that they are connected to switching units of another, “second domain”, and the switching units of each domain configure a single LAG of inter-domain links each of which interconnects switching units of different domains. The LAG connects multiple switching units of the first domain to multiple switching units of the second domain.
US11336511B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing Internet of Things (IoT) network-connected devices.
US11336506B1
Automatic diagnostics alerts for streaming multiple types of content is disclosed. At a first time, a set of metrics for a plurality of groups of streaming sessions is computed. A streaming session in a group is associated with streaming of a piece of content encoded by an entity. The streaming of the piece of content encoded by the entity is associated with streaming of another piece of content. An anomaly is identified at least in part by performing anomaly detection using the set of metrics. A cause of the identified anomaly is diagnosed. An alert is generated based at least in part on the diagnosis.
US11336502B2
This disclosure describes techniques that determine device connectivity in the absence of a network layer 2 discovery protocol such as Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes retrieving, from a bridge data store of a bridge device on a network having one or more host devices, a plurality of first interface indexes, wherein each first interface index corresponds to a network interface of network interfaces of the bridge device; retrieving, from the bridge data store, remote network addresses corresponding to the network interfaces of the bridge device, each remote network address of the remote network addresses corresponding to a second interface index; selecting a remote network address having a second interface index that matches the first interface index; determining a host device having the selected remote network address; and outputting an indication that the bridge device is coupled to the host device.
US11336500B2
Methods and apparatus for initial cell search and selection using beamforming are described. An apparatus is configured with multiple receive beams and includes an antenna and a processor. The processor is operatively coupled to the antenna and sweeps a respective one of the multiple receive beams during each of multiple synchronization sub-frames, using a pre-defined sweep time and dwell period, to detect a synchronization signal. The processor also obtains symbol timing information and a synchronization signal index from the detected synchronization signal. The obtained synchronization signal index corresponds to a synchronization signal index of the set. The process decodes a first broadcast channel using the obtained symbol timing information, the obtained synchronization signal index and a predefined or blind-coded symbol distance between the detected synchronization signal and the first broadcast channel. The process decodes a second broadcast channel using information obtained from decoding the first broadcast channel.
US11336497B2
Systems and methods for a non-data-aided (NDA) approach to advanced OFDM timing are provided. This approach allows for accurate OFDM symbol timing and synchronization by avoiding inter-symbol interference (ISI) in multipath environments where an earliest arriving signal may not be the strongest signal. The NDA approach may rely on generating and applying a bias correction to a combined correlation result of the multi-path signals.
US11336496B2
An OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) transmitter includes an inverse fast Fourier transform circuit, which, in operation, generates, based on digital input data, a complex time-varying digital signal having real and imaginary components; and a multiplexer adapted to generate a time-multiplexed digital signal by time-multiplexing one or more of the real components with one or more of the imaginary components.
US11336493B1
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to identify an equalization response for equalizing an output signal of a modulator of a satellite gateway, generate a compensation response based on the equalization response and a sample rate of a pre-distorter of the modulator, and send the equalization response to the pre-distorter.
US11336476B2
A network device configured to perform scalable, in-network computations is described. The network device is configured to process pull requests and/or push requests from a plurality of endpoints connected to the network. A collective communication primitive from a particular endpoint can be received at a network device. The collective communication primitive is associated with a multicast region of a shared global address space and is mapped to a plurality of participating endpoints. The network device is configured to perform an in-network computation based on information received from the participating endpoints before forwarding a response to the collective communication primitive back to one or more of the participating endpoints. The endpoints can inject pull requests (e.g., load commands) and/or push requests (e.g., store commands) into the network. A multicast capability enables tasks, such as a reduction operation, to be offloaded to hardware in the network device.
US11336467B2
Permission control and management for messaging application bots is described. A method can include providing a messaging application, on a first computing device associated with a first user, to enable communication between the first user and another user, and detecting, at the messaging application, a user request. The method can also include programmatically determining that an action in response to the user request requires access to data associated with the first user, and causing a permission interface to be rendered in the messaging application, the permission interface enabling the first user to approve or prohibit access to the data associated with the first user. The method can include accessing the data associated with the first user and performing the action in response to the user request, upon receiving user input from the first user indicating approval of the access to the data associated with the first user.
US11336464B2
The method of identity authentication at the user is provided to prove to the certificate authority that a key is owned by a user. The method can comprise selecting a certain number of keys from a set of keys of the user, obtaining a hash value of a correspondence between each key in the certain number of keys and a user identifier of the user respectively, and transmitting the obtained hash values to the certificate authority, and after receiving from the certificate authority a notification regarding a first subset of hash values, sending keys corresponding to the first subset of hash values as a first subset of keys to the certificate authority. The first subset of hash values can be selected by the certificate authority from the obtained hash values. Zero know ledge proof can be achieved with this technical solution.
US11336459B2
The invention relates to a method for granting access to a service provided by a connected device for a user having a user's device and requesting said access, the method comprising the steps of: receiving by the user's device from the connected device a request to validate a user profile, a user profile corresponding to a list of at least one data item representing the user's capabilities to use a service provided by the given connected device; requesting by the user's device to a verification server associated to the at least one data item to validate said data item, and receiving a digital signature of said data item generated by the verification server as a proof of the validation; transmitting the data item of the user profile and its digital signature to a device belonging to the owner of the connected device for it to be informed that said data item is validated, the user profile being considered as validated when the digital signatures of all the data items listed in the user profile are correctly verified by the owner's device; granting for the user access to the service provided by the connected device when the user profile is validated.
US11336458B2
Software applications to be installed on user devices are monitored. Authenticity of the applications is evaluated using trust factors. In some cases, the trust factors relate to security associated with a network being accessed by a user device. In response to the evaluation, an action is performed such as configuring or disabling execution of one or more components of an application.
US11336456B2
A first apparatus comprises an error correction coding part that receives a message M to be transmitted to a second apparatus, performs coding using a predetermined error correction code, and outputs a codeword C; a message authentication tag generation part that receives the message M and outputs a predetermined message authentication tag T; and a transmission part that transmits the codeword C and the tag T as transmission information S to the second apparatus. The second apparatus receives a message M* to be verified and a tag T′, which are obtained from the transmission information S, and determines that the message M* to be verified has not been tampered with when a tag T* obtained from the message M* to be verified and the tag T′ satisfy a predetermined identity criterion.
US11336453B2
A method for facilitating transactions between tenants in a multi-tenant architecture system is discussed. The method includes receiving a request, at a multi-tenant platform, from a first service of a first tenant of the multi-tenant platform to access a second service of a second tenant of the multi-tenant platform to perform a transaction, in which the request includes a first access token usable to authenticate the transaction with the first tenant. The method includes generating, by the multi-tenant platform using the first access token, a universal access token. The method includes generating, by the multi-tenant platform using the universal access token, a second access token useable to authenticate the transaction with the second tenant. The method includes using, by the multi-tenant platform, the second access token to communicate with the second service to perform the transaction.
