US11946098B2
Electrochemical sensors have great promise for point-of-care and in vivo measurement of medically relevant molecules. However, the need for calibrating individual sensors limits the practical applicability of these sensing platforms. The invention provides a novel method of operating electrochemical sensors which obviates the need to calibrate individual sensors against a sample of known concentration. The invention exploits the frequency dependence of electrochemical output signals and the dependence of output signals on the inherent electron transfer kinetics of a selected sensor design. By use of signals generated at a nonresponsive frequency, a normalizing output value is generated that accounts for sensor-to-sensor variation and which enables an accurate calculation of target concentration. The scope of the invention also includes pre-calibrated sensors that may be utilized without calibration steps.
US11946097B2
The present disclosure provides labeling reagents for labeling substrates such as nucleotides, proteins, antibodies, lipids, and cells. The labeling reagents provided herein may comprise fluorescent labels and semi-rigid linkers. Methods for nucleic acid sequencing using materials comprising such labeling reagents are also provided here.
US11946092B2
A method for producing 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate (KDG) from 2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-D-gluconic acid (GlcNAc1A) by two enzymes; GlcNAc1A is converted to KDG by incubating GlcNAc1A with a deacetylase OngB at 25° C. for 4-12 h and then with a deaminase OngC at 25° C. for another 10-15 h; it constructs two engineered E. coli/pET22b-ongB (carrying the ongB gene) and E. coli/pET22b-ongC (carrying the ongC gene) strains to prepare recombinant proteins OngB and OngC, respectively; at the action of these two enzymes, OngB and OngC, GlcNAc1A is converted to KDG, which solves the bottleneck of GlcNAc1A utilization during the bioconversion of chitin; the KDG is an important metabolic intermediate to synthesize furan derivatives, herbicides, food additives and other industrially important chemical compounds, having wide industrial applications.
US11946090B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a treatment process system for biomass material and methods for such system. The system comprises a first dewatering stage arranged to receive biomass material, to remove liquid from the biomass material, and to feed the biomass material forward in the process. Further, the system includes a water treatment stage arranged to collect the removed liquid and an addition stage located downstream said dewatering stage and operatively coupled to the first dewatering stage. The addition stage is arranged to receive the de-watered biomass material, wherein the addition stage includes inlets for adding acid containing solution into the addition stage. A reactor stage arranged to receive the biomass material treated in the addition stage and to perform a pre-hydrolysis process to the biomass material. A filtrate feeding arrangement is arranged to feed liquid from the filtrate tank to the reactor stage.
US11946089B2
The present invention provides for a mechanism to reduce glycerol production and increase nitrogen utilization and ethanol production of recombinant microorganisms. One aspect of this invention relates to strains of S. cerevisiae with reduced glycerol productivity that get a kinetic benefit from higher nitrogen concentration without sacrificing ethanol yield. A second aspect of the invention relates to metabolic modifications resulting in altered transport and/or intracellular metabolism of nitrogen sources present in corn mash.
US11946087B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for co-production and recovery of two or more isoprenoids from a single recombinant cell.
US11946079B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a protein hydrolysate using a polypeptide having endopeptidase activity and a polypeptide having carboxypeptidase activity and the use of these enzymes for hydrolysing a protein substrate. In addition, the present invention relates to polypeptides having carboxypeptidase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US11946054B2
Disclosed herein are polynucleotides encoding ligand-inducible gene switch polypeptides, and systems comprising gene switch polypeptides for modulating the expression of a heterologous gene and an interleukin in a host cell. The compositions, methods and systems described herein facilitate ligand dependent expression of polypeptides including but not limited to cytokines and antigen binding polypeptides.
US11946051B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hypertrophic scars. The present inventors have found that the inhibition of expression of TXNDC5, PRRC1, S100A11, Galectin 1, Filamin A, eIF-5A, Annexin A2, and FABP5 can be a new target for improving and treating hypertrophic scars. In the present invention, TXNDC5-, PRRC1-, S100A11-, Galectin 1-, Filamin A-, eIF-5A-, Annexin A2-, and FABP5-specific siRNAs were constructed to determine the probability of treating the hypertrophic scars. As a result, the knockdown of the protein or a gene encoding the protein induces apoptosis in the hypertrophic scars and reduces collagen expression, which can be very useful in treating wounds.
US11946044B2
Disclosed herein are methods for isolating DNA, such as cell-free DNA (cfDNA) or DNA from a tissue sample, e.g., in which the DNA is partitioned into hypermethylated and hypomethylated partitions. After differential tagging of the partitions, portions of the hypomethylated partition are pooled with the hypermethylated partition or pooled separately. Epigenetic and sequence-variable target regions are captured from the pool comprising DNA from the hypermethylated and hypomethylated partitions, and sequence-variable target regions are captured from the pool comprising DNA from the hypomethylated partition. This approach can reduce costs and/or bandwidth by limiting sequencing of epigenetic target regions from the hypomethylated partition, which may be less informative than other DNA.
US11946043B2
The present disclosure provides methods for selectively tagging 5-methylcytosine in a DNA sample and using this approach for genome-wide profiling of 5-methylcytosine in a low input DNA sample such as circulating cell-free DNA.
US11946042B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide, for translation in a cell-free translation system, a novel translation system capable of synthesizing a peptide having therein consecutive non-proteinogenic amino acids. The present invention provides a tRNA containing the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and encoding a non-proteinogenic amino acid.
US11946032B2
A sampler for use with a bioreactor for growing a cell culture is disclosed. In one embodiment, the bioreactor includes a structured fixed bed including a removable sample portion for recovering a sample of cells from the cell culture. Related apparatuses and methods are also disclosed.
US11946026B2
A fragrance composition composed of a high-performance fragrance component and isopropyl myristate is provided. Use of isopropyl myristate as a solvent provides for an increase in the perceived fragrance intensity of a fabric care product, in particular under dry stage conditions.
US11946020B2
The need for a spray application of detersive compositions comprising perfume and low levels of surfactant, which provides more even coverage of the surface to be treated, while limiting nose and throat irritation is met by limiting the spray droplet size, such that the spray droplets have a particle size distribution such that the Dv10 is greater than about 40 microns.
US11946018B2
Freshening composition having at least 70% by weight of the freshening composition of water, a perfume, wherein the perfume includes at least 60% by weight of the perfume, Perfume Raw Materials (“PRMs”) having C log P greater than 1; and at least 0.0015% by weight of the freshening composition of an alkoxylated aromatic.
US11946016B2
The invention is directed to a process for the extraction of one or more oil-soluble components from plant material, to an oil comprising one or more oil-soluble components from plant material, preferably obtainable by the process of the invention, a physiologically acceptable product comprising the oil, and to the use of plant material. The process of the invention comprises: a) providing oil and plant material; b) heating the oil to a temperature of 10-80° C., preferably 50-80° C.; c) contacting the oil with the plant material while the oil and plant material are in motion relative to each other, thereby extracting one or more oil-soluble components from said plant material; d) replacing plant material with new plant material during the extraction process; and e) collecting said oil when the concentration of the one or more oil-soluble components has reached a desired level.
US11946014B2
The present invention provides a water/glycol-based hydraulic fluid that includes a total fatty acid and dimer acid of more than 0.4 and no more than 1.2 mass % as a fatty acid lubricant, and also a phosphate ester at between 0.01 and 0.07 mass %. The phosphate ester has the following structure (1) here R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrogen group with a carbon number between 1 and 30, and may either be mutually identical or mutually different; R3 represents a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number between 1 and 20; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number between 1 and 30; and X1, X2, X3, and X4 each indicate an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, where these may either be mutually identical or mutually different.
US11946006B2
A method for producing a fuel includes transporting one or more pressure vessels containing pressurized biogas from a first location to a second location, and removing biogas from the one or more pressure vessels at the second location. The fuel production process is improved by controlling the decanting flow rate to provide a total decant time greater than 30-40 minutes, by actively heating biogas contained within the one or more pressure vessels, or some combination thereof.
US11946001B2
A process and/or system for producing fuel using renewable hydrogen having a reduced carbon intensity. The renewable hydrogen is produced in a hydrogen production process comprising methane reforming, wherein at least a portion of the feedstock for the hydrogen production process comprises upgraded biogas sourced from a plurality of biogas plants. Each of the upgraded biogases is produced in a process that includes collecting biogas comprising methane and carbon dioxide, capturing at least 50% of the carbon dioxide originally present in the collected biogas and producing the upgraded biogas. Storage of the captured carbon dioxide reducing a carbon intensity of the fuel, without having to provide carbon capture and storage of carbon dioxide from hydrogen production.
US11945994B1
A method of designing a cement slurry may include: (a) selecting a target permeability and a density requirement; (b) inputting the target permeability into a permeability model and generating a proposed cement composition using the permeability model, wherein the proposed cement composition comprises at least a cement and concentration thereof, and a water and concentration thereof such that a cement slurry formed from the proposed cement composition water meet the density requirement; (c) preparing the cement slurry based on the proposed cement composition; and (d) introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened cement.
US11945991B2
In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a phase change material, a hydrophobic sorption material, and a viscosity modifier. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material comprising a phase change material and a hydrophobic sorption material.
US11945988B2
A flame retardant product that contains an aqueous solution that includes a hydroxylated carbon-based component, an intumescent agent suitable for at least partially or even completely dehydrating the hydroxylated carbon-based component in such a way as to generate, under the effect of heat, a carbonaceous foam, and a thixotropic agent, selected to have a viscosity that increases as a result of water being added in the absence of shear. The solution has a sufficient concentration of the hydroxylated carbon-based component and the intumescent agent so that an addition of water to said solution increases the viscosity thereof in the absence of shear. The content by weight of the hydroxylated carbon-based component is greater than 10%.
US11945984B2
A reinforcing film comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive layer laminated and fixed on a principal surface of a film substrate. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a photocurable composition containing a photocurable agent and a base polymer having a crosslinked structure. The gel fraction of the photocurable composition is preferably 60% or more. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is preferably 1×104 to 1.2×105 Pa. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer after photocuring is preferably 1.5×105 to 2×106 Pa.
US11945977B2
A hot melt adhesive comprises at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polybutene, polyisobutene, linear low density polyethylene, polypropylene random copolymer, polypropylene, olefin block copolymer, polyolefins, styrene block copolymers, and ethyl vinyl acetate polymers; a tackifying resin; and at least one precisely end-capped polystyrene (PECPS). The use of the styrene-based oligomers and polymers with the precisely controlled end-groups in hot melt adhesive formulations to improve compatibility with polymers and block copolymers frequently used in such adhesives.
US11945975B1
Provided are a water-based adhesive and a preparation method thereof, and its use in an anode of a lithium battery. The method for preparing a water-based adhesive includes mixing a surfactant, acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, acrylamide and water to obtain a mixture system; heating the mixture system to a polymerization temperature to obtain a heated mixture system; adding an initiator into the heated mixture system and subjecting a resulting system to polymerization to obtain a linear polymer; adding a cross-linking agent into the linear polymer and subjecting a resulting mixture to cross-linking reaction to obtain a cross-linking system; cooling the cross-linking system after the cross-linking reaction is completed to obtain a cooled cross-linking system; and adjusting a pH of the cooled cross-linking system to 6-7 to obtain the water-based adhesive.
US11945974B2
A temporary fixing composition is provided that is used to temporarily fix a first bonding target material and a second bonding target material to each other before the two bonding target materials are bonded to each other. The temporary fixing composition contains a first organic component having a viscosity of less than 70 mPa·s at 25° C. and a boiling point of 200° C. or lower and a second organic component having a viscosity of 70 mPa·s or greater at 25° C. and a boiling point of 210° C. or higher. It is preferable that, when thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis is performed under the conditions at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min in a nitrogen atmosphere with a sample mass of 30 mg, the 95% mass reduction temperature is lower than 300° C.
US11945964B2
A system for applying a first coating composition and a second coating composition is provided herein. The system includes an atomizing applicator and a high transfer efficiency applicator defining a nozzle orifice. The system further includes a substrate assembly comprising a metal-containing substrate and a plastic-containing substrate. The metal-containing substrate is coupled to the plastic-containing substrate. The atomizing applicator is configured to apply the first coating composition to the metal-containing substrate. The high transfer efficiency applicator is configured to expel the second coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the plastic-containing substrate.
US11945961B2
A print material includes a vinylic molecule, a vinylic cross-linker molecule having a plurality of vinyl groups, a quantum dot, a light-scattering particle having a surface composition, and a dispersant having a chemical affinity matched to the surface composition. Methods of making and using such print materials are also described.
US11945953B2
The present invention relates to an asphalt product that comprises an asphalt component and a plurality of pellets comprising a mixture of a ground tire rubber and an elastomeric polymer, where the density difference between the asphalt component and the plurality of pellets is less than 10%. The present invention further relates to a pellet comprising a ground tire rubber (“GTR”) and an elastomeric polymer mixed with the GTR, where the GTR has a density of less than 1.12 g/cm3. Also disclosed are methods of producing improved asphalt and paving a surface.
US11945949B2
Disclosed is a polyamide composition including 30% to 99.9% by weight of a polyamide mixture as component A). Component A) includes aliphatic polyamide A1) and aliphatic copolyamide or terpolyamide A2). The weight ratio of A1) to A2) is 55:45 to 95:5. The polyamide composition also includes 0% to 60% by weight of glass fibers as component B), 0% to 2% by weight of nigrosin as component C), 0.1% to 10% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol including more than two hydroxyl groups and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 2000 as component D), 0% to 20% by weight of further additives as component E). The reported amounts sum to 100% by weight based on the total composition.
US11945946B2
Microcapsules encapsulating oily core materials have a shell material of hybrid polyurea and poly(beta-amino esters) (PU/PBAE). The microcapsules may have a single shell of hybrid PU/PBAE, dual shells including hybrid PU/PBAE in an inner shell and PBAE in an outer shell crosslinked and deposited to the inner shell, or multiple shells including PU in an inner shell, hybrid PU/PBAE in a transitioning shell, and PBAE in an outer shell. Formation of the microcapsules includes polymerization between multifunctional amine and multifunctional acrylate to produce a water soluble PBAE; polymerization between polyisocyanate in oil phase and multifunctional amine in aqueous solution to produce PU microcapsule, polymerization between polyisocyanate and the amine moiety of PBAE prepolymer to produce hybrid PU/PBAE microcapsule wall; and polymerization between multifunctional acrylate and primary or secondary amine moiety of the PBAE prepolymer to form a PBAE outer shell.
US11945934B2
Compositions and methods for producing smoke suppressants are disclosed. The smoke suppressant molecularly encapsulates a naturally-occurring inorganic substrate, such as expanded volcanic ash. These intercalated smoke suppressant compositions have particular utility for smoke suppression in polyvinyl chloride (PVC), both flexible and rigid compounds as well as other polymeric resins and materials.
US11945928B2
Provided are a polyol composition in which hard caking does not occur when stored for a long period of time, and a polyurethane foam using the same. The polyol composition comprises a polyol compound, a foaming agent, a filler, and a metal oxide fine particle, the foaming agent including a hydrofluoroolefin, and the metal oxide fine particle having a count number ratio of OH ions of a metal constituting the metal oxide fine particle with respect to a total count number of all ions measured using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of 0.1 or less.
US11945925B2
Provided are a polyimide-based film having excellent visibility, a film for a cover window, and a display device including the same.
US11945917B2
A composition includes a compound represented by Formula (1) and a pigment. In Formula (1), R1 represents an (m+n)-valent linking group, P1 represents a polymer chain which has a polyester repeating unit in a main chain, and of which a weight-average molecular weight is 1000 or more, P2 represents a polymer chain which is different from P1 and has a repeating unit derived from a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bonding group in a main chain, m represents a number of 1 to 9, n represents a number of 1 to 9, and m+n satisfies 4 to 18.
US11945915B2
A method for synthesizing a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, wherein a polysilicate is applied as a reactant when synthesizing the pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, and the total amount of water added in the reaction system is specified. The method is capable of omitting a condensation reaction by applying a polysilicate as a reactant, thereby significantly shortening synthesis time and reducing production costs when compared with a typical synthesis method in which alkoxysilane-based monomer compound is used as a reactant. In addition, the gelation reaction time and the weight average molecular weight can be easily controlled, and a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate excellent in storage stability and processability can be synthesized.
US11945913B2
The disclosure provides a thermosetting polyimide resin and a manufacturing method thereof, a composition, a prepolymer, a film, an adhesive, and a use thereof. The composition includes at least: (a) a maleimide compound and (b) the thermosetting polyimide resin. The disclosure provides the thermosetting polyimide resin and the prepolymer, for manufacturing a film, an adhesive sheet, a cover film, a redistribution layer, a build-up board, a prepreg sheet, a high-frequency substrate, an integrated circuits carrier board, an adhesive for copper foil, a semiconductor packaging material, a radome, a substrate for server, a substrate for base station, a substrate for vehicle, etc.
US11945909B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a polycarbonate and the reaction of one or more diaryl carbonates with one or more aromatic compounds, wherein a catalyst combination is used in the process. The invention further relates to a catalyst combination and to the use thereof in a process for producing a polycarbonate.
US11945904B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam thermally recyclable by fusion, and to hybrid materials made of flexible polyurethane foam and compact thermoplastic elastomer and/or expanded thermoplastic polyurethane.
US11945895B2
The invention provides a class of photochromic polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers. Each of the photochromic polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers of the invention comprise (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and photochromic siloxane unit having one methyl substituent and one organic substituent having a photochromic moiety that capable of undergoing a reversible color change upon exposure to UV-irradiation or high-energy-violet light; (2) two terminal ethylenically-unsaturated groups. The invention also provides a soft photochromic contact lens, especially a photochromic silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises a crosslinked polymeric material comprising repeating units of at least one of such a class of photochromic polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers. The invention further provides a method of producing a photochromic contact lens from a polymerizable composition comprising at least one of such a class of photochromic polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers.
US11945893B2
A curable composition can comprise a polymerizable material including a monomer of Formula (1), with R being H or alkyl or alkylaryl, n being 1-4, m being 0-6, X1 being C1-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, X2 being CH3 or H, After forming a cured layer of the curable composition, the cured layer can have an excellent etch resistance.
US11945892B2
A polyacrylamide-based copolymer reduces or prevents aggregation of biologic molecules including proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids, and lipid-based vehicles such as liposomes, lipid nanoparticles, polymerosomes, and micelles, in aqueous formulations at hydrophobic interfaces, thereby increasing the thermal stability of the molecules in the formulation. Methods and compositions comprising the copolymer and a protein or the copolymer and insulin can be used for treating conditions including diabetes.
US11945891B2
A composition having excellent curability and adhesive bonding ability is provided. A composition, comprising the following components (1) to (5): (1) a polymerizable vinyl monomer containing 10 to 70 parts by mass of (1-1), 10 to 60 parts by mass of (1-2), and 10 to 60 parts by mass of (1-3) based on 100 parts by mass of (1) the polymerizable vinyl monomer, in which (1-1) is a (meth)acrylic monomer represented by the formula (A) Formula (A) Z—O—R1 (wherein, Z represents a (meth)acryloyl group, and R1 represents an alkyl group.), (1-2) is a (meth)acrylic monomer represented by the formula (B) (wherein, Z and Z′ represent a (meth)acryloyl group, and R2 and R2′ represent an alkylene group; R2 and R2′ may be the same as or different from one another; R3 and R3′ represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 and R3′ may be the same as or different from one another; m and n represent an average number of moles of alkylene oxide added (proportion of alkylene oxide added)), (1-3) is a (meth)acrylic monomer that is a (meth)acrylic acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol; (2) a thermal radical polymerization initiator; (3) a photo-radical polymerization initiator; (4) an aromatic amine and/or pyridine derivative; and (5) an organic metal salt.
US11945890B2
Fluorinated compositions include a fluorinated copolymer formed from a fluorine-containing monomer and vinyl chloride, the fluorine-containing monomer in an amount of from 0.5 weight % to 10.0 weight % based on a combined weight % of fluorine-containing monomer and vinyl chloride. Methods of making a fluorinated copolymer are further provided. Ultraviolet-protective films formed from a mixture including a fluorinated copolymer are further provided.
US11945886B2
A cured resin formation method including an applying step of applying an ultraviolet curable resin on a base; and a curing step of curing the ultraviolet curable resin by irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin applied in the applying step with ultraviolet rays, in which in the curing step, the ultraviolet curable resin is irradiated with ultraviolet rays while cooling the ultraviolet curable resin, so that a difference between an ordinary temperature of the ultraviolet curable resin and a temperature of the ultraviolet curable resin when irradiated with ultraviolet rays is within a set temperature difference set in advance.
US11945878B2
The present invention relates to a switch molecule for activating a chimeric antigen receptor effector cell, to a polypeptide or fusion protein binding thereto, and to a chimeric antigen receptor. (i) When a switch molecule of the present invention is used, in order to improve safety of a CAR-T cell, if severe toxicity appears, a switch molecule lacking a targeting moiety can be injected to adjust activation of the CAR-T cell. (ii) When an antigen is mutated, or in order to cure various carcinomas, instead of an existing switch molecule, a switch molecule targeting a new antigen generated due to the mutation or a switch molecule targeting a different tumor associated antigen (TAA) can be injected into a patient to cure cancer more effectively.
US11945877B2
Antibodies, antigen-binding fragments and polypeptides that bind to HER2 are disclosed, as well as nucleic acids and vectors encoding the same. Also provided are cells comprising the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, polypeptides, nucleic acids and vectors, methods of making such molecules, and the use of such molecules for therapeutic applications.
US11945876B2
Some embodiments provided herein are chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR), useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT), and cells comprising the CoStAR. In some embodiments, the CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens. In some embodiments, CoStAR and/or fusion proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof are also provided.
US11945867B2
The present invention provides antibodies and polyclonal antibody preparations which bind the intracellular portion of either T-cell receptor constant region 2 (TRBC2) or T-cell receptor constant region 1 (TRBC1). The antibodies can be used to determine whether a T-cell malignancy clonally expresses TRBC1 or TRBC2.
US11945866B2
The described invention provides compositions containing bi-specific antibodies that bind to human tyrosine kinase receptor FLT3/FLK2 receptor protein and to CD3 receptor protein expressed on T-cells and use of the compositions containing the bispecific antibodies in the preparation of a medicament for eliminating hematopoietic stem cells/hematopoietic progenitors (HSC/HP) in a patient.
US11945861B2
Provided are novel IFB-a binding molecules of human origin, particularly human-derived anti-IFN-α antibodies as well as IFN-α binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods for use in diagnosis and therapy are described.
US11945860B2
Provided are blocking agents to IL-1α, IL-1β, or IL-1R activity for use in combination with radiotherapy for treating cancer patients in which radiotherapy treatment induces IL-1α, IL-1β or both in their circulation.
US11945852B2
The present application provides for IL-2 muteins, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same.
US11945851B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in mammals, and in particular, vaccines that treat and provide protection against tumor growth.
US11945847B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the inducing neurodegenerative disease pathologies. In one aspect, disclosed herein is a nucleotide sequence encoding a chimeric polypeptide, comprising: a first nucleotide sequence encoding a light-induced oligomerization domain and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a neurodegenerative disease in target protein. Disclosed herein is a method of inducing a neurodegenerative disease pathology in a cell, comprising the steps: introducing into the cell an expression vector encoding a chimeric polypeptide, comprising: a first nucleotide sequence encoding a light-induced oligomerization domain and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a low complexity domain from a neurodegenerative disease target protein, wherein the first nucleotide sequence is operably linked to a promoter; expressing the chimeric polypeptide; and inducing oligomerization of the chimeric polypeptide by stimulation with blue light.
US11945845B2
The present disclosure provides genetically altered protozoan parasites comprising a mutation in a bradyzoite formation deficient 1 (BFD1) gene, wherein the mutation inhibits differentiation of the parasite into a bradyzoite. The genetically altered protozoan parasites can be utilized in vaccine compositions and in methods of treating apicomplexan parasite infection.
US11945844B2
The present invention relates to a modified protein comprising an amino acid sequence that has one or more amino acids replacements from a reference protein, wherein the modified protein has at least one improved food-related property compared to the reference protein and to uses thereof in the food industry.
US11945840B2
The present invention relates to novel protein pores and their uses in analyte detection and characterisation. The invention particularly relates to an isolated pore complex formed by a CsgG-like pore and a modified CsgF peptide, or a homologue or mutant thereof, thereby incorporating an additional channel constriction or reader head in the nanopore. The invention further relates to a transmembrane pore complex and methods for production of the pore complex and for use in molecular sensing and nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US11945839B2
The present invention relates to methods for separating multispecific CrossMab antibodies from light chain mispaired variants thereof in a solution comprising CrossMab bispecific antibodies and mispaired antibody variants thereof by hydrophobic interaction chromatography.
US11945836B2
Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein A, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6 and are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
US11945831B2
The present invention relates to the use of novel adducts of general formula (I) TPPxTPOP(1-x), wherein TPP is triphenylphosphine, TPOP is triphenylphosphite and x is a real number between 0.05 and 0.9. These novel adducts are useful for the bromination of primary alcohols, in particular for the bromination of primary alcohols.
US11945819B1
Novel dimethyl 7-bromo-1-(4-substituted benzoyl)pyrrolo[1,2-α]quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylates compounds, having the structure: A method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The dimethyl 7-bromo-1-(4-substituted benzoyl)pyrrolo[1,2-α]quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylates compounds, identified as anti-inflammatory agents, are useful for treating inflammation, pain, and swelling in a patient.
US11945810B2
The present invention discloses a number of polycyclic amines that are useful as opioid receptor modulators. The compounds of the invention are useful in both therapeutic and diagnostic methods, including for treating pain, neurological disorders, cardiac disorders, bowel disorders, drug and alcohol addiction, drug overdose, urinary disorders, respiratory disorders, sexual dysfunction, psoriasis, graft rejection or cancer.
US11945807B2
Linker-drug compounds and antibody-drug conjugates that bind to human oncology targets are disclosed. The linker-drug compounds and antibody-drug conjugates comprise a splicing modulator drug moiety. The disclosure further relates to methods and compositions for use in the treatment of neoplastic disorders by administering the antibody-drug conjugates provided herein. In an embodiment, the splicing modulator comprises a pladienolide or a pladienolide derivative.
US11945805B2
Compounds are provided as inhibitors of CXCR2, having the structure:
US11945803B2
RAS modulating compounds and methods of using the same are provided. The compounds find use in modulating the activity of a target RAS in a sample. The target RAS can be a mutant RAS that is implicated in a disease of interest. In some cases, the subject compounds can inhibit the growth of cancer cells whose progression is driven by kRAS or a mutated kRAS. Methods of treating a subject for a RAS driven disease including administering a therapeutically effective amount of the subject compound are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits which include the subject compounds.
US11945793B1
An 9-(2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-10-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11945788B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing pitolisant hydrochloride of Formula-(I) and solid-state forms thereof.
US11945766B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of acetonitrile refining, and in particular, to an improved acetonitrile purification process for an ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer. The present invention provides an acetonitrile purification process. A high-purity finished product may be obtained by performing operations of oxidation, rectification adsorption, drying, reflux rectification and filtration on industrial acetonitrile and controlling related parameters such as temperature, flow and the like, continuous production is ensured, a light transmittance of the finished product in ultraviolet rays of 200 to 260 nm is greater than or equal to 95%, water and impurities in the industrial acetonitrile are removed, and the requirements of the ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer are met; moreover, by controlling process parameters and equipment.
US11945765B1
An 4,4′-naphthalene-1,5-diylbis(diazene-2,1-diyl)bis(2-methylphenol) compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antioxidant agent.
US11945759B2
A method of making a fuel grain for a hybrid rocket engine includes deposing beads of fuel grain material onto mandrel using additive manufacturing to form a cylindrical fuel grain, each bead including a polymer based rocket fuel material and a nanoscale metallic material. The deposing includes deposing multiple, adjacent beads to form concentric layers of beads, wherein a composition of the beads of the fuel grain material differs between the beads of a first layer and the beads of a second layer of the fuel grain.
US11945758B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to bimodal, trimodal, and/or multi-modal distribution of reactive vaterite cement particles.
US11945746B2
The present invention relates to a method of depositing a coating comprising zinc oxide on a substrate; to a chemical vapour deposition precursor mixture for use in same and to a coated glass article and a photovoltaic cell prepared with a zinc oxide coating prepared using the method which comprises: providing a substrate, providing a precursor mixture comprising an alkyl zinc compound and a phosphorus source, the phosphorus source comprising a compound of formula OnP(OR)3, wherein n is 0 or 1 and each R is hydrocarbyl, and delivering the precursor mixture to a surface of the substrate.
US11945744B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for reusing wastewater. The method for reusing wastewater disclosed herein includes: generating a mixed wastewater by mixing multiple types of wastewater (S20); performing a first purification by passing the mixed wastewater through a flocculation-sedimentation unit (S40); performing a second purification by passing an effluent of the flocculation-sedimentation unit through a membrane bioreactor (MBR) (S60); performing a third purification by passing an effluent of the MBR through a reverse-osmosis membrane unit (S80); and reusing an effluent of the reverse-osmosis membrane unit as cooling water or industrial water (S100).
US11945737B2
Various aspects described herein relate to electrochemical devices, e.g., for separation of one or more target organic or inorganic molecules (e.g., charged or neutral molecules) from solution, and methods of using the same. In particular embodiments, the electrochemical devices and methods described herein involve at least one redox-functionalized electrode, wherein the electrode comprises an immobilized redox-species that is selective toward a target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or netural molecule). The selectivity is based on a Faradaic/redox-activated chemical interaction (e.g., directional hydrogen binding) between the oxidized state of the redox species and a moiety of the target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or netural molecule).
US11945736B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for algae cultivation including the integration of electrochemical carbonate production for enhancing algae growth. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for producing a sodium hydroxide from brine using an electrochemical cell, contacting the sodium hydroxide stream with a CO2 gas sweep and producing a carbonate stream, and cultivating an algae slurry in a cultivation vessel comprising at least a portion of the carbonate stream.
US11945728B2
A process for obtaining vanadium component in the form of vanadium oxide from gasifier slag is disclosed. The process comprises pulverizing the slag to obtain pulverized slag, which is blended with water and an alkali salt to obtain a slurry. The slurry is dried and then roasted in the presence of air to obtain a roasted slag. The roasted slag is leached to obtain a first filtrate comprising the vanadium component. The first filtrate is reacted with a magnesium salt to remove a silica component in the form of a precipitate. The silica free second filtrate is reacted with an ammonium salt to obtain ammonium metavanadate, which is further calcined to obtain the significant amount of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5).
US11945726B2
A method for forming a porous silicon material can include forming a mixture of silicon, carbon, and an etchant element, solidifying the mixture, removing the etchant element to form pores within the silicon material. The porous silicon material can include a distribution of pores with an average pore diameter between about 10 nm and 500 nm, wherein the silicon particle comprises a silicon carbon composite comprising 1-5% carbon by mass, 1-5% oxygen by mass, and 90-98% silicon by mass.
US11945722B2
A method of making an electrically conductive composite includes applying graphene oxide to at least one non-conductive porous substrate and then reducing the graphene oxide to graphene via an electrochemical reaction. An electro-chemical cell for causing a reaction that produces an electrically conductive composite includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an ion conductive medium, electrical current in communication with the first electrode, and an optional third electrode having a known electrode potential. The first electrode contains at least one layered electrocatalyst, which includes at least one non-conductive porous substrate coated with graphene oxide and at least a first and second active metal layer comprising a conductive metal in contact with the non-conductive porous substrate coated with graphene oxide.
US11945717B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (I) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride.
US11945714B2
An electronic device comprises a “waterproof” package including a substrate of an organic material permeable to humidity and/or moisture as well as one or more electronic components arranged on the substrate. The substrate comprises a barrier layer capable of countering penetration of humidity and/or moisture into the package through the organic material substrate.
US11945711B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a fill gun apparatus for interconnection of a pump truck and a pressurized liquid delivery system. The fill gun apparatus can be easily attached and detached from an inlet port to deliver a pressurized fluid, for improved delivery, increased efficiency, increased safety, and decreased waste.
US11945709B2
A mobile beverage dispenser comprises a wheelable platform having mounted thereon a chillable chamber connected to a refrigerated cooling coil for removing heat from a beverage in a bulk storage container placed therein for cooling; and a beverage dispensing tap connectable to the container in fluid communication with the beverage, and mounted in thermally conductive relationship with the chillable chamber, whereby the chamber when chilled removes heat from the dispenser in preparation for dispensing of the beverage, by virtue of the conductive relationship.
US11945707B2
An apparatus for removing a flip-off cap from a bottle for pharmaceutical substances, which enables automating the removal process in a pharmaceutical substance handling line and, at the same time, may be easy and inexpensive to manufacture. In an example the apparatus comprises a removal station in which a cap is removed from the bottle.
US11945706B2
A handling robot (100), which relates to the field of warehouse logistics, comprises: a mobile chassis (10); a storage shelf (20) mounted to the mobile chassis (10), the storage shelf (20) comprising a plurality of layered plate components (21) distributed at different heights, each layered plate component (21) comprising a layered plate (210) for placing materials; a handling device (40), comprising a handling assembly (42), the handling assembly (42) being configured to handle a material to a layered plate (210) at the same height as the handling assembly (42), or to handle a material out of a layered plate (210) at the same height as the handling assembly (42); and a lift component (30), configured to drive the handling device (40) to lift relative to the storage shelf (20) so that the handling assembly (42) is at the same height as one layered plate (210).
US11945702B1
A lift device includes a base, a platform, and a scissor assembly coupling the base to the platform. The scissor assembly includes a first scissor layer, a second scissor layer, and a third scissor layer each including an inner arm pivotally coupled to an outer arm. The first scissor layer has a first middle axis offset vertically from a first end axis center point. A kicker assembly couples an actuator configured to raise and lower the platform to the second scissor layer and the third scissor layer. The kicker assembly includes a kicker with opposing first and second kicker ends. The kicker is pivotally coupled to the second scissor layer and releasably coupled to the third scissor layer. The actuator rotates the kicker relative to the second scissor layer. A guide is coupled to the kicker and configured to limit the rotation of the kicker.
US11945683B2
A pair of regulating guides is disposed on both sides of a conveying belt in a sheet width direction Y, each having a support surface that supports an end edge in the width direction of the sheet conveyed while being nipped by the conveying belt and balls and a guide surface that faces the end edge of the sheet in the width direction. Each of the pair of regulating guides is movable to a first guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the width direction is supported by the support surface and guided by the guide surface and to a second guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction is supported by the support surface and which is retracting further away from the end edge in the sheet width direction than the guide position.
US11945682B2
A lanyard having a locking mechanism is provided. The lanyard locking mechanism actuates between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the lanyard spool is restricted from rotating, and in the unlocked position, the lanyard spool is permitted to rotate with reduced interference from the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes biasing components that bias the locking mechanism to remain stationary unless sufficient force is exerted.
US11945681B2
An expandable reel for a well system includes a support frame configured to receive a torque from a motor a plurality of circumferentially spaced spokes each extending radially away from a central axis of the expandable reel, a core assembly configured to couple to the support frame and receive a tubular of the well system about an outer surface of the core assembly, wherein the core assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced panel assemblies each extending longitudinally between opposed ends thereof that are in sliding engagement with the plurality of spokes, and a linear actuator coupled between the support frame and the core assembly and configured to actuate the core assembly, including the plurality of panel assemblies, between a first configuration providing a first outer diameter and a second configuration providing a second outer diameter that is different from the first outer diameter.
US11945665B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated lateral transfer and elevation of sortation shuttles. An example system may include a track having a first portion arranged in a first direction, a shuttle configured to move along the track, and a shuttle carriage system configured to move in a second direction transverse to the first direction, where the shuttle is configured to move from the track to the shuttle carriage system. The shuttle carriage system may include a first frame configured to support the shuttle, a first electromagnet configured to propel the first frame, and a second electromagnet coupled to the first frame, the second electromagnet configured to propel the shuttle off the first frame.
US11945657B2
A system and a method for condition monitoring during the operation of a conveyor system, in particular an airport baggage conveyor system, includes conveyor units and a background system. A conveyor unit includes an individual conveyor line and/or a group of conveyor lines. It is possible to record an individual current characteristic of an individual conveyor unit. Each individual conveyor unit has a defined current characteristic during fault-free operation and the background system is configured to record the defined current characteristic and the actual current characteristic of the conveyor unit. The background system is configured to analyze the actual current characteristic of the conveyor unit and to signal, on the basis of the analysis, an impending wear and/or a malfunction of the conveyor system, in particular of a conveyor line of the conveyor unit.
US11945653B2
A sequencing system and a robotic storage and picking system include a plurality of containers disposed in stacks beneath a grid having a first set of tracks and second set of tracks, the first and second sets of tracks being disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. Plural load handling devices are operable on the grid, the load handling devices lifting and depositing containers from and to the stacks. The load handling devices can deposit containers on to conveyor belts into predetermined positions, the positions being fillable in any random order and multiple positions being fillable at any one time.
US11945651B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, the method including a first robot receiving user input including a request for delivery of a predetermined article, the first robot transmitting information based on the user input to a server, the server identifying a supporting robot capable of supporting a task corresponding to the delivery request, the server requesting the task from a second robot identified as the supporting robot, the second robot receiving the article, and the second robot moving to a delivery destination included in the delivery request, thereby improving use convenience through cooperation between the robots.
US11945648B2
A method for turning a pinion-driven lift-robot in an intersection of rails. Moving the pinion-driven lift-robot in a first motion mode to position the pinion-driven lift-robot in a first position at the intersection. The pinion-driven lift-robot is turned over a corner of the intersection that is accessible from the first position and that includes continuous rails connecting a vertical track and a horizontal track, whereby positioning the pinion-driven lift-robot in a second position at the intersection. The pinion-driven lift-robot is moved in a second motion mode towards a designated direction.
US11945647B2
A grabber assembly has a beam assembly with a bracket. A grabber gear assembly is coupled with the bracket. The grabber gear assembly has a pair of gear mechanisms coupled with the bracket. Each gear mechanism has a shaft and a pair of thrust bearings, one at each end of the shaft. A grabber arm mounting pad is coupled with each shaft. A gear section is coupled with each shaft. The gear sections of each shaft mesh with one another to drive the grabber arm mounting pads. An actuating driver is coupled with one of the shafts to drive the grabber gear assembly and move the arms between an open and grasping position.
US11945639B2
A container structure for sealing and keeping food fresh, which can be repacked after unpacking. The container structure has a container body and a covering film; the container body has a housing chamber, a first abutting face, a concave groove portion, a second abutting face and a preset break line; the covering film can seal the housing chamber and bond with the first and second abutting face, specifically, it is bonded to the first abutting face through the micro sealing portion, so that the bonding between the covering film and the first abutting face is weaker than the bonding between the second abutting face; To open the covering film, the user needs to apply a force upon the external edge of the top end of the container body, to break the preset break line, and to separate the covering film from the first abutting face, so as to form a separated and independent frame.
US11945632B2
A blister package for a contact lens includes a base sheet and a sealing sheet. Either the base sheet or the sealing sheet includes a bowl, and the other sheet includes a dome and a sealing surface. The dome has a radius of curvature of about 13 mm to 19 mm and a height of less than 7 mm relative to the sealing surface. The dome is configured to protrude into the bowl to form a cavity. Related methods are also described.
US11945631B2
Beverage carriers including a body, a beverage hole, and a slit. The beverage hole is defined in the body and complementarily configured with a beverage container to receive and selectively secure the beverage container. The slit is defined in the body and configured to establish a tear line through the body when the body is pulled in opposing directions proximate the slit.
US11945628B2
An apparatus for housing botanicals during transport is disclosed. The apparatus may be configured to convert to a display assembly for the botanicals. The apparatus may include: a covering component having a primary opening on one end and a permeable structure on a second end; a sleeve component having a support structure on one end and a receiving opening on a second end, the sleeve component being configured to be partially inserted into the covering component; a holding component having a secondary opening at one end and a water-tight chamber wall at the other end, the holding component being configured to be partially inserted into the sleeve component, such that the secondary opening is positioned within the sleeve component; in order facilitate converting the apparatus into a display assembly, the covering component is removed from the sleeve component and the holding component is inserted into the covering component.
US11945626B2
A container is provided for receiving a bag filled with a fluid, in particular a biopharmaceutical fluid, in which connector tubing is attached to the bag. The container includes a dish portion and a lid portion, and the dish portion is divided into a main compartment of the container and a tubing compartment of the container. The lid portion includes a main portion, a tubing portion, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion, and the hinge is adapted to allow for an opening of the tubing portion while the main portion remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from outside of the container.
US11945623B2
A foldable multi-purpose container filler includes a sheet of material that may be reversibly convertible between a compact form for storage or packaging and an expanded form to fill a container opening (e.g., bag, drinkware, vase, etc.). The container filler includes fold lines or creases that dictate the compact form and the expanded form and allow for reversible conversion between the forms. In addition, the container filler includes connectors for securing the container filler to a container, as well as a base to support the container filler upright on a surface absent a container.
US11945622B2
The present invention provides a centering cone for fixing a container, in particular a container standing on a centering plate, and for supplying clean air into the container through an air outlet of the centering cone so as to increase the internal pressure of the container. The air outlet is defined by a passage opening with a screen or by at least two individual passage openings.
US11945619B2
A packaging machine may include a foil transport device and a controlling system for controlling an operation of at least one drive unit of the foil transport device. The controlling system is designed to activate the drive unit during a production run of the packaging machine on the basis of a speed- and/or temperature-dependent friction moment characteristic curve detected by means of a rotationally driven measurement run carried out by the drive unit. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for controlling a drive unit of a foil transport device.
US11945617B2
A wetting unit for wetting a surface of one of a first and a second continuous water-soluble films to be coupled and sealingly joined to each other so as to delimit therebetween recesses containing dosed quantities of at least one fluid composition for producing unit dose articles. The wetting unit is configured to wet only surface areas of one of the first and second continuous water-soluble films which are to be joined to the other of the first and second continuous water-soluble films.
US11945607B2
The cabin conditioning system can include a cabin air loop, a refrigerant loop, and a set of thermal rejection components. The system can optionally include a phase-change fluid loop. However, the cabin conditioning system can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The cabin conditioning system functions to condition a cabin interior (and/or an air volume therein) of a vehicle, such as an atmospheric and/or space-flight capsule. Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to reject heat from the vehicle interior and/or vehicle power systems (e.g., avionics components thereof). Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to maintain the humidity of air within the cabin interior. However, the cabin conditioning system can include any other suitable components.
US11945606B1
Spacecraft propulsion systems and methods featuring a first storage tank containing a metallic propellant and a second storage tank containing a non-metallic propellant are provided. A selected one of the metallic propellant and the non-metallic propellant is supplied to an electric propulsion thruster, depending on an operational mode of the spacecraft. The metallic propellant is stored at a relatively high density, while the non-metallic propellant is stored at a lower density than the metallic propellant. Moreover, the non-metallic propellant is preferably utilized to produce thrust through the electric propulsion thruster during operational maneuvers, while the metallic propellant is reserved for producing thrust through the electric propulsion thruster during end-of-life, such as deorbiting, maneuvers.
US11945602B2
An assembly for an aircraft. The assembly comprises a frame, an instrument panel fixed to the frame, a support system with an arm bearing a tray in which the arm positions the tray behind the instrument panel, and in which the tray comprises a first attachment arrangement, and a support comprising a second attachment arrangement which cooperates with the first attachment arrangement to removably fix the support onto the tray. The support also comprises a fixing system which ensures the removable fixing of a touch tablet onto the support. With such an assembly, the touch tablet is held without the aid of the pilot and it is positioned in front of him or her for easy access.
US11945601B2
A method of operating a supply aircraft for in-flight recharging comprises: transmitting a deploy command signal from a communication unit of the supply aircraft to a communication unit of a receiver aircraft, to cause a line and drogue to deploy from the receiver aircraft; controlling at least one of the supply aircraft and the drogue to engage the drogue with a first end of an electrical cable of the supply aircraft, a second end of the electrical cable being connected to the supply aircraft; and transmitting a return command signal from the communication unit of the supply aircraft to the communication unit of the receiver aircraft, to cause the line and drogue to return to the receiver aircraft with the first end of the electrical cable. The supply aircraft is located behind the receiver aircraft and the deploy command signal is for causing the line and drogue to deploy rearwardly of the receiver aircraft.
US11945598B2
A vapor-to-air heat exchanger for an aircraft powerplant that includes: a pressurized vapor source supplying vapor; and a condenser including a condenser inlet in fluid communication with the pressurized vapor source to receive the vapor, a condenser outlet, and at least one pneumatic vessel defining a cavity in fluid communication between the condenser inlet and the condenser outlet. The pneumatic vessel is reversibly inflatable to be configurable between a collapsed vessel configuration and an inflated vessel configuration. A volume of the cavity is greater in the inflated vessel configuration than in the collapsed vessel configuration. The pneumatic vessel is inflatable from the collapsed vessel configuration to the inflated vessel configuration when the cavity is pressurized by the vapor.
US11945588B2
A vehicle includes an internal cabin, a plurality of stowage bin assemblies within the internal cabin, a plurality of passenger service units (PSUs) within the internal cabin, and an emergency oxygen system within the internal cabin. The plurality of stowage bin assemblies are uncoupled (for example, separate and distinct) from one or both of the plurality of PSUs or the emergency oxygen system. In an example, the plurality of stowage bin assemblies are uncoupled from the emergency oxygen system. In another example, the plurality of stowage bin assemblies are uncoupled from the plurality of PSUs. In another example, the plurality of stowage bin assemblies are uncoupled from both the plurality of PSUs and the emergency oxygen system.
US11945583B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for generating search information of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV. The method includes: controlling a gimbal camera apparatus of the UAV to perform surround shooting to obtain character image information when the UAV is in an input locked state; matching the character image information with internal image information of the UAV; and generating the search information of the UAV according to a matching result. Therefore, a user can find the UAV in time according to the search information. In this way, theft is prevented, reducing the user loss.
US11945572B2
A hover-capable flying machine such as a drone includes a robotic arm extending from the body, and an instrumentality for balancing the machine in response to disturbances such as those caused by picking up and dropping of the payload by the extended robotic arm. In embodiments, the end of the arm is equipped with a balancing rotor assembly that may provide lift sufficient to counteract the weight of the payload and/or of the arm. In embodiments, the machine's power pack is shifted in response to the disturbances. The power pack may be moved, for example, on a rail within and/or extending beyond the machine in a direction generally opposite to the extended arm. The power pack may also be built into a bandolier-like device that can be rolled-in and rolled out, thus changing the center of gravity of the machine.
US11945569B2
An anchor rail for an aircraft floor includes an upper flange with a guideway and two flange wings. The rail is formed of a beam and of an anti-corrosion protection. The beam is formed at least of a body made from a first material and defining the lower stiffening structure and an upper platform. The anti-corrosion protection wholly covers an upper face of the upper platform and therewith constitutes the upper flange of the rail, thus layered. The anti-corrosion protection is at least formed of a protective sheet made of a second material more resistant to corrosion than the first material and selected from a metal and a fiber-reinforced plastic composite material. Such a rail exhibits good corrosion resistance for modest cost.
US11945559B2
The disclosed is a method for forecasting a demand load during navigation of a ship based on working condition classification. The method of the disclosure comprises: training historical data values by employing a least squares support vector machine to obtain a classification plane, classifying working conditions during the navigation into a fast-changing working condition and a stable working condition, and determining in real time a working condition type of the ship in an online stage. A method for forecasting a demand load by means of a Markov chain is employed for the stable working condition, and a method for forecasting a demand load by means of a radial basis function neural network optimized by a genetic algorithm is employed for the fast-changing working condition. A desirable forecasting effect can be achieved by selecting forecast models suitable for either type of working condition.
US11945558B2
A system and method for precise and consistent control of automated systems for deployment of boat fenders. The system comprises a computing device, one or more sensors, a motor controller, and a motor driver for operating motorized systems for deployment and/or retrieval of boat fenders. Various embodiments of the system use sensors and corresponding compensators to adjust the time of operation of a motor of the motorized system to ensure that the boat fender is deployed and/or retrieved to the proper height.
US11945557B2
A suspension system for supporting a body relative to at least four points, including: a respective front left, front right, back left and back right support arrangement between the respective point and the body, each respective support arrangement including a respective resilience arrangement and a respective control ram, each respective control ram including a respective compression chamber forming at least part of a respective compression control volume; a control arrangement including a first and a second diagonal reversible pump for displacing fluid between diagonally opposite compression control volumes. Each respective resilience arrangement can include a respective damping arrangement to restrict and/or selectively prevent compression and/or expansion of at least a portion of the respective resilience arrangement. Each respective control ram can further include a respective rebound chamber, the front control rams being cross connected and the back control rams being cross connected.
US11945554B2
An artificial floating island includes a lower mounting and an upper mounting. The upper mounting includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that cooperatively define an internal space. The surrounding wall has service openings and root through holes. The upper mounting has internal blocks, each having a block body that is connected between the bottom wall and the surrounding wall, and that defines a service space disposed outside of the upper mounting and being in communication with a respective one of the service openings. The lower mounting is coupled to the upper mounting and has an outer surface that is formed with a plurality of guiding troughs.
US11945538B2
A motorcycle clutch assist device including a spring arm arranged for rotation or pivoting inside a housing, a biasing device coupled at one end thereof to an axle of the spring arm and at an opposite end thereof to a spring adaptor, and a shaft, one end of which is fixed to the spring arm and an opposite end of which is fixable to the clutch handle, such that the clutch handle rotates about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft and squeezing the clutch handle transfers torque to the spring arm via the shaft, wherein when the biasing device is aligned with the central longitudinal axis no torque is applied by the biasing device, and squeezing the clutch handle causes the biasing device to move past the central longitudinal axis so that the biasing device applies an auxiliary torque to torque applied by squeezing the clutch handle.
US11945537B2
The subject of the invention is a first aid kit into bicycle handlebars that comprises a compression storage portion, wherein the compression storage portion defines a space adapted for storing objects and an elongated retraction element attached to one end of the compression storage portion, wherein the other end of the compression storage portion is provided with a plug. The plug can be used to fix the compression storage portion in the handlebars and to define a clearance between the first aid kit and the handlebars. The retraction element (e.g., a string or a cord) can be used for retracting the compression storage portion into the handlebars. Furthermore, the first aid kit can comprise a firm storage portion which can provide an additional storage space.
US11945534B2
Various powered unicycles are disclosed. In some embodiments, the powered unicycle includes a central wheel, a motor to power the central wheel, and a control system configured to control the application of power from the motor to the central wheel. The unicycle comprises a body portion and at least one platform for supporting the user. The unicycle can includes a handle that extends upwardly to a position that it can be grasped by a user of the unicycle. The handle can be partially or fully retractable into the body of the unicycle. In some configurations, two platforms upon which the user can stand are provided with one on each side of the central wheel. In some configurations, a pair of auxiliary or outrigger wheels is provided, such as with one outrigger wheel on each side of the central wheel.
US11945532B2
A bicycle storage unit is disclosed. The unit includes a rotatable bicycle storage carousel that is structured to rotate about a central axis to provide for a dense storage of bicycles, which are stored on the rotatable bicycle storage carousel in a generally vertical orientation. The unit further includes an enclosure surrounding the carousel. The rotatable bicycle storage carousel comprises an elongated central core oriented in a first direction that is orthogonal relative to a plane defined by a base structure of the rotatable bicycle storage carousel. The elongated central core is rotatable relative to the base structure. The carousel further includes multiple bicycle storage assemblies on which bicycles can be hung.
US11945531B2
A steer-by-wire type steering device includes: a steering support part fixed to a vehicle body; a steering shaft rotatably supported by the steering support part; a steering wheel fixed part fixed to the steering support part; and a steering wheel rotation part connected to the steering shaft and rotatably disposed on an outer circumference of the steering wheel fixed part, wherein the steering wheel rotation part is formed in rotational symmetry with respect to a rotation axis thereof.
US11945529B2
A modular slave vehicle articulatable at one end thereof to another slave vehicle and at another end thereof to an independently driven master vehicle, simultaneously. The slave vehicle comprising a body including a driving system; a structural frame supporting said body; a master coupling system in the form of a mechanical stress absorbing coupling mechanism; at least one first slave coupling device; at least one second slave coupling device; said first and second coupling devices, when mounted to two adjacent slave vehicles intended to be articulated to each other, are detachably connectable to each other to form a tandem coupling configured to constrain all DOF therebetween.
US11945527B2
A planetary wheel type obstacle crossing robot, including a frame, a front drive set, and a rear drive set, is provided. The front drive set and the rear drive set are respectively connected to a front end and a rear end of the frame. The front drive set includes a dual-drive steering wheel structure, which includes two drive wheels and two first drive devices. The first drive devices respectively output different rotational speeds to the drive wheels, so that the dual-drive steering wheel structure rotates. The rear drive set includes two planetary wheel sets, two second drive devices, and a planetary wheel set suspension structure. Each planetary wheel set is individually driven and includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and an upper wheel. The wheels of each planetary wheel set cooperate to climb over an obstacle under an action of a driving torque output by the second drive device.
US11945525B2
In some implementations, a bushing may include a cylindrical body having an at least partially annular configuration. The cylindrical body may define a radial axis and may include an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface, a first end, and a second end. The inner circumferential surface may be configured to rotatably receive an outer surface of a pin of a track link joint. The outer circumferential surface may be configured to be rotatably received within a first counterbore of a first track link of the track link joint. The bushing may include at least one groove extending radially into the outer circumferential surface around the radial axis. The at least one groove may be configured to receive a first seal of the track link joint. The first seal may form a first radial seal between the outer circumferential surface and a first inner surface of the first counterbore.
US11945524B2
An undercarriage clearance system includes a datastore containing undercarriage geometry data including ground clearance data of the undercarriage assembly across a lateral dimension of a wheelbase of the work vehicle; a first sensor configured to collect ground environment data within the vehicle trajectory; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive the undercarriage geometry data from the datastore; receive the ground environment data from the first sensor; identify an obstacle within the vehicle trajectory; evaluate a height of the identified obstacle and a projected path of the obstacle within the wheelbase of the work vehicle along the vehicle trajectory relative to the undercarriage geometry data to determine an obstacle clearance expectation; and generate an alert command signal based on the determination of the obstacle clearance expectation. A display device is configured to render a display based on the alert command signal representing the obstacle clearance expectation.
US11945519B2
A reaction force generating device for a steering device includes a steering shaft connected to a steering member on which a steering operation is to be performed by a driver, a direct drive motor connected to the steering shaft and configured to generate reaction torque, an electromagnetic brake configured to generate friction torque and including a first friction portion configured to integrally rotate with the steering shaft, a second friction portion provided to face the first friction portion and to be non-rotatable, and an electromagnetic unit configured to press the second friction portion against the first friction portion.
US11945515B2
A utility vehicle including an operator cab, an operator support positioned within the operator cab and movable relative to the operator cab, a mirror positioned outwardly relative to the operator cab, and a control system including a controller in communication with the operator support and the mirror. The controller is configured to select a first setting from a first plurality of settings and a second setting from a second plurality of settings. Each setting of the first plurality of settings corresponding to one of a plurality of operations performed by the vehicle and each setting of the second plurality of settings corresponding to one of a plurality of operators. The controller is configured to adjust at least a position of the support relative to the cab and a position of the mirror relative to the operator cab based on the first setting and the second setting.
US11945510B2
A device for a power opening tailgate of a vehicle includes an attachment means mountable to a vehicle wall at a first side of the vehicle wall for supporting a working cylinder for opening the tailgate, and a component for reinforcement of the vehicle wall. The reinforcement component is mountable to the vehicle wall at a second side of the vehicle wall, which second side is opposite to the first side of the vehicle wall, and the attachment means and the reinforcement component are mechanically connectable to each other via a through hole of the vehicle wall.
US11945508B2
A vehicle frame includes a first beam with a first wall and a second wall extended in a first beam longitudinal direction, wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced from each other in a first beam transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the first beam longitudinal direction. The first beam includes at least one first beam reinforcement structure, the at least one first beam reinforcement structure including a first leg and a second leg disposed along the first beam and extended between the first wall and the second wall in the first beam transverse direction. The first leg and the second leg are angled toward each other along the first beam transverse direction from the second wall toward the first wall.
US11945503B2
A method for producing a welded blank (1) includes providing two precoated sheets (2), butt welding the precoated sheets (2) using a filler wire. The precoating (5) entirely covers at least one face (4) of each sheet (2) at the time of butt welding. The filler wire (20) has a carbon content between 0.01 wt. % and 0.45 wt. %. The composition of the filler wire (20) and the proportion of filler wire (20) added to the weld pool is chosen such that the weld joint (22) has (a) a quenching factor FTWJ: FTWJ−0.9FTBM≥0, where FTBM is a quenching factor of the least hardenable substrate (3), and FTWJ and FTBM are determined: FT=128+1553×C+55×Mn+267×Si+49×Ni+5×Cr−79×Al−2×Ni2−1532×C2−5×Mn2−127×Si2−40×C×Ni−4×Ni×Mn, and (b) a carbon content CWJ<0.15 wt. % or, if CWJ≥0.15 wt. %, a softening factor FAWJ such that FAWJ>5000, where FA=10291+4384.1×Mo+3676.9Si−522.64×Al−2221.2×Cr−118.11×Ni−1565.1×C−246.67×Mn.
US11945502B2
Systems and methods for coordinating steering controls between towing vehicles and towed vehicles provide more cohesive parking experiences during towing events, including bidirectional charging towing events. The towed vehicle may be controlled to provide assistive parking steering maneuvers to assist the towing vehicle when parking during the towing event. The assistive parking steering maneuver may include maneuvering a drive wheel of the towed vehicle either toward or away from a detected curb or detected traffic, for example.
US11945500B2
A printed circuit board may include a top side, a bottom side, and a circumferential surface that connects the top side to the bottom side. The circumferential surface may have a toothing for forming a gear wheel. The toothing may be circumferentially closed and may be arranged over an entire surface area of the circumferential surface. The toothing may be configured as an involute toothing, an epicycloid toothing, a hypocycloid toothing, or a lantern gear toothing. The printed circuit board may be formed of fiber-reinforced plastic. Further, the printed circuit board may include a track, a surface structure, and/or a conductor track configured for inductive sampling, capacitive sampling, optical sampling, and/or acoustic sampling.
US11945495B2
A steering column assembly for a vehicle comprising a shroud comprising an axially movable upper part and an axially fixed lower part, the upper and lower parts moving telescopically to provide adjustment for reach of the steering column assembly; a steering shaft which is supported by the shroud, a pivot which connects a part of the lower part to a fixed part of the vehicle, a clamp mechanism which releasably fixes the upper and lower shroud parts in position relative to one another and which also fixes the shroud in position relative to a further fixed part of the vehicle, a mounting bracket, fixed relative to the vehicle, a sprung support assembly which includes at least one guide element that has an outer surface that engages a complimentary shaped guide track of the mounting bracket, characterised in that the sprung support assembly is fixed in position to the upper shroud part and bears upon the mounting bracket such that the sprung support assembly provides a reaction force that at least partially supports the shroud when the clamp mechanism is released.
US11945492B2
A stroller having a folding frame which serves as basis for a stroller which can be used in a seat configuration for the transportation of a child, and which can be alternatively used in a cart configuration wherein the seat-bottom and seat-back are hingedly interconnected and configured to fold out into a cart for transporting goods such as groceries.
US11945472B2
Among other things, techniques are described for improving the trajectory estimates for an object in an environment. The technique includes receiving, by at least one processor, information indicating a presence of an object operating in an environment; determining, by the at least one processor, a trajectory of the object, the trajectory including at least a position, a speed, and a direction of travel of the object; determining, by the at least one processor, an expected route of the object, wherein the expected route is pre-planned and includes an expected future position of the object at a future time; comparing the trajectory of the object to the expected route of the object; and in accordance with the comparison that the trajectory of the object is consistent with the expected route of the object, updating the trajectory of the object based on the expected route of the object.
US11945470B2
A method for controlling the movement of a vehicle in an automatic driving operation involves, during the automatic driving operation, the vehicle capable of being operated both in a regular operating mode and in an emergency operating mode. When a functional impairment of the regular operating mode is established, a switch from the regular operating mode to the emergency operating mode is carried out. In the emergency operating mode, the vehicle is guided automatically to an emergency stop position. In the emergency operating mode, the vehicle is braked with a deceleration profile which contains three deceleration phases, namely a first deceleration phase with a momentary strong braking, a second deceleration phase with a somewhat longer moderate braking, and a third deceleration phase with a strong braking lasting until the vehicle has come to a standstill or until the vehicle driver of the vehicle takes over a vehicle guidance of the vehicle.
US11945469B2
Techniques for representing sensor data and predicted behavior of various objects in an environment are described herein. For example, an autonomous vehicle can represent prediction probabilities as an uncertainty model that may be used to detect potential collisions, define a safe operational zone or drivable area, and to make operational decisions in a computationally efficient manner. The uncertainty model may represent a probability that regions within the environment are occupied using a heat map type approach in which various intensities of the heat map represent a likelihood of a corresponding physical region being occupied at a given point in time.
US11945466B2
A detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a plurality of targets present in a traveling direction of a vehicle from an imaging device attached to the vehicle; a calculation unit configured to determine whether the plurality of targets detected with movement of the vehicle are an identical target based on the detection result acquired by the acquisition unit and calculate a coordinate of each of the plurality of targets in chronological order; and a detection unit configured to detect a pitch angle and a roll angle of the imaging device with respect to a horizontal direction based on the coordinate calculated in chronological order by the calculation unit.
US11945465B2
Method and device for supporting generation of scenarios for testing autonomous driving and/or advanced driver assistance system, AD/ADAS, functionality for real world vehicles. A device (101; 500) provides (301) a virtual environment (200) simulating an environment relevant for operation of vehicles having said AD/ADAS functionality and in which is operating: fully computer controlled movable virtual objects (230a-c), human controlled movable virtual objects (220) and at least one virtual AD/ADAS vehicle (210) operating according to said AD/ADAS functionality. The device allows (303) a user of the device (101; 500) to, via user interface (506), control said one or more human controlled movable virtual objects (220) during operation and thereby cause generation of scenarios that the virtual AD/ADAS vehicle (210) is subjected to.
US11945464B2
A method for assessing Safety Of The Intended Functionality of autonomous driving based on DAG block chain is provided. The method is based on DAG block chain technology and fused with system of the intended functionality, realizing safety assessment of the intended functionality. The intended functionality is objectively assessed based on data. The assessment method, in combination with an in-the-loop test, analyzes the current test data, without relying on a large amount of traditional experience to make judgments. Result of credit assessment of the nodes is taken as a result of safety assessment. Each of hardware or components is analyzed in terms of the safety and reliability, and the result of assessment is relatively complete. A device and a computer-readable storage medium are further provided.
US11945458B2
A method for the performance-enhancing driver assistance of a road vehicle. The method comprises the steps of defining a dynamic model of the road vehicle, determining the actual position and orientation of the road vehicle, detecting a plurality of environmental data, detecting a plurality of dynamic data, determining a passing through point of the road vehicle arranged in front of the road vehicle, solving an optimum control problem aimed at optimizing a cost function), taking into account, as boundary conditions, the plurality of environmental data, the actual position and the passing through point, so as to compute a mission optimizing the cost function from the actual position of the vehicle to the passing through point of the vehicle.
US11945456B2
Upon detecting a mobile object approaching a target region, a target speed profile for a vehicle, a position and a speed for the vehicle, and a position and a speed for the mobile object are input to a first neural network that outputs an entry probability distribution of predicted entry times at which the mobile object will enter the target region. The target speed profile, the position and the speed for the vehicle, the position and the speed for the mobile object, and a predicted entry time at which the mobile object entered the target region are input to a second neural network that outputs an exit probability distribution of predicted exit times at which the mobile object will exit the target region. An optimized speed profile is determined based on the entry and exit probability distributions by executing a model predictive control algorithm in a rolling horizon. A vehicle is operated based on the optimized speed profile.
US11945450B2
A method for predicting a traffic situation for an automatically operating vehicle involves constantly recording the surroundings of the vehicle and predicting a traffic situation of the vehicle is predicted for a future point in time using recorded surroundings data and prediction parameters. Upon reaching the future point in time, a current real traffic situation is recorded, the current real traffic situation is compared to the predicted traffic situation, and it is determined in the comparison whether a prediction error was present during the prediction. In the event of a prediction error, the prediction parameters are corrected.
US11945447B2
An example operation includes one or more of operating, by a transport, within a boundary and determining, by the transport, that the operating of the transport within the boundary is desired to be exceeded. In response to a consensus based on one or more operations of the transport and one or more occupant characteristics of the transport, the method includes operating, by the transport, within the exceeded boundary.
US11945442B2
An autonomous driving system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to suggest to a driver that a host vehicle overtake a preceding vehicle during autonomous driving, recognize whether the driver accepts a suggestion for the overtaking, when the electronic control unit recognizes that the driver accepts the suggestion, cause the host vehicle to overtake the preceding vehicle, and, when the electronic control unit recognizes that the driver rejects the suggestion, not cause the host vehicle to overtake the preceding vehicle, set a first prohibition duration, and, when the electronic control unit suggests to the driver that the host vehicle overtake the preceding vehicle and recognizes that the driver rejects the suggestion, extend the first prohibition duration as compared to when the electronic control unit suggests to the driver that the host vehicle overtake the preceding vehicle and recognizes that the driver accepts the suggestion.
US11945440B2
The current disclosure provides techniques for using human driving behavior to assist in decision making of an autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle encounters various scenarios on the road. For each scenario, a model may be generated based on human driving behavior that governs how an autonomous vehicle maneuvers in that scenario. As a result of using these models, reliability and safety of autonomous vehicle may be improved. In addition, because the model is programmed into the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle, in many instances, need not consume resources to implement complex calculations to determine driving behavior in real-time.
US11945439B2
There is provided mechanisms for AD, or at least ADAS, aided manoeuvring of a vehicle. A method includes selecting between using a CRLS based positioning system and a GNSS based positioning system for aiding manoeuvring of the vehicle. Which positioning system to select is based on comparing a first error determined for the CRLS based positioning system to a second error determined for the GNSS based positioning system. The positioning system with smallest error is selected. The method comprises aiding the manoeuvring of the vehicle using the selected positioning system. The manoeuvring pertains to reversing of the vehicle.
US11945432B2
A driving support device for a vehicle includes a vehicle-exterior environment recognizer, an erroneous-start suppression controller, and an erroneous-start-suppression-control canceler. The vehicle-exterior environment recognizer is configured to recognize exterior environment of the vehicle. The erroneous-start suppression controller is configured to execute, when an obstacle is present within a set distance in an axial direction of the vehicle and an accelerator operation for starting of the vehicle to move toward the obstacle is performed, erroneous-start suppression control that prevents the start of the vehicle. The erroneous-start-suppression-control canceler is configured to cancel the erroneous-start suppression control when a steering operation that is to enable avoidance of the obstacle is input and the accelerator operation is continuously performed at a set degree of opening of an accelerator or greater for a set time period during the erroneous-start suppression control.
US11945425B2
A method for braking a vehicle, including checking whether a trigger criterion for braking the vehicle is present, and if the trigger criterion is satisfied, causing a conditioning braking pulse through brief pulsed braking such that passengers experience brief braking of the vehicle, and immediately thereafter initiating a braking phase in which the vehicle is braked in at least two partial braking regions by an actual ego deceleration that varies with respect to time, wherein each partial braking region is extended over a partial braking interval and merge into one another without the actual ego deceleration changing abruptly, and the actual ego deceleration in at least one of the partial braking regions is changed continuously over the respective partial braking interval such that a different actual jerk is obtained in each partial braking region, and wherein the actual jerk behaves degressively over at least some partial braking regions.
US11945422B2
A pressure sensor for a brake booster includes a housing that receives a pressure sensor element and which has a first fluid connection, via which the pressure sensor can be connected to the brake booster. The housing has a second fluid connection with a receiving opening which at least partly receives a flow valve and a connection socket for a vacuum pump, wherein the flow valve releases the flow of fluid in the direction of the vacuum pump and blocks the flow of fluid in the opposite direction. The flow valve is designed as a membrane insert and is inserted into the receiving opening.
US11945418B2
A vehicle leveling system includes a jack adapted to be mounted to a vehicle frame without modifying the vehicle frame. In a particular embodiment, the jack includes a first bracket adapted to urge against the bottom and side surfaces of a member of the frame and configured to be fastened to a member of the frame through a manufacturer-provided aperture in the frame. The jack additionally includes a second bracket to couple the first bracket to the jack. In a more particular embodiment, the first bracket includes a horizontal adjustment feature, and the second bracket includes a vertical adjustment feature.
US11945410B2
A ladder rack system may have a slide with a support flange and a spanning flange. The system may also have a ladder support member adapted to selectively receive a portion of the support flange therein. The system may also have a pivot bracket pivotally connected to the ladder support member. The pivot bracket may be adapted to selectively move the ladder support member.
US11945404B2
The present specification relates to systems and methods capable of detecting and tracking a perpetrator of the vehicle break-in. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of tracking a perpetrator of a break-in in a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes detecting, using one or more sensors, that the vehicle has been broken in and monitoring the perpetrator during the break-in using in-vehicle data from the one or more sensors. The method further includes receiving the crowdsourced data on the perpetrator and combining the in-vehicle data and the crowdsourced data to form an integrated data set. Finally, the method tracks the perpetrator using the integrated data set.
US11945402B2
A method/system of detecting if a relay is present in a vehicle PEPS system, including transmitting from antenna(s) of a vehicle, a first/second LF signals and determining a minimum time-gap between the signal transmissions so that the time-gap exceeds the channel-coherence-time of a high-frequency wireless-relay. A maximum time between the signals is determined by a timing requirement of the PEPS system and the maximum allowable change in a key-fob position. A time gap between the minimum/maximum times is determined. Depending on the time-gap, the system timing requirement is increased to provide a predetermined-time. At the predetermined-time, separately transmitting between the first/second LF signals, which have a known signal ratio, from a vehicle antenna to a key-fob as part of an LF challenge; measuring, at the key-fob, the signal-levels of the first/second LF signals; and determining if the ratio of the first/second LF signals are within a predefined range.
US11945400B2
A ridable moving object on which a user gets is provided. The ridable moving object includes a processor configured to execute a program to determine that the user has been away from the ridable moving object, detect a usage intention of another person different from the user for the ridable moving object, and generate an action command for causing the ridable moving object to perform a prescribed operation on a basis of setting information set for at least one of the user and the ridable moving object when it is determined that the user has been away from the ridable moving object and the usage intention of the another person for the ridable moving object has been detected.
US11945393B2
A foot protection device for a driver (34) of a vehicle including pedals comprises an inflatable first airbag (40) located beneath at least one pedal (10, 12) which, in the inflated state, extends between a bulkhead (24) delimiting the footwell and the associated pedal (10, 12). The first airbag (40) in the inflated state and in a lateral view extends from the bulkhead (24) to the front side of the pedal (10, 12) and laterally encloses the pedal (10, 12) to prevent the foot from bending.
US11945392B2
A metal-fixing material feedthrough for at least one of an airbag igniter or a belt pre-tensioner includes a main body having a through opening formed therein and at least one metal pin fused into the through opening in a vitreous or glass ceramic fixing material. A surface of the vitreous or glass ceramic fixing material is a freely fused surface and lies in a same plane as an end face of the at least one metal pin.
US11945352B2
A porous structural body 1 is made of flexible resin or rubber and includes a skeleton part 2 that defines a plurality of cell holes C, and a top skin part 6 that is formed on at least part of an outer side of the skeleton part 2 and integrated with the skeleton part 2 and at least part of an outer side of the top skin part 6 is a surface.
US11945349B2
A seat trim cover for an automotive seat is formed into a 3-dimensional shape by compression molding a laminated moldable foam in a 3-dimensional. The laminated moldable foam comprises at least a layer of cellular polyurethane foam compression moldable in a temperature range of about 220° F. to about 260° F. The 3-dimensional mold is heated to a temperature range of about 150° F. to about 320° F. The layer of cellular foam is adhered to a cover material layer and pre-cut into a pre-laminated blank prior to molding into the 3-dimensional shape. Optionally, seat heaters or other components can be integrated with the laminated foam prior to compression molding the seat trim cover.
US11945346B2
The invention relates to a vehicle seat crash securing device (1) used for a vehicle seat of a motorized vehicle. The vehicle seat crash securing device (1) comprises a locking device for locking a height of a seat cushion frame. An actuator (3) is actuated in the case of a crash for tightening a belt rope (5). A blocking element in a blocking position holds a locking element of the locking device in an unlocked position. In a releasing position, the blocking element releases the locking element. The locking element is biased by a spring element into the locked position. The blocking element can be moved by a friction force generated by the actuator (3) from the blocking position into the releasing position. Preferably, the friction force is generated by a follower (8) (e.g. a friction wheel (9)), the follower (8) being pressed against the belt rope (5). The movement of the follower (8) is coupled to the movement of the blocking element.
US11945340B2
An embodiment vehicle driver's seat structure includes a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of a center floor panel and having a shape extending in an upward inclined direction, a lower seat support installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, an upper seat support installed on top of the lower seat support and underneath a driver's seat to support the driver's seat, and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat support and the dashboard floor panel to each other.
US11945334B2
A method for determining a maximum value for a parameter range of a driving operation parameter of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a control device, at least one electric traction motor, an electric energy storage device which can be operated in an operating temperature range for operating the traction motor, and at least one temperature sensor for determining a temperature of the energy storage device. The control device determines the maximum value as a function of a current temperature of the energy storage device determined by the temperature sensor in such a manner that, after the approach of a destination known to the control device and/or after a journey over a predetermined distance with the driving operation parameter restricted by the maximum value of the parameter range, a predicted temperature of the energy storage device lies within a charging temperature range.
US11945324B2
A charging station for charging the battery of a vehicle, comprising: a base portion configured for mounting in a substructure; a charging portion having a charging outlet for connection to a vehicle; and a retraction mechanism for moving the charging portion between an extended position in which it extends out of the base portion and a retracted position; and a controller for controlling the retraction mechanism; the controller being configured to: determine whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the most recent charging from the charging outlet ceased; and cause the retraction mechanism to move the charging portion to the retracted position if the predetermined period of time is determined to have elapsed since the most recent electrical supply from the outlet.
US11945322B1
Magneto Power Generator has a magneto with a shaft mounted secondary pulley connected to a centrifugal clutch, a belt spanning from the secondary pulley to a primary pulley, the primary pulley fitting to an axle, a transformer, an inverter, and related wiring. The magneto has electrical communication through the transformer, then through the inverter, and to the battery of a vehicle. The primary pulley and the secondary pulley have a ratio of diameters for optimal current generation at moderately steady voltage. The centrifugal clutch disengages the secondary pulley when the vehicle goes into reverse. The grounded magneto produces alternating current transformed and inverted to direct current suitable for the vehicle's battery.
US11945317B2
A power transfer system for supplying electric power to a battery of an electric vehicle including a control architecture including control arrangements capable of controlling the transmission of electric power to a battery of the electric vehicle as a function of detected temperatures at the transmitter and receiver coils. In a further aspect, the application relates to a method for controlling a power transfer system.
US11945316B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with a micromobility transit vehicle battery connection and lock. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a micromobility transit vehicle is provided. The micromobility transit vehicle may include a frame, a battery configured to be received at least partially within the frame, and a battery lock within the frame. The frame may include a downtube having a recess disposed therein. The battery may be configured to be received within the downtube and the recess to establish a continuous surface comprising one or more outer surfaces of the downtube and one or more outer surfaces of the battery. The battery lock may be positioned within the recess and configured to engage the battery to lock the battery in place.
US11945310B2
A display system includes a posture detection device that detects a posture variation amount of a moving body, a posture estimator that estimates a posture state of the moving body based on the posture variation amount, a reference position setting device that sets a reference position of an image based on the posture state, a correction processing device that sets a correction amount of a display position of the image based on the posture variation amount, and a display processing device that controls a display position of the image based on the reference position, the correction amount, and a timing command.
US11945309B2
A display system includes a display processing device that controls display of an image, a posture detection device that detects a posture change amount of moving body, a correction processing device that sets a correction amount of display position of the image, a display determiner that determines whether or not to display the image, and a gradient change detector that detects a gradient change of a traveling path. The gradient change detector detects that a posture change of the moving body is started when an absolute value of the posture change amount is larger than a first threshold, and that the posture change is completed when the absolute value becomes smaller than a second threshold after start of the posture change. The display determiner determines not to display the image from start of the posture change until completion of the posture change.
US11945307B2
An integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes: a movable control device corresponding to a portable device that performs steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking of a vehicle by a user's control when a driving mode is shifted from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode; and a fixed display device controlled in a touch manner to perform other functions other than steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking, wherein a steering dial switch, a gear-shifting slide switch, an acceleration rotary switch, and a brake button switch are disposed in the movable control device and are manipulated differently.
US11945305B2
A method for the performance-enhancing driver assistance of a road vehicle driven by a driver comprises the steps of: determining the current position and orientation of the road vehicle, detecting a plurality of environmental data concerning the surrounding environment, detecting a plurality of dynamic data of the vehicle, determining the current position and orientation of a helmet within the road vehicle and suggesting to the driver, by means of an augmented reality interface device, one or more corrective actions to be carried out in order to accomplish a mission optimizing a cost function.
US11945295B2
An assembly includes a rocker elongated along a vehicle longitudinal axis. A first slider is supported by the rocker. A second slider is supported by the rocker and is spaced from the first slider along the longitudinal axis. A first actuator is configured to slide the first slider relative to the rocker along a lateral axis. A second actuator is configured to slide the second slider relative to the rocker along the lateral axis. A cable extends from the first slider to the second slider.
US11945293B2
Methods and sysemteds for a driveline, comprising: a transmission having an input and an output, a power take-off (PTO), a first electric motor drivingly engaged or selectively drivingly engaged with the input of the transmission, a second electric motor, a first clutching device, and a second clutching device, wherein the second electric motor is selectively drivingly engaged with the input of the transmission through the first clutching device, and wherein the second electric motor is selectively drivingly engaged with the PTO through the second clutching device. The present document further relates to a vehicle including said dual motor electric driveline, and to a method of controlling said dual motor electric driveline.
US11945285B2
The air discharge device includes a duct defining: a main flow path through which an air flow passes; and a main hole opened in a flat shape to discharge the air flow as a working air flow toward a downstream from the main flow path. A throttle portion is provided in the duct to reduce a flow path height of the main flow path from an upstream of the air flow toward a downstream of the air flow. A plurality of partitions are arranged to divide the main flow path in a major direction into a pair of side flow paths and at least one center flow path. The plurality of partitions are disposed in the duct such that a flow path width of the center flow path is reduced from the upstream of the air flow toward the downstream of the air flow.
US11945284B2
A transportation refrigeration unit TRU (26) and power system. The TRU (26) and power system including a compressor (58) configured to compress a refrigerant, an evaporator heat exchanger (76) operatively coupled to the compressor (58), and an evaporator fan (98) configured to provide return airflow and flow the return airflow over the evaporator heat exchanger (76). The system also includes a return air temperature RAT sensor (142) disposed in the return airflow and configured measure the temperature of the return airflow, a TRU controller (82) operably connected to the RAT sensor (142) and configured to execute a process to determine an AC power requirement for the TRU (26) based on at least the RAT (142), a generator power converter (164a) configured to provide a second DC power (165b), an energy storage system (150) configured to receive the second DC power (165) and provide a three phase AC power (157) to a power management system (124).
US11945278B2
An acceleration of a head of an occupant of a vehicle relative to the vehicle is determined based on data describing motion of the vehicle and respective poses of the head from a plurality of consecutive frames of image data. A vehicle suspension is adjusted based on the determined acceleration.
US11945260B2
A tractor or trailer axle replacement spindle and seal ring assembly includes a spindle with an elongate cylindrical body having bearing surfaces and threads. The seal ring is a shorter cylindrical component having an opening sized to achieve an interference fit with the spindle. The exterior surface of the spindle and the interior surface of the ring seal include complementary oblique, shoulders bounded by regions of constant diameter. The spindle also includes a shoulder or flange at its end opposite the threads which positively axially locates the seal ring thereon. When the two components are to be assembled, the seal ring is heated to several hundred degrees Fahrenheit and slid onto the spindle until the seal ring contacts the shoulder or flange on the spindle.
US11945254B2
The present invention relates to security, or decorative elements, comprising a transparent, or translucent substrate, which may contain indicia or other visible features in or on its surface, and on at least part of the substrate surface, a first layer, comprising transition metal particles having an average diameter of from 5 nm to 500 nm and a binder, on at least part of the first layer a second layer, comprising an organic material and having a refractive index of from 1.2 to 2.3 and having a thickness of from 20 to 1000 nm, wherein the transition metal is silver, copper, gold and palladium, wherein the weight ratio of transition metal particles to binder in the first layer is in the range from 20:1 to 1:2 in case the binder is a polymeric binder, or wherein the weight ratio of transition metal particles to binder in the first layer is in the range from 5:1 to 1:15 in case the binder is an UV curable binder. The security or decorative element show a certain color in transmission and a different color in reflection and a color flop on the coating side. The color in reflection and the color flop of the security or decorative elements are controlled by adjusting the refractive index and thickness of the second layer.
US11945249B2
The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium having a high degree of water resistance and excellent surface qualities. The thermosensitive recording medium has a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and an electron accepting developing agent on a substrate, but does not have a protective layer on the thermosensitive recording layer, and the thermosensitive recording layer further comprises (i) a carboxy-modified polyvinyl alcohol as a binder, (ii) an epichlorohydrin resin and a modified polyamine/amide resin (excluding those contained in the category of epichlorohydrin resin) as crosslinking agents, and (iii) an acrylic resin with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than or equal to 50 degree C. and a minimum film forming temperature (MFT) of higher than or equal to 40 degree C.
US11945246B2
A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. The cover portion may be movably attached to the base portion or a side portion, for example, by one or more hinges. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may include alignment indicia on the base portion, side portions and/or cover portion to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp. The accessory may also include fastening mechanisms, such as magnetic elements, to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp.
US11945237B2
An inkjet recording device includes a conveying unit, a recording unit, a device main body, and a control unit. The conveying unit includes an endless conveyor belt having many air holes for sucking air, and a sheet sucking unit. The sheet sucking unit is disposed inside a loop of the conveyor belt, and includes a fan for sucking air through the air holes and a fan drive motor. The recording unit includes a recording head disposed to face an outer circumference surface of the conveyor belt, so as to eject ink from ink ejection nozzles to the paper sheet sucked and held on the conveyor belt. The control unit executes a paper dust removing mode during image non-recording time, in which it rotates the fan drive motor by a power higher than that when conveying the paper sheet, so as to remove paper dust in the device main body.
US11945236B2
A portable thermal printer, configured to be stand-alone or integrated in a handheld multifunction device, includes a printing mechanism having a paper pressing roller positioned in proximity to a paper output opening or slot with reversible constraint member, and a mechanism for the release of the paper pressing roller, the reversible constraint member being configured to engage a rotation pin of the paper pressing roller. The insertion/extraction of the rotation pin in/from the constraint member is performed by translating the paper pressing roller in an exit direction lying on an exit plane, and the release mechanism is configured to exert a force on the paper pressing roller in a direction parallel to the exit direction.
US11945235B2
There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11945224B2
The present application provides an inkjet printing device, which includes a print head, a first container, a first pipeline, and a first valve. The print head is configured to discharge printing material. The first container is configured to store a solvent for cleaning the print head. An input end of the first pipeline is in communication with the first container, and an output end of the first pipeline is in communication with the print head. The first valve is provided on the first pipeline.
US11945218B2
A printing apparatus includes: a roll paper container portion that accommodates roll paper formed into a roll by wrapping recording paper around a core; a transportation roller that transports the recording paper in a transportation direction; a buffering member that moves in contact with the recording paper; and a guide member that is provided upstream of the buffering member in the transportation direction and guides the core of the roll paper that is moved from an inside of the roll paper container portion to an outside.
US11945217B2
A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion.
US11945207B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a first feed element and a second feed element, in which a web is to be fed to the first feed element and from the first feed element to the second feed element. The apparatus may also include a controller that may determine whether the web exiting the second feed element is shifted from an intended position and based on a determination that the web is shifted from the intended position, cause the first feed element to be moved laterally a first distance and the second feed element to be moved laterally a second distance to compensate for the shift in the web exiting the second feed element.
US11945204B2
An elastomeric article for sealing a container includes an elastomeric body having an external sidewall surface and an external crown surface and a first fluoropolymer film layer having an internal surface and an external surface. The internal surface of the first fluoropolymer film layer is laminated to an entirety of the external sidewall and crown surfaces of the elastomeric body. The external crown surface of the first fluoropolymer film layer includes a drug contact surface configured to contact a drug contained in the container and the external sidewall surface including a sealing surface for contacting an interior surface of the container. The external surface of the first fluoropolymer film layer is substantially free of striations.
US11945203B2
In the method of manufacturing an image display apparatus according to the present invention, a liquid photocurable resin composition that does not contain a thermal polymerization initiator is coated on the surface of a light-transmissive cover member including a light shielding layer or the surface of an image display member in a thickness thicker than that of the light shielding layer, and thereafter UV rays are irradiated in that state for curing to form a light-transmissive cured resin layer. Then, the image display member and the light-transmissive cover member are laminated to each other via the light-transmissive cured resin layer to obtain an image display apparatus.
US11945201B2
A cavity-containing polyester film is disclosed, including a layer (layer A) which has therein cavities, and layers (layers B) which each include a polyester resin containing inorganic particles and which are laminated, respectively, over both surfaces of the layer A. The layer A includes a composition including a polyester resin and a polypropylene resin. The polypropylene resin satisfies requirements of: (1) the melt flow rate (MFR) ranges from 1.0 to 10 g/10-minutes (at a temperature of 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg); (2) the deflection temperature is 85° C. or higher under load (at a bending stress of 0.45 MPa); and (3) the weight-average molecular weight Mw ranges from 200,000 to 450000 (measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC)); and the molecular weight distribution ranges from 2 to 6 (being represented as the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to the number-average molecular weight Mn of the polypropylene resin (Mw/Mn)).
US11945199B2
Disclosed are a laminated film including a light transmitting substrate; a hard coating layer; and an optical enhancement layer disposed between the light transmitting substrate and the hard coating layer or at a position facing the hard coating layer with the light transmitting substrate therebetween, wherein the light transmitting substrate includes a polyimide, a poly(amide-imide) copolymer, or a combination thereof, and the optical enhancement layer includes a copolymer comprising a polyimide, and a display device including the laminated film.
US11945194B2
The present disclosure provides a multilayer film. The multilayer film includes at least two layers including a sealant layer and a second layer in contact with the sealant layer. The sealant layer contains (A) a first ethylene-based polymer having a density from 0.895 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc and a melt index from 0.5 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min; (B) a branched fatty acid amide; and (C) a linear saturated fatty acid amide, wherein the branched fatty acid amide and the linear saturated fatty acid amide have a weight ratio of from 1:5 to 3:1. The second layer contains a second ethylene-based polymer.
US11945191B2
Provided is a laminated glass set of a plurality of laminated glasses having excellent appearance designability. A laminated glass set according to the present invention is a set of a plurality of laminated glasses, each laminated glass includes an interlayer film part having a colored part, the colored part has a specific gradation part, the gradation part forms a tip of the colored part on the other end side of the interlayer film part, and when distance X from one end of the interlayer film part to a tip of the colored part on the other end side of the interlayer film part is measured in each of the plurality of laminated glasses, the laminated glass set satisfies (|Xmax−Xmin|)/Xave≤0.1, or when distance Y of the colored part in the direction connecting one end and the other end of the interlayer film part is measured in each of the plurality of laminated glasses, the laminated glass set satisfies (|Ymax−Ymin|)/Yave≤0.1.
US11945187B2
A device for expanding and dispensing expandable slit sheet paper includes a pair of support members for a roll of expandable slit sheet paper. The roll of expandable slit sheet paper has an interior core member and a roll of expandable slit sheet paper wound on said interior core member. The interior core member has an axial length that is greater than the width of said slit sheet paper that is wound on said interior core member and has end regions that extend beyond the roll of expandable slit sheet paper. Pressure means is provided for pressing a first end region against its core support member and applying a frictional rotation resistance to the core member end region. The roll of expandable slit sheet paper is mounted on the device by positioning one end region under the pressure means and in a support relationship with its core support member while the roll of expandable slit sheet paper is inclined with respect to the device. The other end region is then moved into its supported position with its core support member. An adjustable downward pressure is exerted on the paper core end region and causing the paper core end region to be pressed against its support member as the paper is pulled. The downward pressure creates the friction required to enable the unexpanded slit sheet to be unwind and fed while simultaneously expanding.
US11945182B2
An assembly (10) for positioning sensors within a tire is provided that has first and second bead sensors (14,16), and first and second side-wall/shoulder sensors (18, 20). A first actuator (30) moves the sensors in a radial direction of the tire, and a second actuator (32) moves the first and second bead sensors in the axial direction of the tire. A third actuator (34) is present and moves the first and second bead sensors in the axial direction relative to the first and second sidewall/shoulder sensors. A fourth actuator (36) moves the first and second bead sensors in the axial direction relative to one another, and a fifth actuator (38) moves the first and second sidewall/shoulder sensors in the axial direction relative to one another.
US11945181B2
Described herein is a method for producing photochromic silicone hydrogel contact lenses in a relatively efficient and consistent manner from a polymerizable composition under a controlled thermal curing scheme. The main polymerizable components in the polymerizable composition are a high radical-reactive hydrophilic (meth)acrylamido monomer, a high radical-reactive siloxane-containing (meth)acrylamido monomer, and a polysiloxane vinylic crosslinker(s) free of low-reactive ethylenically unsaturated group as the main crosslinker. The thermal free radical initiator having a 10 hour half-life temperature (T10hλ) of from about 50° C. to about 90° C. The controlled thermal curing scheme includes maintaining a first curing temperature of from about (T10hλ−20)° C. to about T10hλ° C. for a first curing time and maintaining a second curing temperature of from about (T10hλ+10)° C. to about (T10hλ+35)° C. for a second curing time.
US11945174B2
The present invention relates to a method for providing a product viewing window in a container. The container has at least a body ply and a liner ply, wherein the body ply has at least one aperture therethrough. The liner ply is adhered to the inner surface of the body ply and has a portion extending across the aperture, forming a window into the container. The method involves providing a window-finishing machine that comprises at least two platens and, optionally, a machine pocket positioned between them, a heating element extending through at least one of the platens, and a pressurized air device that is adapted to release pressurized air into the container through at least one of the platens. The container is engaged between the platens in an airtight manner and, optionally, the container window is positioned adjacent the inside wall of the machine pocket. The heating element heats the window of the container to the desired temperature, pressurized air is injected into the container such that the window is forced at least partially through the aperture of the container (and optionally into contact with the machine pocket wall), and the container window is then cooled to the desired temperature.
US11945170B2
Described herein are electrochemical-additive manufacturing methods and systems using such methods. A method comprises depositing a material onto a deposition electrode by flowing a current between that deposition electrode and each of multiple individually-addressable electrodes, forming an electrode array. These currents are independently controlled based on a target map and using deposition control circuits, each coupled to one individually-addressable electrode. The target map is generated by a system controller based on various characteristics of the system (e.g., the performance of each deposition control circuit and/or individually-addressable electrode, electrolyte composition) and the desired characteristics of the deposited material (e.g., deposition location, uniformity, morphology). Furthermore, when the deposition electrode and the electrode array move relative to each other, the system controller dynamically updates the target map based on their relative positions. This movement can provide a fresh electrolyte between the electrodes and enable deposition at new locations.
US11945168B2
In an example, a method includes obtaining object model data describing at least a portion of an object to be generated by additive manufacturing. A color value of a first portion of the object to be generated may be determined, wherein the color value is based on a first color and a second color, different from the first color. Object generation data to generate the object using a fusing agent of the first color and a build material having the second color may be determined by defining a first region of a layer of build material to which fusing agent is to be applied defining a second region of the build material to which detailing agent is to be applied to define an edge of the object and defining a spacing region of build material to separate the first region and second region, wherein the spacing region is defined using parameters selected to provide the color value.
US11945161B2
A combined electrospinning and microextrusion apparatus includes a robotic manipulator having a plurality of degrees of freedom, an end effector supported and movable by the robotic manipulator, a plurality of extruders housed on the end effector, each extruder having an interchangeable nozzle for extrusion of material, a working plane for deposition of extruded material, a pneumatic circuit supplying a fluid flow to the extruders for controlling extrusion of material, and an electric generator selectively activatable to apply a potential difference between the nozzles of the extruders and the working plane. The extruders are capable of operating selectively in microextrusion mode with inactive electric generator or in electrospinning mode with active electric generator, in an independent manner from each other.
US11945154B2
The present disclosure relates to printing apparatus and manufacturing techniques for the manufacture and fabrication of pressure suits and space suits. The disclosure also relates to space suit components formed from additive polymer, and components including one or more layers of a mesh fabric with an applied layer of an additive polymer. One method includes providing an apparatus comprised of a six-degree of freedom motion manipulator with the motion manipulator attached to one or more printing extruder heads. Additive polymers may be extruded via the one or more printing extruder heads to form 3D printed space suit components.
US11945151B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an additive manufacturing print head and a nozzle that receives a bio-based shape memory polymer material and a bio-based material. The nozzle extrudes the bio-based shape memory polymer material and the bio-based material onto a substrate to form a bio-based shape memory polymer part or product.
US11945147B2
A vehicle interior and exterior member comprises a fiber molded body and a synthetic resin member fixed to a surface of the fiber molded body. The fiber molded body has a fiber layer including thermoplastic synthetic resin as a base material layer. The base material layer has fiber layer surfaces on its both surfaces or, the base material layer has another fiber layer including the other type of thermoplastic synthetic resin on one of the fiber layer surface to form a fiber laminated body. The fiber molded body is formed by molding the fiber laminated body into a three-dimensional face shape. The synthetic resin member has a fixed portion which is fixed to the fiber molded body by solidifying it in a state that molten synthetic resin has seeped into the fiber layer of the fiber laminated body.
US11945144B2
A tip part assembly for an endoscope, a method for assembling the tip part assembly, and an endoscope including the tip part assembly. The tip part assembly includes a flexible printed circuit having connection points, a camera module including a connection surface comprising connection points arranged in a first connection point pattern for electrical communication with the connection points of the flexible printed circuit, and a converter circuit board including a first surface including connection points arranged substantially in the first connection point pattern and a second surface including connection points arranged in a second connection point pattern being different than the first connection point pattern, wherein the first surface connection points are connected to the connection surface connection points, and wherein the second surface connection points are connected to the connection points of the flexible printed circuit.
US11945142B2
A composite resin molded product for an acoustic member is a composite resin molded product for an acoustic member containing a main agent resin and fibrous fillers dispersed in the main agent resin, and a concentration of the fibrous fillers is 50% by weight or more in the composite resin molded product, and crystallinity of the main agent resin around the fibrous fillers is higher than crystallinity of the main agent resin in other parts in the composite resin molded product.
US11945140B2
A method for producing a foam-molded product by using a plasticizing cylinder, includes: plasticizing and melting the thermoplastic resin to provide the molten resin in a plasticization zone of the plasticizing cylinder; introducing a pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent at a fixed pressure into a starvation zone of the plasticizing cylinder to retain the starvation zone at the fixed pressure; allowing the molten resin to be in the starved state in the starvation zone; bringing the molten resin in contact with the pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent at the fixed pressure, in the starvation zone in a state in which the starvation zone is retained at the fixed pressure; and molding the molten resin having been brought in contact with the pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent into the foam-molded product.
US11945135B2
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a pre-impregnated fibrous material comprising a continuous fibre fibrous material and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, characterized in that said pre-impregnated fibrous material is made of a single unidirectional ribbon or a plurality of parallel ribbons unidirectional and in that said method comprises an impregnation step, in particular at the core, of said fibrous material being in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings by said thermoplastic polymer being in powder form, said step of impregnation being carried out with said at least one thermoplastic polymer and said fibrous material the D90/D10 ratio of which by volume of the thermoplastic polymer particles ranges from 1.5 to 50, in particular from 2 to 10 and the ratio of the average diameter by volume (D50) thermoplastic polymer particles on the average diameter of the unit fibres of said fibrous material ranges from 3 to 40, except for an impregnation process in aqueous suspension of a fibrous material made of carbon fibres by a thermoplastic polymer, said D50/mean unit fibre diameter ratio being comprised from 3 to 8, and excluding any electrostatic process in voluntary charge.
US11945133B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for applying slurries, comprising a doctor blade body with at least one separation element that subdivides the doctor blade body into different compartments, and to a method for producing a three-dimensional object using the apparatus according to the invention.
US11945131B2
Device for locking two adjacent sections (1, 2) of a roll of paper (3) placed on the sides of a cutting section plane (4) defined by the movement of a cutting blade (5) of a cutting-off machine (M), comprising a pair of clamping devices (6, 7) configured to be able to assume an unlocking configuration with a locking configuration of respective sections (1, 2) of the roll (3); at least a first actuator (8) which can be operated on command to pass said clamping devices from the unlocking configuration to the locking configuration of the respective sections (1, 2), and vice versa; at least a second actuator (10) connected to the clamping devices (6, 7) and configured to perform a movement of reciprocal distancing of the clamping devices in a locking configuration with respect to said cutting section plane (4); means of inhibition (11) of the reciprocal moving away of the clamping devices active during the cutting advancement of the blade (5) through the roll (3); and activation means (12) of the second actuator (10) of the clamping devices (6, 7) configured to activate the reciprocal removal of the clamping devices immediately after the end of the roll cutting phase (3) performed by the blade (5).
US11945121B2
A mobile robot configured for delivering consumable items to delivery recipients. The mobile robot comprises an item compartment with a top section, a separator, and a bottom section. The mobile robot also comprises a temperature control component. A method for delivering consumable items to delivery recipients using the mobile robot.
US11945105B2
A toothed safe braking apparatus for use in robotic joint, comprising an electromagnetic telescoping apparatus (6) and a friction engagement component (10). The friction engagement component (10) is mounted on a shaft (C) of the robotic joint and comprises a brake lock ring gear (1) provided with a first center fitting hole (12), the brake lock ring gear (1) being provided with teeth (11) arranged on the outer circumferential surface thereof, a pretension ring (2) provided with a second center fitting hole (13), and a brake hub (4) provided with a first end surface (14), a second end surface (15), and an outer circumferential surface (16). On a locked position, a working bit (17) of the electromagnetic telescoping apparatus (6) can be engaged with the teeth (11) on the brake lock ring gear (1) of the friction engagement component (10); and, on an unlocked position, the working bit (17) of the electromagnetic telescoping apparatus (6) can be disengaged from the teeth (11) on the brake lock ring gear (1) of the friction engagement component (10). The brake lock ring gear (1) and the pretension ring (2) are arranged in parallel via the first fitting hole (12) and the second fitting hole (13) to be friction engaged on the outer circumferential surface (16) of the brake hub (4).
US11945103B2
An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body includes at least one feature that is adapted to facilitate the contact portion to become substantially non-planar while grasping.
US11945102B2
An end effector device and system for suction-based grasping of bagged objects that can include a body structure with a vacuum line opening and an object engagement region, the vacuum line opening being configured to couple at least one pressure line of a vacuum pressure system to a defined internal channel of the body structure; the body structure comprising an internal structure that defines a concave inner chamber with a chamber opening at the object engagement region; and the internal structure comprising an array of inlets positioned along at least one wall of the concave inner chamber, wherein each inlet defines an opening in the body to the defined internal channel.
US11945097B2
A robot according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one wheel for traveling; a water tank in which an accommodating space accommodating water is formed; a water pump connected to the water tank; a water purifier connected to the water pump to purify and discharge water provided from the water tank; and an air cleaner configured to suction and filter air and discharge the filtered air, wherein the water tank is disposed below the water pump, the water purifier, and the air cleaner.
US11945095B2
A custom tool accessory to hold a tool, the custom tool accessory including a body, at least one tongue disposed at a first side of the body, at least one tongue receiving groove disposed at a second side of the body opposite from the first side of the body, and a tool holding portion disposed on the body to hold the tool. At least one magnet is attached to the underside of a metallic base plate that is in turn secured to the underside of the body. A retainer surrounds the at least one magnet and also underlies the area of the bottom of the base plate that is not covered by the at least one magnet.
US11945089B2
A tool is provided that includes unitary plate that includes a blade portion and a tang portion. The blade portion can include an edge. The tang portion can include a positioning hole, a first hole, a slot, a second hole, a rivet hole, and one or more teeth (also referred to as one or more barbs) on a side of the tang portion. The tool can further include a hilt member which includes a through passage, a tab, and a notch. The tool includes an overlay on a body to create a handle for gripping the tool. The tool further includes a hammerhead cap on an end of the body, the hammerhead cap is coupled to the handle with a rivet through the rivet hole.
US11945077B1
A synthetic grindstone for performing surface processing, includes: abrasive grains; binder made of a thermosetting resin material and holding the abrasive grains in a dispersed state; and filler including at least one of first filler, second filler, and third filler. The first filler has a larger average particle diameter than the abrasive grains. The second filler has electrical conductivity. The third filler is harder than a workpiece. The filler is disposed in a state of being dispersed in the binder.
US11945076B2
An article (100) has a polyester film backing (110) and a primer layer (120) including a carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer crosslinked with a polyfunctional aziridine disposed on a major surface of the polyester film backing (110). Another article includes a polyester backing (110), a primer layer (120) including a carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer crosslinked with a polyfunctional aziridine disposed on a major surface of the polyester backing (110), and a phenolic layer (140) disposed on the primer layer (120) on a surface opposite the polyester backing (110). The phenolic layer (120) can include abrasive particles (160). Processes for making the articles are also described, as well as methods for abrading a workpiece and improving adhesion between a polyester film backing (110) and a phenolic layer (120) on the polyester backing (110).
US11945075B2
A dresser is enabled to adjust a swing speed in scanning areas set on a polishing member along a swing direction. A surface height of the polishing member in monitoring areas set in advance on the polishing member along the swing direction of the dresser is measured. A dress model matrix defined from the monitoring areas, the scanning areas and a dress model is created. Height profile predicted value is calculated using the dress model and the swing speed in each scanning area or a staying time. Evaluation index is set based on a difference from a target value of a height profile of the polishing member and a step of setting the swing speed in each scanning area of the dresser based on the evaluation index. At least one of parameters to determine the target value or the evaluation index of the height profile is made to change automatically.
US11945071B2
A polishing brush (1) includes a rod-shaped member (2) and a grinding element bundle (4) formed of a plurality of wire-shaped grinding elements (3). The rod-shaped member (2) has a holding hole (6) at a front portion (2a) to hold the grinding element bundle (4). The holding hole (6) has a bottom face (7) and a sleeve-shaped peripheral wall (8) extending from the bottom face (7) in an inclination direction (S). The grinding element bundle (4) has a seated portion (4a) seated in the holding hole (6) and a protruding portion (4b) protruding from an opening (6a) of the holding hole (6) in the inclination direction (S). The tip end of the protruding portion (4b) is located on the outside of the rod-shaped member (2) when viewed from the axis (L0) direction.
US11945069B2
A novel turbine motor spindle assembly for a spindle-mounted pneumatic tool, especially in a live tool environment is described. The novel turbine motor spindle assembly includes a manifold with a front end and a rear end. The manifold includes an air intake passage for receiving pressurized air. The pressurized air is directed axially through a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the front end. The pressurized air drives a turbine motor assembly and a drive shaft. The drive shaft is mounted inside a housing is self-lubricating. The turbine motor assembly includes tangential openings for expelling exhaust air therefrom. The turbine motor housing is mechanically coupled to the front end of the manifold with an exhaust air passage for directing exhaust air from the one or more tangential openings out through the rear end of the manifold.
US11945067B2
An automobile hub fixture includes a fixture body and a positioning apparatus. The fixture body includes a fixed platform and a plurality of clamping claws arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the fixed platform. The clamping claws are configured to clamp an outer rim of a hub. The plurality of clamping claws are connected to a driving member by using a linkage, and the driving member drives the clamping claws to radially move along the fixed platform. The positioning apparatus includes a movable platform slidably connected to the clamping claws. A positioning module configured to position an inner rim or the outer rim of the hub is mounted to the movable platform. The machining device includes a fixture, a machine tool, and a minimal quantity lubrication apparatus. The production line includes a machining device, a loading system, a loading and unloading manipulator, and a catching table.
US11945065B2
A multi-axis turntable includes a base, a rocker arm and a first driving device capable of driving the rocker arm to rock around the first rotation axis on the base. A swing arm and a second driving device, which is capable of driving the swing arm to swing around the second rotation axis on the rocker arm, are provided on the rocker arm. A workbench and a third driving device for driving the workbench to rotate around the third rotation axis are provided on the swing arm. The second rotation axis and the third rotation axis are parallel to each other or on different planes. Compared with the existing double rotating shaft turntable, the multi-axis turntable of the present invention has a cutting tool system of good and stable rigidity.
US11945063B2
A method of repairing a piston seal assembly comprises removing worn material from a piston seal groove to generate a worked seal groove, applying a groove buildup member to the worked seal groove, and disposing a seal member proximate the groove buildup member.
US11945062B2
A levelling machine includes a pair of spaced apart rail assemblies, a gantry assembly and a face mill assembly. The spaced apart rail assemblies define an x axis. The gantry assembly is moveably attached to the pair of spaced apart rail assemblies whereby the gantry assembly defines a y axis. The gantry assembly is moveable in the x axis along the pair of spaced apart rail assemblies. The face mill assembly is moveably attached to the gantry assembly and is moveable in the y axis along the gantry assembly. The face mill assembly has a plurality of saw blades, the saw blades being generally in an x-y plane defined by the x axis and y axis. The saw blades have a plurality of teeth that extend downwardly generally in a z axis. The face mill assembly is moveable in the z axis.
US11945061B2
Equipment for fitting panels for insulating covers, such as “standing seam” panels for insulating housing roofs, includes an upper sheet, a lower sheet and an expanded polymer intermediate layer. A working unit extends along a longitudinal axis, which corresponds to the working line of the panels. A supply unit is coupled to the working unit, by a transfer unit extending along a horizontal longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the working unit, for supplying reinforcement plates having a thrust portion and a flat portion. The working unit includes a carriage movable along the longitudinal axis. The carriage includes dies configured to cut and deform one end of the upper sheet of the panels and a thrust member for introducing reinforcement plates into a tail end of the expanded polymer intermediate layer. The thrust member is placed downstream of the dies along the working direction of the panels.
US11945055B2
A flux containing 1 to 10 wt % of an organic sulfonic acid activator, 10 to 40 wt % of a high-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of more than 1200 and 5 to 75 wt % of a low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of 1200 or less, in which the content of the low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant is equal to or larger than the content of the organic sulfonic acid activator. This flux contains no cationic surfactant or contains more than 0 wt % and 5 wt % or less of the cationic surfactant. A solder paste containing this flux and a Sn-based solder metal.
US11945054B2
A method for manufacturing a metal-ceramic substrate (1) includes providing a ceramic layer (10), a metal layer (20) and a solder layer (30) coating the ceramic layer (10) and/or the metal layer (20) and/or the solder layer (30) with an active metal layer (40), arranging the solder layer (30) between the ceramic layer (10) and the metal layer (20) along a stacking direction (S), forming a solder system (35) comprising the solder layer and the active metal layer (40), wherein a solder material of the solder layer (30) is free of a melting point lowering material and bonding the metal layer (20) to the ceramic layer (10) via the solder system (35) by means of an active solder process.
US11945050B2
Provided is an electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus that forms an electrode sheet by cutting a sheet stack including an electrode composite material layer and a separator provided on the electrode composite material layer. The electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a laser irradiation device that irradiates the sheet stack with a first laser beam having a wavelength to be absorbed by the separator and a second laser beam having a wavelength to be absorbed by the electrode composite material layer, and a controller that controls driving of the laser irradiation device. The controller moves an irradiation position of the first laser beam relative to the sheet stack and moves an irradiation position of the second laser beam so as to follow a track of the irradiation position of the first laser beam.
US11945043B2
An optical system may include a first optical assembly and a first scan field expansion assembly. The first optical assembly may include or may be configured as a first flat-field lens. The first flat-field lens may have a first nominal scan field with a first flat focal plane. The first scan field expansion assembly may include one or more first field-expanding optical elements configured to provide a first expanded scan field coinciding with the first flat focal plane. The first expanded scan field may have a cross-sectional width and/or area that exceeds a corresponding cross-sectional width and/or area of the first nominal scan field. A method of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object may include directing a first energy beam through the first optical assembly, and directing the first energy beam through the first scan field expansion assembly.
US11945039B2
A round cutting insert for a milling tool having a center axis and a neutral plane extending perpendicularly thereto. The round cutting insert includes a circumferential side surface surrounding the center axis between upper and lower round main surfaces. An upper cutting edge is formed along the intersection of the upper round main surface and the side surface. A plurality of elongated support grooves are arranged in the side surface. Each elongated support groove has a bottom surface extending in a lengthwise direction with opposite flank surfaces converging toward the bottom surface and extending in parallel with the lengthwise direction of the elongated support groove. The lengthwise direction of each elongated support groove forms an acute angle with the neutral plane as seen in a side view. At least one of the opposite flank surfaces of each elongated support groove is configured as a side support surface.
US11945028B2
A mold powder which prevents surface defects from occurring on a surface of a cast slab of Al-containing hypo-peritectic steel having Al: 0.2% to 2.0%, by mass %, and, in a hypo-peritectic region, C: 0.08% to 0.17%, by mass %. The mold powder includes CaO, SiO2, Na2O, Li2O, F, and C. Li2O/Na2O is 0.6 or more, 1.0+0.05×Al≤CaO/SiO2≤2.0−0.35×Al, 10
US11945021B2
A needle bending assembly configured to at least temporarily contain a needle can include a first housing section, a second housing section, and a coupling element coupled between the first housing section and the second housing section. The first housing section defines a first cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a first section of the needle. The second housing section defines a second cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a second section of the needle forming a distal tip. The coupling element is configured such that when the needle is contained within the housing sections, movement of the second housing section relative to the first housing section results in a bending of the needle at a location corresponding to the coupling element.
US11945009B2
A wet laser cleaning apparatus includes a machine base, a laser cleaning module, a shielding housing and a filtering device. A base material is placed in a reservoir of the machine base, into which a liquid is introduced through the filtering device. A control module drives first parallel axial track groups, a second parallel axial track group and a vertical axial track group to move an optical fiber laser knife device of the laser cleaning module to irradiate and clean the base material. A height sensor device and an orientation sensor device sense a position and a height of an object, so that the optical fiber laser knife device can automatically focus on the base material. Dusts produced after the optical fiber laser knife device has irradiated the base material are stored in the liquid, and the filtering device filters the dusts from the liquid.
US11945002B2
The present disclosure relates to an automatic metal sorting system using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. The system may include: a conveyer configured to move waste metals at a constant speed; a shape measurer configured to measure a position and a shape of at least one waste metal on the conveyer; a laser induced breakdown spectroscopic device configured to determine the kind of the waste metal by emitting a laser to the waste metal and receiving and analyzing a plasma spectrum signal generated by the emitted laser; and a discharger configured to separate and discharge the waste metal in accordance with the determined kind of the waste metal.
US11945000B2
Provided is a method for removing a linear object, a device for removing a linear object, and a method for processing electronic/electrical equipment component waste, which can improve separation efficiency. The method for removing linear objects including: arranging a plurality of filters 3 in a vibrating sieve machine 1 such that the filters 3 are adjacent to each other so as to partially overlap with each other in a feed direction of a raw material, each of the filters 3 comprising a plurality of rods 2 extending at distances in the feed direction of the raw material and a beam portion 21 supporting the plurality of rods 1 at one ends of the plurality of the rods 2, the other ends of the plurality of the rods 2 being free ends; arranging a guide 6 below a tip of one of the filters 3 located on a most downstream side in the feed direction; feeding the raw material containing at least linear objects and plate-form objects into the vibrating sieve machine 1; and sorting the linear objects and the plate-form objects by vibrating the filters 3, sieving the linear objects to an under-sieve side of the vibrating sieve machine 1, and capturing lumpy linear objects with the guide.
US11944999B2
A vibration device includes a bimorph type piezoelectric element having a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other and a vibration member bonded to the second main surface of the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element has a first active region disposed closer to the first main surface between the first and second main surfaces and a second active region disposed closer to the second main surface than the first active region between the first and second main surfaces. When a force generated in the first active region is F1, a force generated in the second active region is F2, and a force by which the vibration member restrains the second active region is Fr, F2−F1≥Fr is satisfied.
US11944991B2
A dispensing assembly for dispensing fluid generally includes a container having a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and a sprayer having arms extending away from the sprayer. The arms of the sprayer define a channel configured to receive at least part of the handle of the container within the channel to thereby couple the sprayer to the container. Such a dispensing assembly can be made by forming the container with a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and forming the sprayer with the arms such that the arms can be used to couple the sprayer to the handle of the container, where the arms extend away from the sprayer and define the channel for receiving at least part of the handle of the container into the channel.
US11944986B2
A device and a method for reducing wind resistance power of a large geotechnical centrifuge are provided. A semicircular tube cylindrical cooling device is provided between an internal side of a high-speed rotor system and a cylindrical shell. A serpentine top semicircular tube cooling plate is provided right above a hanging basket, and return helium gas inlet holes are provided at a center of the top semicircular tube cooling plate. A helium gas in a helium gas storage tank passes through helium gas outlets on the helium gas inlet pipes, and enters a centrifuge chamber from a bottom sealing plate. The helium gas is used to replace air in the centrifuge chamber to reduce the wind resistance power and corresponding energy consumption. No vacuuming is required, so sealing requirements are lower. Heat dissipation equipment is placed inside the centrifuge chamber, and a helium gas circulation wind duct is added.
US11944985B2
The present invention is a segmented bowl for a batch centrifugal concentrator constructed from a plurality of segments that are each placed adjacently to one another, so that each segment is in intimate contact with its neighbouring segments, so that when a sufficient number of segments are put into place, they form the bowl of the batch centrifugal concentrator.
US11944982B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a polymer-functionalized particle for using in isolating and extracting solutes, such as rare earth metals, lithium, and the like. The polymer-functionalized particles exhibit strong resistance to agglomeration and degradation even in high ionic strength and/or temperature environments. A post-particle synthesis method for making the polymer-functionalized particle is disclosed, along with a magnetic separation device and that can be used in system embodiments to facilitate use and regeneration of the polymer-functionalized particles in solute extraction.
US11944981B2
The invention relates to a crusher (10), in particular a rock crusher, having a crusher unit (40), to which a band conveyor unit (60) having an endlessly circulating band conveyor is indirectly or directly assigned, wherein a magnetic separator (70) having a magnet (79) is held in the area of the band conveyor unit (60) above the band conveyor in the direction opposite from the direction of gravity, and wherein an adjustment unit (80) is provided, which can be used to change the height of the magnet (79) above the band conveyor. To enable the reliable operation of such a crusher, it is provided according to the invention that the magnetic separator (70) is suspended from at least two limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85), and that the limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85) can be adjusted by means of at least one actuator unit (90) to change the height of the magnet (79).
US11944980B2
A magnetic separating conveyor output roll including a first plurality of magnetic rings, each of such magnetic rings having radially inner and radially outer ends, each such magnetic ring having annular north and south poles respectively positioned at its radially inner and radially outer ends; and including a second plurality of magnetic rings having radially inner and radially outer ends, each such magnetic ring having annular north and south poles respectively positioned at its radially outer and radially inner ends; wherein the first and second pluralities of magnetic rings are stacked in an alternating series along a rotation axis; wherein each magnetic ring's radial cross section is rectangular; wherein each magnetic ring includes a circumferential array of radially extending seams, the roll incorporating a plurality of adhesive bonds residing within such seams; the roll further incorporating magnetic armature effect resisting gaps between adjacent pairs of the magnetic rings.
US11944975B2
A thermal cycler system comprises a sample block configured to receive a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples; an adaptor configured to surround a periphery of the sample block; and a drip pan configured to surround a periphery of the adaptor. The drip pan comprises one or more ejector mechanisms and one or more openings, the one or more ejector mechanisms configured to respectively extend through the one or more openings into contact with the sample holder in a state of the sample holder received by the sample block and the adaptor surrounding the periphery of the sample block.
US11944974B2
Air-matrix digital microfluidics (DMF) apparatuses and methods of using them to prevent or limit evaporation and surface fouling of the DMF apparatus. In particular, described herein are air-matrix DMF apparatuses and methods of using them in which a separate well that is accessible from the air gap of the DMF apparatus isolates a reaction droplet by including a cover to prevent evaporation. The cover may be a lid or cap, or it may be an oil or wax material within the well. The opening into the well and/or the well itself may include actuation electrodes to allow the droplet to be placed into, and in some cases removed from, the well. Also described herein are air-matrix DMF apparatuses and methods of using them including thermally controllable regions with a wax material that may be used to selectively encapsulate a reaction droplet in the air gap of the apparatus.
US11944966B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus comprising: a membrane, wherein the membrane has a first side and a second side, wherein the membrane has a first pore disposed therein, wherein the first pore extends through the membrane from the first side of the membrane to the second side of the membrane, wherein the membrane has a second pore disposed therein, and wherein the second pore extends through the membrane from the first side of the membrane to the second side of the membrane; a first channel disposed on the first side of the membrane, wherein the first channel is along a first longitudinal axis; a second channel disposed on the first side of the membrane, wherein the second channel is along a second longitudinal axis, and wherein the first channel and the second channel are disposed side by side adjacent to each other; a third channel disposed on the second side of the membrane, wherein the third channel is along a third longitudinal axis, wherein the third channel is in first fluid communication with the first channel via the first pore, and wherein the third channel is in second fluid communication with the second channel via the second pore; and one or more sensors disposed at one or more locations to facilitate sequencing of a molecule that extends from the first channel, through the first pore across at least a portion of the third channel, and through the second pore into the second channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US11944951B2
Calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles are combined with ammonia control materials (e.g. alum, aluminum chloride, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, and/or sodium bisulfate) to create a phosphorus-binding composition. In the preferred embodiment, the composition is applied to poultry litter, poultry bedding or other non-aqueous substrates that are at least partially comprised of animal manure. The composition binds with phosphorus to at least reduce the amount of phosphorus in runoff water or in leachate from fields fertilized with treated manure. The combining of the calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles with the ammonia control products has a surprising and unexpected result. The calcium silicate hydrate-ammonia control material mix reduces soluble phosphorus more than either component of the mix alone.
US11944938B2
An ion permeable membrane includes ion conductor particles and a fiber base material, in which each of the ion conductor particles has a first portion embedded inside the fiber base material, and a second portion exposed on outside surfaces of the fiber base material, and the second portions are continuous between an upper surface and a lower surface in a thickness direction of the ion permeable membrane.
US11944935B2
A gas detection purification device is disclosed and includes a main body, a purification unit, a gas guider, a gas detection module and a controlling-driving module. The main body includes an inlet, an outlet, an external socket and a gas-flow channel disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The purification unit is disposed in the gas-flow channel for filtering gas introduced through the gas-flow channel. The gas guider is disposed in the gas channel and located at a side of the purification unit. The gas is inhaled through the inlet, flows through the purification unit and is discharged out through the outlet. The gas detection module is plugged into or detached from the external socket. The controlling driving module is disposed within the main body and electrically connected to the gas guider to control the operation of the gas guider in an enabled state and a disabled state.
US11944933B2
A primary amine polymer aerogel comprising greater than 5 wt. % of primary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, wherein the primary amine monomers are selected from vinyl amine. A secondary amine polymer aerogel comprising secondary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the secondary amine monomers being a result of substituting a hydrogen atom from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers. A tertiary amine polymer aerogel comprising tertiary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the tertiary amine monomers being a result of substituting hydrogen atoms from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers.
US11944929B2
A filter housing for containing a cartridge assembly having a filter cartridge secured to a filter cover, the filter housing has a peripheral wall extending around a longitudinal axis, and end wall secured to the peripheral wall, the filter housing defining a cavity partially enclosed by the peripheral wall and the end wall, the peripheral wall defining a cartridge-receiving section extending from the end wall along the longitudinal axis and sized for receiving the filter cartridge and a cover-receiving section extending along the longitudinal axis from the cartridge-receiving section to an open end of the filter housing opposed to the end wall and sized for receiving the filter cover, a portion of the cover-receiving section recessed radially outwardly from the cartridge-receiving section relative to the longitudinal axis, a lubricant outlet of the filter housing extending through the portion of the cover-receiving section of the peripheral wall.
US11944927B2
The disclosure is directed toward presses which may comprise planar or curved press plates that can be driven toward and away from each other such as via linear reciprocating movement to press filter media sheets as opposed to using rolls. The press plates can create such features as embossments that may have the ridges and grooves, brands, creases or other such features. The press can create pleated packs or individual panels for non-pleated packs. Additionally, a variety of embossed pleat packs, unique shapes, structural components and other pleat packs that may be formed by presses or other methodology are disclosed as well as filter cartridges using such pleat packs.
US11944922B1
The disclosure includes a water system that includes a feed water heat exchanger including a feed water heat exchanger above a water collection tank and a feed water heat exchanger/steam generator connected to the feed water heat exchanger. The feed water heat exchanger/steam generator includes a heat exchanger, coils, boiler burners, and emissions control. The water system includes a brine/waste water feed water heat exchanger positioned within brine/waste water tank enclosure, which includes a brine/waste water tank that is in fluidic connection with the feed water heat exchanger/steam generator. The water system includes a preheater in fluidic connection with the brine/waste water feed water heat exchanger, and a post-preheater heat exchanger enclosure including a post-preheater heat exchanger, post-preheater coils, post-preheater burner and post-preheater emissions control, the post-preheater heat exchanger in fluidic connection with the pre-heater. The water system includes a vapor removal device in fluidic connection with the post-preheater heat exchanger.
US11944911B2
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively controlling audio associated with users. In an audio system configured to output audio to a user of the system, reference data may be obtained and processed, and one or more audio control settings may be determined, based on the processing of the reference data, for adjusting audio in the system, with at least one of the one or more audio control settings configured to adjust or modify a voice associated with the user. The reference data may be obtained from a database associated with operation of the system by the user. The reference data may include a reference audio, with the reference audio being processed to determine at least one of the one or more audio control settings based on characteristics and/or parameters of the reference audio.
US11944905B2
A method for regulating falls of a user-controlled character through gaps between surfaces in an extended reality (XR) space in which the user is playing a game includes compiling a record from a previously generated spatial mapping mesh (SMM) of the XR space of surfaces of real elements present in that space, with corresponding positions and dimensions; and, after the game begins, determining whether, if the character approaches a substantially vertical gap between an edge of a first surface at a first level and a second surface, at a second level lower than the first level, continuing motion of the character to fall through the vertical gap will be permitted or prevented. A similar method for regulating jumps rather than falls of a user-controlled character through gaps between surfaces in an extended reality (XR) space in which the user is playing a game is also described.
US11944890B2
Coupling device (20) for a vertical pole (8) for gym exercises comprising a hemispherical element (3) positioned inside a seat (22), a base (1), a shaft (5) inserted inside the hemispherical element (3) to which the vertical pole (8) for gym exercises is connected, said device (20) being characterized in that the hemispherical element (3) comprises a plurality of blocking elements (10, 33, 45) configured to be coupled to a plurality of corresponding elements (26, 34, 44), made on the inner surface of the seat (22) of the hemispherical element (3) to prevent the rotation of the pole (8) around an axis (X) passing through the centre of the coupling device (20) while leaving free the oscillatory movement of the pole (8) with respect to said axis (X).
US11944884B2
A reinforced die for use in a throwing game and method of manufacture of same are provided. Having corners reinforced with multiple rows of machine stitched threads, multiple layers of inner lining padding the corners, and filler material within the inner lining layers helps the die maintain distinct sides and resist deformation even after being thrown extensively against a hard surface. The use of machine stitching to reinforce the die allows to impart uniform strength to all sides of the die, further increasing resistance to deformation. The material of the housing, such as duck cloth, is weather resistant, durable, and has a friction coefficient that is high enough to prevent excessive sliding of the die from a board upon which the die is thrown, but low enough to prevent damage to the board.
US11944868B2
A golf coaching system and a method thereof are disclosed. The golf coaching system may include: a swing measurement device that measures at least one of a swing trajectory and a posture change during a swing; a striking prediction device that predicts striking by measuring at least one of a ball speed, a swing speed, and a launch angle; and a data analysis server that generates coaching information based on data measured by the swing measurement device and the striking prediction device.
US11944867B2
A new kind of portable hangboard intended for finger strength exercises allows the user to adjust the angle of the hangboard and the depth of the finger slot to control the difficulty of the exercise. The main body of the hangboard hangs on a rope. The main body of the hangboard contains multiple slots that the rope can pass through to adjust the angle of the device. The finger slot contained in the main body has magnets at the deep end which allow one or more shims with built in magnets to be inserted to make the slot shallower. The hangboard offers greater portability and variety of exercises compared to other inventions of this class.
US11944861B1
An exercise device includes an elongate support member having opposed ends and being rotatably mounted through either directly to—or through an attachment member to a mounting member intermediate the opposed ends of the elongate support member. A horizontally extending axle is rotatably mounted to the elongate support member adjacent one the opposed ends. The horizontally extending axle is connected to a weight support and to an exercise arm. The elongate support member is grippable to permit its rotation about its rotatable mount to change the vertical position of the horizontally extending axle and the weight support and exercise arm connected thereto. An attachment member configured be connected to the mounting member in a desired location also constitutes a part of the invention.
US11944857B2
A fire suppressant storage device (20) comprising: a tank (22) having a first port and an interior for storing fire suppressant; and a discharge assembly mounted to the first port. The discharge assembly has a discharge valve (48) and a discharge conduit (50) at least partially within the interior. The discharge conduit has an interior surface (60) and an exterior surface (58). The discharge assembly further comprises a gauge (80) on the discharge conduit.
US11944842B2
A therapy device comprises a shaft extending between proximal and distal portions, a surgical instrument located at the distal portion, a handpiece located at the proximal portion, a treatment end located at the distal end of the surgical instrument that can apply photodynamic therapy (PDT). The treatment end includes an applicator to apply a photosensitizer to a surface of a target tissue and a light emitter that can emit generated phototherapeutic light to activate the photosensitizer to ablate target tissue. A method for providing PDT to the target tissue includes inserting the therapy device into the patent, applying the photosensitizer and phototherapeutic light to a surface of the target tissue, and removing the device from the patient.
US11944839B2
Low power MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) radiation is used to non-invasively record molecular activity in a biological object such as a brain. Low power MASER radiation is also used to neuromodulate molecular targets via Rabi coupling, resulting for example in conformational and function change in specific molecular targets such as ligand-gated ion channels, voltage-gated ion channels, G-proteins, or dopamine receptors. The method can be used to change the energy state of targeted molecules via energization or enervation, or to ablate targeted molecules.
US11944835B2
In embodiments, a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) system includes a support structure for the patient to wear, and components that the support structure maintains on the patient's body. The components include a defibrillator, associated electrodes, and so on. The defibrillator can operate in a WCD mode while the patient wears the support structure. The defibrillator can further operate in a different, AED mode, during which time the patient need not wear a portion of the support structure, or even the entire support structure. Sometimes the AED mode is a type of a fully automatic AED mode. Other times the AED mode is a type of a semi-automated AED mode, where an attendant is present to administer the shock; at such times, the patient may not even need to have electrodes attached. This way the patient is more comfortable for a longer time.
US11944825B2
A method of manufacturing a surgical device including providing a substrate having opposite first and second sides. The second side having a first section and a second section. Coupling a substrate to a fixture such that the first side faces the fixture and depositing a gel onto the second side such that the gel coats the first section without coating the second section.
US11944824B2
Methods of controlling at least one medical device wherein at least one adapter allows communication among the medical device and other devices. The methods include analysis of a representation of a unique biologic identifier of a person or device that is providing or receiving medical information.
US11944810B2
A method may include positioning a catheter, including at least one electrode, within an esophagus such that the electrode is proximate to at least one sympathetic ganglion. The methods may further include recruiting the sympathetic ganglion via an electrical signal, monitoring the recruitment of the sympathetic ganglion, and, based on the monitoring the recruitment of the sympathetic ganglion, adjusting the electrical signal from the at least one electrode.
US11944801B2
A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.
US11944794B2
A drug delivery device, in the form of an injector, may include one of a number of systems for limiting the delivery of a medical fluid or drug product in case of movement of (e.g., removal of) the injector relative to the patient as determined by a proximity sensor. The drug delivery system may in the alternative or in addition include systems for indicating the amount of medical fluid or drug product delivered (or not delivered) in case of movement of (e.g., removal of) the injector relative to the patient as determined by the proximity sensor. The injector may be, for example, an on-body injector or an hand-held autoinjector.
US11944790B2
Injection device including a casing, a syringe carrier located within a proximal end of the casing and being movable along a longitudinal axis of the device between a stowed position and a needle insertion position, a drive assembly located within a distal end of the casing and being movable by an insertion driver in order to move the syringe carrier and a loaded syringe from a stowed position to a needle insertion position; a first formation fixed relative to the casing and a second formation fixed relative to an insertion tube of the drive assembly, the first and second formations defining a plurality of stop positions for the insertion tube relative to the casing, spaced along the direction of said longitudinal axis, to prevent significant rearward movement of the insertion tube along said axis when a plunger of a firing cartridge is released from a reaction assembly of the cartridge.
US11944781B2
IV filters are described herein. An IV filter includes a filter housing, a filter media, a filter channel, a priming channel, and a disk valve. The filter housing defines an inlet and an outlet. The filter media is disposed within the filter housing. The filter channel is disposed within the filter housing. The filter channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and the filter media, and the filter media permits flow from the filter channel to the outlet and captures particulate from the flow. The priming channel is disposed within the filter housing. The priming channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. The disk valve is coupled to the filter housing. The disk valve is moveable to direct flow from the inlet to the priming channel in a first position and to direct flow from the inlet to the filter channel in a second position.
US11944777B2
A packaging assembly comprises a case configured to at least partially contain a plurality of injection devices for delivering a medicament; a light sensor configured to detect light incident on the packaging assembly; and a wireless communication module configured to establish a wireless connection with at least one external device conditional on an intensity of light detected by the light sensor exceeding a threshold light intensity.
US11944773B2
A compact battery and voltage supply controller apparatus for a tattoo machine is disclosed. The battery and controller are configured to connect the battery to the tattoo machine through replaceable internally received magnetic connection adapters. The toggle switch operated display screen provides easy-to-view status and health of the battery and incremental voltage adjustment using a voltage boost circuit and adjustment knob. The internal battery can be replaced and/or removed and recharged.
US11944772B2
A wound therapy device includes a wound dressing and a humidifier configured to deliver humid air to a wound site to which the wound dressing is applied. The humidifier may be a remote structure that is fluidly connected to the wound dressing applied about a patient's skin at a wound site. Alternatively, the humidified may be integrated with the wound dressing to define an integral, portable therapy device that may be worn by the patient. The wound therapy device may be a standalone wound treatment device, or may be used in conjunction with other wound treatment devices, such as, e.g., negative pressure wound therapy devices.
US11944769B2
A catheter system includes a body, a guide member assembly, an articulation assembly, and a partial sleeve. The guide member assembly extends distally from the body and includes a proximal rigid portion defining a longitudinal axis, a distal flexible portion, and an open distal end. The guide member assembly defines a lumen in communication with the body and the open distal end. The articulation section can flex the distal flexible portion and the open distal end relative to the longitudinal axis between a straight configuration and an articulated configuration. The partial sleeve is disposed within a portion of the lumen defined by the distal flexible portion. The partial sleeve also defines a longitudinally extending gap.
US11944763B2
A collector for fecal discharge is provided comprising a self-expanding resilient collection component, a housing sheath and a transit component. The collection component has an open proximal and distal end and a lumen connecting them. The component comprises interconnected resilient arms circumscribing its contour, wherein adjacent arms are resiliently biased away from each other for exerting outwardly radial pressure for expanding and anchoring the component to rectal walls upon deployment. The housing sheath comprises a flexible and resilient material overlaying at least one of inner or outer contour of collection component without interfering with or blocking its ends or lumen. The transit component provides a conduit for fecal discharge to migrate from collection component to a receptacle and comprises a flexible, tubular sheath having a first open end connected to a second end by a lumen, wherein the first end engages with the proximal end of the collection component.
US11944762B2
Steerable catheter control handles and catheter assemblies that include pull wires and direction and magnitude controls on the handle operable such that adjustment of the direction and magnitude controls adjusts a direction and degree of catheter flex, thereby to steer the catheter as an operator directs.
US11944757B2
Wearable devices can be used to provide therapy to users and/or to monitor various physiological parameters of the user. In some cases, therapy can be triggered automatically based on the monitored physiological parameters reaching or exceeding predefined thresholds.
US11944753B2
Securement arrangements for use in securing a patient interface to the skin of a patient include a substrate material having a first surface and an adhesive material disposed on the first surface. The locations of the adhesive material are varied so as to minimize repetitious adherence of the adhesive material to the patient during repeated applications.
US11944750B2
The present disclosure relates to a breathing assistance apparatus for providing a breathing assistance to a user. The breathing assistance apparatus includes a first/second source configured with a first/second buffer. The first/second fluid is controllably transferred from the first/second source to the first/second buffer using any or combination of a first/second pressure regulators and one or more first/second valves. A mixing chamber configured with the first buffer and the second buffer to receive and mix the first fluid and the second fluid. A delivery tank configured with the mixing tank to controllably receive the third fluid through one or more fourth valves and a third pressure regulator. A user feed mask having an inlet configured with the delivery tank and user's face facilitating breathing assistance to the user.
US11944749B2
A ventilation treatment device and a ventilation-control method are provided. During use, when a headband contacts a headrest, a first valve assembly contacts a second valve assembly to open first air holes and second air holes, thereby communicating a first chamber with a second chamber, such that air from an air source into the first chamber enters the second chamber and further enters a respiratory chamber of a patient connecting apparatus for inhalation by a patient; and when the headband is separated from the headrest, the first valve assembly and the second value assembly are separated to close the first air holes and the second air holes, thereby preventing the air in the first chamber and the second chamber from flowing out through the first air holes and the second air holes, respectively.
US11944746B2
A fluid delivery apparatus comprises a first piston body, a second piston body, a fluid delivery pipe, and a sealing element. The first piston body has a first through hole, a first connecting portion, an accommodation space and a buffer space. The second piston body has a second through hole and a second connecting portion disposed inside the accommodation space. The fluid delivery pipe is accommodated in the first through hole and the second through hole, and movable between a first position and a second position. The sealing element encircles the fluid delivery pipe. When the fluid delivery pipe is at the first position, the sealing element is accommodated in the accommodation space. When the fluid delivery pipe is at the second position, a first part of the sealing element is accommodated in the accommodation space, and a second part of the sealing element is accommodated in the buffer space.
US11944740B2
In an embodiment, a fluid collection device includes a fluid impermeable barrier that at least partially defines a chamber. The fluid impermeable barrier also defines an opening extending therethrough that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a female urethra or have a male urethra positioned therethrough. The fluid collection device also includes a channel extending between an inlet and outlet thereof. The inlet is configured to be in fluid communication with a gas source and the outlet is configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid storage container. The outlet is positioned downstream from the inlet. The channel also defines at least one aperture or passageway therein that allows an interior of the channel to be in fluid communication with the rest of the chamber.
US11944738B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing negative pressure and/or instillation fluids to a tissue site. Some embodiments are illustrative of an apparatus or system for delivering negative-pressure and/or therapeutic solution of fluids to a tissue site, which can be used in conjunction with sensing properties of fluids extracted from a tissue site and/or instilled at a tissue site. For example, an apparatus includes a dressing interface or connector that includes a pH sensor, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor and/or a pressure sensor embodied on a single pad within the connector and proximate the tissue site to provide data indicative of acidity, humidity, temperature and pressure. Such apparatus includes algorithms for processing such data for detecting leakage and blockage as well as providing information relating to the progression of healing of wounds at the tissue site.
US11944734B2
A blood purification apparatus that includes a blood circuit including an arterial blood circuit and a venous blood circuit and through which blood of a patient is allowed to extracorporeally circulate; a blood purification unit connected to and provided between the arterial blood circuit and the venous blood circuit and that purifies the blood flowing through the blood circuit; a blood pump provided to the arterial blood circuit and that delivers the blood of the patient from a distal end of the arterial blood circuit to a distal end of the venous blood circuit; a substitution line through which a substitution fluid is allowed to be introduced into the blood circuit; and an infusion portion attached to the substitution line and from which a predetermined liquid drug to be administered to the patient is allowed to be infused into the substitution line. The blood purification apparatus includes a control unit that executes a drug introduction mode in which the substitution fluid in the substitution line is introduced into the blood circuit, the control unit causing the liquid drug infused from the infusion portion in the drug introduction mode to be introduced into the blood circuit together with the substitution fluid; and a calculation unit that calculates a volume of the substitution fluid introduced from the substitution line into the blood circuit with the execution of the drug introduction mode.
US11944731B2
A dialyzer control apparatus includes a magnetic field generator which is disposed on an outer surface of a dialyzer which removes wastes from a blood flowing therein and generates a magnetic field; and a controller which controls the magnetic field generator to perform a magnetic field stimulation on the blood flowing into the dialyzer. The magnetic field stimulation may be a stimulation related to the improvement of the Rouleaux formation for the red blood cells in the blood.
US11944726B2
Disclosed are Self-Gelling materials and structures or materials or structures having one or more self-gelling components that overcome existing gel limitations due to hydrogel localization for medical applications by providing, for example, 1) microstructurally, or physically, anchored characteristics to help localize the gel, and the overall printed, or otherwise formed structure, giving structural form to the gel that allows the gel to be localized within the body, and even sutured in place, and mitigates gel migration and extends its residence time; 2) to provide an underlying 3D printed structure to help contain and support the gel after implantation; and more. Self-Gelling 3D printed structures may be further processed via milling to yield deconstructed scaffold micro-granules, with the composition and nano-/micro-structure of the original larger structure. Deconstructed scaffold micro-granules may be hydrated to form a micro-granule embedded gel network that can be injected, giving form to injectable gels.
US11944725B2
The present invention relates to a medical implant, and more particularly, to a vascular implant having a dual coating structure for preventing in-stent restenosis and thrombosis. In one embodiment, the invention contemplates a vascular stent with a coating comprising a hydrophobic, degradable core with a coaxial sheath comprising at least one polyethylene-glycol derivative. In one embodiment, the at least one polyethylene-glycol derivative comprises polyethylene-glycol dimethacrylate.
US11944724B2
Systems and methods related to polymer foams are generally described. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for the preparation of polymer foams, and methods for using the polymer foams. The polymer foams can be applied to a body cavity and placed in contact with, for example, tissue, injured tissue, internal organs, etc. In some embodiments, the polymer foams can be formed within a body cavity (i.e., in situ foam formation). In addition, the foamed polymers may be capable of exerting a pressure on an internal surface of a body cavity and preventing or limiting movement of a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, etc.).
US11944718B1
The disclosure herein relates to isolated and purified mammalian fetal allografts and kits and compositions containing these. Also disclosed are methods of preparing isolated and purified mammalian fetal allografts; methods of contacting a wound of a subject with these, and methods of treating a disease or condition with these.
US11944717B2
Disclosed are methods, devices and materials for the in situ formation of a nerve cap and/or a nerve wrap to inhibit neuroma formation following planned or traumatic nerve injury. The method includes the steps of identifying a severed end of a nerve, and positioning the severed end into a cavity defined by a form. A transformable media is introduced into the form cavity to surround the severed end. The media is permitted to undergo a transformation from a first, relatively flowable state to a second, relatively non flowable state to form a protective barrier surrounding the severed end. The media may be a hydrogel, and the transformation may produce a synthetic crosslinked hydrogel protective barrier. The media may include at least one anti-regeneration agent to inhibit nerve regrowth.
US11944709B2
Absorbable monofilament fibers and self-retaining sutures with high tensile strengths have been developed. The straight pull tensile strengths of the absorbable self-retaining sutures closely approximate, equal or exceed the average minimum knot-pull tensile standards set by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). These higher strength absorbable self-retaining sutures can therefore be used either without needing to oversize the suture for a given procedure, or by oversizing the self-retaining suture by no more than 0.1 mm in diameter. In one embodiment, the absorbable self-retaining sutures are made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate or copolymers thereof.
US11944706B2
The present invention provides a hybrid biocompatible carrier (hybridosome) which comprises structural and bioactive elements originating from at least one biocompatible delivery module (BDM) and at least one engineered drug encapsulation module (EDEM) comprising at least one tunable fusogenic moiety. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising said hybridosomes, processes for their manufacture, as well as pharmaceutical uses and pharmaceutical methods based thereon.
US11944705B2
Provided are a nanoliposome-microbubble conjugate in which a drug for hair loss treatment such as finasteride, minoxidil, dutasteride, etc. is encapsulated in a nanoliposome and a composition for alleviating or treating hair loss containing the same. Since an orally administered agent such as finasteride, currently useful as a drug for hair loss treatment, causes side effects, drug delivery through scalp application is most desirable, but the drug is not delivered to hair follicle cells through scalp application alone. Since a drug for hair loss treatment useful as an external preparation for skin causes various side effects, the concentration thereof that is used needs to be further lowered. The above nanoliposome-microbubble conjugate is capable of increasing the delivery efficiency of a drug for hair loss treatment at a low concentration, and is thus very effective at treating androgenic alopecia.
US11944701B2
The invention relates to the use of sphingosine-based compounds, in particular phytosphingosine compounds, in the protection of hydroxyapatite containing materials such as teeth and bone. Such compounds are especially useful in the treatment and prevention of dental caries, dental erosion, dentine hypersensitivity and tartar (dental calculus) formation. Methods and devices are also provided for preventing biofilm formation using sphingosine-based compounds. Compositions comprising sphingosine-based compounds are also provided.
US11944697B2
A process is described for the preparation of a hair treatment composition, which comprises the following process steps: a) Providing a water phase (Ia) comprising water and optionally other components and heating the water phase to a temperature of from about 70 to about 95° C., b) Providing an oil phase (Ib) comprising at least one oil and at least one emulsifier, and adding the oil phase to the heated water phase from step a), c) Homogenize the mixture from step b), d) Cooling the emulsion resulting from step c) to a temperature of from about 35 to about 45° C. and optionally adding further active ingredients, e) Filling of the emulsion resulting from step d) into preferably transparent containers, whereby in the resting state after from about 10 to about 90 minutes a separation into a water phase (II) and an emulsion phase (IIb) occurs.
US11944696B2
A detergent product containing one or more active agents is provided.
US11944695B2
The present application relates to a colouring solid particle for dyeing keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising a core containing one or more direct dyes and/or one or more oxidation dye precursors and an upper coating layer covering said core and containing one or more cellulose ethers. The present application also relates to a process for preparing a dye composition comprising one or more colouring solid particles, to a process for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, comprising the application of the composition obtained to said fibres, and to the use of this composition for dyeing keratin fibres.
US11944686B2
Disclosed are conjugate molecules formed from an active agent which is linked to a cannabinoid moiety through a specified linker having ester and amide end groups. The active agent can be a COX-2 inhibitor moiety, and the cannabinoid moiety can be a cannabidiol moiety. These conjugate molecules are contemplated to potentially be effective in the treatment of medical conditions.
US11944681B2
The invention is directed to HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies and methods for their uses.
US11944680B2
Compositions and methods for making and using engineered cells, such as, engineered myeloid cells that express a chimeric fusion protein that has a binding domain capable to binding surface molecules on target cells such as diseased cells.
US11944675B2
The present invention is directed to a bioconjugate vaccine, such as an O 1-bioconjugate vaccine, comprising: a protein carrier comprising a protein carrier containing at least one consensus sequence, DIE-X-N-Z-S/T, wherein X and Z may be any natural amino acid except proline; at least one antigenic polysaccharide from at least one pathogenic bacterium, linked to the protein carrier; and, optionally, an adjuvant. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of producing an O 1-bioconjugate in a bioreactor comprising a number steps.
US11944673B2
Disclosed are yeast-based immunotherapeutic compositions comprising Brachyury antigens, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of cancers characterized by the expression or overexpression of Brachyury.
US11944671B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions related to treating or reducing the severity or delaying the onset of one or more cardiac conditions in a mammal. In particular embodiments, the compositions concern Park2 and its use for a cardiac medical condition. In specific cases, effective amounts of Park2 polynucleotide(s) and/or Park2 polypeptide(s) are provided to an individual in need thereof, including for heart failure, for example. The administration may be locally to the heart, for example.
US11944670B2
The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which has extremely few adverse side effects, can achieve a prolonged pain-ameliorating effect when administered in only a single dose, and can exhibit a high therapeutic effect and high safety in clinical applications. The present invention relates to a therapeutic agent for disc herniation, which is characterized by containing chondroitinase ABC as an active ingredient and being administered in such a manner that the ingredient can be administered into a human disk in an amount of 1-8 units per disk.
US11944667B2
The present invention provides a method of making a wound treatment composition, wherein the method comprises; i) fractionating a whole blood sample into multiple samples including a platelet rich plasma (PRP) sample, a platelet poor plasma (PPP) sample and a erythrocyte sample, wherein the PRP sample has a haematocrit level of 1-10%, ii) processing a portion of the PPP and/or PRP sample to facilitate cleavage of autologous pro-thrombin present in the PPP and/or PRP to produce autologous thrombin, and iii) combining the PRP sample with a portion of the PPP sample and a portion of the thrombin produced in step (ii) to produce the wound treatment composition; wherein step ii) is performed at less than 15° C. In preferred embodiments the PRP has a haematocrit level of 2 or 8%. Wound treatment compositions produced by the methods are also provided as are compositions for use in treating chronic and acute wounds.
US11944662B2
The disclosure generally describes methods of preventing or treating ophthalmic diseases or conditions in a mammalian subject, such as diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration, and oxygen-induced retinopathy. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof.
US11944658B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of protecting the genomic integrity and/or biological activity of AAV viral particles in a sample containing both AAV particles and helper virus particles during heat inactivation. The methods include heating, to a temperature greater than or equal to 45′C, a sample containing helper virus particles, AAV particles, and a buffer. The buffer includes a concentration of 10 mM or greater kosmotropic salts and/or a concentration of 10 mM or greater of divalent or trivalent cations.
US11944655B2
The invention is directed to a microcapsule and the method to obtain it. The microcapsule comprises a core in the form of a lipid sphere coated by a protein film, wherein the lipid sphere comprises sporulated microorganisms and at least one lipid wall material, and the protein film is a mix of carbohydrate, protein material and water. The method to obtain this microcapsule includes the stages of mixing sphere components, mixing protein film components, homogenizing the protein film and the subsequent coating of the lipid sphere by means of fluidization with the protein film.
US11944647B2
Provided are adoptive cell therapy methods involving the administration of doses of cells for treating disease and conditions, including certain B cell malignancies. The cells generally express recombinant receptors such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with relapsed or refractory NHL. Also provided are articles of manufacture and prophylactic treatments in connection with adoptive therapy methods.
US11944644B2
The present invention provides T-cells expressing at least two different chimeric antigen receptors, wherein one of the CARs binds specifically to CD138 and another CAR binds specifically to CD38. In particular, the present invention provides T-cells expressing two different CARs, when one CAR comprises anti-CD138 sc Fv and the second CAR anti-CD138 sc Fv. Further, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising these dual CAR T-cells and their use in treatment of cancer, in particular multiple myeloma, and methods for preparation of these cells.
US11944641B2
Agents, kits, and methods that utilize oxygenation to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and/or provide prophylaxis against exacerbation of IBD are provided. In several embodiments, the agents, kits, and methods according to several embodiments generate in, or carry to, oxygen in the intestinal lumen to treat IBD and provide prophylaxis against exacerbation of IBD, including those caused by the presence of anaerobic bacteria in the intestine. The agents, kits, and methods provided herein generate an aerobic environment within the intestine to alleviate intestinal inflammation.
US11944631B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, and a Bcl-2 inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof. Also provided herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administration the compositions, and uses of the compositions, e.g., for the treatment of cancer.
US11944626B2
This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a thiopyrimidinone structure which function as inhibitors of ALDH protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
US11944621B2
Described is an aqueous liquid oral gliptin composition comprising a gliptin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and an artificial non-sugar alcohol sweetening agent, the solution having a sugar alcohol content of less than 25 w/v %. The composition has an improved taste and stability as compared to known compositions. Also described is a method comprising the steps of heating 80-95 v/v % of the water to 40-65° C., admixing the antioxidant, and, if present, the chelating agent and buffering agent, optionally, cooling down to 25-35° C., admixing sweetener, and, if present, preservative agent, and optionally pH adjusting agent or a portion of the pH adjusting agent, admixing the gliptin, if necessary, adjust the pH to the envisaged value by addition of a pH adjusting agent, admix the thickening agent, optionally in the form of a solution of the thickening agent in a co-solvent, homogenising the obtained mixture, admixing, if present, the wetting agent, if necessary, adjust the final volume by adding from the rest of the water, optionally filter through a 10 μm sieve, and filling in an appropriate container.
US11944610B2
Compositions, methods, and uses are contemplated in which a betalain-containing preparation is administered to a mammal to enhance athletic performance. Most preferably, the preparations are substantially nitrate free and acutely and transiently increase hematocrit, erythropoietin, adrenalin, and beta endorphin, while reducing serum lactate, serum lactate dehydrogenase, heart rate and a rate of perceived exertion.
US11944605B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11944603B2
A use of a compound or a medicinal derivative thereof in inhibiting absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) protein activity is provided, and belongs to the field of protein inhibitory medicine technology. Compared with traditional broad-spectrum immunomodulators, the compound has a strong targeting effect, and is more accurate, rapid, effective, safe and stable. Moreover, the compound has a strong binding force with human AIM2 protein and mouse AIM2 protein, and binding constants are as high as 1.029E-5M and 1.033E-5M respectively. Compared with traditional biological inhibitors, the compound has advantages of easy storage, stable activity, small molecular weight, lower production cost and easy absorption.
US11944598B2
Compositions containing s-beta-hydroxybutyrate or non-racemic mixtures enriched with the s-enatiomer
Beta-hydroxybutyrate compositions include a mixture of optically pure S-beta-hydroxybutyrate salts and acid(s) or non-racemic mixture of beta-hydroxybutyrate salts and acid(s) enriched with the S-enantiomer. The S-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer modulates the effect of ketone bodies in the subject and controls the rate at which ketosis is achieved. Beta-hydroxybutyric acid is more rapidly absorbed and utilized by the body than salts or esters, enhances taste, and reduces the need to include citric acid or other edible acids. Beta-hydroxybutyrate salts are more slowly absorbed and utilized by the body and can provide one or more electrolytes. Compositions for controlling ketone body level in a subject may contain a dietetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and optically pure S-beta-hydroxybutyrate or non-racemic mixture enriched with S-beta-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the compositions contain greater than 50% up to 100% by enantiomeric equivalents of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate and less than 50% down to 0% by enantiomeric equivalents of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate.
US11944588B2
In one aspect, the subject invention is directed to a method of preparing a combinatorial drug delivery device based on a predetermined selection of drug components. The method includes: preparing a plurality of containers, each accommodating one of the selected drug components; coupling the containers to a common outlet so that the drug components may be extracted from the containers and dispensed through the common outlet; and, applying negative pressure to extract the drug components from the containers and urge the drug components towards the common outlet.
US11944587B2
There is featured a grasping facilitator that has one or more of a) to c) as set forth below: a) a combination having an annular core and a plurality of gripping ribs spaced about the annular core, with the core and gripping ribs being formed of an elastomeric material and the ribs extending about an upper part, outer part and bottom part of the core so as to leave an interior region of the core that is aligned radially with respective ribs exposed; b) a pliable collar having a main body with a plurality of ridges separated by concave recesses and a central aperture; c) a tray holder having an aperture or projection that has a configuration designed to conform with at least one of a) and b). There is further featured kit combinations of a) to c) above as well as methods of using and assembling one or all combinations of a) to c).
US11944586B2
The invention relates to a flexible container/multi-chamber container with selective dissolved gas content for stabilizing at least one compound of a medical product having a selective gas requirement for remaining stable, comprising a solution comprising the at least one compound and a fil material from which the container is made that provides for high gas-barrier for the said gas. The at least one compound may be selenium in the form of Se(IV) and is preferably selected from the group consisting of sodium selenite, selenous acid and selenium dioxide. The selective gas may be oxygen, and the headspace of the oxygen maintains the solution to comprise dissolved oxygen (DO) at a level of 0.5 ppm to 8 ppm.
US11944584B2
A headache therapeutic instrument is provided, which includes a wearable frame adapted to fit on a human head, massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices, liquid medicine delivery tubes, a liquid medicine delivery device and a liquid medicine storage box. The wearable frame is provided with at least one acupoint locating hole adapted to correspond to acupoints along the human head. The massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices are mounted on the wearable frame and correspond to the acupoint locating hole. The liquid medicine delivery device delivers medicines in the liquid medicine storage box to the massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices through the liquid medicine delivery tubes. The massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices can conduct medicine permeation and massage on corresponding acupoints.
US11944578B2
A bedpan having a housing including a chamber, a top portion including an opening to the chamber and having a circumferential edge, a proximal surface including an apron surrounding the opening, the apron extending from a circumferential edge of the proximal surface to the circumferential edge of the opening, and an angled side wall surrounding the apron, and a bottom portion including a distal surface opposite the proximal surface, and a distal edge of the distal surface, the chamber positioned interior to the housing, the side walls of the chamber being interior to the side wall such that there is space between the walls of the chamber and the side wall, the side wall angled outward as it extends from the circumferential edge of the proximal surface towards the distal edge of the distal surface, and a first handle formed on a first portion of the housing.
US11944573B2
Systems and methods for delivering multiple ocular implants to reduce intraocular pressure are disclosed. The ocular implants can be implanted at multiple sites within a single human eye without requiring removal of the delivery apparatus from the eye. A system for delivering multiple ocular implants can include at least two implants preloaded within a delivery device and configured to be implanted within the eye, a metering device configured to transfer energy to the implants for delivery at selected locations within the eye, wherein the metering device is configured to meter a variable amount of energy for each implant delivery event in the eye. The system can further include an injector mechanism configured to serially engage and drive each of the implants.
US11944565B2
A splint immobilizes a proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of a finger while allowing a distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint to be flexed. The splint may include a splint body and straps configured to secure the splint body to the finger. The splint body may have a size to fit the finger, a shape to generally conform to and partially surround the finger from the palmar side, and a length to extend from a proximal phalanx of the finger across the PIP joint to a middle phalanx of the finger without extending across the DIP joint. The splint body may have an integrally-formed periphery defining a central opening. The periphery may include a first base at the proximal phalanx, a second base at the middle phalanx, and opposing sides extending between the first and second bases.
US11944558B2
A medical device delivery system includes a joining element with a bumper having a distal end portion configured to engage a proximal portion of a medical device and a proximal end portion adjacent a distal end portion of an elongated tubular member. The proximal end portion defines a slot having a length along a first direction. The joining element further includes an aperture extending through the bumper and having a first, greater, cross-sectional dimension along a second direction and a second, smaller, cross-sectional dimension along a third direction. The system can include an elongated shaft having a distal region and a flattened region proximal of the distal region, the flattened region having a greatest cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than the first cross-sectional dimension but larger than the second cross-sectional dimension The flattened region can be received within the slot.
US11944544B2
An expandable augment system is provided for use with an acetabular cup. The expandable augment system can include an expandable augment module that is adjustable in size and that can be adjusted incrementally between a fully collapsed state and an expanded state. A first portion of the expandable augment module is attachable to an outer surface of an acetabular cup and a second portion of the expandable augment module is attachable to bone or to a fixed augment module (e.g., a fixed angle augment module) that is attached to bone and interposed between the adjustable augment module and bone.
US11944536B2
A tricuspid valve apparatus may include a frame and an associated neo-prosthetic valve. The frame acts as a stabilizing structure that extends cephalad into the morphologic or functional right atrium (upstream) and caudally into the morphologic or functional right ventricle (downstream). The frame comprises a strutted atrial dome that conforms to the atrium without obstruction of blood flow from the incoming great veins (i.e. superior vena cava and inferior vena cava) or other anomalous veins and/or tributaries. The frame further comprises ventricular struts to be placed within the right ventricle to secure the neo-prosthetic valve in a desired position. The assembly of the frame and valve is collapsible so that prior to deployment the assembly is placed in a vascular catheter, and then self-expands upon release in the heart.
US11944522B2
An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The absorbent article further includes a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a laminate. The laminate has an elasticized region. The laminate includes a first nonwoven, a second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens in the elasticized region. The laminate includes a bonding region with a bond density of at least 4% and at least partially overlapping the elastomeric material. The laminate exhibits an Unload Force at 50% of at least 0.90 N.
US11944518B2
A dilation catheter includes a shaft and an expandable element. The shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a tip and a bend. The tip is sized and configured to pass through an isthmus of a Eustachian tube (ET). The bend is proximal to the tip. The bend is formed at an angle configured to provide insertion of the tip into the isthmus of the ET via an ear canal associated with the ET. The expandable element is disposed at the distal portion of the shaft. The expandable element is configured to transition between a non-expanded state and an expanded state. The expandable element in the non-expanded state is configured for insertion into the ET via the isthmus. The expandable element in the expanded state is configured to dilate the ET.
US11944501B2
Methods and systems are provided for performing automated measurements on medical images. In one example, a method includes acquiring a first ultrasound image and a second ultrasound image in accordance with a patient exam workflow, wherein the patient exam workflow calls for one or more measurements including a first measurement to be obtained on at least the first ultrasound image, automatically assessing whether the first ultrasound image is suitable for obtaining the first measurement during a time period where the second ultrasound image is being acquired, and if the first ultrasound image is automatically assessed as being unsuitable for obtaining the first measurement, automatically prompting the user, while the second ultrasound image is still being acquired, to reacquire the first ultrasound image.
US11944488B2
Systems and methods for 3D ultrasound imaging of extended targets using interchangeable track stands
A track-based scanning system uses an ultrasound probe that is mechanically guided through incremental scans over an area of interest. The scanning system can be configured for different patient applications using interchangeable track stands. Two-dimensional scan data and probe position information are fed back to a base unit for processing and assembly of a three-dimensional (3D) shape model. 3D abdominal aorta segmentation and other type of analysis may be performed based on a 3D vascular shape model and an intensity model.
US11944486B2
An analysis method and an electronic apparatus for breast image are provided. The method includes the following steps. One or more breast ultrasound images are obtained. The breast ultrasound images are used for forming a three-dimensional (3D) breast model. A volume of interest (VOI) in the breast ultrasound image is obtained by applying a detection model on the 3D breast model. The VOI is compared with a tissue segmentation result. The VOI is determined as a false positive according to a compared result between the VOI and the tissue segmentation result. The compared result includes that the VOI is located at a glandular tissue based on the tissue segmentation result. In response to the VOI being located in the glandular tissue of the tissue segmentation result, the VOI is compared with the lactiferous duct in the 3D breast model.
US11944479B2
A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry and a processor. The gantry includes an imaging system configured to perform an imaging process on a subject by using one of radiation and magnetism. The processor is configured to generate a second image by combining a first image acquired by imaging the subject while using an optical imaging device different from the imaging system, with a plane related to an imaging position in the imaging process using the imaging system.
US11944478B2
An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus reduces the number of memory switches and performs an auto-positioning for a larger number of rotation positions. The apparatus includes a C-arm 9 supporting the X-ray tube 5 and the X-ray detector 7 face to be rotatable around two axes orthogonal to each other. A rotation position memory storage element 61 stores the rotation position information of the C-arm 9 in correspondence with any of memory switches 55; and a touch panel 43 displays the rotation position information stored in correspondence with selected memory switches 55. The rotation position memory storage element 61 stores a plurality of rotation position information corresponding to the respective memory switches 55, and the touch panel 43 displays any of the plurality of rotation position information stored in correspondence with the memory switches 55 in a predetermined display manner.
US11944473B2
Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (Δ) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (Δ), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support.
US11944470B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for sampling a pulse signal, and a computer program medium. The method comprises: collecting a plurality of first sampling points on a rising edge portion of the pulse signal according to a plurality of preset sampling thresholds, where each of the plurality of first sampling points is represented by one of the preset sampling thresholds and first time corresponding to the one of the preset sampling thresholds (S1); collecting a plurality of second sampling points on a falling edge portion of the pulse signal according to the plurality of preset sampling thresholds, where each of the second sampling points is represented by one of the preset sampling thresholds and second time corresponding to the one of the preset sampling thresholds (S2); and collecting a third sampling point of the pulse signal at third time separated from the first or second time by a preset time interval, where the third sampling point is represented by the third time and a response amplitude corresponding to the third time (S3). By using the technical solutions provided by the present disclosure, it can improve the sampling efficiency of the pulse signal and reduce energy consumption.
US11944469B2
A mobile imaging device includes a base having at least one caster, a first drive mechanism that moves the system in a transport mode and translates an imaging component relative to the base in a scan mode, and a second drive mechanism that extends caster relative to the base to raise the base off the ground in the transport mode, and retracts the caster relative to the base to lower the base to the ground in the scan mode. A caster system for a mobile apparatus includes a base containing a housing and a caster, attached to the base, the caster having a wheel defining a wheel axis and a swivel joint defining a swivel axis and a pivot point defining a pivot axis, wherein the caster pivots on the pivot axis as the caster is retracted into the housing and extended out of the housing.
US11944468B2
A material decomposition apparatus for performing decomposition of a material in an object. The apparatus includes a data storage section for storing correction data preliminarily generated by decomposing one of three or more materials into the other two materials, a data input section to which radiation data of the object is inputted, the radiation data being divided into a plurality of energy levels, and a decomposition processing section for repeatedly performing two-material decomposition for decomposition of the other two materials of the three or more materials using the radiation data at different energy levels and the correction data to perform decomposition of the inside of the object into the three or more materials.
US11944466B2
A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns, and/or viral variant information, and determines an infection risk that can be communicated as a warning to the user or community members.
US11944458B2
Breast securement devices for imaging systems are provided. The securement device can include a breast tray configured to support a patient's breast. In one example, one or more walls extend from the breast tray to receive the patient's breast. In another example, a pair of arms pivotably extend at least partially over the breast tray to receive the patient's breast therebetween. In still another example, a membrane covers the breast tray and the patient's breast and selectively couples to the breast tray via a suction force. In yet another example, a paddle includes a plurality of flexible fingers that contour to the patient's breast, or includes an array of pins that independently slide within of the paddle and contour to the patient's breast, or includes a bladder having non-Newtonian fluid. Additionally or alternatively, a sling may receive the patient's breast and support the breast from below.
US11944455B2
A system and method for performing an electrocardiogram is described herein. The system may include one or more of an electrode strip, a data recorder, a connector, one or more computing platforms, and/or other components. The electrode strip may include multiple electrodes configured to provide signals conveying information associated with electrocardiograms. The multiple electrodes may be integrated into the electrode strip. The data recorder may be configured to receive and record information associated with electrocardiograms. Information associated with electrocardiograms may be communicated from the electrode strip to the data recorder via a connector. The connector may include a cableless connector. In some implementations, the information associated with electrocardiograms may be transmitted to one or more computing platforms.
US11944453B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure identify and alert a clinician to physiological cues thereby aiding the clinician in providing a better fitting of a medical prosthesis. Physiological data of a recipient of a medical prosthesis is analyzed to identify triggers during fitting or other types of adjustments to the prosthesis. A determination is then made as to whether the identified triggers correspond to a feedback event. If the triggers correspond to a feedback event, an alert containing information about the feedback event is generated and displayed or otherwise made available to the clinician.
US11944452B2
An example method for detecting stability of a medical implant is provided. The method includes (a) applying a force to the medical implant with a probe, (b) based on the applied force, determining a response signal associated with a vibration of the medical implant, (c) comparing the determined response signal with a computer model of the medical implant, and (d) based on the comparison, determining an angular stiffness coefficient of the medical implant, wherein the angular stiffness coefficient indicates a stability of the medical implant.
US11944437B2
According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include having a user input one or more speech commands into an input device of a user device. The user device may communicate with one or more components or devices at a local office or headend. The local office or the user device may transcribe the speech commands into language transcriptions. The local office or the user device may determine a mood for the user based on whether any of the speech commands may have been repeated. The local office or the user device may determine, based on the mood of the user, which content asset or content service to make available to the user device.
US11944436B2
A method for determining a user's stress level is performed by a smartphone app. Touch and motion feature values are generated, the feature values are weighted by regression parameters, and a stress score is generated based on the weighted touch and motion feature values. The touch feature values indicate how the user's finger moves over the smartphone and are generated from touch data points including X positions, Y positions and associated touch timestamp values. The motion feature values indicate movement of the smartphone and are generated from motion data points including X movements, Y movements, Z movements and associated motion timestamp values. The regression parameters are generated using touch and motion data identified by other users as being acquired while those other users were experiencing various perceived levels of stress. The app indicates to the user whether the stress score is higher or lower than a previously generated stress score.
US11944433B2
A medical device for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, a method for assembling the medical device and a method of using the medical device are disclosed. The medical device comprises: an analyte sensor having an insertable portion; an insertion cannula receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor; an electronics unit connected with the analyte sensor; and a housing comprising an electronics compartment receiving the electronics unit and a sensor compartment receiving the analyte sensor, the sensor compartment forming a sealed compartment receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor, the sealed compartment comprising detachable upper and lower caps, the lower cap configured for detachment before insertion, the insertion cannula being attached to the upper cap, wherein detaching the upper cap after insertion removes the insertion cannula, wherein the electronics compartment at least partially surrounds the sensor compartment.
US11944426B2
A load cell apparatus includes a base member, a cap member, a number of first members provided between the base member and the cap member and forming at least a portion of a support wall of the load cell apparatus, and a plurality of strain gauges directly coupled to the number of first members, the plurality of strain gauges being positioned to measure an axial load applied to the load cell in a direction extending from the cap member to the base member.
US11944424B2
Methods and systems with 129Xe dynamic spectroscopy with a fitting function that includes one or more non-Lorentzians, optionally with a barrier Voigt, and signal processing for identifying cardiogenic oscillations for evaluating disease states, use in drug discovery or monitoring disease status.
US11944422B2
A system includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to cause the system to access a plurality of images generated by one or more imaging devices of an endoscope when the endoscope is disposed within anatomy of a patient, for each of the plurality of images, determine a value for each of one or more image reliability metrics, and determine a position of the endoscope within the anatomy of the patient based at least in part on the one or more image reliability metrics of each of the plurality of images.
US11944416B2
Disclosed is a photoplethysmography (PPG) apparatus (100) for determining physiological changes, comprising: a light source to emit alight signal having a variable intensity dependent on a skin characteristic; first and second photodetectors (130) operable to detect a reflection of the light signal to provide a combined current signal; and a signal processing circuit operable to convert the current signal into a PPG signal for determining the physiological changes.
US11944415B2
A blood pressure measurement system is provided that includes an inflatable cuff, a valve assembly and chamber assembly. The chamber assembly can house a gas canister for providing gas to the inflatable cuff. The valve assembly can include a valve having a high pressure cavity, a low pressure cavity, and a channel providing a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity. The valve assembly can further include a channel cover and spring in the high pressure cavity. The spring can exert a force on the channel cover to create a seal between the high pressure cavity and the channel. The valve assembly can further include a rod extending through the channel and exerting a force on the channel cover to create a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the channel.
US11944409B2
Systems and methods for threat evaluation and data collection are described herein. An example method may commence with collecting, by a wearable device, sensor data from one or more sensors installed on the wearable device. The wearable device may be worn by a user and be communicatively coupled to a central data portal and one or more external sources. The method may include receiving external sensor data from the one or more external sources. The method may continue with processing the sensor data and the external sensor data to evaluate a user state. The user state may be indicative of at least one physical threat to the user or at least one medical condition of the user. The method may further include transmitting the user state to the central data portal. The central data portal may be configured to process the user state for storage and visualization.
US11944392B2
A method for intraoperative planning and facilitating a revision arthroplasty procedure includes displaying a virtual model of a bone, capturing positions of a tracked probe as the tracked probe contacts points at a perimeter of a primary implant component coupled to the bone, generating a virtual representation of an interface between the primary implant component and the virtual model of the bone using the positions of the tracked probe, planning a bone resection using the virtual representation of the interface, and guiding execution of the bone resection.
US11944380B1
Various implementations disclosed herein relate to systems, methods, and devices to facilitate mass vision screening of individuals. An example method includes capturing a first image of an individual and confirming an identity of the individual based on the first image. In response to confirming the identity of the individual, the method may further include capturing one or more second images of an eye of the individual; determining one or more health metrics of the individual based on the one or more second images, and transmitting, to a remote device, the identity of the individual and the one or more health metrics of the individual. The one or more health metrics may include at least one of a pupillary distance of the individual, a pupil size of the eye of the individual, a complete refraction of the eye of the individual, or an alignment indicator of the eye of the individual.
US11944374B2
Devices, systems, and methods for removing obstructions from body lumens are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for removing a thrombus includes an interventional element configured to be disposed proximate to or adjacent to a thrombus within a blood vessel. The system can include a signal generator in electrical communication with the interventional element. The signal generator can be configured to deliver an electrical signal to the interventional element. The electrical signal can include a waveform having a positive phase having a peak positive current and a first duration, and a negative phase having a peak negative current and a second duration. A magnitude of the peak positive current can be greater than a magnitude of the peak negative current, and the first duration can be greater than the second duration.
US11944372B2
One general aspect includes a system for ablation including a catheter including a sheath defining a sheath lumen and a distal end, and an elongate electrode assembly axially moveable within the sheath lumen. The electrode assembly includes a shaft defining a central channel and a distal central channel opening. The electrode assembly also includes an expandable electrode array including two or more electrode elements positioned at the distal portion of the electrode assembly, where the electrode array is moveable between a retracted position contained within the sheath lumen and an expanded position protruding from the sheath.
US11944369B2
A forceps includes shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof and configured move the jaw members between open and closed position. A knife deployment mechanism includes a trigger moveable along a longitudinal axis to deploy a knife between retracted and extended positions between the jaw members, the knife deployment mechanism including links that cooperate to actuate the knife. A knife kickout mechanism is pivotably coupled to one link and is configured to engage a ramp disposed in a shaft member upon approximation of the shaft members, the knife kickout is configured to cooperate with the links to urge the knife back to an at rest position upon the opening of the shaft members.
US11944365B2
A device including a first plate configured to interface with a first bone structure of a joint; a second plate configured to interface with a second bone structure of the joint opposite the first bone structure; and at least one mechanical actuation mechanism disposed between the first plate and the second plate and configured to apply a distraction force along an axis between the first plate and the second plate so as to urge the first plate and the second plate away from one another, wherein the device is configured so as to have a range of motion ranging from a minimum distance between the first plate and the second plate to a maximum distance between the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the mechanical actuation mechanism is configured such that the distraction force is substantially constant distraction force across the range of motion.
US11944361B2
A bone plate system is designed for use on a bone, which may be a humerus. The system includes an elongated bone plate extending along a longitudinal axis, the bone plate having an upper surface, an opposed bone-facing surface, and a boundary edge of the bone plate; and at least one threaded fastener hole extending from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface. The fastener holes are designed to receive a bone fastener to couple the bone plate to the bone. A plurality of first suture-receiving structures are connected with the bone plate and project from the boundary edge of the bone plate, so that the first suture-receiving structures are spaced from each another along the boundary edge of the bone plate. Each of the first suture-receiving structures comprises a wire loop anchored to the upper surface or to the bone-facing surface of the bone plate.
US11944352B2
An extracorporeal bone compressing link and apparatus and method using same. Active devices that incorporate the extracorporeal bone compressing link can transport and compress bone through external means by acting on conventional bone fasteners including but not limited pins or wires that penetrate through the skin and fixate into bone.
US11944350B2
A knob locking assembly for a laparoscopic medical device is provided. The knob locking assembly includes a lock configured to engage the knob locking assembly with a drive tube housing of the laparoscopic medical device in extended and retracted positions where the knob locking assembly rotates but does not translate with respect to the drive tube housing when engaged. The knob locking assembly also has a biasing member that provides a biasing force for biasing the lock in each of the extended and retracted positions to lock out longitudinal translation of the rotatable drive assembly when the knob locking assembly is engaged with the drive tube. In addition, the knob locking assembly includes an actuator to counter the biasing force for disengaging the lock to permit longitudinal translation of the rotatable drive assembly via the knob locking assembly when disengaged.
US11944349B2
A vascular closure device assembly, comprises a sheath comprising: a sheath main body defining a channel therethrough, a sheath engagement portion, and a sheath mounting portion located at a proximal end of the sheath main body. The assembly comprises a housing within which the sheath mounting portion is secured such that the sheath is rotatable relative to the housing, and such that the housing inhibits axial displacement of the sheath relative to the housing. The assembly also includes a dilator comprising a dilator main body, and a dilator engagement portion extending from the dilator main body towards the sheath. The dilator engagement portion is configured to engage the sheath engagement portion such that axial displacement of the dilator relative to the sheath causes the sheath to rotate relative to the housing, and wherein the housing is configured to inhibit axial displacement of the sheath during rotation.
US11944339B2
Surgical tools for use during scarless or near scarless surgical procedures. At least some of the surgical tools can include a handle portion and a working end removably connected to the handle portion.
US11944309B2
An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes an outer sheath and a staple driving mechanism. The end effector includes a staple deck, an anvil, a first staple driver, and a second staple driver. The staple deck defines a plurality of staple openings in at least one annular array. Each staple opening in the plurality of staple openings houses a staple. The anvil is configured to actuate relative to the staple deck to compress tissue between the staple deck and the anvil. The staple driving mechanism is configured to actuate the first staple driver to fire a first staple of the plurality of staples against the anvil. The staple driving mechanism is further configured to actuate the second staple driver independently of the first staple driver to fire a second staple of the plurality of staples against the anvil.
US11944306B2
A surgical stapling instrument including a staple sled which can be advanced and/or retracted relative to first and second jaw members, wherein the staple sled can be configured to deploy staples from a staple cartridge in one of the first and second jaw members. In at least one embodiment, the other of the first and second jaw members can include an anvil having at least one forming surface which can be configured to deform the staples as they are deployed from the staple cartridge. In at least one form of the invention, the anvil can be movably adjustable relative to the staple cartridge in order to adjust the distance in which the staples are deformed. In various embodiments, the anvil can be adjusted by a slidable adjusting plate and/or a rotatable cam.
US11944288B2
A tissue anchor system includes a fixation device and a tool. The fixation device includes a tab connected to a tissue anchor. The tool includes a shaft connected between a proximal handle portion and a distal tip. The distal tip is configured to limit movement of the fixation device during loading of the tissue anchor.
US11944277B2
A device for distending a body lumen for enhanced visualization with a capsule endoscope that includes a camera lens includes an attachment element configured to attach to the capsule endoscope and a plurality of struts extending from the attachment element and meeting at an apex. The plurality of struts are configured to extend both axially and radially away from the camera lens so as to form a frame therearound.
US11944262B2
To provide an endoscope processor (2) and the like that can output the aggregation results of lesions for each examination part. The endoscope processor (2) according to one aspect includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image from a large-intestine endoscope (1), a part identification unit that identifies a part in a large intestine based on the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a polyp extraction unit that extracts a polyp from the captured image, an aggregation unit that aggregates the number of polyps for each part identified by the part identification unit, and an output unit that outputs an endoscope image based on the captured image and an aggregation result aggregated by the aggregation unit.
US11944254B2
A dishwashing appliance includes a cabinet, a cabinet door for opening and closing the cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, the tub defining a wash chamber, an outlet defined at a first portion of the tub, an inlet defined at a second portion of the tub, an air flow duct defined between the inlet and the outlet, wherein air enters the air flow duct from the tub via the outlet and exits the air flow duct to the tub via the inlet, and an access panel removably attached to the air flow duct, the access panel defining a mounting plate protruding from an interior surface of the access panel.
US11944245B2
A soap holder has a base and a hollow pedestal upwardly extending from the base to a top end, at which is formed an upper limit or locus. The locus receives a bar of soap. At least one air hole is formed to communicate to the pedestal interior and to be disposed below the top end. Since almost all of the exterior surface of the soap bar is exposed to ambient air, the soap bar dries without creating a goopy mess. Curved surfaces of the soap holder aid in its cleaning.
US11944241B1
The hands-free toilet paper dispenser comprises a toilet paper holder, a sheet feeder mechanism, a motion sensor, and a fragrance dispenser. The hands-free toilet paper dispenser may mount on a wall of a bathroom adjacent to a toilet. The hands-free toilet paper dispenser may hold a roll of toilet paper on the toilet paper holder. The sheet feeder mechanism may be adapted to dispense one or more sheets of toilet paper when a user's hand passes in front of the motion sensor without having to touch the hands-free toilet paper dispenser. The fragrance dispenser may be operable to dispense a fragrance into the bathroom to mask odors resulting from use of the toilet.
US11944237B2
A container (100) within which a food product is to be processed. The container (100) includes: a hollow body (101) providing an interior chamber (110) to receive the product and within which the product is processed, the body (101) having a rim portion (104) surrounding a body top opening (106); a removable lid (107) sealingly associated with the rim portion (104) to close the top opening (106), the lid (107) having: a base (111) sealingly associated with the rim portion (104), the base (111) having a base opening (115) providing access to the chamber (110) and a sealing surface (157) surrounding the base opening (115), a removable valve assembly (112) located in the base opening (115) and sealingly associated with the base (111) to close the base opening (115), the valve assembly (112) including: a main part (122) associated with the base (111) to removably secure the valve assembly (112) in the base opening (115), a seal (123) mounted on the main part (122) and engaging the sealing surface (157), an air opening (131) in the main part (122) providing for air flow from the chamber (110) to exterior of the container (100), a valve (132) operatively associated with the air opening (131) to close the air opening (131) to at least inhibit air flow from exterior of the container (100) to said chamber (110) but permit air flow from the chamber (110) to the exterior, and wherein a cavity (156) is provided between the base (111) and main part (122), leading to said seal (123), with the cavity (156) including a first cavity portion (151) and a second cavity portion (153), with the first cavity portion (151) being configured relative to the second cavity portion (153) to at least partly dissipate kinetic energy of liquid being propelled from the interior (110) into the cavity (156).
US11944235B2
An autonomous apparatus for cooking food includes a support body, an openable lid, an internal container which can be extracted/inserted with respect to said support body and open at the top, at least a heating device, and one or more elements to generate a flow of air toward the inside of said container. The air flow generator element is connected to a return exit with a suction mouth made in correspondence with an internal wall of said support body and cooperating with a plurality of through holes made on at least one portion of the lateral wall of the internal container.
US11944233B1
A steamer insert includes a circular tray having a plurality of apertures disposed therein. An upward conical funnel is disposed within the center of the tray. The tray is supported on a plurality of legs disposed upon an underside surface thereof.
US11944225B2
A track hanger (100) includes a hook (103) and an extension (104), a base member (102), and a key (403). The key is detachable from the hook, and the base member is detachable from the extension. The key can include a first major surface (401) and a second major surface (402). The first major surface can define one or more barbs (404) that facilitate one-way insertion of the key into a track (106).
US11944219B2
A tree needle catcher is provided. The device includes a flexible member having a central aperture. In some embodiments, the flexible member includes a fine mesh material defining a plurality of openings therethrough. In other embodiments, the flexible member includes a solid material wherein a plurality of openings is disposed about an outer edge of the flexible member. A linear slit extends through the flexible member between the central aperture and an outer edge of the flexible member, wherein the linear slit defines a first edge of the flexible member and a second edge of the flexible member.
US11944209B1
A portable sleep support structure for enabling a user to rest comfortably while in a confined space or seated position. The sleep support structure is made of several elements that may be detachable from each other. The sleep support structure, which also includes telescoping elements, enables a user to rest and fall asleep by leaning forward into the sleep support structure which supports the head, neck and torso of a user. This support system enables a user to relax and makes sitting for long periods less stressful, because the user is able to sleep, rest or relax, in the seated position. The sleep support structure is anchored by the bodyweight of the user leaning into the structure, which is placed on the thighs of the user. A torso strap is also utilized to stabilize the chest of a user.
US11944208B2
A chair can include a base having at least one chair back attachment mechanisms that attach a back of the chair to the base of the chair. The chair back attachment mechanisms can be positioned on an upper portion of the frame of the base of the chair to support the chair back. In some embodiments, there may be a single chair back attachment mechanism or only a pair of chair back attachment mechanisms to attach the chair back to the base. The chair back can be positioned via the chair back attachment mechanisms so that there is a gap between the lower portion of the chair back and the seat. Embodiments of the chair can be armless. Other embodiments can include arms positioned above the seat on opposite sides of the seat to support arms of a user sitting on the seat of the chair.
US11944198B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose reclining seating apparatus with rocking and folding features. The seating apparatus includes a body support portion pivotally connected to a stationary frame, the body support portion including a seat member and a backrest member rotatably coupled with each other, the stationary frame including a first armrest and a second armrest supported by a leg structure. Further, the seating apparatus includes a pair of flexible members configured to adjust and control at least a rocking movement, a reclining movement, or a rocking-reclining movement of the body support portion. Each flexible members is configured to link one side of a seat with the side of a backrest member by passing through guide elements in the armrests in a configuration that transfers the weight of the user sitting on the seat to forward pressure on the backrest such that a user of the chair can easily press backward with the body to recline and when sitting more upright, the chair backrest automatically follows the body to a more upright position.
US11944196B1
A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
US11944195B2
A drawer insert has a frame structure. The frame structure includes several corner parts and several elongated side parts, and several elastic dividing elements, where are fastened displaceably on the frame structure. The corner parts and the side parts of the frame structure are joined to one another in non-destructively and reversibly detachable manner.
US11944187B2
A dental device tracking method including acquiring, using an imager of a dental device, at least a first image which includes an image of at least one user body portion outside of a user's oral cavity; identifying the at least one user body portion in the first image; and determining, using the at least the first image, a position of the dental device with respect to the at least one user body portion.
US11944186B2
A flexible cleaning device which may include a handle assembly and a cleaning head connected thereto. The handle assembly may include a reservoir which may be in fluidic communication with the cleaning head that consists of a non-porous material. Within the cleaning head a emulsion cavity may be disposed that is in fluidic communication with both the reservoir and an area exterior to the cleaning head. And a method for using such a flexible cleaning device to remove dirt and debris from unclean surfaces.
US11944184B2
In one instance, an attachment device for use in attaching a hook-and-loop patch to Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE) includes a backing member having a central stem and a first cap and a second cap portion. The front side of the device has a hook or loop material applied to it. The first cap has a first wing and second wing. The second cap has a third wing and fourth wing. The backing material is flexible enough to allow the first cap or second cap to be compressed to go through a loop on a MOLLE and then released causing it to return to its original position. In this way, it is attached to a loop on the MOLLE and may then receive a coordinated hook or loop material on the back of a patch. Other embodiments are presented.
US11944167B2
A wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. The wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to be magnetically coupled to itself when folded over or when separate band portions are overlapping. The magnets can include a polymer mixed with a magnetic material to provide magnetic properties and flexibility. The magnets can be joined together by a continuous support structure that extends through opposing pairs of the magnets. The support structure can provide substantial and ability as well as tensile strength. The magnets and the support structure can be surrounded by a flexible cover to protect the components within.
US11944159B1
An upper for an article of footwear includes a three-dimensional engineered textile having an inner section, an outer section, and an intermediate section disposed between the inner section and the outer section. The intermediate section is attached to the inner section on one side and the outer section on an opposite side. The intermediate section extends through at least a forefoot region of the upper. In the forefoot region, the intermediate section includes a plurality of curving portions arranged adjacent to each other such that each curving portion of the plurality of curving portions is spaced apart from neighboring curving portions by one or more gaps. Air is configured to flow from an interior of the upper to an exterior of the upper through the one or more gaps between neighboring curving portions of the plurality of curving portions in the forefoot region of the upper.
US11944153B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure that defines a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The sole structure comprises densified wood and includes an upper midsole cushioning member, a lower midsole cushioning member, an outsole coupled with a bottom surface of the lower midsole cushioning member, and a plate positioned between the upper midsole cushioning member and the lower midsole cushioning member.
US11944139B2
A protective shield configured to be disposed over an N95 respirator worn by a user includes piece of material defining a body, a flap, and a living hinge interconnecting the body and the flap. The flap is foldable relative to the body about the living hinge to fold under the chin with the body extending across the face. The body includes a center portion, from which the flap depends, and first and second wings extending laterally outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion. The body further includes a protruding portion extending vertically from an upper end of the center portion of the body opposite of and in vertical alignment with the living hinge. The protruding portion defines a V-shaped cut-out to facilitate bending of the body about a centerline of the center portion to enable conformance of the body about an N95 respirator and a user's nose.
US11944128B2
Provided is a method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method including: receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation; obtaining information about a performance history of the cleaning operation in response to the user input; setting a mode of the cleaning operation to one of a plurality of cleaning modes based on the information about the performance history; and performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode.
US11944126B2
An inhalation component generation device includes a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply, and a control unit configured to be capable of acquiring a voltage value of the power supply. The control unit is configured to be capable of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply based on a time period required for the voltage value of the power supply to reach an upper limit from a lower limit of a predetermined voltage range during charging of the power supply.
US11944125B2
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a cartridge including a storage compartment configured to contain a liquid composition including an aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge and including a power supply and control electronics operably coupled to the power supply; a light source operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to emit light into the storage compartment, light emitted from the source is absorbed by the liquid composition; and a detector operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to detect light emitted from the source, the source and the detector are both located adjacent to a same side of the storage compartment, and a surface of the storage compartment opposite the source is configured to absorb light emitted into the storage compartment from the source.
US11944122B2
An assembly for a vapor provision device includes a reservoir for storing source liquid; a liquid conduit for delivering the source liquid from the reservoir to a vapor generator for vaporizing the source liquid; and a liquid capture element in liquid transfer contact with at least a portion of the liquid conduit between the vapor generator and a part of the liquid conduit that receives liquid from the reservoir, and including an absorbent structure providing a higher capillary force than a capillary force of the reservoir.
US11944120B2
An ultrasonic mist inhaler, including a liquid reservoir structure including a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, a capillary material arranged between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber, the sonication chamber including an ultrasonic oscillation component having an atomization surface, a capillary material retainer, wherein the capillary material retainer having a body surrounding the ultrasonic oscillation component, the retainer body having a radial arm extending to the atomization surface for retaining the capillary material in surface contact with the atomization surface.
US11944119B2
Apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a rod member for a cigarette filter element. Each rod member defines a longitudinal axis and includes a generally longitudinally-extending filter material and a plurality of objects disposed therein along the longitudinal axis. Such an apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce a plurality of objects into engagement with the rod member. A rod-dividing unit is configured to divide the rod member into a plurality of rod portions such that each rod portion includes a plurality of the objects. Associated methods are also provided.
US11944099B2
Molecules having pesticidal utility, and intermediates, compositions, and processes, related thereto
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
US11944095B2
The current invention relates to modifying the surface of a cellulose-containing nonwoven substrate carrying a quaternary ammonium compound. A material for a nonwoven disinfecting wipe is provided which material includes a nonwoven substrate comprising cellulose and synthetic fibers and a combination of poly(vinylamine) and poly(amideamine-epichlorohydrin). Further, a method is provided for preparing a material for a nonwoven disinfecting wipe, the method comprising treating a nonwoven substrate comprising cellulose with poly(vinylamine) and poly(amideamine-epichlorohydrin).
US11944071B2
Described herein is a portable protective shield device for providing an instant protection to a pet animal against a sudden attack by an aggressive animal without causing any harm to the attacking animal. The device includes a pet protective shield capable of being actuated from a ready position to a protective position, the pet protective shield comprising at least one shielding member that, upon actuation, expands to form a shield around the pet. The present subject matter focuses on protecting the pet/animal under attack rather than tackling the attacker.
US11944068B2
A dog toy comprises a first component having a body that defines a cavity, the body having an opening into the cavity. The dog toy also comprises a second component having a body comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion. Each of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is selectively insertable into the first component opening in a manner where it remains within the opening to close the opening and is removable from the first component opening when a separation force is applied. The separation force for the first protrusion is different than the separation force for the second protrusion. A treat can be inserted into the first component cavity, the first component cavity can be closed by insertion of the first protrusion or second protrusion into the first component opening, and a dog can gain access to the treat by separating the first component and the second component.
US11944067B2
A cage assembly can have at least one enclosure. Each enclosure can have a floor defining a floor area having a major dimension and a cover having a bottom surface. A spacing between the bottom surface of the cover and the floor can define a cage height. At least one sidewall can extend between the floor and the cover. A ratio of the cage height to the major dimension of the floor area of each enclosure of the at least one enclosure can be at least 0.70.
US11944061B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011000. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011000, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011000 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011000.
US11944059B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV399333. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV399333, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV399333 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV399333 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV399333.
US11944053B2
An integrated ceiling device includes integrated ceiling device including an electronic device housing, a heat dissipating structure, a light source, and a reflection/refraction assembly. An air gap is defined between the electronics housing and other components allowing ambient air to flow therethrough for cooling.
US11944051B2
A planter includes an interior surface and a riser extending from a bottom of the interior surface and including a space between the riser and lateral walls of the planter. The riser includes an open-top recess formed in a top portion of the riser. A plate including a protrusion extending from a bottom side of the plate and forming an open-top reservoir on a top side of the protrusion. The protrusion is configured to be coupled with the recess to secure the plate to the riser.
US11944036B2
A forage harvester with at least one work assembly is disclosed. The forage harvester has a corn cracker to process grain components and a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system controls the corn cracker by adjusting the machine parameters of the corn cracker. In particular, the driver assistance system has an optimization model which includes a multidimensional characteristic map that represents a relationship between a processing quality of the grain components and at least three parameters that comprise an input parameter representing a current harvesting process state and at least one machine parameter of the corn cracker as an output parameter. Thus, the driver assistance system determines the output parameter in the control routine during the harvesting process based on the varying input parameter from the optimization model and adjusts it in the corn cracker to achieve a uniform given processing quality of the grain components during the harvesting process.
US11944029B2
Methods, systems and devices for mobile detection of soil compaction and soil characteristic data are provided. Operations include causing a subsurface portion of soil at a compaction detection location to be disrupted using compressed air, generating disruption data corresponding to the disruption of the subsurface portion of the soil at the compaction detection location, generating geographic location data corresponding to the compaction detection location, receiving the geographic location data from the location device and the disruption data from the disruption sensor and associating the geographic location data with the disruption data.
US11944025B2
A ground engaging agricultural blade, coulter, or disc having a central opening adapted to be attached to an implement for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation; the coulter or disc have an outer periphery; and plurality of step plane notches disposed in the outer periphery. The blade can be used with a hub disposed around the central opening or a spacer spool on a shaft extending through the central openings of adjacent blades, the spacer spools extending radially outwardly by a distance.
US11950520B2
A method of manufacturing a storage device for storing information, apparatus for storing information, an optical memristor device and a memory cell are disclosed. A method comprises providing at least one first electrode and at least one further electrode and providing each of at least one region of a first material between, and in electrical connection with, a respective first electrode and a further electrode whereby said step of providing at least one region comprises providing in the first material, a plurality of changeable particles that have charge storage capacity and at least one electrical property that is reversibly changeable responsive to absorption of incident electromagnetic radiation.
US11950517B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a first conductive line extending in a first direction, a second conductive line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a cell stack at an intersection of the first and second conductive lines, and a gapfill insulating pattern covering a side surface of the cell stack. The cell stack may include first, second, and third electrodes sequentially stacked, a switching pattern between the first and second electrodes, and a variable resistance pattern between the second and third electrodes. A top surface of the gapfill insulating pattern may be located between top and bottom surfaces of the third electrode.
US11950516B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing of specially designed substrates for growth of nanostructures and patterned growth on said nanostructures. The present disclosure further relates to nanostructures, in particular hybrid semiconductor nanostructures with patterned growth of superconducting material for use in quantum devices. The presently disclosed method can be utilized for in-situ manufacturing of quantum devices that have not been contaminated by ex-situ processes.
US11950515B2
The present invention relates to a method for connecting an electrical contact to a nanomaterial carried by a substrate. At least one layer of soluble lithography resist is provided on the nanomaterial. An opening in the at least one layer of resist exposes a surface portion of the nanomaterial. At least a portion of the exposed surface portion of the nanomaterial is removed to thereby expose the underlying substrate and an edge of the nanomaterial. A metal is deposited on at least the edge of the nanomaterial and the exposed substrate such that the metal forms an electrical contact with the nanomaterial. Removing at least a portion of the soluble lithography resist from the nanomaterial such that at least a portion of the two-dimensional material is exposed.
US11950502B2
Provided is a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and life span of a device, an organic electric element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
US11950494B2
Provided is an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the same, and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device. M(L1)n1(L2)n2
US11950490B2
The disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate has an organic electroluminescent device, an anode layer of the organic electroluminescent device is away from the first substrate and a cathode layer thereof is closer to the first substrate than the anode layer; the cathode layer is electrically connected to an auxiliary electrode on a light entering surface of the first substrate through multiple conductive spacers, the cathode layer is a transparent electrode layer; the auxiliary electrode has a resistance smaller than that of the cathode layer of the organic electroluminescent device; the auxiliary electrode is a grid-shaped auxiliary electrode and in a non-display region, the auxiliary electrode is opaque; the multiple conductive spacers includes first conductive spacers on the auxiliary electrode and second conductive spacers on the cathode layer of the second substrate.
US11950487B2
A display apparatus including a base substrate, a first thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a via insulation layer disposed on the first thin film transistor, and a light emitting structure disposed on the via insulation layer. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor overlapped with the first gate electrode, and including tin (Sn), an etch stopper disposed on the oxide semiconductor and including an oxide semiconductor material which does not include tin (Sn), a first source electrode making contact with the oxide semiconductor, and a first drain electrode making contact with the oxide semiconductor, and spaced apart from the first source electrode.
US11950485B2
Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate having a display area including a main pixel, and a sensor area including a sub-pixel and a transmission portion, a plurality of first lines arranged in the sensor area, extending in a first direction, and bypassing the transmission portion, and a first electrode layer under the plurality of first lines, between the sub-pixel and the transmission portion, and at least partially overlapping a spacing region between the plurality of first lines.
US11950478B2
A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area. The first and second display areas include first and second light emitting areas having first and second pixel densities, respectively. The first and second light emitting areas at an interface between the first and second display areas are arranged such that in operation light emitted by the first and second light emitting areas produces a gradual decrease in light intensity from the first display area to the second display area near the interface.
US11950475B2
A display device includes a display panel having first and second regions with the second region having a higher resolution than the first region and an electronic module under the first region. The display panel includes first and second emission layers in a first sub-region of the first region with the second emission layer being spaced apart from the first emission layer. The first emission layer has a first light-emitting portion and a second light-emitting portion adjacent to the first light-emitting portion in a first direction, and the second emission layer has a third light-emitting portion and a fourth light-emitting portion adjacent to the third light-emitting portion in the first direction. The first light-emitting portion is inclined from the second light-emitting portion toward a lower surface of the display panel, and the fourth light-emitting portion is inclined from the third light-emitting portion toward an upper surface of the display panel.
US11950462B2
A first conductive layer in the same layer as that of a first electrode is coupled to a third conductive layer and a second electrode in the same layer as that of a third metal layer through a slit formed in a flattening film of a non-display area. Second conductive layers in the same layer as that of a second metal layer are provided to overlap with the slit.
US11950457B2
A display device includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixel electrodes, and a second display area including a plurality of second pixel electrodes. A first pitch in a first direction of the plurality of first pixel electrodes is smaller than a second pitch in the first direction of the plurality of second pixel electrodes, and a length in the first direction of the first pixel electrodes is smaller than a length in the first direction of the second pixel electrode.
US11950454B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed, the display panel comprises: a base substrate; and pixel circuits in an array, the display panel comprises a light transmittance region and a display region around the light transmittance region, the pixel circuits are disposed in the display region, a gate line of each row of m rows of pixel circuits is divided into a first gate line portion and a second gate line portion which are connected through an auxiliary gate line, a data line of each column of n columns of pixel circuits is divided into a first data line portion and a second data line portion which are connected through an auxiliary data line.
US11950451B2
A viewing angle switchable display device includes: a substrate having at least one subpixel; a plurality of transistors in the at least one subpixel on the substrate; first and second light emitting diodes in the at least one subpixel on the substrate, the first and second light emitting diodes connected to two, respectively, of the plurality of transistors; and an integrated lens on the first and second light emitting diodes, the integrated lens including a half cylindrical lens corresponding to the first light emitting diode and a half spherical lens corresponding to the second light emitting diode.
US11950448B2
The present disclosure relates to an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure, and more particularly, to a technology that simultaneously realizes the high Q factors of the three primary colors in an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure. The optoelectronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a self-emissive device, and includes a first reflector layer, an active cavity layer formed on the first reflector layer, a second reflector layer formed on the active cavity layer, an external cavity layer formed on the second reflector layer, a third reflector layer formed on the external cavity layer, and a passivation layer formed on the third reflector layer, wherein a first micro-cavity corresponding to the first and second reflector layers and a second micro-cavity corresponding to the second and third reflector layers may be generated.
US11950447B2
A novel light-emitting device with a microcavity structure which can improve the emission efficiency compared to the conventional one is provided. In a light-emitting device with a microcavity structure that emits light in a near-infrared range, reflectance of one or both of a first electrode (reflective electrode) and a second electrode (semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode) with respect to light in a near-infrared range (e.g., light with a wavelength of 850 nm) is higher than the reflectance thereof with respect to light in a visible light range (greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than 750 nm).
US11950439B2
Disclosed herein are a white organic light-emitting device. The white organic light-emitting device enables an overall improvement in characteristics such as color temperature, efficiency, luminance, and service life, by changing the configuration of different types of emission layers in contact with each other, and a display device using the same.
US11950438B2
The present disclosure relates to an inorganic light emitting diode (LED) in which an emitting material layer (EML) includes inorganic luminescent particles dispersed in a siloxane matrix, wherein the siloxane matrix has a thickness equal to or less than a thickness of a layer of the inorganic luminescent particles, and an inorganic light emitting device including the inorganic LED. The siloxane matrix allows surface defects of the inorganic luminescent particles to be minimized and to prevent injections of holes and electrons from being delayed. The inorganic LED and the inorganic light emitting device lower their driving voltages and improve their luminous efficiency.
US11950430B2
According to various aspects, a memory cell is provided, the memory cell including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a memory structure disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the memory structure forming a memory capacitor, wherein at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes: a first electrode layer including a first material having a first microstructure; a functional layer in direct contact with the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer in direct contact with the functional layer, the second electrode layer including a second material having a second microstructure different from the first microstructure.
US11950429B2
The present invention relates to ferroelectric capacitors, transistors, memory device, and method of manufacturing ferroelectric devices. The ferroelectric capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a ferroelectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an interfacial layer between the ferroelectric layer and the first electrode or between the ferroelectric layer and the second electrode. The ferroelectric layer includes hafnium-based oxide. The interfacial layer includes HfO2.
US11950420B2
A memory device includes gate electrode layers stacked on an upper surface of a substrate and each including a plurality of unit electrodes extending in a first direction, and a plurality of connecting electrodes connecting the unit electrodes to each other. The memory device also includes channel structures extending through the gate electrode layers in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate, first common source lines extending in the first direction and interposed between the unit electrodes, and second common source lines extending in the first direction between the first common source lines and each having a first line and a second line separated from each other in the first direction by the connecting electrodes.
US11950418B2
Embodiments of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device includes the following operations. A dielectric stack is formed to have interleaved sacrificial layers and dielectric layers. A stair is formed in the dielectric stack. The stair includes one or more sacrificial layers of the sacrificial layers and one or more dielectric layers of the dielectric layers. The stair exposes one of the sacrificial layers on a top surface and the one or more sacrificial layers on a side surface. An insulating portion is formed to cover the side surface of the stair to cover the one or more sacrificial layers. A sacrificial portion is formed to cover the top surface of the stair. The sacrificial portion is in contact with the one of sacrificial layers. The one or more sacrificial layers and the sacrificial portion are replaced with one or more conductor layers.
US11950410B2
A semiconductor device with a large storage capacity per unit area can be provided. A memory cell including a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor includes a stack including a first conductor, a first insulator over the first conductor, a second conductor over the first insulator, a second insulator over the second conductor, and a third conductor over the second insulator; a first oxide arranged in a ring-like shape on a side surface of an opening portion of the second conductor; a fourth conductor arranged in a ring-like shape in contact with an inner wall of the first oxide; a cylindrical third insulator arranged to penetrate the stack, the first oxide, and the fourth conductor; and a second oxide arranged in contact with an inner wall of the third insulator.
US11950409B2
A semiconductor device and a circuit are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first gate structure, a first doped region, and a capacitor structure. The substrate includes a first well region having a first conductive type. The first gate structure is disposed on the substrate. The first doped region is in the substrate and has a second conductive type different from the first conductive type. The first gate structure and the first doped region are included in a first transistor. The capacitor structure includes a first electrode electrically coupled to the first doped region. The second doped region is in the substrate and has the second conductive type. The second doped region is electrically coupled to the first electrode of the capacitor structure and the first doped region.
US11950394B2
The disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for liquid cooling of an electronic component. A housing includes an insertion slot and defines at least one component chamber for carrying the electronic component. A fluid inlet and fluid outlet are provided on the housing. A liquid coolant circuit passes through the housing at least from the inlet to the outlet.
US11950386B2
An explosion proof electronics enclosure (200), is provided having a first compartment (206) and a second compartment (207) defined by a body (205). A septum (208) is between the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207). A first aperture (209) in the septum (208) connects the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207). A cavity (225) communicates with the first aperture (209), wherein the cavity (225) comprises an undercut taper (226). A potting (230) in the cavity (225) conforms to the cavity (225) shape, and forms a substantially explosion-proof interface between the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207).
US11950377B1
Provided are flexible interconnect circuits comprising signal circuit elements. For example, a signal circuit element can be formed from the same metal sheet as a signal trace, thereby being monolithic with the signal circuit element. This integration of signal circuit elements into a flexible interconnect circuit reduces the number of additional operations and components (e.g., attaching external circuit elements). In some examples, a flexible interconnect circuit is used in a battery pack for interconnecting batteries while providing external terminals on the same side of the pack. Specifically, a flexible interconnect circuit comprises an interconnecting conductive layer (for connecting to batteries) and a return conductive layer, both extending between the first and second circuit edges. Each of these conductive layers comprises a corresponding external terminal at the first edge, while these layers are interconnected at the second edge. Otherwise, these layers are isolated from each other between the circuit edges.
US11950372B2
Methods of making metal patterns on flexible substrates are provided. Releasable solid layer is selectively formed on a patterned surface of the flexible substrate by applying a liquid solution thereon. Metal patterns on the flexible substrate can be formed by removing the releasable solid layer after metallization. In some cases, the releasable solid layer can be transferred from the patterned surface to a transfer layer where the metal patterns are formed.
US11950361B2
A multiple layer printed circuit board (PCB) in which the cores (or core layers) are removed and replaced with prepreg layers, which provide structure integrity for the PCB. Such a multi-layer PCB may include signal layers, ground plane layers, inner signal layers, and a single core substrate layer. Each of the layers may be separated from the other layers by at least one prepreg substrate layer.
US11950360B2
A method for manufacturing a ceramic substrate that includes forming a mother multilayer body by laminating a ceramic green sheet on a shrinkage suppressing green sheet, the shrinkage suppressing green sheet having a planar shrinkage rate in firing smaller than a planar shrinkage rate in firing of the ceramic green sheet; and forming a recessed portion in the mother multilayer body before firing by pressing a recessed portion formation planned region where the recessed portion is to be formed after firing of the mother multilayer body.
US11950356B2
A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, each of the via patterns including first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; ground vias extending through at least the attachment layers, the ground vias including ground conductors; and shadow vias located adjacent to each of the first and second signal vias, wherein the shadow vias are free of conductive material in the attachment layers. The printed circuit board may further include slot vias extending through the attachment layers and located between via patterns.
US11950350B2
A radio wave radiating device includes: a radio wave supply unit extending in one direction, one end of the radio wave supply unit being connected to a power source, an earth part spaced apart from the radio wave supply unit by a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting with the one direction, extending in the one direction, one end of the earth part being connected to a ground, and a radiating element connected to another end of the radio wave supply unit and another end of the earth part, respectively, and configured to radiate a radio wave received from the radio wave supply unit. The radiating element includes a middle portion connecting the radio wave supply unit and the earth part, a first radiating portion extending in a direction away from the earth part, and a second radiating portion extending in a direction away from the radio wave supply unit.
US11950349B2
A combined ventilation and microwave oven system includes an external enclosure with a top portion defining recirculation vent outlets, a cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, and an outside vent outlet, first and second side portions, and a bottom portion defining a vent inlet. The vent inlet is connected with the recirculation vent outlets and the outside vent outlet via airflow pathways. A hood assembly is disposed within the external enclosure and includes a first hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the first side portion and a second hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion. The hood assembly is configured to direct air through the vent inlet and through an interior of the external enclosure. A cooling fan is disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion to direct air through the cooling air inlet and the cooling air outlet.
US11950347B2
An induction heat cooking apparatus that includes: a rectifier that is configured to convert alternating current (AC) voltage supplied from an external power source into direct current (DC) voltage; an inverter that is configured to generate current based on DC voltage received from the rectifier and provide the current to output nodes; heating coils that are configured to, based on the current generated by the inverter, generate magnetic fields for providing heat; a first capacitive unit that includes one or more resonance capacitors and that is coupled between the output nodes; a second capacitive unit that includes one or more wireless power transfer (WPT) capacitors and that is configured to be coupled between the output nodes; and a mode conversion switch that is configured to couple the second capacitive unit to the first capacitive unit in parallel is disclosed.
US11950343B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for controlling light output in a lighting system based on defined light profiles are provided. In one example implementation, a light fixture can include a first light emitting diode (LED) array having one or more LED light sources and a second LED array having one or more LED light sources. The light fixture can include a power circuit configured to provide power to the first LED array and the second LED array according to a power distribution among the first LED array and the second LED array. The light fixture can include one or more control devices configured to control the power circuit to adjust the power distribution among the first LED array and the second LED array based at least in part on a signal indicative of a real time clock and a defined light profile associated with a user identified to be present in a space illuminated by the light fixture.
US11950322B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to configuration of a periodic updating timer for, e.g., a Radio Access Network (RAN)-controlled inactive state. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a RAN node in a cellular communications network comprises configuring a User Equipment (UE) with a timer value T for a periodic updating timer. In this manner, the RAN node is able to configure the UE with a time value T, e.g., for use by the UE for providing periodic update messages while the UE is operating in an inactive state such as, e.g., a RAN-controlled inactive state.
US11950318B2
A computer-implemented method and system for managing IoT device lifecycle for IoT devices using cellular or wireless networks are disclosed. The method includes receiving network usage information for one or more devices operating on a cellular network; storing network usage information for the one or more devices operating on a cellular network; analyzing the stored data network information for the one or more devices as historical network usage information for each of the one or more devices operating on a cellular network; determining which of the one or more devices have not used cellular network for a pre-determined period of time, where the pre-determined period of time is learned based on the historical network usage information, or provided as one or more static threshold parameters; and recommending lifecycle changes for each of the one or more devices that have not used cellular network for the pre-determined period of time.
US11950316B1
Vehicles may be associated with a variety of different types of events, including events associated with vehicle operations and/or events associated with vehicle passengers. The present disclosure is related to, when an event is detected, exchanging information with a vehicle passenger, such as via the passenger's mobile device and/or wearable device. In some instances, an event may be detected, and examples of the present disclosure may provide an application notification presenting various information. The notification may, in some examples, be configured to help the passenger locate the passenger device, to alert the passenger to the event, to provide instructions, and/or to provide a control interface for controlling a vehicle operation. In some examples, the notification may supersede operations of the passenger device, such as by being presented even if the device is in a locked state or has an unrelated application open and in the foreground.
US11950310B2
A method of implementing beam failure recovery for a multi-transmission-and-reception-point (M-TRP) transmission including a first transmission from a first TRP and a second transmission from a second TRP may include: receiving a first set of reference signals (RSs) corresponding to the first TRP and a second set of RSs corresponding to the second TRP; determining that the first set of RSs indicates a beam failure instance (BFI) specific to the first TRP, and responsively updating a first BFI counter specific to the first TRP; determining that a beam failure with respect to the first TRP has occurred based on a count of the first BFI counter equaling or surpassing a first BFI counter threshold; and performing a BFR process for the first TRP responsive to determining that the beam failure with respect to the first TRP has occurred.
US11950308B2
Inform a master node about the feasible of secondary node cells during resumption of dual connectivity may require a large message. Additionally, the message may need to be encrypted. A solution to overcome the size and security limitation is to report a short identifier (or index) which is only shared between the UE and the MN. Accordingly, an apparatus, e.g., a UE, may be configured to receive, from a master node, a configuration comprising a mapping of cell identities for a plurality of secondary cells for reporting SN measurements and transmitting an SN report comprising measurements for at least a subset of the plurality of secondary cells using the mapping of cell identities. The apparatus may be configured to receive, from a first master node, a configuration for MN-DC, enter an inactive state or an idle state, and resume a connected state with a second master node.
US11950298B2
A communication processing system for a working machine includes a communication device disposed on the working machine and configured to transmit a beacon containing machine information relating to the working machine, and a mobile terminal configured to receive the beacon, and to execute a connection processing for connecting with the communication device and an obtaining processing for obtaining the machine information, wherein the beacon includes a first beacon containing first activation information and a second beacon containing second activation information, and wherein the mobile terminal is configured, after executing the connection processing and the obtaining processing upon receiving the first beacon, not to execute the obtaining processing upon further receiving the first beacon, and to execute the same obtaining processing upon receiving the second beacon.
US11950293B2
Disclosed are a random access method and a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: a terminal device sending first information on a first resource, and sending second information on a second resource; the terminal device detecting third information on one group of third pre-allocated resources in a first window, wherein a start position of the first window comprises: a position after a first time interval after the terminal device sends the second information; or a first time unit after the first time interval after the terminal device sends the second information; or a first time unit in the one group of third pre-allocated resources after the first time interval after the terminal device sends the second information; and the terminal device receiving fourth information on a fourth resource.
US11950290B2
A method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a base station; receiving a downlink signal from the base station; and when the reception of the downlink signal is finished, transmitting the RACH to the base station, wherein the SSB is periodically transmitted in every Nth fixed frame period (FFP), N is an integer equal to or greater than 1, and the starting time point for transmission of the SSB corresponds to a first time resource included in the every Nth FFP.
US11950286B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless communications device may transmit, to one or more second wireless communications devices, a first message that triggers transmission of a second message by each of the one or more second wireless communications devices, the first message allocating to each of the one or more second wireless communications devices a respective frequency-based resource unit for transmission of the second message, each of the respective frequency-based resource units spanning a portion of a channel bandwidth of a channel. The first wireless communications device may perform channel sensing measurements on the second message received from each of the one or more second wireless communications devices. The first wireless communications device may estimate the channel based on the channel sensing measurements performed on the respective second messages received on the respective frequency-based resource units.
US11950276B2
An eNodeB transmits a high priority indicator within a licensed frequency band. In response to receiving the high priority indicator, other eNodeBs refrain from transmitting signals within an unlicensed frequency band. After determining that no other eNodeBs are transmitting signals within the unlicensed frequency band, the eNodeB transmitting the high priority indicator transmits signals to a user equipment (UE) device.
US11950272B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in wireless transmission. A User Equipment (UE) first receives a first signaling, and then receives a first radio signal, the first radio signal carrying a first bit block. The first signaling is used for determining a transmission format corresponding to the first radio signal. The transmission format corresponding to the first radio signal is one transmission format in a first format set, and the first format set comprises a first transmission format and a second transmission format. A radio signal corresponding to the first transmission format includes P radio sub-signal(s), each one of the P radio sub-signal(s) carries the first bit block, and the P radio sub-signal(s) is(are) transmitted by a same antenna port group.
US11950270B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information from each of the plurality of communication devices detecting interference information in a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum, correlating the interference information of the plurality of communication devices to generate correlated information, and identifying a plurality of interferers according to the correlated information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11950265B2
A data transmission method, a terminal device, a network device are provided. The method comprises: receiving configuration information and determining, according to the configuration information, to use a first physical resource to transmit a target transport block (TB), the duration of the first physical resource is not greater than a first time domain resource length, and the first time-domain resource length is a maximum number of time-domain symbols occupied by transmission of a TB.
US11950263B2
A user equipment (UE) transmits concurrent channel state information (CSI) processing capability information to a base station. The capability information can take various forms, and is intended to constrain the base station in the types of CSI requests that can be made to the UE. For example, the UE may indicate different CSI processing capabilities for intra-CC and inter-CC cases and/or for different codebook types. The UE may also specify supported combinations of codebook types for concurrent CSI reporting. The UE may also specify maximum resources or weighting factors for different codebook types. The UE may further restrict the rank information it provides and use a priority rule for “dropping” CSI report data due to payload size restrictions. The base station may direct, or the UE may implement, improved utilization of CSI resources that are shared for multiple concurrent CSI reports. Minimum time requirements for CSI reporting may also be relaxed.
US11950258B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications in a same PDCCH monitoring occasion in a first cell, and may transmit a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications in at least one of the first cell or a second cell. Each of the PDCCH communications schedules a respective PDSCH communication of the plurality of PDSCH communications. A PDCCH communication, of the plurality of PDCCH communications, includes an indication of a counter downlink assignment index that is based at least in part on a combination of a starting symbol and a cell in which an associated PDSCH communication is to be transmitted, a cell index of the cell in which the associated PDSCH communication is to be transmitted, and the PDCCH monitoring occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11950251B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a physical uplink shared channel communication using a resource associated with a configured grant. The UE may transmit, in connection with transmitting the physical uplink shared channel communication, a scheduling request. A base station (BS) may monitor for the physical uplink shared channel communication and the scheduling request. The BS may selectively communicate with the UE to schedule a retransmission of the physical uplink shared channel communication based at least in part on a result of the monitoring. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11950250B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for uplink control information (UCI) design for uplink (UL) transmission with configured grants. In accordance with one embodiment, a wireless communications device may receive, from a gNB, first information indicating a plurality of resources for a configured grant (CG) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The wireless communications device may determine, based on second information, a portion of the plurality of resources to use for transmitting a configured grant-uplink control information (CG-UCI). The wireless communications device may generate the CG-UCI, wherein the CG-UCI comprises at least one of: an identifier associated with the wireless communications device or an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). The wireless communications device may transmit, to the gNB on the PUSCH, the CG-UCI using the determined portion of the plurality of resources.
US11950240B2
A communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after 4G system with IoT technology includes transmitting configuration information of one or more serving cells that operate in an unlicensed band to a terminal, transmitting information indicating that an uplink control channel and an uplink data channel can be simultaneously transmitted to the terminal, determining whether the terminal is configured to transmit at least one of data and the uplink control information through the uplink data channel in at least one of a licensed band and the unlicensed band, and receiving the uplink control information in at least one of the licensed band and the unlicensed band on the basis of the determination, wherein the configuration information includes unlicensed-band uplink control channel configuration information for configuring the uplink control channel in one of the serving cells that operate in the unlicensed band.
US11950224B2
A resource indication method for an unlicensed spectrum includes: receiving, by a terminal, a scheduling instruction sent by an access network device; and determining, by the terminal, a first time domain resource according to the scheduling instruction, in which the first time domain resource is a time domain resource configured to transmit data, a start position of the first time domain resource is obtained based on a second time domain resource, and the second time domain resource is a time domain resource configured to send the scheduling instruction.
US11950209B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium for reusing control resources for data transmission. In example embodiments, if downlink data is to be transmitted to a terminal device, a network device determines a control resource set associated with the terminal device in a control resource region. The network device selects, from the control resource set, localized control resources for control information associated with the downlink data, and selects data resources for the downlink data in the control resource region and a data resource region. The network device transmits the control information to the terminal device by using the localized control resources, and transmits the downlink data to the terminal device by using the data resources.
US11950206B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving from a network node, by a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment associated with more than one communication beam of a communication network, information comprising locations in time of the user equipment during paging occasions with at least one cell of the communication network associated over more than one communication beam, wherein the information identifies any provided order of the more than one communication beam covering the locations in time of the user equipment during the paging occasions; and based on the information, identifying by the user equipment at least one communication beam and timing of at least one paging occasion, of the paging occasions, for the user equipment.
US11950204B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a relay user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), a paging configuration including at least one of a number of total paging frame, a number of paging occasion for a paging frame, an offset for paging frame, a first DRX cycle of a remote UE, or paging search space; transmitting, to a remote UE, the paging configuration; receiving, from the remote UE, information related the remote UE including at least one of identity of the remote UE, paging identity of the remote UE or a second DRX cycle of the remote UE; identifying a paging occasion of the remote UE based on the information related the remote UE and the paging configuration; and monitoring the paging occasion of the remote UE for receiving a paging message for the remote UE.
US11950202B2
Systems and methods for accommodating flexibility in sensing transmissions are provided. Wi-Fi sensing systems include sensing devices and remote devices configured to communicate through radio-frequency signals. Initially, a sensing device transmits a sensing configuration message to a remote device. The sensing device receives a sensing configuration response message in response to the sensing configuration message. In an example, the sensing configuration response message may include a transmission capability indication associated with the remote device. The transmission capability indication includes a flexibility indication that the remote device supports flexibility.
US11950196B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide synchronization techniques for user equipment (UEs) that may be otherwise unable to support sidelink communication a synchronized UE and may have also lost global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and/or Evolved Node Base Stations (eNBs) as a synchronization source. In such instance, the unsynchronized UE may utilize reference signals (RS) from the data packets received from other UEs to track the timing and perform autonomous timing adjustments based thereon for synchronized packet transmission or reception.
US11950188B2
A wireless communication method of a receiver, including performing a first determination of whether to decode a control channel of a current time transmission interval (TTI) based on control channel information of a previous TTI; decoding the control channel of the current TTI based on a result of the first determination; performing a second determination of whether a data channel is included in the current TTI based on a result of the decoding; and performing a third determination of whether to deactivate a communication interface configured to process a received signal based on a result of the second determination.
US11950186B2
Techniques are described to enable a user equipment (UE) to save power consumption and/or can enable the UE to acquire the channel state in time without reducing the UE's data transmission efficiency. An example technique includes determining, by the communication device, an operating mode based on a first signaling, and operating the communication device in the operating mode, where the operating mode includes any one of a normal mode, a first power saving mode, a second power saving mode, a third power saving mode, or a fourth power saving mode.
US11950180B2
Various embodiments herein disclose a method camping a User Equipment (UE) on a cell, the method comprising: creating a combined Most Recently Used (MRU) list by merging a list 4G MRU frequencies with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) having a 5GC and a list of 5G MRU frequencies, determining whether one of a 4G cell with 5G core (5GC) and a 5G cell is available for camping by performing a MRU scan on the combined MRU list; performing one of: camping on one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell in response to determining that one of the 5G cell and the 4G cell with 5G core is available and performing a 4G MRU frequency scan on a list of 4G without 5GC MRU frequencies in response to determining that one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell is not available.
US11950177B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blocking delivery service is provided. The service may use an identifier of a source end device, destination address information associated with a destination end device, and configurable criteria as a basis to block delivery of application service layer data. The service may be configured to apply to end devices based on an addressing scheme of the service. The service may be configured on a network device that provides an application service. The service may block delivery without the use of class of service or subscriber provisioning.
US11950176B2
A policy and charging control function (PCF) receives, from a session management function (SMF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge. The PCF sends, to the SMF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device.
US11950162B2
A method and apparatus for controlling an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are provided. The method is applied to the UAV, and includes: receiving flight path information transmitted by a UAV controller, wherein the flight path information represents a flight path set by the UAV controller for the UAV controlled by the UAV controller; and transmitting the flight path information to a base station that provides a network service for the UAV, such that the base station determines the flight path based on the flight path information.
US11950159B2
Proposed is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication. The method may comprise the steps of: establishing a connection with a second device; and reselecting a cell on the basis that the first device is in a radio resource control (RRC) IDLE state or an RRC INACTIVE state. For example, a priority related to cell reselection can be set such that a cell related to a new radio (NR) has a high priority. For example, cell reselection can be performed first on the cell related to the NR on the basis of the priority related to cell reselection.
US11950156B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for cancelling transmissions during handover operations. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) can cancel at least a portion of a first uplink transmission where the first uplink transmission overlaps with a second uplink transmission scheduled by a target cell in a dual active protocol stack (DAPS)-based handover (HO). In another aspect, a network can receive, from the UE, a capability indicating whether cancelling uplink transmission from a source cell in DAPS-based HO is supported, and the network can schedule an uplink transmission for the UE during the DAPS-based HO to the target cell based on the capability.
US11950155B2
In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, at a user equipment while being served by a first system and during protocol data unit session establishment or modification procedure, a message including an access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value; and when there is an inter-system change from the first system to the second system, setting, at the user equipment, the access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value of a session management context for the second system to the received access point name aggregate maximum bit rate value received while being served by the first system. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11950154B2
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a TCI state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. A UE determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell's TCI state is known or unknown. The total delay time to perform the TCI state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. Other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. The UE may also signal its capability to monitor the TCI state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a TCI state.
US11950145B2
Aspects described herein relate to wireless communications. According to some aspects, a first base station may coordinate with a second base station to select beamforming codewords. The first base station may receive an index indicating beamforming codewords used by a second base station. The first base station may select a beamforming codeword for use in transmitting signals to a wireless device based on the beamforming codeword indicated by the second base station.
US11950142B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for sending system performance parameters, a management device, and a storage medium. The method for sending system performance parameters includes determining system performance parameters which include key performance indicator (KPI) information and confidence of the KPI information; and sending the system performance parameters.
US11950137B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which two or more UEs of a wireless communications system may establish a sidelink connection. A first UE that is initiating sidelink communications may evaluate whether the sidelink connection can support a quality of service (QoS) for a data flow prior to admitting the data flow. The first UE may evaluate a link quality with one or more other UEs that are to use the data flow on the sidelink connection, evaluate system congestion of time/frequency resources that are available for the sidelink connection, or any combinations thereof, and admit the data flow based on the evaluation. A link quality of the sidelink connection may be determined based on a type of communication associated with the data flow, such as unicast communications with one other UE, multicast communications with multiple other UEs, or broadcast transmissions to multiple UEs.
US11950115B2
A measurement station collects radio base station performance information related to a radio communication performance of each radio base station, radio connection information related to a radio communication performance and a communication status of a corresponding radio terminal station, generates a measurement condition and an expected measurement result based on the radio base station performance information and the radio connection information, and notifies a measurement control signal corresponding to the measurement condition to the radio terminal station through the radio base station; the radio terminal station performs a communication setting of an own station based on the notified measurement control signal, and notifies a measurement preparation status to the measurement station; and the measurement station measures the radio communication performance by causing a flow of a measurement traffic to the radio terminal station through the radio base station, acquiring a measurement result, and determining whether the measurement result is within a range of the expected measurement result.
US11950108B2
An operation method of a repeater relaying wireless communications between a base station and at least one terminal in a communication system may include: transmitting, to the base station, a first capability report including information on beam-related capability supported by the repeater; transmitting, to the base station, a first request signal for requesting to perform first configuration for coverage extension of the repeater; receiving, from the base station, information on the first configuration configured based on the first capability report and the first request signal; and relaying the wireless communications between the base station and the at least one terminal based on one or more beams formed based on the received first configuration.
US11950103B2
A communication control device (40) includes: an acquisition unit (441) that acquires a spectrum grant request following a certain scheme from a plurality of second radio systems that perform a wireless communication using a radio wave of a frequency band used by a first radio system; a classification unit (442) that groups the second radio systems into a plurality of groups according to a scheme of the spectrum grant request; and a calculation unit (443) that calculates a communication parameter of the second radio system for each of the groups.
US11950096B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to client device for use with a network controller and an external server, the network controller being configured to manage a wireless network, to change a critical parameter of the wireless network, to transmit a request for a one time password (OTP). The external server being configured to generate the OTP in response to the request for the OTP, to provide a notification of the OTP and to transmit the OTP to the network controller. The network controller being configured to additionally receive the OTP from the external server. The client device including a memory having a data structure stored therein, the data structure including a list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network, and including a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to receive a request to configure a configurable parameter of the wireless network. The client device also determines whether the configurable parameter of the wireless network matches a configurable critical parameter of the wireless network within the list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network. The client device further transmits, when the configurable parameter of the wireless network matches a configurable critical parameter of the wireless network within the list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network, the request for the OTP. The client device may also receive the notification of the OTP from the external server and access the OTP based on the notification and may transmit the OTP to the network controller.
US11950092B2
Techniques described herein provide means by which cell information indicative of a location of a UE may be conveyed to a location server over a 5G NR data connection using a SUPL message with an LTE cell ID data field. In some embodiments, for example, the UE may include the Cell ID of a LTE neighbor cell or information regarding a 5G NR serving cell, such as a portion of the 5G NR Cell ID or a reserved value or sequence identifying the 5G NR serving cell. The techniques may be applicable to the Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) solution defined by OMA and may enable a UE and a SUPL Location Platform (SLP) to support location of the UE using a version of SUPL without explicit support of 5G NR wireless access.
US11950087B2
An audio signal processing method, includes acquiring a first distance between a current position and an initial position of a mobile device, and a second distance between the current position of the mobile device and a wearable device. Determining a first deflection angle according to the first distance, the second distance and the initial distance between the mobile device and the wearable device. Acquiring a second deflection angle of the wearable device reflecting a posture change. Determining relative position information between the mobile device and the wearable device according to the first deflection angle, the second deflection angle and the second distance and processing an audio signal based on the relative position information to obtain a playing audio played by the wearable device.
US11950083B2
Embodiments are disclosed for head tracking state detection based on correlated motion of a source device and a headset communicatively coupled to the source device. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, using one or more processors of a source device, source device motion data from a source device and headset motion data from a headset; determining, using the one or more processors, correlation measures using the source device motion data and the headset motion data; updating, using the one or more processors, a motion tracking state based on the determined correlation measures; and initiating head pose tracking in accordance with the updated motion tracking state.
US11950082B2
An apparatus and method of loudspeaker equalization. The method combines default tunings (generated based on a default listening environment) and room tunings (generated based on an end user listening environment) to result in combined tunings that account for differences between the end user listening environment and the default listening environment.
US11950080B2
Disclosed is a device for processing an audio signal, which renders an audio signal. The device for processing an audio signal includes a processor. The processor receives metadata including an audio signal and first element reference distance information and renders a first element signal on the basis of the first element reference distance information, wherein the first element reference distance information indicates the reference distance of an element signal. The audio signal is capable of including a second element signal which may be simultaneously rendered with the first element signal, and the metadata is capable of including second element distance information indicating the distance of the second element signal. The number of bits required for representing the first element reference distance information is smaller than the number of bits required for representing the second element distance information.
US11950060B2
The present disclosure concerns a hearing device (10) with improved sealing and providing easy exchange of for example covers and/or filters and/or sealings in/on the hearing device.
US11950043B2
Disclosed is an earphone system. The earphone system includes a charging box and an earphone, which is detachably assembled in the charging box. The charging box includes a processing module provided with a first identification time period, a power outputting module and a first switch module. During the first identification time period when the earphone is connected to the charging box, the earphone system is in a test mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit power to the earphone through the power outputting module and the first switch module. After the earphone is connected to the charging box for more than the first identification time period, the earphone system is in a communication mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit a data signal to the earphone through the processing module and the first switch module.
US11950038B1
A microphone front chamber structure is adapted to be disposed on a front side of a voice reception hole of a microphone unit. The microphone front chamber structure includes a shell and a microphone holder. The shell has a first hole. The microphone holder is disposed in the shell and has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. The first hole and the second hole form a front chamber. The first hole has a first width at a position farthest away from the microphone holder. The second hole includes first and second sections arranged along an axis. On the axis, the first section has a tapered width along the axis and away from the shell. The second section has a second width constant along the axis. The first width is greater than the second width. A voice reception device including the microphone front chamber structure is also provided.
US11950034B2
A loudspeaker enclosure design is disclosed. The speaker enclosure consists of two sections. An upper section contains a mid-range speaker oriented along a first axis. A lower section contains a subwoofer speaker and two tweeter speakers. The subwoofer, when oriented along a second axis to face upwardly within the enclosure, produces a clean, crisp, and sonorous big bass sound. The mid-range speaker, oriented along the first axis to face downwardly toward the subwoofer speaker, simulates subwoofer sound waves. The tweeters, located at a vertex of an angle defined by the first and second axes, produce a high frequency, treble sound.
US11950024B2
Each remote operation terminal includes an own robot sound pressure information transmission unit, an own robot sound pressure information reception unit, an another terminal sound pressure information transmission unit, an another terminal sound pressure information reception unit, a sound pressure information output unit configured to output sound pressure information received by the own robot sound pressure information reception unit or the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit, and a conversation control unit configured to execute an inter-robot conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the own robot sound pressure information transmission unit and the own robot sound pressure information reception unit and an inter-terminal conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the other terminal sound pressure information transmission unit and the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit in such a way that they can be switched.
US11950019B2
A hub apparatus (20) is designated to be used in a video communication system comprising the hub apparatus (20) and a plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) configured to be wirelessly connectable to the hub apparatus (20). The hub apparatus (20) comprises: a receiving unit (24) configured to receive from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) a video stream, a current speaker indicator to indicate whether the user of the mobile terminal is speaking and an association information which associates the current speaker indicator transmitted by the mobile terminal with the video stream transmitted from such mobile terminal (10), and a generation unit (40) operatively connected to said receiving unit (24) and configured to generate an output video communication stream (6) based on the plurality of video streams received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d), on the plurality of current speaker indicators received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) and on the plurality of association information received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d).
US11950007B2
Solid-state imaging devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a conversion circuit connected to a vertical signal line of a pixel array, a voltage generation circuit that outputs a predetermined voltage, and a reference voltage generation circuit that receives the predetermined voltage and outputs a reference voltage. The reference voltage generation circuit includes an operational amplifier that amplifies the predetermined voltage and outputs the reference voltage, a capacitive element having one end connected to an input of the operational amplifier that is different from an input that receives the predetermined voltage, a first switching circuit that connects the other end of the capacitive element to either the predetermined voltage output from the voltage generation circuit or a feedback loop of the operational amplifier, and a second switching circuit that selectively connects the one end of the capacitive element to the feedback loop of the operational amplifier.
US11950001B2
A head-mounted device can be automatically calibrated using an image sensor and at least one sensor system for detecting translation and rotation of the head-mounted device. Parameters under which the image sensor operates can be automatically calibrated when a detected translation remains below a predetermined translational threshold and a detected rotation remains below a predetermined rotational threshold for at least a predetermined period of time. The head-mounted device can be used by a medical professional in a surgical procedure.
US11949995B2
A method of de-mosaicing pixel data from an image processor includes generating a pixel block that includes a plurality of image pixels. The method also includes determining a first image gradient between a first set of pixels of the pixel block and a second image gradient between a second set of pixels of the pixel block. The method also includes determining a first adaptive threshold value based on intensity of a third set of pixels of the pixel block. The pixels of the third set of pixels are adjacent to one another. The method also includes filtering the pixel block in a vertical, horizontal, or neutral direction based on the first and second image gradients and the first adaptive threshold value utilizing a plurality of FIR filters to generate a plurality of component images.
