US11649975B2
Provided is an air conditioning system that maintains a room pressure in a clean room at high accuracy while having a simple configuration. An air conditioning system includes: a fan filter unit including a supply air fan to supply air to a preparation room from a chamber including space above a ceiling of the preparation room; a fan filter unit including a supply air fan to supply the air to the preparation room from the chamber; and a fan filter unit including a return air fan to return the air from the preparation room through the chamber and to exhaust the air from the preparation room, and further includes: a pressure sensor provided in the preparation room; and a control unit to control a return air fan based on a value detected by the pressure sensor.
US11649974B2
A dehumidifier with a pre-cooling device includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, a microchannel pre-cooler and an evaporator assembly. During operation, moist air enters from an air inlet of the dehumidifier, and passes through the microchannel pre-cooler to make the moist air to reach a saturated steam state and passes through the evaporator assembly for heat exchange to condense and dehumidify the moist air, and the dehumidified air passes through the condenser for heating and finally discharged from the air outlet, so that the water vapor in the moist air can be condensed into a liquid better to improve the condensation and dehumidification effects of the evaporator and reduce the air humidity effectively, so as to improve the dehumidification effect of the equipment.
US11649969B2
Cooktop appliances are provided. A cooktop appliance can include a gas burner; a manifold having a gas input; a primary line extending between the manifold and the gas burner, wherein the primary line operates as a non-modulated minimum gas flow line when the cooktop appliance is in an automatic mode; a secondary line extending between the manifold and the gas burner, wherein a gas flow rate of the secondary line is controllable by a flow control valve; a primary valve in fluid communication with at least the primary line; and a control system including: a sensor configured to detect a temperature corresponding to the gas burner; and a controller regulating: (i) the flow control valve in response to the detected temperature to achieve a desired temperature, and (ii) the primary valve when the flow control valve is closed and the detected temperature exceeds the desired temperature.
US11649965B2
The fuel nozzle for the gas turbine includes a radial swirler and an axial swirler. The radial swirler is arranged to swirl a first flow of a first oxidant-fuel mixture and the axial swirler is arranged to swirl a second flow of a second oxidant-fuel mixture. The first flow may be fed by a central conduit and the second flow may be fed by an annular conduit surrounding the central conduit.
US11649964B2
An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a monolithic body. The monolithic body includes a splash plate and a fuel nozzle. The splash plate includes a splash plate surface. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle orifice. The fuel nozzle is configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface.
US11649951B1
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a tamper proof light emitting module comprising the steps of (a) pre-assembling the light emitting module into a testing configuration including a housing and one or more light emitting elements mounted within the housing, the housing including first and second housing components connected together using at least one removable fastener connecting the first and second housing components; (b) testing the light emitting module to confirm the light emitting elements are operable; (c) after step (b), removing the removable fastener; (d) replacing the removable fastener removed in step (c) with at least one breakaway fastener; and (e) tightening the breakaway fastener(s) until the head of the breakaway fastener(s) breaks off so that the breakaway fastener(s) is no longer removable, thereby creating a final, tamper proof configuration of the light emitting module.
US11649944B2
A lighting device (1) comprising a light generating element (2; 3), and a micro-lens (4) comprising a focal plane (Fp), wherein the light generating element (2; 3) comprises a first light generating component (2) and a second light generating component (3), wherein the first light generating component (2) comprises a light emitting surface (28) adapted for providing a diffuse light output component, wherein the second light generating component (3) comprises at least one array of light sources (3) adapted for providing a directional light output component, wherein the light generating element (2; 3) is arranged to emit a light output towards the micro-lens array (4), the light output being formed by a superposition of the diffuse light output component and the directional light N output component, and wherein the array of the light sources (3) is located in the focal plane (Fp) of the micro-lens array (4).
US11649943B2
A light fixture includes a light receiver, an electrically-powered light source coupled to the light receiver, and a vessel containing a liquid. The vessel is translucent such that the light from the light source radiates through the vessel. The vessel includes an outer wall and an inner wall that define an enclosed area that receives and contains the liquid. The inner wall defines an open area positioned radially inward from the enclosed area and the inner wall includes a top opening and a bottom opening such that the open area is a through-hole extending through the enclosed area. The vessel is configured such that light emitted from the light source passes through the liquid contained within the vessel.
US11649941B2
A lamp for a vehicle includes: a light source configured to emit light; and a reflector configured to receive and reflect the light emitted from the light source. The reflector includes a first reflection surface, and a surface of the first reflection surface has an uneven shape in which a plurality of convex regions and a plurality of concave regions are repeated. A recessed section, which is recessed downward, is formed in each of the convex regions of the uneven shape, and a protrusion section, which protrudes upward, is formed in each of the concave regions of the uneven shape.
US11649936B1
A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using a gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided.
US11649933B2
A pressure vessel mounting structure (10) includes a plurality of bands (11) made of a composite material cured about the exterior surface (35) of the pressure vessel (30) to form an integral part of the vessel. The bands (11) may be spaced apart from one another to form a crisscrossing helical grid pattern with opposing ends (21) of the bands extending past a respective end (31) of the pressure vessel (30) and toward a longitudinal centerline (33) of the pressure vessel (30) to form a skirt (17). The skirt (17) provides mounting points (15) as well as a vertical standing mount for the vessel.
US11649927B2
A fuel cylinder, such as a high-pressure fluid storage tank, is provided with dual-inlet refilling capabilities. The storage tank may include a main body section with a first domed end portion and a second domed end portion disposed at opposite portions of the main body section. A first inlet assembly and a second inlet assembly are provided at the respective first domed end portion and the second domed end portion. Each inlet assembly is configured to provide fluid communication between a supply of a high-pressure fluid and an interior of the storage tank. Each inlet assembly may include a boss and a tank valve, with each tank valve being in fluid communication with the compressed fluid receptacle. During filling of the storage tank, the high-pressure fluid travels through a compressed fluid receptacle and enters the interior of the storage tank simultaneously through each of the first and second inlet assemblies.
US11649916B2
A connector system for an aircraft, for connecting a hose line, includes a skin panel which has a clearance which extends between an external face and an internal face, a primary part which on the clearance is disposed on an internal side of the skin panel that is defined by the internal face, a cover mounted on the primary part and movable between a closing position in which the cover covers the clearance of the skin panel, and an opening position in which the cover releases the clearance of the skin panel, and a tubular connector port mounted on the primary part and movable between a storage position in which the connector port is disposed on the internal side of the skin panel, and a use position in which the connector port projects beyond the external face of the skin panel.
US11649886B2
An outer-ring lubrication groove pattern formed in an outer-race raceway surface and an inner-race lubrication groove pattern formed in an inner-race raceway surface of a wave generator bearing of a strain wave gearing device are patterns in which linear lubrication grooves having very small widths and depths of several micrometers or less are arranged at fine pitches of several micrometers or less. The inner-race lubrication groove pattern includes a second groove pattern formed in long-axis-side inner-race raceway surface portions to hold the lubricant, and a first groove pattern formed in short-axis-side inner-race raceway surface portions to hold the lubricant and guide the lubricant to the second groove pattern. This configuration improves the contact state between balls and the inner-race and outer-race raceway surfaces of the wave generator bearing, thus reducing the coefficient of friction therebetween.
US11649881B2
A linear actuator comprising a housing with first and second ends, and defining a central cavity extending axially therethrough; a tube having first and second portions, the first portion arranged to slide within the central cavity of the housing, and the second portion extending outwardly from the second end of the housing; a first elongated rotatable screw positioned axially within the central cavity and coaxial with the tube; a first nut mounted about the first elongated rotatable screw and configured to move axially as the first elongated rotatable screw rotates; a second elongated rotatable screw positioned axially within the central cavity; a second nut mounted about the second elongated rotatable screw and configured to move axially within the central cavity as the second elongated rotatable screw rotates; and a spring positioned around the second elongated rotatable screw between the second nut and the second end of the housing.
US11649868B2
A transmission unit for a motor vehicle transmission includes a drive gear (6) which is arranged rotatably on an intermediate shaft (5) and which can be fixed to the intermediate shaft (5) for the transmission of drive power via clutch means. On one side flank (9) of the drive gear, a first gear portion (10) is provided which can be connected to a corresponding shaft-side second gear portion (11) via an internally toothed sliding sleeve (12). On the opposite side flank (13) of the drive gear, a parking lock gear portion (14) is provided for engaging a pawl (15) to block the transmission unit when the vehicle is at a standstill.
US11649865B2
A shaped material (1, 1′), for example a disk for a disk brake, preferably a ventilated disk, includes a plurality of layers of material (6) in a spiral shape, overlapping along a development axis (X). Each layer of material (6) it is formed by a fabric (2) predominantly or exclusively made of carbon fibres (8), at least part of the layers being impregnated by an impregnating agent. A method is for the manufacture of a shaped material.
US11649852B2
A method of manufacturing a ball joint includes arranging a ball in a bore of a housing, and enclosing an end of the bore. Plastic is injected into a space between the housing and the ball to form a bearing that has a bearing surface that engages the ball. The bearing shrinks to form a recess in the bearing surface so that the recess can be filled with a grease.
US11649847B2
A screwable device having a retractable threaded section that has a generally tubular shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a front section formed with a radially outwardly open aperture and a rear section. At least one locking element comprising a threaded section and being radially displaceable in the aperture between an outer position with the threaded section projecting radially outward from the shaft and an inner position in which the threaded section is recessed within the tubular shaft. An actuating is rod coaxially slidable in the shaft between a front position and a rear position, the actuating rod having a push-button at its rod rear end, the actuating rod having a structure for engaging the locking element in at least one of its positions pressing the locking element into the outer locking position.
US11649837B2
A controller and related system and method for controlling a choke for choking fluid flow are configured to take into account non-linear behaviors of the choke, to allow more accurate and effective control of the choke. To obtain a desired pressure drop across a choke valve, the controller is configured to monitor the position of a choke actuator coupled to the choke valve and the pressure at the inlet of the choke valve. The controller calculates an adaptive proportional gain coefficient, and optionally adaptive integral and derivative coefficients, based on the choke actuator position, to help mitigate the effects of non-linear behaviors of the choke and, where necessary, based on the inlet pressure, the controller calculates an augmentation correction to address any instability in the choke. The controller then commands the choke actuator accordingly to adjust the flow area through the choke valve.
US11649836B2
A pressure intensifier device increases pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region. Over a portion that can be passed through by the free end portion of the piston rod during movement from the release position into the blocking position, the outlet region has a free passage cross section for the free piston rod end portion that is at least equal in size to a rod cross section of the free piston rod end portion. A pressure intensifier inlet valve can be controlled independently of a pressure in the pressurized fluid chamber of the piston/cylinder unit.
US11649824B2
A liquid-cooling pump and a flow channel structure thereof are disclosed. The flow channel structure includes a liquid pump mounting chamber. A bottom of the liquid pump mounting chamber is centrally formed with a liquid inlet. A peripheral side of the liquid pump mounting chamber is formed with a liquid outlet. An inner wall of the peripheral side of the liquid pump mounting chamber is convexly provided with a protruding boss corresponding to one side of the liquid outlet and surrounding an impeller, and is concavely provided with a guide groove corresponding to another side of the liquid outlet and surrounding the impeller. The protruding boss is gradually thinned along a rotating direction of the impeller. The guide groove is gradually deepened along the rotating direction of the impeller and communicates with the liquid outlet.
US11649823B2
The invention relates to a screw compressor comprising a compressor housing (11) having two rotor screws (1, 2) mounted axially parallel therein, which mesh with each other in a compression space (18), can be driven by a drive and are synchronized with each other in their rotational movement, wherein the rotor screws (1, 2) each have a single-part or multi-part base body (24) with two end faces (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) and a profiled surface (12a, 12b) extending therebetween, and shaft ends (30) projecting beyond the end faces (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), wherein at least the profiled surface (12a, 12b) is formed in multiple layers, comprising a first, inner layer (3) and a second, outer layer (4), wherein the first, inner layer (3) and the second, outer layer (4) both comprise or are formed from a thermoplastic synthetic material, wherein particles (25) or pores (32) supporting a running-in process are embedded in the second, outer layer (4) and the thermoplastic synthetic material defines a matrix for receiving the particles (25) or for forming the pores (32).
US11649821B2
A power generating unit including a hydraulic unit; an interface unit connected to the hydraulic unit, the interface unit being connectable to a stationary unit; a power flow shaft connected between the hydraulic unit and the interface unit for supply of a torque load therebetween; and at least one connecting element arranged between the hydraulic unit and the interface unit, the at least one connecting element being controllable between a first state in which a relative rotation between the hydraulic unit and the interface unit is allowed, and a second state in which a relative rotation between the hydraulic unit and the interface unit is prevented.
US11649812B2
The hydraulic piston with a depressurized groove is capable of translating in a cylinder and includes a fixed skirt, an axial compression face which forms with the cylinder a fluid chamber, and an axial working face which cooperates with a transmission; the piston also includes a seal, a depressurized radial groove emerging onto the surface of the fixed skirt, an axial decompression duct fitted inside the skirt which emerges in the vicinity of the axial working face, and a radial decompression duct which depressurizes the radial groove in communication with the axial decompression conduit.
US11649808B2
A multi-stable actuator includes a first superelastic-shape memory alloy (SE-SMA) wire extending between a first fixed support and a movable element and a second SE-SMA wire extending between a second fixed support and the movable element. The first SE-SMA wire is in tension against the second SE-SMA wire and the second SE-SMA wire is in tension against the first SE-SMA wire. The multi-stable actuator also includes at least one heating device configured to heat the first SE-SMA wire independent of the second SE-SMA wire and to heat the second SE-SMA wire independent of the first SE-SMA wire such that the movable element moves between and to at least three fixed positions without use of a brake or clutch.
US11649802B2
A sliding member including, a support layer and a sliding layer provided on a side of one end surface of the support layer configured to slide on a mating member, the sliding layer having a hardness set higher toward an outer side than at a center in an axial direction.
US11649800B2
Disclosed is an apparatus that floats at the surface of a body of water over that waves pass. Passing waves, and/or the motions they impart to the apparatus as they pass, result in a net and/or effective propulsion of the apparatus in at least a first direction relative to the geometry and/or structure of the apparatus, and typically, at least in part, toward a direction from that waves approach the apparatus.
US11649795B2
A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes a plurality of engine starting devices and an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not to inhibit automatic engine stopping so that a lifespan of an engine starting device may be extended. In one example, the inhibiting is based on a ratio of an actual total number of engine starts generated via the engine starting device to an actual total distance traveled by the vehicle since the engine starting device was installed.
US11649788B2
A failure diagnosis method and a failure diagnosis system of a dual purge system may determine whether a closed stuck failure or an opened stuck failure occurs in a line forming a dual purge system by measuring a pressure in a negative pressure formation device and comparing the corresponding pressure with a predetermined reference value when a purge valve of the dual purge system is in an opened or closed state, and may determine whether the failure occurs in components related to a secondary purge line in the dual purge system in which it is difficult to determine whether the failure occurs in a conventional failure diagnosis method of a single purge system in a simple method.
US11649787B1
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a heating element coupled to a canister of an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system. In one example, a method (or system) may include evacuating the canister at different temperature conditions, and diagnosing the heating element based on the different times taken to evacuate the canister at the different temperature conditions.
US11649785B1
An articulating exhaust nozzle thrust reverser includes an outer articulating panel comprising an outer skin and an outer thrust reverser door and an inner articulating panel comprising a forward inner skin, an aft inner skin, and an inner thrust reverser door. The outer articulating panel is configured to pivot to vary a nozzle exit area. The forward inner skin is configured to pivot to vary a nozzle throat area. The outer thrust reverser door is pivotally coupled to the outer skin. The inner thrust reverser door is pivotally coupled to the aft inner skin. The outer articulating panel and the inner articulating panel may be individually operated to independently vary the exhaust nozzle throat area and/or the exhaust nozzle exit area.
US11649779B2
Provided is a technology of accurately classifying abnormality in response characteristics of an air-fuel ratio sensors into six deterioration modes. In order to solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides a control device including a microprocessor that detects a response delay of an air-fuel ratio sensor attached to an internal combustion engine, in which the microprocessor includes a target air-fuel ratio change unit configured to change a target air-fuel ratio between lean and rich, and a response delay detection unit configured to detect a respond delay of the air-fuel ratio sensor that occurs in a real air-fuel ratio sensor signal output from the air-fuel ratio sensor when the target air-fuel ratio is changed between the lean and the rich by the target air-fuel ratio change unit.
US11649770B1
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a turbine section and an intermediate combustor. The compressor section has a plurality of rotating compressor blades rotating about an axis of rotation, and static stator vanes positioned axially intermediate the rotating compressor blades. There are a plurality of bleed holes extending through a compressor outer housing positioned radially outwardly of the rotating compressor blades, and allowing air compressed by the compressor blades to move into a bleed chamber. There is a bleed chamber outer housing positioned radially outwardly of the compressor outer housing, and defining the bleed chamber in part in combination with the compressor outer housing. A flow discourager is positioned radially intermediate the bleed holes and the bleed outer housing, such that air leaving the bleed hole impacts upon the flow discourager before reaching the bleed chamber outer housing.
US11649758B1
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine cooling system includes pumping coolant in an engine cooling loop with a coolant pump, pumping the coolant in an air cooler loop that includes a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger with the coolant pump, and receiving a condition signal indicative of at least one condition associated with the internal combustion engine. The method also includes, based on the condition signal, adjusting a position of a flow control valve to modify a flow of coolant to the liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger.
US11649745B2
A diagnostic method for an oil piston cooling jet valve of an oil pressure system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, including: Driving the OPCJ valve for detecting oil pressure diagnostic data if multiple enabling conditions have been met, the multiple enabling conditions including: Presence of a stationary operation of the internal combustion engine; presence of a predetermined operating range; presence of an oil temperature within a predetermined oil temperature range; prevention of a scheduled driving of the OPCJ valve for regular piston cooling; and prevention of an error of the oil pressure system. The diagnostic method further including: Determining whether an oil pressure measuring point is within a predefined oil pressure measuring point range. The invention further relates to a diagnostic device, a control unit and a motor vehicle, which are each suitable or configured for carrying out the method.
US11649743B2
An electromagnetic actuator having at least one electromagnetic actuator unit, the actuator unit comprising a coil and a plunger, which plunger is axially movable relative to the coil via energization of the coil, and the actuator unit being arranged in a housing. In order to achieve a particularly simple design, the plunger is arranged approximately coaxially with the coil according to the invention.
US11649735B2
A method of cleaning a component within a turbine that includes disassembling the turbine engine to provide a flow path to an interior passageway of the component from an access point. The component has coked hydrocarbons formed thereon. The method further includes discharging a flow of cleaning solution towards the interior passageway from the access point, wherein the cleaning solution is configured to remove the coked hydrocarbons from the component.
US11649719B2
An example computer-implemented method for transmitting data from a downhole location to the earth's surface. The method includes sensing, with one or more sensors, sensor data downhole, the sensor data comprising a plurality of data value sets. The method further includes assigning at least one data value of each of the plurality of data value sets to each of a plurality of time levels or depth levels to generate a data block. The method further includes compressing, with a first processor in the drilling assembly, the data block by a block-based compression technique to generate compressed data. The method further includes transmitting, with a telemetry system, the compressed data from the downhole location to the surface. The method further includes decompressing, with a second processor at the surface, the compressed data to generate decompressed data values. The method further includes controlling the drilling assembly based on the decompressed data values.
US11649717B2
Wireless mobile devices are injected into a wellbore with a cement slurry, during the cementing of casing, to monitor and evaluate cement sheath parameters. Passive, wireless sensors are utilized to not only measure the elastic constitutive properties of the cement sheath such as compressive strength, but also parameters of the cement sheath environment, such as temperature, pressure, humidity, pH and gases present, to identify potential issues about the structural integrity of the cement sheath, and provide timely warnings to perform remedial actions.
US11649712B1
A method for estimating the efficiency of hole cleaning of a well-bore during drilling operations includes (a) selecting at least one feature of the drilling operation for monitoring; (b) receiving, from a sensor, data regarding the at least one feature; (c) comparing the data to a predetermined condition for the at least one feature; (d) defining an event when the data meets the predetermined condition; (e) assigning a weight to the event based on a duration of the event; and (f) estimating an efficiency of the hole cleaning based on the event and the weight of the event. The at least one feature being selected from the list consisting of: hole angle, circulation, tight spot, static hole, and bit hydraulics.
US11649710B2
Downhole tools, systems, and methods for electric-based fracturing are disclosed. A downhole tool for electric-based fracturing may include an outer enclosure, an insulator chamber disposed at least partially within the enclosure, and an electrode disposed at least partially within the insulator chamber. The electrode may extend out from the insulator chamber and the enclosure, and may be configured to transfer electric energy to an exterior environment surrounding the downhole tool. The insulator chamber may be configured to thermally and electrically insulate at least a portion of the electrode from the exterior environment.
US11649706B2
An exemplary pump jack system (10) is operable to cause well liquid to be pumped to the surface by a subsurface well pump (29). The exemplary system includes a driver (42) that is in rotatable connection with a pump/motor (48). The pump/motor is a rotary type variable output positive displacement pump/motor that delivers working liquid at a selectively variable flow rate in closed liquid connection to a motor/pump (38). The exemplary motor/pump includes a rotatable output coupler (40) that is in operative connection with a gearbox (34) which causes the pump jack to undergo reciprocating motion. The motor/pump is a rotary type positive displacement motor/pump that is in closed liquid connection with the pump/motor liquid inlet of the pump motor. The pump/motor is operable to deliver working liquid flow therefrom to drive the motor/pump at a selectively variable speed while the driver operates at a generally constant rotational speed. Return force which acts on the motor/pump during at least a portion of the pump jack cycle is operative to cause the motor/pump to urge working liquid toward the pump/motor which assists the driver in pump/motor operation.
US11649698B2
A system comprising a ground drilling device with a control device, the system including an input device functionally coupled to the control device for entering at least one parameter for operating the ground drilling device. The at least one parameter may include a parameter that causes the ground drilling device to start drilling. The input device may be configured as a remote control with a feedback device, which outputs a variable that a user can perceive i) tactilely, ii) visually, and/or iii) auditorily, and that depends on a) the operation of the ground drilling device, b) the operating state of the ground drilling device, and/or c) the signal of a detection device.
US11649690B2
Provided is a solid-state lost circulation apparatus that may comprise a drillable tube with one or more fluid ports, an expandable layer, and an isolation layer. Upon introduction of the expandable layer to an activation agent through one or more fluid ports, the expandable layer may activate, expand, and harden into a hardened and expanded expandable layer, while rupturing the isolation layer. Further provided is a lost circulation assembly system that may include a drill pipe and a solid-state lost circulation apparatus. Further provided is a method of mitigating a lost circulation zone with a lost circulation assembly system. Further provided is a solid plug that may be positioned in a wellbore and may include a hardened and expanded expandable layer and a drillable tube. Further provided is a remnant of a solid plug that may form a fluid-tight seal across a face of a lost circulation zone.
US11649687B1
A high expansion anti-rotation anchor catcher includes a helical track positioned on an exterior surface of a tubular body. An expandable gripper cage is provided having an axially fixed hub mounted for rotation about the tubular body and an axially movable hub mounted for rotation about the tubular body. Pivoting linkages which support outwardly oriented grippers extend between the axially fixed hub and the axially movable hub. The axially movable hub has a track follower that engages the helical track on the exterior surface of the tubular body. Rotation of the tubular body in a first rotational direction causes the track follower to move along the helical track toward the axially fixed hub, thereby placing the expandable gripper cage in compression and causing the pivoting linkages and grippers to pivot outwardly away from the tubular body to secure the anchor in position.
US11649686B2
Fluid flow control devices and methods to reduce overspeed of a fluid flow control device are presented. A fluid flow control device includes a port and a rotatable component that rotates about an axis in response to fluid flow from the port. The fluid flow control device also includes a mechanical component disposed on the rotatable component and configured to reduce rotational speed of the rotatable component.
US11649685B2
A pipe shuttle for moving a pipe segment from an operating position to a pipe box. The pipe shuttle has a pair of gripper arms flanking a cradle. The cradle has a spring-loaded pad that has a concave surface for holding a pipe segment. As the pipe shuttle moves from underneath a pipe box to near a cradle, rollers are positioned to engage a guide plate. When the shuttle is underneath the pipe box, the rollers engage the guide plate to keep the cradle open. When moved towards an operating position, the rollers no longer engage the guide plate and cause grippers to close on the pipe segment. The spring-loaded pad allows the pipe shuttle to be moved relative to the pipe segment when the pipe segment is in its operating position.
US11649683B2
A technique facilitates connection of tubulars along a tubing string via a linear motion. A first tubular is provided with a first connector end having a non-circular transverse cross-section, and a second tubular is provided with a second connector end having a corresponding non-circular transverse cross-section. The non-circular cross-section and the corresponding non-circular cross-section are designed to matingly engage when the first and second tubulars are moved linearly toward each other to form a tubing string. A seal is provided to seal the first connector end with the second connector end once linearly engaged. A locking mechanism may be employed to linearly lock the first connector end with the second connector end.
US11649663B2
A position sensing device for sensing an upper limit position and a lower limit position of a hoisting line for raising and lowering a door leaf of an animal enclosure, the position sensing device comprising a hoisting line pathway for a hoisting line to raise and lower a door leaf of an animal enclosure, an actuator arm moveable between a first position and a second position, and a proximity switch having a first state corresponding to the actuator arm being in the first position and a second state corresponding to the actuator arm being in the second position.
US11649660B2
A door handle assembly for integration into a vehicle door including a support element coupled to the vehicle door, a handle element arranged on the support element, and a radar apparatus arranged on the support element or on or in the handle element and configured to emit radar radiation and to receive reflected radar radiation.
US11649658B2
A security apparatus for a portable electronic device comprises at least one support member comprising opposing side surfaces and a plurality of support member surface features. At least one of the opposing side surfaces comprises a first engagement structure. One of the at least two arms comprises a second engagement structure configured to slidably engage the first engagement structure allowing movement in a first direction and opposing second direction. At least one locking assembly is positioned on at least one of the at least two arms and comprises a plurality of lock surface features configured to couple to the plurality of support member surface features. In a locked position, the at least one of the at least two arms is enabled to slide in the first direction. In an unlocked position, the at least one of the at least two arms is enabled to slide in the second direction.
US11649656B2
A smart deadlock system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a thumb-turn, a key cylinder, a connecting shaft connecting the thumb-turn and the key cylinder, and a sensor module. The sensor module may include a sensing unit to sense a rotation state of a rotation sensing element inserted onto the connecting shaft, and generate sensing information associated with the rotation state of the rotation sensing element, and a rotation information generation unit to receive the sensing information from the sensing unit, and generate rotation information associated with an extent of rotation of the rotation sensing element based on the sensing information. According to the smart deadlock system, it is possible to check the operation of the deadlock more accurately by sensing the rotation state of the rotation sensing element using the sensor.
US11649638B2
A board and batten siding panel is provided with the ability to hide the securing flange under siding panels installed on a building wall. The siding panel can be customized to have the look of a wooden panel, while retaining the benefits and durability of a non-wooden material, such as metal.
US11649629B2
A ceiling façade system includes: a ceiling tile including an interior panel defining a first edge extending along a first side of the ceiling tile and a second edge extending along a second side of the ceiling tile opposite the first edge, a heating element, and an insulator layer arranged over the heating element opposite the interior panel; a first receiver extending along and configured to support the first side of the ceiling tile on a linear lighting track arranged on a ceiling structure and configured to locate the first edge of the interior panel adjacent and partially concealing the linear lighting track; and a second receiver extending along and configured to support the second side of the ceiling tile on a linear seam track arranged on the ceiling structure, the linear seam track laterally offset from the linear lighting track.
US11649625B2
A beam-column node structure of the steel prefabricated building is provided. The structure includes inner sleeves and driving components. The inner sleeves are slidably embedded in the transverse sleeves of the cross beam or node member; the driving components are used to drive the inner sleeves to move from one of the cross beams and the transverse sleeves embedded with the inner sleeves to the other. The inner sleeves are partly located in the crossbeams and partly in the lateral sleeves, and then the internal connection between the crossbeams and the lateral sleeves can be realized by the fasteners.
US11649615B2
A compact residential house is disclosed which includes a pre-fabricated installation panel serving as an outer wall of the residential house and a lifeline system pre-installed on an outer surface of the pre-fabricated installation panel, the lifeline system including a grey water system.
US11649614B2
A retainer sleeve configured for use in a retainer system for a ground engaging tool includes a plurality of plate-like sections, each section being flexibly joined with an adjacent section along either a radially inner edge or a portion of a radially outer edge. The radially inner edges of the plurality of sections form part of a segmented inner surface configured for engagement with an outer surface of a locking member of the retainer system. The inner surface extends partially around a central axis of the retainer sleeve to form a substantially C-shaped retainer sleeve having opposite circumferential ends that are spaced from each other. The radially outer edges of the plurality of sections form part of a segmented, frustoconical outer surface configured for engagement in an internal lock cavity of a ground engaging tool tip.
US11649609B2
A hydraulic system for a machine includes an implement pump, a valve, and an implement valve subsystem. The implement pump includes a load sensing control, and the valve controls the flow of hydraulic fluid to the implement pump. The implement valve subsystem includes one or more implement control subsystems to control movement of an implement. The valve is an electrohydraulic proportional relief valve and includes a solenoid configured to adjust the pressure of hydraulic fluid delivered to the implement pump proportionally to a current delivered through the solenoid.
US11649607B2
There is disclosed an excavation apparatus (5), such as an underwater excavation apparatus, having means for producing, in use, at least one vortex, spiral or turbulent flow in a laminar flow of fluid, e.g. water. The excavation apparatus (5) comprises a rotor (10) having a rotor rotation axis (A), wherein, in use, flow of fluid past or across the rotor (10) is at a first angle (α) from the axis of rotation (A). The excavation apparatus (5) comprises the rotor (5) and means or an arrangement for dampening reactive torque on the apparatus (5) caused by rotation of the rotor (10), in use. The turbulent flow is provided within, such as within a (transverse) cross-section, of the laminar flow.
US11649603B2
A manhole rehabilitation system where in one example an existing cross-pipe is exposed and a manhole base and riser are cast around and above the existing cross pipe to form a manhole. In one example an FRP base liner and FRP riser liner are placed before casting in place. In one example casting is made of an aggregate. In one example, a collar and manhole cap rest upon the casting, and are supported thereby such that the liner need not be structural. In one example an existing pipe or manhole forms the outer surface of the casting. In one example shoring is placed and used as the outer surface of the casting.
US11649590B2
Provided are tissue products comprising a single ply tissue web that has been prepared by a creping process and more preferably by a print creping process adapted to dispose a non-crosslinked latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web. The creped single ply tissue products generally have a low degree of stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00, and are highly durable, such as a Durability Index greater than about 12.0. In other instances, the tissue products may have very low levels of lint or dust, such as a Slough less than about 4.00 mg, even at basis weights from about 45 to about 55 grams per square meter (gsm) and tensile strengths from 600 to 1,200 g/3″.
US11649575B2
The desired seams are formed while adding a hand-sewn taste to the sewing pattern without changing the tendency of the hand-sewn taste for the same pattern. A coordinate data storage unit for storing coordinate data which indicates a needle location of a pattern to be sewn, an addition value storage unit for storing an addition value which is added to each of the coordinate data, and an adjustment unit for adjusting the coordinate data or the addition value; and an added coordinate data creating unit for creating a new coordinate data where the pattern is deformed by adding the addition value adjusted by the adjustment unit to the coordinate data or by adding the addition value to the coordinate data adjusted by the adjustment unit or by adding the addition value adjusted by adjustment unit to the coordinate data adjusted by the adjustment unit are provided.
US11649574B2
A moldable composite sheet having improved thermal and mechanical property characteristics. In one aspect, the composite sheet may be a porous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin comprising discontinuous mineral reinforcing fibers, and one or more skin layer materials. Generally, the composite sheet may have a void content or porosity from about 5% to about 95% by volume of the sheet, an areal weight between about 400 g/m2 to about 4000 g/m2 (gsm), a mineral fiber content from about 20% to about 80% by weight, and a thermoplastic resin content from about 20% to about 80% by weight of the composite sheet. The composite sheet can be molded via low pressure processes, such as thermoforming, match metal molding on stops, vacuum forming and pressure forming, to produce durable automotive interior trim parts and construction articles having improved thermal and mechanical properties in addition to other beneficial characteristics.
US11649569B2
A method is for filling a fillable portion of a garment to be padded to obtain a padded garment, such as a garment or blanket. A cashmere fiber mass is fed towards a carding station. The cashmere fiber mass is mechanically opened and blended in the carding station by a carding machine to obtain a staple cashmere fiber. The staple cashmere fiber exiting from the carding station is fed towards a beating station. The staple cashmere fiber is cleaned in the beating station by cleaning air flow adapted to cross and inflate the staple cashmere fiber to remove residual impurities and dust from the staple cashmere fiber. The staple cashmere fiber exiting from the beating station is fed towards an injecting station and injected into the fillable portion by a pusher for introducing the staple cashmere fiber into the fillable portion to obtain the padded garment.
US11649568B2
The feed device for feeding individualized fibers or fiber flocks to a transport device which includes a first feed segment and a second feed segment for feeding in a starting material. Each feed segment has its own feed roller and each feed roller is individually actuatable. The feed device also includes an opening roller, which cooperates with the feed rollers of the first and second feed segments to individualize the starting material into fibers or fiber flocks. The first and second feed segments are arranged a certain distance apart in a circumferential direction of the opening roller.
US11649567B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a multifilament yarn from a melt of a copolymer of polyacrylicnitrile. The method is characterized in that a multifilament yarn is produced by means of pressing a melt of a copolymer through a spinning nozzle and is subsequently stretched at least tenfold. The present invention further relates to a correspondingly produced multifilament yarn.
US11649559B2
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to the fabrication of integrated circuits. More specifically, implementations disclosed herein relate to apparatus, systems, and methods for reducing substrate outgassing. A substrate is processed in an epitaxial deposition chamber for depositing an arsenic-containing material on a substrate and then transferred to a degassing chamber for reducing arsenic outgassing on the substrate. The degassing chamber includes a gas panel for supplying hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen and hydrogen chloride or chlorine gas to the chamber, a substrate support, a pump, and at least one heating mechanism. Residual or fugitive arsenic is removed from the substrate such that the substrate may be removed from the degassing chamber without dispersing arsenic into the ambient environment.
US11649557B2
A method for forming holes to form holes in a surface of a metal part includes: putting the metal part into a first solution as an anode; applying a first voltage on the metal part to form the first holes in a surface of the metal part; and cleaning and drying the metal part with the first holes. The first solution comprises a first organic solvent, chloride, and a phosphoric acid compound. The disclosure also provides a metal product and a metal composite.
US11649554B2
A method for producing metal titanium by carrying out electrolysis using an anode and a cathode in a molten salt bath, the method using an anode containing metal titanium as the anode, the method comprising a titanium deposition step of depositing metal titanium on the cathode, wherein, in the titanium deposition step, a temperature of the molten salt bath is from 250° C. or more and 600° C. or less, and an average current density of the cathode in a period from the start to 30 minutes later of the titanium deposition step is maintained in a range of 0.01 A/cm2 to 0.09 A/cm2.
US11649551B2
The present disclosure discloses an asymmetric electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly including the same, a water electrolysis apparatus including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, it discloses an asymmetric electrolyte membrane having a porous layer and a dense layer at the same time, a membrane electrode assembly including the same, a water electrolysis apparatus including the same and a method for manufacturing the same.
US11649549B1
A process and system for generating hydrogen gas are described, in which water is electrolyzed to generate hydrogen and oxygen, and a feedstock including oxygenate(s) and/or hydrocarbon(s), is non-autothermally catalytically oxidatively reformed with oxygen to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen generation system in a specific implementation includes an electrolyzer arranged to receive water and to generate hydrogen and oxygen therefrom, and a non-autothermal segmented adiabatic reactor containing non-autothermal oxidative reforming catalyst, arranged to receive the feedstock, water, and electrolyzer-generated oxygen, for non-autothermal catalytic oxidative reforming reaction to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen generation process and system are particularly advantageous for using bioethanol to produce green hydrogen.
US11649543B2
A sputtering target structure includes a body having a first side and an opposing second side. A first sputtering target is coupled to the first side of the body. The first sputtering target includes a first material. A second sputtering target is coupled to the second side of the body. The second sputtering target includes a second material. A rotation mechanism is coupled to the body and is configured to allow rotation of the body from a first orientation to a second orientation.
US11649536B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a stamped component of motor vehicle bodywork or body structure from aluminium alloy comprising the steps of producing a metal sheet or strip of thickness between 1.0 and 3.5 mm in an alloy of composition (% by weight): Si: 0.60-0.85; Fe: 0.05-0.25; Cu: 0.05-0.30; Mn: 0.05-0.30; Mg: 0.50-1.00; Ti: 0.02-0.10; V: 0.00-0.10 with Ti+V≤0.10, other elements each <0.05, and <0.15 in total, remainder aluminium, with Mg<−2.67×Si+2.87, dissolving and steeping, pre-tempering, maturation for between 72 hours and 6 months, stamping, tempering at a temperature of around 205° C. with a hold time between 30 and 170 minutes or tempering at a time-temperature equivalent, painting and “bake hardening” of the paints at a temperature of 150 to 190° C. for 15 to 30 minutes.
US11649532B2
Provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that contains substantially no Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn and has low iron loss, comprising a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% or more and 6.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.0050% or less, and one or more selected from B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, and V: 0.0005% or more and 0.0500% or less, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a number density of Si—Mn nitrides with an average diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less is 1 or less per μm3.
US11649529B2
Disclosed are aluminum alloy products and methods of making and processing such products. Thus, disclosed are aluminum alloy products exhibiting controllable surface properties, including excellent bond durability, low contact resistance, and corrosion resistance. Aluminum alloy products described herein include a migrant element, a subsurface portion having a concentration of the migrant element, and a bulk portion having a concentration of the migrant element. The aluminum alloy product comprises an enrichment ratio of 4.0 or less, wherein the enrichment ratio is a ratio of the migrant element concentration in the subsurface portion to the concentration in the bulk portion. Additionally, the aluminum alloy products surface and/or subsurface can contain phosphorus (e.g., elemental phosphorus or oxidized phosphorus). The phosphorus containing surface provides reduced electronic stress on an electrode tip of a resistance spot welding apparatus, and an extended service lifetime (e.g., weld cycles to failure) of the electrode tip.
US11649523B2
A process for roasting of metal concentrate wherein concentrate particles are fed into a roaster where they are thermally treated at a temperature in the range of 500 and 1200° C. in a fluidized bed to form a calcine. At least parts of the calcine are withdrawn from the roaster together with a gas stream as a solid fraction. Concentrate particles with a diameter at least 50% smaller than the average diameter of the concentrate particles are separated as small particles and/or particles from the gas-solid-fraction are separated in at least one step as small calcine particles and/or particles are gained in another hydrometallurgical step as other particles. Defined particles are pelletized, whereby at least 80% of the pellets feature a diameter of at least 80% of the concentrate particles average diameter. The pellets are fed into the roaster.
US11649522B2
A method for producing a zinc or zinc-alloy coated steel sheet with a tensile strength higher than 900 MPa, for the fabrication of resistance spot welds containing in average not more than two Liquid Metal Embrittlement cracks per weld having a depth of 100 μm or more, with steps of providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, heating cold-rolled steel sheet up to a temperature T1 between 550° C. and Ac1+50° C. in a furnace zone with an atmosphere (A1) containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen by volume, so that the iron is not oxidized, then adding in the furnace atmosphere, water steam or oxygen with an injection flow rate Q higher than (0.07%/h×α), α being equal to 1 if said element is water steam or equal to 0.52 if said element is oxygen, at a temperature T≥T1, so to obtain an atmosphere (A2) with a dew point DP2 between −15° C. and the temperature Te of the iron/iron oxide equilibrium dew point, then heating the sheet from temperature T1 up to a temperature T2 between 720° C. and 1000° C. in a furnace zone under an atmosphere (A2) of nitrogen containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen and more than 0.1% CO by volume, with an oxygen partial pressure higher than 10−21 atm., wherein the duration tD of heating of the sheet from temperature T1 up to the end of soaking at temperature T2 is between 100 and 500 s., soaking the sheet at T2, then cooling the sheet at a rate between 10 and 400° C./s, then coating the sheet with zinc or zinc-alloy coating.
US11649518B2
Disclosed are a high-strength ultra-thick steel material and a method for manufacturing same. The high-strength ultra-thick steel material comprises in weight % 0.04-0.1% of C, 0.05-0.5% of Si, 0.01-0.05% of Al, 1.6-2.2% of Mn, 0.5-1.2% of Ni, 0.005-0.050% of Nb, 0.005-0.03% of Ti and 0.2-0.6% of Cu, 100 ppm or less of P and 40 ppm or less of S with a balance of Fe, and inevitable impurities, and comprises, in a subsurface area up to t/10 (t hereafter being referred to as the thickness of the steel material), bainite of 90 area % or greater (including 100 area %) as microstructures. And the particle size of crystallites having a high inclination angle boundary of 15° or higher measured by EBSD is 10 μm or less (not including 0 μm).
US11649514B2
Proposed is a method for removing phosphorus from a phosphorus-containing substance which is applicable in an industrial scale so as to effectively reduce phosphorus contained in the phosphorus-containing substance. In this method, the phosphorus-containing substance used as a raw material for metal smelting or metal refining is reacted with a nitrogen-containing gas at a treatment temperature T (° C.) which is lower than a melting temperature (Tm) of the substance, so that phosphorus is removed preferably in the form of phosphorus nitride (PN). In this regard, a nitrogen partial pressure and an oxygen partial pressure in the nitrogen-containing gas are preferably controlled, thereby reducing a load of dephosphorization process, for example.
US11649508B2
The present invention relates to the field of inflammation-associated disorders or conditions, more particularly to gut inflammation. Provided herein are means and methods to diagnose and treat or reduce the severity of inflammation-associated disorders or conditions in a subject in need thereof.
US11649505B2
The present disclosure provides a multiplexed amplification reaction kit for identifying a subject suffering from a malignancy sensitive to treatment with an inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway, comprising a primer pair capable of amplifying a PTPRK(e13)-RSPO3(e2) R-Spondin gene-fusion. Also disclosed is a method of identifying sensitivity to an inhibitor of Wnt signaling in a subject suffering from a malignancy, comprising detecting the PTPRK(e13)-RSPO3(e2) R-Spondin gene-fusion with a primer pair.
US11649494B2
Efficient methods are disclosed for the high throughput identification of mutations in genes in members of mutagenized populations. The methods comprise DNA isolation, pooling, amplification, creation of libraries, high throughput sequencing of libraries, preferably by sequencing-by-synthesis technologies, identification of mutations and identification of the member of the population carrying the mutation and identification of the mutation.
US11649490B2
The invention relates to a new method of determining the presence, absence or one or more characteristics of multiple analytes. The invention concerns coupling a first analyte to a membrane containing a detector and investigating the first analyte using the detector. The invention also concerns coupling a second analyte to the membrane and investigating the second analyte. The first analyte is uncoupled form the membrane prior to investigating the second analyte. The invention also relates to polynucleotide sequencing.
US11649489B2
Provided are a nucleic acid sequencing method and a nucleic acid sequencing kit. The kit comprises a nucleic acid probe, a ligase, dNTP having a blocking group attached to a 3′ end, a polymerase, a reagent 1 for excising the blocking group attached to the 3′ end of the dNTP, and a reagent 2 for excising the remaining nucleotides on the nucleic acid probe that are not bound to a to-be-tested base group.
US11649477B2
Systems and methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) are provided in which variances in anionic charge of microbes are taken into account. Cationic surfactants may be used to sensitize otherwise resistant microorganisms to polycationic antibiotics, such as polymyxins. Since microorganisms gain polycationic antibiotic resistance through mutations that decrease surface anionic charge, the susceptibility of a microorganism to a polycationic antibiotic may be indicative of its surface charge. In order to enable electrostatic interactions with the microorganism surface, a cationic surfactant may be applied to increase the anionic charge of the microorganism.
US11649468B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of an exogenous sequence into the human PPP1R12C locus, for example, for expression of a polypeptide of interest.
US11649467B2
The invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising transgenes encoding Chikungunya virus antigens. The vectors can be used to produce vaccines for the prophylaxis, amelioration and treatment of diseases caused by Chikungunya virus infections.
US11649459B2
The disclosure relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNAi) agents and compositions targeting a SOD1 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of a SOD1 gene and methods of treating subjects having a SOD1-associated neurodegenerative disease or disorder, e.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Down's syndrome (DS), using such dsRNAi agents and compositions.
US11649445B2
Provided herein are compositions with enhanced protein specific activity, protein combinations and methods for the preparation thereof.
US11649441B2
Disclosed are Taq DNA polymerase mutants which exhibit enhanced efficiency in qPCR compared to the wild type Taq DNA polymerase. Such mutants include: V62S, V64S, A70F, F73A, A77F, P253G, E255K, D257R, A259F, A271F, L288S, E289K, S357I, L361S, L376S, P382G, T385I, G418P, R419D, E421K, L461S, A472F, E497K, L498S, E524K, D551R, R556D, S679I, L789S, E189K/E507K/E742K (See Sequence Listing Guide for the mutants' amino acid and protein sequences).
US11649440B2
The present invention refers to Amadoriase enzyme protein variants having de-glycating activity and improved thermostability compared to the wild type Amadoriase. The present invention refers also to the use of the thermostabilized Amadoriase as deglycating agent, preferably in the food industry. Moreover, the present invention refers to the use of the thermostabilized Amadoriase as diagnostic and/or therapeutic tools. Preferably, the Amadoriase enzyme protein variants of the invention can be used for determining the level of glycated haemoglobin in a biological sample and therefore for monitoring diabetes.
US11649432B2
The present invention provides a method for more efficiently producing retinal pigment epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells. The method of the present invention for producing retinal pigment epithelial cells includes the following steps: (1) a first step for culturing a pluripotent stem cell in a medium comprising an FGF receptor inhibitor and/or an MEK inhibitor for a period of not more than 30 days, and (2) a second step for culturing the cell obtained in the first step in the presence of a Nodal signal transduction pathway inhibitor and/or a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibitor to form a retinal pigment epithelial cell.
US11649431B2
Provided are cortical interneurons and other neuronal cells and in vitro methods for producing such cortical interneurons and other neuronal cells by the directed differentiation of stem cells and neuronal progenitor cells. The present disclosure relates to novel methods of in vitro differentiation of stem cells and neural progenitor cells to produce several type neuronal cells and their precursor cells, including cortical interneurons, hypothalamic neurons and pre-optic cholinergic neurons. The present disclose describes the derivation of these cells via inhibiting SMAD and Wnt signaling pathways and activating SHH signaling pathway. The present disclosure relates to the novel discovery that the timing and duration of SHH activation can be harnessed to direct controlled differentiation of neural progenitor cells into either cortical interneurons, hypothalamic neurons or pre-optic cholinergic neurons. The present disclosure also relates to compositions of cortical interneurons, hypothalamic neurons or pre-optic cholinergic neurons, and their precursors, that are highly enriched and can be used in variety of application. These cells can be used therapeutically to treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, and can be used for disease modeling and drug screening.
US11649427B2
A portable apparatus useful for collection and processing of human biological material, such as adipose or cancellous bone material, to prepare a concentrated product (e.g., stromal vascular fraction). The apparatus has a container with a containment volume with a tissue retention volume and a filtrate volume separated by a filter and with a pellet well for collecting concentrate product in the form of a pellet phase from centrifuge processing. The pellet well is accessible only from above when the apparatus is in an access orientation. Collected pellet phase material may be removed from the pellet well by direct aspiration, without suspending the material in a suspension liquid within the container. Access ports may be configured for access only from above the container. The apparatus may include a tissue collector disposed in the disuse retention volume to engage and collect collagen or other stringy tissue. A method of processing adipose tissue to concentrate leuko stromal vascular cells includes multi-step processing using a portable container.
US11649418B2
A method for inhibiting a flash point of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene (T-1,2-DCE) and a use of T-1,2-DCE are provided. The T-1,2-DCE has an excellent cleaning effect and is environmental friendly but cannot be used alone because of huge safety hazard caused by its low flash point. 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd) is used to inhibit the flash point of T-1,2-DCE. However, because the actual boiling points of these two substances are quite different, the two substances are easily separated at a slightly-high ambient temperature. Because a boiling point of HCFO-1233zd is extremely low, HCFO-1233zd will escape rapidly, resulting in the loss of inhibition on the flash point. In the present disclosure, T-1,2-DCE and 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene are mixed to prepare a mixed solution, and the mixed solution can effectively maintain the inhibition on the flash point of T-1,2-DCE in various ambient temperatures, such that the T-1,2-DCE can be heated to generate a steam for cleaning.
US11649415B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) at least one oil phase, b) at least one aqueous phase, c) at-least one emulsifier, wherein the at-least one emulsifier is any or combination of at-least one emulsifier agent, water with emulsification properties, oil with emulsification properties, and active ingredient with emulsification properties; and d) optionally, one or more biologically active ingredients. The present invention also relates to use of the composition for personal care, pet care, home care, deodorants, pesticides, moisturizers, disinfectants, cleansers, therapeutic devices, topical supplements and/or nutrition. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such a composition.
US11649414B2
The present disclosure relates to a synthetic vegetable oil and an environmental-friendly flame-retardant hydraulic oil composition including the same, and a preparation method thereof, and provides a method of preparing a glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil through a catalyst-free and rinsing-free process, a glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil that is a synthetic vegetable oil obtained by the method, and an environmental-friendly flame-retardant hydraulic oil composition that contains the glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil and that is capable of reducing electricity consumption by 7 to 8% compared to mineral oil-based lubricating oils due to excellent flame retardancy (with self-extinguishing function) and lubricity.
US11649412B2
A method for manufacturing a mechanical timepiece part (1) including at least one functional area (2) wherein a lubricant (9) is able to be confined, the method including a step (10) of constructing a blank of the part (1) including the at least one functional area (2) and a step of transforming (12) the at least one functional area (2) into a magnetised functional area (2) capable of cooperating with the lubricant (9) when it has magnetic properties.
US11649406B2
A method and system for separating light hydrocarbons are disclosed, wherein the method comprises compression, cooling, absorption, desorption, rectification, cracking, and recycling cracked gas to the compression step.
US11649405B1
A method of making a composition of matter is provided. The method includes pH-modifying, that is, deacidifying, neutralizing or basifying, one or more water-soluble oxidized disulfide oil (WS-ODSO) compounds or mixture of compounds. The WS-ODSO is combined with an effective amount of an alkaline agent. The process results in a pH-modified, that is, deacidified, neutralized or basified, WS-ODSO composition, for example which can be used as a component in synthesis of materials such as zeolitic material.
US11649401B2
A quantum dot-containing material includes: a quantum dot-containing complex including a quantum dot and a first matrix material; and a second matrix material, wherein the quantum dot is dispersed in the first matrix material, the quantum dot-containing complex is dispersed in the second matrix material, and a refractive index of the first matrix material is greater than that of the second matrix material.
US11649389B2
A collection of compressible particles. The compressible particles are intended to be used for attenuating pressure build-up within a confined volume such as a trapped annulus in a wellbore. Each of the compressible particles is fabricated to collapse in response to fluid pressure within the confined volume, and comprises carbon. Particularly, each of the particles comprises a plurality of peripheral openings, permitting an ingress of wellbore fluids in response to an increase in pressure within a trapped annulus. The collection of compressible particles together has a reversible volumetric expansion/contraction of ≥10% and up to 25% at pressures up to 10,000 psi. A method of attenuating annular pressure buildup within a wellbore using the collection of compressible particles is also provided.
US11649384B2
The present invention relates to a method of deriving significant factors of rheological properties, which influence folding stability for developing an adhesive with excellent folding stability, and predicting folding stability through the same. It is possible to select an adhesive with excellent folding stability by measuring initial stress and a strain recovery rate as the significant factors, and measuring predicted folding stability (predicted number of times of folding) therefrom.
US11649381B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive tape that has high conformability and high adhesion to an adherend, particularly, to a hard adherend and that has high removability such that the adhesive tape, when peeled off, can be easily peeled off if it is stretched not only in the horizontal direction of the adhesive tape but also at an angle, without the need to embrittle the adhesive tape, for example, by heating or by using an organic solvent and without leaving an adhesive on the adherend. The present invention relates to an adhesive tape including an adhesive layer containing a filler. The adhesive tape has a thickness of more than 150 μm and less than 1,500 μm, an elongation at break of 600% to 3,000%, and a tensile strength at break of 2.5 to 80.0 MPa.
US11649379B2
An adhesion method including: a step (1), disposing a stickable-curable adhesive layer on a first adherend; a step (2), disposing a curing agent layer on a second adherend, the curing agent layer being able to cure the stickable-curable adhesive layer by contacting and reacting with the stickable-curable adhesive layer; and a step (3), bringing the stickable-curable adhesive layer into contact with the curing agent layer so that they are sandwiched by the first adherend and the second adherend.
US11649376B2
A ceramic paint composition including a polysiloxane, an aluminum oxide, a silicone-based urethane resin, and a solvent component and a brake disc plate for a vehicle including an anticorrosive coated film including the ceramic paint composition are provided.
US11649374B2
A system for applying a coating composition to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator is provided herein. The system includes a storage device for storing instructions for performing a matching protocol, and one or more data processors configured to execute the instructions to, receive, by one or more data processors, target image data of a target coating, the target image data generated by an electronic imaging device, and apply the target image data to a matching protocol to generate application instructions. The system further includes a high transfer efficiency applicator defining a nozzle orifice. The high transfer efficiency applicator is configured to expel the coating composition through the nozzle orifice to the substrate to form a coating layer. The high transfer efficiency applicator is configured expel the coating composition based on the application instructions.
US11649367B2
There are disclosed aqueous pigment dispersions containing dispersant-improving-agents, and methods of preparing and using the same.
US11649359B2
The composition of the present invention includes tungsten oxide particle, inorganic particle other than tungsten oxide particle, and a solvent. The inorganic particle is preferably made of a clay mineral. The clay mineral is preferably bentonite, saponite, or mica. The volume median diameter (D50) of the tungsten oxide particle is preferably 0.01 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less.
US11649352B2
A resin composition for an acoustic matching layer; an acoustic matching sheet formed from the composition; an acoustic wave probe; an acoustic wave measuring apparatus; a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave probe; and a material set, for an acoustic matching layer, that is suitable for preparation of the composition, in which the resin composition for an acoustic matching layer includes a binder including a resin; and metal particles having a monodispersity of 40% to 80%, wherein the monodispersity is calculated by equation (1): monodispersity (%)=(standard deviation of particle sizes of metal particles/average particle size of metal particles)×100.
US11649347B2
A composition comprising: a) one or more copolymers of i) one or more of one or more vinyl or vinylidene aromaticmonomers and/or (meth)acrylates; with ii) one or more unsaturated compounds containing one or more nucleophilic groups wherein the copolymer contains on average about 0.01 to about 5.0 percent by weight of nucleophilic groups based on the weight of the copolymer; b) one or more thermoplastic elastomer based polymers containing one or more nucleophilic groups; and c) one or more polymers having electrophilic groups; wherein the electrophilic groups have reacted with the nucleophilic groups and at least a portion of the one or more copolymers containing nucleophilic groups are bonded to at least a portion of the one or more thermoplastic elastomers containing one or more nucleophilic groups by at least a portion of the one or more polymers having electrophilic groups.
US11649338B2
A composite including a base polymer and a surface-treated inorganic moisture absorbent. The surface-treated inorganic moisture absorbent is surface-treated with a surface-treating agent having a solubility parameter difference of less than or equal to about 3.5 from that of the base polymer. An article including the composite, a battery case including the composite or the article, and a battery including the battery case and an electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
US11649334B2
Provided are: a water-soluble composition which has excellent storage stability and is adaptable to a wide range of light sources and capable of forming a highly fine pattern; a method of producing a cured product of the same; a cured product of the same; and an acylphosphinate. The water-soluble composition contains: an acylphosphinate (A) represented by Formula (I) below, wherein X1 represents an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; X2 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or the like; Am+ represents an alkali metal ion or the like; and m represents a number of 1 to 3; and a compound (B) having a group represented by Formula (II) below, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z1 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n represents a number of 0 to 30; * means a bond; and, when the compound (B) has plural groups represented by Formula (II), plural R1′s, Z1′s, Z2′s and n's are each optionally the same or different.
US11649326B2
Functional, segregated, charged telodendrimers and nanocarriers and methods of making and using same
Provided are multiply functional charged telodendrimers. The telodendrimers can be used for protein encapsulation and delivery. The charged telodendrimers may have one or more crosslinking groups (e.g., boronic acid/catechol reversible crosslinking groups). The telodendrimers can aggregate to form nanoparticles. Cargo such as combinations of proteins and other materials may be sequestered in the core of the nanoparticles via non-covalent or covalent interactions with the telodendrimers. Such nanoparticles may be used in protein delivery applications.
US11649323B2
Compositions and methods for semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and hydroquinone as comonomer units with 4,4′-dihalobenzophenone, and compositions and methods for semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and hydroquinone as comonomer units with 1,4-bis(4-dihalobenzoyl)benzene are described herein. The copolymers have advantageous properties, particularly in terms of their glass transition temperatures (Tg), crystallization temperatures from melt (Tc), melting temperatures (Tm), crystallinity and chemical resistance. The copolymers are suitable for manufacturing high temperature and chemical resistance molded systems and other articles of manufacture via injection molding, extrusion, compression molding, thermoforming and additive manufacturing.
US11649322B2
A copolycarbonate includes 0.005-0.1 mole percent of sulfur-containing carbonate units derived from a sulfur-containing bisphenol monomer, 2-95 mole percent of high heat carbonate units derived from a high heat aromatic dihydroxy monomer, and 5-98 mole percent of a low heat carbonate units derived from a low heat aromatic monomer, each based on the sum of the moles of the carbonate units; and optionally, thioether carbonyl endcaps of the formula —C(═O)-L-S—R, wherein L is a C1-12 aliphatic or aromatic linking group and R is a C1-20 alkyl, C6-18 aryl, or C7-24 arylalkylene; wherein the sulfur content of the high heat copolycarbonate in the absence of the thioether endcaps is from 5-20 parts per million by weight.
US11649311B2
There is provided a method for introducing a temperature-sensitive probe comprising a copolymer, which comprises a thermoresponsive unit and a fluorescent unit, into a cell, and the method using the copolymer further comprising a cationic unit as the temperature-sensitive probe, and the method comprising the step of mixing the copolymer with the cell in a solvent. The copolymer can be preferably used as a fluorescence temperature sensor which measures intracellular temperature since the copolymer has a cationic group and thus enters into a cell without using a special method.
US11649310B2
What are described are copolymers containing cationic structural units and macromonomeric structural units. The copolymers are, for example, advantageously suitable for use in detergent compositions and lead to advantageous shine results, for example, after application on hard surfaces.
US11649309B2
Polymeric dispersants are disclosed that include an acrylic backbone at least one pendantly attached imide group, wherein the carbonyl of the imide are chemically bonded to a fused aromatic ring. The aromatic ring can be substituted with various electron withdrawing or releasing groups. Desirably dispersant also includes solvent-solubilising chains of polyether, polyester, polyacrylate, and or polyolefin.
US11649308B2
A resin composition which has excellent decomposability at low temperature, can provide a molded article having high strength, and enables an increase in the number of layers and thinning so as to enable production of an all-solid-state battery and a ceramic laminate having excellent properties. An inorganic fine particle-dispersed slurry composition containing the resin composition, an inorganic fine particle-dispersed sheet, a method for producing an all-solid-state battery, and a method for producing a multilayer ceramic capacitor. A resin composition containing a (meth)acrylic resin, the (meth)acrylic resin containing 20 to 70% by weight in total of a segment derived from methyl methacrylate and a segment derived from isobutyl methacrylate, 1 to 10% by weight of a segment derived from a glycidyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, and 5 to 40% by weight of a segment derived from a (meth)acrylate containing an ester substituent having a carbon number of 8 or more.
US11649306B2
A modified Ziegler-Natta procatalyst that is a product mixture of modifying an initial Ziegler-Natta procatalyst with a molecular (pro)catalyst, and optionally an activator, the modifying occurring before activating the modified Ziegler-Natta procatalyst with an activator and before contacting the modified Ziegler-Natta procatalyst with a polymerizable olefin. Also, a modified catalyst system prepared therefrom, methods of preparing the modified Ziegler-Natta procatalyst and the modified catalyst system, a method of polymerizing an olefin using the modified catalyst system, and a polyolefin product made thereby.
US11649299B2
Present invention relates to a process to reduce butane sultone hydrolysis products (4-hydroxybutane-1-sulfonic acid, and bis(4-sulfobutyl) ether disodium) in sulfobutylether cyclodextrin reaction mixtures achieved with the combined use of a strong anion exchange resin having dialkyl 2-hydroxyethyl ammonium hydroxide functionality and a cation exchange resin.
US11649296B2
Cellulose-containing compositions and method of making same are disclosed. The compositions comprise a cellulose product comprising a type-I cellulose, a type-II cellulose, amorphous cellulose, or a combination thereof. Further, methods are disclosed for making these compositions and for further hydrolyzing these compositions. Additionally, uses for the cellulose-containing compositions are disclosed.
US11649294B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel anti-HER2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof used in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a chimeric antigen receptor including the same, and uses thereof. The antibody of the present disclosure is an antibody that specifically binds to HER2 which is highly expressed in cancer cells (particularly, breast cancer or gastric cancer cells), and binds to an epitope that is different from an epitope to which trastuzumab binds.
US11649283B2
The invention provides antagonistic and agonistic anti-human VISTA antibodies and antibody fragments. These antagonist antibodies and antibody fragments may be used to inhibit or block VISTA's suppressive effects on T cell immunity and thereby promote T cell immunity. These agonist antibodies and antibody fragments may be used to potentiate or enhance or mimic VISTA's suppressive effects on T cell immunity and thereby suppress T cell immunity. These antagonist antibodies and antibody fragments are especially useful in the treatment of cancer and infectious conditions. These agonist antibodies and antibody fragments are especially useful in the treatment of autoimmunity, allergy, inflammatory conditions, GVHD, sepsis and transplant recipients. Screening assays for identifying these agonists are also provided.
US11649263B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to a method that includes separating an analyte-containing sample via electrophoresis in a capillary. The capillary is loaded with a chemiluminescence agent, such as luminol, that is configured to react with the analyte (e.g., HRP-conjugated proteins) to produce a signal indicative of a concentration and/or quantity of analyte at each location along the length of the capillary. A first image of the capillary containing the analytes and the chemiluminescence agent is captured over a first period of time. A second image of the capillary containing the analytes and the chemiluminescence agent is captured over a second, longer, period of time. A concentration and/or quantity of a first population of analytes at a first location is determined using the first image, and a concentration and/or quantity of a second population of analytes at a second location is determined using the second image.
US11649254B2
The present disclosure provides a compound for a display panel. The compound includes elements selected from O, S or N, electron-donor groups and electron-accepting groups. The OLED device in the display panel includes an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film layer between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin film layer includes a light emitting layer, the light emitting layer includes the compound of the present disclosure, and the compound is used to be any one of a host material, a doping material, and a co-doping material. The compound reduces energy level difference between singlet and triplet states ΔEST through design of the compound molecular structure. The compound realizes an efficient reverse intersystem crossing process, has typical TADF characteristics, and can be used as a light-emitting layer material of an OLED device to improve luminous efficiency and working life.
US11649252B2
The invention relates to a method for producing, amongst other things, amino-acid and/or hydroxycarboxylic-acid metal chelates, a solvent-free mixture of at least one metal oxide, metal hydroxide, metal carbonate or oxalate, and the solid organic acid is subjected to intensive mechanical stress. According to the invention, this is done in that the reaction partners are introduced in particle form into a fluid stream of a fluid-bed countercurrent mill operating without grinding elements, wherein mechanical activation of at least one of the reaction partners is effected by collision processes within a reaction chamber formed in a region of the fluid stream, and a solid body reaction to form the metal chelate is triggered. The novel method operates very energy-efficiently and with a high specific yield. It leads to a product having compact particles in the small, single-digit micrometer range having a comparatively narrow particle sizc distribution and a large surface. The product is homogenous and very pure. Thermal loading or decomposition of the organic chelate ligands, in particular of the amino acids, is likewise avoided, as are contaminants from milling and grinding element abrasion.
US11649250B2
A conjugate of formula (I) wherein Ab is a modified antibody having at least one free conjugation site on each heavy chain.
US11649249B2
The present application relates to bridged triarylamines conforming to a defined formula. These compounds are suitable for use in electronic devices. The present application further relates to processes for preparing the compounds, and to electronic devices comprising the compounds.
US11649247B2
A compound, as defined herein, or pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, for use in treating IDH1 or IDH2 mutant cancer and having the structure: (I).
US11649237B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are substituted imidazo[1,5-α]pyrazine compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing an IRE1α-related disease or disorder. In certain embodiments, the disease or disorder is selected from the group consisting of a neurodegenerative disease, a demyelinating disease, cancer, an eye disease, a fibrotic disease, and diabetes.
US11649236B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle; ring C is a benzene ring or the like; R1 is halogen or the like; R2a and R2b are each independently hydrogen or the like; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R4 is hydrogen or the like; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US11649222B2
The invention provides compounds for use in a method of treating and/or preventing a bacterial infection in a human or non-human mammal, said method comprising administration of said compound in combination with (either simultaneously, separately, or sequentially) a β-lactam antibiotic, wherein said compound has the general formula I: (wherein: Q is a lipophilic, zinc chelating moiety which is selective for Zn2+ ions and which comprises at least one, preferably two or more (e.g 2, 3 or 4), optionally substituted, unsaturated heterocyclic rings, e.g. 5 or 6-membered heterocyclic rings (such rings preferably include at least one heteroatom selected from N, S and O, preferably N); wherein any optional substituents may be selected from C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, amine, and substituted amine; each L, which may be the same or different, is a covalent bond or a linker; each W, which may be the same or different, is a non-peptidic hydrophilic group which comprises one or more hydroxy groups; and x is an integer from 1 to 3) or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
US11649217B2
The present disclosure relates to crystalline form CS1 and CS9 of a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor compound (I) GSK1278863, processes for preparation, and uses for preparing drugs treating and/or preventing anemia thereof.
US11649216B2
The present invention relates to technical field of chemical synthesis of drugs, and provides a preparation method of Macitentan and intermediate compound thereof. Adding THF solution containing compound II and 5-bromo-2-chloropyrimidine slowly into THF solution containing base to react, or adding THF solution containing compound II and THF solution containing 5-bromo-2-chloropyrimidine slowly at the same time into THF solution containing base to react and obtain Macitentan (shown as compound I), wherein the base is selected from sodium hydride, potassium hydride, lithium hydride or lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide. The selectivity of the preparation method is very good, which is suitable for industrial production. The obtained product Macitentan has good quality and high yield. And the product compound II also has good quality and high yield, its HPLC purity is up to 99.0%, the content of impurity A is less than 0.20%, the content of impurity B is less than 0.25%.
US11649209B2
The invention provides two crystalline freebase forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-(2-{[4-(4-carbamoylpiperidin-1-ylmethyl)benzoyl]methylamino}ethyl)piperidin-4-yl ester. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline freebase or prepared using the crystalline freebases; processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline freebases; and methods of using the crystalline freebases to treat a pulmonary disorder.
US11649205B2
The present disclosure is directed to provide a vinylsulfonic anhydride which is useful as a synthetic intermediate for synthesis of a fluorinated monomer. It is also directed to efficiently produce the vinylsulfonic anhydride. It is further directed to efficiently produce a fluorinated monomer using the vinylsulfonic anhydride. A vinylsulfonic anhydride of the present disclosure is expressed by the general formula (1). Further, a process for producing a vinylsulfonic anhydride of the present disclosure includes making a vinylsulfonic acid compound represented by the general formula (2) come in contact and be mixed with an anhydridization agent. Further, a process for producing a vinylsulfonyl fluoride of the present disclosure includes a step (b) of making a vinylsulfonic anhydride represented by the general formula (1) come in contact and be mixed with a fluorinating agent to prepare a reaction mixture including a vinylsulfonyl fluoride represented by the general formula (3) and a vinylsulfonic acid compound represented by the general formula (2).
US11649200B2
The present invention discloses an integrated process and an apparatus for production of various alcohols and Oligomerization of Olefinic feed stocks comprising butylenes and mixture thereof. In this process the combined light olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is divided into two streams and contacted in two different reaction zones, viz. hydration and oligomerization. The mixture of alcohols and oligomer product from hydration reaction is separated and the bottom stream from separator is routed to oligomerization reaction zone in a controlled quantity as selectivity enhancer. Both the reaction zones are operated at different conditions. The product from oligomerization zone is further separated in to lighter and heavier components. Each reaction zone may comprise series of reactors filled with acidic catalysts comprising ion exchange resins.
US11649199B2
A method to recover refrigeration credit from propane feed to a propane dehydrogenation reactor by fully condensing a Depropanizer overhead stream, letting the condensed stream down in pressure, and vaporizing the stream at lower pressure against process streams to recover refrigeration credit.
US11649197B2
A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.
US11649195B2
There is provided a nitrogen fertilizer granule in which the nitrogen release can be timed and the nitrogen release rate can be controlled according to the needs of the plants to be fertilized. The smart release nitrogen-containing fertilizer granule comprises a nitrogen-containing fertilizer core; an organic functional layer covering the core, wherein the organic functional layer comprises at least one functional organic compound that is an enzyme inhibitor, a microbial suppressor, a phosphorus solubilizer, and/or a plant hormone; a controlled release layer covering the organic functional layer, wherein the controlled release layer comprises water-swellable copolymeric nanoparticles; and an anticaking layer covering the controlled release layer, wherein the anticaking layer comprises water-insoluble copolymeric nanoparticles.
US11649187B2
A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (μm)<(3.65×10−9/μm×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in μm, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2−0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.
US11649185B2
An automated large outside diameter preform tipping process. A zone of the preform is heated inside a furnace and softened. The preform tip is shaped and the process is controlled by the movement of the glass above and below the heating zone and by sensing the weight of the lower part of the preform, which in effect is a measure of the viscosity of the softened material. Once the correct viscosity is reached, the bottom holder is moved away from the top holder with a non-linear, accelerated velocity profile (derived from the FEM simulation of glass flow) which is precisely programmed and controlled so that the preform tip is optimally shaped (usually short and sharp tipped) with minimum waste and waveguide distortion when drawn into a fiber. The same concept of the non-linear, accelerated velocity profile can also be applied to other tipping processes such as horizontal preform tipping processes.
US11649184B2
Described herein are glass forming apparatuses with cooled muffle assemblies and methods for using the same to form glass ribbons. According to one embodiment, a muffle assembly for a fusion forming apparatus may include a muffle frame comprising a back wall, a front wall opposite the back wall, and a pair of sidewalls joining the front wall to the back wall in a closed-loop. At least one first cooling tube may extend through the back wall and the front wall across the closed-loop. At least one second cooling tube may extend through the back wall and the front wall across the closed loop such that the at least one second cooling tube is spaced apart from and parallel with the at least one first cooling tube.
US11649180B2
A treatment for a large body of water to make the water suitable for recreational purposes is disclosed. A sedimentation zone and a dissipation zone are designated in the water body. A disinfection method based on a CT index and a flocculant composition are utilized in the sedimentation zone to aid in the settling of different microorganisms and/or contaminants. Also, the water in the sedimentation zone is minimally disturbed to facilitate the sedimentation process. A permanent chlorine residual is maintained in the dissipation zone by adding an efficient amount of a chlorine disinfectant such that at least a 0.5 mg/L free chlorine level is maintained in the water volume. Water is injected into the dissipation zone by means of one or more inlet nozzles. Along with natural currents produced by winds and water temperature differences, a water dissipation pattern from within the dissipation zone into the sedimentation zone is generated.
US11649179B2
A water purification system and method embodying a submerged conduit with a semipermeable surface, thereby leveraging water pressure to cost-effectively and energy-efficiently purify the water that permeates the semipermeable surface. A intake conduit may provide the semipermeable surface, wherein the system contemplates rotating the intake conduit so that as it rotates it engages brushes or blades that clear the semipermeable surface of obstructions.
US11649177B2
Provided are methods of removing perchlorate from water. The methods include contacting water suspected of containing perchlorate with a cationic material. The cationic material includes one or more cationic metal atoms connected by an atom or molecule into an extended structure, and a charge balancing anion. The contacting removes perchlorate (e.g., selectively), if present, from the water. Water treatment vessels, systems and facilities that find use in practicing the methods of the present disclosure are also provided.
US11649175B2
A UV reactor irradiates a flow of fluid with UV radiation. The reactor comprises: a fluid conduit defined by a heat conducting conduit body comprising one or more heat conducting walls for permitting a flow of fluid therethrough; a UV-LED operatively connected to a PCB and oriented for directing radiation into the fluid conduit. The PCB comprises a heat conducting substrate having a first surface. The conduit body is in thermal contact with the first surface of the heat conducting substrate. Heat is dissipated from the UV-LED via the heat conducting substrate, the thermal contact between the first surface of the heat conducting substrate and the heat conducting conduit body, and from the one or more heat conducting walls of the heat conducting conduit body to the fluid flowing through the fluid conduit.
US11649162B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a particle filter layer over a carrier substrate. The particle filter layer is patterned while the particle filter layer is disposed on the carrier substrate to define a particle filter in the particle filter layer. A MEMS substrate is bonded to the carrier substrate. A MEMS structure is formed over the MEMS substrate.
US11649154B2
A water dispenser and a method of controlling a water dispenser are provided. The water dispenser may control power output of an induction heater having a hot water module based on changes in flow rate of water supplied or a temperature of water discharged.
US11649149B1
A rotating lid opener for removing screw lids includes non-slip elements (e.g., non-slip pads) on the underside of the device at locations that will engage with the top surface of the lid, thereby providing additional adhesion or friction when the handle is being rotated to reduce the chance of the device rotating without the jaws locking onto the lid. The non-slip elements can be made of any appropriate non-slip material (e.g., rubber, foam, sponge, cork, fabric, plastic, silicone, elastic, adhesive, etc.) and/or be configured to enhance grip (e.g., patterned, coated, etc.). Among other things, these non-slip elements will facilitate one-hand operation of the device.
US11649143B2
The resonant frequency ωx(n) of horizontal shaking of a suspended load W suspended from the distal end of a telescopic boom 9 via wire ropes 14·16 is calculated on the basis of the suspension length Lm(n)·Ls(n) of the wire ropes 14·16; the characteristic frequency ωy(n) in the raising and lowering direction of the telescopic boom 9 is calculated; and, in accordance with an operation for raising and lowering the telescopic boom 9, the filtering control signal Cd(n) of an actuator is generated in which a frequency component in a discretionary frequency range is attenuated at a discretionary ratio with reference to the resonant frequency ωx(n) of the suspended load W, and in which a frequency component in a discretionary frequency range is attenuated at a discretionary ratio with reference to the characteristic frequency ωy(n) in the raising and lowering direction of the telescopic boom 9.
US11649142B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for payload stabilization is provided. The present invention may include, in response to receiving at least one sensor data associated with a suspended payload, detecting an unstable movement in the suspended payload during a transport of the suspended payload. The present invention may also include implementing at least one sail coupled to the suspended payload to stabilize the detected unstable movement of the suspended payload.
US11649138B2
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system monitoring assembly includes a wind detector configured to detect wind in a hoistway and to provide a wind detector output regarding the detected wind. A processor is configured to receive the wind detector output, determine whether at least one characteristic of the detected wind satisfies at least one predetermined criterion corresponding to an effect on the elevator system, and provide an indication of at least one of the satisfied criterion and the effect on the elevator system.
US11649136B2
A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system is provided. The method including: obtaining a starting location position probability distribution of the conveyance apparatus within the conveyance system; detecting motion of the conveyance apparatus away from the probable starting location for a period of time; determining a distance traveled by the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; determining a direction of motion of the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; and determining a probability of the conveyance apparatus being at each of a plurality of possible destination locations at a conclusion of the period of time in response to the starting location position probability distribution and at least one of the distance traveled, the direction of motion, and the period of time.
US11649135B2
Textile machine producing cross-wound packages, comprising a cross-wound package transport apparatus
A textile machine for producing cross-wound packages, the machine being equipped with a plurality of workstations arranged next to one another on both longitudinal sides of the machine and having a cross-wound package transport apparatus. The cross-wound package transport apparatus has a first transport device, arranged between the two rows of workstations for conveying cross-wound packages, and a handling apparatus for moving cross-wound packages from the first transport device to the second transport device. The handling apparatus is arranged between the end regions of the first transport device.
US11649134B1
According to one embodiment, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes a guide member, a matching member, a post-processing mechanism, a support member, and a drive unit. The guide member has a loading surface on which a sheet is loaded in a standing state. The matching member supports a lower end of the sheet loaded on the guide member in a free raising and lowering manner. The post-processing mechanism performs post-processing on the sheet. The support member supports the matching member. The drive unit raises and lowers the support member. The matching member is configured to be raised and lowered with respect to the support member.
US11649132B2
A layboy includes an upper belt section with a plurality of transversely spaced upper belts that extend in a longitudinal direction such that bottom portions of the upper belts lie in a first plane that defines an upper boundary of a transport path through the layboy and a lower belt section having a plurality of transversely spaced lower belts that extend in the longitudinal direction such that top portions of the lower belts lie in a second plane that defines an upper boundary of the transport path. The bottom portion of one of the top belts and/or the top portion of one of the bottom belts extends away from the transport path to define a gap in the transport path at which scrap moving through the layboy can fall out of the transport path.
US11649131B2
A post-processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to pull in a recording medium transported from an upstream apparatus and perform processing on the recording medium; a discharge unit to which the recording medium processed by the processing unit is discharged; and a lifting drive device configured to, in a case where a folded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit, move the discharge unit downward such that a height of the discharge unit is lower than a height of the discharge unit in a case where an unfolded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit.
US11649125B2
According to one embodiment, a sheet feed device includes a first roller, a second roller, a torque limiter, a holder, and a driving unit. The first roller conveys a sheet in a first direction while being in contact with a first surface of the sheet. The second roller faces the first roller and is in contact with a second surface which is a back side of the first surface of the sheet in a state of sandwiching the sheet between the second roller and the first roller. The torque limiter imparts an anti-torque to the second roller in order to generate a force on the second surface in a direction opposite to the first direction. The holder rotatably supports the second roller. The driving unit moves the holder and biases the holder toward the first roller.
US11649104B2
A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to provide the fluidic connection, namely a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement, each of which is fluidically sealed in an initial state, wherein the first connecting arrangement has, in particular, an opening region that is deformable outside the opening region and is configured such that deformation causes the first connecting arrangement to open in the opening region.
US11649097B2
A bottle system has a liquid container with a reservoir therein and a lid that releasably engages with the liquid container and, thereby, selectively seals the reservoir when engaged with the liquid container. A slot is in the lid. A storage container inserts through the slot and, thereby, releasably engages the lid when inserted through the slot. The lid forms a barrier that separates the storage container from liquid when liquid is present in the reservoir.
US11649090B2
A male belt-shaped base having a male member with a short width, and a separation strip are heat-sealed to a film. A female belt-shaped base having a female member with a long width is heat-sealed at a predetermined position so that the male portion and the female portion are at engageable positions. The film is layered and suitably sealed to form a zipper-tape bag. The film and the separation strip are cut to form a cut portion at a non-bonded region in which the film of the zipper-tape bag is not bonded, thereby forming an unsealing tab. The unsealing tab can be easily formed by simply cutting the film.
US11649088B2
A storage container, comprising a rigid body including a floor, a front wall, a back wall, and side walls, at least one separating wall, and a plurality of fixing elements for removably fixing the separating walls to the storage container. The storage container further comprises a locking element. The container further comprises a plurality of compartments configured to be separated by the separating wall and locked via the locking element. Further, a system comprising a mobile robot and the storage container is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for secure package delivery employing the system.
US11649084B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a packaging apparatus and method for packaging an article with a tubular film to be pulled over the article. The packaging apparatus has a machine frame on which a film supply apparatus and a film covering apparatus are mounted. The packaging apparatus includes a releasable drive coupling usable to operatively couple a drive with either the film covering apparatus or the film supply apparatus (or a subcomponent of the film supply apparatus). Once coupled, the drive can move the film covering apparatus or the film supply apparatus relative to the frame.
US11649078B2
A medical dispensing system with dispensing and pathway components, each of which of a plurality of dispensers and pathways, respectively. The dispensing and pathway components are controlled to minimize contamination between the items being dispensed. Both the dispensing and pathway components have arcs around which the dispensers and pathways are arranged.
US11649077B2
The technology described herein generally relates to particular form of folded package and the method of forming that folded package. The package packages loose particles into a conical container and secures the filling with a folded distal end. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied as filling and the package may further be provided with a fluid core.
US11649075B2
Technology is disclosed herein for a spacecraft launch restraint and dispensing structure. The dispensing structure has a number of trusses and a central structure. When the trusses are in a support position, each spacecraft may be supported at one point by the central structure and at two points by one or more of the trusses. Therefore, each spacecraft may be supported at three points, thereby providing a stable support for each spacecraft. The spacecrafts do not touch each other and do not bear the weight of other spacecrafts. In a deployment position, the trusses extend away from the satellites and do not support the satellites; however, the satellites initially remain connected to the central structure. In the deployment position, the trusses are out of an ejection path such that the satellites can be ejected in a desired sequence from the central structure.
US11649073B2
Vehicles with control surfaces and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a rocket can include a plurality of bidirectional control surfaces positioned toward an aft portion of the rocket. In this embodiment, the bidirectional control surfaces can be operable to control the orientation and/or flight path of the rocket during both ascent, in a nose-first orientation, and descent, in a tail-first orientation for, e.g., a tail-down landing. Launch vehicles with fixed and deployable deceleration surfaces and associated systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11649071B2
The present disclosure relates generally to thrust vector control mechanisms. Mechanisms are provided comprising support and attachment members for securing a thruster or other object to an additional object and wherein the thruster or object is provided with freedom of movement. At least one motor is provided to control movement and positioning of a thruster or similar object.
US11649061B2
An aircraft has multiple independent yaw authority mechanisms. The aircraft includes an airframe having first and second wings with at least first and second pylons extending therebetween and with a plurality of tail members extending therefrom each having an active control surface. A two-dimensional distributed thrust array is coupled to the airframe that includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies each having a rotor assembly and each operable for thrust vectoring. A flight control system is operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. A first yaw authority mechanism includes differential speed control of rotor assemblies rotating clockwise compared to rotor assemblies rotating counterclockwise. A second yaw authority mechanism includes differential longitudinal control surface maneuvers of control surfaces of two symmetrically disposed tail members. A third yaw authority mechanism includes differential thrust vectoring of propulsion assemblies.
US11649056B2
A thermally isolated sensor associated with a gas turbine engine includes a sensor probe configured to measure a temperature of a fluid associated with the gas turbine engine, and a base to be coupled to the gas turbine engine. The thermally isolated sensor includes a leading projection coupled to the base that extends into the fluid. The leading projection is configured to be heated by a heat source associated with the gas turbine engine. The thermally isolated sensor includes a trailing projection coupled to the base that extends into the fluid. The trailing projection is downstream from the leading projection. The trailing projection includes an inlet, and the sensor probe is disposed within the inlet and thermally isolated from the leading projection.
US11649053B2
Described is an apparatus and method of an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) that can operate in either a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or a horizontal flight orientation. The aerial vehicle includes a plurality of propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll) when in the VTOL orientation. The aerial vehicle also includes a ring wing that surrounds the propulsion mechanisms and provides lift to the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle is operating in the horizontal flight orientation.
US11649051B2
A rotary wing vehicle includes a body structure having an elongated tubular backbone or core, and a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system having rotors with each rotor having a separate motor to drive the rotors about a common rotor axis of rotation. The rotor system is used to move the rotary wing vehicle in directional flight.
US11649050B1
Techniques for an unmanned aerial system that embeds data into power sent from a control system to one or more motors so that one or more wires between the control system and the one or more motors can be used to transmit power and data are described. As one example, an unmanned aerial system includes a sensor, a control system comprising alternating current power generation circuitry and first embedded data communication circuitry, and a motor system coupled to the control system via a set of one or more wires and comprising at least one motor to provide propulsion from power generated by the alternating current power generation circuitry and second embedded data communication circuitry to embed data from the sensor into the power generated by the alternating current power generation circuitry to produce modulated power, wherein the first embedded data communication circuitry is to extract the data from the modulated power. The unmanned aerial system may include a second set of one or more wires dedicated to send the data from the sensor to the control system.
US11649043B2
An aircraft comprises a fuselage, one or more support structures connected to the fuselage, one or more engines or motors disposed within or attached to the one or more support structures or the fuselage, and a distributed propulsion system. The distributed propulsion system comprising two or more propellers symmetrically distributed in an array along the one or more support structures with respect to a center of gravity of the aircraft and operably connected to the one or more engines or motors, wherein each propeller has a rotation direction within a tilted plane of rotation, and a summation of horizontal force vectors created by the tilted plane of rotation of all the propellers is substantially zero when all the propellers are creating a substantially equal thrust magnitude. Movement of the aircraft is controlled by selectively increasing or decreasing a thrust of at least one of the two or more propellers.
US11649042B2
According to an aspect, a method of assembling a mandrel includes assembling a plurality of members via interlocking features arranged at opposing edges of each member of the plurality of members to form a compartment, the assembled members having a collective outer surface that conforms to an inner surface of the spar. A support member is inserted into the compartment formed radially inward from the assembled members, the support member making contact with a portion of each member of the plurality of members.
US11649038B2
A system includes a thermal engine operatively connected to drive a propeller. An electric motor is operatively connected to the thermal engine to drive the propeller together with the thermal engine. An external input system is configured to accept input and output a thrust command. A protection function module is configured to enforce limits on the thermal engine, electric motor, and propeller. A low select module is operatively connected to receive input from the external input system and form the protection function module and to output the lower of input from the protection function module and external input system to the thermal engine, the electric motor, and the propeller.
US11649029B2
Systems, assemblies, and methods for operating a marine motor are provided herein. An example motor system includes a motor, a battery, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a user input indicating a desired speed, determine a charge level of the battery, determine an optimized speed or propulsion of the marine motor based on the desired speed and the determined charge level of the battery, and transmit a signal to the motor to operate accordingly. The processor may generate a correction factor based on at least one of the determined charge level of the battery, a boat speed profile curve, and a boat travel distance curve; and determine the optimized speed or propulsion by applying the correction factor to the desired speed. Thus, an eco-mode can be provided to help maintain a high level of battery charge while still enabling desired use.
US11649011B2
A mooring device including: a strut with a first end and a second end; a first head; a pivot mount; a first suction cup; a rotating mount; a second head; a second suction cup; a rod; and a flotation cover sleeve. The pivot mount allows the first head to pivot about a first head axis and therefore to rotate relative to the strut. The rotating mount allows the suction cup to rotate about a second axis relative to the strut. The flotation cover sleeve having a buoyancy sufficient to render the entire apparatus positively buoyant in water.
US11649008B2
A three wheeled vehicle is provided that can include a frame, a steerable front wheel secured to a front end of the frame, a first trailing wheel arm having a first rear wheel secured thereto and a second trailing wheel arm having a second rear wheel secured thereto, and a central suspension joint secured to the frame on which the first and second trailing wheel arm is rotatably secured on either side of the frame. Further, the vehicle can include a horizontal linkage pivotably connected on the frame at the midsection beneath the first and second trailing wheel arms and linked to an underside of the first and second trailing wheel arm between the first wheel and the central suspension joint proximal to a first end of the horizontal linkage and between the second wheel and the central suspension joint proximal to a second end of the horizontal linkage, respectively.
US11649004B2
A seat that includes an upper surface, a lower surface, one or more pressure sensors communicatively coupled to a controller, and a plurality of artificial muscles disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles is communicatively coupled to the controller. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.
US11648995B2
A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis, and an orientation with respect to the surface, the orientation referred to as an attitude. At least one ground-contacting element is flexibly coupled to the support platform in such a manner that the attitude of the support platform is capable of variation. One or more ground-contacting elements are driven by a motorized drive arrangement. A sensor module generates a signal characterizing the attitude of the support platform. Based on the attitude, a controller commands the motorized drive arrangement.
US11648994B2
Steering is used to augment the CMG-based balance control of a two-wheeled vehicle, e.g., a bicycle, electric bicycle (“ebike”), scooter, electric scooter, moped, or motorcycle. A control architecture enables a two wheeled vehicle with simultaneously or alternating mechatronic attitude control systems to balance autonomously at rest or while dynamically driven with mechatronic command.
US11648989B2
A heavy-duty vehicle frame rail clamp on mounting bracket includes a first member, a second member, a third member, and at least one fastener. The third member is configured to contact the first member and the second member. The at least one fastener is applied to the third member. Upon a fastening thereof, the at least one fastener is configured to generate a clamping force on the first member and on the second member. The first member and the second member have a same shape.
US11648982B2
An embodiment rear side structure for a vehicle includes a rear side member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a shock absorber mounting member connected to the rear side member, and a rear wheelhouse panel connected to the shock absorber mounting member, wherein the shock absorber mounting member and the rear wheelhouse panel are joined so that the shock absorber mounting member and the rear wheelhouse panel form a wheel arch.
US11648980B2
A method to determine, in real time, a use-life of a steering system includes tracking an attribute signal associated with the steering system. The method further includes, based on a determination that the attribute signal rises above an upper threshold and subsequently falls below a lower threshold, selecting a subset of categories based on a frequency content of the attribute signal. The method further includes selecting a category from the subset of categories based on a peak load occurring in sequence to the attribute signal via a secondary attribute signal. The method further includes incrementing a counter for the selected category. The method further includes computing the use-life based on a ratio of the counter for the selected category and a predetermined count for said selected category.
US11648974B2
A steering support includes a body portion provided with an internal space, and first and second fastening portions. The first fastening portion is provided to form a first steering fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a steering of a vehicle. The second fastening portion is provided to form a miscellaneous member fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a miscellaneous member of the vehicle. At least part of the first steering fastening portion and at least a part of the miscellaneous member fastening portion are located on a substantially straight line that passes through the internal space.
US11648968B2
A system for detection and identification of objects and obstacles near, between or on railway comprise several forward-looking imagers adapted to cover each different range forward and preferably to be sensitive each to different wavelength of radiation, including visible light, LWIR, and SWIR. The substantially homogeneous temperature along the rail the image of which is included in an imager frame assists in identifying and distinguishing the rail from the background. Image processing is applied to define living creature in the image frame and to distinguish from a man-made object based on temperature of the body. Electro optic sensors (e.g. thermal infrared imaging sensor and visible band imaging sensor) are used to survey and monitor railway scenes in real time.
US11648967B2
A locking system is provided for fall protection. The locking system includes a housing. The housing defines a guide path through which the housing is slideably attached to a guide member. The locking system also includes a braking lever having a braking surface and an attachment end. The braking lever is configured to rotate so as to allow a braking surface to engage the guide member. The locking system further include a locking lever that is rotatably coupled to the braking lever. The locking lever is rotatable such that it rotates from an unlocked position to a locked position. In the unlocked position an activation end of the locking lever is positioned in a first location that is proximate to the attachment end and in the locked position the activation end is positioned in a second position distant to the attachment end.
US11648963B2
A LiDAR sensor three-dimensionally scans laser light outward of the vehicle and receives reflected light. A LiDAR data analyzer groups three-dimensional points of the reflected light acquired by the LiDAR sensor into clusters. A precise docking control start determination unit compares shapes and reflectance distributions between at least one of the clusters obtained by the LiDAR data analyzer and a reference cluster representing a stop target to determine whether or not the at least one cluster includes the stop target.
US11648962B1
Techniques for predicting safety metrics associated with near-miss conditions for a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, are discussed herein. For instance, a training system identifies an object in an environment and determines a trajectory for the object. The training system may receive a trajectory for a vehicle and associate the trajectory for the object and the trajectory for the vehicle with an event involving the object and the vehicle. In examples, the training system determines a parameter associated with motion of the vehicle as indicated by the trajectory of the vehicle relative to the trajectory of the object, and the event. Then, the training system may determine a safety metric associated with the event that indicates whether the vehicle came within a threshold of a collision with the object during a time period associated with the event.
US11648957B1
Systems and methods for improving operation of a vehicle are presented. In one example, a controller may respond to a temperature of a catalyst to permit or temporarily inhibit a vehicle from moving. Engine load and engine emissions may be reduced by limiting vehicle motion until a catalyst temperature exceeds a threshold temperature.
US11648952B2
Systems and methods for avoiding or mitigating motion sickness in a vehicle are disclosed herein. The systems and methods may include (a) determining a profile of the individual inclination towards motion sickness; (b) predicting an individual effectiveness of countermeasures based on typing using the data from step (a); (c) evaluating the actual effectiveness of the predicted countermeasures after their implementation when travelling in the vehicle; wherein step (a) is repeated regularly and all data and results from step (c) are fed into a self-learning system in order to obtain an improved statement on the individual actual effectiveness of countermeasures taken and to make the selection of effective countermeasures based on them.
US11648945B2
In various examples, live perception from sensors of a vehicle may be leveraged to detect and classify intersections in an environment of a vehicle in real-time or near real-time. For example, a deep neural network (DNN) may be trained to compute various outputs—such as bounding box coordinates for intersections, intersection coverage maps corresponding to the bounding boxes, intersection attributes, distances to intersections, and/or distance coverage maps associated with the intersections. The outputs may be decoded and/or post-processed to determine final locations of, distances to, and/or attributes of the detected intersections.
US11648944B2
A device for controlling an electric oil pump (EOP), which is configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to a vehicle, includes a controller that controls driving of the EOP based on lighting information of a traffic light corresponding to a travel direction of the vehicle in a state in which an engine of the vehicle is stopped as an Idle Stop and Go (ISG) system of the vehicle is operated.
US11648941B2
A vehicle includes a sensing device disposed at the vehicle so as to have an external field of view of the vehicle, configured to detect a target vehicle moving from the external field of view to a parking space and a plurality of stationary parked vehicles; a controller configured to obtain a first distance that is a width between the plurality of parked vehicles and a second distance that is a width between one parked vehicle of the plurality of parked vehicles and the target vehicle adjacent to the one parked vehicle; and a warner configured to output a warning signal based on a control command of the controller.
US11648932B2
A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.
US11648931B2
A vehicle running mode control method may include detecting, by a mode controller, a mode switching from an electric vehicle mode (EV mode) to a hybrid electric vehicle mode (HEV mode) while a vehicle runs; and performing a continuously variable transmission (CVT) cooperative mode switching control in which a drive motor is connected to an engine by engaging a clutch by operating the CVT.
US11648925B2
Methods and corresponding control devices for releasing an electric actuator in a reliable manner, such as an electric parking brake in particular, in a motor vehicle brake system. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved function and architecture which helps prevent the disadvantages of open-loop control systems when using a rationalized sensor system, thereby obviating closed-loop control systems. This is achieved by a release method and a corresponding electronic control unit which obtains an especially modulated change in the power requirement during the release process upon impacting the quasi-elastic release end stop of the electric actuating unit such that the change is fed back, the change being detected in order to be used as information for a power interruption or a termination of the power supply to the electric actuating unit.
US11648920B2
The present invention obtains a controller capable of improving safety of a motorcycle. The controller that controls vehicle body behavior of the motorcycle includes: an acquisition section that acquires trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle; and an execution section that initiates a control mode making the motorcycle execute an automatic brake operation in accordance with the trigger information acquired by the acquisition section and makes the motorcycle generate a braking force. The acquisition section further acquires seat load information that is information of a load received by a seat of the motorcycle, and the execution section changes the automatic brake operation, which is executed in the control mode, in accordance with the seat load information acquired by the acquisition section.
US11648919B2
A braking control device includes a first control unit configured to execute first control for reducing a target braking force, which is either a front-wheel braking force to be applied to front wheels of a vehicle or a rear-wheel braking force to be applied to rear wheels during increasing of deceleration of the vehicle, in a case that a behavior of the vehicle is unstable as the target braking force is increased; and a second control unit configured to execute second control for reducing a rate of increase in the target braking force and increasing a rate of increase in the front-wheel braking force or the rear-wheel braking force, which is not the target braking force, prior to execution of the first control.
US11648918B2
A compensation control system is provided for preventing braking inconvenience of a flex brake that compensates for brake hydraulic pressure only for initial braking when a brake mode is forcibly switched, thus allowing a driver to recognize a change in braking force, and thereby improving stability when a vehicle is driven. The control system forcibly switches the brake mode, selected by a driver when a booster system fails, into a normal brake mode, and compensates to reduce the magnitude of brake hydraulic pressure, which is to be reduced when the brake mode is forcibly switched, during initial braking.
US11648911B2
A vehicle system configured to control a vehicle provided with a vehicle platform that includes a drive unit, an auxiliary device, a first controller, a second controller, a high-voltage electric power source, a low-voltage electric power source, an autonomous driving platform that performs autonomous driving control, and a vehicle control interface that connects the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving platform to each other and is configured to convert a first control instruction into a second control instruction with respect to the vehicle platform, and transmit the second control instruction. The vehicle system includes a controlling device configured to cause the second controller and the vehicle control interface to enter an operating state and cut off supply of electric power from the high-voltage electric power source to the drive unit.
US11648910B2
The present invention provides a roof airbag for a vehicle, the roof airbag including an airbag cushion mounted on a roof panel of a vehicle and configured to deploy downward from the roof panel to a location between front and rear passengers seated while facing one another, a front tether configured to surround an outer portion of the airbag cushion and having one end connected to a front side of the airbag cushion and the other end connected to the airbag cushion, and a rear tether configured to surround the outer portion of the airbag cushion and having one end connected to a rear side of the airbag cushion and the other end connected to the airbag cushion, in which the front and rear tethers surround the outer portion of the airbag cushion while intersecting each other.
US11648904B2
Proposed is an apparatus for coupling an airbag module to a steering wheel. A coupling open area extends completely through a steering wheel in a forward-backward direction. A hook extends from a rear portion of an airbag module to behind the steering wheel, and includes a bent portion provided on a distal end to be bent in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the hook. A fixing clip is disposed on a rear portion of the steering wheel and fixed to the steering wheel, with an end of the fixing clip being caught by and coupled to the bent portion of the hook to stop movement of the hook forward of the steering wheel. A catching protrusion protrudes from the rear portion of the steering wheel to catch the end of the fixing clip and stop movement of the fixing clip when the hook is decoupled.
US11648896B2
In an embodiment a circuit includes drive circuitry configured to be coupled to a control terminal of an electronic switch and configured to apply a discharge signal to the control terminal causing the electronic switch to become conductive and provide an electrical discharge path for an energized element, a sensing node configured to be coupled to the control terminal and configured to sense a voltage at the control terminal and a feedback network coupled between the sensing node and the drive circuitry, wherein the feedback network includes a comparator circuit coupled to the sensing node and configured to compare the voltage at the control terminal and sensed at the sensing node with a reference threshold and to provide a comparison signal having a first value and a second value, respectively, in response to the voltage at the control terminal being higher or lower than the reference threshold, and wherein the drive circuitry is configured to produce the discharge signal as a function of the comparison signal.
US11648895B2
A vehicle and method for intra-vehicle communication within the vehicle involve a sending controller to transmit a message, and a receiving controller to receive the message. The vehicle includes one or more switches to relay the message from the sending controller to the receiving controller. The sending controller and each of the one or more switches include an egress port for transmission of the message. A processor performs bounded timing analysis to determine a total wait time during transmission of the message from the sending controller to the receiving controller as a sum of each egress port wait time at each egress port encountered by the message. Action is taken to avoid or mitigate the total wait time during transmission exceeding a deadline for the message, and the bounded timing analysis includes performing an iterative process and determining a lower bound (LB), an upper bound (UB), and a median value.
US11648891B2
A vehicle headliner includes a two-piece headliner body made up of first and second headliner pieces that are secured together in a mechanical joint. Each of the first and second headliner pieces is comprised of a molded polymer substrate having first and second sides and a fabric on the first side. The molded polymer substrate is partially impregnated into the fabric such that the fabric is fused to the first side. The first piece defines an opening for receipt of a console. There is at least one bridge that spans across the opening and has a molded-in attachment feature for securing the console.
US11648887B2
Power machines and loaders having doors with an integrated display that allows the display of information, such as gauges, user inputs, mapped obstacles, boundaries, etc., that allows the operator of the machine to see the displayed information closer to the line of sight with the work area. The display can show augmented reality information about a worksite.
US11648880B1
A barbecue grill configured to be removably attached to a docking mechanism which is supported by a pickup truck bed. A heat resistant docking plate that is configured to be attached to a vehicle tailgate, and allows the user to nest, lock and carry the grill in the back of the pickup bed. The grill includes a lid, a grate, burners, and burner covers which may be locked for transport to reduce rattle, and burners which are secured to the grill body. A double wall with stainless steel interior and aluminum exterior is provided to permit the grill to get hotter on the inside without dissipating as much heat. A removable drip pan with a large reservoir is provided in order to contain drippings during device transport.
US11648873B2
Various aspects and embodiments of under-hood luminaires are described. In one example, an under-hood luminaire includes a luminaire frame assembly. The luminaire frame assembly includes support braces and a number of cross members secured to the support braces in a spaced-apart configuration. The cross members include mounting surfaces, and light strips are secured to the mounting surfaces. The luminaire also includes a contraction hook assembly that can be used to secure the under-hood luminaire to the hood of an automobile. The luminaire can be relied upon to uniformly illuminate the engine compartment of the automobile, helping to eliminate lost productivity and frustration for mechanics.
US11648871B1
A circular car side LED projection lamp installed onto a car body and used as a warning light includes a lamp base, a light panel, a light guide frame and a lamp cover. Both light panel and light guide frame are installed in the lamp base, covered by the lamp cover, and connected to the lamp base. The light panel has a drive circuit and plural first LEDs connected to the drive circuit, spaced from each other, and arranged on at least two opposite sides of the light panel. The light guide frame is covered onto the light panel, and two opposite sides of its inner frame perimeter are in a serrated shape with convex teeth extending downwardly to form a light guide part which is covered onto each first LED to receive and guide a beam from each first LED to form a side light.
US11648868B1
A vessel guidance system is used with a boat trailer typically having a frame formed of a pair of side rails with numerous transverse rails ding therebetween. The guidance system includes a pair of elongated, buoyant supports, each hingedly attached to the front end of one the trailer side rails. Each support configured to receive a pontoon or a discrete portion of a boat hull. Extending from the rear end of each support is a V-shaped guide for capturing the nose cone and the skeg on a pontoon or boat hull. Once the hull or pontoon is captured, the vessel is guided onto the supports as the vessel is further propelled onto the trailer. As the towing vehicle withdraws the trailer from the water, the supports gradually lower the vessel onto the trailer frame.
US11648867B2
A system to detect and avoid spilled cargo in an automobile vehicle, includes an automobile vehicle rear cargo area including a floor to temporarily receive a storage item in the cargo area. A lift gate is moved between a closed and latched position and a fully open position inclusive to allow loading and removal of the storage item. A vision system identifies the storage item when initially loaded in the cargo area and identifies if the storage item is initially positioned in a cargo spill position or subsequently moves to the cargo spill position. A cargo stop device is releasably connected to the lift gate. An operating system releasably stores the cargo stop device when the storage item is not in the cargo spill position and deploys the cargo stop device when the storage item is in the cargo spill position.
US11648866B2
The invention relates to a transport vehicle for transporting at least one transport unit. The transport vehicle including at least one drive unit having at least one electric drive, at least one steerable vehicle wheel, at least one standing platform, at least one control unit (6), and at least one loading fork, and at least two longitudinal outriggers, which are arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another and extend in a longitudinal direction of the transport vehicle and between which the loading fork is arranged so as to be height-adjustable and which are in each case connected to the drive unit by one end section and at the respective other end section of which in each case at least one non-steerable vehicle wheel is arranged.
US11648859B2
Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
US11648851B2
An electrical on-board power system for an electrically driven transportation vehicle having a traction battery with a first battery terminal and a second battery terminal, a first current path between the first battery terminal and a first terminal, and a second current path between the second battery terminal and a second terminal. An electrical or electromagnetic first switch is connected in the first current path and an electrical or electromagnetic second switch is connected in the second current path. The on-board power system has a DC-to-DC voltage converter connected at output to a low-voltage system, wherein a first input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a first tap in the first current path and the first switch, and a second input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a second tap between the second switch and the second load terminal.
US11648848B1
A system for managing residual energy for an electric aircraft, wherein the system includes a battery pack incorporated in the electric aircraft, wherein the battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules and at least a pack monitor unit configured to generate a battery pack datum. The system further includes a charging component connected to the battery pack and a sensor connected to the charging component and configured to detect at least an electrical parameter of the charging component and the electric aircraft and generate a residual datum as a function of the at least an electrical parameter and the battery pack datum. The system further includes a computing device configured to receive the residual datum from the sensor, identify a residual element, generate an alert datum as a function of the residual element, and execute a security measure as a function of the alert datum.
US11648846B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system for charging one or more electric vehicles (e.g., based on one or more reserved charging sessions; for charging an electric vehicle during a scheduled time period; etc.) can include: receiving a reservation request (e.g., a reservation request including one or more reservation parameters; etc.); scheduling a reserved charging session based on the reservation request (e.g., based on reservation parameters from the reservation request; etc.); determining a check in at an Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) for the reserved charging session; and/or causing the EVSE to charge the electric vehicle based on the reserved charging session (e.g., during the scheduled time period; etc.).
US11648845B2
The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.
US11648844B2
In one embodiment, an EV charging system includes: a plurality of first converters to receive and convert grid power at a distribution grid voltage to at least one second voltage; a high frequency transformer coupled to the first converters to receive the at least one second voltage and output at least one high frequency AC voltage; and a plurality of port rectifiers coupled to a plurality of secondary windings of the high frequency transformer, each of the port rectifiers comprising a unidirectional AC-DC converter to receive and convert the at least one high frequency AC voltage to a DC voltage. At least some of the port rectifiers may be coupled in series to provide at least one of a charging current or a charging voltage to at least one dispenser to which at least one EV is to couple.
US11648843B2
A robotic system for fueling or charging a vehicle having a vehicle connector, the robotic system including a robotic arm having a plurality of sequentially arranged articulated links and at least one group of operating cables extending from a proximal end of the arm to terminate at a control link, for controlling the position of that link, the cables each having a path comprising a passage in each successive more proximal link for closely receiving the cable, a flexible conduit operably connected with the robotic arm for delivering a fluid or an electrical current, respectively, to a vehicle, the conduit being connected to a source at a first end and a delivery connector at a second end, and a control system for operating the robotic arm and the hose or cable, wherein the control system directs the robotic arm to engage the vehicle connector with the delivery connector and, upon engagement of the vehicle connector and delivery connector, the control system relaxes the robotic arm to an under-constrained condition.
US11648842B2
A plug connector part for charging an electrically-operated vehicle is provided. The plug connector part includes at least one electrical contact element which is connectable along an insertion direction to a counter-contact element of a counter-plug connector part and has a plurality of contact lamellae grouped around a plug opening for receiving the counter-contact element. The plug connector part also includes a spring element arranged at the contact lamellae circumferentially around the insertion direction, at least in portions, in order to provide a mechanical pre-tensing. Further, a sensor device is configured to detect a measurement variable and is arranged at least at one of the contact lamellae and is held by the spring element at the at least one of the contact lamellae.
US11648827B2
A pneumatic shade includes a plurality of slats, a plurality of first fold members, and a plurality of second fold members. Each slat is elongated and includes and spans laterally between opposite longitudinal edges. Each of the first- and second-fold members are elongated and co-extend longitudinally with the slats. Each first fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of the respective adjacent slats. Each second fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of respective adjacent slats and are alternatingly orientated with respect to the first fold members such that each slat spans laterally between a respective first fold member and second fold member. Each of the first fold members and the second fold members are adapted to move between a folded state and an unfolded state upon application of pressurized air.
US11648820B2
A vehicle instrument panel structure is provided including a blower outlet and a guide member. The blower outlet is provided between a meter section on an instrument panel provided at a front section of a vehicle cabin and an interior member of a vehicle door, and is capable of blowing an airflow substantially toward a vehicle rear side. The guide member is provided at the vehicle rear side of the blower outlet so as to block the blower outlet from view of an occupant sitting in a vehicle seat provided inside the vehicle cabin, and extends at an angle toward the vehicle rear side on progression from a location corresponding to the blower outlet toward a vehicle width direction outer side.
US11648813B2
The present disclosure discloses an all-terrain vehicle which includes: a frame, a left-front suspension assembly connected with a left side of the frame and including a left-upper rocker arm and a left-lower rocker arm, the left-upper rocker arm is located above the left-lower rocker arm; a right-front suspension assembly connected with a right side of the frame and including a right-upper rocker arm and a right-lower rocker arm, the right-upper rocker arm is located above the right-lower rocker arm; a lateral stabilizer bar mounted on the frame and arranged above the left-upper rocker arm and the right-upper rocker arm, and a steering gear mounted on the frame and located below the lateral stabilizer bar.
US11648804B2
A tire can include a block having a recess. The recess can include a first opening on a tread side and a second opening on a side wall face side. The first opening can include a pair of first edges extending from a first vertex to the side wall face side so as to form a V-shaped edge on the tread. The second opening can include a pair of second edges that can extend from a second vertex on the side wall face, and can be connected to the pair of first edges at intersection points. One of the pair of second edges can include a second edge body that can extend on a straight line from the second vertex to the intersection point, and a second edge subsidiary portion that can be bent so as to widen the second opening.
US11648799B2
A vehicle wheel structure comprising: a road wheel; a wheel mounting whereby the wheel is mounted to the body of the vehicle, the mounting structure comprising a wheel bearing by which the wheel can revolve about a wheel axis with respect to the body of the vehicle; a wheel cover attached to the wheel by a wheel cover bearing by which the wheel can revolve about the wheel axis with respect to the wheel cover; and a link coupled between (i) the cover and (ii) one of the mounting structure and the vehicle body for resisting rotation of the wheel cover with respect to the wheel mounting about the wheel axis.
US11648797B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method associated with the device. The device is a carpenter speed square generally comprised of a flat triangular frame with one 90 degree angle and two 45 degree angles. The frame has a flange that protrudes outward from its top and bottom faces along one of the edges adjacent to the 90 degree angle. The device has an integrated means for sharpening pencils. With respect to the associated method, the user holds the device in their non-dominant hand with that hand wrapping around the flange with the right angle on the side adjacent to the thumb. Using their dominant hand and the integrated pencil sharpener the pencil is sharpened. Once sharpened, the pencil will be in the users dominate hand and the device will be in the uses non-dominate hand which is conducive to common layout and marking operations.
US11648792B2
In general, the subject matter described in this specification relates to security credentials for documents, such as identification documents. One example is an identification document that includes a photographic image of an individual associated with the document, and a spiral pattern applied to a region of the identification document. The spiral pattern includes an elliptical spiral segmented into a plurality of arc segments, where wherein the arc segments of the spiral pattern encode identification data associated with the individual. Other implementations include corresponding processes, systems, apparatus, and computer programs related to generating and verifying identification documents with spiral patterns.
US11648788B1
An apparatus for cooling a print head implemented on a wire and cable manufacturing line, the apparatus comprising a sleeve, wherein the sleeve has an internal portion and an external portion and wherein the sleeve forms an internal void marginally larger than the size of the print head and wherein the sleeve further comprises an elongated surface; a front surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the front surface comprises an ink outlet opening; a rear surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the rear surface comprises a cable opening; a channel connected to the internal portion of the sleeve, wherein the channel comprises an open side facing the internal void and wherein the channel on the internal portion of the sleeve extends from the rear to the front of the sleeve; an air inlet compartment in communication with the channel and enclosed by the rear surface; an air inlet in communication with the air inlet compartment; and an exhaust channel connected to the sleeve and extending from the front surface to the rear surface along the elongated surface and connected to the channel at the front of the sleeve.
US11648786B2
A recording device includes an endless transporting belt that transports a recording medium in a normal transport direction and a reverse transport direction, a recording head, a cleaning liquid attaching unit that attaches a cleaning liquid to a front surface of the transporting belt, a first blade that comes into contact with the front surface to remove the cleaning liquid attached to the front surface, and a blade moving unit that moves the first blade in approaching and separating directions with respect to the front surface. The blade moving unit causes the first blade to come into contact with the front surface when the transporting belt is rotating in a reverse rotation direction, and causes the first blade to be separated from the front surface when the transporting belt is rotating in a normal rotation direction.
US11648782B2
A technique capable of suppressing a color shift caused by a variation in ejection characteristics among nozzles is to be provided. A generating unit configured to generate print data which is configured with a printing pixel, which represents that a printing agent is applied, or a non-printing pixel, which represents that a printing agent is not applied, generates the print data as follows: (i) the first quantization data is obtained by quantizing the first image data; and (ii) by applying a correction value based on the ejection characteristics related to a plurality of printing elements for applying a printing agent, a value representing that a printing agent is applied a plurality of times is set for at least one target printing pixel in the first quantization data.
US11648778B2
There is provided a liquid ejecting head including: first and second nozzle rows extending in a first direction; a first supply flow path; a first filter chamber having a first inlet; and a second filter chamber having a second inlet, in which the first and second nozzle rows are shifted from each other in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first supply flow path has a branch flow path for distributing the liquid between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber at a branch position, the branch position is disposed between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber in a plan view, and the first and second inlets are disposed at a part where the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber overlap each other when viewed in the second direction.
US11648774B2
A piezoelectric actuator includes: a diaphragm plate; a first electrode provided on or over the diaphragm plate; a piezoelectric substance layer provided on or over the first electrode; and a second electrode provided on or over the piezoelectric substance layer; wherein the piezoelectric substance layer includes a plurality of active portions sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, either one of the first electrode and the second electrode is an individual electrode provided individually for each of the plurality of active portions, the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode that is common to the plurality of active portions, and lead-out wiring is multiple-connected to the individual electrode.
US11648764B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a bent component. The present disclosure moreover relates to a shaping tool for manufacturing a bent component. The shaping tool comprises a first tool half, a second tool half and at least one movable cylinder pin. The first tool half of the shaping tool is arranged opposite the second half of the shaping tool. An outer end of the at least one cylinder pin herein points in the direction of the second half of the shaping tool. A holding element for receiving a flat bendable element is assembled on this outer end of the at least one cylinder pin.
US11648761B2
A method of making an electrically-conductive film is provided. The method includes providing a release layer, optionally having a topologically structured surface, and depositing at least one electrically-conductive layer on the release layer whereby the at least one electrically-conductive layer has an outer surface that substantially replicates the topologically structured surface. The electrically-conductive layer can be peeled away from the release layer to obtain the electrically-conductive film. Such electrically-conductive films can be useful in lightning strike applications.
US11648760B2
A biaxially-oriented polyethylene (BOPE) multilayer film comprises a skin layer with a matte surface and a core, the skin layer with a matte surface comprising, in weight percent (wt %) based upon the weight of the skin layer: (1) from 20 to 80 wt % of an ethylene-based polymer, and (2) from 80 to 20 wt % of a propylene-based polymer; each of the ethylene-based polymer and the propylene-based polymer having a storage modulus, with a difference between the storage modulus of the ethylene-based polymer and the propylene-based polymer of greater than 40 megaPascals (MPa) at 110° C., and greater than 18 MPa at 120° C.
US11648759B2
One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200 Ω/□ or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
US11648753B2
A window pane has a plurality of capacitive switching regions, for separating an interior from an external environment, wherein the window pane includes a pane having an inner surface and a coating that is arranged at least partially on the inner surface of the pane and a capacitive switching region is in each case electrically separated from the coating by at least one coating-free dividing line and can be electrically connected to a sensor electronics system and has a detection region for contactlessly detecting an object moved by a person in an activation region and the direction of movement thereof.
US11648749B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a method of producing a rigid board plastic flooring. The method includes extruding a bottom layer without adding a plasticizer, overlapping sequentially a back embossment board, the bottom layer, a first connecting layer, a decoration layer, and a wear layer to form a sandwich, hot pressing the sandwich with temperature and pressure and applying a UV treatment to a top surface of the sandwich after hot pressing the sandwich. The method continues by annealing the sandwich after applying the UV treatment, cooling the sandwich to ambient temperature, and cutting the sandwich to size.
US11648746B2
There is provided an arrangement and method for handling a load for isostatic pressure treatment in a high-pressure arrangement. The arrangement comprises a transportation unit arranged in a first space, wherein the transportation unit is configured for horizontal transportation of a pressure vessel comprising the load into the high-pressure arrangement before pressure treatment of the load, and out of the high-pressure arrangement after pressure treatment of the load, respectively. The arrangement further comprises an elevator unit vertically operable between the first space and a second space provided below the first space, wherein the elevator unit is configured to lift the load from the second space into the pressure vessel before pressure treatment of the load, and to lower the load from the pressure vessel to the second space after pressure treatment of the load, respectively.
US11648744B2
On-site pressing of field poles for a hydroelectric generator is provided. A field pole may be placed on a press cart and press bars may be placed on top of the field pole. The press cart is moved along a track to transport the field pole to a pressing unit. Hydraulic cylinders in the pressing unit press the field pole and the press bars between the cart and a top plate of the pressing unit to straighten the field pole.
US11648742B2
The disclosure provides post-production methods for functionalization of optical quality films produced by top tier manufactures. The methods disclosed herein allow for the incorporation of different additives into existing films.
US11648738B2
A system and method for separating a layer from a layer assembly when the layer assembly includes a backing layer and a material layer. The system includes an automated machine having a controller and an end effector. A separating tool is attached to the end effector of the automated machine. The separating tool includes a displacing member, with an outer face, configured to establish a void between the backing layer and the material layer by displacing a portion of the backing layer. The separating layer also includes a securing member configured to establish a mechanical connection with a displaced portion of the backing layer.
US11648736B2
A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes an ejection portion, a base stage, a movement portion, and a controller. The ejection portion configured to eject a fused thermoplastic resin. The movement portion configured to change relative positions of the ejection portion and the base stage. The controller configured to control the movement portion and the ejection portion such that a wall is formed by ejecting a fused thermoplastic resin from the ejection portion while relatively moving the ejection portion with respect to the base stage to provide a space surrounded by the wall in a horizontal direction and open in an upward direction, and such that a filling portion is formed by injecting a fused thermoplastic resin into the space from above.
US11648735B2
Arrangement (10) for the powder-bed-based additive manufacturing of a component (100), wherein the arrangement (10) comprises the following: a housing (12), which comprises a building volume (14), wherein the building volume (14) comprises a building area (16); at least three marker devices (20), which are fastened in or on the housing (12), wherein each marker device (20) is suitable for projecting a light reference marking (22) onto a component (100) lying on the building area (16) and/or onto the building area (16); a laser device (30) for the laser processing of a powder bed for generating a component (100) on the building area (16) by means of additive manufacturing, wherein the laser device (30) is set up for the laser processing of an associated working area (32a-32d), wherein the laser device (30) comprises a detection device (34), which is set up to sense the light reference markings (22); and a control unit (40), which is set up to calibrate the laser device (30) on the basis of the light reference markings (22) sensed by the detection device (34).
US11648729B2
A method for treating additive manufacturing powder particles is provided. The method includes exposing the additive manufacturing powder particles to plasma radiation, where the plasma radiation forms functional groups, on surfaces of the additive manufacturing powder particles, having molecular bonds that vibrate in response to irradiation by laser energy of an additive manufacturing process, and moving the additive manufacturing powder particles to expose the additive manufacturing powder particles to the plasma radiation.
US11648727B2
An expanding tool comprising: an actuator comprising a cylindrical housing that defines an actuator housing cavity; a primary ram disposed within the actuator housing cavity, the primary ram defining an internal primary ram cavity; a secondary ram disposed within the internal primary ram cavity; a cam roller carrier coupled to a distal end of the secondary ram; a drive collar positioned within a distal end of the actuator housing cavity; a roller clutch disposed within an internal cavity defined by an inner surface of the drive collar; a shuttle cam positioned between the roller clutch and a distal end of the primary ram; an expander cone coupled to the primary ram; and an expander head operably coupled to the drive collar.
US11648724B2
A liquid container manufacturing method of manufacturing a liquid container that contains a content liquid from a synthetic resin preform, the method including an inflation body insertion step of inserting an inflation body into the preform; an air discharge step of discharging air out of the preform by inflating an inflation body in the preform; a mouth blocking step of blocking a mouth of the preform; an inflation body contraction step of contracting the inflation body with the mouth blocked; and a liquid blow molding step of molding the preform into a liquid container by supplying a pressurized liquid into the preform through a blow nozzle.
US11648723B2
A method of manufacturing a polymer film includes melting a resin, extruding the melted resin through a die to produce a polymer film, shaping the polymer film, cooling the polymer film, capturing an image of a test pattern through the polymer film, calculating a modulation transfer function value from the image, and adjusting a process parameter of the melting, the extruding, the shaping, or the cooling based on the calculated modulation transfer function value.
US11648722B2
The invention relates to a process for removal of volatile components from an olefin polymer, the process carried out in an extruder comprising at least one vacuum degassing zone, said process comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a stream of an olefin polymer into the extruder; (b) extruding the olefin polymer in the extruder at a temperature which is higher than the melting temperature of the olefin polymer but lower than the decomposition temperature of the olefin polymer, thereby producing an olefin polymer melt having reduced amount of volatile components, wherein the process in the extruder has a residence time distribution broadness (σ2) in the range of 800 to 4000 as define by equation (1) wherein: σ2 is the residence time distribution broadness, T is the mean residence time, t is the interval of residence time a fluid element of the olefin polymer spends in the extruder, E(t) is the residence time distribution function, and wherein the process optionally comprises a step (c) where the melt of the olefin polymer is passed through a die zone to a pelletizer for pelletizing the obtained olefin polymer. σ2=∫0∞(t−τ)2E(t)dt equation (1)
US11648720B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of articles, exemplarily a plastic article, by means of an extruder (1) to which a first plastic composition of a first main component and at least one associated minor component is supplied from a first group of dosing stations (21, 24). According to the invention, during the production time of a first production order there is prepared a second group of dosing stations (31, 33) at the extruder for a second production order for which a second plastic composition of a second main component and at least one associated minor component that is different from the first plastic composition has to be supplied to the extruder. After completion of the first production order it is reset to the second production order by terminating the supply of the first plastic composition by closing a first shut-off device (8) and starting the supply of the second plastic composition by opening a second shut-off device (8′).
US11648714B2
A thermally expandable sheet according to the present invention includes a stress buffer layer provided on one surface of a base material and having an elastic property, a thermal expansion layer provided on the stress buffer layer and containing a first thermally expandable material that expands according to heat and a first binder, and a cover layer provided on the thermal expansion layer and having an elastic property.
US11648708B2
A composite material molding jig for molding a long member made of a fiber base material and a resin on a plate member includes: a first member that is made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to a thermal expansion coefficient of the long member, internally includes a space serving as a mold of the long member, and has an outer surface formed flat in a longitudinal direction; and a second member that is made of a material lighter than the material of the first member, internally includes a space shaped to contain the first member, and has an inner surface formed flat in the longitudinal direction, wherein the fiber base material is placed in the space inside the first member, and the first member is placed in the space inside the second member for molding the long member.
US11648706B2
The invention relates to a process for fabricating complex mechanical shapes from metal or ceramic, and in particular to fabricating complex mechanical shapes using a pressure-assisted sintering technique to address problems relating to variations in specimen thickness and tooling, or densification gradients, by 3-D printing of a sacrificial, self-destructing powder mold is created using e.g. alumina and swellable binders such as polysaccharides. The binder-free sintering powder that forms the manufactured item is injected into the mold, and high pressure is applied. The powder assembly can then be sintered by any pressure assisted technique to full densification and the self-destructing mold allows the release of the fully densified complex manufactured item.
US11648705B2
Provided is a wood processing system including a wood conveying device having a longitudinal direction along one direction in the horizontal direction and being capable of conveying wood along the longitudinal direction; a multi-axis processing machine arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction of the wood conveying device, the multi-axis processing machine including a spindle capable of being attached with a first tool, and a spindle moving device having two or more linear axes perpendicular to one another and two or more rotational axes for moving the spindle; and at least one multi-articulated robot arranged along the wood conveying device on the other side in the longitudinal direction of the wood conveying device, the at least one multi-articulated robot including a wrist capable of being attached with a tool unit including a second tool, and an arm having six or more rotational axes for moving the wrist.
US11648701B1
An orbital knife including a support structure; a yoke rotatably attached to the support structure having a yoke hub and a plurality of yoke arms; one or more rotatable knife rolls connected to at least two of the plurality of yoke arms; one or more blades attached to each of the one or more knife rolls; one or more sun gears rotatably attached to the support structure; an anvil roll rotatably attached to the support structure; one or more idler gears wherein each such idler gear is mated with one of the one or more sun gears; and one or more planet gears wherein each knife roll has rotatably attached thereto at least one planet gear and each planet gear is mated with one of the one or more idler gears, with the sun gear driving the idler gear which in turn drives the planet gear.
US11648696B1
A razor including a head and a handle attached to the head via a pivot mechanism. An adjustable spring is used to orient the head. The head includes a top member, a bottom member, and one or more pins to retain a blade stack between the top member and the bottom member, the blade stack to comprise at least one razor blade and at least one spacer. The head also includes at least one removable fastener to enable the user to fasten the top member and the bottom member around the blade stack. The handle may be made of multiple segments with a common connection type making it reconfigurable by the user. The head may have channels to allow a fluid, gel or product from a cavity in the handle to the surface of the head. The handle may have a magnet at the end or in the last segment.
US11648693B2
A personal care product system having a stand and a handle is provided. The handle can be docked with the stand when not in use. The position of the handle relative to the stand is maintained by a docking magnet in the handle and a docking magnet in the stand. The stand includes a base having a stand resting plane and an opposing top surface. The handle extends upward from the opposing top surface of the stand and is tilted with respect to a vertical axis with a majority of the handle being unsupported. A handle resting plane intersects the stand resting plane at an included angle of less than 90 degrees, and an axis of polarity of the docking magnet in the handle intersects the handle resting plane at an included angle between 15 and 35 degrees to facilitate the tilted position of the handle.
US11648688B2
A gripper for gripping a workpiece includes: a base; at least one middle segment pivotally connected to the base; a distal segment pivotally connected to the at least one middle segment; at least one actuator disposed within the base; an adducting tendon having a proximal end attached to the at least one actuator and a distal end attached to the distal segment, the at least one actuator being configured for linearly and nonrotationally moving the proximal end of the adducting tendon; and an abducting tendon having a proximal end attached to the base and a distal end attached to the distal segment, wherein the middle segment and the distal segment are configured for gripping the workpiece as the at least one actuator moves in a first direction and ungripping the workpiece as the at least one actuator moves in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.
US11648686B2
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based process identification, extraction, and automation for robotic process automation (RPA) is disclosed. Listeners may be deployed to user computing systems to collect data pertaining to user actions. The data collected by the listeners may then be sent to one or more servers and be stored in a database. This data may be analyzed by AI layers to recognize patterns of user behavioral processes therein. These recognized processes may then be distilled into respective RPA workflows and deployed to automate the processes.
US11648684B2
An autonomously moving robotic device for distributing designated items includes multiple compartments, a release mechanism to release items from the multiple compartments; a memory module containing optical recognition scans and personal information of persons located within a premises, and substantive information of the designated items, optical recognition scanners, a control module in communication with the optical recognition scanners, the memory and the release mechanism. The control unit directs movement of the device, directs the optical recognition scanners to scan persons, and compares images from the optical recognition scanners to optical recognitions in the memory to identify persons. Upon identifying a person, the control unit searches personal information of the person and identifies designated items specified for that person, and then directs the release mechanism to release the designated item.
US11648683B2
In various examples, a computer-implemented method of generating instructions for a welding robot. The computer-implemented method comprises identifying an expected position of a candidate seam on a part to be welded based on a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of the part, scanning a workspace containing the part to produce a representation of the part, identifying the candidate seam on the part based on the representation of the part and the expected position of the candidate seam, determining an actual position of the candidate seam, and generating welding instructions for the welding robot based at least in part on the actual position of the candidate seam.
US11648682B2
The present disclosure relates to a visual servoing method based on fusion of distance space and image feature space. The method includes: constructing an image Jacobian matrix; constructing a depth Jacobian matrix; fusing the image Jacobian matrix and the depth Jacobian matrix, to obtain a hybrid visual servoing Jacobian matrix; and obtaining a robot motion control amount according to the hybrid visual servoing Jacobian matrix by using a control algorithm, to enable a robot to move to a target position, to complete precise positioning.
US11648681B2
The present invention proposes an inverse kinematics modeling and solving principle for multi-axis systems based on axis invariant, including: the D-H and D-H parameter determination principle based on fixed axis invarian, “Ju-Gibbs” quaternion and class direction cosine matrix principle, the inverse solution principle of general 6R and 7R robotic arms based on axial invariant. These principles are versatile, convenient, and precise. They can be set up as circuits, code, directly or indirectly, partially or completely within a multi-axis robot system. In addition, the present invention also includes analysis verification system constructed on these principles for designing and verifying multi-axis robot systems.
US11648675B2
A mother-child robot cooperative work system and a work method thereof include a mother robot and a charging base0, in which the mother robot is provided with a control unit and a work unit. The system also includes child robot, communicatively coupled to the mother robot. The mother robot performs cleaning for a work area under the control of the control unit, and recognizes cleanable area and assisted cleaning area in a cleaning process. After cleaning work in the cleanable area is completed, the control unit in the mother robot controls the child robot to cooperatively complete the cleaning work in the assisted cleaning area. The mother robot is provided with a child robot pose sensing unit. The unit inputs child robot pose information to the control unit; and the control unit controls the child robot to act as indicated.
US11648669B2
In an embodiment, a method for handling an order includes determining a plurality of ingredients based on an order, received from a user over a network, for a location having a plurality of robots. The method further includes planning at least one trajectory for at least one robot based on the plurality of ingredients and utensils available at the location, and proximity of each ingredient and utensil to the at least one robot. Each trajectory can be configured to move one of the plurality of ingredients into a container associated with the order. In an embodiment, the method includes executing the at least one trajectory by the at least one robot to fulfill the order. In an embodiment, the method includes moving the container to a pickup area.
US11648667B2
A processing path generating device including an intuitive path teaching device and a controller is provided. The intuitive path teaching device is provided for gripping and moving with respect to a workpiece to create a moving path. The intuitive path teaching device has a detecting portion for detecting a surface feature of the workpiece. The controller is connected to the intuitive path teaching device. The controller generates a processing path according to the moving path of the intuitive path teaching device and the surface feature of the workpiece.
US11648665B2
A method for controlling a robot includes applying a setpoint force to a contact point; measuring a contact stiffness at the contact point; and slowing down the moving robot using its drives and/or braking the robot to apply the setpoint force to the contact point by the slowing down and/or slowed down robot depending on the measured contact stiffness, wherein the robot is slowed down before the setpoint force is reached.
US11648664B2
A method for controlling a robot using control parameter values from a non-Euclidean control parameter space. The method includes performing a Bayesian optimization of an objective function representing a desired control objective of the robot over the control parameter space, wherein evaluation points of the objective function are determined by searching an optimum of an acquisition function in an iterative search. In each iteration, the following are performed: updating a candidate evaluation point using a search direction in the tangent space of the parameter space at the candidate evaluation point, mapping the updated candidate evaluation point from the tangent space to the parameter space, and using the mapped updated candidate evaluation point as evaluation point for a next iteration until a stop criterion is fulfilled, and controlling the robot in accordance with a control parameter value found in the Bayesian optimization.
US11648660B2
A robot manipulator including limbs moveable via bearings controlled by actuators; sensors to capture a bearing position and a bearing torque/bearing force; a first sensor to capture a force screw W; a housing downstream of the first sensor; a second sensor to capture a user force applied to the housing and/or a user torque; a computing unit to determine, using a dynamics model of the robot manipulator and based on particular bearing torque/bearing force, the force screw W, and the user force and/or the user torque, a first force and/or a first torque to shift the limbs and a second force and/or a second torque to apply to an external object via an effector, wherein the dynamics model includes at least gravitational forces and inertial forces based on the bearing position; and a storage unit to store the first and/or the second force, and/or the first and/or the second torque.
US11648652B2
A nailing depth adjustable air nail gun, including a gun head, a gun body, a clip device, a safety rack installed on the gun head, an adjusting mechanism and a trigger gear, the adjusting mechanism comprises a locating pin and an adjusting screw, the adjusting screw is located at the upper end of locating pin, the bottom of adjusting screw contacts the upper end of locating pin, the adjusting screw comprises a shaft and a head, a regulating wheel, a pressure spring, the pressure spring is fitted over the shaft, the gun head is provided with a limiting base corresponding to the regulating wheel, the limiting base has a strip bulge extending towards the regulating wheel, multiple strip slots matching the strip bulge are uniformly distributed on the outer wall of the regulating wheel, the strip bulge is stuck in the strip slot.
US11648645B2
A method of cleaning a conditioner head includes bringing two clamps of a cleaning tool inward toward a disk-shaped pad conditioner head to press a sponge against an outer surface of the disk-shaped pad conditioner head, and creating relative motion between the cleaning tool and the pad conditioner head to wipe the sponge against the pad conditioner head.
US11648640B2
Provided is a method of double-side polishing a wafer by which variations of the GBIR values of polished wafers between batches can be reduced. In the method of double-side polishing a wafer, a current batch includes measuring the center thickness of the wafer before polishing (S100); setting a target GBIR value within a predetermined range (S110); calculating a polishing time of the current batch based on Formula (1) (S120); and polishing both surfaces of the wafer for the calculated polishing time (S130). Polishing time of current batch=polishing time of previous batch+A1×(center thickness of wafer before polishing in previous batch−center thickness of wafer before polishing in current batch)+A2×(GBIR value of wafer after polishing in previous batch−target GBIR value)+A3 (1), where A1, A2, and A3 are predetermined coefficients.
US11648628B2
A method for matching and tracking workpieces in laser etching operation includes generating by the computer a label image that uniquely identifies the workpiece, moving a laser head to the workpiece, setting the laser head to a first power level by a power controller, etching the product image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the first power level in accordance with a product image in a pixel wise fashion across the workpiece, moving the laser head to the label by the transport mechanism, setting the laser head to a second power level by the power controller, etching the label image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the second power level in accordance with the label image in a pixel wise fashion across the label.
US11648618B2
A cutting tooth includes a tooth body having a mounting side, a front face spaced from the mounting side, and a plurality of lateral faces extending between the mounting side and the front face, the tooth body having an interior hardness, and a coating applied to at least one of the lateral faces to form a lateral hardface, the lateral hardface having a hardface hardness greater than the interior hardness, an edge of the lateral hardface closest to the front face and a portion of the front face adjacent the edge of the lateral hardface defining a cutting edge region of the tooth.
US11648606B2
The application provides a cooling water channel for a casting mold. The cooling water channel adopts a sealing structure in which a water channel insert, a sealing cover plate and a metal corrugated sealing ring are matched with each other, wherein a bottom surface of the metal corrugated sealing ring is corrugated or two side walls of the metal corrugated sealing ring are corrugated, and the sealing cover plate is pressed to enable the metal corrugated sealing ring to generate elastic deformation, so that corrugations on the two side walls of the metal corrugated sealing ring and a side wall of the water channel form multi-point contact or the bottom surface of the metal corrugated sealing ring expands to make the side walls of the metal corrugated sealing ring in tight contact with the water channel to achieve a water channel sealing effect.
US11648592B2
A system for treating wash waste liquid is described, configured for coupling to a wash module of a continuous Tunnel washing machine for the field of Preclinical Pharmaceutical Research, said wash module (12) comprising a wash chamber (25), characterized in that it comprises: a wash tub (22) with a side wall (31) substantially cylindrical in shape, with a tangential liquid suction outlet (33) and a substantially conical bottom, with a wash waste drain point (35) at the vertex of the cone, said tangential suction being adapted to generate a rotational motion of the liquid in said tub, said tub being positioned under said wash chamber (25), so as to receive said wash liquid by gravity; a centrifugal wash pump (21) with an open impeller, adapted to take in liquid from said tangential liquid suction outlet (33); an in-line filter (26) with an internal filter cartridge of the “wedge-wire” type, adapted to filter the liquid coming from said centrifugal pump (21) and deliver it back, filtered, into said wash chamber (25), and comprising a flush valve (27) for discharging the filtering waste.
US11648591B2
The speed, effectiveness, and convenience with which pallets and other objects are cleaned can be increased by using a pressure power-washing apparatus described. The apparatus includes at least one pressure-washer that pumps liquid from a tank into rotary arms within a cleaning chamber, causing the rotation of the arms as the arms eject streams of the liquid pumped under a high pressure from angled nozzles. Conveyors carry an object in need of cleaning into the cleaning chamber, first exposing the object to the streams of the liquid, and then to a drying chamber. Guide rails positioned on the platform guide the object during cleaning, with the shape of one of the guide rails causing the object to fall off following the drying to remove excess liquid left on the object.
US11648585B2
In a vibration unit, a first electrode of a sensor circuit of a control unit is electrically connected to a first external electrode of a first piezoelectric element, a second electrode of the sensor circuit is electrically connected to a second external electrode of the first piezoelectric element, a first electrode of a drive circuit is electrically connected to a first external electrode of a second piezoelectric element, and a second electrode of the drive circuit is electrically connected to a second external electrode of the second piezoelectric element. Only a relatively small voltage induced by an electromotive force occurring due to the flexure of the first piezoelectric element is applied to the sensor circuit. In addition, only a relatively large drive voltage to be applied to the second piezoelectric element is applied to the drive circuit.
US11648582B2
The present disclosure relates to an application system with a cartridge having at least one container with a respective outlet, and a closure element that can sealingly close the outlet of the at least one container when the cartridge is in the delivery state. When in the storage state, the cartridge sealingly closes the closure element. When the cartridge is in the state of use, the closure element can be removed therefrom and an accessory can be connected to the outlet of the at least one container. According to the invention, the cartridge or the closure element comprises, in the delivery state, a connecting element which cannot be removed without being damaged, and the cartridge or the closure element, in the storage state, is connected via a connecting element that cannot be removed without being damaged, to a closure element or the cartridge.
US11648578B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method articulating and rotary spray system for fluids that includes a first drive for rotating a mast for different headings and a second drive for rotating a nozzle for different pitches at any time with or without rotation of the mast. The method and system uses a system of interacting gears that rotate a control rod in variable synchronization to control the nozzle pitch relative to the mast heading while the control rod orbits about a center of rotation of the rotating mast along a longitudinal axis.
US11648576B2
The present invention concerns a device (1) for dispensing a fluid (L), suited to be coupled with a container (C) holding said fluid (L). The device (1) comprises a collapsible chamber (6) suited to draw, contain and dispense an amount of said fluid (L) and at least partially delimited by a deformable membrane (10) suited to be squeezed to dispense at least one portion of said amount from the collapsible chamber (6). The device (1) comprises locking means (50, 52, 56) suited to maintain the deformable membrane (10) in a fixed squeezed position and release means (80, 84a, 84b, 86a, 86b) suited to release the deformable membrane (10) from the fixed squeezed position.
US11648573B2
The present disclosure is related to a showerhead including a housing, a turbine, and a shutter. The housing defines a fluid inlet and a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The chamber includes a plurality of engagement teeth and defines outlets for a first nozzle bank and a second nozzle bank. The turbine is received in the chamber. The shutter is received in the chamber and rotatably coupled to the turbine such that rotation of the turbine causes movement of the shutter. The shutter includes a plurality of shutter teeth positioned around a perimeter of the shutter. Engagement of the shutter teeth and the engagement teeth act to restrict the shutter from rotating while allowing the shutter to move across the chamber in a sliding motion.
US11648570B2
The present invention relates to a fluid treatment chamber with a self-cleaning rotary sight window. The proposed rotary sight window includes a stationary frame (10); a transparent stationary panel (11) attached to the stationary frame by a leak-tight joint (41); a rotary frame (20) connected to the stationary frame (10) by a rotary joint (40); a transparent rotary panel (21) attached to the rotary frame (20) by a joint, the transparent rotary panel (21) being arranged opposite and spaced apart from the transparent stationary panel (11) by an intermediate chamber (1); and a motor (30) connected to the transparent rotary panel (21) or to the rotary frame (20), wherein the joint between the transparent rotary panel (21) and the rotary frame (20) is an interference joint (43) attached by a dimensional interference fit.
US11648569B2
The present invention relates to the use for ore beneficiation, of at least one derivative of alkoxylated (polyester)amine. The present invention also relates to the flotation pulp and the tailings comprising said product useful for ore beneficiation.
US11648567B2
Automatic paper shredder having a paper pressing mechanism, which includes upper shredder cover, lower shredder cover, paper support box, paper pressing plate, cover plate, spindle and two spindle holders. Upper cover is connected to lower cover. Paper support box is above the lower cover forming a cavity for to-be-shredded paper. Fixed ends of paper pressing plate and cover plate are around the spindle, so free ends of paper pressing plate and cover plate can rotate coaxially. Two ends of spindle are respectively disposed in two spindle holders, so spindle can rotate. Two spindle holders are connected to upper cover to connect cover plate and paper pressing plate to upper cover. Paper pressing plate is disposed below cover plate and for pressing to-be-shredded paper placed on paper support box when a user closes cover plate.
US11648566B2
A pipetting device includes pipetting unit(s), a guide assembly with at least one guide rail on which the pipetting unit(s) is guided in order to be moved along a movement axis, and a linear drive assembly, by which the pipetting unit(s) can be driven in order to be moved along the movement axis. The linear drive device has a stationary stator, and the at least one pipetting unit forms a linear drive assembly rotor which can be moved along the movement axis relative to the stator. The pipetting device also has at least two rotor magnet assemblies which interact with the same common stator magnet assembly so as to generate a drive force and which are arranged at a distance from one another along a spacing axis that is orthogonal to the movement axis. The common stator magnet assembly is located between the at least two rotor magnet assemblies.
US11648561B2
A system and method for processing and detecting nucleic acids from a set of biological samples, comprising: a capture plate and a capture plate module configured to facilitate binding of nucleic acids within the set of biological samples to magnetic beads; a molecular diagnostic module configured to receive nucleic acids bound to magnetic beads, isolate nucleic acids, and analyze nucleic acids, comprising a cartridge receiving module, a heating/cooling subsystem and a magnet configured to facilitate isolation of nucleic acids, a valve actuation subsystem configured to control fluid flow through a microfluidic cartridge for processing nucleic acids, and an optical subsystem for analysis of nucleic acids; a fluid handling system configured to deliver samples and reagents to components of the system to facilitate molecular diagnostic protocols; and an assay strip configured to combine nucleic acid samples with molecular diagnostic reagents for analysis of nucleic acids.
US11648560B2
Provided herein, among other aspects, are methods and apparatuses for analyzing particles in a sample. In some aspects, the particles can be analytes, cells, nucleic acids, or proteins and can be contacted with a tag, partitioned into aliquots, detected by a ranking device, and isolated. The methods and apparatuses provided herein may include a microfluidic chip. In some aspects, the methods and apparatuses may be used to quantify rare particles in a sample, such as cancer cells and other rare cells for disease diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment.
US11648557B2
Techniques relate to forming a sorting device. A mesh is formed on top of a substrate. Metal assisted chemical etching is performed to remove substrate material of the substrate at locations of the mesh. Pillars are formed in the substrate by removal of the substrate material. The mesh is removed to leave the pillars in a nanopillar array. The pillars in the nanopillar array are designed with a spacing to sort particles of different sizes such that the particles at or above a predetermined dimension are sorted in a first direction and the particles below the predetermined dimension are sorted in a second direction.
US11648553B2
A material for manipulating liquid includes a porous substrate having first and second surfaces; and a wedge-shaped transport element disposed on one of the first and second surfaces, wherein the wedge-shaped transport element has a narrow end and a wide end, the wide end connected to a first reservoir, wherein the wedge-shaped transport element is configured to pass liquid from the narrow end to the wide end to the first reservoir, regardless of gravity, and wherein the first reservoir is configured to pass liquid away from the substrate in a z-direction opposite from the surface on which a liquid is deposited. The surface on which the wedge-shaped transport element is disposed is one of hydrophobic or superhydrophobic, and the wedge-shaped transport element is one of a) superhydrophilic when the first surface is hydrophobic, b) superhydrophilic when the first surface is superhydrophobic, and c) hydrophilic when the first surface is superhydrophobic.
US11648551B2
Among other things, the present invention is related to devices and methods of performing biological and chemical assays, particularly an easy sample manipulation and/or a rapid change or a rapid thermal cycling of a sample temperature is needed (e.g. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for amplifying nucleic acids).
US11648541B2
Catalysts and method of preparing the catalysts are disclosed. One of the catalysts includes a zeolite support, a Group VIII metal on the zeolite support, and at least two halides bound to the zeolite support, to the Group VIII metal, or to both, and can have an average crush strength greater than 11.25 lb based on at least two samples of pellets of the catalyst measured in accordance with ASTM D4179.
US11648534B2
The present invention provides an oxidation catalyst composition suitable for at least partial conversion of gaseous hydrocarbon emissions, e.g., methane. The oxidation catalyst composition includes at least one platinum group metal (PGM) component supported onto a porous zirconia-containing material that provides an effect on hydrocarbon conversion activity. The porous zirconia-containing material is at least 90% by weight in the monoclinic phase. Furthermore, the PGM component can comprise at least one platinum group metal in the form of colloidally deposited nanoparticles. The oxidation catalyst composition can be used in the treatment of emissions from lean compressed natural gas engines.
US11648529B2
The invention relates to strong hydrogen-bond acidic sorbents. The sorbents may be provided in a form that limits or eliminates intramolecular bonding of the hydrogen-bond acidic site between neighboring sorbent molecules, for example, by providing steric groups adjacent to the hydrogen-bond acidic site. The hydrogen bond site may be a phenolic structure based on a bisphenol architecture. The sorbents of the invention may be used in methods for trapping or detecting hazardous chemicals or explosives.
US11648518B2
A catalytic reactor comprises a floating particle catcher unit and a particle catching surface which extracts particles from the fluid flow stream above the catalyst bed whereby at least a part of the particles settles on the particle catching surface instead of clogging the catalyst bed.
US11648514B2
A perfluorocarbon-free membrane composed of a non-perfluorocarbon material having a first side and a second side opposite of the first side. The perfluorocarbon-free membrane also includes a plurality of pores, each having an inlet and outlet and each passing through the non-perfluorocarbon material so that each pore provides fluidic communication between the first and second sides of the non-perfluorocarbon material. A portion of the non-perfluorocarbon material extends over the inlet and outlet of each the plurality of pores so that a cross-sectional area of the inlets and outlets in a direction of the extension of the non-perfluorocarbon material is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the respective pore in the direction of the extension of the non-perfluorocarbon material. The perfluorocarbon-free membrane does not include a hydrophobic perfluorocarbon coating.
US11648513B2
A detonator positioning device for use with a detonator in a perforating gun assembly is described. The detonator positioning device is configured for electrically contactably forming an electrical connection within the perforating gun housing by contact. The detonator positioning device includes a body having a first end, a second end, and a central bore extending between the first and second ends. The central bore is adapted for receiving one or more electrically contactable components of a detonator. The detonator positioning device aligns at least one of the one or more electrically contactable components to form an electrical connection with a bulkhead assembly.
US11648501B2
Adsorbent materials are disclosed, along with filter elements containing the adsorbent materials methods of using adsorbents to remove siloxane contaminants from a gas stream. The method includes providing an adsorbent material that has been washed with an acid and passing a gas through the adsorbent material so as to reduce siloxane levels in the gas. A filter element for reducing siloxane levels in a gas includes a first adsorbent material, the first adsorbent material comprising an acid-washed adsorbent; and a second adsorbent material, the second adsorbent material comprising an acid-impregnated adsorbent.
US11648497B2
An air filtration system includes a frame directing an airflow through the air filtration system and a media filter disposed in the frame including one or more filtration elements. The system further includes one or more alignment features and one or more sealing elements interactive with the one or more alignment features to prevent incorrect installation of the media filter into the frame. A method of installing a media filter in an air filtration system includes aligning an alignment feature of the media filter with an opening in a frame of the air filtration system and inserting the media filter into the frame. The alignment feature ensures that the media filter is inserted in the frame in a correct orientation.
US11648496B2
A treatment module including a housing having an input port and an output port; a plurality of treatment members, each treatment member having a skeleton and a mesh material provided over the skeleton, the mesh material being joined to the skeleton at one or more portions of the skeleton; and a layer of particles formed over a first side of the mesh material, the layer having pores of sufficient size to enable a fluid to flow through the layer.
US11648492B2
A device for degassing and/or dehydrating a hydraulic oil includes a flow lance, a flow duct, and a decoupling module. The flow lance includes a restriction site via which the hydraulic oil flows under a high pressure drop. The flow duct is configured as a pipe that is located downstream of the restriction site. The quantity of oil that flows via the restriction site and a throughflow cross section of the restriction site are coordinated to one another such that a cavitation zone or supercavitation zone forms downstream of the restriction site. The flow duct has a significantly larger cross section with respect to the throughflow cross section of the restriction site. For a quiet operation of the device, the flow lance is held in the decoupling module via which the flow lance is configured to be fastened in a vibration-decoupled manner to a tank.
US11648490B2
Disclosed is a device for chromatographic separations comprising: a manifold comprising a manifold body defining an elongate central duct, the central duct comprising a centrally-located closable duct valve providing selective fluid communication between a first portion of the central duct and an opposed second portion of the central duct, a first plurality of connectors, each connector of the first plurality of connectors for connecting to a distinct chromatographic separation column and/or feed or extraction tubing or to a connector of an adjacent manifold; a second plurality of connectors, each connector of the second plurality of connectors for connecting to a distinct chromatographic separation column and/or feed or extraction tubing or to a connector of an adjacent manifold; wherein said manifold body further defines: a first plurality of branch ducts, each branch duct of which extending from the first portion of the central duct to an individual one of the first plurality of connectors, each of the branch ducts of the first plurality of branch ducts comprising a closable branch valve providing selectable fluid communication between a respective connector and the first portion of the central duct, a second plurality of branch ducts, each branch duct of which extending from the second portion of the central duct to an individual one of the second plurality of connectors, each of the branch ducts of the second plurality of branch ducts comprising a closable branch valve providing selectable fluid communication between a respective connector and the second portion of the central duct; first and second ports in fluid communication with the centrally-located closable duct valve wherein said first port communicates with said first portion of the central duct and said second port communicates with said second portion of said central duct, wherein one of said first and second ports is further positioned to communicate with said central duct at a location between the centrally-located closable duct valve and the first and second plurality of branch ducts, respectively.
US11648484B2
The present disclosure provides a collision judgment method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a moving device, according to acceleration data collected by an acceleration sensor, that the moving device collides; sending collision information to the corresponding control device, including at least a moving device identifier and a collision time; sending, by the corresponding control device, the collision information to a collision judgment device; detecting, by the collision judgement device, whether at least two collision information sent by the at least two control devices is received within a predetermined time interval; when the at least two collision information is received within the predetermined time interval, and a difference between collision times carried in the at least two collision information is less than a preset threshold, determining that moving devices corresponding to moving device identifiers carried in the at least two collision information collided with one other.
US11648483B2
Sound-generating toys are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a sound-generating toy includes a squeezable body defining an internal chamber. A sound-generating module is positioned within the chamber. The module can include a housing containing (i) an airflow sensor configured to detect a pressure change in the chamber, (ii) a speaker configured to generate an audio output, and (iii) programmable circuitry operably coupled to the airflow sensor and the speaker. In operation, the airflow sensor can detect a pressure change in the chamber caused by a user squeezing the body of the toy, and can output a signal to the programmable circuitry indicating the pressure change. After receiving the signal indicating the pressure change, the programmable circuitry can drive the speaker to generate the audio output.
US11648477B2
A method, computer-readable storage medium, and device for generating a character model. The method comprises: receiving an input image of a reference subject; processing the input image to generate a normalized image; identifying a set of features present in the normalized image, wherein each feature in the set of features corresponds to a portion of a head or body of the reference subject; for each feature in the set of features, processing at least a portion of the normalized image including the feature by a neural network model corresponding to the feature to generate a parameter vector corresponding to the feature; and combining the parameter vectors output by respective neural network models corresponding to respective features in the set of features to generate a parameterized character model corresponding to reference subject in the input image.
US11648465B1
A gaming device for use with an interactive gaming system. The gaming device is carried by a gamer and provides a direct view of a destination part, where the destination is implementing the gaming system. The destination part may emit or reflect light comprising a combination of public images and video perceivable with the naked eye and private images and video only perceivable when looking through the gaming device. The device comprises front and back facing cameras for capturing images transmitted to the gaming system as game information, where the back facing camera is optionally adapted to filter the emitted or reflected light to reveal the private image. Further adaptations allow for the spatially aligned augmentation of the direct view with respect to a destination part. The gaming device is usable as a summoning device including providing movement directions to the gamer with respect to the destination parts.
US11648461B1
A system, method and apparatus for capturing data from a plurality of users for providing online gameplay based on captured user sensor data. User sensor data is captured from a plurality of sensor capture devices relative to an associated user so as to be transmitted to a gameplay server. The gameplay server executes instructions to generate a user interface on a user's client computing device for providing gameplay on each user client portable computing device utilizing, and pertinent to, the captured sensor data.
US11648457B2
The invention discloses a torque strengthening device for land surfboard adapters, comprising an upper connecting plate and a lower connecting plate, wherein a number of tension springs are connected between the upper connecting plate and the lower connecting plate; the upper connecting plate and the lower connecting plate are provided with the same number of evenly arranged spring connecting blocks on the side facing the tension springs; the number of the tension springs is twice the number of the spring connecting blocks on the upper connecting plate, and each of the spring connecting blocks is provided with two spring connecting holes; the spring connecting blocks of the upper connecting plate and the spring connecting blocks on the lower connecting plate are alternately arranged. The invention can replace tension springs with different torques to obtain different surfing feelings.
US11648455B2
A material worn for protection of the hand against injury and provide physical support and protection to the musculoskeletal systems of the hand and wrists. The material is designed wrap around the hands and wrists in a customizable manner that allows placement of various protection and support elements within the garment. The material is also designed in various manners such as thickness and physical composition depending on the portion of the material and where it will be placed during use.
US11648452B1
Disclosed are an auxiliary tool for barbells and an anti-slip method for barbells during use. The auxiliary tool comprises a sleeve which is composed of a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a third sleeve, a first sleeve wall, a second sleeve wall and a third sleeve wall, wherein the first sleeve wall is sequentially connected to the second sleeve wall and the third sleeve wall to form a complete sleeve cavity, the first sleeve wall and the third sleeve wall cover at least one part of a barbell bar, and the second sleeve wall expands outwards in the sleeve cavity to form an inner cavity; when the barbell bar is sequentially inserted into the first sleeve, the second sleeve and the third sleeve from a sleeve opening, the inner cavity is filled with gas to form a crush-resistant cavity; and protrusions are formed in an inner wall of the third sleeve, and a vent hole is formed in a bottom wall of the third sleeve. The auxiliary tool for barbells is small in size and convenient to carry and use, can be disposed around a barbell bar to serve as a fulcrum to allow trainers to make different lifting motions without being limited by the field, and can provide multiple training angles.
US11648449B1
A removable cover for a lacrosse stick of the type having an elongated hollow shaft having an outer surface and an inner surface and an interior channel extending therethrough and a free end portion with an open end which serves as a handle portion of said lacrosse stick. The cover includes an end cap configured and dimensioned to be removably mountable in a friction fit manner on the free end portion of the hollow shaft. The end cap has a head portion and an elongated, resilient hollow body portion attached to said head portion and insertable into the open end of the free end portion of the hollow shaft. A flexible, resilient, membrane-like, tubular sheath is removably mountable on the outer surface of the free end portion of the hollow shaft and is movable thereon between a furled position in which the sheath is rolled longitudinally on and along said free end portion of the hollow shaft onto itself to form a rolled-up tubular sheath disposed adjacent to the end cap, and an unfurled position, in which the rolled-up tubular sheath is unrolled longitudinally on and along the outer surface of the free end portion of the hollow shaft. The tubular sheath is dimensioned to create a friction fit when mounted on the hollow shaft. The sheath has a flap which is inserted into the open end and interior channel of the shaft. Both the sheath and the flap are removably secured to the end cap.
US11648448B2
The present invention is a toy launcher system. A lightweight projectile has an exterior surface symmetrically disposed about an imaginary longitudinal axis and is generally spool-shaped. The launcher is composed of a shaft to which a flexible curled band is attached. The flexible curled band holds the projectile within its curvature. When the launcher is rotated by a user using a general throwing motion the band uncurls, thereby launching the projectile into flight.
US11648446B2
Golf bag, comprising a club holder, provided with supporting legs, for receiving golf clubs. The golf bag is adjustable between a collapsed position in which the supporting legs extend substantially along the club holder, and a folded-out position in which the supporting legs extend away from the club holder and support the club holder in an inclined position. The club holder comprises a flexible pouch for therein receiving golf clubs by the shaft thereof.
US11648439B2
An exercise machine handle system for providing a gripping structure that substantially surrounds a stationary or movable exercise platform. The exercise machine handle system generally includes a stationary or movable exercise platform and a perimeter handle surrounding the exercise platform. A space is formed between an outer edge of the exercise platform and an inner edge of the perimeter handle that allows a plurality of fingers of an exerciser to extend through.
US11648436B2
An apparatus is provided for use in resistance training. The apparatus may include a bar with pulley hubs on its ends. The apparatus may further include two slings, each including connectors and a rigid, straight or arc-shaped bar. The slings may be suspended from the pulley hubs and support an elastic band, which may provide resistance during exercise. A footplate may also be provided to hold part of the band to the floor during use.
US11648434B2
An exercise device includes a shuttle configured to translate along a first and a second cable in response to a separation of the cables by a user. The cables may extend along first and second cable slots that extend through a shuttle housing between first and second sides of the housing. First and second pulleys may be rotatably mounted to the housing and include corresponding first and second engagement surfaces configured to engage respective the first and second cables within the respective first and second cable slots. Separation of the cable ends, proximate to the first side of the housing, relative to the first and second cable slots drives rotation of the pulleys and corresponding translation of the shuttle along the cables, away from the separating cable ends.
US11648426B2
An assembly is disclosed, the assembly for providing release structure to a lanyard or strap adapted to be worn on the body, such as a neck strap. The release structure consists of a snap button assembly configured such that the release pull generated by tension in the strap is directed along an axis perpendicular to the closure and rotation plane of the male and female portion of the snap button assemblies. With structure to configure a release pull in such an axis, a safety feature is provided to the wearer such that tension in the strap, when it reaches a sufficient force to overcome the closure forces of the snap button assembly, will release the closed snap button and allow the strap to fall away from the body. Also, as in the case of a firefighter wearing an SCBA fire mask, it prevents the firefighter from being entangled or tethered if the strap were to get accidentally hooked or caught on something. The breakaway will allow the firefighter to continue using the mask with no interruption of breathing air from the mask. In lanyards and tool holders, those fall away from the body. In the case of a firefighter, the mask does not fall away from the body.
US11648424B2
A histotripsy therapy system configured for the treatment of tissue is provided, which may include any number of features. Provided herein are systems and methods that provide efficacious non-invasive and minimally invasive therapeutic, diagnostic and research procedures. In particular, provided herein are optimized systems and methods that provide targeted, efficacious histotripsy in a variety of different regions and under a variety of different conditions without causing undesired tissue damage to intervening/non-target tissues or structures.
US11648419B2
A method for simulating a particle transport may include recording transport paths of inputted particles and determining an uncertainty of each of lattice cells based on the transport paths of each batch of the inputted particles, a lattice cell being a qualified lattice cell if an uncertainty of the lattice cell does not exceed a first threshold; determining a standard-reaching rate of lattice cells in a region of interest (ROI), the ROI including at least one lattice cell, the standard-reaching rate of lattice cells in the ROI being equal to a ratio of the number of qualified lattice cells to a total number of lattice cells in the ROI; and if the standard-reaching rate of lattice cells in the ROI exceeds a second threshold, stopping inputting particles, and outputting the transport paths of the inputted particles.
US11648418B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for adapting and/or updating radiotherapy treatment plans based on biological and/or physiological data and/or anatomical data extracted or calculated from imaging data acquired in real-time (e.g., during a treatment session). Functional imaging data acquired at the time of radiation treatment is used to modify a treatment plan and/or dose delivery instructions to provide a prescribed dose distribution to patient target regions. Also disclosed herein are methods for evaluating treatment plans based on imaging data acquired in real-time.
US11648411B2
An external defibrillator system is configured with at least two different algorithms for determining the duration of a shock administered to a patient being treated and selects the algorithm based on one or more patient parameters such as, for example, the patient's TTI. The patient's TTI can be measured prior to or while the shock is being administered to the patient. The shock can be, for example, a multiphasic defibrillation or a multiphasic cardioversion shock. The charge voltage of the system's energy storage device can additionally be varied depending on the one or more patient parameters. For example, the system may charge the energy storage device so that the charge voltage is higher or lower than a nominal charge voltage responsive to the patient's TTI is higher or lower compared to an average TTI, respectively.
US11648401B2
A method of optimally placing spinal cord stimulator (SCS) leads includes acquiring components of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs), compound action potentials and triggered EMG; analyzing the waveforms; and quantifying waveform features in a single display such that a surgeon can quickly and easily determine optimal placement (as it relates to laterality and level of placement on the spinal cord) of SCS leads in a patient under general anesthesia without additional expert help.
US11648400B2
The disclosure describes an implementation of a combinational thermometric-R2R that includes a thermometric DAC circuit to output the coarse output steps, an R2R circuit to control the fine output steps, and a resistor in series with the thermometric and R2R circuits. The techniques of this disclosure implement a fine resolution DAC, on the order of two nanoamps per bit, that operates at low current, yet maintains monotonicity throughout the DAC output range.
US11648398B2
In some examples, a processor of a system evaluates a therapy program based on a score determined based on a volume of tissue expected to be activated (“VTA”) by therapy delivery according to the therapy program. The score may be determined using an efficacy map comprising a plurality of voxels that are each assigned a value. In some examples, the efficacy map is selected from a plurality of stored efficacy maps based on a patient condition, one or more patient symptoms, or both the patient condition and one or more patient symptoms. In addition, in some examples, voxels of the efficacy map are assigned respective values that are associated with a clinical rating scale.
US11648396B2
An extractor for removing an implanted lead from a patient, the extractor comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen dimensioned to receive the lead therein, a cutter at the distal portion for cutting tissue adjacent the implanted lead, and a first clamping member movable between a clamping position to clamp the lead and an unclamping position to unclamp the lead. The extractor and lead are relatively movable to remove the lead.
US11648395B2
A system for application of neurostimulation includes an outer sheath, an elongate inner member in the outer sheath and movable relative to the outer sheath. The inner lumen has a distal end. An expandable member is coupled to the distal end of the inner member and is in the outer sheath. The expandable member is self-expanding upon from a compressed state in the outer sheath to an expanded state out of the outer sheath. The expandable member includes a distal portion including a plurality of wires woven together and a proximal portion including the plurality of wires extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The system includes a plurality of electrode assemblies outward of the expandable member and circumferentially spaced around the expandable member. Each electrode assembly is coupled to two of the wires extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. Each electrode assembly includes a plurality of longitudinally-spaced electrodes.
US11648391B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes a catheter, a first impeller disposed on the catheter, and a second impeller disposed on the catheter, proximally to the first impeller. A control unit drives the first and second impellers to pump blood of a subject, by driving the first and second impellers to rotate. The blood pumps is configured such that (a) the first and second impellers are shaped differently from each other when the first and second impellers are in non-radially-constrained configurations, (b) the first and second impellers are sized differently from each other when the first and second impellers are in non-radially-constrained configurations, and/or (c) the first and second impellers are driven by the control unit to rotate under respective rotation conditions that are different from each other. Other applications are also described.
US11648389B2
There is provided an intravascular blood pump for insertion into a patient's heart. The blood pump comprises a slotless permanent magnet motor contained within a housing, the motor having p magnet pole pairs and n phases, where p is an integer greater than zero, and n is an integer ≥3. The motor comprises a stator extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing and having 2np coils wound to form two coils per phase per magnet pole pair. The stator comprises inner and outer windings each comprising np coils electrically connected such that the current flowing through the coils is in the same direction, the coils of the outer winding arranged on an outer surface of the coils of the inner winding.
US11648383B2
Break-away connectors are disclosed. The break-away connectors may be configured to be coupled in at least two configurations, for example, a high force configuration and a low force configuration. The break-away connectors may also be incrementally adjustable between the high force configuration and the low force configuration. The break-away connectors may be coupled to a first medical device and a second medical device. Methods of using and/or coupling the break-away connectors are also disclosed.
US11648381B2
Residence devices for long term delivery of therapeutic compounds and/or for sensing one or more relevant parameters in vivo are disclosed. In one embodiment, a residence device may include a plurality of links interconnected by a corresponding plurality of flexible hinges to permit the residence device to be deformed into a contracted configuration and subsequently permitted to return to an expanded configuration once positioned in a desired location, such as the stomach, of a subject. In some instances, at least a portion of the interconnected links may include a first link segment, a second link segment, and a coupling that selectively connects the first link segment to the second link segment. The coupling may be configured to weaken or decouple a connection between the first link segment and the second link segment when exposed to a temperature greater than a threshold temperature to selectively weaken and/or disassemble the residence device.
US11648375B2
A method of delivering a catheter to a location of interest in the vasculature, the method including positioning a self-expanding sheath within a lumen of the catheter; advancing the catheter and the self-expanding sheath in tandem over a guidewire; and distally moving a distal end of the self-expanding sheath out from the lumen of the catheter thereby causing the self-expanding sheath to move from a collapsed state within the catheter to an expanded state outside the catheter, wherein when the self-expanding sheath is in the expanded state both the self-expanding sheath and the catheter are distally advanceable in tandem.
US11648374B2
An anti-fouling surface having micron scale pillars embedded with Fe3O4 nanoparticles is designed. The pillars may be repeatedly induced to move according to a predetermined frequency, such as one that mimic that of the beating movement of natural cilia, through the application of a magnetic field. When square-shaped pillars with a height of 10 μm, width of 2 μm, and inter-pattern distance of 5 μm actuated for three minutes, more than 99.9 percent of biofilm cells were detached and via gentle rinsing from the surface having the pillars. The anti-fouling surface enables effective prevention of biofilm formation and removal of established biofilms, and can be applied to a broad spectrum of polymers.
US11648370B2
Devices and methods are provided for inhibiting mouth breathing and/or improving nasal breathing, e.g., for PAP users or users with other sleeping problems. In an exemplary embodiment, an adhesive device is provided that includes an elongate membrane comprising first and second ends and side edges extending between the first and second ends, a first surface comprising an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer may be a low tack adhesive that is adherent to skin, yet is also easily removable without leaving significant residue. Optionally, the device may include one or more valves to provide one-way flow across the membrane, one or more weakened regions in the membrane, and/or one or more tabs to facilitate removal of the membrane from over a user's mouth.
US11648368B2
Apparatus and methods for delivering humidified breathing gas to a patient are provided. The apparatus includes a humidification system configured to deliver humidified breathing gas to a patient. The humidification system includes a vapor transfer unit and a base unit. The vapor transfer unit includes a liquid passage, a breathing gas passage, and a vapor transfer device positioned to transfer vapor to the breathing gas passage from the liquid passage. The base unit includes a base unit that releasably engages the vapor transfer unit to enable reuse of the base unit and selective disposal of the vapor transfer unit. The liquid passage is not coupled to the base unit for liquid flow therebetween when the vapor transfer unit is received by the base unit.
US11648366B2
The present invention relates to a humidifier (10) for a system for providing a flow of breathable gas to an airway of a patient, wherein the humidifier (10) comprises: a casing (12) configured to contain a liquid reservoir (20); an air inlet (14) which is arranged at the casing (12); an air outlet (16) which is arranged at the casing (12); and a flow passage (18) connecting the air inlet (14) with the air outlet (16), wherein the flow passage (18) is in fluidic communication with the liquid reservoir (20), and wherein the humidifier (10) comprises a heat pipe (24) having a hot end (26) and a cold end (28), wherein the hot end (26) of the heat pipe (24) is arranged outside the casing (12) and the cold end (28) of the heat pipe (24) is arranged in the liquid reservoir (20).
US11648357B2
A method for sealing and flushing a delivery member includes sealing one or more lumens and flushing air from the one or more lumens. An interventional device delivery system includes a handle assembly and a delivery member. The handle assembly includes a catheter holder with a passageway therethrough. A flush block is associated with the catheter holder and has a flush port and a flush chamber. The delivery member is associated with the handle assembly and includes a plurality of catheters. At least one of the catheters has a proximal end disposed within the passageway in the catheter holder and is in fluid communication with the flush chamber.
US11648354B2
A multiple pen needle or syringe needle storage and dispensing system where a plurality of needle devices such as pen needles including a cover can be disposed on strip, where the strip serves a seal for multiple needle devices. Each needle device can be peeled off the strip unsealed for immediate use for example in an injections device, or separated from the strip sealed for later use.
US11648348B2
A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.
US11648345B2
The injection apparatus 100 is provided that can allow repair or replacement of an actuator 130 while maintaining a drip-proof state, and that can further maintain the drip-proof state without a cover. The injection apparatus 100 includes a syringe holder 110 on which a syringe filled with a liquid medicine is mounted, a presser 115 that pushes out the liquid medicine from the mounted syringe, an actuator 130 that moves the presser 115 forward or backward, the actuator 130 including a feed screw nut 134, a feed screw shaft 133, a motor 132, and a transmission mechanism 180 that transmits rotation from the motor 132 to the feed screw shaft 133, wherein the feed screw nut 134, the feed screw shaft 133, the motor 132, and the transmission mechanism 180 are housed in a case 170 of the actuator 130.
US11648343B2
Disclosed are methods of radioisotope infusion comprising infusing saline comprising a diagnostic dose of a radioisotope, and delivering a pre-measured volume of push saline. The disclosed methods confer improved image quality with low background noise, higher signal to noise ratio (SNR) and higher contrast to noise ratio (CNR), leading to better diagnosis and thus eliminating the need of repeating the infusion and imaging which in turn reduces exposure of a patient to radiation.
US11648337B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to drug-coated balloon catheters for treating strictures in body lumens and methods of using the same. A drug-coated balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent to a target site of a body lumen stricture includes an elongated balloon having a main diameter. The balloon catheter includes a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of the balloon. The coating layer includes one or more water-soluble additives and an initial drug load of a therapeutic agent.
US11648336B2
The present invention relates to preparation of bioink composed of cellulose nanofibril hydrogel with native or synthetic Calcium containing particles. The concentration of the calcium containing particles can be between 1% and 40% w/v. Such bioink can be 3D Bioprinted with or without human or animal cells. Coaxial needle can be used where cellulose nanofibril hydrogel filled with Calcium particles can be used as shell and another hydrogel based bioink mixed with cells can be used as core or opposite. Such 3D Bioprinted constructs exhibit high porosity due to shear thinning properties of cellulose nanofibrils which provides excellent printing fidelity. They also have excellent mechanical properties and are easily handled as large constructs for patient-specific bone cavities which need to be repaired. The porosity promotes vascularization which is crucial for oxygen and nutrient supply. The porosity also makes it possible for further recruitment of cells which accelerate bone healing process. Calcium containing particles can be isolated from autologous bone, allogenic bone or xenogeneic bone but can be also isolated from minerals or be prepared by synthesis. Preferable Calcium containing particles consist of β-tricalcium phosphate which is resorbable or natural bone powder, preferably of human or porcine origin. The particles described in the present invention have particle size smaller than 400 microns, or more preferably smaller than 200 microns, to make it possible to handle in printing nozzle without clogging and to obtain a good resolution. Cellulose nanofibrils can be produced by bacteria orbe isolated from plants. They can be neutral, charged or oxidized to be biodegradable. The bioink can be additionally supplemented by other biopolymers which provide crosslinking. Such biopolymers can be alginates, chitosans, modified hyaluronic acid or modified collagen derived biopolymers.
US11648329B1
In certain exemplary embodiments, an air purifier comprises a housing defining an enclosure and having an air entrance and an air exit; a particulate filter; a NCCO filter material configured to adsorb and decompose at least one gaseous pollutant; an AOG configured to generate at least one oxidant; an oxidant remover configured to remove at least one oxidant; a fan unit configured to generate airflow from the air entrance to the air exit; wherein the particulate filter, the NCCO filter material, the AOG, the oxidant remover and the fan unit are positioned within the enclosure such that during operation, a flow of air passes from the air entrance to the air exit through the particulate filter and the NCCO filter material along a direction of the flow of air. In certain embodiments, the air purifier may ensure safety to users while efficiency in removing contaminants can be greatly improved.
US11648326B2
Methods are provided which include placing one or more objects into a cabinet, subsequently closing the cabinet and remotely starting a disinfection device disposed therein to disperse a germicide within the closed cabinet. Embodiments of cabinets include an interior void of at least 10 ft3, a door to enclose the cabinet and one or more support structures arranged within the cabinet adjacent the interior void. Portions of the support structures facing the interior void are transparent and/or have through-holes. Other embodiments of cabinets include a moveable germicidal blocking partition for separating portions of the cabinet, a door for accessing one of the portions and a sensor for detecting when the partition is in position to separate the portions. An embodiment of a support structure includes a base having transparent materials and/or one or more through-holes, sidewalls shaped to match a peripheral contour of a medical device, and a weight sensor.
US11648322B2
The disclosure provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of making and using thereof to deliver a bioactive agent such as a nucleic acid to a subject. The nanoemulsion composition comprises a hydrophobic core based on inorganic nanoparticles in a lipid nanoparticle that allows imaging as well as delivering nucleic acids. Methods of using these particles for treatment and vaccination are also provided.
US11648321B2
The disclosure provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of making and using thereof to deliver a bioactive agent such as a nucleic acid to a subject. The nanoemulsion composition comprises a hydrophobic core based on inorganic nanoparticles in a lipid nanoparticle that allows imaging as well as delivering nucleic acids. Methods of using these particles for treatment and vaccination are also provided.
US11648312B2
System for inducing sonoporation of a drug into cancer cells in a tumor and method thereof, the system comprising a generator configured to provide electrical energy at an ultrasound frequency; an ultrasound probe electrically connected to the generator and configured to convert the electrical energy into low intensity pulsed ultrasonic waves defined by operation parameters, said operation parameters comprising the frequency, the duty cycle, the operation time of the ultrasonic waves; an input device enabling an operator to enter configuration data comprising: type of tumor, type of drug, localization of secondary tumor, anthropometric measurements and grade of tumor, and a processor configured to determine the values of the operation parameters on the basis of the entered configuration data and control the generator and the ultrasound probe to operate according to said determined values, wherein the value of the frequency is determined on the basis of the type of tumor, the localization of the tumor, the grade of tumor and the anthropometric measurements, the value of the duty cycle is determined on the basis of the drug, the type of tumor and the grade of the tumor, and the value of said operation time being determined on the basis of at least the type of tumor and the type of drug.
US11648308B2
The invention relates to treating or preventing anaemia in a subject, such as a mammal or human. In particular, the invention addresses moderate to severe anaemia. Additionally, the invention provides means for sparing administration of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) to subjects.
US11648307B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies that bind to DC-HIL on the surface of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and thus antagonize the T cell suppressor function of these cells, as well as their use in diagnosing and treating cancers such as melanoma.
US11648305B2
The invention provides an aqueous acidic formulation suitable for use as in the preparation of a pharmaceutically acceptable fluorocarbon-linked peptide formulation, which aqueous formulation comprises a first fluorocarbon-linked peptide, wherein: the peptide linked to the fluorocarbon is at least 20 amino acid residues long, comprises at least 50% hydrophobic amino acid residues and has an isoelectric point greater than or equal to 7; and the fluorocarbon-linked peptide is present in micelles.
US11648304B2
The present disclosure relates to Zika virus vaccines and immunogenic compositions having one or more antigens from a Zika virus (e.g., a Zika virus clonal isolate, a non-human cell adapted Zika virus, etc.), and methods of manufacture, formulation, testing, and uses thereof.
US11648300B1
The present application relates to the new the pharmaceutical combination therapy and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and/or disease associated with this infection, including viral and bacterial pneumonia and COVID-19, using aprotinin (APR), ribavirin and/or nirmatrelvir (NIMR), the pharmaceutical kit and the pharmaceutical composition for this pharmaceutical combination therapy and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and/or disease associated with this infection, including COVID-19.
US11648295B2
The present invention relates to methods for reversing maladaptations involving the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor subtype 2 (CRFR2). It is postulated that in functional somatic syndrome (FSS), a group of diseases with overlapping symptoms, including systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis), and several others, this receptor is up-regulated and relocated to the neuronal membranes of key regions of the brain including the raphe nuclei, the limbic system and the cortex. This configuration leads to a dysfunctional stress response. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for reversing CRFR2 maladaptations includes the sustained stimulation of the receptor over a period of time to bring about a persistent receptor endocytosis, resulting in measurable symptom improvement.
US11648287B2
A method of treating or preventing an intracellular bacterial infection, comprising contacting the cell(s) which are infected with an antibacterial agent and a photosensitizing agent and irradiating the cell(s) with light of a wavelength effective to activate the photosensitizing agent, wherein the antibacterial agent is released into the cytosol of the cell(s) and kills, damages or prevents the replication of bacteria in said cell(s) is described. Related uses, and compositions, products and kits for the same are further described.
US11648286B2
The present invention relates to use of peptides as a therapeutic agent, wherein it has been confirmed that the peptides of the present invention significantly inhibit the activity of T cells and the differentiation of T helper 17 cells (Th17 cells), which are associated with autoimmune disease, reduce the secretion of inflammatory cytokine IL-6, and have remarkable effects of treating and improving arthritis in an animal model of arthritis. Therefore, the peptides may be used as an active ingredient in therapeutic agents for various autoimmune diseases such as bone disease, inflammatory disease or rheumatoid arthritis.
US11648280B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a decellularized tissue. The present invention also provides an engineered three dimensional lung tissue exhibiting characteristics of a natural lung tissue. The engineered tissue is useful for the study of lung developmental biology and pathology as well as drug discovery.
US11648277B2
Control Devices are disclosed including RNA destabilizing elements (RDE) combined with transgenes, including Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) in eukaryotic cells. These RDEs can be used to optimize expression of transgenes, e.g., CARs, in the eukaryotic cells so that, for example, effector function is optimized. CARs and transgene payloads can also be engineered into eukaryotic cells so that the transgene payload is expressed and delivered at desired times from the eukaryotic cell. Such CAR T-cells with transgene payloads can be combined with the administration of other molecules, e.g., other therapeutics such as anticancer therapies.
US11648276B2
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 11 novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US11648273B2
The present invention includes methods for handling live cell compositions in non-nutritive buffer. The cells in the compositions maintain their identity and functional characteristics after being stored in non-nutritive media up to about 72 hours. The storage method enables the cells to be manufactured at a processing facility and shipped to a point of care site. The invention also includes compositions that have been stored in non-nutritive buffer at storage temperatures while maintaining the functional characteristics.
US11648259B2
Mycotoxin-deactivating aptamers, especially DNA aptamers, bind to mycotoxins in feed and feed ingredients resulting in the reduction or elimination of toxic and carcinogenic effects of mycotoxins. The invention also discloses a composition comprising a mycotoxin-deactivating aptamer, a binding agent, a biotransforming agent and an antioxidant for detoxifying mycotoxins in feeds. In addition, the invention teaches the methods of preparing the mycotoxin-deactivating aptamer-based composition and also the methods of using it as a feed additive. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the mycotoxin-deactivator/s alone, or in a composition comprising the aptamers and other mycotoxin-detoxifying agents, in feeds and feed ingredients for detoxifying the major mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, fumonisins and ochratoxin A.
US11648255B2
A new approach to treatment of hematological malignancies. A GAB1 inhibitor for use in a method of treatment of a hematological malignancy is disclosed. The GAB1 inhibitor may be administered alone, or simultaneously or sequentially with a BTK inhibitor to achieve a synergistic effect.
US11648252B2
The present invention relates to methotrexate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof, for use as a medicament, characterized in that methotrexate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a hydrate thereof is administered at a dose which is decreased within a treatment time comprising at least two subsequent sequential time periods in the form of a first and a second time period, each time period comprising at least one week, wherein the dose administered in the second time period is lower than that of the first time period, with the proviso that within the total treatment time, the average dose of methotrexate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt there of, or a hydrate thereof administered is at least 20 mg/week.
US11648245B2
The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators, including their use for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US11648244B2
Disclosed herein are new dosage regimens for deuterium-substituted benzoquinoline compounds, and methods for the treatment of abnormal muscular activity, movement disorders, and related conditions.
US11648238B2
An implant for the control of parasites in livestock comprising an isoxazoline compound of Formula (I) or salt or solvate thereof, wherein the implant comprises one or more pellets each of which comprises the isoxaxoline compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a method of preventing or treating a parasite infestation using the same.
US11648236B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating coronavirus infections using compounds having anti-tubulin or tubulin disruption activity.
US11648221B2
In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to KRAS agonists, pharmaceutical composition, and uses in managing cancer. In certain embodiments, the KRAS agonist is 4-(4-(2-bromoacetamido)butyl)benzoic acid, salt, prodrug, or derivative thereof. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, salt, prodrug, or derivative thereof, to a subject in need thereof, wherein, substituents are reported herein.
US11648214B2
Devices, systems, compositions and methods for long term or prolonged transdermal administration of an active agent are provided.
US11648213B2
The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) for the transdermal administration of asenapine comprising a self-adhesive layer structure containing a therapeutically effective amount of asenapine, such asenapine TTS for use in a method of treatment, processes of manufacture of such TTS as well as asenapine and transdermal therapeutic systems containing asenapine for use in a method of treatment and to a method of treating a human patient by transdermal administration of asenapine.
US11648200B2
Disclosed herein are conjugates including a fatty acid, a self-assembly domain, and a polypeptide, where the conjugates have phase transition behavior. Further disclosed are methods of using the conjugates to treat disease, methods of delivering an agent, and methods of preparing the conjugates.
US11648186B2
Provided are coated particles and methods of their use for providing healthcare benefits. More specifically, the present invention provides amino acid and/or polymer-coated particles, or particles coated with other materials, for binding to, or otherwise associating with, surfaces of the oral cavity.
US11648181B2
Various systems and methods for the pressure-regulated transfer of medical fluids are disclosed. The system can include an adapter assembly that connects with a medical container and with a syringe assembly. The syringe assembly can include a first reservoir and a second reservoir. In various embodiments, when the adapter assembly and the syringe assembly are coupled, the first reservoir and the container can exchange regulating fluid and the second reservoir and the container can exchange medical liquid from the medical container.
US11648180B2
A cartridge for use with a beneficial agent delivery device having a fillable reservoir. The cartridge includes a reconstitution, unit dose package having first and second compartments, and a fitment. The first compartment contains at least a first constituent of the beneficial agent. The second compartment contains at least a second constituent of the beneficial agent. The fitment is disposed on the package for interfacing the package to the fillable reservoir.
US11648179B2
A top for a plasma storage container includes a top body that defines the structure of the top and seals an opening of the plasma storage container. The top also includes a first opening and a vent opening extending through the top body. A valve mechanism is located at least partially within the top body and includes an aperture therethrough. The aperture opens upon connection of a blunt cannula to provide access to the interior of the plasma storage container. The top also includes a vent filter. The vent filter allows air to vent through the vent opening during plasma collection.
US11648175B2
A system, method and device for providing sound-based therapies to a user. The system, method, and device employ an initial measurement about a user (either or both distances on said user's head or recorded sound), a determination of a resonant frequency, and a wearable actuator affixed on said user's person with the ability to provide a unique resonant frequency to the user. The aspects disclosed herein may also incorporate microphones to optimize and monitor the treatment.
US11648174B2
A back clapping machine with chest percussion function includes a casing, a movement mechanism, a clap mechanism, and a buffer unit. The casing includes an outer cover, a rear cover, and a housing space therein, in which the movement mechanism is disposed. The clap mechanism is in the housing space and connected with the front lateral side of the movement mechanism. The buffer unit is in the housing space and arranged to elastically abut against the outer cover and the rear cover therebetween. Thus, the present invention automatically carries out back clapping operation and detects the distance for back clapping, also provides a shock buffering effect, thus achieving a back clapping chest percussion operation through a hand alike structure and preventing pressure ulcer.
US11648163B2
A sling for supporting a subject such as a patient includes a panel assembly including a left flank with a left end, a right flank with a right end, and an interflank panel. The interflank panel has a left extremity permanently joined to the left end of the left flank and a right extremity permanently joined to the right end of the right flank. The sling also includes a left closure element and a right closure element which are securable to each other and releasable from each other to adjust an effective dimension of the sling. In another embodiment, the sling includes a frangible closure member which secures the left flank to the right flank.
US11648161B2
Provided is a robot including a seating body provided with a seat and an armrest body and a steering, the steering housing has an opening in an upper portion thereof and an inner space therein is disposed on the armrest body. The steering includes a handle and a lower portion passing through the opening, the lower portion being accommodated in the inner space and an elevator accommodated in the inner space, the elevator being connected to the lower portion of the steering body to elevate the steering body.
US11648138B2
A balloon comprising: a center portion having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a length between the proximal end and the distal end. The center portion comprises: a first nominal diameter and a first radial modulus at the proximal end; a second nominal diameter and a second radial modulus at the distal end; further wherein, the first nominal diameter is equal to the second nominal diameter, such that, when the balloon is inflated to a nominal pressure, the center portion has a constant diameter over the length; and further wherein, the first radial modulus is smaller than the second radial modulus, such that, when the balloon is inflated above a nominal pressure, the center portion adopts a tapered shape in which the proximal end has a first stretched diameter and the distal end has a second stretched diameter, the first stretched diameter being larger than the second stretched diameter.
US11648130B2
Intervertebral devices and systems, and methods of their use, are disclosed having configurations suitable for placement between two adjacent vertebrae, replacing the functionality of the disc therebetween. Intervertebral devices and systems contemplated herein are implantable devices intended for replacement of a vertebral disc, which may have deteriorated due to disease for example. The intervertebral devices and systems are configured to allow for ample placement of therapeutic agents therein, including bone growth enhancement material, which may lead to better fusion between adjacent vertebral bones. The intervertebral devices and systems are configured for use in minimally invasive procedures, if desired.
US11648128B2
Disclosed is a system for delivering a facet screw assembly to a facet joint. The system includes a facet screw assembly and a delivery device. The distal end of the delivery device includes a facet screw engagement feature, which is keyed to a corresponding delivery device engagement feature. In other embodiments, the system may include a facet screw assembly, a facet access guide, a washer sizer tool removably engaged with the facet access guide, a lateral mass decorticator guide slidably and removably engaged with the washer size tool, a washer implant delivery tool removably engaged with the facet access guide and detachably coupled to the facet screw assembly, and optionally an impact handle detachably coupled to the facet access guide, washer sizer tool, and washer implant delivery tool.
US11648124B2
The methods disclosed herein of generating three-dimensional lattice structures and reducing stress shielding have applications including use in medical implants. One method of generating a three-dimensional lattice structure can be used to generate a structure lattice and/or a lattice scaffold to support bone or tissue growth. One method of reducing stress shielding includes generating a structural lattice to provide sole mechanical spacing across an area for desired bone or tissue growth. Some examples can use a repeating modified rhombic dodecahedron or radial dodeca-rhombus unit cell. Some methods are also capable of providing a lattice structure with anisotropic properties to better suit the lattice for its intended purpose.
US11648119B2
Implants, implant systems, and methods for treatment of mitral valve regurgitation and other valve diseases generally include a coaptation assist body which remains within the blood flow path as the leaflets of the valve move, the valve bodies often being relatively thin, elongate (along the blood flow path), and/or conformable structures which extend laterally from commissure to commissure, allowing the native leaflets to engage and seal against the large, opposed surfaces on either side of the valve body during the heart cycle phase when the ventricle contracts to empty that chamber of blood, and allows blood to pass around the valve body so that blood flows from the atrium to the ventricle during the filling phase of the heart cycle. Separate deployment of independent anchors near each of the commissures may facilitate positioning and support of an exemplary triangular valve body, with a third anchor being deployed in the ventricle. An outer surface of the valve body may accommodate tissue ingrowth or endothelialization, while a fluid-absorbing matrix can swell after introduction into the heart. The valve body shape may be selected after an anchor has been deployed, and catheter-based deployment systems may have a desirable low profile.
US11648113B2
A prosthetic valve delivery apparatus can comprise a handle, a gearbox, an input torque shaft and a plurality of output torque shafts. The input torque shaft can extend distally from the handle and can have a distal end portion operatively connected to the gearbox. The output torque shafts can be operatively connected to and extend distally from the gearbox. Rotation of the input torque shaft can cause rotation of the output torque shafts via the gear box.
US11648112B2
Systems and methods for delivery a medical device to a heart valve annulus are disclosed. A method of delivering a medical device to a heart valve annulus includes: (1) aligning a first imaging sensor such that a view of the first imaging sensor is along a primary plane of the heart valve annulus; (2) aligning a second imaging sensor such that a view of the second imaging sensor is along a longitudinal axis of the heart valve annulus; (3) attaching a delivery system holding the medical device to a delivery arm; (4) adjusting the delivery arm to set an angle of the delivery system perpendicular to the primary plane using images from the first imaging sensor; (5) adjusting the delivery arm to center the delivery device in the heart valve annulus using images from the second imaging sensor; and (6) deploying the medical device into the heart valve annulus.
US11648108B2
A heart valve prosthesis, including a valved stent and valve leaflets, where the valve leaflets are accommodated in the valved stent, at least two valve leaflets are provided and centrosymmetrically distributed along the circumferential direction of an inner surface of the valve leaflet stent, one ends of each of two adjacent valve leaflets are combined together on the valve leaflet stent to form a valve corner, the valved stent is provided with a positioning member, and the projections of a perpendicular line of one of the valve corners to the axis of the valved stent and a perpendicular line of the positioning member to the axis of the valved stent are coincident on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the valved stent. The heart valve prosthesis can considerably reduce regurgitation at the center.
US11648105B2
An ophthalmological implant includes a main structure with a central aperture, a first side, and a second side arranged opposite the first side. It further includes a plurality of pigment arrangements arranged in the main structure, at least one of the pigment arrangements includes at least one color pigment and an enclosure that encloses at least most of the at least one color pigment.
US11648088B2
A coupling member includes a sliding member and a sleeve. The sliding member has one axial direction end portion coupled to a first attachment portion provided at a first attachment that is mounted to one of a maxilla or a mandible. The sleeve has one axial direction end portion coupled to a second attachment portion provided at a second attachment that is mounted to the other of the maxilla and the mandible. The sliding member is inserted into the sleeve so as to be slidable. A restricting section is formed at the sleeve between two axial direction end portions of the sleeve so as to restrict sliding of the sliding member in both directions along an axial direction of the sliding member.
US11648085B2
A dental instrument for use with a dental handpiece cleans and disinfects tooth root canals. The instrument includes a shaft and connector for releasable attachment to the handpiece, the shaft including at least a tip end, a distal portion approximate to the connector, and at least two radial protrusions extending along length of the shaft with a longitudinal groove extending between the at least two radial protrusions.
US11648083B2
The present disclosure provides a device having a circuit. The circuit includes at least one boost converter receiving power from an energy source, a square wave driver in series with the boost converter, an inductor in series with the square wave driver for converting a square wave to a sinusoidal wave, and a piezoelectric transducer in series with the inductor, the piezoelectric transducer connectable to a load. The device further includes a phase-locked loop coupled to the circuit to determine a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric transducer when the piezoelectric transducer is connected to the load.
US11648082B2
A medical holding device includes: an arm configured by coupling a plurality of links to each other by joints, the arm having at least seven or more degrees of freedom by rotational operations on rotation axes, and being configured to support a medical instrument; and an arm controller configured to control an operation of the arm. The arm has six degrees of freedom realized by rotational operations of six passive rotation axes that passively rotate and one or more degrees of freedom realized by rotational operations of one or more active rotation axes that actively rotate, and the arm controller is configured to rotate the active rotation axis so as to avoid a predetermined state of a posture of the arm.
US11648077B2
An apparatus for helping to protect a patient's hair is provided. The apparatus includes a sheet configured to cover a patient's hair during an operation. A sealing member is provided on or joined to a leading end of the sheet. The sealing member is configured to be applied to a patient's skin adjacent to an operating field to create a seal between the operating field and the patient's hair. At least one anchoring member is joined to the sheet adjacent to the leading end of the sheet. The at least one anchoring member is configured to be attached to the patient's hair adjacent to the operating field to anchor the apparatus to the patient.
US11648075B2
A control arm of a robotic surgical system includes a member, a drive motor, a first joint encoder, and a controller. The member is supported about a first joint. The drive motor is operably coupled to the member and configured to rotate the member about the first joint. The first joint encoder is disposed about the first joint and configured to transmit position signals indicative of the position of the member about the first joint. The controller is configured to transmit control signals in response to receiving position signals from the first joint encoder, the control signals causing the drive motor to overcome friction associated with the motion of the member about the first joint.
US11648074B2
Robotic systems and methods employ a virtual simulation wherein a tool is represented as a virtual volume adapted to interact relative to a virtual boundary defined by a mesh of polygonal elements. A reactive force is computed in response to penetration of one of the polygonal elements by the virtual volume in the virtual simulation. The reactive force is computed as a function of a volume of a penetrating portion of the virtual volume that is penetrating a plane of the polygonal element. The reactive force is applied to the virtual volume in the virtual simulation for reducing penetration of the polygonal element by the virtual volume.
US11648071B2
An intervention system employing an interventional robot (30), an interventional imaging modality (10) and an interventional controller (70). In 5 operation, the interventional controller (70) navigates an anatomical roadmap (82) of an anatomical region of a patient in accordance with an interventional plan to thereby control a navigation of the interventional robot (30) within the anatomical region in accordance with the anatomical roadmap (82). Upon a detection by the interventional controller (70) of an occurrence of the interventional controller (70) navigating 10 proximately to a critical anatomical location within the anatomical roadmap (82), the interventional controller (70) pauses the navigation of the interventional robot (30) within anatomical region and autonomously controls an operation of the interventional imaging modality (10) for generating an updated anatomical roadmap (82) of the anatomical region whereby the interventional controller (70) navigates the updated 15 anatomical roadmap (82) of the anatomical region in accordance with the interventional plan to thereby control a resumed navigation of the interventional robot (30) within the anatomical region.
US11648070B2
An image-guided robotic intervention system (“IGRIS”) may be used to perform medical procedures on patients. IGRIS provides a real-time view of patient anatomy, as well as an intended target or targets for the procedures, software that allows a user to plan an approach or trajectory path using either the image or the robotic device, software that allows a user to convert a series of 2D images into a 3D volume, and localizes the 3D volume with respect to real-time images during the procedure. IGRIS may include sensors to estimate pose of the imaging device relative to the patient to improve the performance of that software with respect to runtime, robustness, and accuracy.
US11648063B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for estimating an orientation of an implanted deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead. Such methods include generating an initial image dataset, down-sampling a respective image or adding noise to images of the subset of the initial image dataset, and re-slicing at least a subset of the modified image dataset along an alternative primary imaging axis, to generate an integrated image dataset. The method also include partitioning the integrated image dataset into a preliminary training image dataset and a testing image dataset, and re-sizing at least a subset of the preliminary training image dataset with a localized field of view around a depicted DBS lead, to generate a training image dataset. The method further includes training a machine-learning model using the training image dataset, and executing the trained machine-learning model to estimate, during a DBS implantation procedure, an orientation of a subject implanted DBS lead.
US11648059B2
The technology described herein can be embodied in a method that includes obtaining a representation of a first image of a surgical scene using electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range outside the visible range of wavelengths, wherein an amount of electromagnetic radiation of the first wavelength range received from a first tissue type is lower than that received for a second tissue type. The method also includes obtaining a representation of a second image using electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range outside the visible range of wavelengths, wherein an amount of electromagnetic radiation of the second wavelength range received from the second tissue type is substantially different from that received for the first tissue type. The visual representation of the surgical scene is rendered on the one or more displays using the representation of the first image and the representation of the second image.
US11648044B2
A system and kit for using a source of low-pressure refrigerant for a cryotherapy procedure and for subcooling a cryotherapy refrigerant. The system may generally include a fluid reservoir and a fluid flow path in thermal exchange with the fluid reservoir, the fluid flow path including a first thermal exchange device in thermal exchange with the fluid reservoir, a compressor in fluid communication with the first thermal exchange device, a condenser, a reversing valve located between the compressor and the condenser, a second thermal exchange device located between the reversing valve and the compressor, and an expansion valve located between the condenser and the thermal exchange device. The third thermal exchange device may be configured to be in fluid communication with the cryotherapy console and configured to place a secondary refrigerant within the first fluid flow path in thermal communication with a secondary refrigerant of the cryotherapy system.
US11648041B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for immobilizing and/or securing bone portions. Particularly, at least one embodiment involves a compact anti-rotation device that can secure adjacent bones and/or bone portions in a manner that prevents or limits relative rotational movement thereof.
US11648027B2
A tissue removal tool for use with an endoscope. The tool includes a loop formed by a piece of wire. The loop is movable between an open position and a closed position. The shape of the loop is defined in the open position by a proximal portion and a distal portion. The piece of wire may have a cross-sectional height in the proximal portion unequal to a cross-sectional height in the distal portion.
US11648025B1
An endoluminal punch and introducer sheath are described wherein the endoluminal punch comprises a guidewire lumen through which a user is capable of placing a guidewire. The endoluminal punch system further comprises a mechanism affixed to the hub which is capable of controlling the axial positioning of the guidewire relative to the endoluminal punch distal end. The control mechanism can be released so that the endoluminal punch can be removed from a patient while retaining the guidewire in place within the patient. The endoluminal punch introducer, including a sheath and dilator, can comprise energy emitting electrodes or transducers for cutting larger size holes in stubborn (friable, scarred, or fibrotic) tissue. In other embodiments, the endoluminal punch can comprise a guidewire or stylet, wherein the guidewire or stylet is capable of emitting energy to cut through tissue.
US11648024B2
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector comprising an elongate channel, a clamping member pivotably connected to the channel, and a moveable cutting instrument for traversing the channel to cut an object clamped in the end effector by the clamping member when the clamping member is in a clamped position. The instrument may also comprise a main drive shaft assembly for actuating the cutting instrument in the end effector, a gear drive train connected to the main drive shaft assembly, and a motor for actuating the gear drive train. The instrument may also includes a closure trigger and a firing trigger, separate from the closure trigger, for actuating the motor when the firing trigger is retracted. Also, the instrument may comprise a mechanical closure system connected to the closure trigger and to the clamping member for causing the clamping member to pivot to the clamped position when the closure trigger is retracted.
US11648019B2
In some examples, a method for preparing one or more bones involves inserting a spacer into a space defined between a first bone and a second bone, such as a joint space between a first metatarsal and medial cuneiform. A bone preparation guide can be aligned with opposed ends of the first bone and the second bone using the spacer as an alignment reference. For example, the bone preparation guide may include an opening such that the guide can be installed across the joint space with the spacer received in the opening. A clinician may use the bone preparation guide to guide a tissue removing instrument to cut or otherwise prepare the ends of the first bone portion and second bone portion.
US11648011B2
Luminal grafts and methods of making and using the same. An exemplary luminal graft of the present disclosure is configured as a generally tubular element configured for nerve cells to grow therethrough and comprises at least one sheet of biological tissue having elastin fibers and collagen fibers, with the elastin fibers being a dominant component thereof; and a plurality of microchannels formed on a surface of the at least one sheet of biological tissue, each of the microchannels extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end of the at least one sheet of biological tissue and configured to provide intraluminal structural guidance to nerve cells proliferating therethrough.
US11648007B2
Stapling assemblies are provided and can include a cartridge and a knitted adjunct configured to be releasably retained on the cartridge. The adjunct includes a first compression zone formed of at least first fibers and second fibers that are interconnected to the first fibers and are arranged in a generally first columnar configuration such that the first compression zone has a first compression strength, and a second compression zone formed of at least the first fibers and third fibers that are different than the second fibers, in which the third fibers are interconnected to the first fibers and arranged in a generally second columnar configuration such that the second compression zone has a second compression strength, in which the first compression strength is different than the second compression strength such that the adjunct has a variable compression strength.
US11648004B2
A tissue fixation device including a self-locking construct having a first loop, a second loop, and a first free end. A first tail is coupled to, and extends from, the first loop. A second tail is coupled to, and extends from, the second loop. An anchor is coupled to one of the self-locking construct or the first tail such that one of the self-locking construct or the first tail extend through the anchor.
US11648003B2
A method for closing an opening in biological tissue of intra-abdominal structures, which includes the steps of (i) providing a tissue closure system that includes a suture guide sub-system for engaging tissue disposed proximate the tissue opening and a suture passer sub-system that slideably engages the suture guide sub-system, (ii) inserting the suture guide sub-system into and through a tissue opening, (iii) inserting the suture passer sub-system with a section of suture engaged thereto into and through a first tissue region, (iv) rotating the suture guide sub-system, (v) inserting the suture passer sub-system with another section of suture engaged thereto into and through a second tissue region, (vi) withdrawing suture guide sub-system, (vii) releasing both sections of the suture captured by the suture guide sub-system, and (viii) drawing both sections of the suture together, wherein the first and second tissue regions are drawn together and the tissue opening is closed.
US11648000B2
Vertebral probes for fusionless spinal surgeries and related surgical methods. In some embodiments, the probe may comprise a shaft having one or more tapering portions. Some embodiments may further comprise one or more non-tapering portions. The probe may further comprise a distal tip extending from a shelf or ledge that may allow for penetration of the tip therethrough with a first force and be configured to inhibit further advancement of the probe by requiring a second force substantially greater than the first force to achieve further advancement.
US11647990B2
A system may include an ultrasound probe and a controller unit configured to obtain a baseline ultrasound image of a patient's breast area using the ultrasound probe and to obtain a follow-up ultrasound image of the patient's breast area using the ultrasound probe. The controller unit may further be configured to use one or more machine learning models to compare the baseline ultrasound image with the follow-up ultrasound image; detect a change in a morphology or integrity of the patient's breast area based on the comparison of the baseline ultrasound image with the follow-up ultrasound image; and generate a recommendation for a medical intervention based on the detected change.
US11647982B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to directing the movement of instrument such as medical devices. For example, data regarding an ongoing physical of an instrument that is configured to gather spatial data via physical manipulation of the instrument for a procedure is received. A current orientation of the instrument is determined. Additional spatial data to gather for the procedure is determined. A subsequent physical manipulation on how to physically maneuver the instrument relative to the current orientation to gather the additional spatial data is determined. Real-time feedback on how to execute the subsequent physical manipulation is provided.
US11647969B2
The medical image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire volume data generated based on tomosynthesis imaging of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to set a virtual focal point at a position different from a focal position in the tomosynthesis imaging. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a pseudo projection image based on the virtual focal point and the volume data.
US11647964B2
A remote watching system includes a sensor attached to a bed apparatus and configured to acquire biological information about a bed user who uses the bed apparatus, a server configured to receive the biological information from the sensor and output a notification that is based on the biological information, and a mobile terminal configured to receive the notification and display the received notification, wherein the server outputs only a previously set notification or the mobile terminal displays only a previously set notification.
US11647963B2
A method of producing an artificial neural network capable of predicting the survivability of a patient, including: storing in an electronic database patient health data comprising a plurality of sets of data, each set having at least one of a first parameter relating to heart rate variability data and a second parameter relating to vital sign data, each set further having a third parameter relating to patient survivability; providing a network of nodes interconnected to form an artificial neural network, the nodes comprising a plurality of artificial neurons, each artificial neuron having at least one input with an associated weight; and training the artificial neural network using the patient health data such that the associated weight of the at least one input of each artificial neuron is adjusted in response to respective first, second and third parameters of different sets of data from the patient health data.
US11647959B2
An ingestible electronic capsule for the collection of samples along a gastric intestinal tract and methods relating thereto are provided. The ingestible electronic capsule includes a housing and a cap that form an interior chamber. The cap includes a sampling port and one or more sample collection chambers are disposed within the interior chamber. A motor is also disposed within the interior chamber and is configured to rotate one of the cap and the one or more sample collection chambers so to align one or the one or more sample collection chambers and the sampling port of the cap so to allow for sample collection. A microcontroller is also disposed within the interior chamber and is in communication with at least the motor. The microcontroller is configured to control the selective alignment of the sampling port and one of the one or more sample collection chambers and induce gastric intestinal fluid sampling.
US11647958B2
Catheterization of the heart is carried out using a framework formed by a plurality of electrically conducting wire loops. The wire loops are modeled as polygons, each subdivided into a plurality of triangles. The wire loops are exposed to magnetic fluxes at respective frequencies, and signals read from the loops. Theoretical magnetic fluxes in the polygons are computed as sums of theoretical magnetic fluxes in the triangles thereof, The location and orientation of the framework in the heart is determined by relating the computed theoretical magnetic fluxes to the signals.
US11647950B2
An in-ear hearing device includes a light source configured to emit light, a photodetector configured to detect the emitted light after the emitted light passes through tissue of a subject, a spout; an audio receiver configured to deliver a sound to the subject through the spout, and a dome configured to conform to a shape of a subject's ear canal when the hearing device is in the ear canal. An output of the light source and an input of the photodetector are separated by the dome, and the dome absorbs and/or reflects at least part of the emitted light. The photodetector may be a forward biased photodiode. The sensor device can be realized with power levels, circuitry components, and in package sizes, of hearing devices.
US11647947B2
A method for titrating a stimulation parameter for one or more electrode contacts in a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve of a patient includes activating one of the one or more electrode contacts to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve of the patient, obtaining a first and/or second physiological measurement from the patient, comparing the first and/or second physiological measurement to a first and/or second predetermined target value, adjusting a stimulation parameter for the one of the one or more electrode contacts if the first and/or second physiological measurement differs from the first and/or second predetermined target value.
US11647946B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium records a display program for causing a computer to perform processes of: acquiring data about a space in which a subject sleeps, the data having been detected by a first sensor installed in the space; and, to evaluate and chronologically display suitability of the space as a sleep environment on a basis of the acquired data, switching suitability evaluation criteria before or after a time relating to a sunrise or a sunset when the time is included in a sleep zone of the subject.
US11647939B2
A system and method for facilitating a cardiac rhythm disorder diagnosis with the aid of a digital computer is provided. Cutaneous action potentials of a patient are recorded over a set period of time as ECG data and a difference between recording times of successive pairs of R-wave peaks are recorded as R-R intervals. A heart rate is associated with each time difference. An R-R interval plot of the ECG data is generated. A presence of a cardiac event is displayed by presenting a presence of sinus tachycardia or a presence of bradycardia via the R-R interval plot.
US11647937B2
A brush electrode includes an electrode base that is connectable to an external device that is configured to generate an electrical signal or receive an electrical signal. A plurality of strand electrodes extend outward from the electrode base. A distal end of each strand electrode is configured to contact a skin surface. The strand electrodes are configured to hold an electrolyte to facilitate ionic conduction of the electrical signal to or from the skin surface.
US11647932B2
A biosensor having a satisfactory wearing comfort is provided, taking the compressive elastic modulus, the thickness and the planar area of the component into account. The biosensor includes a substrate having a rigidity K of 3.0 N·mm2 or less expressed by following formula (1), and a component provided on a first main surface of the substrate, the component having a rigidity that satisfies following formula (2) and is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, K=ET3/12 (1) K≤6.34×1014×S−10.6 (2) where E and T in formula (1) denote a compressive elastic modulus at 23° C. expressed in megapascals (MPa), and a thickness expressed in millimeters (mm), respectively. In formula (2), K denotes the rigidity expressed by formula (1) in newton millimeters squared (N·mm2), and S denotes a planar area expressed in square centimeters (cm2).
US11647929B2
We disclose a portable wearable device for measuring electrocardiographic signals, the device comprising a first portion comprising at least two electrodes; a second portion comprising at least three electrodes; the first portion and the second portion being vertically spaced from one another; a controller configured to take: a first potential difference measurement using one of the electrodes of the first portion and one of the electrodes of the second portion; a second potential difference measurement using one other of the electrodes of the first portion and one other of the electrodes of the second portion; and a third potential difference measurement using one other of the electrodes of the first portion and one other of the electrodes of the second portion. The controller is configured to simultaneously take the first, second and third potential difference measurements at three independent positions of a user's body.
US11647925B2
Techniques to detect a non-alert state of a user may include receiving sensor data from an ear-worn electronic device worn by a user, automatically determining whether to initiate an alertness mode of the ear-worn electronic device based on the sensor data, and determining an alertness state of the user in response to determining to initiate the alertness mode.
US11647920B2
Systems and methods for estimating anatomic alignment between two or more bones are described herein. An example method can include registering an anatomic reference frame. Additionally, the method can include establishing a respective rotational relationship between each of one or more bones and an orientation sensor attached to each of the one or more bones. The method can also include receiving, from each of the orientation sensors, orientation information, and then calculating an orientation of a bone relative to the anatomic reference frame. The method can further include calculating, using the respective orientations of the bones relative to the anatomic reference frame, an anatomic alignment parameter between first and second bones.
US11647919B2
Active auscultation may be used to determine organ (e.g., lung or heart) characteristics of users. An acoustic or piezo-electric signal (e.g., a pulse, a tone, and/or a broadband pulse) may be projected into an animal (typically human) body or thorax. The signal interacts with the body, or lungs, and in some cases may induce resonance within the body/lungs. A resultant signal may be emitted from the body which may be analyzed to determine, for example, a lung's resonant frequency or frequencies and/or how the sound is otherwise absorbed, reflected, or modified by the body. This information may be indicative of lung characteristics such as lung capacity, a volume of air trapped in the lungs, and/or the presence of COPD.
US11647916B2
In order to stably detect biological information such as the heartbeat, respiration, and pulse waves of a living organism, a biological information detection system that detects biological information comprises: a transmission antenna arranged on one side of the living organism and irradiating radio waves of prescribed polarized waves on to the living organism; a reception antenna arranged on the other side of the living organism and receiving transmitted waves being polarized waves orthogonal to the radio waves of prescribed polarized waves in a step in which same are transmitted through the living organism; and a detection unit that detects biological information on the basis of the transmitted waves received by the reception antenna.
US11647904B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring collection of subject condition data is provided. The method includes receiving a value of a parameter of subject condition data and a value of a sample time, for each of a plurality of sample times. The method also includes storing the subject condition data in a data structure including a first field for holding data indicating a current sample time and a second field for holding data indicating the value of the parameter. The method also includes determining a time gap defined by a duration between the current sample time and a most recent sample time and determining whether the time gap exceeds a time gap threshold and causing an apparatus to perform remedial action. A method for presenting the subject condition data on a display is also provided.
US11647878B2
A controller for a vacuum cleaner includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that program the processor to operate a motor at a first power level, receive a temperature of a drive component associated with the motor from a temperature sensor, and compare the temperature of the drive component associated with the motor to a first threshold temperature. The processor operates the motor at a second power level lower than the first power level for a period of time when the temperature of the drive component associated with the motor is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold, and continues operating the motor at the first power level when the temperature of the drive component associated with the motor is less than the first temperature threshold.
US11647876B1
A toilet training device and seat cover has a perforated hole and may or may not have flap which can be folded and glued or taped to make funnel. Once in use, the user pushes out the hole with a flap still attached so as to bridge over rim of dirty toilet. The seat cover may or may not have side folds for more surface area to wrap over toilet seat. The toilet seat cover provides a user with hygiene protection that often is ignored. A plurality of toilet seat covers may be packaged in a toilet seat cover dispenser that may be sized to fit in a pocket or purse and that may accommodate multiple seats covers in a folded and rolled position.
US11647875B2
A portable toilet seat for child toilet training is provided. The portable seat is configurable between a deployed position for use atop a conventional toilet seat and a retracted position for storage and transport.
US11647873B2
The present disclosure relates to a towel maintenance device for storing and keeping a towel and for heating and drying the towel stored and kept therein. The towel maintenance device —provides a structure in which heated air flows in a first staying space formed in a heat transfer plate and heats the heat transfer plate, thereby allowing a textile product such as a towel and the like in contact with the heat transfer plate to be heated based on thermal conduction, and the heated air discharged through a communicating hole of the heat transfer plate is discharged while passing through the textile product such as a towel and the like or flows around the textile product such as a towel and the like, thereby allowing the product to be dried to be heated based on convection. The towel maintenance device according to the present disclosure enables entire objects to be dried to be rapidly heated and dried.
US11647870B2
A shower system having individual shower brackets containing recesses and slots for receiving cylindrical rods and shelves. The shower system being directed to an improved apparatus for storage.
US11647867B2
A dispenser for a first solid flowable material and a second flowable material, including an actuator for providing rotational motion on a shaft. A first reservoir holds the first material, and a second reservoir holds the second material. A metering unit selectively passes at least one of the first material and the second material. A grinder grinds the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit.
US11647866B2
Grinder-doser device for coffee beans includes a body which internally houses an electric motor, having a shaft, which is integral in rotation with the lower grinder holder to which the lower grinder is joined, said lower grinder holder, and said lower grinder being housed inside a head which has a horizontal annular seat in the lateral edge, which houses an upper grinder. The upper grinder being formed by a toothed annular portion housed inside a hollow annular portion, which in turn is surrounded by an annular portion, which rests on the annular seat. The flat upper surface of the upper grinder is rectified and collimated with the plane passing through the ends of the teeth of the toothed portion.
US11647863B2
An air fryer comprises an air flow passage provided between an inner shell and an outer shell; a first cooking chamber having a first cooking fan in air flow communication with the first cooking chamber and a first heating element in thermal communication with the first cooking chamber. A cooling fan, when actuated, circulates air within the airflow passage. A common motor is drivingly connected to each of the cooking fan and the cooling fan, wherein a first axle portion drivingly connects the common motor to the cooking fan, a second axle portion drivingly connects the common motor to the cooling fan and, when the air fryer is positioned with the bottom on a horizontal surface, the first axle portion extends upwardly from an upper side of the common motor and the second axle portion extends downwardly from a lower side of the common motor.
US11647855B2
Disclosed is a beverage dispensing device, characterized in that it includes a main container, including a beverage receiving cavity and a fluid suction nozzle, a secondary container adapted to be movable inside the beverage receiving cavity, including at least one hole, a component providing a communication between the secondary container and the main container, configured such that, when the secondary container is in the beverage receiving cavity, between an upper position and an open position, the at least one hole is plugged, and between the open position and a lower position, the at least one hole is not plugged.
US11647848B1
Disclosed is a swaddle including a main body defining continuously formed upper, lower, left side and right side portions having fasteners for maintaining the main body in a folded condition. Certain ones of the fasteners are positioned on the upper portion to maintain the lower portion, in a folded condition, over the upper portion and under the arms of the infant to prevent downward migration of the infant into the folded swaddle. Swaddle portions may include padding for comfort and define body and head portions for positioning the infant with respect to the upper portion.
US11647840B2
A furniture console having a base and at least one of a lighting device selectively mounted to the base, a first charging device supported by the base, a thermal energy transfer assembly configured to heat or cool a first container selectively mounted to the base, and an electricity storage assembly mounted within the base, the electricity storage assembly being configured to power the furniture console. A control assembly configured to control operation of the at least one of the lighting device, the first charging device, and the thermal energy transfer assembly.
US11647837B2
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet including a top edge. A structural panel is attached to the top edge of the cabinet. An adapter panel is attached to the structural panel. The adapter panel extends over at least a portion of an upper surface of the structural panel. A decorative panel is removably coupled to the adapter panel. The decorative panel is disposed over a top surface of the adapter panel. The decorative panel is free of attachment with the cabinet.
US11647820B2
The present disclosure relates to a telescopic rod, a steering device and an electric luggage box. The telescopic rod comprises a hollow first tube, a second tube sleeved outside the first tube and being slidable relatively to the first tube, a positioning mechanism configured to lock and unlock the first tube in position relative to the second tube, and a control member configured to control the positioning mechanism to lock and unlock in position, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a pushrod connected to the control member and movable in the first rube, an abutment unit provided at a bottom end of the pushrod, and a positioning unit adapted for being abutted by the abutment unit for locking and unlocking in position; the first tube has a limiting structure provided therein, for limiting a space for movement of the abutment unit. The steering device comprises a handle and the afore-mentioned telescopic rod connected to the handle. The electric luggage box comprises a ridable box body, a front wheel and a rear wheel mounted on the box body, and the afore-mentioned steering device for steering the front wheel.
US11647818B2
Rapid access storage devices and systems are provided herein, which allow a user to quickly retrieve items stored behind, to the side of, or otherwise out of a comfortable reach range of the user. The devices comprise a housing, and at least one carriage retractable from the housing via a retraction assembly. Rapid access storage systems may comprise a wearable item, including hanging items, that include or are coupled to one or more rapid access storage devices.
US11647813B1
A quick lacing machine is disclosed, including a base, a screw cap, a pulley, a rotating wheel, a rotary driving member, an elastic member, and a pressing member. The base is provided with a rotating cavity, a lace hole and a ratchet; the pulley is rotatably arranged in the rotating cavity, and the pulley is provided with a plurality of a first spiral teeth; the rotating wheel is provided with a pawl, the pawl is engaged with the ratchet, and the rotating wheel is provided with a sliding hole, the rotary driving member is slidably arranged in the sliding hole. The present disclosure can loosen a shoelace by pressing the pressing member, and tighten the shoelace by rotating the screw cap, which is simple and convenient to operate, saves time and effort, and thereby improving efficiency of a user taking off and putting on shoes.
US11647808B2
A method for forming a plate includes attaching a first strand portion to a flexible substrate to form a first layer on the substrate and positioning a second strand portion on the first layer to form a second layer on the first layer in a plurality of discrete regions on the substrate. The method also includes positioning a plurality of traction elements into corresponding cavities formed into a first mold surface and positioning the substrate on the first mold surface to change a shape of the substrate. At least one of heat and pressure is applied to the first strand portion, the second strand portion, the substrate, and the traction elements to conform the substrate to the shape of the first mold surface and form the traction elements into the substrate at each of the discrete regions. The method also includes incorporating the substrate into an article of footwear.
US11647799B2
A face shield assembly includes, among other things, a shield configured to be placed adjacent a front of a head of a user, a tube configured to be placed against a rear of the head of the user, and fasteners. Each of the fasteners binds the tube to at least the shield.
US11647794B2
An exemplary smoking topography circuit of an electronic aerosol smoking article, includes at least one sensor configured to measure user interaction with the smoking article, a processor, and memory. The processor is configured to detect a smoking event based an output of the at least one sensor, collect data associated with the smoking event, and arrange the data in a pattern that associates the smoking event to shifts in battery voltage. The memory is configured to store the data pattern in a structured multi-byte format.
US11647792B2
An electronic cigarette including an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes a rotatable ring disposed on one end of the atomization assembly; the rotatable ring is configured to adjust a volume of air and vapor of the electronic cigarette; the atomization assembly further includes a refillable cartomizer, an atomizer, and a silicone base disposed on one end of the refillable cartomizer; and the atomizer is in pluggable connection to the silicone base.
US11647778B2
Provided are nutritional compositions having a protein component that includes certain peptides and/or bioactive peptides. Further disclosed are nutritional composition having a protein source that includes intact protein, beta-casein enriched casein hydrolysate, and/or peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da. The nutritional compositions disclosed are suitable for administration to pediatric subjects, such as infants.
US11647776B2
This disclosure relates to methods and compositions with enhanced levels of one or more tyramine containing hydroxycinnamic acid amides. Also disclosed herein are methods for producing a consumable product with enhanced levels of a tyramine containing hydroxycinnamic acid amide. Some embodiments relate to a composition enriched with a tyramine containing hydroxycinnamic acid.
US11647775B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability. The object is achieved by an emulsion composition comprising an oily component, gum arabic having a molecular weight of not less than 1 million, and a salt, the salt content being 90 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the gum arabic.
US11647771B2
Steviol glycoside compositions having improved sweetness and flavor profiles are described.
US11647769B2
Problem: To provide a microwave aging device that can shorten the time required for ageing food and can improve a yield rate. Solution: There is provided a microwave aging device including: a microwave aging unit 30, having an aging chamber configured to store food, an irradiation port through which microwave irradiation is performed into the aging chamber, and a blower fan configured to blow air into the aging chamber; a cooling unit 10 having a cooling chamber that is cooled by a cooler; a microwave oscillating unit 20 connected to the irradiation port; and a controller 40, where the aging chamber is arranged in the cooling chamber. There is also provided a microwave aging method using the device.
US11647762B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing immunoreactivity of a food including (a) incubating a food that contains at least one protein with a cross-linking enzyme to form a food that includes at least one cross-linked protein; and (b) fermenting the food including the at least one cross-linked protein with a microorganism to form a modified food including a hydrolysate of the at least one cross-linked protein, wherein (a) is performed before (b) and wherein a level of immunoreactivity of the modified food is less than a level of immunoreactivity of an unmodified food including at least one protein. Modified foods obtained from the present method are also provided.
US11647754B1
An oven uses at least one infrared sensor located outside of the oven baking chamber to measure infrared light emissions from an oven floor, and includes apparatuses that defend infrared sensors and light sources from heat damage using for example baffles, shutters, remote location of the sensor from heat sources and powered ventilation, temperature control systems for ovens using at least one infrared sensor to control the temperature of an oven floor, and powered ventilation systems to keep oven walls cool.
US11647752B2
A method for controlling tobacco bacterial wilt and an application of NaHS in controlling the tobacco bacterial wilt are provided by the present disclosure, and the disclosure belongs to the technical field of plant disease control. By measuring the growth effect of Ralstonia solanacearum in tobacco through plate and shake bottle experiments, the disclosure finds the NaHS has an inhibiting effect on the growth of the pathogen of bacterial wilt; and the influence of different concentration of NaHS on the incidence of bacterial wilt in tobacco is detected, and the result also shows that NaHS has a good effect on resisting bacterial wilt in tobacco. The disclosure finds and proves for the first time that NaHS is an effective antibacterial substance against bacterial wilt and provides a new method for prevention and controlling of the tobacco bacterial wilt.
US11647742B2
A wind-aided game decoy system that allows for multiple decoys moving independently on a single support. The system comprises multiple pivot arms holding multiple decoys. The pivot arms are attached to pivot channels on a wheel hub. The wheel hub is rotatably mounted to a support. The wheel hub may further comprise pin bores along the peripheral edge of the wheel hub allowing a user to adjust the swing of the pivot arms with insertion and removal of pins. The support of the wheel hub can be a stake with one end inserted into a ground and another end connected to the wheel hub. Alternatively, the wheel hub may be moved away from the stake by using an extension arm that connects to a bearing case and runs to the wheel hub, wherein the bearing case is connected to the stake.
US11647728B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04420302 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04420302, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04420302, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04420302, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04420302. 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 04420302. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04420302, 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 04420302 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647726B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04070902 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04070902, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04070902, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04070902, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04070902. 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 04070902. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04070902, 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 04070902 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647720B2
A soybean cultivar designated 01130157 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01130157, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01130157, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01130157, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01130157. 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 01130157. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01130157, 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 01130157 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647719B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04240664 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04240664, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04240664, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04240664, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04240664. 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 04240664. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04240664, 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 04240664 with another soybean cultivar.
US11647714B2
A rice cultivar designated UADA1701084 is disclosed herein. The present invention provides seeds, plants, and plant parts derived from rice cultivar UADA1701084. Further, it provides methods for producing a rice plant by crossing UADA1701084 with itself or another rice variety. The invention also encompasses any rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by the methods disclosed herein, including those in which additional traits have been transferred into UADA1701084 through the introduction of a transgene or by breeding UADA1701084 with another rice cultivar.
US11647700B2
One variation of a method for monitoring growth of plants within a facility includes: aggregating global ambient data recorded by a suite of fixed sensors, arranged proximal a grow area within the facility, at a first frequency during a grow period; extracting interim outcomes of a set of plants, occupying a module in the grow area, from module-level images recorded by a mover at a second frequency less than the first frequency while interfacing with the module during the period of time; dispatching the mover to autonomously deliver the module to a transfer station; extracting interim outcomes of the set of plants from plant-level images recorded by the transfer station while sequentially transferring plants out of the module at the conclusion of the grow period; and deriving relationships between ambient conditions, interim outcomes, and final outcomes from a corpus of plant records associated with plants grown in the facility.
US11647698B2
A chopper blade for use in an agricultural harvester chopper to chop crop residue comprises a blade body and a hard face. The blade body comprises a cutting edge of the chopper blade. The hard face is applied on a surface of the blade body, and is harder than the blade body. The hard face comprises a serration pattern along a cutting edge such that the cutting edge wears to the serration pattern to match the serration pattern to form corresponding serrations in the cutting edge with the serration pattern becoming part of the cutting edge of the chopper blade during use of the chopper blade.
US11647692B2
Harvesting tools are disclosed which may comprise a gripper including a set of finger elements constructed and arranged to envelop a target object pertaining to agricultural produce, and a manipulator carriage configured to actuate the gripper during operation to grasp the target object. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11647691B2
Crop is routed past a sample window on an agricultural combine harvester. Light it is impinged on the crop from an illumination source and reflected radiation is directed to a sensor. The output of the sensor is indicative of various constituents in the harvested crop. The illumination source is controlled based on the temperature proximate the crop sample.
US11647688B1
An intelligent seeding and fertilizing machine for intercropping comprises: a fixed frame, a plurality of seeding devices arranged in parallel in the fixed frame and a plurality of guide columns fixedly connected in the fixed frame, where one end of fixed frame close to a cutting mechanism is provided with a lifting plate, a side of the fixed frame is in sliding contact with an inner wall of a lifting groove, the lifting groove is provided with a lifting screw, a lifting motor is fixedly connected to a top surface of the lifting plate; each seeding device includes a frame, and a bottom surface of the frame is respectively provided with a cutting mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, a furrowing mechanism, a fertilizing mechanism, a seeding mechanism and a soil covering mechanism, and the above mechanisms and the lifting motor are all electrically connected with a control system.
US11653577B2
A method for manufacturing an interconnection structure for an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer. Electrical contacts pass through the first insulating layer, and a component having an electrical contact region is located in the second insulating layer. The method includes etching a first opening in the third layer, vertically aligned with the contact region. A fourth insulating layer is deposited to fill in the opening, and a second opening is etched to the contact region by passing through the opening in the third insulating layer. A metal level is formed by filling in the second opening with a metal.
US11653573B2
A magnetic domain wall movement element includes a wiring layer containing a ferromagnetic material, a non-magnetic layer in contact with the first surface of the wiring layer, a first conductive layer connected to the first surface of the wiring layer and containing a ferromagnetic material; and a second conductive layer connected to the wiring layer at a distance from the first conductive layer. A first part of the connection face of the first conductive layer is directly connected to the wiring layer, and a second part of the connection face other than the first part is connected to the wiring layer via the non-magnetic layer.
US11653572B2
Some embodiments relate to a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The cell includes a bottom electrode having a central bottom electrode portion surrounded by a peripheral bottom electrode portion. Step regions of the conductive bottom electrode couple the central and peripheral bottom electrode portions to one another such that an upper surface of the central portion is recessed relative to an upper surface of the peripheral portion. A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) has MTJ outer sidewalls which are disposed over the bottom central electrode portion and which are arranged between the step regions. A top electrode is disposed over an upper surface of the MTJ. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.
US11653571B2
A resonance device includes a first substrate formed of a semiconductor material or a glass material and having a recess which has an opening in a first main surface, a second substrate bonded to the first main surface and configured to close the opening of the recess, and a resonator element housed in the recess. An inner surface of the recess includes a side surface, a bottom surface, and a connection surface connecting the side surface and the bottom surface, the connection surface is a curved surface, and L1
US11653561B2
An organic electroluminescence device of the embodiments includes oppositely disposed first electrode and second electrode, and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one among the organic layers includes a fused polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below, thereby showing improved emission efficiency and long life: Formula 1
US11653545B2
A transparent display device for providing only a viewer located at the front with an image is disclosed. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a first subpixel, a second subpixel and a third subpixel, a first electrode provided in each of the first subpixel, the second subpixel and the third subpixel on the substrate, a light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, a second electrode provided on the light emitting layer, an upper color filter provided over the second electrode, a lower color conversion layer provided between the substrate and the first electrode, and a lower color filter provided between the substrate and the lower color conversion layer.
US11653543B2
Device structures are provided that include one or more plasmonic OLEDs and zero or more non-plasmonic OLEDs. Each plasmonic OLED includes an enhancement layer that includes a plasmonic material which exhibits surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material and transfers excited state energy from the emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons in the plasmonic OLED.
US11653540B2
A display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a substrate, a first anode disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of opaque conductive layers disposed between the substrate and the first anode, in which the pixels include an opening pixel including a first anode arrangement region, a pinhole region located around the first anode arrangement region and surrounded by the first anode, and a first anode non-arrangement region including an exposed region located outside the first anode, and in a plan view, the opaque conductive layers completely cover the exposed region and at least partially expose the pinhole region.
US11653539B2
A display device including a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area positioned at a side of the display area; at least one transistor in the display area of the base substrate and conductive lines in the non-display area of the base substrate; at least one light-emitting element in the display area that is coupled to the at least one transistor; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element; a sensing electrode on the encapsulation layer and a sensing line on the encapsulation layer coupled to the sensing electrode; and an align mark on the encapsulation layer at least partially overlapping some of the conductive lines in the non-display area, in a plan view.
US11653536B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area; a pad disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area; a first conductive pattern disposed on one side of the display area in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the pad; a second conductive pattern disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area and disposed on an opposite side of the first conductive pattern; a first connection electrode disposed on the first conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; and a second connection electrode disposed on the second conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the second conductive pattern. A cathode electrode of a light emitting diode is disposed on the first and second connection electrodes and electrically connected to the first and second connection electrodes.
US11653529B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes a substrate, a pixel definition layer for defining pixels on the substrate, the pixel definition layer including a plurality of inter-pixel portions located between adjacent pixels, and a fingerprint recognition sensor located in the inter-pixel portions.
US11653526B2
Various aspects of an OLED and related methods of manufacturing are provided, wherein a light extraction substrate of an OLED includes a base substrate; a porous light-scattering layer, including a first material, and having a plurality of holes formed therein; a planarization layer formed on the light-scattering layer, and including a second material; and a plurality of scattering structures including the second material, and formed by the second material infiltrated from the planarization layer into the light-scattering layer to fill at least a part of the plurality of holes, the scattering structures including a plurality of second scattering structures.
US11653523B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a base layer, a circuit layer, a display element layer, and an encapsulation layer, wherein a through-hole passes through the base layer, the circuit layer, the display element layer and the encapsulation layer; a compensation layer disposed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the compensation layer is adjacent to the through-hole; and a crack detection pattern disposed in a groove on a top surface of the compensation layer.
US11653513B2
The present disclosure provides a quantum dot film including a plurality of quantum dot material layers arranged in stack, the plurality of quantum dot material layers having refractive indices gradually ascending along a thickness direction of the quantum dot film. The present disclosure further provides a color filter layer and a display device.
US11653512B2
According to principals as disclosed herein an organic, light emitting diode assembly is provided having a first electrode. An electron injection layer is adjacent to the first electrode. A first electron transport layer composed of inorganic material is adjacent to the electron injection layer. A second electron transport layer composed of organic material is adjacent to the first electron transport layer and in contact with an organic light emitting material layer. The organic light emitting material layer is in direct, abutting contact with the second electron transport layer. A hole transport layer is adjacent to the organic light emitting material layer and a second electrode is adjacent to the hole transport layer.
US11653511B2
Disclosed herein is an organic EL light-emitting apparatus including a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel and second pixel share a common layer. The pixel other than the second pixel includes a non-common layer. The common layer contains a delayed fluorescent compound. The second pixel is configured to emit a light from the common layer. The pixel other than the second pixel is configured to emit a light from the non-common layer.
US11653505B2
Methods and apparatuses for a cross-point memory array and related fabrication techniques are described. The fabrication techniques described herein may facilitate concurrently building two or more decks of memory cells disposed in a cross-point architecture. Each deck of memory cells may include a plurality of first access lines (e.g., word lines), a plurality of second access lines (e.g., bit lines), and a memory component at each topological intersection of a first access line and a second access line. The fabrication technique may use a pattern of vias formed at a top layer of a composite stack, which may facilitate building a 3D memory array within the composite stack while using a reduced number of processing steps. The fabrication techniques may also be suitable for forming a socket region where the 3D memory array may be coupled with other components of a memory device.
US11653502B2
A device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate that includes a base portion and a fin portion that extends upward from the base portion, an insulator layer on sides and top of the fin portion, a first conductor layer on a first side surface of the insulator layer, a second conductor layer on a second side surface of the insulator layer, and a ferroelectric layer on portions of a top surface of the base portion, a portion of the insulator layer below the first conductor layer, a side and top surface of the first conductor layer, a top surface of the insulator layer above the fin portion, a side and top surface of the second conductor layer, and a portion of the insulator layer below the second conductor layer. A word line conductor is on the top surface of the ferroelectric layer.
US11653496B2
The total silicon area used by a plurality of high voltage transistors in an array of NAND cells is reduced by modifying the silicon area layout such that the size of the source and drain of each of the plurality of high voltage transistors is dependent on the maximum voltage to be applied to each of the source and drain for the respective one of the plurality of high voltage transistors.
US11653486B2
In a component replenishment management system, a setting unit sets work allowable time of an operator in a work area, a replenishment target identification unit identifies component replenishment target devices which are targets of component replenishment work by the operator, and a work progress determination unit determines a progress state of the component replenishment work. Then, an extraction unit extracts the component replenishment target devices for which the component replenishment work is to be performed before work time in the work area by the operator reaches the work allowable time among the component replenishment target devices whose progress state of the component replenishment work is work not performed.
US11653477B2
Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.
US11653474B2
A connector assembly including a shielding cage and a liquid cooling cabin. The shielding cage has an insertion space and a window in communication with the insertion space. The liquid cooling cabin is configured to allow a cooling liquid to circulate and flow inside, the liquid cooling cabin comprises a shell having an opening, a thermal coupling cover provided at the opening of the shell, and an elastic sealing unit sealing a gap between the thermal coupling cover and the shell, the thermal coupling cover having a thermal coupling plate entering into the insertion space via the window of the shielding cage, the thermal coupling plate being capable of elastically moving in a direction close to the shell and elastically restoring in a direction away from the shell by a function of the elastic sealing unit.
US11653468B2
A high power connector comprises an electricity conductive element of substantially elongated conformation and provided with a first end portion electrically connectable to a power electronic circuit of a power electronic apparatus and with a second end portion provided with an electrical connection terminal, the conductive element being insertable inside a through opening made on the cover with said terminal facing outwards, wherein the connector comprises a locking element made of an electrically insulating material that can be coupled with the conductive element and fixable to the outer surface of the cover.
US11653452B1
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCA) of a brain computer interface (BCI) module is configured to interconnect a plurality of emitter assemblies and a plurality of detector assemblies of the BCI module. The FPCA comprises a connector portion for connecting the FPCA to a controller of the BCI module, a plurality of rigid sections, a plurality of flexible sections. A first subset of rigid sections is configured to mount the plurality of emitter assemblies. A second subset of rigid sections is configured to mount the plurality of detector assemblies. Each flexible section is configured to attach the two or more rigid sections of the plurality of rigid sections to each other. The plurality of flexible sections allows the plurality of emitter assemblies and the plurality of detector assemblies to stretch to conform to a head of a user.
US11653449B2
A flexible circuit film including a first flexible film, a second flexible film facing the first flexible film, and a plurality of wirings arranged between the first flexible film and the second flexible film. The wirings have different widths and bend in different directions, and a guide film including a material more rigid than the first and second flexible films is arranged on ends of the first flexible film. The guide film includes a tear-preventing portion overlapping with a bending portion of a shortest one of the wirings while covering portions of an inner edge near inner corners of a U-shaped flexible circuit film.
US11653439B2
Provided is a ground member that can prevent damage to interlayer adhesion between a conductive layer and an adhesive layer of the ground member due to heating in producing a shielded printed wiring board or in mounting an electronic component on a shielded printed wiring board. The ground member of the present invention includes: a conductive layer; and an adhesive layer stacked on the conductive layer, the adhesive layer containing a binder component and hard particles, the adhesive layer having a thickness of 5 to 30 μm.
US11653434B2
A lighting circuit turns on a plurality of semiconductor light sources. Multiple current sources are each coupled to a corresponding semiconductor light source. A switching converter supplies a driving voltage VOUT across each of multiple series connection circuits each formed of the semiconductor light source and the current source. A converter controller employing a ripple control method turns on a switching transistor of the switching converter in response to a voltage across any one of the multiple current sources decreasing to a bottom limit voltage.
US11653430B2
Disclosed are a lamp control system and a control method thereof. The lamp control system includes: an LED light source assembly, an AC input end, an on-off switch, an EMI filter circuit, a rectifier filter circuit, a buck circuit, a rectifier output circuit, a voltage stabilizing circuit, and a control circuit; the EMI filter circuit is connected to the AC input end through the on-off switch; the EMI filter circuit, the rectifier filter circuit, the buck circuit, and the rectifier output circuit are electrically connected in sequence; the rectifier filter circuit, the voltage stabilizing circuit, the control circuit, and the buck circuit form a closed-loop circuit, the rectifier output circuit is electrically connected to the LED light source assembly.
