US11643436B2
The present invention discloses a polypeptide compound, a pharmaceutical composition, and a preparation method and use thereof. The structural formula of the polypeptide compound is shown in general formula (I): Such polypeptide compounds as κ-opioid receptor agonists have the advantages of better activity and the potential to become clinical candidate compounds.
US11643432B2
A nucleoside derivative represented below, or a salt thereof. (In (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a protected group, and in (2), X represent a halogen atom. In (1) and (2), R2 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl protecting, phosphate, or protected phosphate group, or —P(═O)nR5R6 (n is 0 or 1, R5 and R6 each representing a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, protected hydroxyl, mercapto, protected mercapto, lower alkoxy, cyano lower alkoxy, amino or substituted amino group, when n is 1, R5 and R6 are not both hydrogen atoms), R3 represents NHR7 (R7 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl or protecting group for an amino group), an azide, amidino or guanidino group, each having a linking group (when R7 is hydrogen atom, the linking group is an alkylene group), and B represents any of a purine-9-yl, 2-oxo-pyrimidin-1-yl, substituted purine-9-yl or substituted 2-oxo-pyrimidin-1-yl group).
US11643427B2
A complex of formula (I): (I′) M is Hf; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a bridge of formula -(ER82)y—; y is 1 or 2; E is C or Si; each R8 is independently a C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl or L is an alkylene group such as methylene or ethylene; Ar and Ar′ are each independently an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 groups R1 or R1′ respectively; R1 and R1′ are each independently the same or can be different and are a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl group or C6-20 aryl group with the proviso that if there are four or more R1 and R1′ groups present in total, one or more of R1 and R1′ is other than tert butyl; R2 and R2′ are the same or are different and are a CH2—R9 group, with R9 being H or linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, C3-8 cycloalkyl group, C6-10 aryl group; each R is a —CH2—, —CHRx- or C(Rx)2- group wherein Rx is C1-4 alkyl and where m is 2-6; R5 is a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl group or C6-C20-aryl group; R6 is a C(R10)3 group, with R10 being a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl group; and R6 and R7′ are the same or are different and are H or a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group. Invention relates also to a catalyst in solid form comprising (i) a complex of formula (I) and (ii) a cocatalyst of an aluminium compound and (iii) a cocatalyst of a boron compound.
US11643426B2
A hypergolic metal organic framework material for producing a hypergol when combined with an oxidizer, comprising a general structure M1-L-M2, wherein L is an aromatic organic linker comprising one or more unsaturated substituents, and wherein M1 and M2 are same or different metal cations.
US11643403B2
Disclosed are novel compounds of Chemical Formula 1, optical isomers of the compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds or the optical isomers. The compounds, isomers, and salts exhibit excellent activity as GLP-1 receptor agonists. In particular, they, as GLP-1 receptor agonists, exhibit excellent glucose tolerance, thus having a great potential to be used as therapeutic agents for metabolic diseases. Moreover, they exhibit excellent pharmacological safety for cardiovascular systems.
US11643397B2
The invention described herein relates to certain pyrimidinetrione N-substituted glycine derivatives of formula (I) which are antagonists of HIF prolyl hydroxylases and are useful for treating diseases benefiting from the inhibition of this enzyme, anemia being one example.
US11643391B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, X, Y, Z, W, and m are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11643387B2
A process for synthesis of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide comprising the synthesis of urea in parallel in a first urea reactor (1) at a first urea synthesis pressure and in a second urea reactor (2) at a second and lower urea synthesis pressure; a stripping step of the reaction effluent of the first reactor, which is performed in a stripper (4) operating at a stripping pressure lower than the first urea synthesis pressure; the reaction effluent (21) of the second reactor (2) and the stripper liquid effluent (11) are sent to a recovery section (13) where a carbamate-containing recycle solution (17) is produced, and said recycle solution (17) is sent partly to said first reactor and partly to said second reactor.
US11643386B2
High purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile with fewer impurities can be used as a starting material or intermediate for synthesizing various pharmaceutical products, agricultural chemicals, and chemical products, and a production method thereof. A high purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile having an HPLC purity of 2-naphthylacetonitrile of not less than 95 area %, and containing naphthalene compounds represented by the formulas (a)-(j) at a content of a predetermined area % or below. A method for producing high purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile, may include: subjecting 2′-acetonaphthone to a Willgerodt reaction in the presence of an additive where necessary, and hydrolyzing the obtained amide compound to give 2-naphthylacetic acid; and reacting the 2-naphthylacetic acid obtained in the subjecting, a halogenating agent and sulfamide in the presence of a catalyst as necessary in an organic solvent to give 2-naphthylacetonitrile.
US11643384B2
A composition comprising a) a quaternary trialkylalkanolamine hydroxide and b) at least one diamine as component b), which is selected from the group consisting of 1-amino-4-methylpiperazine, 1,2-diaminopropane and mixtures thereof.
US11643375B2
This disclosure provides improved processes for converting benzene/toluene via methylation with methanol/dimethyl ether for producing, e.g., p-xylene. In an embodiment, a process comprises contacting a methylation agent feed with an aromatic hydrocarbon feed in the presence of a methylation catalyst in a methylation reactor at increased pressure. Reduced methylation catalyst deactivation can be achieved with increased pressure in the methylation reactor.
US11643373B1
An alkylation process is described. The process involves alkylation of isobutane and ethylene in a loop reactor using an ionic liquid catalyst as a continuous phase. The alkylate typically has a research octane number of at least about 93, and the olefin conversion is typically at least about 95%.
US11643369B2
An article may include a substrate including a ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite. The substrate defines a hot side surface configured to face a heated gas environment and a cool side surface opposite the hot side surface. The article also includes a cool side coating on the cool side surface. The cool side coating comprises at least one material having a flow temperature equal to or slightly less than a temperature of the heated gas environment.
US11643366B2
A large area sintering platform, system, and methodology. The system includes a convection oven with a projection window disposed within a top surface of the oven. A platform is disposed within the oven below the window at a spaced distance away from the window. A powder is positioned on top of the platform, with a thermocouple positioned within the powder on the platform. A high intensity projector moves in sync with the platform, and uses low intensities and long exposure times to project an image through the window onto the powder and sinter the powder to fabricate the desired model layer by layer.
US11643361B2
The present invention provides a method of increasing the strength of a glass substrate for optical filters and a tempered-glass optical filter using a tempered glass substrate manufactured using the same, in which the glass substrate for optical filters is subjected to chemical tempering so that a compressive stress (CS) and a depth of layer (DOL) of the glass substrate are adjusted to increase the bending strength thereof.
US11643353B2
A method for air quenching a glass hollow body elongated along a main axis, including a wall having an external surface, and an internal surface formed by a bore extending in height along the main axis, is provided. The method includes simultaneously blasting air jets towards the surfaces of the glass hollow body using air blast nozzles directed towards the surfaces. External nozzles distribute air jets over the external surface of the glass hollow body and a nozzle above the bore of the glass hollow body and aligned along the main axis distributes an internal air jet over the internal surface of the glass hollow body. In a transverse plane to the main axis the internal air jet is in the form of a crown having a recess at the center.
US11643351B2
In manufacturing a glass article (GR) by causing a molten glass (GM) to flow through a transfer pipe (12) and to be transferred, the transfer pipe (12) includes: a pipe end portion (14) being an end portion in a pipe axis direction; a pipe-shaped portion (15); and a joining portion (16) configured to join the pipe end portion (14) and the pipe-shaped portion (15) to each other. The pipe end portion (14) includes a flange portion (17) and a curved portion (18) extending from an inner peripheral end (17a) of the flange portion (17) toward the pipe-shaped portion (15) side and being reduced in diameter toward the pipe-shaped portion (15) side. The pipe end portion (14) is made of a material having a smaller creep rupture strength and/or a larger creep strain rate than the pipe-shaped portion (15) at 1,500° C. and 1,000 hours.
US11643345B2
An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
US11643344B2
This application relates to a method of treating wastewater wherein an oxygen infusion system is used to supersaturate wastewater before aerobic biological processes, wherein oxygen is transferred to the wastewater free of oxygen bubbles and achieves a reduction in power demand for the aeration process of wastewater.
US11643332B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing an AFX-structure zeolite comprising at least the following steps: i) mixing, in an aqueous medium, an FAU-structure zeolite having an SiO2 (FAU)/Al2O3 (FAU) molar ratio of between 2.00 (limit included) and 6.00 (limit excluded), an organic nitrogenous compound R, at least one source of at least one alkali and/or alkaline-earth metal M, the reaction mixture having the following molar composition: (SiO2 (FAU))/(Al2O3 (FAU)) between 2.00 (limit included) and 6.00 (limit excluded), H2O/(SiO2 (FAU)) between 1 and 100, R/(SiO2 (FAU)) between 0.01 and 0.6, M2/nO/(SiO2 (FAU)) between 0.005 and 0.7, limits included, until a homogeneous precursor gel is obtained; ii) hydrothermal treatment of said precursor gel obtained on conclusion of step i) at a temperature of between 120° C. and 220° C., for a time of between 12 hours and 15 days.
US11643328B2
Disclosed is a method of producing surface-treated carbon nanostructures which comprises: a depressurization step wherein a carbon nanostructure-containing liquid which comprises carbon nanostructures and a dispersion medium is depressurized; and a surface treatment step wherein an oxidizing agent is added in the carbon nanostructure-containing liquid after or during the depressurization step so that the carbon nanostructures have a surface oxygen atom concentration of 7.0 at % or more. The carbon nanostructures preferably comprise carbon nanotubes.
US11643327B2
A process for catalytic oxidation of ammonia gas by way of an oxygen-containing gas in a presence of a noble metal-containing catalyst may be employed to give nitrogen monoxide. A temperature of an ammonia/air mixed gas may be optimized in respect of nitrogen monoxide selectivity of the reaction before contact with the catalyst. Examination of catalytic NH3 oxidation according to 4NH3+5O2→4NO+6H2O revealed that an optimum mode of operation of an NH3 burner in an HNO3 plant is not to be achieved by maintenance of a constant gauze temperature of the catalyst gauze by automatic setting of the NH3:air ratio. Rather, there is an optimum temperature for each process condition that should be set not by changing the NH3:air ratio but instead by altering the temperature of the NH3/air mixed gas before contact with the catalyst gauzes.
US11643325B2
A MEMS package including a fixed frame, a moveable platform and elastic restoring members is provided. The moveable platform is moved with respect to the fixed frame. The elastic restoring members are connected between the fixed frame and the moveable platform, and used to restore the moved moveable platform to an original position.
US11643321B2
An interface assembly for a frozen dessert machine is disclosed that includes a freezer door having opposed front and rear sides and including at least one recessed mounting pocket formed in the rear side thereof, the at least one recessed mounting pocket including a cornice covering an upper portion thereof, and at least one elongated baffle having opposed proximal and distal end portions, the proximal end portion of the at least one baffle including a retention flange that is dimensioned and configured for detachable reception within the at least one mounting pocket of the freezer door behind the cornice.
US11643320B2
The invention discloses a method of filling beverage into a beverage vessel, comprising the following steps: selecting at least one beverage by a program running on a personal electronic device having a personal electronic device processor by a user, wherein the at least one beverage is represented by at least one beverage parameter set and wherein the at least one beverage parameter set is stored in beverage data; positioning the beverage vessel in the proximity of the personal electronic device by the user; emitting an RF field by an antenna of the personal electronic device; transmitting the beverage data from an the antenna of the personal electronic device in a radio message to an antenna of the beverage vessel by near field communication controlled by the personal electronic device processor after presence of the beverage vessel in the proximity of the personal electronic device has been detected by the personal electronic device by near field communication; extracting electric energy from the RF field by the vessel antenna; storing the beverage data in a memory of the beverage vessel controlled by a vessel processor after receiving the beverage data by the antenna of the beverage vessel; positioning the beverage vessel in the proximity of a beverage dispenser by a user; transmitting a RF field from an antenna of the beverage dispenser; after detecting the beverage vessel in the proximity of the beverage dispenser by near field communication, transmitting by near field communication under control of a dispenser controller by the beverage dispenser a request command from an the antenna of the beverage dispenser to the antenna of the beverage vessel requesting to transmit beverage data in a radio message; extracting electric energy from the RF field by the vessel antenna; in response to receiving the request command by the beverage vessel, reading the beverage data from the memory of the beverage vessel and transmitting the beverage data by the antenna of the beverage vessel to the antenna of the beverage dispenser by near field communication under control of the vessel processor; and in response to receiving the beverage data by the antenna of the beverage dispenser outputting one of the at least one beverage defined by the beverage parameter set in the beverage data into the beverage vessel under control of the dispenser controller, wherein the portable beverage vessel comprises a container comprising a bottom portion forming the lower end of the container and a wall extending from the bottom portion in an essentially vertical direction; a magnetic coupling element arranged at the container; and a control device having a complementary magnetic coupling element adapted to be releasably coupled with the magnetic coupling element and comprising at least on near field communication antenna, a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data, a power storage, a memory for storing data and a vessel processor adapted to execute computer program code and adapted to control the transceiver and the memory.
US11643319B2
Beverage dispensing system comprising a pressure housing comprising a first housing part 12, 12′ having a connector aperture 22, and a second housing part 14, 14′. The system further comprises a pair of connectors 24, 24′ connectable to the connector aperture in a pressure-tight sealing connection. The pair of connectors 24, 24′ comprises a first connector 24 having a through-going hole for allowing guiding a first tapping line 20 through the through-going hole and a second connector 24′ being connectable to a second tapping line. The system further comprises a pair of beverage containers 16, 16′, both accommodating a carbonated beverage and having a beverage outlet. A first beverage container 16 of the pair of beverage containers comprises the first tapping line 20 communicating with the beverage outlet. A second beverage container 16′ of the pair of beverage containers has an openable seal for establishing connection from the beverage outlet to the second connector 24′. The system further comprises a pressure inlet.
US11643302B2
A detection system is provided. The detection system includes a sensing device and a controller. The sensing device is within an elevator and in communication with the controller. The sensing device continuously monitors sound waves within the elevator and communicates the sound waves as electrical signals to the controller. The controller operates the elevator and analyses the sound waves received as the electrical signals from the sensing device to detect an emergency condition within the elevator.
US11643300B2
A movement-distance measuring apparatus is provided with: an antenna, a phase detection circuit, a phase-shift calculation circuit, and a movement-distance calculation circuit. The antenna transmits a radio wave toward a plurality of reflectors arranged at constant intervals along a moving path of a moving object, and receives a reflected wave from the reflectors. The phase detection circuit detects a phase of the reflected wave received by the antenna. The phase-shift calculation circuit calculates a phase shift based on the phase detected by the phase detection circuit. The movement-distance calculation circuit calculates a movement distance of the moving object, based on the phase shift calculated by the phase-shift calculation circuit, and based on the interval of the reflectors.
US11643283B2
Provided is a vehicle measurement system for an automatic conveyor. The measurement system includes: an information measurement unit, disposed at a position higher than the ready-for-loading vehicle and including two laser radars: a rear radar and a side radar; a voice prompt unit, configured to send a voice prompt; and a control unit; where when the ready-for-loading vehicle is approaching, the rear radar measures a distance between it and the ready-for-loading vehicle in real time as a predetermined parking distance; when a value of the predetermined parking distance is within a predetermined range, the control unit controls the voice prompt unit to send a voice prompt for parking; and after the ready-for-loading vehicle stops, the information measurement unit measures the distance between the ready-for-loading vehicle and the rear radar, carriage size information, and a deviation angle of a parking position of the ready-for-loading vehicle from the predetermined parking area.
US11643281B2
An improved system for determining the identification of movers in a motion control system is disclosed, where the motion control system includes multiple movers traveling on a track. The physical construction of at least one element of one of the movers is different on one mover than on each of the other movers. The control system for the movers detects the difference in construction and identifies the unique mover as a first mover. Each of the other movers along the track are assigned an identifier based on their relative position to the first mover. According to one embodiment, a position sensing system is utilized to identify the first mover. According to another embodiment, the drive system for the movers is utilized to identify the first mover. In still another embodiment, a combination of the position sensing system and the drive system is utilized to identify the first mover.
US11643269B2
Systems, methods and containers for forming a beverage. A beverage container includes an enclosure arranged with a movable element that is movable to pierce a membrane and permit beverage material in the container to exit. The movable element can also be moveable to permit pressurized gas entry into the container and through the membrane. Gas can be introduced into the container to force beverage material to exit the container. A gas inlet port can be provided with the enclosure and arranged to mate with a gas source of a beverage machine.
US11643263B2
A packaged product unit including a package with an inner cavity having a pocket portion containing a product and communicating with an elongated portion in which a straw is housed. The straw has a proximal end which leads into the pocket portion and a distal end which is closed by a cap portion of the package. An outer wall of the straw is welded perimetrically to the package in a proximal sealing area at the proximal end of the straw to prevent leakage of the product from the pocket portion along an outer surface of the straw.
US11643257B2
A dispensing fitment assembly includes a fitment assembly and a dispensing probe. The fitment assembly includes a fitment housing and a plug. The fitment housing is configured to operatively couple to a container opening of a fluid container. The plug is positioned within an interior portion of the fitment housing. The plug is slidingly movable between an open and closed position. Engagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the closed position to the open position. Disengagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the open to closed position.
US11643247B2
A pallet includes a base layer, a cargo layer and spaced apart supports coupled between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. The supports include outer corner supports each configured as a C-shaped bracket, and center supports each configured as a circular-shaped cylinder. Each center support including an outer wall having opposing ends, a center hub having opposing ends, and ribs extending between the center hub and the outer wall.
US11643246B2
An apparatus is provided having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus includes, while in the closed configuration, a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel that together create a box partially enclosing a void space. The first panel is rotatably coupled to the fifth panel and the sixth panel, the second panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the sixth panel, and the third panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the fifth panel. The apparatus opens from the closed configuration to present the contents therein through a single degree-of-freedom mechanism where the first, second, and third panels become perpendicular to the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels while the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels become aligned in a same plane.
US11643244B2
A tray formed from a blank of sheet material includes a bottom panel, a top panel, first and second side panels, and a locking band connected to the bottom panel at opposite upper and lower edges thereof. The locking band extends across the top panel and holds an underlying portion of the top panel in face-contacting relationship with the bottom panel. The tray is configured to transition from a first, substantially flat configuration into a second, erect configuration in which the top panel defines a concave surface configured to hold in place a rounded item. The tray is configured to be transitioned from the first configuration to the second configuration by sliding the top panel relative to the bottom panel.
US11643241B2
A corrugated plastic box and a method for manufacturing a corrugated plastic box from a blank are provided. The method includes the steps of forming rounded edge seals on the perimeter edges of the blank, pre-sealing portions of the blank to form a plurality of areas in which major and minor flap slots and a glue tab are desired, ultrasonically scoring the blank to form a plurality of flap score lines, and cutting the blank through the plurality of pre-sealed flap slots and glue tab, leaving a sealed edge.
US11643233B2
A system for transporting and depositing of piece goods, in particular detergent pods, comprising at least one transport conveyor with a transporting surface, for transporting of piece goods in a transport direction with a transport speed from a receiving location to a downstream located deposit station, said deposit station, for the receiving of the piece goods, provided with at least one area for receiving the piece goods, which area at least partly locates under the transport surface of the transport conveyor and extends under a receiving length in the transport direction of the transport conveyor, wherein a deposit location, where the transport conveyor deposits the piece goods in the area in the deposit station, is adjustable over the receiving length, a detector, for outputting a signal that indicates if at a certain moment piece goods can be deposited in the deposit station, wherein a controller for determining the deposit location depending on the detection signal, wherein the controller moves the deposit location upstream or remains at the same position when the detection signal indicates that piece goods can be received and wherein the controller moves the deposit location downstream when the detection signal indicates that piece goods cannot be received and wherein the at least one transport conveyor is provided with a fast-retracting nose bar, for setting the deposit location over the receiving length; and wherein the deposit station comprises a guide, in the shape of a funnel, which forms a through channel that has a receiving opening on one side which opening extends over at least the receiving length.
US11643229B2
A wrap machine assembly including a pallet having a top surface having goods thereon and a side surface. The top surface is located above a floor. The wrap machine assembly also includes a wrapping machine having a base and a wrapping arm including a roll of wrap film. The base of the wrapping machine has at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel. A portion of the wrapping machine is positioned adjacent the side surface of the pallet. The wrapping arm encircles the goods on the pallet, with a circle of rotation of the wrapping arm forming a periphery of a wrap circle area. The at least front wheel of the base of the wrapping machine is located within the wrap circle area when the pallet is viewed from above. No part of the wrapping machine is located under the pallet.
US11643215B2
A system includes a concentration sensor, a flow sensor, and a controller. The concentration sensor is configured to measure a concentration of a contaminant in a cabin of an aircraft. The flow sensor is configured to measure a flow rate of air into the cabin. The controller is configured to determine whether a concentration measurement of the contaminant in the cabin exceeds a first concentration threshold. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement does not exceed the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement exceeds the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint and a correction factor that is based on a flow sensor tolerance.
US11643211B2
A storage bin assembly includes a fixed bin portion, an articulating bin portion, and an articulation system. The fixed bin portion is configured to be mounted to an aircraft, and has a cavity configured for storage of luggage. The articulating bin portion is coupled to the fixed bin portion, and includes a shelf configured for supporting luggage. The articulation system movably couples the articulating bin portion to the fixed bin portion. The articulating bin portion is movable from a first position in which the articulating bin portion is proximate to the fixed bin portion to a second position at which the articulating bin portion is separated from the fixed bin portion and lower than the fixed bin portion.
US11643210B2
A modular bar and shop space for an aircraft galley is disclosed. In embodiments, the bar and shop space includes an aircraft monument installable either adjacent to a galley complex or as a standalone. The monument has upper and lower portions disposed behind upper and lower panels; the upper portion includes chiller and warmer compartments. The lower portion includes storage shelving and is deployable into the space in front of the monument. When the lower portion deploys, the vertical upper panel tracks downward into a horizontal workdeck above the storage shelving. The deployed workdeck may be used as a counterspace for a snack bar or social area for passengers, or as additional temporary workspace for cabin crew.
US11643209B1
An aircraft loading system is configured to tether equipment within an aircraft. The loading system has a wedge shaped bracket that has a front plate joined to two side plates and a bottom plate. A middle plate is parallel to the front plate and joins the two side plates. A front opening is arranged through the bottom plate between the front plate and the middle plate. The front opening is configured to accommodate an attachment ring. The attachment ring is used to tether the equipment within the aircraft.
US11643207B1
An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft has an airframe including first and second wings with first and second pylons coupled therebetween. A distributed thrust array is coupled to the airframe including a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A UAV carrier assembly is coupled between the first and second pylons. The UAV carrier assembly has a plurality of UAV stations each configured to selectively transport and release a UAV. A flight control system is configured to control each of the propulsion assemblies and launch each of the UAVs during flight.
US11643203B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle, including: a propelling device configured to generate a downward airstream; a package carrier; and wheels arranged so as to allow the package carrier to stand alone. The package carrier includes: vertical members which surround a package in a horizontal direction to prevent falling of the package; support members configured to support a load of the package at positions; and a coupling device configured to hold vertical members so as to enable relative horizontal movement. The support members are each fixed to a corresponding one of the vertical members. The wheels are each mounted to the corresponding one of the vertical members, and enable the relative horizontal movement of the vertical members under a state in which the wheels are on the ground. Through the relative horizontal movement of the vertical members, the package is separable from the support members.
US11643201B2
A vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a longitudinal axis; a pair of semi-wings protruding from the fuselage in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal axis; a pair of a predetermined breaking areas of the semi-wings defining respective preferred rupture sections at which the respective semi-wings are designed to break, during operation, in a controlled way moving along a preferred collapse trajectory in the event of impact; and at least one fluidic line configured to convey at least one service fluid from and/or towards at least one said semi-wing and crossing at least one of said preferred rupture sections; the aircraft comprises a self-sealing coupling movable between a first configuration in which it enables the flow of said service fluid from and/or towards the semi-wing, and a second configuration in which it prevents the above-mentioned flow and the spilling of the service fluid from the fluidic line; the self-sealing coupling is movable from the first to the second configuration via the movement of the semi-wing along the preferred collapse trajectory.
US11643199B2
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, especially electric VTOL (e-VTOL) aircraft include a fuselage (which may include a pair of ground-engaging skids) defining a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, forward and aft pairs of port and starboard aerodynamic wings extending laterally outwardly from the fuselage and forward and aft pairs of port and starboard rotor pods each being in substantial alignment with the longitudinal axis of the fuselage. In specific embodiments, each of the forward and aft pairs of port and starboard rotor pods comprises a forward and aft pair of rotor assemblies.
US11643198B2
The present vertical lift vehicle system can include a single internal combustion engine, a single propeller, and a plurality of small ducts. The small ducts can connect to a single main duct acting as a combustion chamber, wherein the combustion chamber combines air from the small ducts with propane, wherein when ignited the contents of the main duct produce added thrust to the vehicle as it exits the main duct.
US11643195B2
Embodiments are directed to a rotor blade comprising a blade tip attached to the outboard end of the rotor blade. The blade tip has at least two sides that are tapered together to an edge. The length of the blade tip extending away from the outboard end to the edge is a distance that is greater than half the thickness of the outboard end. When the rotor blade is operating in a folded configuration, air flows over the sides in a direction generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade. The sides have profiles that minimize or prevent separation of the air flow from the blade tip.
US11643188B2
An aircraft includes a plurality of control targets, avionics devices and a control switch unit. The control targets each includes a power line communication unit configured to perform communication via a power line. The avionics devices are respectively connected with the control targets via exclusive-use signal lines. The avionics devices are configured to control the control targets via the signal lines. The avionics devices each includes a PLC unit configured to perform communication via the power line. The control switch unit is configured to, when an abnormality occurs in any of the avionics devices, cause another one of the avionics devices to control the control target which has been controlled by the any of the avionics devices, via the power line.
US11643178B2
A propeller apparatus of a ship propulsion machine includes a tubular member inserted into an insertion hole so as to be movable in a circumferential direction with respect to a hub. First concave portions arranged in a circumferential direction are formed in an outer peripheral surface of the tubular member. Second concave portions arranged in the circumferential direction so as to respectively face the first concave portions are formed in an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole. Each of the elastic bodies has a spherical or columnar shape, a first portion of each of the elastic bodies is disposed in each of the first concave portions, a second portion of each of the elastic bodies is disposed in each of the second concave portions, and the elastic bodies are rotatably held between the first concave portions and the second concave portions facing each other.
US11643177B2
An apparatus that facilitates search and rescue, for example, in open water. The apparatus comprises a substrate with a particular geometry and a perimeter. The apparatus further comprises a cover positioned atop the substrate with the cover also having a particular geometry and perimeter, which correspond to the geometry and perimeter of the substrate. An air-tight seal seals the substrate perimeter to the cover perimeter and creates a sealed internal region. A breakable vessel holding an activator is located in the sealed internal region, along with illuminable dyes that are also located in the sealed internal region. When the breakable vessel is broken, the activator reacts with the illuminable dyes and illuminates the illuminable dyes.
US11643166B2
A bicycle has a bicycle body, a bicycle component, and a battery. The bicycle body has a frame including a down tube, a component mounting portion, and a seat tube. The bicycle component includes a bicycle drive unit. At least a portion of the bicycle component is arranged inside the frame. The battery is mounted on the bicycle to supply the bicycle component with electrical power. The frame further includes a first open portion that is provided on the component mounting portion and opens toward an upper side of the bicycle. At least a portion of the bicycle drive unit is disposed inside the frame and is exposed through the first open portion.
US11643163B2
A saddle-type vehicle includes an engine, an engine control device, a battery, a vehicle body frame, and a pair of rear wheels. The vehicle body frame includes a pair of seat support frames supporting a seat. The battery is disposed below the seat and between the pair of seat support frames in a vehicle width direction. The engine control device is disposed between a seat support frame of the pair of seat support frames and a rear wheel of the pair of rear wheels. The seat support frame is located on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wheel is located on the one side. At least a part of the engine control device overlaps the rear wheel located on the one side when viewed from the vehicle width direction.
US11643155B2
A work machine may include an drive frame, a drivable track coupled to the drive frame, an idler wheel coupled to the drive frame to facilitate movement of the drivable track, and a wheel weight coupleable to the idler wheel. The wheel weight may be coupled to the idler wheel without removing the idler wheel from the drive frame.
US11643147B2
An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a front pillar outer that is inexpensive, lightweight and strong. A front pillar outer includes a glass-face-side flange part, a door-side flange part, and a main body part that connects the glass-face-side flange part and the door-side flange part to each other. In a partial area of the door-side flange part in a longitudinal direction thereof, a first plate part that is connected to a side edge of the door-side flange part is folded so that the first plate part is overlaid on the door-side flange part. In a partial area of the glass-face-side flange part in a longitudinal direction thereof, a second plate part that is connected to a side edge of the glass-face-side flange part is folded so that the second plate part is overlaid on the glass-face-side flange part.
US11643143B2
A suspension system for a vehicle is disclosed. In some embodiments, the suspension system includes a wheel arch. In some embodiments, a wheel arch includes a gear track. In some embodiments, a wheel axle is coupled to a first and a second end of the wheel arch. In some embodiments, a steradian shaped wheel is mounted on the wheel axle. In some embodiments, a motor frame is coupled to a chassis of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the motor frame includes a lean motor configured to engage with the gear track. In some embodiments, actuation of the lean motor causes the wheel arch to rotate along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to create a change in a camber angle of the wheel.
US11643140B2
A steerable vehicle suspension can include an axle, at least one retractor having a length that decreases in response to a pressure increase applied to the retractor, and at least one wheel spindle. Resistance to rotation of the wheel spindle relative to the axle increases in response to the pressure increase applied to the retractor. A method of operating a steerable vehicle suspension of a vehicle can include allowing steering knuckles rotatably mounted at opposite ends of an axle to rotate relative to the axle while the vehicle moves forward, and applying an inwardly directed force simultaneously to each of the steering knuckles. Another steerable vehicle suspension can include two rotatably mounted steering knuckles, and two retractors connected to the steering knuckles. An inwardly directed force is applied by each retractor to a respective one of the steering knuckles in response to pressure applied to the retractors.
US11643135B2
A controller may have a plurality of self-diagnostic functions, each of which is configured for checking a function of an assigned hardware component of the controller. Each of the self-diagnostic functions may have at least one safety limit value, which is configured such that when the at least one safety limit value is exceeded the corresponding hardware component is switched off. Each of the self-diagnostic functions may have at least one quality limit value, the absolute value of which is smaller than an absolute value of the at least one safety limit value. The at least one quality limit value can be configured such that a quality-relevant state can be detected in the assigned hardware component when the at least one quality limit value is exceeded.
US11643132B2
A method for optimising an energy-absorbing strap includes the steps of: (1) producing a single metal sheet, including a first connecting portion, for connecting to one of a support bracket and a fixed part of a vehicle, and a second connecting portion, for connecting to the other of the support bracket and the fixed part of the vehicle; and (2) producing a weakening in the single metal sheet to separate the first connecting portion from a tearable portion; bending a portion of the single metal sheet to produce a bent portion that interconnects the second connecting portion and the tearable portion, the second portion being bent back around in relation to the tearable portion; wherein the steps are selected to produce a desired energy-absorbance profile.
US11643130B2
A steering device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft, an outer column, and an inner column. The inner shaft has a sliding portion configured to be capable of being inserted into the outer shaft, and a bearing-mounting portion that is connected to the sliding portion in an axial direction thereof and is configured not to be capable of being inserted into the outer shaft. In the bearing-mounting portion, rear bearings are disposed with an interval therebetween in the axial direction.
US11643128B2
The disclosure provides a baby carriage brake mechanism and a baby carriage. The baby carriage brake mechanism includes a frame, a brake drive assembly, linkage assemblies, brake locks and wheels. The brake drive assembly is disposed on the frame. The linkage assemblies are respectively slidably disposed on the frame on both of left and right sides. Both ends of the brake drive assembly are respectively in abutting connection with the two linkage assemblies. The linkage assemblies are coupled to the brake locks. Two wheels are respectively pivotally disposed at both sides of the frame. By driving the brake drive assembly to push the linkage assemblies to act with the brake locks, the brake locks on both sides are engaged with the wheels, thereby locking the wheels on both sides. Therefore, the baby carriage brake mechanism of the disclosure may brake wheels on both sides simultaneously with simple operation.
US11643125B2
A dolly for attachment to a vehicle hitch is disclosed. The dolly includes a connection assembly for connecting and disconnecting the dolly to the vehicle hitch. The connection assembly also allows to position the dolly from a ramp position in which the support surface is inclined, to a loading position in which the support surface is raised and parallel to the ground, for loading the object from the dolly to the vehicle. The connection assembly also allows to position the dolly from the loading position to a transport position. In the transport position, the support surface is upright and extends along the rear of the vehicle, for transporting the dolly with the vehicle, once the object has been loaded in the vehicle. A method of operating the dolly is also provided.
US11643111B2
A method for controlling emergency stop of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes: controlling emergency stop of an autonomous vehicle capable of recognizing a stop request from an emergency vehicle, determining whether a current situation is an emergency situation or a general situation, and performing a procedure corresponding to each situation to stop the autonomous vehicle based on each situation.
US11643110B2
A steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle having a hybrid steering system, including: identifying a malfunction during an autonomous driving procedure, wherein the hybrid steering system includes a hydraulic steering assistance system, an electromechanical steering assistance system and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the autonomous driving procedure of the vehicle, and switching the steering task by the control unit to a steering braking procedure, by which the vehicle is steered by braking at least one wheel, wherein due to the braking force that is acting on the scrub radius, a steering torque is produced that causes the wheels to turn. Also described is a related a servo-assisted steering assembly.
US11643109B2
A vehicle control system that acquires position information of a vehicle in a driving state of a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state; that stores a pre-traveled travel route of a vehicle in the manually driven state or the remotely operated driven state based on the acquired position information; and that creates a travel route on which a vehicle is caused to travel in an autonomously driven state using the stored travel route.
US11643101B2
Vehicle malfunction detection systems and methods for detecting whether a lighting element of a vehicle satisfies a malfunction condition are disclosed herein. The vehicle malfunction detection system includes a detection unit detecting an operational state of the lighting element of the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to place the vehicle in a driving mode, wherein, in response to determining that the operational state of the lighting element satisfies the malfunction condition, a vehicle start prevention signal is transmitted to the vehicle control unit, the vehicle start prevention signal including an instruction to prevent the vehicle from entering the driving mode.
US11643092B2
A method and a system for lane change prediction. The method includes collecting raw driving data, extracting a plurality of feature sets from the collected raw driving data, and obtaining corresponding lane change information. The lane change information indicates a status of lane change of a vehicle under each of the extracted feature sets. The method further includes automatically labeling each of the extracted plurality sets of features with the obtained corresponding lane change information. The method further includes training a lane change prediction model with the labeled plurality sets of features. Examples of the present disclosure further describe methods, systems, and vehicles for applying the lane change prediction model.
US11643091B2
To reduce the man-hours of software development when vehicle types are deployed, an in-vehicle equipment control device has a control unit that outputs, to actuators, control signals based on the outputs from sensor devices. The control unit includes a middleware layer and a device driver layer as software components. The middleware layer includes a routing module that selects whether the communication data output from the sensor devices is output as is or the communication data is subjected to predetermined processing and then output according to the type of the communication data, and a treatment module that performs the predetermined processing on the communication data. The routing module has a function of outputting the communication data to the device driver.
US11643090B2
In some examples, a controller receives information of a route of a vehicle, and selects a first parameter set from among a plurality of parameter sets based on the route of the vehicle, the plurality of parameter sets corresponding to different conditions of usage of the vehicle, where each parameter set of the plurality of parameter sets includes one or more parameters that control adjustment of one or more respective adjustable elements of the vehicle. The controller causes application of the first parameter set to control a setting of the one or more adjustable elements of the vehicle.
US11643084B2
In various embodiments, a driver sensing subsystem computes a characterization of a driver based on physiological attribute(s) of the driver that are measured as the driver operates a vehicle. Subsequently, a driver assessment application uses a confidence level model to estimate a confidence level of the driver based on the characterization of the driver. The driver assessment application then causes driver assistance application(s) to modify at least one functionality of the vehicle based on the confidence level. Advantageously, by enabling the driver assistance application(s) to take into account the confidence level of the driver, the driver assessment application can improve driving safety relative to conventional techniques for implementing driver assistance applications that disregard the confidence levels of drivers.
US11643070B2
The parking assist apparatus comprises an ECU. When the ECU recognizes a perpendicular-parallel parking possible space to which a vehicle can not only be perpendicularly parked from a parking start position but also be parallelly parked from the parking start position, the ECU is configured to display any one of a first perpendicular-parallel parking space selection button and a second perpendicular-parallel parking space selection button in such a manner that one of the buttons is superimposed on the perpendicular-parallel parking possible space.
US11643059B2
A method for controlling the braking action applicable by a brake caliper on a mechanical movement member of a vehicle is described. An electronic control unit operatively connected to an actuator assembly receives an input signal representative of a braking request. The unit determines a first reference value of a position of a component in the actuator assembly and a second reference value of a parameter representative of the braking action applicable by a brake caliper via the actuator assembly. The unit determines at least one feedback value of the position of a component in the actuator assembly. The unit also generates at least one control signal for the actuator assembly based on feedback values and the reference values.
US11643058B2
A driver assistance system includes a braking module and a module for controlling emergency braking distance. The braking module is intended to be connected to brakes. The module for controlling braking distance is connected to an output of the braking module.
US11643056B2
A driving assistance apparatus that includes a brake operation portion that applies a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, the brake operation portion including a brake operation body and a grip portion to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and a shift-down switch that shifts-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.
US11643045B2
A vehicle seat belt device including: a buckle that is positioned so as to face a corner formed by a seat cushion and a seat back those constitute a rear center seat, and to which a tang of a seat belt is detachably attached; a webbing that connects the buckle to a lower floor; a loop portion formed on a side surface part of the buckle; and a first band that is inserted into the loop portion, is engaged with the buckle at one extending end, and is fixed to the seat back at the other end, is provided.
US11643042B2
There is provided a vehicle crash pad coupled to a passenger airbag door having a passenger airbag installed in a passenger seat direction, the vehicle crash pad including a base forming a frame, a scrim coupled to an inside of the base of the passenger airbag door in an insert-injection method, a skin disposed above the base portion and having a surface exposed to an outside, a foam disposed between the base and the skin, and X shaped incision grooves formed in a rear surface of the base in an area of the passenger airbag door.
US11643033B2
Motor vehicle on-board network having at least two main line strands arranged electrically parallel to one another, the main line strands being electrically short-circuited to one another in two regions which are separated from one another and having a connection for one of at least two on-board network power supplies in each case, at least one motor vehicle on-board network being arranged in the at least two main line strands interrupting the respective main line strand, the motor vehicle electrical system switching network having at least three switches, a first switch being arranged between a first main line connection and a common node, a second switch being arranged between a second main line connection and the common node, and a third switch being arranged between the common node and at least one load connection.
US11643023B2
A sensor guard, for protecting a sensor of a vehicle. The sensor guard comprises a blade movable to sweep through a line-of-sight of the sensor when the sensor is arranged to be protected by the sensor guard, an extension of the blade in a direction parallel to the line-of-sight when the blade sweeps through the line-of sight being greater than an extension of the blade in a direction of movement of the blade when the blade sweeps through the line-of sight; and an actuator arranged and configured to move the blade to repeatedly sweep through the line-of-sight of the sensor when the sensor is arranged to be protected by the sensor guard.
US11643021B2
Bicycle carriers or racks for attachment to vehicles may be provided with a pivoting mechanism to rotate the rack in a vertical plane to provide access to the rear of the vehicle without removing bicycles from the rack. An actuator may be provided for a user to engage and disengage the pivoting mechanism to respectively secure the rack in a desired orientation or allow it to pivot from one desired orientation to another. The actuator may be coupled to a bar that engages one or more protrusions in the pivoting mechanism to secure the pivoting mechanism at a desired orientation. In some mechanisms the actuator may be actuated by hand or by foot, or both.
US11643017B2
A linkage assembly including first, second, third, fourth and fifth elongate linkage members 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 respectively, a first connecting arrangement 22 for connecting and allowing pivotal displacement between proximal end regions of the first and second elongate linkage members 12 and 14 respectively, a second connecting arrangement 24 for connecting and allowing pivotal displacement between distal end regions of the first and third elongate linkage members 12 and 16 respectively, a step support connecting arrangement 26 for connecting the first and fourth elongate linkage members 12 and 18 respectively, the step support connecting arrangement 26 being located inwardly the second connecting arrangement 24 and provides a stepping formation 30 for a user, the step support connecting arrangement 26 including a shaft 32 having a first portion 34 which is shaped to be received by and inhibit relative pivotal displacement between the fourth linkage member 18 and the stepping formation 30 during extension and retraction of the retractable ladder arrangement 36 and a second portion 38 shaped to be received by and allow pivotal displacement between the first and fourth linkage members 12 and 18, and a third connecting arrangement 28 for connecting and allowing pivotal displacement between the first and fifth elongate linkage members 12 and 20 respectively, the fifth elongate linkage member 20 being located intermediate the first and step support connecting arrangements 22 and 26 respectively.
US11643015B2
An exterior rearview device for an automotive vehicle includes a cover body with a cover body opening where the cover covers a front part of at least one reflective means, display or camera accommodated in the cover body. The exterior rearview device also contains a light module having a base body, a lens attachable to the base body and a selected functional device selected from at least two different functional devices each of which is adapted to achieve a specific light function. The base body is attachable to the cover body such that, in an attached state, the lens is arranged in the cover body opening, and the selected functional device is attachable to the base body such that, in the attached state, light from the light module passes through the lens to fulfil the specific light function of the selected functional device.
US11643011B2
For a vehicle (1) with a tractor (2) and a trailer (3), a view system has a capture unit (10) with an image sensor (12) for capturing image data of an area of view, around the vehicle, a processing unit (20) for processing the image data, and a reproduction unit (30) for reproducing at least one first image section (410) and one second image section (420) of the area of view (40) captured by the capture unit (10). The processing unit provides different resolutions of image data depending on the position of the tractor with respect to the trailer.
US11643003B1
A collapsible liquid storage tank for use in an elongated trailer for selectively carrying solid freight and bulk liquid freight, comprising a first side frame configured for movement between a retracted position against a first trailer side wall for carrying solid freight and a deployed position for carrying liquid freight, a second side frame configured for movement between a retracted position against a second trailer side wall for carrying solid freight and a deployed position for carrying liquid freight, a rear frame positioned between the first and second side frames when the first and second side frames are in the deployed position, a liner having side walls connected to the first and second side frames and the rear frame, a liquid impermeable bladder disposed within the liner, and at least one baffle operatively arranged to be positioned between the first and second side frames.
US11642993B2
A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.
US11642989B2
A tilt structure to be provided allows the tilt of a console to be changed through simple motion and has a simple configuration. A link mechanism (a mechanism similar to a slider crank mechanism) composed of three turning pairs and one sliding pair is formed using a first frame 20, a second frame 25, a slider 37, and a connection member 30. The tilt structure includes a control member 40 or 47 for fixing or unfixing the tilt of the second frame 25. The control member 40 or 47 is provided controllably in order to lock or unlock motion of the link mechanism.
US11642987B2
A sliding unit for a vehicle, the sliding unit may include a rail provided on the vehicle; a fixing portion formed of a material through which magnetism is flowable and provided along a direction in which the rail extends; a moving portion that is slidable along the rail; and a magnetic module provided in the moving portion, disposed toward the fixing portion, and selectively locked to the fixing portion by a magnetic path to selectively fix the moving portion to the rail.
US11642980B2
An obtaining unit obtains attribute information of an occupant of a vehicle, and an extraction unit extracts related facilities having predetermined relations to replenishing places for replenishing driving energy of the vehicle. A notification unit notifies the occupant of a replenishing place corresponding to a predetermined related facility among the related facilities extracted by the extraction unit, which is associated with the attribute information of the occupant obtained by the obtaining unit.
US11642966B2
A control device that controls an in-vehicle battery and a charger in a demand and supply control system is configured to obtain total demand for electric power or the like generated in in-vehicle equipment, determine whether or not the total demand is able to be satisfied with electric power or the like suppliable from the in-vehicle battery, when the total demand is not able to be satisfied solely with the in-vehicle battery, and bring the charger into a drive state in a case where the total demand is able to be satisfied with total electric power or the like suppliable from the in-vehicle battery and the charger.
US11642963B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosing damage to drive-train hardware of a vehicle in which a disconnector may obtain speed of an auxiliary drive wheel motor of the vehicle and speed of a main drive wheel motor of the vehicle and determines damage to the drive-train hardware including the disconnector that controls whether to interrupt delivery of power through engagement or disengagement between auxiliary drive wheel motor-side drive-train hardware and auxiliary drive wheel-side drive-train hardware, based on whether a difference between the speed of the auxiliary drive wheel motor and the speed of the main drive wheel motor exceeds a threshold value, Accordingly, preventing divergence of motor RPM by diagnosing damage to the drive-train hardware of the vehicle.
US11642961B2
An optical arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display light field emitter that emits a light field. At least one mirror is positioned to reflect the light field such that the light field is again reflected by a windshield of the vehicle, and such that the light field is visible to a driver of the vehicle as a virtual image. The at least one mirror has a transparent section. A driver monitoring camera is positioned to capture an image of a face of the driver through the transparent section of the at least one mirror.
US11642958B2
A heat exchange system includes a first thermal circuit, a second thermal circuit, and a controller. A first thermal circuit includes a first device, a first pump, and a first flow path and a second flow path configured to cool the first device. A second thermal circuit includes a second device, a second pump, and a third flow path and a fourth flow path configured to cool the second device. A controller is configured to switch, when the controller switches a flow path of the first thermal circuit from the first flow path to the second flow path and switches a flow path of the second thermal circuit from the fourth flow path to the third flow path, the fourth flow path to the third flow path and the first flow path to the second flow path.
US11642940B2
Described herein is a system and method for detecting malodor within a cabin of an autonomous vehicle, wherein initiation of a remediation system and/or dispatch of the autonomous vehicle to a service hub for mitigating the malodor is based upon sensor signals that monitor the cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The remediation system can include devices such as an HVAC system or a window, which are operated to reduce the concentration of airborne molecules in the cabin of the autonomous vehicle when the concentration of airborne molecules exceeds an air quality threshold. A dispatch protocol may be initiated to dispatch the autonomous vehicle to a service hub when the malodor is associated with certain predefined incidents or when remediation fails to reduce the concentration of airborne molecules below the air quality threshold.
US11642933B2
A vehicle heat transfer system includes a flow through heat exchanger, a surface heat exchanger, at least a first vehicle component, and a controller that is operable to selectively transfer heat to or from the first vehicle component with either or both of the flow through heat exchanger and the surface heat exchanger based on one or more operating conditions. In a further aspect, a vehicle heat transfer system includes, a vehicle component positioned on a vehicle that is heated or cooled by a fluid, and a surface heat exchanger positioned on the vehicle, the surface heat exchanger having an inlet that receives the fluid used to heat or cool the vehicle component, an outlet that returns the fluid to heat or cool the vehicle component, and a closed fluid path extending between the inlet and the outlet.
US11642932B2
A bushing assembly for a stabilizer bar in a vehicle includes a split ring defining a passageway engaging with an outer surface of the stabilizer bar, an outer diameter surface, a first split ring end, a second split ring end, and at least one axial retention flange disposed at either the first split ring end or the second split ring end. The bushing assembly includes an elastomer bushing defining an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a first bushing end, a second bushing end, a first axial flange disposed at the first bushing end, and a second axial flange at the second bushing end. At least one of the first axial flange and the second axial flange abut against the at least one axial retention flange of the split ring to create a zero clearance condition. The bushing assembly also includes a strap clamp securing the bushing assembly to the vehicle.
US11642929B2
An apparatus of controlling damping force through road frequency classification may include high pass filters configured to perform high-pass filtering of detecting values of wheel vibration input from wheel vibration sensors according to different cutoff frequencies, a main frequency extraction module configured to determine a main frequency of the wheel vibration based on filtered values output from the high pass filters, a maximum amplitude and amplitude ratio extraction module configured to determine a maximum amplitude and an amplitude ratio of the wheel vibration based on the filtered values, a road gripping force control determination module configured to determine whether or not road gripping force is to be controlled based on the determined main frequency and the determined maximum amplitude and amplitude ratio, and a damper control module configured to determine the damping force of dampers of a vehicle based on results of determination and road roughness.
US11642925B2
A hitch receiver with four walls forming a tube that includes an integrated clamping device for immobilizing inserted accessories. A flexible tube wall acts as a pressure plate to press against the accessory as force is applied. The clamping device further utilizes a backstop attached to a rigid portion of the tube and accommodating a mechanism for generating force. Force can be generated mechanically via a threaded rod operatively connected to a threaded opening in a block located in the space between the backstop and the pressure plate. Clamping force is applied to the pressure plate by the tip of the threaded rod as it is turned in such a way as to force the threaded block against the backstop. Force is applied until the pressure plate deforms, contacts the adjacent wall of the inserted accessory, and presses the accessory against the opposite tube wall.
US11642917B2
Tire comprising at least one working layer (41). The radially outermost one thereof comprises at least one undulation (412) radially on the outside of the points of the working layer (41) that are in line with the centre of the bottom face (243) of the major groove (24) closest to undulation (412). The undulation (412) of the radially outermost working layer (41) is such that, over at least 10% of the radially outer surface (ROS) of the said working layer (41), the radial distance (do) between the radially outer surface (ROS) and the tread surface (21) is at least 1 mm less than the radial distance (dc) between the radially outer surface (ROS) and the tread surface (21), which is the distance in line with the centre of the bottom face (243) of the major groove (24) closest to the said undulation (412).
US11642916B2
Non-pneumatic wheel (1) with an annular reinforcing structure (10) produced from at least one elastomer compound, arranged radially on the inside of a tread (7), the structure (10) having a plurality of reinforcing strips (12, 14) arranged in layers, the strips (12, 14) of each of the layers being arranged in juxtaposition in a substantially circumferential direction, the strips being coated with an elastomer composition (13), the structure (10) made of at least three layers of strips (12, 14), wherein the strips are formed of a laminate of at least two composite layers, each composite layer has fibres coated in a polymer matrix, the fibres making an angle α with the circumferential direction, the difference in values of the said angles from one layer to the next being approximately 90°.
US11642914B2
To provide a bicycle hub unit and a bicycle wheel assembly that allow a wheel unit to be appropriately coupled to a hub body, a bicycle hub unit is coupled to a rotary body to which a brake is applied by a brake device. The bicycle hub unit includes a hub body that rotates around a hub axle and a rotary body coupling portion that couples the rotary body to the hub body. The hub body includes a first joint portion and a second joint portion. The first joint portion includes an external thread coupled to an internal thread of the wheel unit. The second joint portion is coupled to a restriction member that restricts relative rotation of the first joint portion and the wheel unit.
US11642908B2
A visual security feature is provided that is disposed on a target. The visual security feature includes two substantially transparent layers. At least one of the two substantially transparent layers is present in an image-wise pattern.
US11642901B2
A printing apparatus includes a head configured to discharge liquid to a printing medium, a carriage configured to move the head back and forth to one side and another side in a scanning direction with respect to the printing medium, and a control unit configured to perform printing of a printing image with the liquid by controlling driving of the head and the carriage. When performing printing of an end portion of the printing image on the one side, the control unit performs the printing by a first scan in which the head is moved from the one side to the other side, and when performing printing of an end portion of the printing image on the other side, the control unit performs the printing by a second scan in which the head is moved from the other side to the one side.
US11642891B2
A liquid ejection head includes an ejection opening; a passage in which an energy generation element is disposed; an ejection opening portion that allows communication between the ejection opening and the passage; a supply passage for allowing the liquid to flow into the passage; and an outflow passage for allowing the liquid to flow out to the outside. An expression of H−0.34×P−0.66×W>1.7 is satisfied when a height of the passage is set to H [μm], a length of the ejection opening portion is set to P [μm], and a length of the ejection opening portion is set to W [μm].
US11642882B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a transmission-side control device and a reception-side control device. The transmission-side control device is configure to: divide image data into a plurality of division data; add check data for error detection to each of the plurality of division data; and transmit, to a reception-side control device, each of the plurality of division data to which respective check data are added. The reception-side control device is configured to: receive each of the plurality of division data to which the respective check data are added; perform error detection on each of the plurality of division data, using check data added to the division data; and transmit, to a drive device configured to control a drive element, division data on which a process of error detection is performed, in parallel with a process of transmitting division data by the transmission-side control device.
US11642881B2
Examples relate to a method to print a print job. The method comprise comparing an operational parameter of the print job with a reference operational parameter and determining to perform a maintenance task during the print job based on at least a result of comparing the operational parameter with the reference operational parameter. If the maintenance task is to be performed, the method further comprises determining a safety area on a printable medium and performing a maintenance task on a printable medium.
US11642876B2
A plastic wrap and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The plastic wrap includes at least one resin layer that includes a resin composition. The resin composition includes, based on 100 wt % of the resin composition, 1 to 14 wt % of an inorganic nano powder. The inorganic nano powder includes 1 to 30 wt % of zinc oxide, 1 to 20 wt % of titanium oxide, and at least one of 1 to 35 wt % of a silver salt-doped silicon oxide and 1 to 15 wt % of a rare earth metal salt.
US11642862B2
A molding device for producing a shell element reinforced with supporting elements and composed of fiber composite material, including a mold part with a mold surface including a cavity for receiving a supporting element of the shell element, and a mold core to be arranged in the cavity and to support the supporting element on the shell element when the supporting element of the shell element is arranged in the cavity. The molding device enables prevention of the mold cores from falling out in an uncontrolled manner when the shell element is removed from the mold as the mold core includes a holding device to engage with the supporting element of the shell element to be produced located in the cavity and to hold the mold core on the supporting element when the shell element to be produced is released from the mold part.
US11642854B2
A system and methods are disclosed for producing components via additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a three-dimensional geometry is sliced using a slicing plane to obtain a first two-dimensional geometry. A first polyline is generated based on a first skeleton of the first two-dimensional geometry, and a first slender body is generated based on the first polyline. The first slender body is subtracted from the first two-dimensional geometry to obtain a second two-dimensional geometry. A second polyline is generated based on a second skeleton of the second two-dimensional geometry. A first bundle of fibers is produced based on a segmentation of the first polyline and a second bundle of fibers is produced based on a segmentation of the second polyline. A component is produced from the first and second bundles of fibers using an additive manufacturing process.
US11642852B2
An apparatus for a rotational material scattering additive manufacturing device, the apparatus includes a base with a first protruding pin for mounting a first drum, where the first drum includes a first set of nozzle actuators configured to control a release of particle material through a first set of nozzles positioned on an outer edge of the first drum. The apparatus also includes the first drum configured to rotate about a central axis of the first protruding pin, wherein a rotational motor assembly is configured to rotate the first protruding pin. The apparatus also includes a microcontroller configured to control the first set of nozzle actuators and the rotational motor assembly.
US11642850B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a component (9) by means of stereolithography, having the steps of: A) generating a component (9) in accordance with a virtual 3D model of the component (9) by curing a liquid plastic (7) using stereolithography, and B) cleaning the component (9) through at least one rotational movement of the component (9) about an axis of rotation or about multiple axes of rotation, wherein residues of the liquid plastic (7) are removed from the surface of the component (9) by a centrifugal force resulting from the rotational movement. The invention also relates to a 3D printing system for implementing such a method.
US11642826B2
A lamella block is provided for a calibrating device for calibrating an extruded profile, wherein the lamella block includes a carrier structure and a lamella structure, and wherein the lamella structure has a plurality of lamellae, which are spaced apart from each other by grooves and arranged in a longitudinal direction (L) of the carrier structure. Neighboring lamellae of the lamella block are arranged laterally offset to each other in the longitudinal direction (L). Also provided is a method for manufacturing the lamella block mentioned above, as well as a calibrating device, which includes a plurality of the lamella blocks mentioned above. Further provided is a system for additively manufacturing the lamella block mentioned above, a corresponding computer program and a corresponding dataset.
US11642818B2
A method of manufacturing a fluidic device includes molding either one of the base member and the valve part with a first mold; and molding the other one of the base member and the valve part with a second mold with respect to the molded base member or the molded valve part.
US11642807B2
A support for enabling cutting of a linear product, such as an eavestrough debris guard, is disclosed. The eavestrough debris guard has a top, two sides, a bottom, and a non-linear profile. The support includes a contoured top complementary to a bottom portion of the non-linear profile. The support includes a plurality of surfaces extending from the contoured top positioned to engage with the two sides of the linear product. The support includes a plurality of contoured portions each coupled to one of the surfaces positioned to engage with the top of the linear product. The support includes a gap passing through the contoured top and the plurality of surfaces shaped and dimensioned to allow passage of at least a portion of a cutting tool.
US11642806B2
A novel cutting-edge structure and method and apparatus for manufacturing the cutting-edge structure is provided. The cutting-edge structure is comprised of naturally derived or renewable material at greater than 50% by volume fraction. In one embodiment, the naturally derived material is a cellulose nanostructure such as a cellulose nanocrystal. The cellulose nanocrystal is processed using a base or mold structure to provide a cutting edge of any shape such as linear or circular edge structures. The process includes dual cure steps to produce an optimal cutting-edge structure without shrinkage. The formed cutting-edge structure can be utilized as a razor blade as it is formed with very sharp tip and edge suitable for cutting hair. The base structure can form one or more cutting-edge structures simultaneously.
US11642801B1
A utility blade includes a first blade retention feature positioned on a proximal edge of a tang of the utility blade. The proximal edge is angularly offset from a longitudinal axis of the utility blade. The first blade retention feature is associated with an engagement axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the utility blade. The utility blade is configured to translate along the engagement axis to cause the first blade retention feature to engage with a first blade engagement component of a blade holder. The utility blade further includes a second blade retention feature positioned on a second edge of the tang of the utility blade. The second blade retention feature is positioned along the longitudinal axis of the utility blade and between the first blade retention feature and a distal tip of a cutting portion of the utility blade.
US11642796B2
A human-like tactile perception apparatus for providing enhanced tactile information (feedback data) from an end-effector/gripper to the control circuit of an arm-type robotic system. The apparatus's base structure is attached to the gripper's finger and includes a flat/planar support plate that presses a pressure sensor array against a target object during operable interactions. The pressure sensor array generates pressure sensor data that indicates portions of the array contacted by surface features of the target object. A sensor data processing circuit generates tactile information in response to the pressure sensor data, and then transmits the tactile information to the robotic system's control circuit. An optional mezzanine connector extends through an opening in the support plate to pass pressure sensor data to the processing circuit. An encapsulating layer covers the pressure sensor array and transmits pressure waves generated by slipping objects to enhance the tactile information.
US11642789B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, disclosed is an automatic calibration method for a calibration device connected to a camera that is disposed the end effector of a robot and to a robot controller for controlling the robot. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring, from the camera and the robot controller, a robot-based coordinate system and an image of a marker marked in the work area of the robot (wherein the acquired image and robot-based coordinate system are recorded while the end effector is moved to a plurality of sample coordinates); and estimating the position of a robot coordinate system-based marker by using the acquired image and robot-based coordinate system.
US11642777B2
A latch mechanism is configured to secure two containers together and includes a housing, a latch, a main body and a primary hook. The latch is rotatably engaged to the housing and movable between a first position, wherein it can secure a second container to the housing, and a second position, wherein it cannot secure a second container to the housing. A stopper is slidably engaged to the latch and includes a locking surface and holding surface. A stopper bias biases the stopper toward an upper position such that when the latch is in its first position, the locking surface and primary hook create a negative space which receives and secures the second container to the housing, and when the latch is in its second position, the holding surface is configured to engage a second container and prevent the latch from rotating back to its first position.
US11642776B1
A dismantlable portable sawhorse utilizes a bracket plate having a plank aperture and a support aperture that have lengths that are substantially orthogonal to each other and intersect to form a continuous aperture having an intersection space. The plank and support apertures are configured to receive various arrangements of plank lumber and support lumber, respectively. The bracket plate also has a front and back leg cup configured to receive leg lumber therein to lift the bracket plates up from the ground. The sawhorse is formed with two bracket plates configured with at least one of support and plank lumber configured in the respective apertures and extending between the two bracket plates and with leg lumber configured in each of the front and back leg cups of each bracket plate. The bracket plates may lean inward toward each other at a stand angle.
US11642767B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including multiple combustion chambers and an exhaust gas recirculation system.
US11642766B2
A slip coupling tool having an interior surface sized for receiving a pipe. The coupling tool includes a semi-annular collar sized to engage an exterior surface of the pipe. The collar extends to a rearward end face sized and shaped for aligning with an end of the slip coupling when the collar receives the pipe and the inner surface of the collar engages an exterior surface of the pipe. The slip coupling tool includes a striking plate extending outward from the collar. The striking plate has an impact surface spaced from the collar for impacting the coupling tool to drive the slip coupling into position along the pipe. The slip coupling tool includes a handle extending outward from the collar for manipulating the tool into position while impacting the impact surface of the striking plate to drive the slip coupling into position along the pipe.
US11642761B1
Tool including a pivot and a handle provided on one side of the pivot. The handle includes a first handle and a second handle. Jaws are provided on another side of the pivot, and the jaws include a first jaw and a second jaw. A first joint is provided in the first jaw. The first jaw includes a base provided between the first joint and the handle.
US11642759B1
A universal clamp assembly includes an elongate tubular base, a clamp arm adjustably secured to the tubular base at a threaded connection and an adjustment screw that adjusts the angle of the clamp arm relative to an upper surface of the base. Various workpieces can be secured between the clamping arm and the base. An optional clamping block is provided for cooperating with the clamping arm to secure cylindrical workpieces therebetween. In addition, workpieces can be inserted through the tubular base and secured.
US11642741B2
A system for treating material of a cutting element may include a method, and the method may include providing a piece of material to form a blank for the cutting element, and applying a cladding material to at least a portion of the blank utilizing a laser to bond a cladding powder to the exterior surface of the blank. The application may include selecting and utilizing a power level of the laser and a rate of movement of the spot of the laser across the exterior surface which is effective to form a stratum of martensite in the substrate of the material below the exterior surface and the cladding material bonded to the exterior surface. The method may further include removing a portion of the cladded blank to form a cutting edge with a portion of the stratum of martensite exposed at the cutting edge.
US11642732B1
The invention relates to an electric saw comprising: a frame (2) mounted on a base (1), a cutting head (3) mounted on the frame by using a rotating shaft (4) in the vertical direction and an adjustable stop (5) limiting the descent of the head and the cutting depth. The adjustable stop (5) comprises: a rod (51) mounted in a through manner, with the possibility of longitudinal sliding, in a passage (53) defined in the cutting head (3) and facing a fixed stop (21) defined in the frame (2); and a screw (54) for lateral tightening and fixing of the rod (51) inside the passage (53). The screw (54) comprises an actuation knob (55) and is threadedly mounted in a hole defined in the cutting head (3) and leading into the mounting passage (53) of the rod (51).
US11642731B2
Improvements in tooling for machining systems that utilize machining fluids comprising a supercritical fluid are disclosed. In some embodiments a tool may include a plurality of orifices configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface of the tool. In other embodiments, a tool holder may include one or more outlets configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface. Moreover, some embodiments, may relate to machining systems including one or more venting channels configured to provide pressure relief for a cavity located behind a tool holder. Embodiments related to machine tools including upstream fluid restrictions for controlling a flow of supercritical machining fluid through a tool are also disclosed.
US11642704B2
A roll-type cleaning member for scrubbing and cleaning a target cleaning surface of a substrate includes a plurality of nodules formed on a surface thereof. Each nodule includes a slit which extends so as not to be parallel to the rotation direction of the roll-type cleaning member, upstream edges are formed by the slit so as to serve as edges first contacting the target cleaning surface when a cleaning surface of the nodule contacts the target cleaning surface of the substrate by the rotation of the roll-type cleaning member, and the upstream edges are provided at a plurality of positions of the cleaning surface of the nodule in the circumferential direction.
US11642703B2
The present application discloses a cleaning apparatus and system, including: a transmission assembly; a drive assembly, connected to the transmission assembly and located lower than the transmission assembly; a cleaning assembly, located higher than the transmission assembly; and a waterproof structure, located between the drive assembly and the cleaning assembly.
US11642692B2
Provided is a coating die enabling coating of two layers of coating films stably. The coating die includes: a first block including a first manifold to receive a first coating liquid; a second block including a second manifold to receive a second coating liquid; and a shim sandwiched between the first block and the second block.
US11642688B2
A paint system includes a paint unit having a first paint robot and a second paint robot. The first paint robot includes a first robot base and a first robot arm operably mounted on the first robot base. The second paint robot includes a second robot base and a second robot arm operably mounted on the second robot base. When a virtual plane extending in a vertical direction and along a direction of relative movement between an object to be painted and the paint unit is defined as a reference plane, a distance between the first robot base and the reference plane is set to be shorter than a distance between the second robot base and the reference plane. A passage range allowing passage of the second robot arm is provided under the first robot base.
US11642687B2
Methods for manufacturing foam wall structures are described. The methods include placing a wall structure proximate to a robotic arm, orienting an imaging device so that the imaging device on the robotic arm faces a cavity in the wall structure, surveying the cavity using the imaging device, determining a spray foaming pattern to fill the cavity to a selected depth with a foam layer, orienting the spray nozzle so the spray nozzle faces the cavity, and spray-applying the foam-forming composition into the cavity to the selected depth by passing the foam-forming composition through the spray nozzle to form the foam layer. Foam wall structure manufacturing systems that are suitable for carrying out such methods are also described.
US11642685B2
A system for applying an inorganic coating material to a surface (110) comprising: —a spray nozzle unit (50), having the following features: —a first end portion (51) with a first connection (11) for a first supply hose (10), for supplying a first component of the coating material, —a second end portion (52) for discharging the coating material from the spray nozzle unit (50), —a connection unit (60) for mixing and transporting components of the coating material from the first end portion (51) to the second end portion (52), —wherein the connection unit (60) comprises a mixing chamber (61) with at least one further connection (21,31) for supplying a second component of the coating material, —and wherein at least one electronic sensor (70) is mounted on the connection unit (60), to detect an oscillation amplitude (81) arising at the connection unit (60), —a data processing unit (80), —a comparison unit (90), —a control unit (100), wherein the control unit (100) —generates a warning signal (101) when the control data (91) lie above a predetermined limit value, and/or—varies the volume flow (102) of at least one of the components of the coating material depending on the control data (91) is generated by the comparison unit (90). As well as methods for applying an organic coating material obtained by mixing a plurality of components in a spray nozzle unit (50).
US11642684B2
A water spray gun for control of an outflow of water and adjustment of the amount of the outflow is revealed. The water spray gun includes a handle portion, a pipe portion connected to the handle portion and used for spraying water, and a control device arranged at the position where the pipe portion meets the handle portion. The control device comprises a press part and a rotary control member. The amount of the water outflow is controlled by the rotary control member. The amount of the outflow sprayed out from the pipe portion at respective stages is continuously controlled and regulated by the control device.
US11642682B2
A nozzle assembly for use in liquid-dispensing system, the nozzle assembly including: a body configured to receive a pipe; and the pipe, an end of the pipe being mounted on the body. The pipe includes multiple lumens correspondingly terminated in multiple orifices such that a liquid is escapable from each lumen through the corresponding orifice and is thereby dispensable from the nozzle assembly. The pipe has a first flow-capacity to supply a first volume of the liquid at a first flow-rate and at a first pressure. Each orifice and corresponding lumen has a second flow-capacity to supply a second volume of the liquid at a second flow-rate and at a second pressure.
US11642676B2
A closure and a container assembly are disclosed. The closure includes a first visual identifier and a second visual identifier, wherein the second visual identifier is different from the first visual identifier. The first visual identifier may be a first color, and the second visual identifier may be a second color. At least one of the first and/or second visual identifier may include a fluorescent compound having a characteristic fluorescent spectra. The first visual identifier and the second visual identifier may be provided on the annular skirt of the closure. The fluorescent compound may be provided on at least one of the closure and the container assembly and can be used to facilitate automated visualization of the fluorescent compound under fluorescence excitation light.
US11642638B2
A pump for high viscosity materials is mounted on a rectangular frame that fits through a standard doorway. Quick detach latches allow removal of the grate, the hopper or the console, including the control box, from the frame for safer and lighter transportation of the pump. Extendable handles facilitate lifting, moving, and storing the pump. Pivotable wheels with locking mechanisms allows the pump to be moved in any direction by a single user.
US11642637B2
A vane for an impeller of an agitator includes a socket having a base plane configured to mount the vane to an impeller, and a blade configured to mix a process fluid, the blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a blade tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge at an end of the blade facing away from the socket, the blade having a pressure side and a suction side, and the pressure side having a first concave region towards the leading edge, a second concave region toward the trailing edge and a convex region between the first and second concave regions.
US11642636B2
A solution mixer comprising: a main flow path in which a solution circulates; at least one solution introduction flow path connected to the main flow path; and at least one solution discharge flow path connected to the main flow path, wherein the solution discharge flow path has at least one solution discharge flow path valve, and wherein the main flow path has at least one main flow path valve.
US11642635B2
A chemical liquid dilution system includes a first material offering device providing fluid, a second material offering device, and a mixing device. The second material offering device provides liquid. The mixing device includes a fluid mixer, a first connection port, a second connection port, and an output port. The fluid mixer has a fluid limiting channel with an interface communicating with the first connection port and another interface communicating with the second connection port and the output port. The first connection port is connected to the first material offering device. The second connection port is connected to the second material offering device. After the fluid passes through the first connection port and the fluid limiting channel, the fluid and liquid are mixed up to form a diluted chemical liquid, and the output port discharges the diluted chemical liquid. A chemical liquid dilution method is also disclosed.
US11642629B2
Methods and systems for producing and using multi-layer composite co-polyimide membranes, one method for producing including preparing a microporous or mesoporous membrane support material for coating; applying a sealing layer to the membrane support material to prevent intrusion into the membrane support material of co-polyimide polymer; applying a first permselective co-polyimide layer atop and in contact with the sealing layer; and applying a second permselective co-polyimide layer atop and in contact with the first permselective co-polyimide layer.
US11642628B2
A piece of substrate material is formed under heat and pressure against a cavity into a shaped substrate sheet having one or more depressions. Two substrate sheets are bonded together to form a substrate wherein the one or more depressions form one or more interior channels. The substrate, if not formed with pre-coated substrate material, is coated with a dope and quenched to form a filtering membrane. A plurality of membranes may be placed side by side to form a bundle with permeating ends of the membrane, which are open to the one or more interior channels, separated by gaps or spacers. The bundle is connected to a header to produce a module. The module can be assembled into a cassette.
US11642621B2
An acidic gas separation membrane sheet causes an acidic gas to selectively permeate therethrough. The acidic gas separation membrane sheet includes a first porous layer, a hydrophilic resin composition layer, and a second porous layer in this order. A second peel strength between the second porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer is less than a first peel strength between the first porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer. An average value of the second peel strength is within a range of greater than or equal to 5 N/m and less than or equal to 500 N/m.
US11642618B2
A separator tank and a gas compressor having a separator tank are provided. The separator tank includes a tank body defining an inner volume, a tank inlet pipe providing fluid communication with the inner volume of the tank body, wherein the tank inlet pipe tangentially penetrates the tank body and is oriented to direct fluid entering the tank body in a spiral fluid flow pathway, and a sump tube positioned to collect fluid flowing within the tank body, the sump tube comprising a vertically oriented opening oriented to align and capture fluid flowing along the spiral fluid flow pathway.
US11642609B2
The present invention relates to a method for separating one or more components from a liquid feed mixture in an EBA-SMB operating mode without the need of pumps at the outlets of the EBA columns. The present invention also relates to a simulated moving bed separation device with expanded bed adsorption columns which can be used in the method according to the invention.
US11642607B2
The apparatus comprises a first air duct with a first opening and a second opening, in the first air duct are: a cooler, a first suction device and at least part of a sorption heat exchanger having an integrated heating and/or an upstream device for preheating the incoming air. An element for collecting condensed water is also included. The apparatus also comprises a recuperative heat exchanger, which is positioned in the first air duct between the cooler and the sorption exchanger and simultaneously also between the cooler and the second opening. The recuperative heat exchanger has at least two internal conduits connected in such manner, that the first of these internal conduits air-interconnects the sorption exchanger and the cooler and that the second of these internal conduits air-interconnects the cooler and the second opening. The first and second internal conduits of the recuperative heat exchanger are in mutual thermal contact. The sorption exchanger is also air-interconnected to the first opening.
US11642606B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method including assembling at least two building elements together. Embodiments may also include applying a stimulus to at least one of the at least two building elements, the stimulus being capable of changing a color of at least a portion of the one of the at least two building elements. In some embodiments, the at least two building elements may be assembled together prior to applying the stimulus.
US11642602B2
A retrofittable posable toy hand assembly includes a simulated glove including a hand portion and plurality of finger members attached to and extending away from the hand portion. The hand portion has a free edge positioned opposite of the finger members. Each of the finger members is bendable and retained in a bent position. An attachment member is positioned on the simulated glove adjacent to the free edge. The attachment member engages a mittened hand of a doll such that the mittened hand is obscured by the hand portion.
US11642600B2
A swing system may include a bucket-style swing seat, with a front support portion and a back support portion. A grip may be provided at the top edge of the outer face of the swing. The back support portion of the swing may have a height greater than the front support portion, and this high molded backing may also be provided with a top edge that curves outwardly. The high-molded backing may provide additional comfort for a child in the swing, as well as a grip for the caregiver pushing the swing.
US11642599B2
A video game controller adapter for holding a display of a portable video game system is provided. The base easily snaps on to a controller using a controller attachment device, thereby holding the display the portable gaming system above the controller in handheld mode. The bottom of the base is flat and designed to balance on a level surface to allow for a tabletop mode. This is especially useful for multiplayer gaming. In tabletop mode, the adapter allows plenty of space beneath the charging port to allow the user to plug in their device during game play.
US11642594B2
A game management system provides a generator interface that enables an operator to trigger automated generation by a content generator of a game event based on operator input values. These values include respective target values for a target metric (e.g., a difficulty level) for each of a plurality of game levels that are together to form the game event. In addition, the generator interface in some examples enables the operator to selectively vary the particular number of game levels that are together to form the game event, via an event sizing mechanism provided by the generator interface. A particular predefined group or cluster of players for whom the game event is to be tailored or customized based on multidimensional parametric player model data can also be selected in the interface.
US11642588B2
A grip assist apparatus for weightlifting that includes a gripping portion with spine insert that is sufficiently pliable to be bent to allow a user to reach the end with their fingers and wrap the gripping portion around an axle bar but sufficiently resilient to substantially return to its starting position after the gripping portion is released.
US11642583B1
A putting alignment system includes a lateral imaging alignment guide having a set of indicia, including an upper indicia, a lower indicia, a right indicia, and a left indicia. The lateral imaging alignment guide has a generally flat body that is configured to removably connect to a golf club shaft. A club lower distal tip reflector is configured for mounting on a distal tip of a golf club. A lateral imaging apparatus includes an imaging system. The imaging system has a main camera. The main camera captures and records motion of the lateral imaging alignment guide. A secondary alignment system includes a forward receiver sensor. The forward receiver sensor detects orientation of the club lower distal tip reflector when the club lower distal tip reflector is facing the forward receiver sensor.
US11642576B2
In one embodiment the golf club head includes three main components, a frame component, a rear cap component, and a striking plate. In another embodiment the club head may also comprise a front component, which is manufactured as a single unitary piece, and a rear cap component. The front component may also be overmolded by a thermoplastic polymeric outer portion which may or may not cover the striking face and which provides additional reinforcement at the load bearing sections of the club head and allows a more facile connection to the rear cap component. In another embodiment, a club head having a main body, crown insert, sole insert and metal face plate frame is formed by forming the sole insert and crown insert from a polymeric material using a thermoforming or thermosetting process and then injection molding the main body over the sole insert, crown insert and metal face plate frame.
US11642574B2
In a golf ball having a core, an envelope layer, an intermediate layer and a cover, the core, the envelope layer-encased sphere obtained by encasing the core with the envelope layer, the intermediate layer-encased sphere obtained by encasing the envelope layer-encased sphere with the intermediate layer and the ball obtained by encasing the intermediate layer-encased sphere with the cover have respective deflections when compressed under a final load of 1,275 N (130 kgf) from an initial load of 98 N (10 kgf) which satisfy specific conditions. This ball achieves a good distance on shots with a utility club and with irons, is receptive to spin in the short game and has a soft feel at impact on all shots, making it useful to amateur golfers.
US11642552B2
The present invention aims to provide a warming composition showing a favorable dispersion stability after long-term storage, a high warming impact, and improvement of zeolite-specific deterioration of feeling of use, and to provide an aerosol formulation containing the warming composition. This object is achieved with a warming composition containing zeolite nanoparticles having an average particle size of not more than 500 nm, wherein the temperature of the composition is rapidly increased by heat generated by hydration reaction between the zeolite and water.
US11642550B2
After accessing optimization information for a particular patient and for a particular radiation treatment platform, a control circuit generates an optimized radiation treatment plan by processing the optimization information using direct-aperture-optimization that includes fluence-based sub-optimization. By one approach, the control circuit includes the fluence-based sub-optimization in at least some, but not necessarily all, iterations of the direct-aperture-optimization. By one approach, the control circuit is configured to include only a few iterations of the fluence-based sub-optimization when including the fluence-based sub-optimization in at least some, but not necessarily all, iterations of the direct-aperture-optimization.
US11642546B2
An LED facial mask incorporates a transparent light guide which distributes therapeutically useful frequencies of light over the skin of a user's face. Further, a USB connection port provides power. Alternate embodiments incorporate the mask device into alternate forms of wearable devices.
US11642539B2
A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient, for example, for indications of cardiac anomalies, where the device includes ECG sensors in electrical contact with the patient's body, therapy electrodes for providing electrical therapy to the patient's heart, and a control unit having at least one touch control with force sensor disposed on its housing for contacting with a finger. Signals from the touch control may be analyzed to identify force application below a first force threshold and at or above a second force threshold below the first force threshold, and, responsive to detecting such application of force, user input may be registered. User inputs to the at least one touch control may be used to delay therapy by the therapy electrodes.
US11642531B2
Techniques are disclosed for using a cardiac signal sensed via a plurality of electrodes disposed on one or more leads implanted within an epidural space of a patient to control spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy. In one example, an implantable medical device (IMD) senses an electrical signal via a plurality of electrodes disposed on one or more leads implanted within an epidural space of a patient. Processing circuitry determines, from the electrical signal, one or more cardiac features indicative of activity of a heart of the patient. The processing circuitry controls, based on the one or more cardiac features, delivery of SCS therapy to the patient.
US11642530B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for modulating the plasticity and/or memory of the autonomic nervous system.
US11642529B2
An electrode lead comprises an electrically insulative cuff body and at least three axially aligned electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the inner surface of the cuff body when in the furled state. The electrode contacts may be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, and an electrical pulse train may be delivered to the electrode contacts thereby stimulating the nerve to treat obstructive sleep apnea. The electrical pulse train may be one that pre-conditions peripherally located nerve fascicles to not be stimulated, while stimulating centrally located nerve fascicles. A feedback mechanism can be used to titrate electrode contacts and electrical pulse train to the patient. A sensor that is affixed to the case of a neurostimulator can be used to measure physiological artifacts of respiration, and a motion detector can be used to sense tapping of the neurostimulator to toggle the neurostimulator between an ON position and an OFF position.
US11642525B2
An exemplary scalar translocation detection system detects a first evoked response occurring in response to acoustic stimulation applied to a cochlear implant patient. The system detects the first evoked response by way of an electrode configuration disposed on an electrode lead while the electrode configuration is positioned at a first location along an insertion path of the electrode lead into a cochlea of the patient. The system further detects, by way of the electrode configuration while it is positioned at a second location along the insertion path, a second evoked response occurring in response to additional acoustic stimulation applied to the patient. The system further determines an amplitude change and/or a phase change between the first and second evoked responses, and then determines whether a scalar translocation of the electrode lead from one scala of the cochlea to another has occurred based on the amplitude change and/or the phase change.
US11642522B2
An access control unit having a novel structure and arrangement, including a first layer comprising an electrostimulation contact interface, a second layer including a biometric sensor coupled to the electrostimulation contact interface, and a third layer including a microprocessor unit in communication with the electrostimulation contact interface. The second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the third layer. The electrostimulation contact interface comprises one or more anode/cathode arrays configured to deliver neurostimulative excitations to the electrostimulation contact interface to elicit behavior modification.
US11642521B2
A method for variable electrostimulative behavior modification includes sensing placement of a first anatomical portion of a body in contact to a surface of a target object adapted for behavior modification with a multiplicity of electrostimulative end points coupled to an energy source. The method additionally includes delivering an electrical neurostimulus through one of the end points nearest to the placement of the first anatomical portion in proximity to the surface the electrical neurostimulus including a waveform promoting a modification of behavior associated with the placement of the first anatomical portion in proximity to the surface. Thereafter, an anomalous characteristic of the sensed placement indicating a failure to modify the behavior may be detected and a profile of the waveform of the electrical neurostimulus changes to a different waveform in response to the anomalous characteristic of the sensed placement.
US11642510B2
A pumping system comprising a pump comprising a door for access within a housing of the pump, a pump segment configured for conveying a fluid based on compression of the pump segment, a pump segment frame for preventing said pump segment from stretching, a visual placement indicator configured for facilitating in a proper placement of the pump segment frame in the housing, and a non-pinching valve configured to be disposed in the housing and to control a flow of the fluid without requiring pinching of a tube.
US11642507B2
Needle modules and associated methods. A needle module includes a module housing and a needle assembly operatively supported within the module housing. The module housing extends along a housing axis and includes a housing tip with a tip outlet. The needle assembly includes a drive bar extending at least partially along a drive bar axis and a needle grouping extending from the drive bar at least partially along a needle grouping axis and contacting the housing tip at a needle grouping contact location and at an angle relative to the housing tip at the needle grouping contact location. In examples, a method of assembling a needle module includes preparing a needle assembly that includes a needle grouping and a drive bar and installing the needle assembly within a module housing such that the needle grouping contacts the module housing at a needle grouping contact location.
US11642505B2
An application kit according to one embodiment includes: a cartridge including a sheet member; and an applicator being connectable to the cartridge. The cartridge includes a bending portion configured to bend the sheet member and a cartridge-side connector configured to be detachably connected to the applicator. The applicator includes: an applicator body; an applicator-side connector provided to a bottom portion of the applicator body; a cap provided above the applicator body and being movable along a height direction of the applicator body; and an elastic member extending along the height direction between the applicator body and the cap and configured to apply, to the cap, an elastic force that acts in a direction away from the bottom portion.
US11642504B2
The sheet mask includes multiple battery parts arranged such that electric currents flow along mimic muscles or flows of lymph. This allows an active ingredient to penetrate into in-body tissues more effectively and also allows the mimic muscles and the lymphatic vessels to be electrically stimulated. Forming the battery parts by using materials with low environmental load allows easy disposal of the sheet mask in everyday life.
US11642503B2
The method for a skin treatment using a first snail on a human patient includes placing the first snail on a first surface to allow the first snail to attach itself to the first surface. The method further includes projecting a first predetermined amount of a first agent onto the first snail with to cause the first snail to secrete a liquid on the first surface. The method further includes administering the secreted liquid over a surface of a skin of a portion of a body of the human patient.
US11642501B2
Implantable gas delivery device and methods, systems, and devices including same. According to one embodiment, the implantable gas delivery device includes a porous core that permits facile transport of gas throughout its open volume. The porous core has sufficiently high tensile strength to withstand pressurization without significant deformation. The porous core is generally planar and is shaped to include a pair of opposing surfaces and a periphery. Diffusion membranes are fixed to the two opposing surfaces of the porous core. A gas supply tube has one end inserted into the porous core and another end connectable to a gas source. The periphery of the porous core is sealed gas-tight, either with a gasket or by sealing the porous core and/or diffusion membranes. The device may be used to deliver a gas to an implanted cell capsule or to native cells or tissues or may be used to expel waste gas.
US11642497B2
Disclosed are a multi-guidewire balloon dilatation catheter structure, a dilatation catheter mechanism and a medical device. The multi-guidewire balloon dilatation catheter comprises a balloon, a first guidewire channel, a second guidewire channel and a third guidewire channel. The first guidewire channel is at least partially passed through the balloon. The second guidewire channel is at least partially located at the distal end of the balloon. The third guidewire channel is at least partially located at the proximal end of the balloon. In the multi-guidewire balloon dilatation catheter structure of this embodiment, each guidewire channel can be used for accommodating the guidewire by providing the first guidewire channel and the second/third guidewire channel to assemble various devices on the single catheter of the present invention, thereby realizing simultaneous execution of device guidance, plaque cutting, guidewire anchoring, etc. The structure is simple and good in use effect.
US11642496B2
A catheter includes a handle and an elongate member extending from the handle. The catheter may also include steering system coupled to the handle. The steering system may be configured to deflect at least a portion of the elongate member in at least one direction. The catheter may also include a locking mechanism configured to lock the portion of the elongate member in a deflected configuration, and a lever coupled to the handle. The lever may be configured to move from a first position to a second position to engage the locking mechanism. The lever may also be configured to be separably retained at least at one of the first position or the second position to prevent movement therebetween.
US11642493B2
The present invention discloses a steerable guidewire and a method for manufacturing the same, and a steerable catheter and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present invention, a steerable guidewire, which is inserted into a catheter and guides the catheter to a desired blood vessel, may include: a steerable tip part that can be bent in at least two stages due to a stimulus from the outside and that is steered in a predetermined direction; and a non-steerable tip part that is not steerable. The steerable tip part may include: a first steerable tip part having a first length and bent in a first angle with respect to the non-steerable tip part; and a second steerable tip part having one end connected to the first steerable tip part, having a second length, and bent and steered into a second angle with respect to the non-steerable tip part. The first steerable tip part may be positioned farther from the non-steerable tip part than the second steerable tip part. The first length of the first steerable tip part may be smaller than a sum of lengths of steerable tip parts other than the first steerable tip part, and the first angle may be steered so as to be larger than the second angle.
US11642492B2
A female urinary catheter deployment device includes a housing, an inner tip, an outer tip, a catheter, and an actuator. The outer tip is moved into the vicinity of the urethral opening of a female urethra. The outer tip is then moved from a closed condition to an open condition so as to expose a proximal end of the inner tip and position the proximal end of the inner tip within the urethra. The actuator is then moved with respect to the housing so as to proximally advance a proximal end of the catheter through and out of the proximal end of the inner tip and into the urethra. The proximal end of the catheter is further advanced through the urethra and into the bladder so as to drain urine from the bladder, through the catheter, and out of the housing.
US11642489B2
A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.
US11642483B2
A headgear assembly includes a first arm member and a second arm member each having a first end and a second, opposing end. The first end of the first arm member has a structure sized and configured to engage a first rotation-resistant coupling of a frame in a manner which prohibits rotation of the first arm member with respect to the frame in a first plane in which the first arm member is located. The first end of the second arm member has a structure sized and configured to engage a second rotation-resistant coupling of the frame in a manner which prohibits rotation of the second arm member with respect to the frame in a second plane in which the second arm member is located. The assembly further includes a strap member coupled to the first and second arm members.
US11642482B2
A respiratory mask includes a mask body having a face-engaging portion, and at least one retaining member connected to the mask body and including at least one engaging member for receiving and tethering a liner to the respiratory mask to generally overlie the face-engaging portion. The retaining member may include a flexible elongated body having a central portion and opposing ends, and a bottom surface arranged to be attached to the respiratory mask. The liner may include a liner body constructed from an absorbent material and having an outer edge, an inner edge, and an opening bounded by the inner edge, wherein an extending portion of the liner body is defined which extends outwardly beyond the face-engaging portion and includes at least one aperture for engaging the retaining member. A kit for use with a respiratory mask includes at least one liner and at least one retaining member.
US11642479B2
A respiratory system, primarily to provide a mechanical insufflation/exsufflation therapy, may include a first pressure generating source, a second pressure generating source and a primary valve to switch between insufflation/positive pressure flow and exsufflation/negative pressure flow, and to generate oscillations alongside either of these cycles. The respiratory system can optionally employ a secondary valve either on a fluidic path of the first pressure generating source or on a fluidic path of the second pressure generating source. An interfacing assembly acts as a fluidic conduit between the pressure generating sources and the patient. A control unit is configured to generate required pressurized flow and oscillations as per the user settings. The aforesaid valves can be manipulated into multiple orientations/positions, which are aligned and/or adjusted with respect to the respective pressure generating sources as per the therapy requirements.
US11642476B2
A nebulizer for a fluid, includes a container containing the fluid; a housing part which can be detached from the nebulizer for replacing the container; an inner part; a retaining element connected with and not detachable from the inner part, where the housing part is releasable fixed to the inner part by the retaining element; a delivery mechanism for dispensing the fluid; a manually depressible actuator member, which is a separate part from the retaining element and acts on the retaining element, and wherein the actuator member is depressed to elastically deform or flex the retaining element to allow detachment of the housing part.
US11642472B2
A cannula hub includes a shaft mount segment and a cannula coupling segment. A set of coupling nubbins radially extend from the outer surface of the cannula coupling segment. The coupling nubbins are aligned with one another along a helical cannula coupling pathway on the outer surface and are adapted to be received within a cooperative helical groove on a transfer vessel. The coupling nubbins have a protrusion projection distance that is greater than the depth of the groove. When a sufficient rotational force is applied to the cannula hub, the coupling nubbins score the inside face of the groove which increases the groove depth and enables the coupling nubbins to advance along the groove while forming a tight compression fit of the coupling nubbins within the groove.
US11642463B2
The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, comprising: an outer needle sleeve; a cartridge containing a dosage of a medicament and sealed with a sealing element that is arranged across an open distal end of the cartridge; a cartridge carrier adapted to hold the cartridge; a needle hub adapted to hold a double ended hollow needle; an inner needle sleeve arranged between the needle hub and the cartridge carrier; a removable cap coupled to the inner needle sleeve and adapted to cover and seal the needle; and a first locking mechanism adapted to lock the inner needle sleeve against axial movement in the proximal direction with respect to the cartridge carrier in an initial state, wherein in the initial state, the needle is spaced from the cartridge in the distal direction, and wherein the first locking mechanism is releasable by a rotational movement of the cap with respect to the outer needle sleeve.
US11642462B2
An injection device comprising a housing in which can be mounted a syringe comprising a barrel for holding a volume of medicament, a needle at one end of the barrel and a plunger axially-moveable in the barrel to a forwardmost position, the injection device further comprising a syringe support means for supporting the barrel at an axial location at or forward of the forwardmost position of the plunger and having a reaction surface for the syringe, whereby in use said reaction surface provides an axial compressive force on said barrel when a forward axial force is applied to the plunger.
US11642459B2
A system and method removing air from a reservoir, the system comprising the reservoir that carries a medicament, a first pump connected to the reservoir that draws the medicament out of the reservoir, an air removal device connected to the first pump that releases air from the medicament, and a second pump connected to the air removal device that delivers the medicament.
US11642457B2
An injector is configured to receive therein a cartridge containing a substance to be dispensed. The injector includes an injector housing and an injector door movably mounted to the injector housing between a fully closed position and a fully open position. The injector door is initially locked in an at least partially closed position preventing insertion of the cartridge into the injector. The injector further includes a controller configured to conduct an initial self-test on operability of at least one component of the injector. The self-test has a single pass or fail outcome, wherein the injector door is unlocked and enabled to be moved into the fully open position, to enable insertion of the cartridge into the injector, solely upon achievement of the self-test pass outcome.
US11642447B2
A reverse osmosis (RO) system is described that is connectable to a dialysis machine and is capable of using heated purified water to clean and disinfect an external connection section or portion disposed between the RO system and the dialysis unit (or any other external heat tolerant device) without forming a closed loop system between both systems before and during a heat forward process. This can be accomplished without the need for direct/indirect or wired/wireless communication with the dialysis unit or the need to introduce a chemical cleaner or process that would require further rinsing after chemical disinfection.
US11642440B2
Various aspects described herein relate to compositions comprising silk fibroin particles and methods of using the same, as well as devices and methods of delivering such compositions. The compositions described herein are suitable for injection into a site of defect in a soft tissue to provide bulking and/or augmentation effect to the soft tissue.
US11642439B2
The present disclosure relates to injectable and expandable compositions, devices, kits and methods for use in an approach for the in-situ foaming of polymers for bone or tissue defects, namely to fill and/or fuse a tissue defect. The present disclosure relates to compositions, devices, kits and methods for use in an approach for the in-situ foaming of polymers for bone or tissue defects, namely for bone tissue defect filling/fusion. The design of extendable and expandable compositions for bone fusion is one of the most challenging fields in the intersection of polymer and biomedical engineering. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an injectable expandable composition for use in medicine, veterinary or cosmetic, comprising a polycaprolactone particle filler; a polydopamine adhesive bound to said filler; a polymethacrylic acid plasticizer bound to said polydopamine adhesive.
US11642421B2
Polynucleotides encoding peptides, proteins, enzymes, and functional fragments thereof are disclosed. The polynucleotides of the disclosure can be effectively delivered to an organ, such as the lung, and expressed within cells of the organ. The polyribonucleotides of the disclosure can be used to treat a disease or condition associated with cilia maintenance and function, impaired function of the axoneme, such as DNAI1 or DNAH5.
US11642420B2
A method of preparing a nanoparticle pharmaceutical delivery system. A nanoparticle pharmaceutical delivery system. A method of preparing a targeted nanoparticle pharmaceutical delivery system. A targeted nanoparticle pharmaceutical delivery system.
US11642415B2
The present invention relates to hydrogel prodrug compositions comprising cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA), or a derivative or a salt thereof, wherein the cross-linker system comprises a biodegradable spacer, wherein the cross-linked HA comprises a conjugated drug-linker, and wherein the linker is capable of releasing the drug under physiological conditions. The present invention further relates to methods for preparing the hydrogel prodrug compositions. The present invention further relates to methods for treating an ocular condition using the hydrogel compositions.
US11642413B2
Disclosed herein are novel compounds for degrading Tau protein aggregates, pharmaceutical acceptable salts, enantiomers, non-enantiomers, tautomers, racemates, solvates, metabolic precursors, or prodrugs thereof. Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts, enantiomers, non-enantiomers, tautomers, racemates, solvates, metabolic precursors, or prodrugs thereof in manufacture a medicament for treating a tauopathy, as well as method for aiding in the treatment of a tauopathy or treating a tauopathy in a subject.
US11642396B2
This disclosures relates to methods of preventing or reducing antigenic drift, viral reassortment and symptoms of wild-type and mutant influenza viruses in a host animal by determining if a host animal has been exposed to or infected by an avian influenza virus, and administering to the exposed host animal α-interferon.
US11642391B2
Compositions and methods useful for delivery of targeted therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension, sepsis, cancer and cachexia. The compositions and methods are based on peptide pharmacophores that selectively bind to and home to diseased tissue and enable targeted therapies to affect a beneficial therapeutic result. Peptide pharmacophores may selectively target tumor vasculature, regenerating tissue, wounded tissue, inflamed tissue, fibrotic tissue, remodeled tissue, tissue characterized by elevated heparanase levels, and have the ability to internalize into such diseased cells.
US11642390B2
The present invention provides apelin receptor (APLNR) modulators that bind to APLNR and methods of using the same. The invention includes APLNR modulators such as antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, which inhibit or attenuate APLNR-mediated signaling. The invention includes APLNR modulators such as antibodies, or antibody fusion proteins thereof, that activate APLNR-mediated signaling. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments or antibody fusion proteins are fully human antibodies that bind to human APLNR with high affinity. The APLNR modulators of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with APLNR signaling and/or APLNR cellular expression, such as cardiovascular diseases, angiogenesis diseases, metabolic diseases and fibrotic diseases.
US11642388B2
An antidepressant compound preparation and a preparation method for same were disclosed, The antidepressant includes the following raw materials of Hypericum perforatum L., Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, Albizia julibrissin Durazz. and Moutan cortex. The raw materials are weighed in proportion to obtain extracts respectively, and the extracts are mixed to prepare a compound preparation. The compound preparation prepared by the present invention has the advantages of simple preparation, safety, low toxic and side effects, no dependence, etc., and can effectively alleviate depression mood.
US11642387B2
Disclosed is a composition for preventing or inhibiting influenza virus infection, containing ginseng berry polysaccharides as active ingredients, and the ginseng berry polysaccharides exhibit an inhibitory effect on influenza virus activity or infection due to specific ingredients and structures and, specifically, have an excellent inhibitory effect on neuraminidase activity.
US11642385B2
This invention relates to the extraction of psychoactive compounds from organisms for use in medicine. Extraction is carried out with a strong acid or strong base to either promote or inhibit dephosphorylation. The extract in the slurry form is standardized with added excipient so that when it is dried the powdered composition has a specified total psychoactive alkaloid concentration, with a known ratio of phosphorylated to dephosphorylated psychoactive alkaloids.
US11642384B2
The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding a Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal-type (SPINK) polypeptide (e.g., a SPINK5 polypeptide); viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions and formulations comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for the treatment of Netherton Syndrome); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.
US11642379B2
The present invention provides clinical evidence for a method of stem cell transplantation that facilitates engraftment and reconstitutes immunocompetence of the recipient without requiring myeloablative conditioning.
US11642377B2
The present disclosure provides use of neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) as a marker for identifying and/or isolating multipotential cells. The present disclosure provides cell populations enriched by methods of the present disclosure and therapeutic uses of these cells and agents derived from these cells.
US11642363B2
The invention relates to methods, uses, systems, arrays, engineered nucleotide sequences and vectors for inhibiting bacterial population growth or for altering the relative ratio of sub-populations of first and second bacteria in a mixed population of bacteria. The invention is particularly useful, for example, for treatment of microbes such as for environmental, medical, food and beverage use. The invention relates inter alia to methods of controlling microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) or biofouling of a substrate or fluid in an industrial or domestic system.
US11642362B2
The disclosure provides a method of inhibiting proliferation of a cell, inhibiting m3C formation in a cell, inhibiting activity of Mettl8 in a cell, or activating ATM and p53 in a cell, the method comprising contacting the cell with a Mettl8 inhibitor. The disclosure also provides a composition comprising a cell with a reduced expression or activity of Mettl8. In another aspect, the disclosure provides methods of rendering a tumor cell sensitive to a cancer therapy.
US11642357B2
A method for manufacturing a hyaluronan conjugate comprises providing hyaluronan in solation or gel form, reacting the hyaluronan in solution or gel form with anhydride reagent to provide a hyaluronan hemi-ester with a chain of length L between the hyaluronan and the ester group, and subsequently binding the hyaluronan hemi-ester to a pharmaceutically active compound. A hyaluronan conjugate comprises hyaluronan having free hemi-ester-groups and a pharmaceutically active compound bound to the hyaluronan via hemi-ester groups, wherein the hemi-ester groups have a chain length of 2-9 atoms. The hyaluronan conjugate is suitable for use in various methods of treatment in human or veterinary medicine and for preparation of a medicament for use in human or veterinary medicine.
US11642341B2
A medicament comprising (I) brexpiprazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (II) nalmefene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination, wherein brexpiprazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and nalmefene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are contained in a single preparation, or a pharmaceutical composition containing brexpiprazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing nalmefene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are formulated for use in combination. The medicament is used for the prophylaxis or treatment of a substance-related disorder, preferably an alcohol-related disorder.
US11642340B2
The present invention includes a method of reducing or inhibiting the kinase activity of C-KIT mutant tyrosine kinase activity in a cell or a subject, and the use of such compound for treating mutant C-KIT driven cell proliferative disorder(s) in a subject related to using a compound of the present invention: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the C-KIT mutation is located in at least one of exon 8, exon 9, exon 11, exon 13, exon 14, or exon 17.
US11642338B2
The inventive subject matter is directed to compositions and methods for sterile and storage stable low-dose atropine formulations with improved stability. Most preferably, the compositions presented herein are substantially preservative free and exhibit less than 0.35% tropic acid from degradation of atropine. Advantageously, contemplated formulations are also substantially free of preservatives.
US11642316B2
A method for preparing a water-soluble curcumin mixture with high bioavailability includes the following steps: A) dissolving curcumin, vitamin C and ascorbyl palmitate in an ethanol aqueous solution, evaporating ethanol under reduced pressure, and vacuum drying to obtain a curcumin-vitamin C-ascorbyl palmitate co-crystal; B) high-speed emulsifying the curcumin-vitamin C-ascorbyl palmitate co-crystal and a wall material colloidal solution under vacuum, sequentially conducting a two-stage wet grinding, a homogenization and a potential adjustment to obtain an emulsified body; and C) subjecting the emulsified body to microencapsulation with a wall material twice and drying to obtain the water-soluble curcumin.
US11642315B2
A method of preparing a pharmaceutical product comprises the steps of (a) providing a neat active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) complying with at least five of the following parameters determined by using a FT4 powder rheometer: (i) specific basic flow energy of at most 60 mJ/g; (ii) stability index of 0.75 to 1.25; (iii) specific energy of at most 10 mJ/g; (iv) major principle stress at 15 kPa of at most 40; (v) flow function at 15 kPa of at least 1.3; (vi) consolidated bulk density at 15 kPa of at least 0.26 g/mL; (vii) compressibility of at most 47%; and (viii) wall friction angle of at most 40°; (b) dispensing the neat API of step (a) into a bottom part of a pharmaceutical carrier using a vacuum assisted metering and filling device; and (c) encapsulating the bottom part, thereby producing a pharmaceutical product.
US11642310B2
A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side.
US11642303B2
Disclosed are compositions for treating and conditioning keratinous substrates, comprising a cationic agent comprising quaternary ammonium compounds; a modified starch; silane compounds, a cationic vinylpyrrolidone polymer and water. Also disclosed are methods treating and conditioning keratinous substrates using the composition.
US11642291B2
A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising a hydroxy-substituted aldehyde. In preferred aspects of the invention the material is a keratinous material.
US11642275B2
Disclosed embodiments provide a portable sex article. The article includes a soft hollow case (which, in some embodiments, is a pillow case). The case is specially designed with a holster formed on a first side the case. The holster is adapted to secure a sex simulation device such as an artificial vagina or dildo. The holster extends into an interior region of the case, and may have a securing mechanism such as elastic bands or a hook-and-loop fastener to secure a sex simulation device in place. A human image is imparted on the case, such as by a textile printing process. The human image can be a photograph or illustration. The human image includes a rendering of an anatomical orifice, such as an anus, vagina, and/or mouth. The human image is oriented such that the anatomical orifice is aligned with the holster.
US11642270B2
Examples of a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment for use during surgery. The module can include a lower section and a tower-like upper section. The lower section can house unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment. The tower-like upper section can be located on top of the lower section. A water-resistant cowling can enclose at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section. A cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be protectively housed within the tower-like upper section. The cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be configured to emerge upward from a top of the tower-like upper section to substantially seat itself on the top of the tower-like upper section when activated allowing the ultraviolet-C light to disinfect the patient and staff-contacting upper surfaces of the equipment in the operating room.
US11642268B2
A lifting system for a mobility device has a bracket fixed to the mobility device. A hoist connector is configured to removably connect to the bracket to provide lifting of the mobility device in use. One of the bracket and the hoist connector has a pin and the other of the bracket and the hoist connector comprises a clip, the pin having a head formation and a neck formation. The clip has an aperture configured to pass over the head formation in use and into engagement with the neck formation such that the clip is loosely held on the pin, and where the clip has a close fit with the head formation to prevent unintentional disengagement from the pin in use.
US11642265B2
According to certain arrangements, a conditioner mat for use with a bed assembly includes an upper layer comprising a plurality of openings, a lower layer being substantially fluid impermeable, at least one interior chamber defined by the upper layer and the lower layer and a spacer material positioned within the interior chamber. In one embodiment, the spacer material is configured to maintain a shape of the interior chamber and to help with the passage of fluids within a portion of interior chamber. The conditioner mat can be configured to releasably secure to a top of a bed assembly.
US11642264B2
A patient support apparatus comprises a base supported by caster assemblies with each caster assembly comprising a stem, a caster wheel, and a caster wheel axle. A patient support surface is coupled to the base and is configured to receive a load. One or more load sensors are integrated with at least one of the stem, the caster wheel, or the caster wheel axle for measuring the load. One or more of the caster assemblies can be coupled to a steering motor, which controls orientation of the caster assembly. A controller can control the steering motors based on analyzing the measurements of the load sensor. The load sensors can produce measurements indicative of both vertical load and non-vertical load applied to the caster assembly. The controller can also analyze the measurements of the load sensor to determine the load received by the patient support surface by negating the non-vertical load.
US11642263B2
A person support apparatus includes a base, a controller, and a barrier having at least one electrical device. The base includes mounting structures for releasably mounting the barrier to the base. A first electrical connector is in communication with the at least one electrical device and mounted to the barrier. A second electrical connector is in communication with the controller and mounted at one of the mounting structures for connection with the first electrical connector when the barrier is mounted to the base at the mounting structures.
US11642262B2
A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure comprising a base, a patient support surface, and a reference sensor arranged to sense inclination of the support structure. A drive system is coupled to the support structure and operable to propel the patient transport apparatus. A handle assembly is operable by a user to control operation of the drive system. The handle assembly comprises a handle movable relative to the base and a position sensor arranged to sense positioning of the handle. A controller is coupled to the reference sensor and the position sensor, and is adapted to control the drive system in response to signals received from the reference sensor and the position sensor.
US11642247B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes crater portions, each crater portion being concavely formed on an adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. A surface of the crater portion has a plurality of through holes.
US11642240B1
An emergency management system having an ice water immersion bag capable of rapidly cooling an overheated individual body through its combination of elements, apertures, and capacity. An overheated individual is placed within the ice immersion bag, yet there body may still be accessed in the event of a medical emergency through the use of one of the many openings containing throughout the bag. The openings otherwise remain sealed and waterproof to prevent the ice water from escaping the bag, further effectuating ice water immersion to rapidly cool the overheated individual.
US11642235B2
A gastric vest system for treating excessive weight or obesity in mammals. The gastric vest system may include a trapezoidal-shaped vest having a left edge, a right edge, an upper indentation, and a lower indentation, and the trapezoidal-shaped vest is configured to be wrapped around a stomach or a modified stomach of a mammal to cover a lesser curvature and a greater curvature of the stomach or the modified stomach.
US11642227B2
A dynamic disc assembly has a superior end plate, an inferior end plate, and a core. The core has surfaces of an annular Fresnel shape and a linear Fresnel-like shape combined to control the dynamic range of motion (ROM) movement arranged to match anatomical ROM. The core is interposed between and held against interior surfaces of the superior end plate and the inferior end plate. The assembly further has a pair of coupling cords, one coupling cord at each lateral end of the superior and inferior end plates wherein each lateral end of each end plate has one or more cord connections attached and affixed to the coupling cord to form and retain the dynamic disc assembly.
US11642226B2
Techniques for implantable orthopedic pain management devices are disclosed, including incising an opening in a synovial capsule substantially surrounding a joint, using a first tool to form an enlarged opening in the synovial capsule, determining whether to modify the joint, the joint being modified using a second tool if a bone structure coupled to one or more bones is found within the joint and the bone structure is configured to limit articulation of the one or more bones when an implantable device is inserted into the synovial capsule and the joint, and inserting the implantable device into the synovial capsule through the enlarged opening, the implantable device being inserted into the joint using a third tool.
US11642224B2
An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.
US11642221B2
An implant includes a frame comprising a tubular body formed by a plurality of interconnected struts that are manufactured to reduce stresses and strains resulting from component interaction during chronic use. At least a portion of a longitudinal corner of one or more struts of the frame may be chamfered, rounded, or otherwise modified to distribute stresses experienced at the strut corner throughout the strut body. Chamfering and/or rounding corners along at least a portion of a strut of the frame may reduce stresses on the frame caused by interactions between the frame and other components of the implant. The implant may be manufactured by cutting (e.g., laser cutting) a plurality of struts from a tubular metal alloy, polymer, or the like forming the tubular body, and softening at least a portion of an edge of the strut by cutting, grinding, and/or micro-blasting the edges of the corner.
US11642216B2
Soft tissue repair grafts are provided for supporting, covering, and/or retaining an implant positioned in the body of a subject. The grafts are particularly suitable for use for pre-pectoral breast reconstruction with a breast implant or tissue expander. The grafts include positional notches for more accurate positioning in a subject. The grafts also include at least one cuff element which is folded to form a reinforced folded edge for suturing the graft more securely to adjacent tissues than previously known grafts. The grafts also include a plurality of arcuate slots which form a plurality of circular patterns arranged concentrically about a focal point, thereby enabling the grafts to expand without tearing and to conform more closely to the implant and/or adjacent body tissues such as the breast pocket, than previously known grafts. Acellular dermal matrices are particularly suitable for making the soft tissue repair grafts.
US11642198B2
An orthodontic appliance can include a shell having a plurality of cavities shaped to receive a patient's teeth is disclosed. The orthodontic appliance may comprise an interior surface and an exterior surface, and an elastic coating covering at least a portion of one or more of the interior surface or exterior surface of the shell. A stiffness of a portion of the orthodontic appliance corresponding to the portion of the shell covered by the elastic coating can be determined by a stiffness of the elastic coating.
US11642197B2
An orthodontic tool includes a trimmer having a lever, a base, and a spring positioned between the lever and the base. A first substantially transversely extending portion extends from the lever and a second substantially transversely extending portion extends from the base. A cutting surface is associated with each transversely extending portion. The orthodontic tool also includes a tool set having at least two arms coupled together at one end by a fastener and the arms including two or more of a sanding tool, a hook, and a pick.
US11642196B2
An orthodontic tool includes a trimmer having a lever, a base, and a spring positioned between the lever and the base. A first substantially transversely extending portion extends from the lever and a second substantially transversely extending portion extends from the base. A cutting surface is associated with each transversely extending portion. The orthodontic tool also includes a tool set having at least two arms coupled together at one end by a fastener and the arms including two or more of a sanding tool, a hook, and a pick.
US11642185B2
Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures. Such a system includes a cannula having proximal and distal portions. At least one carriage unit is slidably mounted within the proximal portion of the cannula for translation in axial directions of the cannula, and a tool has a shaft that is coupled to the carriage unit and protrudes through a port at the distal portion of the cannula. The tool has a working element mounted on a portion of the shaft that protrudes from the cannula to perform tasks within the cavity. A translation mechanism is provided for translating the carriage unit and its tool in the axial directions of the cannula, and a rotation mechanism is provided for rotating the tool about an axis of its shaft and relative to the first carriage unit. Rotation and translation mechanisms of each carriage unit are preferably individually and independently controlled.
US11642184B2
The present invention is directed to a device for allowing universal surgical tool exchange. The device of the present invention includes a tool-side adapter and a robot-side adapter that combine the benefits of a robot in the operating room (OR) with a system that has minimal impact on the current surgical workflow. The device of the present invention allows surgeons to preserve their natural grip on the surgical tool, creates a reliable and repeatable connection between the tool and the robot, and allows the user to rapidly swap the tools in and out from the surgical robot using a single-handed motion. A unique RFID tag and receiver is embedded in the tool-side adapter and the robot-side adapter, respectively to allow the robot to identify the tool that has been engaged. The present invention is universally applicable to any robotic system that is intended to hold a set of hand instruments.
US11642181B2
A user system for a robotic surgical system, the user system including a handheld groundless user interface device configured to control the robotic surgical system, and a user console. The user console includes a seat and a first adjustable, ergonomic arm support linkage coupled to the seat, in which the first arm support linkage is movable between a folded storage configuration and at least one unfolded use configuration corresponding to at least one of a user characteristic and a surgical task characteristic. The at least one unfolded use configuration may be pre-stored in a database.
US11642177B2
A surgical instrument comprises a first member including a drive engageable with a first mating surface of a bone fastener. A second member is rotatable relative to the first member and includes an element engageable with a second mating surface of the bone fastener. The members are engageable with the bone fastener in a release configuration, an intermediate configuration and a locked configuration. Systems, surgical adaptors, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US11642172B2
In one embodiment a medical tracking system, including a catheter to be inserted into blood vessels of a body-part of a living subject, and including a flexible shaft having a deflectable distal end, and a location tracking transducer in the distal end configured to output a signal indicative of a location of the transducer, a tracking subsystem to track locations of the distal end over time responsively to the signal, a display, and processing circuitry to add the tracked locations of the distal end to a movement log, and render to the display an image of at least part of the body-part with a representation of a length of the shaft of the catheter in at least one blood vessel of the body-part, with respective positions along the length of the shaft being located in the image responsively to respective ones of the tracked locations from the movement log.
US11642166B2
Systems and methods for facilitating assessment and convenient display of graphical output indicative of lesion formation and outputting data indicative of lesion formation to a 3D mapping system to display on a 3D model are disclosed herein.
US11642163B2
Methods and devices for controlling motorized surgical devices are provided. In general, the methods and devices can allow a surgical device to grasp and cut tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include at least one sensor and a motor, and an output of the motor can be configured to be adjusted based at least in part on an output from the at least one sensor. The output of the motor can be configured to provide power for translation of a cutting element along an end effector of the device. Adjusting the motor's output can cause the cutting element to translate through the end effector at different speeds, thereby allowing the cutting element to cut through tissue being grasped by the end effector at different speeds.
US11642154B2
A fixator of a cranial flap to a skull, the fixator comprising a rigid rod, a lower disk placed at a distal extremity of said rigid rod, an upper disk mounted so as to be mobile along said rigid rod and a grip connected to the proximal extremity of said rigid rod enabling said upper disk to be made to slide towards said lower disk, said distal extremity of said rigid rod being provided with a ball-joint element and said lower disk comprising a recess for receiving said ball-joint element; said lower disk and said upper disk have convex shapes and are made out of a material enabling them to get deformed and adapt to shapes of the skull and the cranial flap, the lower and upper disks are placed flat against and secured to the internal and external surfaces of the skull and of the cranial flap.
US11642150B2
Components and corresponding systems are described for providing removal of a clot or fragment thereof to address an acute ischemic stroke condition. In particular, a filter design is presented that provides metal elements below a bundle of polymer fibers to provide more mechanical strength while cushioning the vessel wall from direct contact with the metal elements. Designs of stent retrievers are presented with polymer covers or mounted on the exterior of a microcatheter. Corresponding systems are described that can use various combinations of the components, generally in combination with an aspiration catheter. Corresponding procedures are described that can effectively use the various devices and systems.
US11642145B2
An endovascular medical system for use with a clot located in a target vessel. The system including a guidewire formed by a core wire. The guidewire extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to an opposite atraumatic clot-circumventing configured distal end; and a lateral direction of the atraumatic clot-circumventing configured distal end of the guidewire being defined transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guidewire. The atraumatic clot-circumventing configured distal end is designed to prevent injury to an inner wall of the target vessel and prohibit insertion of any portion of the guidewire into a perforator vessel.
US11642143B2
A balloon guiding sheath may include an elongated sheath comprising a proximal end, a distal end, an inner tube, an outer tube surrounding the inner tube, an access port, a distal port, and a working lumen extending through an interior portion of the elongated sheath between the access port and the distal port. The balloon guiding sheath may also include an inflatable balloon located on an outer surface of the elongated sheath adjacent the distal end. The balloon guiding sheath may include a plurality of inflation holes extending through a side wall of the elongated sheath. The elongated sheath may be sized and configured to enable direct insertion into a patient's vasculature through an arteriotomy in at least one of a femoral artery and vertebral artery to position the inflatable balloon at a target site.
US11642141B2
Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
US11642140B2
The present invention relates to an implant system that comprises an implant, a handle configured to removably receive the implant, and, in some embodiments, a spacer tool configured to be mounted on the implant. In further embodiments, a k-wire is employed to guide the implant to a desired location. The handle has a hole for receiving a first portion of the implant. Using the handle to implant the implant, along with an associated spacer, provides a quick and convenient method for implanting the implant as described herein and in the associated drawings.
US11642128B2
A method for operating a surgical instrument is disclosed.
US11642124B2
The invention is a staple comprising a bridge member having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface defining a thickness between and two lateral edges defining a width therebetween and either the thickness or the width includes a center flared area, such as a “diamond-like” shape meaning that it has a v-shape on opposing lateral edges flanked by opposing fillets to form an inserter mount area and the staple has a pair of legs spaced apart along the axis and each joined at a rounded flared shoulder to the bridge member. In a four-legged version the bridge has a waist.
US11642121B2
Surgical devices and methods of soft tissue repair using pre-looped tensionable and non-pre-looped tensionable knotless fixation devices. A flexible material (for example, suture or suture tape) may be attached to the fixation device. A flexible material may be threaded through an eyelet of a tip provided as part of a swivel anchor assembly to provide added stability to the fixation devices.
US11642119B2
Suture constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The suture construct is a soft, suture-based anchor which is self-cinching and has a specific, accordian-type configuration (i.e., with the ability to fold from a first, extended position to a second, folded or compressed position). The suture-based anchor may be formed essentially of a flexible material such as a high strength surgical suture, suture chain, or suture.
US11642117B2
An assembly may include a retractor pivotally coupled to a guide rod. The retractor may include a generally arcuate projection having a convex retractor surface, a concave cutting shield surface, and a retractor coupling feature. The guide rod may include an elongate member and a rod coupling feature that may be configured to engage the retractor coupling feature to pivotably couple the guide rod to the retractor. The assembly may be placed on a lateral side of a medial collateral ligament of a knee joint to retract the medial collateral ligament away from a tibial plateau of the knee joint and protect the medial collateral ligament during a tibial plateau resection procedure.
US11642116B2
A surgical retractor includes a mounting base, a first rod member, a connecting member, a compression spring, a second rod member, an expansion member, an extension spring and a position member. One end of the first rod member is assembled on the mounting base, and the other end of the first rod member includes a blocking part; the connecting member is assembled on the first rod member and includes a shoulder and a first connecting part; the compression spring is arranged on the connecting member and abuts against the shoulder and the blocking part; the second rod member is slidably arranged on the first rod member; the expansion member is arranged at the end of the second rod member and includes a second connecting part; an extension spring connects the first connecting part and the second connecting part; a position member selectively abuts against the first rod member.
US11642110B2
A surgical device comprising: (1) a handpiece having a distal end portion; (2) a tubular member extending from the distal end portion, the tubular member having a lumen therethrough, the lumen comprising: (a) a proximal lumen portion, (b) a distal lumen portion, (c) a first central lumen portion, and (d) a second central lumen portion, the second central portion being located between the proximal lumen portion and the first central lumen portion, wherein the distal lumen portion diverges as the distal lumen portion extends away from the first central lumen portion in a distal direction, and the second central lumen portion diverges as the second central lumen portion extends away from the first central lumen portion in a proximal direction and: wherein the tubular member has wall with a substantially uniform thickness about the first central lumen portion.
US11642107B2
Disclosed here are kits comprising pre-packed stabilizing solutions for stabilizing combinations of biomarkers at room temperature. Such kits can be better adapted for sample collection at a subject's dwelling, thus easing the burdensome requirement of sample collection.
US11642106B2
Internal bleeding systems, devices, and methods are disclosed that include a sensing module and a processing module. The sensing module has an ultrasound module and a communication module. The ultrasound module emits and receives ultrasound energy to and reflected from tissue in a patient and generates a reflected energy signal. The communication module transmits the reflected energy signal to the processing module. The processing module analyzes the reflected energy signal to determine if it indicates the presence of blood from internal bleeding in the patient.
US11642095B2
A multi-audio stethoscope head comprising a head body (1) including a sound collecting surface (11), a vibrating diaphragm, and a fastener. The sound collecting surface (11) is provided with a sound guiding hole (16), and the fastener (3) is provided with an axial through hole (33), a fastener sidewall (31) for attaching to the head body (1), and a diaphragm pressing portion (32) for tightly attaching the vibrating diaphragm (2) to the head body (1). The vibrating diaphragm (2) is disposed between the diaphragm pressing portion (32) and the head body (1). Protruding poles (6) protruding toward the vibrating diaphragm (2) is arranged on the sound collecting surface (11) at the radially inner side of the through hole (33), and when the vibrating diaphragm (2) is not subject to external pressure, the vibrating diaphragm (2) is spaced from the protruding poles (6).
US11642094B2
Embodiments provide a modular phantom that enables quantitative assessment of imaging performance (e.g., spatial resolution, image uniformity, image noise, contrast to noise ratio, cone-beam artifact) and dosimetry in cone-beam computed tomography (CT). The modular phantom includes one or more modules for various imaging performance tests that may be rearranged in the phantom to accommodate the design of various cone-beam CT imaging systems. The modular phantom includes one or more of a cone-beam module, an angled edge module, or a line spread module. The phantom may be inserted into a larger sleeve and be used to assess imaging performance and dosimetry in whole body CT imaging systems.
US11642091B2
An X-ray fluoroscopy imaging apparatus has a plurality of imaging equipment component members including an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, a C-arm, a table and a display unit; a input receiving element, an information element; and a control element that controls the information element to inform that the second imaging equipment component member moves when controlling the move of the first imaging equipment component member among a plurality of imaging equipment component members and moving the second imaging equipment component member while interlocked with the move of the first imaging equipment component member.
US11642090B2
Improved mapping and ablation procedures and corresponding devices are provided. A variety of methods and apparatuses can be used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by identifying the location of an arrhythmia source and ablating that source. The methods and apparatuses can provide an improved means of electrical mapping of the heart to identify the location of the arrhythmia source and advancing an ablation electrode to that location so that it may be ablated.
US11642089B2
An apparatus for calibrating a bio-information estimation model is provided. The apparatus for calibrating a bio-information estimation model includes: a data obtainer configured to obtain at least one pulse wave signal; and a processor configured to extract a plurality of feature sets, each feature set including one or more features, from each of the at least one pulse wave signal, and configured to calibrate a bio-information estimation model based on a correlation distribution of the extracted plurality of feature sets.
US11642079B2
The invention includes a system and method for predicting the performance of production animals by analysis of heart and lung sounds to determine likelihoods the animals will develop BRD or other diseases or ailments. Vital signs of animals are recorded during an adrenergic sympathetic “flight or fight” situation. A cardio-pulmonary rate ratio is determined for each animal by dividing a normalized adjusted heart rate value by a normalized adjusted respiratory value. From the ratios calculated for each animal in a group, a ratio range is established. Ratio values at a lower end of the ratio range indicate higher relative respiration rates and poor lung performance due to disease. Ratio values at an upper end of the range may indicate low cardiac output and an inability to tolerate rapid weight gain. Ratio values at either end of the range may indicate compromised cardio-pulmonary function. Animals can be further classified by weight, and the ratio values within weight classes are used to generate probabilities for BRD or other diseases.
US11642064B2
An integrated electrode structure can comprise a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, the flexible tip portion comprising a flexible framework. A plurality of microelectrodes can be disposed on the flexible framework and can form a flexible array of microelectrodes adapted to conform to tissue. A plurality of conductive traces can be disposed on the flexible framework, each of the plurality of conductive traces can be electrically coupled with a respective one of the plurality of microelectrodes.
US11642063B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a medical device. The medical device can include a catheter shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, the flexible tip portion comprising a flexible framework, wherein the flexible framework is curved about a transverse framework axis that is disposed transverse to the catheter shaft longitudinal axis without application of a force external to the medical device. A plurality of microelectrodes can be disposed on the flexible framework and can form a flexible array of microelectrodes adapted to conform to tissue.
US11642051B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for sampling a common tissue volume and/or a common skin layer skin of a person as a part of noninvasive analyte property determination system, comprising the steps of: providing an analyzer, comprising at least three detectors at least partially embedded in a probe housing, the probe housing comprising a sample side surface, the detectors including a first and second range of detection zones of differing radial distances from a first illumination zone and second illumination zone, respectively coupled to separate sources; repetitively illuminating the illumination zones of the skin with photons in a range of 1200 to 2500 nm; and detecting portions of light from the sources with the at least three detectors, the detectors positioned on a common line with the sources.
US11642044B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to non-invasive detection of peripheral arterial disease. For example, a measuring apparatus is used to measure a patient's calf circumference. The measuring apparatus has text feature(s) or indicator(s) printed thereupon that indicate the likelihood that the patient has peripheral arterial disease based on the measured calf circumference. The assessment may be further refined by using a software application that assesses the likelihood of the patient having peripheral arterial disease using at least the calf circumference measurement, along with other information/data. Based on the assessment, a healthcare practitioner may prescribe a walking program for the patient to follow. A software application may track compliance of the walking program and provide escalating reminders to the patient if the patient continues to fail to comply with the prescribed walking program.
US11642038B1
Systems, methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media for measuring and analyzing galvanic skin response. A system for measuring galvanic skin response includes an electrical conductivity meter (ECM) electrically connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode and a server platform in network communication with the ECM. The ECM includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The positive electrode is in contact with a point on a hand or a foot of a subject. A circuit is created between the ECM and the subject including the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a pressure sensor to indicate an amount of pressure applied by a tip of the positive electrode on the point. The server platform includes artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to detect variations in the pressure applied by the positive electrode during a session and/or across multiple sessions.
US11642032B2
A method includes determining that a patient has heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); configuring a cardiovascular (CV) model using patient characterization data; determining one or more therapy parameters using output data of the CV model; and administering HFpEF therapy based on the one or more therapy parameters.
US11642029B2
Generally, abnormal pressures in the sinus cavity can have physiological effects due to stimulation or injury of various nerves that are in proximity to the sinus, including increased or decreased pressure on the nerves as well as extrusion of the nerves into the sinus cavities due to bony dehiscence. Methods and devices for alleviating disorders associated with the sinus cavities are described. Embodiments herein include diagnosing these disorders by occluding or restricting the sinus ostium and assessing the physiological effects caused by the occlusion/restriction and treating these disorders by navigating/directing a dilating device to the sinus ostium and dilating the sinus ostium. Other embodiments are directed to devices for maintaining the ostial opening.
US11642009B2
Dental periscopes having mounting clips configured to couple to mobile devices are disclosed. A patient can mount the dental periscope to a mobile device by coupling the mounting clip of the periscope to the mobile device. The patient can then use the mobile device-mounted dental periscope to capture image and/or video data of one or more dental structures. The captured image/video data can be sent to a remote system to obtain a remote dental diagnosis based on the captured data. The remote diagnosis may be an automated diagnosis generated by a trained machine learning classifier.
US11642007B2
A detachable endoscope having a buffer function includes: an operation part for operating the front end of an insertion part having an illuminating photographing part to be bent and a detachable unit for detachably coupling the insertion part and the operation part, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module connected to the respective other ends of first, second, third, and fourth operation wires having the respective one ends connected to the front end inside the insertion part and provided on the rear end of the insertion part, and a second detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth connection wires of a direction conversion part for converting a rotational motion into a linear motion in the operation part and provided on the front end of the operation part.
US11641982B2
The disclosed technology includes a portable hand washing station having a sink with an atomizing nozzle that can provide an ultra-low flow of atomized liquid. The atomizing nozzle can reduce consumption of water and reduce the required supply of power for adequate operation of a heating device and a pump of the portable hand washing station. The heating device can include insulation, such that the heating device can provide heated water during an extended operation period.
US11641976B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a cooker including: a housing; a pressure pot; an air fryer pot; a heater; and a fan. The pressure pot is configured to be disposed in the housing. The air fryer pot is configured to be disposed in the housing. The heater is disposed in the housing. The heater is configured to heat air outside the air fryer pot when the air fryer pot is in the housing. The fan blows the air heated by the heater into an inside space of the air fryer pot when the air fryer pot is disposed in the housing.
US11641969B2
A turkey cooking apparatus provides a pot and a specially configured insert (e.g., basket) that rests upon the pot bottom. A lower funnel shaped section and upper tube shaped section are provided inside the pot. The insert (e.g., basket) sits upon funnel shaped portion. The insert has a central opening that is receptive of the tubed portion. Both the insert and the tube section can have openings that enable steam to travel upwardly to cook the turkey carcass.
US11641957B2
A repositionable frame system includes a repositionable wall mount configured for being repositionably secured to a support surface. The repositionable wall mount includes a first magnetic element. The system further includes a frame having a rear face that includes a second magnetic element that is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic element resulting in a magnetic coupling between the frame and the repositionable wall mount.
US11641955B2
A portable advertising platform system for store front, street side and indoor promotions. The platform can elevate signs and products above obstacles. Items are fastened at their tops only allowing them to freely swing; wind resistant. This rugged, lightweight platform is made from plastic or aluminum and consists of several joints interconnected by square shaped insert tubes; thumb screw fastening. Tubes can couple together to form longer members. Joints can rotate 90 degrees to create perpendicular branches. The platform consists of a lower cart with several vertical mounts, supporting an upper web with multiple tiers and overhanging arms. The platform can substantially stretch horizontally, vertically and in width providing numerous configurations. The 4 leg levelers telescope multiple feet both horizontally and vertically to level the cart on rough uneven terrain. Leg levelers also act as durable brakes; friction with ground. Detachable large 8 inch wheels swivel for easy maneuvering.
US11641931B1
An extendable and retractable coupling system is configured with a retractable coupler that is tethered to a coupler body to retain valuable item to a person or other item. An extendable coupling system has a dual coupler having a fixed coupler that is stationary, or configured on the coupler body and a retractable coupler that is coupled to the coupler body by a tether. The retractable coupler may be coupled to a valuable item, such as a mobile phone and the fixed coupler may be coupled to a person clothing, such as to a belt loop, for example. The user may then extend the tether to use their mobile phone and place the phone back into a pocket when not in use. The tether may prevent the valuable item, such as the mobile phone, from dropping to the ground and being damaged.
US11641922B2
To provide a hair applicator which can fix an applying part to combing elements with a sufficient fixing strength to prevent the applying part from being displaced even by an impact from a fall and also can dispense a sufficient coating amount. The hair applicator is configured such that the coating amount by the applying part is 0.090 g/m or greater (porosity is 80% or higher) and the hardness (ISO7619A) of the applying part is less than A70.
US11641920B2
A light-curable artificial nail is disclosed having an adhesive section including a light-curable composition in a semi-cured state. The light-curable composition is configured to transition from the semi-cured state to a cured state based on exposure to at least one wavelength of electromagnetic radiation. The light-curable artificial nail includes a strengthening section disposed above the adhesive section and a polish section disposed above the adhesive section.
US11641912B2
A closure device includes a first closure part which includes a base body and at least one closure element rotatably arranged on the base body about an axis of rotation. The at least one closure element includes a base body and at least one first locking portion arranged on the base body, and at least one second closure part which includes a base element and at least one second locking portion arranged on the base element. The first closure part and the at least one second closure part can be placed against each other along a placement direction.
US11641911B2
Manufacturing and assembly of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by automated placement and assembly of shoe parts. For example, a part-recognition system analyzes an image of a shoe part to identify the part and determine a location of the part. Once the part is identified and located, the part can be manipulated by an automated manufacturing tool.
US11641907B2
An interchangeable heel for a shoe wherein the interchangeable heel includes a removable heel sleeve and a heel post which is mounted on the shoe wherein the heel sleeve is releasably mounted on the heel post by an opposed lock mechanism which includes a catch mechanism on one side of the interchangeable heel and a biasing mechanism on an opposite side of the interchangeable heel wherein the biasing mechanism includes a biasing member which is provided on the heel post wherein the biasing member is arranged to engage the removable heel sleeve; a shoe having the interchangeable heel; and a removable heel sleeve for use in the interchangeable heel according to the invention.
US11641904B1
A helmet that includes a subliner shell comprised of a hard impact resistant material. The shell has inner and outer surfaces. A subliner element having a first foam pad having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is attached to the inner surface of the shell. A second foam pad is constructed of an energy absorbing viscoelastic foam material that is radially partitioned into individual segments. The segments are nested with respect to each other such that the nested segments have side surfaces in slidable direct contacting engagement with side surfaces of adjacent nested segments. The second foam pad has a top surface attached to the bottom surface of the first foam pad. A third foam pad has a top surface and a bottom surface, with the top surface of the third foam pad being attached to the bottom surface of the second foam pad.
US11641902B2
A head protection device includes a head cradle portion and a force transfer/energy absorbing collar portion. The head cradle portion is spaced from adjacent and out of contact with the collar portion in normal operation and in contact with the collar portion upon impact of predetermined force, transferring the force and associated energy around the head cradle portion and dissipating the energy.
US11641885B2
A test fixture for testing aerosol provision devices may include a housing, a plurality of testing modules disposed at the housing where each of the testing modules includes a cavity configured to receive a portion of an aerosol provision device, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the testing modules. Each of the testing modules may be configured to interface with an assembly of a respective one of the aerosol provision devices to transition the assembly between an initial state and a transitioned state during a functional test controlled by the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to conduct the functional test of at least two of the testing modules simultaneously.
US11641884B2
A system for conveying electronic cigarette components, including: a guide including a stopping station; a carriage to slide along the guide; a retaining device for holding a component of an electronic cigarette; and a locking unit for locking the carriage relative to the guide at the stopping station. The locking unit includes: two abutment elements mounted on the carriage and disposed at a predetermined mutual distance; and an inserting element which is: disposed at the stopping station shaped such that first and second edges contact the abutment elements, respectively, when the carriage is at the stopping station; movable between a retracted position free from the abutment elements to allow the carriage to slide, and an advanced position contacting the abutment elements to prevent the carriage from sliding. Each abutment element is rotatable about its axis to facilitate movement of the inserting element between the two positions.
US11641883B2
An electronic cigarette control method and an electronic cigarette are provided. The method includes: acquiring the characteristic parameter of the atomizer of the electronic cigarette; determining the first output power corresponding to the characteristic parameter of the atomizer; and outputting electric energy to the atomizer with the first output power when a smoking signal is detected. The electronic cigarette can output electric energy of different powers to atomizers with different specifications, so that the battery device of the electronic cigarette can be adapted to atomizers with different specifications, thereby increasing the adaptation range of the electronic cigarette.
US11641874B2
A flavor delivery article is provided including a substantially rod-shaped carrier element and a wrapping element. The wrapping element surrounds at least a portion of the carrier element. The delivery article includes a flavor material within one or both of the carrier element and the wrapping element. The flavor delivery article is adapted for delivery of the flavor material to the mouth of a user under mouth conditions in the absence of combustion or other external heating.
US11641872B2
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate, and at least a first susceptor material for heating of the aerosol-forming substrate. The first susceptor material has a first Curie-temperature and is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises at least a second susceptor material having a second Curie-temperature which is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The first and second susceptor materials have specific absorption rate (SAR) outputs which are distinct from each other. Alternatively or in addition thereto the first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material is lower than the second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material, and the second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material defines a maximum heating temperature of the first and second susceptor materials. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.
US11641869B2
Food-grade pulse protein concentrates prepared from various pulses and flours derived therefrom are provided. Also provided are method of making the concentrates and beverages and foodstuffs that include the concentrates. The pulse protein concentrates are characterized by a high protein content, high digestibility, and complete essential amino acid profile.
US11641867B2
A powdery food containing at least a micronized first powder having myrosinase activity and a second powder containing a glucosinolate.
US11641866B2
A method for preparing cassava flour with a low content of cyanogenic glycosides is provided. The method includes: washing, peeling, and cutting newly harvested fresh cassava to obtain cassava pellets, cassava shreds, or a cassava pulp as a raw material. The method further includes the following steps: immersing the raw material in a solution containing cellulase and pectinase for 10-30 minutes, and then placing the raw material in warm water with a temperature of 35-50° C. and a pH value of 5.5-6.5 and ultrasonicating for 10-30 minutes at an ultrasonic frequency of 50-80 kHz, to obtain an ultrasonicated raw material; drying and pulverizing the ultrasonicated raw material to obtain cassava flour with a low content of cyanogenic glycosides, a cyanogenic glycoside content of the cassava flour is less than 15 mg/kg.
US11641856B2
The compositions of the present invention comprise at least one medium polarity oil and at least one antibacterial agent, the combination of which produces a synergistic antibacterial effect against bacterial biofilms. Methods are disclosed for the reduction of bacteria in and/or elimination of bacterial biofilms on biological and non-biological surfaces, as well as methods for the treatment of wounds, skin lesions, mucous membrane lesions, and other biological surfaces infected or contaminated with bacterial biofilms.
US11641851B2
An apparatus comprising a base and a plurality of risers. The apparatus used to hold, secure, or store fishing hooks with hackle so that the hackle is not damaged by being compressed against an adjacent surface. The plurality of risers are magnetic in order that each riser can attract hooks so that each hook can extend out from the riser, thus protecting the hackle from adjacent surfaces, and each riser can be attached to the surface such that the riser extends out from the surface.
US11641842B2
The present disclosure provides methods for enabling an individual having a cat allergy to have a cat as a pet. Such a method can include quantitatively determining a threshold in the individual for an environmental level of an allergen produced by the cat and selecting a cat or a breed of cat that creates an environmental level of the allergen that is less than the threshold. Additionally, such a method can include lowering the allergens disseminated by the cat by treating the environment inhabited by the cat during a time period where the cat expresses elevated allergens.
US11641838B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04130514 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04130514, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04130514, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04130514, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04130514. 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 04130514. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04130514, 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 04130514 with another soybean cultivar.
US11641830B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PFQK50 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PFQK50 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PFQK50 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PFQK50 or a locus conversion of 1PFQK50 with another maize variety.
US11641827B2
A novel maize variety designated 1PFKS71 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PFKS71 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PFKS71 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PFKS71 or a locus conversion of 1PFKS71 with another maize variety.
US11641821B1
A novel maize variety designated X90P473 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90P473 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90P473 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90P473, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90P473 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90P473 and methods of using maize variety X90P473 are disclosed.
US11641820B2
Provided is a canola variety designated 17GG1865G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 17GG1865G with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 17GG1865G through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety are disclosed.
US11641810B2
Vertical growing uses a plurality of shelves to support plants. The system provides nitrogen and light to help grow the plants placed on the shelves. The system also circulates air that is filtered and mixed with the nitrogen before being distributed to the plants. The filters can remove odors from the circulating air.
US11641808B1
A bale processing apparatus include a frame, a bale hopper defining a bale chamber for receiving a bale, a bale shredding assembly including a shredding rotor rotatable in a rotor chamber, and a bale movement assembly configured to move a bale in the bale chamber toward the bale feed opening and the shredding rotor. In embodiments, the apparatus may be mountable on support arms of a loader such that the bale processing apparatus is liftable off of the ground surface, and may include a rotor operating assembly may be mounted on the frame and configured to rotate the shredding rotor, and the operating assembly may include an engine fully mounted on the frame such that the frame and the engine may be removed as a unit from the loader. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11641805B2
A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, an intake housing rotatably connected to a front wall of the container proximate to a discharge opening, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The first auger assembly is disposed in the container and conveys agricultural material through the discharge opening. The second auger assembly is rotatably connected to an outlet of the intake housing and includes an inlet that receives agricultural material from the intake housing and an outlet that discharges agricultural material. The farm implement further includes a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly disposed along the front wall. The second auger assembly is mounted on one of the first and second mounting assemblies at an operating position, without being mounted to the other one of the first and second mounting assemblies.
US11641804B2
An apparatus comprises a sensor comprising a left camera and a right camera. A processor is coupled to the sensor. The processor is configured to produce an image and disparity data for the image, and search for a vertical object within the image using the disparity data. The processor is also configured to determine whether the vertical object is a bale of material using the image, and compute an orientation of the bale relative to the sensor using the disparity data. The sensor and processor can be mounted for use on an autonomous bale mover comprising an integral power system, a ground-drive system, a bale loading system, and a bale carrying system.
US11641803B2
The invention relates to a method and system for picking up and collecting plant matter, in particular plant embryos. To pick up the plant matter, a pick-up unit is used that is mounted to a robotic arm. According to the invention, two separate imaging steps are performed at two different positions of the pick-up unit. The first imaging step is performed to identify an isolated piece of plant matter. The second imaging step is performed when the pick-up unit is at a confirming position and enables a verification of whether a piece of plant matter has been picked up or not. The confirming position is in between the position of the pick-up unit for picking up plant matter and the position for depositing plant matter in suitable receptacles.
US11641801B2
A computer-implemented method includes obtaining field data for a field that was generated prior to an agricultural harvesting machine operating on the field, the field data representing an estimated yield, obtaining yield data, that is georeferenced to the field, based on a signal from a yield sensor on the agricultural harvesting machine, applying a flow model to the yield data to generate a yield map, the flow model having a set of parameters that models material flow through a harvesting system of the agricultural harvesting machine, obtaining an adjusted set of parameters based on a correlation between the yield map and the estimated yield, modifying the yield map based on the adjusted set of parameters, and generating a control signal based on the modified yield map.
US11641800B2
An agricultural harvesting machine includes crop processing functionality configured to engage crop in a field, perform a crop processing operation on the crop, and move the processed crop to a harvested crop repository, and a control system configured to identify a weed seed area indicating presence of weed seeds, and generate a control signal associated with a pre-emergence weed seed treatment operation based on the identified weed seed area.
US11641791B2
An agricultural vehicle configured for traveling in a driven-wheel-leading mode and a caster-wheel-leading mode. The agricultural vehicle includes a first driven wheel and a second driven wheel, a caster axle, a first caster wheel and a second caster wheel, and a steering system. The steering system includes a first steering actuator connected in between the caster axle and the first caster wheel, a first sensor connected to the caster axle, and a controller operably connected to the first steering actuator and the first sensor. The controller is configured for actuating the first steering actuator to steer the first caster wheel in the driven-wheel-leading mode and the caster-wheel-leading mode.
US11647682B2
A memory array, a semiconductor chip and a method for forming the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first signal lines, second signal lines and memory cells. The first signal lines extend along a first direction. The second signal lines extend along a second direction over the first signal lines. The memory cells are defined at intersections of the first and second signal lines, and respectively include a resistance variable layer, a switching layer, an electrode layer and a carbon containing dielectric layer. The switching layer is overlapped with the resistance variable layer. The electrode layer lies between the resistance variable layer and the switching layer. The carbon containing layer laterally surrounds a stacking structure including the resistance variable layer, the switching layer and the electrode layer.
US11647677B2
Provided is a piezoelectric ceramics including crystal grains each including: a first region that is formed of a perovskite-type metal oxide having a crystal structure in which a central element of a unit cell is located at an asymmetrical position; and a second region that is formed of a perovskite-type metal oxide having a crystal structure in which a central element of a unit cell is located at a symmetrical position, and that is present inside the first region, wherein a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the second region to a cross-sectional area of the piezoelectric ceramics is 0.1% or less.
US11647674B2
A thermoelectric conversion material formed of a sintered body containing magnesium silicide as a main component contains 0.5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less of aluminum oxide. The aluminum oxide is distributed at a crystal grain boundary of the magnesium silicide.
US11647665B2
A method of manufacturing a flexible display device includes forming a graphene adhesive layer on a carrier substrate, forming a flexible substrate on the graphene adhesive layer, forming a first barrier layer on the flexible substrate, forming a display element part on the first barrier layer, forming a protective film on the display element part, separating the flexible substrate from the carrier substrate, removing a remaining portion of the graphene adhesive layer from a surface of the flexible substrate, and forming a second barrier layer on the surface of the flexible substrate, after removing the remaining portion of the graphene adhesive layer from the surface of the flexible substrate.
US11647662B2
A display apparatus including a light emitting device layer emitting a first light having a peak wavelength of 500 nm or less, a color control layer disposed on the light emitting device layer, the color control layer including an emitting element converting the first light, a color filter layer disposed on the color control layer, and an absorptive scattering element provided in or on the color control layer. The absorptive scattering element may include a light absorbing portion, in which absorptivity of a green or red light is greater than absorptivity of the first light. Accordingly, reflectance of the display apparatus to an external light may be reduced.
US11647660B2
A color filter substrate and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The color filter substrate has a pixel definition layer having a first pixel-defining structure and a second pixel-defining structure, and the second pixel-defining structure encapsulates the first pixel-defining structure. The pixel definition layer enhances its structural support strength while ensuring its own shading property and hydrophobicity, so that it can reach a target height, and an undercut phenomenon is less likely to occur.
US11647659B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes a substrate and a transparent display area disposed on the substrate, the transparent display area comprises a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of transparent units disposed at intervals. Each of the pixel units includes a light emitting structure and a filter disposed on the light emitting structure, a color of a light retained by the filter is same as a color of a light emitted by the light emitting structure
US11647658B2
A color shift compensation method, a display panel and a display device are provided. The color shift compensation method includes: acquiring color shift information generated with respect to a test region of a test display panel when the test region is viewed at a first viewing angle, at least a part of first subpixel units within the test region being provided with a test aperture ratio; and controlling, in accordance with the color shift information, at least a part of second subpixel units within a target region of a to-be-manufactured target display panel to be provided with a target aperture ratio being different from the test aperture ratio, to improve color shift within the target region when the target region is viewed at the first viewing angle, wherein a position of the target region on the target display panel is same as a position of the test region on the test display panel, and positions of at least the part of second subpixel units within the target region are same as positions of at least the part of first subpixel units within the test region.
US11647657B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a plurality of sub-pixels including at least two first sub-pixels positioned in a display light-transmitting area, and a connecting line including a first line electrically connected to a first pixel driving circuit and the at least two first sub-pixels, wherein at least part of the first line is snake-shaped, so as to reduce the problem of light interference and diffraction in the display light-transmitting area and improve the display effect of the display light-transmitting area.
US11647654B2
The present disclosure relates to a stretchable organic light-emitting diode and a manufacturing method thereof, the stretchable organic light-emitting diode including: a stretchable driving unit including a stretchable field effect transistor (FET); and a stretchable light-emitting unit including an elastic material on the stretchable driving unit.
US11647652B2
A flexible display device includes a substrate, a light emitting layer, a first insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The substrate includes a bent region and a non-bent region. The light emitting layer overlaps the non-bent region. The first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer. A sidewall of the first insulating layer includes a first tapered surface. The first tapered surface includes at least three curved surface portions continuously arranged with one another.
US11647649B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, the display area including a plurality of sub-pixels; an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate; first electrodes disposed on the overcoat layer and in the sub-pixels; a first bank disposed in the display area and the non-display area and including first openings, the first openings respectively exposing the first electrodes; a second bank disposed on the first bank and including second openings in the display area, third openings in the non-display area and fourth openings, the second openings exposing the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the display area, the third openings exposing the first openings arranged in the non-display area, and the fourth openings connecting the second openings and the third openings; and an organic light emitting layer disposed in each of the second openings, the third openings and the fourth openings.
US11647648B2
An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis without damage, the display may include a display cover layer with a flexible portion. The flexible portion of the display cover layer may be interposed between first and second rigid portions of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may also include a layer with self-healing properties. The layer of self-healing material may be formed across the entire display cover layer or may be formed only in the flexible region of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may include a layer of elastomer in the flexible region of the display cover layer for increased flexibility. Self-healing may be initiated or expedited by externally applied heat, light, electric current, or other type of external stimulus.
US11647645B2
A cover plate used in an electronic device includes a glass layer and at least one transparent covering layer. The glass layer has a first surface and a second surface. The transparent covering layer contacts and is disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and the transparent covering layer is laminated with the glass layer. The cover plate has a Young's modulus of about 10 GPa to about 200 GPa.
US11647641B2
A photo-sensitive device comprises: an active layer configured to generate charges in response to incident light; a charge transport layer arranged below the active layer, wherein the charge transport layer comprises a first portion and a second portion being laterally displaced in relation to the first portion; a gate separated by a dielectric material from the charge transport layer, wherein said gate is arranged below the first portion and configured to control a potential thereof; and a transfer gate, which is separated by a dielectric material from a transfer portion of the charge transport layer between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the transfer gate is configured to control transfer of accumulated charges in the first portion to the second portion for read-out of detected light.
US11647638B2
A memory cell design is disclosed. In an embodiment, the memory cell structure includes at least one memory bit layer stacked between top and bottom electrodes. The memory bit layer provides a storage element for a corresponding memory cell. One or more additional conductive layers may be included between the memory bit layer and either, or both, of the top or bottom electrodes to provide a better ohmic contact. In any case, a dielectric liner structure is provided on sidewalls of the memory bit layer. The liner structure includes a dielectric layer, and may also include a second dielectric layer on a first dielectric layer. Either or both first dielectric layer or second dielectric layer comprises a high-k dielectric material. As will be appreciated, the dielectric liner structure effectively protects the memory bit layer from lateral erosion and contamination during the etching of subsequent layers beneath the memory bit layer.
US11647635B2
A device includes a multi-layer stack, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer and buffer layers. The multi-layer stack is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. The channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The ferroelectric layer is disposed between the channel layer and each of the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The buffer layers include a metal oxide, and one of the buffer layers is disposed between the ferroelectric layer and each of the plurality of dielectric layers.
US11647622B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure having a fin structure and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor includes a substrate defined with an active region. A first gate structure is disposed in the active region and includes a dielectric material. A second gate structure is disposed in the active region and includes the dielectric material. A fin structure having a first top surface is arranged to alternate with the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The first gate structure has a second top surface and the second gate structure has a third top surface. The second top surface and the third top surface are lower than the first top surface.
US11647621B2
A component feeding system including: a stage configured to support components in a scattered state; a holding tool configured to pick up and hold the component scattered on the stage; an imaging device configured to image the components scattered on the stage; and a control device configured to acquire, based on image data of the imaging device, a pickup possible component quantity that is a quantity of components that can be picked up by the holding tool from among the components scattered on the stage.
US11647620B2
A method for producing a nonwoven for shielding electromagnetic radiation in a terahertz (THz) range includes: providing a first metal alloy adapted to shield electromagnetic radiation; providing a polymer material; providing a second metal alloy which differs from the first metal alloy; producing polymer fibers with filled fiber cores by evaporating the first metal alloy and mixing the first metal alloy molecules with the polymer material; coating at least a part of a surface of the polymer fibers with the second metal alloy; producing the nonwoven by randomly and irregularly arranging the coated polymer fibers with filled fiber cores in a three spatial dimensional directions, or producing the nonwoven by randomly and irregularly arranging the polymer fibers with filled fiber cores in the three spatial dimensional directions and coating at least a part of a surface of the nonwoven with the second metal alloy.
US11647613B2
The present invention provides an infrared sauna room with a low electric field and low electromagnetic wave radiation comprising a room body, heating plates with a low electric field and low electromagnetic wave radiation and shielding lines, wherein a plurality of heating plates with a low electric field and low electromagnetic wave radiation are distributed in the room body; the first insulating layer has concave points or/and convex points; and the shielding line comprises a stranded power wire, an electric field absorbing shielding layer and a wire insulating layer. Through the above-mentioned manner, the infrared sauna room with a low electric field and low electromagnetic wave radiation can significantly reduce electromagnetic wave radiation and electric field radiation for sauna rooms.
US11647604B1
A rack device for mounting server in a 2-post or in a 4-post frame includes a fixture rack, a sliding rack, a connection rack, and a handle. The fixture rack is affixed to a casing. The sliding rack is slidably disposed on the fixture rack. The connection rack is pivoted on one end of the sliding rack. The handle is pivoted on the fixture rack about a first shaft. When the casing is mounted on a 2-post frame, an end of the fixture rack is affixed to a main post, and the sliding rack is at a storage position. When the casing is mounted on a 4-post frame, the end of the fixture rack is affixed to a rear post, the sliding rack is extended to an extension position relative to the fixture rack, and the connection rack is affixed to a front post.
US11647594B2
A method for curing solder paste on a thermally fragile substrate is disclosed. An optically reflective layer and an optically absorptive layer are printed on a thermally fragile substrate. Multiple conductive traces are selectively deposited on the optically reflective layer and on the optically absorptive layer. Solder paste is then applied on selective locations that are corresponding to locations of the optically absorptive layer. After a component has been placed on the solder paste, the substrate is irradiated from one side with uniform pulsed light. The optically absorptive layer absorbs the pulsed light and becomes heated, and the heat is subsequently transferred to the solder paste and the component via thermal conduction in order to heat and melt the solder paste.
US11647592B2
A system for effectively curing dry film ink throughout its thickness on circuit boards being made applies an exposure system, a circuit board, and a method for making the circuit board. The exposure system includes a plurality of mixed light sources with different wavelengths within a range of 365 nm to 440 nm, the mixed light sources can output at least three different wavelengths of light each of substantially a single wavelength and a fourth source of light able to output light of a spectrum of wavelengths, the ranges of light being between 365 nm and 440 nm.
US11647590B2
A method of fabricating a multilayer superconducting printed circuit board comprises first, forming a bimetal foil to overlie a substrate, the bimetal foil comprising a first layer of a first metal, a layer of a second metal, and a second layer of the first metal, and then etching the second layer of the first metal. Forming a bimetal foil to overlie a substrate may include forming a bimetal foil comprising a first layer of a normal metal, a layer of a superconducting metal, and a second layer of the normal metal. Etching the second layer of the first metal may include preparing a patterned image in the second layer of the first metal for etching, processing the patterned image through a cleaner, rinsing the patterned image, and then, immersing the patterned image in a microetch.
US11647589B2
A wiring board includes an insulating base including a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and a first through hole penetrating the insulating base from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, a functional material provided inside the first through hole, a first insulating layer covering the first principal surface, and a first surface of the functional material, and a second insulating layer covering the second principal surface, and a second surface of functional material. A second through hole is formed in the first insulating layer, the functional material, and the second insulating layer, and a conductive layer is formed on a wall surface of the second through hole.
US11647587B2
The present disclosure is related to a power module power structure and an assembling method thereof. The power module structure includes a first printed-circuit-board (PCB) assembly, a second PCB assembly, and a conductive connection component. The first PCB assembly includes a first circuit board, a power switch and a magnetic component. The first circuit board includes a first side, a second side and a through hole. The power switch is disposed on the first circuit board. The magnetic component includes a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core fastened on the first circuit board through the through hole. The second PCB assembly includes a second circuit board having a third side, a fourth side and at least one opening. The second magnetic core is exposed through the opening. The conductive connection component is disposed and electrically connected between the first PCB assembly and the second PCB assembly.
US11647582B1
A multi-layer ceramic wiring board is patterned with arrays of footprints for high-temperature surface mounted device active and passive components on one side of the board that is patterned with arrays of standard SMD footprints to enable placement and attachment of components including primary 2-terminal components and active components where the SMD pads are connected through vias and buried-layer interconnect traces to a multiple connection point arrays on the front and back side of the ceramic wiring board. Each pad is connected to multiple instances of the pad grid to connections to be made with a single post-fired print.
US11647575B2
A load regulation device, such as an LED driver, may be configured to control the intensity of a light source based on an analog control signal and a preconfigured dimming curve. The LED driver may sense a magnitude of the analog control signal and determine a new low-end and/or high-end control signal magnitude that falls outside of the input signal range of the dimming curve. The LED driver may rescale the preconfigured dimming curve according to new low-end and/or high-end control signal magnitudes and dim the light source based on the rescaled dimming curve. Multiple LED drivers controlled by the same analog control signal may communicate with each other regarding the magnitude of the analog control signal sensed by each LED driver, and match their target intensity levels despite sensing different analog control signal. A controller may be provided to coordinate the operation of the multiple LED drivers.
US11647572B2
In accordance with various embodiments, lighting systems features multiple inter-connectable light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon. One or more of the light panels features one or more connectors, and associated conductors, for the transmission of power, communication signals, and/or control signals.
US11647569B2
A multi-channel power supply system includes a power supply circuit configured to generate a drive signal for powering a plurality of color channels based on an input power signal, a first current control circuit coupled to a first color channel of the plurality of color channels and configured to adjust a first channel current of the first color channel based on the drive signal and a first reference signal, and to generate a feedback signal to control the drive signal of the power supply circuit, and a channel controller configured generate the first reference signal based on a color temperature according to a black body curve.
US11647568B2
Disclosed is a heating device, including a substrate, a metal oxide layer formed on the substrate, hyper heat accelerator dots having a spherical shape formed on the metal oxide layer and arranged in a lattice form, and a conductive adhesive layer formed on the metal oxide layer and the hyper heat accelerator dots, wherein the lower portions of the hyper heat accelerator dots having a spherical shape are included in the metal oxide layer and the upper portions thereof are included in the conductive adhesive layer.
US11647564B2
An example electronic device supporting a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) protocol and a heterogeneous protocol different from the NAN protocol stores first information associated with a link established based on the heterogeneous protocol, transmits a message including the first information to an external electronic device included in a NAN cluster, via a wireless communication circuitry, receives a NAN data path (NDP) request message including second information associated with an NDP from the external electronic device, transmits an NDP response message to the external electronic device based at least in part on the second information and the first information, and performs data communication with the external electronic device based on the NDP.
US11647562B2
A method for a wireless network, including a node and a first device covered by the node, the node acting as serving node for the first device, and the first device transmitting first data to the node over a first link, includes determining presence of a second device covered by the node, the second device transmitting second data to a serving node over a second link, determining radio quality of the first link, determining radio quality of the second link, and determining radio quality of a third link between the second device and the first device. If the radio quality of the third link is higher than the radio quality of the second link, the second device transmits the second data to the first device over the third link and the first device retransmits, over the first link, the second data to the node.
US11647556B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform negotiation of bearer type configuration and/or related parameters. A user equipment device (UE) and/or network may determine a bearer configuration and/or other parameters based on information or measurements of the UE. The UE and the BS may exchange data using a negotiated configuration.
US11647554B2
Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to aggregate downlink millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency resources based on various conditions. In an example method, a connection request for downlink data is received from a user equipment (UE). The example method includes determining that a first congestion level of a first mmWave downlink channel is below a first threshold and determining that a second congestion level of a second mmWave downlink channel is below a second threshold. An activation request is transmitted to the UE. The activation request instructs the UE to activate a first antenna corresponding to the first mmWave downlink channel and to activate a second antenna corresponding to the second mmWave downlink channel. At least a portion of the downlink data is transmitted to the UE over the first mmWave downlink channel and the second mmWave downlink channel.
US11647543B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various steps, such as 4-steps or 2-steps. One or more indicators such as, for example, transmission power requirements, may be used to indicate which random access procedure to utilize.
US11647540B2
A method for a first device to perform wireless communication and an apparatus supporting the same are provided. The method comprises, triggering resource selection in a first slot; determining a time interval of a selection window from the first slot based on a remaining packet delay budget (PDB), wherein the selection window includes Y candidate slots; performing sensing for L slots after the first slot; selecting at least one resource for sidelink (SL) transmission within the selection window based on the sensing for the L slots; transmitting, to a second device through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a second SCI; and transmitting, to the second device through the PSSCH, the second SCI and data.
US11647533B2
A device, system and method for dynamically adjusting a queue structure and message sequencing is provided. A device receives, from one or more edge devices receiving outbound signaling messages on one or more control channels, rankings of previously transmitted outbound signaling messages. The device adjusts (and/or causes adjusting of) one or more of a queue structure and a message sequence of the outbound signaling messages based on the rankings. The device transmits (and/or causes transmission), to the one or more edge devices, the outbound signaling messages according to one or more of the queue structure and the message sequence, as adjusted.
US11647527B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a method and a device for allocating resources of an IAB node.
US11647526B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for a first apparatus to perform long-term evolution (LTE) sidelink (SL) communication through downlink control information (DCI). The method includes: receiving DCI from a new radio (NR) base station through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); obtaining a first timing offset based on the DCI; and performing LTE SL communication based on the first timing offset.
US11647520B2
A system and a method are disclosed for receiving downlink control information over a wireless downlink control channel of a wireless network. A transceiver of a device is coupled to a wireless network, and a processing device of the device is coupled to the transceiver and is configured to control the transceiver to transmit to the wireless network a monitoring capability of the device in which the monitoring capability is indicated from multiple capability sets. Each capability set includes at least one (X,Y) pattern in which X is a minimum time separation of symbols of two spans of a time slot and Y is a maximum number of consecutive symbols for each span of the time slot. The processing device is further configured to control the transceiver to receive downlink control information in a capability set selected by the wireless network to send downlink control information to the device.
US11647488B2
[Object] To provide a communication control device, a wireless communication device, a method and a program which are capable of realizing coexistence control using information relating to a duplex mode. [Solution] The communication control device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a network to which one or more wireless communication devices belong, radio access technology information, information relating to an operable frequency band, information relating to a geographical location and/or region, information relating to a duplex mode, or information relating to a transmission time interval; a determination unit configured to determine positional relationship among coverages of the wireless communication devices by using the information, and select an operation parameter recommended for each of the wireless communication devices in accordance with the determined positional relationship; and a notification unit configured to notify the wireless communication devices of the selected operation parameters.
US11647481B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide techniques to locate target devices. An electronic message is sent to a set of landmark devices, signaling each landmark device to transmit echo-request packets to a target device and to other landmark devices and measure network-communication delays. Indications of the network-communication delays are received from the set landmark devices. A first sequence is formed by sorting the set of landmark devices relative to the network-communication delays between the target device and each landmark device. For each respective landmark device, an additional sequence is formed by sorting other landmark devices relative to the network-communication delays between the respective landmark device and the other landmark devices. A sequence-matching operation is applied to the first sequence and the additional sequences to form a ranking of the set of landmark devices relative to the target device.
US11647480B2
A positioning method includes: identifying a plurality of anchor devices of an anchor group, including a first UE, based on a geographic similarity of the plurality of anchor devices, each of the plurality of anchor devices being capable of exchanging PRS with a second UE; and transmitting an anchor group message to the second UE, the anchor group message identifying the plurality of anchor devices and indicating a transient property of the anchor group.
US11647479B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for measuring signal strength emitted by a wireless portable device to determine the location of the wireless portable device. The wireless portable device may be located within a designated geographical location, premise or facility. The measurement involves two levels of transmissions. A first level involves a user's wireless portable device receiving signals from a plurality of beacons in the vicinity. The second level involves transmission of repeater signals from a mesh network. The payload of these signals, which may include a duress signal, includes the strength of the received beacon signals, so that when the duress signal is received by a controller, the signal strengths of both levels/types of transmissions can be determined. This two-level collection of signals is then processed by a neural network which have been previously trained to classify the signal collections into precise locations.
US11647474B2
To calculate the propagation times of signals transmitted and received between the devices more easily and accurately. There is provided a wireless communication device comprising a control section configured to control transmission and reception of a wireless signal by an antenna in conformity with a designated communication standard, wherein the control section controls a timing of causing the antenna to transmit a second signal in response to a first signal received by the antenna, on a basis of fixed time and delay time related to internal transfer in the wireless communication device, the fixed time being decided in advance.
US11647472B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network are provided. A first wireless communication device receives synchronization information associated with one or more wireless communication of a multi-hop wireless network. The first wireless communication device determines a transmission timing adjustment for a second wireless communication device of the one or more wireless communication devices based on at least some of the synchronization information. The first wireless communication device transmits a message instructing the second wireless communication device to communicate with a third wireless communication device of the one or more wireless communication devices based on the transmission timing adjustment.
US11647471B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, terminal device and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) power control and a method, network device and apparatus for transmitting parameters of PRACH power control. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of PRACH power control may comprise determining a transmission power of PRACH preamble based on a power constriction of a terminal device, a preamble received target transmission power and a downlink path loss on a beam level. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it could provide a power control for PRACH with improved accuracy, which increases the success possibility of random access attempt and interferences to other devices.
US11647467B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting UE capability information including a full power transmission capability, wherein the full power transmission capability includes information (I) to indicate multiple transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) groups that deliver full power; receiving configuration information for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission; receiving a TPMI indicating a precoding matrix and a number of layers for the PUSCH transmission; determining the PUSCH transmission based on the configuration information; determining a power level for the PUSCH transmission, wherein the power level corresponds to full power if the TPMI is included in one of the multiple TPMI groups that deliver full power; and transmitting the PUSCH transmission with the determined power level.
US11647463B2
Logic may generate a wake-up radio packet, wherein the wake-up radio packet comprises an on-off keying (OOK) signal, a sequence of a preamble of the wake-up radio packet to indicate a rate of transmission of one or more OOK orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a medium access control (MAC) frame of the wake-up radio packet, wherein a duration of transmission of the preamble is 128 microseconds for a low data rate and a duration of transmission of the preamble is 64 microseconds for a low data rate. Logic may communicate the wake-up radio packet to a physical layer device to transmit OFDM symbols of an IEEE 802.11 preamble on a channel followed by OOK OFDM symbols of the wake-up radio packet on a sub-band of the channel. And logic may generate at least a second wake-up radio packet to transmit on a contiguous channel bandwidth with OOK OFDM symbols.
US11647460B2
Various solutions for indicating power saving information with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may enter into a power saving mode. The apparatus may monitor a downlink control information (DCI) format while in the power saving mode. The apparatus may determine whether the DCI format is detected. The apparatus may wake up from the power saving mode in an event that the DCI format is not detected.
US11647453B2
A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), for accessing a cell is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information block 1 (SIB1) including cellAccessRelatedinfo, selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN), selecting a cell, based on the selected PLMN, determining whether to update a tracking area (TA), based on the selected cell and PLMN-identityinfo included in the cellAccessRelatedinfo, based on determining to update the TA, performing TA update, transmitting, to the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) setup request message, receiving, from the base station, an RRC setup message, and transmitting, to the base station, an RRC setup complete message.
US11647443B2
A method and system for Air-To-Ground communications allowing integration of the aircraft communication with a terrestrial cellular communications network. The solution is carried out in the aircraft so any existing standard terrestrial cellular communication network may be used without requiring any modification. The constraints due to the special aircraft conditions (speed and height) are efficiently solved, allowing broad interoperability with the cellular communications network, satisfying the increasing high speed data demand. Specifically, in order to solve the handover constraints the aircraft antenna will create at least two radiation patterns: one for maintaining the current connection with the serving base station and another one or more to search the next suitable best station for handover.
US11647438B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus performs wireless communications with a primary cell, receives a message via a shared channel of the primary cell, wherein the received message includes information identifying a plurality of non-primary cells, monitors downlink channels of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the received message, and receives data over a downlink channel of at least one of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the monitored downlink channels.
US11647436B2
Embodiments of this application provide a gateway handover method, a gateway reselection method, and a communications apparatus. The method includes: A source gateway determines to perform gateway handover on a terminal device; determines a target gateway that is to be used to serve the terminal device; and hands over the terminal device from the source gateway to the target gateway. According to the gateway handover method, the gateway reselection method, and the communications apparatus provided in the embodiments of this application, in a non-3GPP network architecture, when gateway handover needs to be performed on the terminal device, the source gateway of the terminal device or the terminal device may hand over the terminal device from the source gateway of the terminal device to the target gateway, to implement gateway handover in the non-3GPP network architecture.
US11647435B2
Techniques for sending packets and maintaining synchronization during handover is described. A user equipment (UE) may be handed over from a source base station to a target base station. The source base station may forward packets for the UE to the target base station, which may receive the packets out of order. In one design, the target base station may determine whether each packet can be sent in order to the UE, send the packet if it can be sent in order, and discard the packet otherwise. In another design, the target base station may re-order packets received within a re-ordering window and may send the re-ordered packets to the UE. In yet another design, the target base station may process each packet received out of order as if the packet is in order, e.g., by incrementing a hyper-frame number (HFN) or re-assigning the packet with a later sequence number.
US11647431B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for facilitating communications in heterogeneous networks that include different data networks. A gateway device is configured to communicate with a first network using a TSCH protocol and with a second network using a channel hopping CSMA protocol. The gateway device can determine, during a first part of a TSCH timeslot, whether a message is received from the first network. If no message is received, the gateway device switches to the second network during a second part of the timeslot. If the gateway device receives a message from the second network, the gateway device may continue to receive the message. The receipt of the message in the second network may continue into a subsequent TSCH timeslot or may be interrupted if certain conditions are met.
US11647430B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communications utilizing a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on first signals received from a first node and based on second signals received from a second node are described. A wireless device may receive measurement information that indicates resources of a first node and a second node for use in determining the PMI. After receiving the first signals and the second signals, the wireless device may use the first signals and the second signals to determine the PMI. The determined PMI may be sent to a base station, which may transmit one or more packets based on the determined PMI.
US11647424B2
A system and method are described that provide user-controlled Quality of Experience (QoE) in a network of resources. QoE or service parameter profiles of an SDN-NPV network are mapped to options for user selection using a QoE selector knob. The user selects the desired QoE or service parameter profile from the available options and the SDN-NPV network configuration is implemented that corresponds to the desired QoE or service parameter profile.
US11647423B2
A wireless communication device includes: a storage device that stores information indicating a correspondence between an identifier and a priority that are used in data transmission; and one or more processors configured to acquire data for transmission, identify the priority of the data for transmission acquired by the one or more processors, based on the identifier of the data for transmission and the information stored in the storage device, determine, based on the priority identified by the one or more processors, a wireless communication service to be used to transmit the data for transmission, among a plurality of wireless communication services that have different communication costs and different real-time performances of transmission, respectively, and transmit the data for transmission by using the wireless communication service that is determined.
US11647414B2
A method implemented on a UE includes determining an application class of an application, and permitting or barring access by the application to a communication network according to a comparison of the determined application with a rule to provide application class based access control. The application is classified into the determined application class. The application is classified into the determined application class by a home network. The application is classified into the determined application class by a 3GPP layer. The application is classified into the determined application class by a visited network. The visited network classifies the application into a further application class. The rule includes a list of applications for permitting or barring access by the applications according to the comparison of the determined application class with the rule.
US11647409B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for spectrum data management for a radio frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver, an automatic signal detection (ASD) module, and a learning and conflict detection engine. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The at least one receiver processes RF energy received from the RF environment, thereby generating processed data. The ASD module is configured to extract meta data and detect anomaly based on the processed data. The learning and conflict detection engine is configured for conflict recognition and anomaly identification based on the processed data. The apparatus is operable to generate at least one report for the RF environment.
US11647408B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a first user equipment (UE) may monitor and perform blind decoding for a sidelink transmission, such as a first part of sidelink control information (SCI), from a second UE over a configured search space. The first UE may receive signaling indicating an update to the search space via lower layer signaling, such as via a second part of SCI or a sidelink data channel, and may monitor for the sidelink transmission over the updated search space. The update to the search space may indicate a blocking of one or more monitoring occasions from the configured search space, an addition of one or more monitoring occasions to the configured search space, a reactivation of one or more previously blocked monitoring occasions, or a switching from a first search space to a second search space.
US11647404B2
The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system of converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g. smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, and security and safety services), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method of a terminal according to an embodiment includes: receiving information on a reference signal set for beam failure detection from a base station; identifying the reference signal set for beam failure detection based on the information; identifying whether a beam failure is detected based on the reference signal set; and in case that the beam failure is detected for the reference signal set, triggering a beam failure recovery procedure.
US11647398B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure is to generate environment information for a network design, and a method for generating environment information may include determining a location difference value of a building between first information based on photographing and second information based on measurement, and correcting a location of an obstacle determined using the first information using the location difference value.
US11647393B2
A device determines a throughput for each network slice of multiple network slices in a mobile network over a number of time windows, and predicts a future throughput for each network slice of the multiple network slices based on the determined throughput. The device determines an available bandwidth of a Radio Access Network (RAN) of the mobile network. The device allocates a respective portion of the available bandwidth of the RAN to each network slice of the multiple network slices based on the predicted future throughput for each network slice.
US11647387B2
A one-time password (OTP) is transmitted to an authorized wireless device for use an authentication factor, even though the OTP may be intercepted or otherwise viewed with an unauthorized device. When a secure request is initiated that requires entry of an OTP as an authentication factor, a hyperlink is transmitted to a wireless device from which the secure request is initiated. When the hyperlink is selected, a connection is established with an entity that determines mobile number information associated with the SSL connection. Comparison of the determined mobile number information and the mobile number of the wireless device to which the hyperlink was intended to be sent indicates whether the wireless device that has established the SSL connection is the authorized wireless device. The OTP is displayed on the wireless device after that device has been verified as the authorized wireless device.
US11647384B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a transmitting device (12) for transferring background user data to a receiving device (10) in a communication network (1). The transmitting device (12) intercepts a packet, which packet comprises foreground user data in a payload field of the packet. The transmitting device (12) determines that the packet is intended for the receiving device (10). The transmitting device (12) establishes an available amount of data in the payload field of the packet. The transmitting device (12) adds the background user data for the receiving device (10) to the established available amount of data in the payload field. The transmitting device (12) transmits the packet with the foreground user data and the background user data to the receiving device (10).
US11647382B2
A method, performed by a device configured to perform communication with a base station, and including detecting whether an abnormality of the device occurs in response to an event signal, sending a request to the base station for permission to change a capability of the device based on the detecting that the abnormality occurs, changing the capability of the device based on a permission indication received from the base station in response to the sending the request, sending changed capability information to the base station based on the changing, and performing a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration operation based on an RRC reconfiguration message received from the base station in response to the sending the changed capability information.
US11647372B2
An information processing apparatus executes, by a predetermined program, an instruction to an OS for connecting with a communication apparatus that has enabled a predetermined access point which includes identification information including both a specific character string and a character string other than the specific character string, and communicates, in a case in which a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus that has enabled the predetermined access point is established by the instruction executed by designating a specific character string on the OS, by the predetermined program, information related to a different access point from the predetermined access point and is positioned outside the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus. The information related to the different access point is communicated via the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus that has enabled the predetermined access point.
US11647368B2
Apparatus, system and method for promoting media apps to an end user of a smart device. The smart device gathers information of apps that have been installed into the smart device and provides this information to a remote server. The remote server compares the information sent by the smart device to an identification of promoted apps received from a remote source to identify apps that are not installed in the smart device that are included in the identification of promoted apps. The remote server then notifies the smart device of which apps in the identification of promoted apps are not installed into the smart device, so that a user of the smart device may choose to have the missing app installed.
US11647363B2
An apparatus, circuit, and method for controlling a service access in a packet data communication system are provided. The method includes broadcasting information related to whether a service access to a specific service is possible.
US11647354B2
Methods and apparatuses of providing and receiving audio content are described. The method of providing audio content includes receiving a first audio content from a first user, processing the first audio content based on a first viewing direction for the first user facing at least one section of an audiovisual content and on a second viewing direction for a second user facing at least one section of the audiovisual content, and providing the processed first audio content. The audiovisual content may be an immersive reality content. A computer-readable storage medium, computer program and a non-transitory article of manufacture are described.
US11647343B2
In one example, a method includes determining, by one or more processors of a hearing aid programmer, values for one or more properties of a first hearing aid; obtaining, by the one or more processors, based on feedback cancelation configurations of a plurality of other hearing aids having the same values for the one or more properties as the first hearing aid, a predicted initial feedback cancelation configuration for the first hearing aid; and programming, by the one or more processors, the first hearing aid based on the predicted initial feedback cancelation configuration.
US11647340B2
A vibration transducer for sensing vibrations includes a first flexible triboelectric member, a second flexible triboelectric member, a plurality of attachment points, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first flexible triboelectric member includes a first triboelectric layer and a material being on a first position on a triboelectric series. A conductive layer is deposited on the second side thereof. The second flexible triboelectric member includes a second triboelectric layer and a material being on a second position on the triboelectric series that is different from the first position on the triboelectric series. The second triboelectric member is adjacent to the first flexible triboelectric member. When the first triboelectric member comes into and out of contact with the second triboelectric member as a result of the vibrations, a triboelectric potential difference having a variable intensity corresponding to the vibrations can be sensed between the first and second triboelectric members.
US11647338B2
Provided is a voice sensor comprising a piezoelectric material layer includes a substrate, a support layer, a metal layer, a piezoelectric material layer on the metal layer and an electrode on the piezoelectric material layer, and the substrate integrally supports a device layer of the voice sensor by exposing a part of a thin film including the piezoelectric material layer, the electrode and a polymer layer.
US11647328B2
A microphone module comprises a housing, an audio bus, and a first plurality of microphones in communication with the audio bus. The microphone module further comprises a module processor in communication with the first plurality of microphones and the audio bus. The module processor is configured to detect the presence of an array processor in communication with the audio bus, detect the presence of a second microphone module in communication with the audio bus, and configure the audio bus to pass audio signals from both the first plurality of microphones and the second microphone module to the array processor.
US11647325B2
Headphones include a speaker unit, a baffle plate that fixes the speaker unit and includes a bass reflex port disposed therein, an ear pad disposed facing toward the baffle plate, and a sound absorber that is positioned between the baffle plate and the ear pad, and that has a hole facing the bass reflex port.
US11647320B2
Disclosed are an elastomer sleeve for a wireless earphone and a wireless earphone. The elastomer sleeve for the wireless earphone includes: a sleeve body defining a space for accommodating an earphone body of the wireless earphone; a sleeve wing portion formed integrally with the sleeve body and extending outward from the sleeve body; and an antenna formed in the elastomer sleeve and extending from the sleeve body to the sleeve wing portion. The wireless earphone includes an earphone body and one or more elastomer sleeves for detachably connecting to the earphone body and partially enclosing the earphone body.
US11647319B2
Headphone eartips with internal support components and methods for making the same are provided. Different support components may provide specific amounts and types of additional rigidity at specific portions of an exterior surface of an outer eartip body that may be expected to interface with specific portions of an ear canal geometry when an eartip subassembly is positioned within the ear canal, such that the eartip subassembly may conform to the various shapes of the ear canal while maintaining an acoustic seal.
US11647299B2
An imaging device including pixels each including: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically connected to each other; and a transistor having a gate electrically connected to the first electrode. The imaging device further including voltage supply circuitry electrically connected to the second electrode, in which the voltage supply circuitry supplies a first voltage to the second electrode in an exposure period, the voltage supply circuitry supplies a second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period, an a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode in the non-exposure period is less than a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode in the exposure period.
US11647297B2
Disclosed is a control system for controlling a plurality of user terminals. The control system includes at least: a control device including a processor, and configured to determine a command to be executed by the plurality of user terminals located in a concert hall or stadium; a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal corresponding to the determined command; a plurality of receivers, each of which is connected to a respective user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, receives the wireless signal, and transmits the received wireless signal to the respective user terminal; and the plurality of user terminals, each of which is configured to perform a command corresponding to the wireless signal transmitted from a respective receiver of the plurality of receivers.
US11647287B1
The present disclosure relates to systems, vehicles, and methods that include adjusting a position of an image sensor with respect to a lens assembly. An example optical system includes a lens assembly having at least one lens. The at least one lens defines an optical axis, a focal distance, and a focal plane. The optical system also includes a lens holder coupled to the lens assembly and a substrate having a first surface. The optical system additionally includes an image sensor attached to the first surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the optical system includes an active compensation system having a piezoelectric structure coupled between the lens holder and the first surface of the substrate. The active compensation system is configured to maintain the image sensor at the focal plane over a predetermined temperature range.
US11647282B2
A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.
US11647275B2
A card-marking system is provided for personalizing plastic cards such as chip cards or identity cards by laser marking. A corresponding method for automated detection of an optimized setting includes a vision sub-system setting process for setting a vision sub-system of the card marking system and a subsequent marking sub-system setting process for setting a marking sub-system of the card-marking system. The card-marking system is designed to carry out the above method fully or semi-automatedly and to this end can include a corresponding computer program controlling the method.
US11647270B2
The present teachings provide an image capture device including an optical system having a bayonet. The bayonet is connected to a body of the image capture device. The bayonet includes a forward surface, a rearward surface opposing the forward surface, and a bayonet axial surface; and. The optical system includes an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA) extending away from the rearward surface of the bayonet; and a lens module extending away from the forward surface of the bayonet and comprising a lens module axial surface, wherein the lens module axial surface contacts the bayonet axial surface so that the lens module is axially aligned with the bayonet.
US11647267B2
An image pickup apparatus having extendibility. The image pickup apparatus includes a front case that forms an apparatus appearance, a rear case that forms the apparatus appearance with the front case, and panel members. At least one of the front case and the rear case has arms that extend in a direction approximately parallel to an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and that are united with at least one of the front case and the rear case. The front case and the rear case are connected through the arms. The panel members are fixed to the front case and the rear case so as to cover openings formed in a state where the front case and the rear case are connected through the arms.
US11647260B2
In one implementation, consumption of media content (such as video, audio, or text) is supplemented with an immersive synthesized reality (SR) map based on the media content. In various implementations described herein, the SR map includes a plurality of SR environment representations which, when selected by a user, cause display of a corresponding SR environment.
US11647252B2
In some embodiments, a method determines an element is associated with a value in a manifest description presentation for a media presentation being played. The value indicates the element of the manifest description presentation is part of a group. The method reviews the manifest description presentation to determine a plurality of elements that are associated with the value and sends a request to a device to resolve the plurality of elements using information from one of the elements. Information for supplement content is received for the group where the information for the supplemental content is inserted in the manifest description presentation in place of the plurality of elements.
US11647250B2
An illustrative user interface (UI) remote streaming system obtains a UI dataset defining a user-customized UI that provides a client device access to multi-access edge computing (MEC) resources associated with data migration operations to be performed on tagged data resource of a plurality of data resources. Based on the UI dataset, the system streams data to and from the client device to direct the client device to present the user-customized UI to a user. When the system detects that a previously untagged data resource of the plurality of data resources becomes tagged by the user as data is streaming to and from the client device, the system changes a set of UI elements included within the user-customized UI to add an additional UI element for the newly tagged data resource. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11647247B1
A remote control system for transmitting a signal to an electronic component, the remote control system including a remote control that includes a transmitter that transmits the signal to the electronic component, and at least one button configured to, upon user contact with the button, instruct the transmitter to transmit the signal. The remote control system also includes a camera disposed on or within the remote control. The camera is configured to image an environment within a predetermined distance of the remote control.
US11647246B1
A remote control including a first transmitter disposed along a first end of a remote control and a second transmitter disposed along a second end opposite the first end. Each transmitter is capable of transmitting a signal to an electronic component. The remote control further includes a sensor configured to detect a characteristic. The remote control also includes a processor that can determine an orientation of the remote control based upon the detected characteristic, and a can power on one of the first transmitter and the second transmitter based upon the determined orientation of the remote control.
US11647239B1
A system and method for management of bandwidth shared by a plurality of video content encoders is provided. A management service coordinates an unequal allocation of available bandwidth among a set of encoding nodes. The management service can receive measured bandwidth attributes from a plurality of encoding nodes to determine a total available bandwidth. The management service can then allocate the available bandwidth based by applying allocation criteria that can include performance criteria, financial criteria or other prioritization criteria. The management service can then transmit the allocated bandwidth to the encoding nodes.
US11647238B2
According to examples, a system for generating and delivering enhanced content utilizing remote rendering and data streaming is described. The system may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to transmit a selected engagement content item for transmission to a user device and receive an indication of interest relating to the selected engagement content item. The processor, when executing the instructions, may then select, based on the received indication of interest, an enhanced content item, process the enhanced to content item to generate a stream of content data associated with the enhanced content item and transmit the stream of content data associated with the enhanced content item to the user device.
US11647231B2
The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method which allow a deblocking filtering process to apply filtering appropriately. A pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before a deblocking process changes greatly to 159 (dot line) after a conventional deblocking process. Therefore, a clipping process having a clipping value of 10 is performed in strong filtering, whereby the pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before the deblocking process becomes 245 (bold line). THUS, a change in the pixel value occurring in the conventional technique can be suppressed as much as possible. This disclosure can be applied to an image processing device, for example.
US11647226B2
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, a bit stream structure may be used to communicate compressed point cloud data. The bit stream structure may include point cloud compression network abstraction layer (PCCNAL) units that enable use of groups of frames (GOFs), frame, and sub-frame signaling of patch information. Such a bit stream structure may permit low delay streaming and random access reconstruction of point clouds amongst other applications.
US11647222B2
Disclosed herein are an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes determining an initial motion vector of a current block using a motion vector of a reconstructed region, searching for the motion vector of the current block based on the initial motion vector, and generating a prediction sample of the current block using the motion vector. The initial motion vector includes a motion vector in a past direction and a motion vector in a future direction.
US11647214B2
A device may perform a first prediction process for a first block of video data to produce a first residual. The device may apply a first transform process to the first residual to generate first transform coefficients for the first block of video data and encode the first transform coefficients. The device may perform a second prediction process for a second block of video data to produce a second residual. The device may determine that a second transform process, which includes the first transform process and at least one of a pre-adjustment operation or a post-adjustment operation, is to be applied to the second residual. The device may apply the first transform process and the pre- or post-adjustment operation to the second residual to generate second transform coefficients for the second block. The coding device may code the first and second transform coefficients.
US11647209B2
A signaling of at least one characteristic for layers of a multi-layered video signal such as, for example, for each layer the indication of dependent layers to which the respective layer directly relates via inter-layer prediction, or the signaling of the afore-mentioned second inter-dependency syntax structure, is described. A maximum syntax element is signaled within the multi-layered video signal to indicate a maximally used value of an extension layer-ID field of the packets of the multi-layered video signal, the scope of the maximum syntax element being, for example, a predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal extending, for example, across several portions of the multi-layered video signal. Accordingly, it is feasible for devices such as decoders or network elements receiving the multi-layered video signal to gain, for a relatively large predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal, knowledge about the actually consumed portion of the possible domain of possible values.
US11647205B2
A video encoding device includes encoding control means 11 for controlling an inter-PU partition type of a CU to be encoded, based on the maximum number (PA) of motion vectors allowed for an image block having a predetermined area and the number (PB) of motion vectors of an encoded image block contained in the image block having the predetermined area. A video decoding device includes decoding control means for controlling an inter-PU partition type of a CU to be decoded, based on the maximum number (PA) of motion vectors allowed for an image block having a predetermined area and the number (PB) of motion vectors of a decoded image block contained in the image block having the predetermined area.
US11647203B2
Provided is an image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus including deriving a temporary reference motion vector for a current block included in a current picture, deriving a reference motion vector for the current block by applying clipping to the temporary reference motion vector, deriving a motion vector for the current block based on the reference motion vector, deriving a predicted block for the current block based on the motion vector for the current block, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current picture based on the predicted block for the current block, wherein a number of bits of a binary code representing the reference motion vector is less than a number of bits of a binary code representing the temporary reference motion vector.
US11647198B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of video coding, comprising receiving the code block and one or more neighbor samples and determining the value of beta based on at least one of an average chroma value, a midrange chroma value, a median chroma value, an average luma value, a midrange luma value, or a median luma value of two or more neighbor samples.
US11647191B2
An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.
US11647190B2
An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.
US11647189B2
Method and apparatus for using block size restrictions in video decoding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video decoding includes receiving a bitstream representation of video data including a block wherein the block comprises samples associated with a first component and second components, wherein samples associated with the first component of the block have a dimension M×N; and decoding the first component and the second components of the block; wherein decoding the first component of the block comprises, based on the dimension, decoding a plurality of sub-blocks for the first component of the block, and the plurality of the sub-blocks are generated by performing a splitting operation only on the samples associated with the first component of the block and not on the samples associated with the second components of the block.
US11647178B2
Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. Test code is embedded in ATSC 3.0 content to determine whether a receiver can render the content. The results are reported back to the broadcaster, which can alter content or perform other modifications based on aggregated rendering statistics.
US11647177B2
Methods and device for encoding/decoding data representative of a 3D scene. To reach that aim, first data representative of texture of the 3D scene visible according to a first viewpoint is encoded into one or more first tracks, the first data being arranged in first tiles of a first frame, a part of the 3D scene being associated with each first tile; second data representative of depth associated with points of the 3D scene is encoded into one or more second tracks, the second data being arranged in second tiles of a second frame, the total number of second tiles being greater than the total number of first tiles, a set of second tiles being allocated to each first tile and patches are arranged in the set of second tiles a set, each patch corresponding to a two-dimensional parametrization of a group of 3D points comprised into the part of the 3D scene associated with each first tile and comprising second data representative of depth associated with the 3D points of the group; and instructions to extract at least a part of the first data and second data from at least a part of the at least a first track and at least a second track are further encoded into one or more third tracks.
US11647167B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there can be provided a monitoring system comprising a wireless communication device configured to be attached to an object containing medication, including a motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a first controller; and a wearable device configured to be worn by a user, including a camera, and a second controller; wherein the first controller is configured to provide an activating signal related with the activation of the camera of the wearable device when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and wherein the second controller is configured to receive the activating signal and determine whether activating the camera or not based on the activating signal.
US11647165B1
An audio/video (A/V) recording and communication doorbell device includes a transistor assembly and control circuitry. The transistor assembly is electrically coupled between an input power bus that distributes alternating current (AC) input power and/or direct current (DC) input power, and an output power bus that provides a DC output power for the A/V recording and communication doorbell device. The control circuitry is configured to cause the transistor assembly to convert AC input power and/or DC input power from the input power bus to the DC output power into the output power bus, to provide the DC output power for the A/V recording and communication doorbell device.
US11647164B2
An imaging system according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cameras disposed at different locations on a body of a vehicle, each camera of the plurality of cameras configured to collect image data from an environment around the vehicle; an autonomous drive (“AD”) electronic control unit (“ECU”) comprising an AD processor; an in-vehicle infotainment (“IVI”) ECU comprising an IVI processor; and a communication path running from a first camera of the plurality of cameras to the AD ECU, wherein the AD ECU splits the communication path into a first path that is interconnected to the AD processor and a second path exiting the AD ECU and that is interconnected to the IVI ECU, and wherein image data collected by the first camera is sent along the communication path to the AD ECU before being sent to the IVI ECU.
US11647162B2
An entry device includes an entry port, a filter connected to the entry port, a plurality of first output ports, and a plurality of second output ports. A first path extends from the entry port, through the filter, to the first output ports. The first path is configured to pass cable television (CATV) signals therethrough and to prevent at least a portion of multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) signals from passing therethrough. A second path extends from the entry port, through the filter, to the second output ports. The second path is configured to prevent at least a portion of the CATV signals and at least a portion of the MoCA signals from passing therethrough. A third path extends from the first output ports, through the filter, to the second output ports. The third path is configured to pass the MoCA signals therethrough and to prevent at least a portion of the CATV signals from passing therethrough.
US11647157B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
US11647150B2
An image capturing apparatus including a mounting part capable of attaching/detaching a device capable of at least storing a captured image, is provided. The image capturing apparatus obtains, if a device mounted in the mounting part has a function of executing image analysis processing for an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, first information representing image analysis processing executable by the device, and output information based on the obtained first information and second information representing image analysis processing executable by the image capturing apparatus.
US11647149B2
A video record system and an operation method thereof are provided. The video record system includes at least one camera and a controller connected with the at least one camera. The controller records a video around a vehicle using the at least one camera, records location information of the vehicle when recording the video, and provides a list of videos recorded according to a driving situation of the vehicle.
US11647145B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that executes a job including a destination in a setting value, a storage, and a display. The storage stores destination information including the destination, and setting history information that includes the setting value and is history information pertaining to execution of the job. The controller reads the setting history information from the storage, and displays the setting history information on the display when the destination included in the setting history information is stored in the storage.
US11647135B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a document sheet conveying device, a cable, a shielding member, a protrusion, and a guide member. The housing accommodates a document sheet reading device that reads a document sheet. The document sheet conveying device is coupled to an upper surface of the housing with a hinge, and conveys the document sheet along a conveyance path passing through a scanning position of the document sheet reading device. The cable electrically connects a circuit board accommodated in the housing to the document sheet conveying device. The shielding member surrounds the circuit board and includes an opening portion through which the cable passes. The protrusion is formed in the cable. The guide member has an annular groove portion in which the protrusion is displaceable in a circumferential direction of the cable, and is fitted into the opening portion.
US11647133B2
An apparatus includes a notification unit configured to notify a user of information, and a controller configured to identify at least one unit based on an operation performed by the user among a plurality of units included in the apparatus, wherein the notification unit can notify the user of first information indicating the identified at least one unit and second information regarding disinfection of the identified at least one unit.
US11647128B2
A management apparatus includes circuitry that stores, in a memory, facsimile data received by an electronic device in association with information on a group to which the received facsimile data belongs, and transmits a list of the received facsimile data based on a browse request of the received facsimile data. In the list, the received facsimile data is classified according to at least the information on the group to which the electronic device belongs.
US11647126B2
A server may receive remaining amount information related to a remaining amount of color material in a first color material cartridge from a printer on which the first color material cartridge is mounted, and send specific information to an external device in a case where the remaining amount of the color material in the first color material cartridge indicated by the remaining amount information is equal to or less than a first remaining amount threshold. The specific information is for changing a state of the printer from a state in which the printing process by using a second color material cartridge to be mounted is restricted to a state in which the printing process by using the second color material cartridge is permitted.
US11647118B1
A computerized-method for service monitoring and rate limiting for a service for a request router in a SaaS-platform-contact-center is provided herein. When a service-monitoring-module for a microservice of the SaaS-platform-contact-center is operating and a request-router is in a throttle-mode for a service-of-the-microservice, operating a Tenants Prioritization (TP) module. The TP module includes: determining a tenant-tier-level having a determined quota-of-service-requests; receiving a degradation-level from the service-monitoring-module, for a preconfigured-period; reducing corresponding predefined total-number-of-allowed-requests by a first-threshold, when the degradation-level of the service-of-the-microservice has degraded by a second-threshold, during the preconfigured-period; increasing the corresponding predefined total-number-of-allowed-requests by the first-threshold, when the degradation-level of the service-of-the-microservice has improved by the second-threshold, during the preconfigured period; and instructing the request-router to get out of throttle-mode for the service-of-the-microservice, when the degradation-level of the service-of-the-microservice has improved by the second-threshold during the preconfigured period and there is an indication that the service-of-the-microservice has been degraded.
US11647116B2
Disclosed herein is a method for automated agent behavior recommendations for call quality improvement. The method performed at a server includes receiving a first data record and a second data record of a plurality of data records, each comprising communication between a first party and a second party and determining a first communication originated from the first party. The method includes determining a category for each section of the plurality of sections of the first communication, and a plurality of behavior distances between different categories associated with the plurality of sections. The method includes augmenting first metadata of the first data record and second metadata of the second data record to include associated behavior distances and determining an average performance ranking of the first party to generate a recommendation to increase the average performance ranking of the first party above a preconfigured threshold.
US11647111B2
An electronic device is provided to include a user interface, a communication circuitry that supports Bluetooth (BT) communication and store a first BT address, a processor operatively connected with the user interface and the communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to establish a communication connection with a first external electronic device based on the first BT address, end the communication connection with the first external electronic device, receive a reconnection request based on the first BT address from the first external electronic device, transmit a communication connection request to the first external electronic device based on a second BT address different from the first BT address, using the communication circuitry in response to the reconnection request, and store information about whether the first external electronic device accepts or declines the communication connection request in the memory.
US11647110B2
A mobile phone configured to operate in a normal notification mode and an emergency notification mode. The mobile phone includes a memory adapted to maintain profiles relating to user contacts, an output device operable to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications, at least one input device operable to receive a user selection of a silent notification mode of the device and a user selection of a silent mode disabled setting associated with the profiles and a processor coupled to the memory, the output device and the at least one input device. When the device is in the silent notification mode, audible notifications are not emitted from the output device responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles without the silent mode disabled and audible notifications are emitted from the output device responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles with the silent mode disabled.
US11647098B2
A computerized-method for providing real-time lockless parallel screen recording compliance enforcement to omni-channel cloud systems, is provided herein. In a processor of a client computer configured to execute code for recording events of one or more voice or digital interactions, on one or more screens associated to the client computer, the computerized-method maintains a cache for storing a masked state. Each interaction is having an associated interaction identifier and upon receiving a screen event from a server of a cloud-based video recording that is communicating with the client computer over a communication network, operating a compliance-enforcement module. The compliance-enforcement module includes updating the cache; and operating a module of recording of screen events for the screen events of the one or more voice or digital interactions. Thus, by updating in real-time the cache on the client computer refraining from database locks in the server of the cloud-based video recording.
US11647097B2
A method for providing local access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a remote host a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content and obtaining information required to respond to the request. The method further comprises providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the requested operation through direct communication with a content system through which the content is accessible.
US11647096B2
A request for a web page is received at a proxy server. The request originates from a client network application of a client device. The requested web page includes multiple references to multiple images. The proxy server retrieves the requested web page. The proxy server modifies code of the retrieved web page such that the client network application will not, for each one of those images, initially request those images when parsing the page. The proxy server also adds code to the retrieved web page that, when executed by the client network application, causes at least two of the images to be requested with a single request. The proxy server transmits the modified web page to the client device.
US11647091B2
The present disclosure relates to determining domain names of a group entity using electronic activities and systems of record. A method can include maintaining a plurality of node profiles including one or more node field-value pairs. Each node profile of the plurality of node profiles can identify a group entity. The method can include identifying a first domain name corresponding to the group entity. The method can include accessing a plurality of data points corresponding to a subset of the plurality of node profiles. The method can include updating each respective node profile of the subset to include a respective second electronic account identifier corresponding to the node profile. The method can include storing, in at least one first data structure, an association between the group entity, the first domain name, and a second domain name corresponding to the second electronic account identifiers.
US11647090B2
Spatio-cohesive service discovery and handover methods for distributed IoT environments are disclosed. The spatio-cohesive service discovery and handover methods include discovering a set of IoT (internet of thing) resources for providing a set of services which is a set of functionalities necessary for a task in distributed IoT environments, wherein the discovering a set of IoT resources may discover the set of IoT resources through a spatio-cohesive method considering spatial distance between a user and a service and between two services.
US11647086B2
A session continuity platform may detect a user action during a first user session associated with a first user device, wherein the first user session is associated with a first platform. The session continuity platform may determine identification information of a user associated with the user session. The session continuity platform may determine a continuity record identifier associated with the identification information. The session continuity platform may obtain, based on the continuity record identifier, activity data from a plurality of continuity records of a distributed ledger. The session continuity platform may determine, based on the activity data, activity information associated with the user action and the second user session. The session continuity platform may cause the first user device to present the activity information via a display of the user device.
US11647085B2
The present invention faces the issue of authorizing redirection services in PCC architecture and provides for a PCRF server adapted to determine redirection per service in an IP-CAN session, a PCEF device adapted to receive redirection information per service basis, to determine redirection per service request and to trigger the redirection; and a method of authorizing a redirection service in a PCC architecture, comprising: upon an IP-CAN session establishment or modification, a PCEF device requesting control rules; a PCRF server determining services requiring redirection and answering with control rules and redirection information per service basis; installing at the PCEF device the control rules and redirection information; upon a first request for a service, the PCEF device determining the service redirection and returning a redirection message with a redirection identifier; and upon completion of the service redirection, the first request for the service reaching the PCEF, the PCEF verifying the service is authorized and submitting a service allowance towards the service server in charge of the service.
US11647081B2
A system automatically maintains a plurality of client connections associated with a plurality of clients, the plurality of client connections including active and idle connections. A first server receives a request from a client of the plurality of clients to access a second server of a plurality of second servers communicatively coupled to the first server, the plurality of second servers having varying communication protocols. The first server then identifies a first communication protocol associated with the second server and activating a link between the first server and the second server using the first communication protocol.
US11647079B2
Systems and techniques are provided for the emulation of cloud computing service regions. An emulation system receives an API request including an indication of an endpoint associated with a target region of a cloud computing service from a system in a virtual private cloud. Attributes are extracted from the API request. A manipulated API request is generated from the extracted attributes of the API request. The manipulated API request includes an indication of an endpoint located in a standard region of the cloud computing service. The manipulated API request is transmitted to the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.
US11647072B2
The present invention relates to communications methods and apparatus for distributing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages among SIP processing entities including during periods of failure recovery. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: establishing a first connection oriented protocol connection between a first Session Initiation Protocol Load Balancer (SLB) of a plurality of SLBs and a client device; receiving via the first connection oriented protocol connection at the first SLB a first SIP REGISTER request message from the first client device; determining, by the first SLB, based on information received from the client device, a first Session Border Controller (SBC) from a plurality of SBCs to send the first SIP REGISTER request message, said information uniquely identifying the first SBC from other SBCs in the plurality of SBCs; and sending, by the first SLB, the first SIP REGISTER request message to the first SBC.
US11647067B2
Techniques for using web probes for monitoring user experience including use of caching to prevent a surge of web probes on destination servers and for detecting web probe traffic through a proxy including where the traffic is encrypted. A method implemented by a proxy includes receiving a response to a first web probe to a destination server; caching data associated with the response to the first web probe in a cache; receiving a request for a second web probe to the destination server; and serving a response to the second web probe utilizing the data in the cache in lieu of forwarding the second web probe to the destination server.
US11647058B2
The present disclosure provides, among other things, methods including: initiating a conference call with a plurality of participants; receiving a first request to view at least a first screen share of a first participant and a second screen share of a second participant at a first same time on a device of a third participant, where the plurality of participants includes the first participant, the second participant, and the third participant; and displaying the first screen share and the second screen share at the first same time on a display of the device of the third participant.
US11647046B2
Aspects of this disclosure include fuzzy inclusion based impersonation detection technology. In one embodiment, a reverse n-gram map is created for the list of protected entities. A suspicious string may be broken into n-grams, and each n-gram of the suspicious string is to be searched in the reverse n-gram map for corresponding protected entities. A fuzzy inclusion of a protected entity may be detected in the suspicious string depending on the protected entities found during the search. Subsequently, impersonation can be identified based on the characteristics of the fuzzy inclusion. In this way, the communication system can detect impersonation techniques using visually similar text, and accordingly take various actions to help user mitigate risks caused by impersonation.
US11647045B2
A method for detecting unauthorized eavesdropping. A first subscriber determines a transit time for the transmission of data to a second subscriber, adds the random value to the transit time to obtain a waiting time, waits for the waiting time, creates a data packet containing a time stamp and transmits this data packet to the second subscriber. The second subscriber records the time it receives the data packet and compares it with the time stamp contained in the data packet, determines that the data packet has arrived either: before the time indicated in the time stamp, more than a predefined tolerance time after the time indicated in the time stamp, or before or more than a predefined tolerance time after a time at which it can be expected in the second subscriber as an indication that communication between the first subscriber and the second subscriber is being eavesdropped on.
US11647031B2
An edge server receives a request from a client network application for a web page hosted at an origin server. The edge server transmits the requested web page in a response. The edge server accesses an edge server request log to retrieve a log entry associated with the request for the web page, where the log entry associated with the request for the web page includes information regarding the request and the response. The edge server retrieves one or more characteristics of an asset of the web page, where each characteristics has an expected value. The edge server determines whether the origin server is compromised when a value for a characteristic is not within a threshold range of the expected value for the characteristic of the asset and performs a mitigation action in response.
US11647022B2
A method and a system for providing access by an application to data stored in a security data zone of a cloud platform are provided. The method includes determining, in response to a query received from a querying application of the cloud platform, credentials for a security data zone based on determining whether a first access token included in the received query belongs to an application registered at an access manager module of the cloud platform, and whether the user specified in the received query is allowed to use the registered application. The method also includes determining a second access token to the querying application generated based on the determined credentials. The querying application uses a returned second access token to obtain access to data stored in the security data zone to be processed by the querying application.
US11647021B2
In an authentication method, a first controller generates a first group key, executes first mutual authentication with devices within a group, and shares the first group key with devices that have succeeded in the first mutual authentication. When a second controller joins the group, the first controller decides which coordinator manages a group key used in common. The first controller executes second mutual authentication with the coordinator, and shares the first group key with the coordinator when the second mutual authentication is successful. The coordinator performs encrypted communication within the group using the first group key, generates a second group key when the first group key valid time runs out and before updating the first group key, executes third mutual authentication with the devices and a third controller, and updates the first group key of the devices and the third controller that have succeeded in the third authentication.
US11647018B2
At an authorization server, a shared secret electronic key may be shared with a second computer. A selection to use a system to complete a transaction may be received from a first computing device. An image may be communicated to the first computing device. A digital representation entered by the user representing the image and a PIN based on the copy of the shared electronic key may be received from the second computing device. The system and method may determine if the digital representation entered by the user on the second computing device matches the image communicated to the first computing device. The system and method may determine if the PIN based on the copy of the shared electronic key from the second computing device is as expected. In response to determining the digital representation entered by the user matches the image and the PIN the second computing device is as expected, the user may be authorized.
US11647015B2
Disclosed herein is a computing device that includes a memory and a processor. The memory store processor executable instructions for an authentication system. The processor is coupled to the memory. The processor executes the authentication system to cause the computing device to generate a credential asset, which includes a unique name. The authentication system, also, fetches tokens for the credential asset using the unique name, calls a notification for each of the tokens, polls for a code of the credential asset, and utilizes the code for an authentication to run a job.
US11647011B2
A control method implemented by a computer which is configured to be operated as a terminal apparatus, the control method including: transmitting, from the terminal apparatus to a first management server, a first request for transmission of a certificate of a first server, the first server being one of a plurality of servers, the first management server being configured to manage certificates for the plurality of servers; in response to the transmitting of the first request, receiving the certificate of the first server from the first management server; in response to the receiving of the certificate, determining a certificate authority by using information included in the received certificate, the certificate authority being a server from which the received certificate has been issued; and transmitting, from the terminal apparatus to the determined certificate authority, a second request for transmission of first address information on the first server.
US11647010B2
The technology disclosed relates to non-intrusively enforcing security during federated single sign-on (SSO) authentication without modifying a trust relationship between a service provider (SP) and an identity provider (IDP). In particular, it relates to an assertion proxy receiving a verified assertion from an IDP obtained from an assertion that is generated when a user logs into a service provider (SP) and is verified in dependence upon the IDP's public key. It also relates to evaluating the verified assertion against one or more security policies. It further relates to forwarding the verified assertion evaluated to the SP and causing establishment of a single sign-on (SSO) authenticated session without modifying the assertion.
US11646997B2
A base station identifies received backhaul traffic including IP packets based on whether or not the reception was via a secure tunnel, e.g., an IPsec tunnel. Recovered data, e.g., an IP packet from an IPsec tunnel, is associated with an IPsec identifier having a value indicating that the packet came from an IPsec tunnel. Data, e.g., recovered IP packets, associated with an identifier indicating receipt via an IPsec tunnel are stored in a first transmission buffer, e.g., a high priority transmission buffer, while other recovered IP packets which were not received via an IPsec tunnel are stored in a second transmission buffer corresponding to a lower, e.g., normal, transmission priority. A downlink transmission scheduler, e.g. an MAC or frame scheduler, schedules transmission of frames includes IP packet data from both buffers, with data in the first buffer being given higher priority to reduce latency with regard to the IPsec traffic.
US11646996B2
A packet-filtering system described herein may be configured to filter packets with encrypted hostnames in accordance with one or packet-filtering rules. The packet-filtering system may resolve a plaintext hostname from ciphertext comprising an encrypted Server Name Indication (eSNI) value. The packet-filtering system may resolve the plaintext hostname using a plurality of techniques. Once the plaintext hostname is resolved, the packet-filtering system may then use the plaintext hostname to determine whether the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators. If the packet-filtering system determines that the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators, the packet-filtering system may apply a packet filtering operation associated with the packet-filtering rules to the packets.
US11646995B2
This disclosure describes methods to distribute intrusion detection in a network across multiple devices in the network, such as across routing/switching or other infrastructure devices. For example, as a packet is routed through a network infrastructure, an overlay mechanism may be utilized to indicate which of a total set of intrusion detection rules have been applied to the packet. Each infrastructure device may evaluate which rules have already been applied to the packet, using a result of the evaluation to determine where to route the packet in the network infrastructure for application of additional intrusion detection rules. Additionally, each infrastructure device may record a result of its application of the portion of intrusion detection rules directly into the packet.
US11646985B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for dynamically controlling ephemeral messaging threads and ephemeral message duration settings across computing devices while improving security by maintaining end-to-end encryption. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems can transmit encrypted ephemeral messages, including ephemeral message duration settings and ephemeral setting timestamps. The disclosed systems can decrypt received messages on receiving client devices and dynamically apply ephemeral message duration settings to different message threads. For example, the disclosed systems can modify existing duration settings at a receiving client device to match a received ephemeral message duration setting based on determining that the received ephemeral setting timestamp predates an existing setting timestamp. Further, the disclosed systems can apply the ephemeral message duration setting to delete ephemeral messages from an ephemeral message thread.
US11646979B2
Systems and methods for packet payload mapping for robust transmission of data are described. For example, methods may include receiving, using a network interface, packets that each respectively include a primary frame and one or more preceding frames from the sequence of frames of data that are separated from the primary frame in the sequence of frames by a respective multiple of a stride parameter; storing the frames of the packets in a buffer with entries that each hold the primary frame and the one or more preceding frames of a packet; reading a first frame from the buffer as the primary frame from one of the entries; determining that a packet with a primary frame that is a next frame in the sequence has been lost; and, responsive to the determination, reading the next frame from the buffer as a preceding frame from one of the entries.
US11646977B2
The avionic system of an aircraft includes a set of avionic computers and a switch associated with each avionic computer. For each avionic computer of the set of avionic computers, the avionic system includes a communication link between the switch associated with this avionic computer and each of the switches associated with the other avionic computers. Each switch is configured such that it routes the data frames received on its input ports to its output ports in a manner predefined only on the basis of the input ports on which these data frames are received. The various switches are configured such that, when an avionic computer sends a data frame, this data frame is transmitted to all of the other avionic computers.
US11646975B2
Systems and methods described herein support compartment quotas in a cloud infrastructure environment. Cloud administrators do not generally have the ability to restrict resource usage in existing clouds. Granting a user permission to create resources allows them to create any number of resources up to a predefined account limit. Compartment quotas allow admins to restrict a user's resource usage to the appropriate level allowing fine-tuned cost control.
US11646967B2
Example packet control methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes detecting, by a network node, a packet in a packet flow causing a congestion from an upstream node. The network node reduces a scheduling priority of the packet in the packet flow and generates a congestion isolation message, where the congestion isolation message includes description information of the packet flow. The congestion isolation message is sent to the upstream node to instruct the upstream node to reduce the scheduling priority of the packet in the packet flow.
US11646965B2
Techniques for improving data transmission in teleoperation systems including a method for dynamic packet routing. The method includes identifying an optimal channel of a plurality of channels based on a network connectivity status of a system and historical connectivity data related to a current location of the system, wherein the system includes a plurality of network authorization devices, wherein each network authorization device is configured to enable communications via an associated channel; and routing packets to the optimal channel using a network authorization device of the plurality of network authorization devices that is associated with the optimal channel.
US11646960B2
Various example embodiments for supporting packet routing in a communication system may be configured to, in a communication network, support use of primary routing paths for routing traffic in the communication network and use of controller provided protection paths configured to protect the primary paths based on rerouting of traffic around failures in the communication network. Various example embodiments for supporting packet routing in a communication system may be configured to support controller provided protection paths in a communication network based on use of path control capabilities in which a network controller computes paths for a network and configures the paths in the network based on configuration of the paths on nodes of the network and based on routing capabilities in which the nodes use the routing paths for routing of traffic (e.g., via primary paths) and rerouting of traffic (e.g., via controller provided protection paths).
US11646956B2
Disclosed is a first device and a second device each sending BFD echo request packets in an initial stage of establishing communication between the two devices. A method can include determining that a certain mode is detected, such as a low bandwidth mode. The method can be practiced by one or both of the devices or a separate network controller. Based on the detection of the certain mode or the communication link being in a certain mode, the method includes the first device or the second device electing to be a master or a slave. Upon establishing that one of the devices is the master and the other of the devices is a slave, only the master will send BFD echo request packets.
US11646955B2
A system persistently presents consistent properties of devices on a local network based on observed values for the network devices, and values derived from the observed values. The observed values may be received from an agent based on scans of the local network. Even though some scans may be faulty resulting in missing or incorrect data, a user can be consistently presented with properties of the device, even when the missing or incorrect data would otherwise cause a change to the property. For instance, the system may replace a data value that is either missing or determined to be incorrect with a value that is determined, based on historical or lab observations, to be the likely correct value based on the assumed state or likely state of the observed device.
US11646947B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying contributing audience segments associated with a metric anomaly. One or more embodiments described herein identify contributing factors based on statistical analysis and machine learning. Additionally, one or more embodiments identify audience segments associated with each contributing factor. In one or more embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive display that enables a user to select a particular anomaly for further analysis. The interactive display also provides additional interfaces through which the user can view informational displays that illustrate the factors and segments that caused the particular anomaly and how those factors correlate with each other.
US11646945B2
A system for noise profile generation includes a customer gateway communicatively coupled to one or more end devices over a communication medium, at least one noise information node communicatively coupled to the customer gateway and programmed to extract noise information present on a communication path from the customer gateway to at least one of the one or more end devices, a noise profile database storing one or more noise profiles, and a noise profile generator. The noise profile generator includes at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to retrieve the extracted noise information associated with the communication path, determine whether the at least one noise characteristic of the extracted noise information matches with one or more noise profiles and identify at least one noise source on the communication path.
US11646938B1
In an example embodiment, a communication type registry is introduced that stores information about various versions of various communication types permitted within a system. A communication type owner defines a new communication type with a name, version number, and version details, and registers this information with the communication type registry. All source applications and target applications that have registered with the communication type registry then get notified when there is a new communication type or new version of an existing communication type available. Optionally a central repository can be used to store updates for all the source applications and target applications, where those applications can know to look for those updates.
US11646936B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods relating to adaptive virtual services. In an example, a user specifies a device configuration for a platform device. As a result, a service provider installs selected virtual-network functions and defines network connections as specified by the device configuration. Management software may also be installed, thereby enabling the service provider to communicate with and remotely manage the platform device. The installed virtual-network functions are activated on the platform device once it is delivered to the user. In some instances, the user changes the device configuration. For example, the user may install new virtual-network functions, reconfigure or remove existing virtual-network functions, or change defined network connections. As a result, the service provider reconfigures the platform device accordingly. Thus, the user need not purchase new specialized hardware in order to change the available functions of the computer network.
US11646935B1
A network controller for a mesh network of routers in a communication system. The network controller automatically monitors the mesh network; determines to add one or more new software-based routers to the mesh network; provisions one or more programmable resources to be the one or more new software-based routers in the mesh network; and configures the one or more new software-based router to support one or more new paths through the mesh network. In some implementations, the controller automatically accesses one or more corresponding OEM libraries to retrieve one or more configuration protocols for the one or more programmable resources and uses the one or more retrieved configuration protocols to provision the one or more programmable resources using NFV and SDN technologies and configure the one or more new software-based routers. The controller may also automatically decommission one or more existing software-based routers from the network when appropriate.
US11646931B2
A method of pre-compensating for transmitter in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) mismatch (IQMM) may include sending a signal through an up-converter of a transmit path to provide an up-converted signal, determining the up-converted signal, determining one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path based on the determined up-converted signal, and determining one or more pre-compensation parameters for the transmit path based on the one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through a receive feedback path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through an envelope detector.
US11646929B1
A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network employs orthogonal polyphase codes for encoding data symbols to generate a set of coded data symbols, which are modulated onto Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) subcarrier frequencies assigned for use by the UE, and the resulting OFDM signal is transmitted to a base station in the wireless network. The orthogonal polyphase codes include pairs of orthogonal polyphase codes that are complex conjugates of each other.
US11646922B2
A base station and a user equipment of a wireless communication system are disclosed. Each of the base station and the user equipment of the wireless communication includes a communication module; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive signaling information related to the start of uplink (UL) transmission from the base station through the communication module. The processor is configured to determine whether to perform a UL transmission using a partial subframe based on the signaling information. When the processor performs the UL transmission using the partial subframe, the processor is configured to determine a symbol configuration of the partial subframe based on the signaling information and perform, through the communication module, the UL transmission using the partial subframe according to the symbol configuration. At this time, the partial subframe is a subframe which occupies less than 14 symbols.
US11646907B2
Systems, devices, and methods for managing a premises management system are described. A method may comprise initiating a first communication session with a premises device and using the first communication session to transmit a command to the premise device by a gateway device. The command may be associated with event data associated with a premises. The method may further comprise initiating a second communication session with the gateway device and using the second communication session to transmit the event data to the gateway device by the premises device.
US11646906B2
Disclosed is the generation of a bit-indexed forwarding table (BIFT) that can include a plurality of entries, each such entry corresponding to a bit position of a plurality of bit positions, where each such bit position represents an egress network node of a plurality of egress network nodes, and the generating configures the BIFT to be used in forwarding a packet to one or more of the plurality of egress network nodes, based at least in part on a bit string in the packet. The generating includes selecting a bit position of the plurality of bit positions as a selected bit position, creating an entry of the plurality of entries (where the entry corresponds to the selected bit position), identifying a neighbor node associated with the selected bit position, and updating one or more fields of the entry with neighbor information regarding the neighbor node.
US11646904B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: acquire charge system information indicating a charge system of each application programming interface (API) called by a service; acquire usage history information indicating a usage history of the service by a user; and calculate a cost for each API based on a number of calls of each API, which is included in the usage history information, and a charge system of each API.
US11646903B1
Systems and methods for generating shell-wrapped self-executing programs for conducting cryptographically secure blockchain actions on public, non-permissioned blockchain networks that are cryptographically secure. For example, the shell-wrapped self-executing program may comprise a shell program and the self-executing program. The shell program may contain and output one or more validation characteristics about the self-executing program and coupled data input systems (e.g., oracles) in response to a query about accessing the self-executing program. As such, any entity (e.g., a legacy computing system and/or another self-executing program) that requests to access the self-executing program may first receive information about the validation (if any) of the self-executing program.
US11646895B2
Systems and methods are provided for provisioning identity credentials based on interactions with verifying or trusted users. One exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for a digital identity from a user, where the request includes identifying information for the user and a verified user identifier, and transmitting, to a verified user associated with the verified user identifier, an attestation request for the user. The method also includes receiving, from the verified user, an attestation in response to the attestation request with regard to at least some of the identifying information for the user, generating a digital identity for the user based on a number of attestations of the identifying information for the user, and sharing a digital identity notice with the user including an identifier for the user, whereby the user is permitted to share the digital identity with a relying party via the identifier.
US11646892B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blockchain-based network information management service is provided. The service provides blockchain mechanisms that allows for the management and disbursement of network information among network devices of a RAN, a core network, and an application layer network. The service may define a structure for the network information that may be used by RAN devices, core devices, and application layer devices of different vendors and third parties.
US11646890B2
A method is disclosed of a secure component (SC) of a local attestation server (LAS) for populating an enclave associated with the LAS. The SC comprises stored encrypted population information previously received in a data packet and encrypted by an encryption key matching a private decryption key of a trusted platform module (TPM) associated with the LAS. The method comprises receiving a public part of a temporary asymmetric key from the enclave, establishing a secure session between the SC and the TPM, sending (to the TPM by using the secure session) the encrypted population information and the public part of the temporary asymmetric key, receiving (from the TPM by using the secure session) the population information decrypted by the private decryption key and re-encrypted by the public part of the temporary asymmetric key, and transmitting the re-encrypted population information to the enclave. An additional method is also disclosed for enabling the population of the enclave. The additional method comprises receiving control parameters of the LAS, comprising the encryption key matching the private decryption key of the TPM, encrypting population information based on the control parameters and using the encryption key, and sending a data packet comprising the encrypted population information to the SC. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11646886B2
In one embodiment, a road side unit (RSU) establishes a data offload session with a vehicle in the vicinity of the RSU based on a session establishment request sent by the vehicle, and stores data received from the vehicle during the data offload session in its memory. The RSU generates storage record information (including identifying information for the RSU) for the stored data, and transmits the storage record information to the vehicle.
US11646885B2
Systems and methods for processing tokenization requests to facilitate safe storage of tokens. A tokenization request comprising sensitive data is received. A sensitive data digest is generated based on the sensitive data and a query comprising the sensitive data digest is submitted to a database. The database stores a plurality of relational elements. Each relational element being mapped to: (i) a given sensitive data digest stored in the database and (ii) a given token digest stored in the database. A token associated with the sensitive data is generated based on a response to the query received from the database.
US11646883B2
A method of selecting a particular cryptographic algorithm for an optimal cryptographic negotiation in which higher security level is obtained with an acceptable performance speed. The method includes exchanging information between a first device and a second device for establishing a secure communication connection, measuring network latency between the first device and the second device, and selecting a particular cryptographic algorithm from among a plurality of mutually supported cryptographic algorithms based on the network latency for establishing the secure communication connection.
US11646880B2
A power is computed at high speed with a small number of communication rounds. A secret computation system that includes three or more secret computation apparatuses computes a share [aν] of the ν-th power of data “a” from a share [a] of data “a” while data “a” is concealed. The share [a] of data “a” and an exponent ν are input to an input unit (step S11). A local operation unit computes the pu-th power of a share [at] of the t-th power of data “a” without communication with the other secret computation apparatuses (step S12). A secret computation unit uses secret computation that requires communication with the other secret computation apparatuses to compute a multiplication in which at least one of the multiplicands is [ a ( t * p ^ u ) ] , the computation result of the local operation unit, to obtain the share [aν] (step S13). An output unit outputs the share [aν] (step S14).
US11646873B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for secure communication for a key replacement. An embodiment includes a processing resource, memory having a first operator's key, and a vehicular communication component. The vehicular communication component can be configured to provide, to a server, a public key generated along with a private key and decrypt, in response to receipt of a second operator's key (e.g., received in response to providing the public key to the server) encrypted using the public key, the second operator's key using the private key. The vehicular communication component can be configured to replace, in response to decrypting the encrypted second operator's key, the first operator's key with the second operator's key.
US11646872B2
The system can be for the management of access authorization using an immutable ledger comprising and can include a server having a computer readable medium in communications with an immutable ledger. A set of computer readable instructions can be included in the server and can be configured for: receiving a set of data, encrypting the set of data with a data-encryption-key and storing the encrypted data on the immutable ledger, creating a key tree having a node associated with a user, creating a key-encryption-key associated with the node and the user, and, distributing the key-encryption-key to the user wherein the key-encryption-key is configured to decrypt the data-encryption-key thereby providing access to the data for the user.
US11646871B2
Systems and methods that may be used to provide multitenant key derivation and management using a unique protocol in which key derivation may be executed between the server that holds the root key and a client that holds the derivation data and obtains an encryption key. In one or more embodiments, the derivation data may be hashed. The disclosed protocol ensures that the server does not get access to or learn anything about the client's derived key, while the client does not get access to or learn anything about the server's root key.
US11646870B2
A computer-implemented method for protecting a mobile device against unauthorized access may be provided. The method comprises encrypting the user data stored in a volatile memory of the mobile device if the mobile device is switched to a locked status, and decrypting the user data stored in the volatile memory if the mobile device is switched from the locked status into an unlocked status.
US11646869B1
A method including determining, by a first user device, encrypted content by encrypting content based on a first private key; encrypting, by the first user device, the first private key based on utilizing a second public key associated with a second user device; transmitting, by the first user device to a storage device, the encrypted content and the encrypted first private key for storage in association with a first account; receiving, by the second user device from storage device, the encrypted content and the encrypted first private key when the first user device is unable to access the encrypted content; decrypting, by the second user device, the encrypted first private key and the encrypted content based on a second private key; and transmitting, by the second user device to the first user device, the content to restore access to the content by the first user device is disclosed.
US11646867B2
Systems and methods for increasing security in a computer system are provided. The system includes one or more logic circuits. The one or more logic circuits receive a plurality of independent first entropy values from a hardware source, apply at least some of the plurality of independent first entropy values to a function to generate a second entropy value, and seed a pseudorandom number generator with the second entropy value. The one or more logic circuits also generate a random number using the pseudorandom number generator seeded with the second entropy value and may produce a block of ciphertext or message authentication code using the random number, or otherwise use the generated numbers as secure random numbers in applications such as cryptographic protocols.
US11646865B2
A transmission device includes a current transmission right as a node constituting an implicit token-passing network. When receiving a synchronization frame including a synchronization node number for specifying a synchronization node and network live node map information, which is information on nodes present in the network, or a reminder frame including a transmission right node number for specifying a node having a transmission right and network live node map information, which is information on the nodes present in the network, the transmission device is configured to transmit a data frame, and after the transmission of the data frame, transmit a completion frame including a transmission node number for specifying a node of a transmission source and network live node map information, which is information on the nodes present in the network.
US11646859B2
Example aspects include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network, comprising receiving, from a base station, configuration information scheduling one or more full-duplex communications and one or more half-duplex communications. A first unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) window corresponding to the one or more full-duplex communications. A second unified TCI window corresponding to the one or more half-duplex communications. The aspects further include performing full-duplex communications according to the first unified TCI window for a first time period having a first length. Additionally, the aspects further include performing half-duplex communications according to the second unified TCI window for a second time period having a second length.
US11646858B2
A communication system includes a plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies each having an ON condition and an OFF condition, and configured to be worn by a different user, each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies having a housing and printed circuit board coupled to the housing, the printed circuit board including a transceiver having a microprocessor. Each microprocessor is configured to emit a different stream of controlling data when the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies are in the ON condition, thereby allowing each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies to communicate among a plurality of different logical channels. Embedded with each different stream of controlling data is a unique identification number for grouping each of the plurality of full duplex transceiver assemblies together.
US11646855B2
Short Control Channel Elements (SCCE) to Short Resource Element Groups (SREG) mapping for Short Physical Downlink Control Channel (SPDCCH) is provided. A User Equipment (UE) receives a communication from a base station; determines a mapping between one or more SCCE and corresponding SREG; and processes the communication based on the mapping. A base station determines a mapping between one or more SCCE and corresponding SREG for a communication to a UE and transmits a communication to the UE based on the mapping. In this way, the localized and distributed SCCE to SREG mapping for CRS-based SPDCCH is defined. Also, the SCCE to SREG mapping for 2 and 3 OFDM symbols DMRS-based SPDCCH is defined. For DMRS-based SPDCCH, a distributed configuration at SCCE level is defined. This may improve latency and can improve the average throughput of a communications system. Radio resource efficiency could be positively impacted by latency reductions.
US11646851B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify, for an occasion of a resource of a physical channel, a collision of a first channel state information (CSI) report associated with a first target time period and a second CSI report a second target time period; prioritize one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report based at least in part on one or more prioritization criteria; and transmit the one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report based at least in part on prioritizing the one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11646848B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for one or more sidelink communications received from one or more other UEs. The UE may identify one or more sets of subcarriers of a HARQ feedback occasion for the HARQ feedback for the one or more sidelink communications. The UE may transmit, to the one or more other UEs and on a sidelink, the HARQ feedback for the one or more sidelink communications using the one or more sets of subcarriers of the HARQ feedback occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11646840B2
A communications device is configured to transmit and/or receive signals via a wireless access interface provided by a mobile communications network. The wireless access interface comprising a plurality of transmission units each comprising one or more communications resource elements formed by dividing a system bandwidth in time and frequency. One or more transmission units are configured to form combined transmission units, which can be allocated to communications devices for receiving or transmitting signals. The communications device is configured to receive an indication of a combined transmission unit providing one or more of the transmission units for the communications device, and receive an indication for each of the one or more transmission units of the combined transmission unit of whether the transmission unit is for transmitting signals, whether the transmission unit is for receiving signals or whether the transmission unit is not to be used for transmitting or receiving signals.
US11646835B2
A method performed by a network node for transmission of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, Protocol Data Unit, PDU, to a wireless communications device is provided. The network node and the wireless communications device operate in a wireless communications network. The network node arranges (505) a number of PDCP PDUs in a numerical order based on their respective PDCP Sequence Number, SN. The number of PDCP PDUs is taken from a first set of PDCP PDUs comprising one or more first time transmitted PDCP PDUs and from a second set of PDCP PDUs comprising one or more retransmitted PDCP PDUs. The one or more first time transmitted PDCP PDUs and the one or more retransmitted PDCP PDUs are received from a controlling node. The network node transmits (506) the number of the PDCP PDUs in the numerical order to the wireless communications device 120.
US11646830B2
A device may identify that an incremental redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) scheme is used in association with sequential transmissions of an information bit vector to or from another wireless device, where each transmission in the scheme is associated with a resource size. The device may identify a mother code length for a polar code based at least in part on an aggregate resource size associated with the sequential transmissions. The device may identify an adjusted bit index set for the polar code based at least in part on the IR-HARQ scheme. The device may transmit (or receive), for each transmission of the information bit vector, a respective subset of encoded bits generated by mapping the information bit vector to a set of polarized bit channels of the polar code in accordance with the bit index set.
US11646820B2
A method and an optical sensor are described herein. The optical sensor may include a communication interface for receiving data from a control unit and for transmitting data to the control unit, a storage unit with at least one register for storing data, and a CRC generator for generating a CRC checksum. The optical sensor may be configured in such a way that when data stored in the storage unit is to be transmitted to the control unit, the communication interface receives from the control unit a device address specific to the optical sensor and an address of a register in which the data to be transmitted is stored. The CRC generator may be initialized using the device address received from the communication interface and/or the register address received from the communication interface, before the CRC generator generates a CRC checksum for the data to be transmitted.
US11646814B2
A wireless device may include: a radio frequency (RF) front end circuit to receive and process an RF signal; a mixer to downconvert the RF signal to a second frequency signal; a digitizer to digitize the second frequency signal; a channel filter to channel filter the digitized signal; a selection circuit having a first input coupled to the channel filter and a plurality of outputs each to couple to one of a plurality of demodulators; and the plurality of demodulators coupled to the selection circuit. The selection circuit may route the channel filtered digitized signal to a first demodulator of the plurality of demodulators based on a first configuration setting. The wireless device may also include a non-volatile storage with a configuration file including the first configuration setting. The configuration file may be automatically generated by a hardware configurator in response to a plurality of user input parameters.
US11646809B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamically estimating a propagation time between a first node and a second node of a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by the second node, from the first node a packet containing a first timestamp representing the transmit time of the packet, receiving, by the second node, from a local time source, a second timestamp corresponding with a time of reception of the first timestamp received from the first node, calculating a time difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, storing the time difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, calculating a predictive model for predicting the propagation time based the time difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and estimating the propagation time between the first node and the second node at a time by querying the predictive model with the time.
US11646807B2
Methods that include detecting cables connected to telecommunications network equipment are provided herein. In particular, a method that includes detecting connections of respective cables to ports of telecommunications network equipment may be performed using image recognition. Moreover, in some embodiments, the method may include detecting, using image recognition, respective positions of the ports. Related systems are also provided.
US11646805B2
A measurement system utilizing metasurfaces and compressive sensing is provided that measures specular and diffuse RF reflection properties of a sample omnidirectionally across a broad frequency regime in a monostatic, bistatic, or BRDF sense. The measurement system may be used to measure the full hemispherical (or spherical) reflection from a target that has been illuminated in a monostatic or bistatic case. The measurement system may also be used to measure the full BRDF of a sample or spatially complex bistatic reflections from a sample.
US11646802B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving an optical signal from an optical fiber, including: coupling via an optical coupler the optical signal from an optical fiber into first and second waveguides, wherein the optical signal comprises TE and TM polarized optical signals and the optical coupler couples the TE polarized optical signal into the first waveguide and the TM polarized optical signal into the second waveguide; equalizing the TE and TM polarized optical signals from the coupler to equalize optical power levels of the TE and TM polarized optical signals; optically combining the equalized TE and TM polarized optical signals; and transmitting the combined optical signal to a photodetector.
