US11975737B1
This provides locations for mounting controllers and processing components that effectively employ the roof within a frame covered by a cowling so as to avoid exposure to weather and the environment. The roof is also employed to provide a sensor bar that extends across the vehicle width for a distance that does not interfere with normal vehicle function or generate potential overhangs, which can inadvertently engage objects or vehicles. The bar is sufficient in size and shape so as to allow mounting of a plurality of types of sensors on its top surface and/or recessed within front or rear edges. Such sensors can include visual light cameras for machine vison processes and/or LIDAR of various types and cooperage areas/fields of view—some of which can be recessed within a hollow region of the bar. Additional sensors can be mounted on the truck cab and/or chassis, including visual-light cameras and radars.
US11975729B2
A method for generating a voice announcement as feedback to a handwritten user input is disclosed in which a user enters on a control device. A list of possible whole words which can be entered by the user input is provided together with a corresponding transcription and a predetermined word end, which comprises one or more characters of a whole word of the whole words, is removed from the end of said whole word in accordance with a predetermined shortening rule and corresponding to this, a transcription end corresponding to the word end is determined based on a predetermined assignment rule and is removed from the corresponding transcription of the whole word for generating a partial word and an associated partial transcription. The partial word and the partial transcription are added to another list.
US11975728B1
A vehicle system for recommending driving automation based on occupant behavior and emotion includes one or more input devices. The input devices generate an input signal associated with sensor data indicative of a current emotion and a current driving pattern of an occupant. The vehicle system further includes a computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRM). The CRM stores multiple occupant behavior profiles, with each occupant behavior profile including a unique occupant identification and multiple historical driving patterns. Each driving pattern has an associated historical emotion for the unique occupant identification. The processor is programmed to determine a deviation of the current driving pattern from the historical driving patterns, compare the deviation to a threshold, and generate a notification signal. The notification device provides the notification to recommend that the occupant actuate the vehicle system.
US11975725B2
A computer implemented method for determining optimal values for operational parameters for a model predictive controller for controlling a vehicle, can receive from a data store or a graphical user interface, ranges for one or more external parameters. The computer implemented method can determine optimum values for external parameters of the vehicle by simulating a vehicle operation across the ranges of the one or more operational parameters by solving a vehicle control problem and determining an output of the vehicle control problem based on a result for the simulated vehicle operation. A vehicle can include a processing component configured to adjust a control input for an actuator of the vehicle according to a control algorithm and based on the optimum values of the vehicle parameter as determined by the computer implemented method.
US11975720B2
An electric delivery truck control system is disclosed. Sensors detect operation parameters associated with the electric delivery truck as the electric delivery truck maneuvers along the roadway. An electric delivery truck control unit detects electric delivery truck control inputs associated with an operation of the electric delivery truck. The electric delivery truck control inputs are generated from an operation of the electric delivery truck. An operation parameter controller automatically adjusts the operation of the electric delivery truck as the electric delivery truck maneuvers along the roadway to maintain the operation of the electric delivery truck within an operation threshold based on the detected driving parameters and the electric delivery truck control inputs. The operation threshold is the operation of the electric delivery truck that is maintained with an overall power storage of the electric delivery truck thereby enabling the electric delivery truck to execute a route by consuming power stored in the overall power storage of the electric delivery truck.
US11975715B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes an estimator and a controller. The estimator estimates a first estimated vehicle speed and a second estimated vehicle speed when there are a first deceleration target and a second deceleration target in a course ahead of a vehicle, and when a driver of the vehicle releases an accelerator pedal. Wherein the first estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a first target position corresponding to the first deceleration target, and the second estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a second target position corresponding to the second deceleration target. The controller controls the vehicle to automatically decelerate toward the second target position when the first estimated vehicle speed is greater than a first predetermined value, and when the second estimated vehicle speed is less than a second predetermined value.
US11975708B2
Systems and methods of calibrating an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) on a vehicle are disclosed. In some embodiments, a first tilt angle of the IMU is measured with the IMU while the vehicle is stationary. A second tilt angle of the IMU is measured with an inclinometer or tilt sensor while the vehicle is stationary. The orientation of the IMU is corrected based on the first tilt angle and the second tilt angle.
US11975704B2
A brake system control unit includes one or more sensor interfaces configured to receive a brake torque signal from a brake torque sensor. The brake system control unit also includes a torque estimator configured to generate an estimated brake torque signal based, at least in part, on a brake model and a brake actuator command. The brake system control unit further includes control circuitry configured to generate the brake actuator command to actuate a brake actuator of a brake system. The brake actuator command is generated based on a brake pedal command and a load alleviation command. The load alleviation command is based on the brake torque or the estimated brake torque signal, depending on whether a sensor fault condition associated with the brake torque sensor is detected.
US11975696B2
There is provided a system and method of cleaning surfaces of an enclosable environment of a contamination comprising a microbial and viral load. The method includes the steps of sealing the enclosable environment and placing water, and a solid or gel pack, into a container and generating a vortex the container by rotating an impeller. The agitation causes the solid or gel pack to release a gaseous cleaning agent. An air-borne spray exiting from the container spreads throughout the enclosable environment to contact the surfaces to be cleaned within the enclosable environment. The enclosable environment is maintained closed for an effective time period while the air-borne spray dwells on the surfaces to eliminate or substantially reduce the load of the contamination.
US11975695B2
An adapter (1) for securing a wiper on an arm of a wiper system, the adapter (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (L), the adapter (1) being configured to be fitted such as to rotate on a connector of the wiper around an axis of rotation transverse to the longitudinal direction (L), the adapter (1) comprising at least one lateral wall (10) and one upper wall (12), the lateral wall (10) and the upper wall (12) participating in defining an inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprising an inner wall (20) extending at least partly into the inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprises a locking device (22) which is designed to render the adapter integral longitudinally relative to the arm of the wiper system, the locking device being fitted such as to pivot on the upper wall around an axis of pivoting.
US11975692B2
A wiper blade apparatus having at least one wiper lip for wiping a window in a first wiping direction at least substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the wiper lip and a second wiping direction at least substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wiper lip, having at least one wiper bar unit and having at least one heating unit which is arranged partially at a wiping up side, facing the first wiping direction, of the wiper bar unit and which is arranged partially at a wiping down side, facing the second wiping direction, of the wiper bar unit. It is proposed that the at least one heating unit be constructed to achieve a different heating power at the wiping up side of the wiper bar unit from at the wiping down side.
US11975687B2
A vehicle running board assembly includes, among other things, a reinforcing insert, and a beam that is extruded over the reinforcing insert. A step pad is extruded over the beam. A vehicle running board manufacturing method according to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, extruding a beam over a reinforcing insert, extruding a step pad over the beam, and cutting the beam, the reinforcing insert, and the step pad to provide the running board.
US11975685B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a remote vehicle immobilizer. A network gateway device receives a command from a remote computing device to modify a configuration of an electronic switch from a first configuration to a second configuration. The electronic switch is positioned in a conducting path between a starter motor of the vehicle and a battery of the vehicle. In response to receiving the command, the network gateway device transmits a signal to the electronic switch via a two-way communication channel connecting the network gateway device to the electronic switch. The signal causes the electronic switch to modify the configuration of the electronic switch from the first configuration to the second configuration.
US11975684B2
A system for managing a seat occupancy status by a passenger and a control method of the system includes a seat belt sensor provided for each seat to detect a fastening or unfastening of the seat belt, a pressure detection unit provided for each seat to detect occupancy or non-occupancy of a seat by a passenger and pressure of the seated passenger, a secondary control unit provided for each seat and woken up by radio communication with a vehicle to alert to an unfastened state of the seat belt when the seat belt is unfastened upon determining, by a seat belt sensor, whether the seat belt is fastened, and a primary control unit provided in the vehicle to perform radio communications with each secondary control unit and check an abnormality based on reception or non-reception of the system data transmitted from the secondary control unit.
US11975661B2
A method of manufacturing a wiring harness for a work vehicle includes providing a tool board assembly having a tool board base, wire supports extending from the tool board base each having a wire holder on a top end thereof distal from the tool board base, and a plurality of I/O connector holders extending from the tool board base and each having an angularly adjustable connector mount. A wiring harness is provided having a main harness branch and a plurality of breakout harness branches extending off the main harness branch, with each breakout harness branch having an I/O connector at an end thereof. The wiring harness is configured, via arranging thereof on the tool board assembly, to arrange the breakout harness branches at a plurality of breakout angles relative to the main harness branch and at oblique-angle orientations that are non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the tool board base.
US11975655B2
A single arm telescoping mirror apparatus comprising a mirror base and mirror head. In one embodiment, a mirror base having a wear plate secured to a single support arm which frictionally engages a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Furthermore, a mirror base having a roller assembly which frictionally engage the inner wall of a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Frictional forces created minimize the telescopic or vibrational movement of the mirror head during use of a vehicle. In another aspect, a wear plate is secured to a single telescoping tube while, roller assemblies are attached to a support arm which frictionally engage ridges of the telescoping tube.
US11975654B2
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head pivotally mounted at a mounting base configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle. The mirror head accommodates a reflective element. A powerfold actuator is operable to pivot the mirror head relative to the mounting base between at least an extended position and a folded position. The powerfold actuator includes a primary detent state that is engaged to maintain the mirror head at the extended position when the mirror head is pivoted via the powerfold actuator to the extended position. When the mirror head is manually moved from the folded position to the extended position, the powerfold operator is in a secondary detent to maintain the mirror head at the extended position.
US11975652B2
A notification device is provided which decreases notifications that passengers find annoying. This notification device is provided with: a notification unit which detects an object that is approaching the vehicle and notifies a passenger of the approach of said object; a water detection unit which detects water present around the vehicle; and a notification control unit which controls the notification unit such that in the case that water has been detected by the water detection unit, the frequency of notifications is suppressed more than in the case that water is not detected.
US11975647B2
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a lift assembly. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including a panel and an actuator assembly configured to raise and lower the panel between a highest position and a lowest position. When the panel is in the lowest position, an underside of the panel is spaced-apart above a ground surface.
US11975645B2
An embodiment of the disclosure may be a vehicle that may include: a vehicle body including a floor surface; a front seat base protruded from the floor surface and including an upper surface thereof on which a front seat bottom is attached; a rear seat base protruded from the floor surface and located on a rear side of the front seat base across an aisle, wherein a rear seat bottom is attached to the rear seat base; and a drink holder fixed to a portion of the upper surface of the front seat base on a rear side of the front seat bottom.
US11975644B2
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including a side body component and a transverse body component, and a vehicle seat attached to the each of the side and transverse body components. The vehicle seat includes a seat main frame including an attached seat back, a side member attached to the seat main frame, the side member defining an outboard bolster for the seat back and an armrest, and a seat base attached to the seat main frame. A first connection bracket is secured to the transverse body component adjacent an outboard side edge portion of the seat back, and the outboard bolster of the side member is connected to the first connection bracket. A second connection bracket is secured to the side body component and extended toward the seat main frame, and the armrest of the side member is connected to the second connection bracket.
US11975635B2
A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, and a third gear, a stopper plate, and a housing. The second gear is offset eccentrically when the first gear is rotated. The third gear is rotated at a slower speed than the first gear when the second gear is offset eccentrically. The stopper plate is engaged with the second gear thereby restricting rotational movement of the second gear while permitting linear movement of the second gear. The housing accommodates the stopper plate in a state restricting rotational movement of the stopper plate while permitting linear movement of the stopper plate. The stopper plate includes an arm extending in a linear movement direction of the stopper plate. The housing includes an accommodation pit accommodating the arm. The arm includes a branching portion. The accommodation pit includes a projected wall arranged in the branching portion.
US11975623B2
The disclosure provides a method for controlling a charging current of an electric vehicle and a charging device. The controlling method includes: sampling current temperature of the charging connection node; generating a current regulation amount according to the current temperature and a preset target temperature threshold; and regulating the charging current flowing through the charging connection node according to the current regulation amount.
US11975620B2
A power transfer system for supplying electric power to a battery of an electric vehicle including a control architecture capable of controlling the transmission of electric power to a battery of the electric vehicle and, at the same time, capable of providing frequency control functionalities to optimize power transmission efficiency. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a method for controlling a power transfer system.
US11975618B2
A high-voltage charging arrangement (2) is provided for charging a traction battery (20) of an electric vehicle at a DC charging station (4). The DC charging station (4) has a first voltage (Vin) and the traction battery (20) has a second voltage (Vout). At least one DC-DC converter (10) has a first conduction path (12) with a converter (16) for transforming the first voltage (Vin) into the second voltage (Vout) and a second conduction path (14) has a bypass (18) for bypassing the converter (16). A control device (26) communicates with the DC charging station (4) is possible. An input element (28) is provided for selecting a conduction path (12, 14) and is connected to the control device (26) for control purposes. A method also is provided for performing a charging process for a traction battery (20) of an electric vehicle at a DC charging station (4).
US11975614B2
Informed towing is provided. Towing information is identified, by a towing vehicle, with respect to a towed vehicle to be towed by the towing vehicle. A towed configuration of the towed vehicle is monitored. Responsive to the towed configuration of the towed vehicle being incorrect according to the towing information, a warning is displayed in the HMI indicating the incorrect towing configuration.
US11975612B2
A vehicle includes a first wheel, a second wheel, and a controller. The first and second of wheels have first and second tires, respectively. The controller is programmed to receive inputs indicative of tire tread wear of the first and second wheels. The controller is further programmed to, in response to a command to adjust torques of the first and second wheels to first and second desired torque values, respectively, and a difference between a tire tread wear of the first wheel and a tire tread wear of the second wheel exceeding a threshold, adjust the torque of the first electric machine to less than the first desired torque value and adjust the torque of the second electric machine to greater than the second desired torque value.
US11975605B2
A front wheel clutch and a front wheel acceleration clutch are supported to a front wheel transmission shaft. Between the front wheel clutch and the front wheel acceleration clutch, there is provided a holder supporting the front wheel transmission shaft. A first operational oil passage for switching over the front wheel clutch is defined respectively in and between the holder and the front wheel transmission shaft. A second operational oil passage for switching over the front wheel acceleration clutch is defined respectively in and between the holder and the front wheel transmission shaft.
US11975604B2
A vehicle includes a first rail and a second rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a vehicle-lateral axis. The vehicle includes an energy storage device between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a support structure between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a cable under tension and extending from the first rail to the second rail, the cable between the energy storage device and the support structure.
US11975600B2
An electric truck that travels by electric power supplied from a battery includes a ladder frame including a pair of side rails, where the side rails face each other in a vehicle width direction, and a power supply unit including the battery, where the power supply unit is disposed between the side rails and is connected to the side rails. The side rails each have flanges having a predetermined width provided at each edge of a respective web. At least one of the flanges at a location facing a corner of the power supply unit as viewed in the vehicle width direction has a narrowed flange portion having a width smaller than the predetermined width.
US11975595B2
Technologies for enhancing performance of a clutch that is installed in connection with a transport climate control system is provided. Enhancing performance of the clutch can be performed by establishing engagement cycling parameters for the clutch, cycling the clutch through a repetition of engagement and disengagement in accordance with the established engagement cycling parameters, and terminating the cycling upon achievement of at least one predetermined criterion.
US11975594B2
The present invention relates to a coolant heater. The objective of the present invention is to provide a coolant heater, wherein an assembly formed by stacking sheet-type heaters is integrated with a housing in which coolant circulates, so as to minimize heat loss and thus maximize heating efficiency and achieve free capacity diversification through a sheet-stacking shape.
US11975593B2
A heat pump system, a heat management method and a vehicle are provided. The heat pump system includes an integrated heat exchanger integrated with a superconducting liquid flow passage and a refrigerant flow passage. The refrigerant flow passage is provided inside an on-board refrigerant circulation loop and is used for cooling and/or heating to adjust the temperature within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The superconducting liquid flow passage is in communication with a motor heat dissipating conduit, for absorbing the heat generated by an on board motor and transferring the heat to the integrated heat exchanger by means of phase change heat transfer. The heat pump system can increase the energy utilization rate for the vehicle and reduce the allowable ambient temperature of the heat pump system.
US11975574B2
A tire and wheel assembly includes a tire, a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, the rim piece having a first annular ring flange for engaging the tire, a rim piece for engaging the hub member, a second annular ring flange for engaging the tire, and a plurality of cylindrical shafts for each axially engaging the first annular ring flange at one axial end of each of the shafts and the second annular ring flange at another opposite axial end of each of the shafts.
US11975572B2
An in-tire electric device having a bracket and an electric circuit unit detachably held by the bracket includes: an engagement protrusion and an engagement hole provided on the electric circuit unit and the bracket to engage with each other to restrict, through a two-step operation where the electric circuit unit is moved in a first direction and then moved or rotated in a second direction intersecting the first direction, all movements and rotations except for a reverse of the second direction; a retainer mounted on the bracket from a direction intersecting the second direction and facing the electric circuit unit in the second direction to restrict the electric circuit unit from moving in the second direction; and retainer locking portions formed on the bracket and the retainer and engage with each other by elastic deformation of one of the retainer locking portions to lock the retainer to the bracket.
US11975571B2
The present disclosure relates to a tire having characters such as a brand name, a model name, etc. engraved on a sidewall thereof. The tire of the present disclosure includes a plurality of knurling units that includes: a first knurling part that is convex; a second knurling part that continues from a side of the first knurling part and is convex; a third knurling part that continues from a side of the second knurling part and is convex; and a fourth knurling part that is convex and is continuously connected from a side of the third knurling part to another side of the first knurling part.
US11975568B2
A self-leveling caster assembly includes a caster frame and a castor fork which is configured to pivot relative to the caster frame. A spring or other biasing mechanism biases the caster fork away from the caster frame, to maintain contact between the ground and a wheel supported by the caster fork along a travel range of the wheel. Even if a frame supporting the self-leveling caster assembly is bent, pulling the wheel away from the ground, the biased caster fork will maintain contact between the ground and the wheel, allowing continued use of a shopping cart or other wheeled apparatus including the self-leveling caster assembly.
US11975562B1
According to an aspect of the present invention, a double-sided bead board, comprising: a base; a first pattern of recessed designs on a first side of the base; and a second pattern of recessed designs on a second side of the base.
US11975561B2
A thermal transfer and process for producing it that provides a fully-digital printed heat transfer capable of little to no process changeover between different graphics. Specifically, the method comprises printing a digital image onto a treated adhesive substrate, applying the image side to a carrier substrate, then digitally cutting and removing substrate not containing graphic elements through a combination of kiss-and-through cutting to produce a high stretch, multi-color photographic quality print transfers for the apparel and soft goods industry.
US11975558B2
A micro-optic security device (105) includes a planar array of microlenses (305), which are configured to focus light along a plurality of focal paths (610) associated with a viewing angle. The micro-optic security device further includes an icon layer stack (905) disposed along the plurality of focal paths. The icon layer stack includes a first icon layer (620) with volumes of cured material of a first color (613b) and volumes of substantially transparent material at locations outside of focal paths of the first range of viewing angles. The icon layer stack also includes a second icon layer (640) with volumes of substantially transparent cured material at locations along focal paths of the first range of viewing angles, and volumes of cured material of a second color (637a) at locations along focal paths of a second range of viewing angles.
US11975556B2
The present invention aims to provide a flexographic printing original plate which exhibits improved sustainability of the ability of preventing the plate surface from staining. According to the present invention, there is provided a water-developable flexographic printing original plate including at least a support and a photosensitive resin layer provided on the support, in which the photosensitive resin layer contains a water-dispersible latex, a photopolymerizable unsaturated compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a silicone compound. When the water-dispersible latex is one or more latex rubbers selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene rubber and poly(nitrile-butadiene) rubber, the silicone compound is a silicone compound having an amino group in the molecule and has a refractive index of 1.44 to 1.60. When the water-dispersible latex is poly(styrene-butadiene) rubber, the silicone compound is a silicone compound having an amino group in the molecule and has a refractive index of 1.47 to 1.63.
US11975554B2
Provided is a thermal transfer sheet enabling printing suitability on high temperature printing to be good. A thermal transfer sheet 100 in which either one or both of a colorant layer 3 and a transfer layer 10 are provided on one face of a substrate 1, and a back face layer 20 is provided on the other face of the substrate 1, wherein a back face primer layer 25 is provided between the substrate 1 and the back face layer 20, and the back face primer layer 25 contains at least one component selected from a silicone resin, a siloxane cross-linked resin, and a silica-introduced resin.
US11975552B2
There are disclosed curable elastomeric compositions comprising at least one reactive curable silicone pre-polymer capable of forming a silicone elastomer upon curing thereof, and a plurality of hydrophilic carbon black particles dispersed therein, as well as their corresponding cured products. Such compositions, once cured, can be used for the preparation of numerous articles of wide industrial applicability.
US11975547B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluid ejection controller is described. The fluid ejection controller includes a firing board to pass control signals to a fluid ejection device to eject fluid from the fluid ejection device. A mount pivotally holds the firing board between a disengaged position where electrical pins of the firing board are not in contact with electrical pads of the fluid ejection device and an engaged position where the electrical pins are in contact with the electrical pads. The mount includes a slot to receive the fluid ejection device and at least one biasing spring to bias the firing board away from the fluid ejection device during insertion of the fluid ejection device. The fluid ejection controller also includes a handle coupled to a cam shaft to move the firing board between the disengaged position and the engaged position.
US11975542B2
A liquid absorber of the present disclosure includes: a first base material; a second base material; and an absorption layer provided between the first base material and the second base material, in which the first base material and the second base material both contain a flame-retardant filament nonwoven fabric, and a content of a flame retardant in the absorption layer is less than 10% by mass.
US11975541B2
A method including: a conveying step of conveying a continuous sheet to be a component of a disposable worn article in a longitudinal direction; a printing step of repeatedly printing a predetermined pattern by spraying ink from a first group of nozzles of an inkjet print head onto a surface of the continuous sheet; and a flushing step of performing a flushing operation of spraying ink from at least a second group of nozzles of the head onto the surface of the continuous sheet.
US11975532B2
Provided are: a holding unit configured to rotatably hold a roll body on which a medium is wound; a transport unit configured to transport the medium unwound from the roll body; a tension applying unit configured to press the medium between the holding unit and the transport unit to apply tension to the medium; a driving portion configured to provide driving force to the tension applying unit; a control unit configured to control the transport unit and the driving portion; and a detector configured to detect a load applied to the transport unit, and the control unit controls the driving force by the driving portion on the basis of the load detected by the detector to adjust the tension applied to the medium.
US11975530B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of indirect printing with an aqueous ink. Related apparatus, systems and treatment formulations are disclosed herein. Some embodiments relate to an aqueous treatment formulation for use with an intermediate transfer member of a printing system. In some embodiments, the system comprises a treatment station disposed downstream of the impression station and upstream of the image forming station for forming a uniform thin layer of a liquid treatment formulation onto a surface of an intermediate transfer member (ITM) at a lower run thereof.
US11975528B2
A cover glass printing pad, a method of manufacturing the cover glass and the cover glass are provided. The cover glass printing pad includes a jig portion, a body portion in which a first surface contacts the jig portion and at least a part of a second surface is parallel to the first surface and a pad portion including an outer frame portion disposed on at least one side of the body portion and protruding in a first direction perpendicular to the second surface.
US11975517B2
The present disclosure, in general, provides for elastomeric materials which, when they contact water, take up water reversibly, and undergo a dry to wet “character change” in which the appearance of the elastomeric material, its physical properties, or both, is altered.
US11975504B2
Webs of inflatable mailer pouches and associated methods are disclosed. Pouches include a multilayer inner cushion structure with inflatable compartments and a fill channel disposed at a first longitudinal edge of the structure. An outer layer with a closure flap is secured to the inner structure. The inner cushion structure and outer layer are folded at a bottom edge of the pouch to form first and second panels of the pouches. The fill channel may be disposed at a top of the first panel and the closure flap disposed at a top of either the first or the second panel. The fill channel extends beyond a top of the second panel and the closure flap is extendable beyond the top of the fill channel. When wound, the closure flap is folded so that the fill channel of each pouch layer is exposed at a lateral face of the cylinder.
US11975495B2
A process for welding of at least two separate vehicle panels (12, 14) to form an integral part (16) for a vehicle. There is provided at least one first panel (12) including a first weld line area (18) and at least one second panel (14) including a corresponding second weld line area (19), the second weld line area (19) abutting in a weldable relationship to the first weld line area (18). The first and second weld line areas (18, 19) have at least one first weldable portion (22) and at least one second portion (24) at which welding is substantially hindered during welding attachment of the first and second panels (12, 14). The process includes applying a curable adhesive at each second portion (24), placing in a welding fixture and welding the panels (12, 14) at each first weldable portion (22) such that the panels (12, 14) are held together during curing of the adhesive.
US11975493B2
Provided are an adhesive tape attaching device for cell and a manufacturing method for the adhesive tape attaching device for cell. The adhesive tape attaching device for cell includes a tooling plate, an adhesive tape clamping and pulling mechanism, an adhesive tape cutting mechanism, an adhesive tape attaching mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The tooling plate is for carrying a cell; the adhesive tape clamping and pulling mechanism is configured to clamp an adhesive tape and drive the adhesive tape to move in a horizontal direction approaching the cell; the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is disposed in a transportation direction of the adhesive tape, the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is located upstream of the tooling plate, and the adhesive tape cutting mechanism is configured to cut the adhesive tape into adhesive tape segments; the adhesive tape attaching mechanism is configured to attach the adhesive tape segment onto a to-be-attached region.
US11975483B2
Examples of methods for part packing are described herein. In some examples, a first subset and a second subset of a set of parts are determined. In some examples a first packing of the first subset is determined. In some examples, a second packing of the second subset is determined based on the first packing.
US11975480B2
Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (6, 6′) generated via an irradiation device (4), wherein the irradiation device (4) comprises at least one beam guiding unit (7, 7′) that is adapted to guide the energy beam (6, 6′) across a build plane (9) in which build material (3) is applied to be irradiated, wherein the at least one beam guiding unit (7, 7′) is arranged behind a point of impact (20) of the energy beam (6, 6′) in the build plane (9), in particular all possible points of impact (20), with respect to a streaming direction (16) of the gas stream (13) streaming over the build plane (9).
US11975472B2
A method for forming a belt-like rubber sheet S by extruding rubber on a drum outer peripheral surface 3a by an extruder 2 includes: a front end forming step for forming a front end S1 having a wedge-shaped cross section; an intermediate part forming step for forming an intermediate part S2 having a desired thickness; and a rear end forming step for forming a rear end S3 having a wedge-shaped cross section by gradually decreasing an extrusion amount of the rubber to zero from a predetermined extrusion amount in a predetermined time, gradually decreasing the rotational speed of the drum outer peripheral surface 3a to zero from a predetermined rotational speed in the predetermined time, and gradually decreasing a distance from the drum outer peripheral surface 3a to a die 21 to an extrusion end distance from a predetermined distance in the predetermined time.
US11975464B2
A technique of manufacturing an elastomeric container closure or plunger with embedded functional components to avoid thermal damage to the components is described. The technique includes molding a drug-contacting part from a first material at a first temperature and for a first length of time defining a first thermal exposure; after molding the drug-contacting part, inserting ancillary components into the drug-contacting part, where the ancillary components have an operational thermal budget less than the first thermal exposure; and overmolding the drug-contracting part and the ancillary components with a second material at a second temperature for a second length of time to form a non-drug-contacting part that mechanically connects the non-drug-contacting part and the drug-contacting part to form the elastomeric container closure and seals the ancillary components inside the elastomeric container closure. The overmolding defines a thermal exposure less than the operational thermal budget of the ancillary components.
US11975458B2
The invention relates to a device for cutting a base web with a separating device as well as a corresponding method, where the separating device can cut a base web into individual bases which can be guided under a fresh product. The separating device comprises a knife device and a counter cutting device, each of which comprise at least two cutting edges. The knife device and/or the counter cutting devices can be moved to and fro in two directions.
US11975455B1
Provided is a method for determining a coverage path of a robotic device, including: capturing, with a sensor, spatial data of the environment; detecting, with a processor, at least one obstacle within the environment based on the spatial data; determining, with the processor, a first working zone within the environment; determining, with the processor, a coverage path within the first working zone that accounts for at least one of the obstacles detected within the first working zone; actuating, with the processor, a robotic device to drive along the coverage path within the first working zone; and wherein the processor determines an adapted coverage path when a new obstacle is detected and wherein the processor actuates the robotic device to drive along the adapted coverage path.
US11975453B2
A method includes: accessing a virtual model defining a geometry of a workpiece; navigating an optical sensor about the workpiece; accessing an image of the workpiece; detecting a marker, on the workpiece, depicted in the image; defining a first workpiece region of the workpiece bounded by the marker; defining a toolpath within the first workpiece region based on a geometry of the first workpiece region represented in the virtual model; assigning a first target force to the first toolpath; and during a processing cycle accessing a first sequence of force values output by a force sensor coupled to the sanding head, navigating the sanding head across the first workpiece region according to the first toolpath, and based on the first sequence of force values, deviating the sanding head from the first toolpath to maintain forces of the sanding head on the workpiece proximal the first target force.
US11975449B2
An exoskeleton includes a frame; and an actuation system. The actuation system includes a transmission device; a passive joint mechanism connecting the frame to the transmission device, the passive joint mechanism having a four-bar linkage; and a drive system couples the passive joint mechanism to the transmission device, and is arranged to drive the transmission device.
US11975443B2
The invention relates to a method for assembling a motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device, comprising a step of moving at least one part by a manipulator (I) provided with gripping means (2), the gripping means (2) comprising at least one first finger (3) delimiting a triangular shape, said part comprising an element of shape complementary to the trian-gular shape of the finger of the manipulator, termed counter shape, so that, during the movement step, the manipulator (I) grasps the part using the gripping means (2), the counter shape of the part en-gaging with the triangular shape of the finger (3).
US11975432B2
A fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, and a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. A lifter is operable to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A transmission is provided for providing torque to the lifter. The lifter includes a hub and a plurality of lugs extending therefrom. Each lug is engageable with the driver blade when moving the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The hub and the lugs are integrally formed as a single piece. The lifter includes a first side and an opposite second side. Each of the first side and the second side is flat.
US11975428B2
A tool configured to assemble a drain to a household appliance wall, the drain formed by an interior tube and an exterior tube, the tool including a jaw, a housing, a spring and a guide member. The jaw is formed by a pair of arms and configured to move between a closed position, in which the jaw is configured to be inserted through an aperture formed by the household appliance wall, and an open position in which the jaw is configured to engage the interior tube. The housing houses the jaw and the spring is fixed to the housing and configured to bias the jaw towards the closed position. And the pair of arms are configured to move from the closed position to the open position as the jaw is inserted through the aperture.
US11975418B2
A base assembly includes a first horizontal brace, a second horizontal brace, a first horizontal interconnection interconnecting front ends of the first and second horizontal braces, a second horizontal interconnection interconnecting rear ends of the first and second horizontal braces, and first, second, third and fourth vertical posts each releasably secured to the underside of the worktable and the rear ends of the first and second horizontal braces; a control switch secured to the front ends of the first and second horizontal braces, and the first interconnection; and a detachable worktable including first and second sliding rods, an opening, first and second bifurcations, a housing; a chute; first and second bossed holes, two opposite third bossed holes, two opposite fourth bossed holes, first and second C-shaped clamps, a transverse second threaded hole, and screws.
US11975395B2
A BTA drilling quick-stop device (QSD) and a method, wherein the BTA drilling QSD includes a base. The base includes a hollow cavity. A side portion of the base has an opening communicating with the hollow cavity. The opening is closed by a through cover. A horizontally movable fixture is disposed in the hollow cavity. A stopper is disposed at a top portion of the base. A bottom portion of the stopper is disposed lower than a top portion of the fixture to stop the fixture from moving during processing. An elastic element is disposed between the through cover and a side portion of the fixture to push the fixture to move after processing.
US11975391B2
A cutting tool including a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, wherein the cutting tool includes: a rake face, a flank face contiguous to the rake face; and a cutting edge region composed of a boundary part between the rake face and the flank face, wherein the coating film includes a TiSiCN layer, the TiSiCN layer has: a first TiSiCN layer positioned in the rake face; and a second TiSiCN layer positioned in the cutting edge region, the first TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti(1-Xr)SiXrCN, the second TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti(1-Xe)SiXeCN, and the Xr and the Xe each represent 0.010 or more and 0.100 or less, and satisfy a relationship of Xr−Xe≥0.003.
US11975379B2
A hot press forming die includes a die main body (2) made of alloy tool steel, and a number of forming projections (3) projecting on the die main body and configured to form a forming surface (5) that comes into contact with a heated metal plate material that is an object to be formed and form a refrigerant passage through which a cooling medium flows. The die main body includes a first forming portion (14) in which the forming surface is formed to extend in a direction intersecting a forming direction of the metal plate material, a second forming portion (15) in which the forming surface is formed to extend in the forming direction, and a third forming portion (16) configured to connect the first forming portion and the second forming portion such that the forming surface becomes a convex surface. The forming projection provided on the third forming portion is formed to be a projecting strip extending between the first forming portion and the second forming portion. It is possible to provide a hot press forming die for which forming convex portions with a high hardness can easily be formed.
US11975369B2
Apparatus is disclosed for separating an amount of a substance from groundwater, comprising an elongate chamber (18) having an inlet (22) which is arranged in use to admit groundwater into the chamber near a lower first end (24). There is also a gas sparger (26) located near the first end (24) which admits gas into the chamber for inducing groundwater to flow from the first end (24) of the chamber toward a second end upper end, and for producing a froth layer (32) which rises above an interface with the groundwater including a concentrated amount of the substance. A suction hood (38) can be moved downward from the top of the chamber (18) into a position to collapse the froth layer (32) and to cause it to be removed from the well body (14). The suction hood (38) (acting as a froth depth regulation device) controls the amount of groundwater in the froth layer (32), which influences the concentration of the contaminant substance achieved in the froth layer (32).
US11975362B2
A dual-layer linear cross belt sorting system is provided, including a package supply table, a sorting loop, a platform, sliding chutes and a scanning device. The sorting loop is of a closed-loop and dual-layer linear conveying structure in a vertical direction, and the sorting loop includes sorting trolleys connected along a single queue, two sets of dual-layer rails formed by connecting bent rails located at two ends and straight rails located at upper and lower layers to each other by an internal welding, a driving component and a tensioning component. The driving component and the tensioning component constitute a transmission structure of the sorting loop and are located at two ends of the sorting loop respectively.
US11975358B1
A system for delivering ultrasonic energy to a transducer load has at least one ultrasonic transducer, and a radio frequency (RF) generator for delivering RF power to the transducer load. The RF generator has an output circuit that has at least one tunable resonant frequency, a voltage circuitry system that senses an output voltage waveform, a current circuitry system that senses an output current waveform, and a phase detector circuit for measuring a phase differential between the output voltage waveform and the output current waveform. The phase detector circuit has an XOR gate that receive a voltage signal input and a current signal input, a comparator that compares the measured phase differential to a desired phase difference to generate a phase value; and a motor controller evaluates the phase value and based on the phase value automatically repositions or maintains the position of a moveable metallic core within a variable inductor, to generate a desired ultrasonic transmission in a liquid wherein the voltage and current phases are approximately aligned.
US11975355B2
A coating shim and a coating device, for applying a first slurry and a second slurry to an object to be coated are provided. The coating shim includes: a first flow channel for applying the first slurry to the object to be coated to form a first coating layer; and a second flow channel for applying the second slurry to the object to be coated to form a second coating layer. The first flow channel has a first slurry outlet at a first end face of the shim facing the object to be coated, the second flow channel has a second slurry outlet at the first end face, and the first slurry outlet and the second slurry outlet are configured to partially overlap in a thickness direction of the shim, such that the first coating layer and the second coating layer partially overlap in the thickness direction of the shim.
US11975352B2
A composition applicator tip adapted to deliver a “rippled” bead of composition to a surface of a substrate, the composition applicator tip including: a hollow conduit structure defining a pair of opposed openings and adapted to deliver the composition there through, wherein a first opening of the pair of opposed openings is adapted to be coupled to a composition delivery vessel; and an end wall enclosing a second opening of the pair of opposed openings, wherein the end wall defines an elongate slot that is adapted to be disposed substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate in use and expel the composition there through, and wherein a portion of the end wall disposed beneath the elongate slot has a height such that the composition falls by gravity a predetermined distance to the surface of the substrate in use as the composition applicator tip is translated along the surface of the substrate.
US11975351B2
Applicators and methods for dispensing material are disclosed. The applicator includes a syringe defining an inlet, and outlet, a chamber extending from the inlet to the outlet, a plunger disposed within the chamber, and a piston attached to the plunger, where the piston is configured to move the plunger through the chamber. The applicator also includes an actuation mechanism configured to linearly translate the piston through the chamber so as to dispense material through the outlet, a sensor attached to the plunger, where the sensor is configured to sense a linear movement of the plunger, and a controller configured to adjust operation of the actuation mechanism based on the linear movement sensed by the sensor such that the piston repeatedly dispenses a predetermined amount of the material from the outlet of the syringe over a plurality of dispense cycles.
US11975346B2
An on-line automatic cleaning apparatus of slit extrusion type coating die for lithium battery and a method associated therewith are provided. The cleaning apparatus includes: a die lip, a coating steel roller, and a cleaning mechanism disposed therebetween. The cleaning mechanism includes a cleaning chamber which includes elongated sealing strips and a flow-guiding arc groove. Front and rear ends of the cleaning chamber are connected to an inlet sealing plate and an outlet sealing plate respectively. The flow-guiding arc groove is in contact with and presses upper and lower sloped surfaces of the die lip through the elongated sealing strips to seal and thereby define a closed cleaning tunnel. The inlet and outlet sealing plates are in contact with and press two ends of the closed cleaning tunnel respectively for circumferential sealing. An inlet and an outlet are connected to pipes having solenoid valves installed thereon.
US11975340B2
The disclosure relates to a device for dielectrophoretic capture of particles. The device includes at least one electrical contact and at least one layer. The at least one layer includes a top layer side, a bottom layer side, and a barrier structure. The barrier structure is configured such that a fluid comprising the particles can flow through the barrier structure which is disposed on the top layer side. The barrier structure spaces the top layer side apart from the bottom layer side of at least one of the same layer and a second of the at least one layer.
US11975331B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sample container for use inside an optically integrating cavity, comprising an enclosing member comprised of fluorocarbon plastic, the enclosing member having diffuse transmittance of at least 80% and the sample container being adapted to contain a solid or liquid sample.
US11975327B2
An adapter for a container that provides an integrated photoacoustic microscopy system that is capable of real time imaging of samples within the container. The adapter allows a researcher or investigator to evaluate a sample using the photoacoustic effect, with or without a microscope. The adapter comprises a support portion, a planar portion, and a tube. The support portion includes a channel formed therein, the channel including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and an intermediate surface positioned between the first surface and the second surface, the channel configured to receive the rim of the container such that the intermediate surface of the channel is positioned adjacent a top surface of the rim and the first surface and the second surface extend along opposite sides of the sidewall. The planar portion is coupled to the support portion and extends across the opening of the container. The tube is coupled to and extends from the planar portion, the tube defines a bore having an axis, the axis being oriented at an angle relative to the planar portion, the bore configured to receive a photoacoustic transducer for real time imaging of a sample within the container.
US11975301B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a nanoparticle composition. The method includes forming a nanoparticle aerosol in a low pressure reactor, wherein the aerosol comprises MX-functional nanoparticles entrained in a gas, where M is an independently selected Group IV element and X is a functional group independently selected from H and a halogen atom. The method further includes collecting the MX-functional nanoparticles of the aerosol in a capture fluid, where the capture fluid is in fluid communication with the low pressure reactor. The capture fluid includes a polar aprotic fluid immiscible with water and having a viscosity of from 5 to 200 centipoise at 25° C. The capture fluid further includes a functionalization compound miscible with the polar aprotic fluid, the functionalization compound comprising a functional group Y reactive with the functional group X of the MX-functional nanoparticles.
US11975296B2
A pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane from which the surface ion exchange polyelectrolyte has been removed and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane exhibits low film resistance and low in-plane-direction swelling degree, and has a smaller film-thickness than a commercial film, and thus, can be used for various purposes. In addition, since the pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane is continuously manufactured through a roll-to-roll process, the manufacturing process is simple, and manufacturing costs can be greatly reduced.
US11975289B2
A controller can be configured to control a system for extracting liquid water from air comprising a thermal unit, a primary desiccant wheel, and a regeneration fluid path. The controller can comprise a sensor, a motor, and a microcontroller coupled to the sensor and the motor. The microcontroller can be configured to determine a water extraction efficiency based on at least one signal received from the sensor, and also can be configured to maximize the water extraction efficiency by adjusting a speed of the motor in response to the determined water extraction efficiency.
US11975288B2
Drying device including a drying medium with a predetermined number of drying segments which extend adjacently of each other and are associated with at least one opening at each of a first connecting end and a second connecting end, wherein the predetermined number is greater than six and wherein each connecting end includes first and second complementary concentric elements which are rotatable relative to each other round an axis. The openings are provided in the first concentric elements along a rotation ring around the axis. The second concentric elements each delimit at least two channels which open at the position of said rotation ring, so that corresponding channels of the first and second connecting end are connected to each other via the openings and the drying segments in order to allow a first airflow and a second airflow through the drying device.
US11975277B2
A filtration device includes a first electrode provided with a plurality of first openings. a second electrode provided with a plurality of second openings and provided to face one surface of the first electrode, a filter medium provided with a plurality of apertures and provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a filter chamber provided in contact with the other surface of the first electrode and supplied with a material to be treated containing particles to be separated and a liquid, and a third electrode facing the first electrode across the filter chamber.
US11975276B2
Provided are methods for monitoring a filtration and washing operation on a solid-state bulk material in a filter apparatus for cake filtration. The methods include separating a solid-state bulk material in a suspension medium using a filter element for the cake filtration, leading off the suspension medium in the form of a filtrate stream into a filtrate outlet, measuring at least one parameter value of the filtrate stream over a period of time during the filtration and washing operation, and conducting a change analysis of the at least one parameter value over the period of the filtration and washing operation to achieve the end of the filtration and washing operation and/or the effectiveness of the filtration and washing operation.
US11975273B2
In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a housing and a toy vehicle inside the housing. The housing has a movable housing portion, and at least one functional element that is movable and is separate from the movable housing portion. The toy vehicle has a drive wheel that, when driven in a first rotational direction causes the drive wheel to drive movement of the functional element so as to carry out a function without driving movement of the toy vehicle towards the movable housing portion, and when driven in a second rotational direction causes the drive wheel to drive the vehicle towards the movable housing portion.
US11975270B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for assessing performance of a player of a game. An embodiment operates by monitoring for an input from the player of the game, receiving the input from the player of the game, and determining a characteristic of the game resulting from the input from the player. Based on the input from the player, a performance of the player is assessed. The performance of the player relating to one or more metrics of the game is monitored, and is assessed by comparing the input from the player during the period of time to an optimal input during the period of time in the game.
US11975266B2
An attribute value restoration method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a current attribute value of a life attribute of a first object in a virtual scene displayed by a client; based on a determination that the current attribute value is a first threshold, controlling a target attribute of the first object to become effective, the target attribute having an attribute value in a preset range, and controlling the attribute value of the target attribute to start to decrease in the preset range; and restoring the attribute value of the life attribute of the first object to a third threshold based on a determination that a target operation triggered by using the client is completed before the attribute value of the target attribute decreases to a second threshold in the preset range, the third threshold being greater than the first threshold.
US11975259B2
Described herein are systems and techniques for generating odor impressions of scents. Some embodiments provide odor impressions in an extended reality (XR) environment (e.g., virtual reality (VR) and/or augmented reality (AR)). The system determines spatial characteristics of an odor impression that is to be generated in the XR environment. The system generates one or more commands for generating the odor impression based on the spatial characteristics. The system transmits the command(s) to a controller for execution. The controller may control dispersal of scented media to generate the odor impression.
US11975257B2
A playground apparatus comprises a frame adapted to rest on a ground surface, the frame comprising a pair of laterally opposed outermost sides having first ends arranged towards an outermost end of the frame and second ends opposed to the first ends, wherein the outermost sides taper inwardly towards the first ends. Monkey bars are supported by the frame above the ground surface that comprise a plurality of graspable rungs arranged in a row. The playground apparatus also comprises a pair of upright support poles, wherein uppermost sections of the upright support poles are connected to the frame towards the first ends such that the uppermost sections are laterally inwardly disposed relative to the second ends. Lowermost ends of the upright support poles extend outwardly away from one another and towards the outermost end to increase a surface area of the ground surface engaged by the upright support poles.
US11975256B2
A trolley apparatus, system, and method of manufacture are described herein. The trolley apparatus may comprise one or more of a first side plate, a second side plate, a support axle, one or more roller components, and/or other components. The support axle may be mounted through and/or between the first side plate and the second side plate. The support axle may be mounted such that the first side plate and the second side plate are at opposite ends of the support axle. The support axle may be configured to support the one or more roller components. In some implementations, the trolley apparatus may be specifically configured to accommodate a slackline webbing which may have a width of about five centimeters.
US11975244B1
A glowing golf ball is provided. A mounting hole is mounted in a light permeable ball and a light emitting member is mounted in the mounting hole. The light emitting member consists of a tube, a light emitting cap, a miniature battery, and a tube base. The tube is provided with a mounting room for mounting the light emitting cap. A light source is disposed on the light emitting cap and the miniature battery is fixed on the tube base. When the tube base and the tube are covered and fixed by each other, the miniature battery and the light source of the light emitting cap are electrically connected. Thus the light source emits light for allowing golf players to see flight paths and final landing positions of the golf ball in a more eye-catching way under poor light condition.
US11975240B2
A line ascender for enabling a person to ascend a line including a receiver which tapers laterally to the line to receive the line laterally and a clamp provided for clamping the received line responsive to weight of the person. Advantageously, an errant rope can be readily received within the tapered receiver for re-engagement by the clamp.
US11975238B2
A method of predicting the likelihood of a post tee off golf swing or consecutive swings resulting in a ball being sunk in a hole; the method utilizing communication equipped cameras or communication equipped laser rangefinders at known locations to determine accurate ball lie information. Transmission of this location information in real time to a processing facility linked to a database of historical play information incorporating at least ball position information and golf course in order to calculate odds of success of the upcoming swing and/or subsequent swings.
US11975237B2
The present invention relates to a respiratory therapy system having two respiratory therapy devices operable separately and independently of one another. The respiratory therapy devices each have a control unit and each have a device component controllable by means of the control unit for providing a device function. In this case, a coupling unit is provided for establishing an operational connection between the respiratory therapy devices. The coupling unit is designed for the purpose of controlling the control units of the respiratory therapy devices when the operational connection is established.
US11975234B2
A personal activity exercise mat including a base, a first handle connected to the base, a second handle connected to the base, a first equipment connector connected to the base, a second equipment connector connected to the base, a first elastic band connected to the base, and a second elastic band connected to the base, wherein these components facilitate use of the personal activity mat for multiple different activities.
US11975232B2
A composition and method of manufacture of Sodium Polyacrylate cross linked polymer containing compounds are described in the various embodiments below. The composition may form a gel like substance. The composition may exhibit beneficial properties to the suppression, or prevention, of a fire, such as adherence to surfaces, thereby smothering a fire, cooling the fuel of the fire, or cooling the potential fuel of a fire, thereby preventing the fire from initiating.
US11975230B2
There is described a fire-fighting apparatus comprising a housing comprising an upstream air inlet and a downstream fire-extinguishing stream outlet and a hollow body therebetween, wherein the housing houses an air stream traveling at high velocity; and a spray assembly concentrically mounted to the housing. The spray assembly comprises a fluid inlet connected to a source of fluid outside the housing; and a plurality of injecting assemblies fluidly connected to the fluid inlet and designed for breaking down an inflow of the fluid into droplets and projecting the droplets of the fluid within the air stream in a multiphase fire-extinguishing stream. The injecting assemblies each comprises a fluid outlet; a base plate through which extends the fluid outlet; a holding structure mounted to the base plate and extending downstream therefrom, and a unibody jet-fragmenting device mounted to the holding structure facing the stream of fluid exiting the fluid outlet.
US11975222B2
A protective shield is provided for covering a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask or a full-face air purifying respirator (APR) lens to prevent damage and scratching. The shield consists of a die cut shape of thermoplastic sheet that duplicates the outline of the self-contained breathing apparatus mask lens and/or frame. The protective shield can be produced using various grades, colors and/or densities of material replicating limited visibility or blackout conditions. To protect the majority of the plastic lens, the shape of the shield includes a peripheral overlap onto the mask utilizing the SCBA lens frame. The shield can be attached to the self-contained breathing apparatus face mask by means of any of the following: bungee, hook, or elastic cord; all of which allows the shield to be attached or removed quickly. Many SCBA/APR training exercises require limited visibility. The invention can be used as an effective training tool to prevent light transmission and simulate extremely limited visibility.
US11975213B2
Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for a number of disorders. Described are methods and devices to treat disorders that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect mood, focus, and cognition of subjects.
US11975212B2
Disclosed is a magnetic-piezoelectric micro robot capable of a hyperthermia treatment, an electrotherapy and a cell therapy. The magnetic-piezoelectric micro robot includes a body and a stimulus generating layer formed at a surface of the body including a magnetic particle and a piezoelectric particle and generating heat from the magnetic particle and generating an electrical stimulus from the piezoelectric particle by an external stimulus, wherein one of a hyperthermia treatment by the magnetic particle or an electrotherapy by the piezoelectric particle is performed or both are performed simultaneously.
US11975211B2
An electric field cancer treatment apparatus using a rotating alternating current (AC) electric field according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of electrode pairs configured to transmit AC electric fields to a target area in a body, a plurality of AC electric field generators respectively connected to the plurality of electrode pairs and configured to generate AC electric fields to be applied to the plurality of electrode pairs, and a controller configured to control generation of AC electric fields by the plurality of AC electric field generators.
US11975208B2
A computer implemented method for determining heart arrhythmias based on cardiac activity that includes under control of one or more processors of an implantable medical device (IMD) configured with specific executable instructions to obtain far field cardiac activity (CA) signals at electrodes located remote from the heart, and obtain acceleration signatures, at an accelerometer of the IMD, indicative of heart sounds generated during the cardiac beats. The IMD is also configured with specific executable instructions to declare a candidate arrhythmia based on a characteristic of at least one R-R interval from the cardiac beats, and evaluate the acceleration signatures for ventricular events (VEs) to re-assess a presence or absence of at least one R-wave from the cardiac beats and based thereon confirming or denying the candidate arrhythmia.
US11975201B2
A fastening system for an electrical stimulation generator, with a generator and an electrode, has a casing for containing the generator that presents identical first and second openings, disposed on opposite sides; means for the connection of the electrode to the first or second opening in the casing formed by a first pass-through connector for the electrode, with a sealing element; an airtight closing element disposed at the opening of the casing opposite the one presenting the means for the connection of the electrode; a device for securing the electrode to the skin; and means for fastening the casing to the body of the patient.
US11975200B2
Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for managing electrical stimulation therapy and/or sensing of physiological signals such as brain signals. For example, a system is configured to receive, for each electrode combination of a plurality of electrode combinations, information representing a signal sensed in response to first electrical stimulation delivered to a patient via a lead, wherein the plurality of electrode combinations comprise different electrode combinations comprising electrode disposed at different positions around a perimeter of the lead implanted in the patient. The system may also be configured to determine, based on the information for each electrode combination of the plurality of electrode combinations, values for a threshold at different locations around the perimeter of the lead and determine, based on the values for the threshold, one or more stimulation parameter values that at least partially define second electrical stimulation deliverable to the patient via the lead.
US11975198B2
A nerve stimulator and a manufacturing method thereof. The nerve stimulator includes a glass substrate, and a plurality of metal pins provided on the substrate, wherein the metal pins form stimulation portions on one side of the substrate, and the density of the metal pins is greater than 15 Pin/mm2. The stimulation portions in the present nerve stimulator have a high density and a good stimulation effect. The processing method thereof is to cut out a high-density metal pin array first by using a metal underlayer, then the manufacturing method overcomes the deficiency in the prior art that it is rather difficult to manufacture a high density of nerve stimulation electrodes by using other substrates such as ceramics and the like.
US11975184B2
A training device for training a trainee to operate a defibrillator including a housing having a shape which imitates a shape of a defibrillator, a defibrillator function emulation device attached to the housing and configured to emulate a predefined subset of functions of a defibrillator, and electrodes attached to the housing. The trainer defibrillator of the disclosure simulates a real defibrillator, but, due to limited functionality and construction, will be much less expensive than existing trainer defibrillators and will therefore be able to be distributed more widely.
US11975169B2
This disclosure relates to symmetric tubing clamps for blood treatment systems and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a tubing clamp includes a resilient body that has symmetry with respect to a first plane with a normal along a longitudinal axis of the resilient body, the resilient body comprising a sidewall defining an opening such that a tubing is arrangeable through the opening along the longitudinal axis of the resilient body; first and second snap-fit features configured to engage with each other when the resilient body is compressed along a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a protrusion configured to constrict the tubing when the resilient body is compressed along the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US11975162B2
A method and apparatus for delivery of cell therapies, introduced via percutaneous access to the circulation, and delivered to the site of vascular injury intervention.
US11975155B2
The present disclosure pertains to automatically predicting a slow wave response of a subject to sensory stimulation during a sleep session. The sensory stimulation may be delivered to the subject upon detection of deep NREM sleep. The sensory stimulation may be auditory, haptic, visual, or other stimulation. The system delivers stimulation to the subject in blocks of stimulation separated from one another be intra-block intervals. The blocks are separated from each other by inter-block stimulations. The system compares the stimulated slow wave activity of the subject to the unstimulated slow wave activity of the subject. The system may update the stimulation parameters based on the comparison and deliver a subsequent block stimulation. Once the comparison indicates that the stimulated slow wave activity is significantly different from the unstimulated slow wave activity, the system may apply continuous fixed sensory stimulation to the user according to the most recent stimulation parameters.
US11975152B2
An oral capnography accessory device provides a pathway for sampling oral exhalations of carbon dioxide from a mouth of a patient. The device is used in combination with a bite block. The device includes a main body extending linearly along a longitudinal axis, latch arms extending from a buccal facing surface of the main body and forming a cavity into which the bite block is insertable, and tube attachment extending from a lingual facing surface of the main body. Tubing is insertable through a passageway therethrough of the tube attachment. The device is configured for use with a nose or face mask, and with a monitoring system.
US11975146B2
The invention relates to a positioning sputum suction laryngeal mask. The positioning sputum suction laryngeal mask comprises a mask body and a mask body tube, wherein the mask body comprises a mask body bottom plate and a mask main body arranged on the mask body bottom plate, a central region in the mask main body is provided with a mask body cavity communicated with the mask body tube, a stomach decompression tube corresponding to the stomach mouth is arranged on the back side of the mask body bottom plate, and the stomach decompression tube is isolated from the mask body cavity through the mask body bottom plate. The positioning sputum suction laryngeal mask also comprises a connection suction mechanism capable of realizing negative pressure suction in a gas supply process. The connection suction mechanism comprises a suction connecting tube which is arranged in the mask body bottom plate, and the end, located in the mask body bottom plate, of the suction connecting tube is communicated with the stomach decompression tube. The positioning sputum suction laryngeal mask can be effectively positioned, has lower complexity and usage costs, can ensure the ventilation and sealing effect without air inflation in use, can realize suction of secretions in a ventilation process, can avoid airway blockage caused by epiglottis, and can improve the stability and reliability in use.
US11975138B2
An aerosol generating device for receiving an aerosol generating article includes an electrical circuit including a controller for determining a change in an electrical property of the circuit. The change in the electrical property of the circuit is caused by the user interacting with an aerosol generating article received by the device.
US11975135B2
A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A first roller and a second roller are moveable between a first position and a second position and configured to compress the tube in the second position. A first roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the first roller therein and a second roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the second roller therein. The first and second roller chassis are moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever operably coupled to the housing causes the first or second roller to pivot and engage the tube positioned within the passageway.
US11975128B2
A medical treatment system, such as a peritoneal dialysis system, may include a control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a cycler device may include a heater bag receiving section and a lid mounted to cover and uncover the heater bag receiving section, potentially enabling faster heating of a dialysate. A user interface may be moveable to be received into the receiving section and covered by the lid, if desired. The system may detect anomalous conditions, such as tilting of a housing of the system, and automatically recover without terminating a treatment. The system may include noise reduction features, such as porting pneumatic outputs to a common chamber, and others. The system may also automatically detect any one of several different solution lines connected to the system, and control operation accordingly, e.g., to mix solutions provided by two or more lines and form a needed dialysate solution. A cassette control surface may be arranged to have one or more ports that can detect a presence of a liquid, e.g., to identify if a cassette is leaking or has otherwise been compromised.
US11975123B2
A method of preventing tissue adhesion includes forming an incision in tissue, applying a hydrogel to tissue through the incision, and closing the incision with the hydrogel therein. The hydrogel includes a polymer non-covalently cross-linked with a plurality of nanoparticles and prevents a formation of adhesions between tissues and/or organs.
US11975120B2
A chitosan for use in an antimicrobial treatment of a patient's tissue and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chitosan for use in an antimicrobial treatment of a patient's tissue. A method of treating a microbial infection, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an effective amount of a chitosan and an aqueous solution comprising chitosan. A chitosan or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chitosan for use in an epithelial cell growth stimulating treatment of a patient's tissue. A method of stimulating the growth of epithelial cells the method comprising the step of administering to a patient or to an epithelial cells containing cell culture an effective amount of a chitosan or a pharmaceutical composition comprising chitosan. A tissue dressing material characterized in that it consists of chitosan or a chitosan comprising composition.
US11975104B2
Provided herewith is a pharmaceutical composition comprising, separately or together, a pulsatile release component comprising levodopa and a DOPA decarboxylase inhibitor for the management of OFF-time episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease.
US11975097B2
There is provided a fast dissolving solid dosage form adapted for the release of a biologically active material in the oral cavity wherein the dosage form comprises at least one biologically active material, and at least one matrix forming agent, wherein the dosage form substantially dissolves in the oral cavity. A method of producing the same and a kit comprising the same are also provided.
US11975096B2
The invention provides stable liquid formulations containing naloxone, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a derivative thereof. The invention further provides methods for treating opioid overdose, opioid dependence, and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis by administering the liquid formulations of the present invention intranasally to a patient in need thereof. Further, the invention provides a method of treating opioid dependence, opioid overdose, and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis by administering intranasally the naloxone formulations of the present invention.
US11975094B2
The invention relates to three-part makeup remover compositions comprising (a) a water part; (b) an oil part; and (c) a silicone-in-water emulsion part.
US11975083B2
A wet wipe with a substrate having cellulosic fibers and a lotion is provided. The lotion may have between about 96.0% and about 99.5%, by weight of the lotion, of water. The lotion may have a preservative system having benzoic acid and/or a salt thereof, succinic acid and/or a salt thereof, and phytic acid and/or a salt thereof. The lotion may also have a surfactant, pH buffering system, and a pH of about 3.5 to about 5.
US11975077B2
A cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) comprising a plurality of mono(amino acid)s, oligo(amino acid)s, or poly(amino acid)s where a plurality of the amino acids comprise a positively charged guanylurea unit with a small molecule fragment and each of the mono(amino acid)s, oligo(amino acid)s, or poly(amino acid)s comprising a drug attached through a linker. The CPP can be used for treating cancers.
US11975075B2
Disclosed is a process for preparation of heterogeneous monodisperse mixtures of protein conjugates with a defined degree of conjugation (1-8) obtained by using a tri-functional reagent allowing affinity concentration followed by subsequent simultaneous release-functionalization.
US11975073B2
The present invention provides lymphatic system-directing lipid prodrugs, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of producing such prodrugs and compositions, as well as methods of improving the bioavailability or other properties of a therapeutic agent that comprises part of the lipid prodrug. The present invention also provides methods of treating a disease, disorder, or condition such as those disclosed herein, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a disclosed lipid prodrug or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.
US11975072B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also relates to the use of said compound of formula (I) in the treatment of cancer, particularly by photodynamic therapy.
US11975049B2
The invention provides reagents, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of prevention of disorders and diseases related to defects in trigeminal innervation of the cornea, stem cell deficiency, nonhealing epithelial wounds and particularly to diseases such as neurotrophic keratopathy.
US11975046B2
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of fibrosis. The invention discloses new research which demonstrates that interferon-lambda has directly acting anti-fibrotic effects both in vitro and in vivo and may be used to provide effective new therapies for the treatment of multiple types of fibrosis.
US11975045B2
The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
US11975044B2
FSP27 compositions and methods for treating cancers are described.
US11975041B2
A composition containing cyclo-hispro (CHP) and its use in preventing, alleviating, or treating bone loss diseases are disclosed. The composition contains CHP or a CHP-containing prostate extract.
US11975026B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of CD19 and/or CD22, e.g., by administering a recombinant T cell or natural killer (NK) cell comprising a CD22 CAR and a CD19 CAR as described herein. The disclosure also relates to CAR molecules specific to CD22 and/or CD19, methods of making a cell comprising the same and vectors encoding the same.
US11975022B2
Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 μg to about 4,000 μg of zinc, about 40 μg to about 400 μg of copper, from about 4 μg to about 90 μg of selenium, or from about 1 μg to about 80 μg of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.
US11975020B2
The present invention provides compositions, systems, kits, and methods for preparation prior to a colonoscopy or other gastrointestinal procedure. In particular, the present invention provides a colon lavage system comprising an aqueous portion and a solid portion.
US11975016B2
The use of described compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or compositions thereof for the treatment of a host infected with an RNA virus other than HCV, or other disorder more fully described herein.
US11975013B2
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising thiotepa and one selected from PEG, such as PEG400 or PEG600, and DMSO, and optionally water or an aqueous saline solution and thiosulfate. The composition is free or substantially free of impurities. Also provided is a method for treating cancer in a subject, or myeloablation prior to bone marrow transplantation using the composition. A method for enhancing the stability of a thiotepa formulation is also contemplated.
US11975010B2
This disclosure relates to a composition for facilitating transdermal delivery of vitamin D while preventing UV light from reaching user skin includes a concentration of cholecalciferol within a range of about 10 IU/g to about 40,000 IU/g. The composition includes one or more metal oxides such as zinc oxide and/or one or more titanium oxides which function to prevent (or at least limit) UV light from reaching user skin. The metal oxide(s) are provided at a concentration within a range of about 10% to about 50% by weight of the total composition.
US11975006B2
The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a PDE V inhibitor and one or more pharmaceutical excipients or additives wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of liquid pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions which are treatable by administration of PDE V inhibitor drug such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, etc.
US11975004B2
There are disclosed certain 1-[2-(aminomethyl)benzyl]-2-thioxo-1,2,3,5-tetrahydro-4H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, together with compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders such as heart failure and coronary artery disease related conditions.
US11974999B2
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitors have the following Formula (I):
US11974998B2
The present disclosure provides for methods of treating a patient with a CYP3A4 substrate drug, wherein the patient is treated with posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient stops posaconazole treatment, waits for at least 3 days, and then is treated with the CYP3A4 substrate drug as soon as it is safe to do so. In some embodiments, treatment with the CYP3A4 substrate drug is delayed for about 3-42 days after stopping posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient is treated with a reduced dose of the CYP3A4 substrate drug for about 3-42 days.
US11974987B2
The disclosure relates to certain uses and methods of use of 3.1.0 and 4.1.0 azabicycle compounds of Formula (I), wherein X, Y, R1, R2a, and R2b are defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, including Asperger's syndrome.
US11974986B2
The disclosure relates to ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions comprising pilocarpine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. Aspects of the disclosure further relate to uses and preparations of ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions comprising pilocarpine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for correcting presbyopia and other ocular conditions in a subject.
US11974980B2
A method of treating a pediatric cancerous solid tumor in a mammalian subject is disclosed that comprises intralesionally administering an amount of a halogenated xanthene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably Rose Bengal disodium, that elicits ablation of tumor cells of the administered tumor. Another contemplated method comprises the steps of intralesionally administering an amount of a halogenated xanthene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably Rose Bengal disodium, that elicits ablation of tumor cells of the administered tumor and systemically administering a tumor-inhibiting effective amount of a systemic anti-cancer medication that provides synergistic cytotoxicity with the halogenated xanthene. The two administrations can occur concurrently, or one prior to the other.
US11974979B2
Minimally invasive treatment methods for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) tissue. A system includes a sustained release formulation comprising a cytostatic or cytotoxic drug, and an applicator or delivery system for local delivery of a composition comprising or consisting essentially of the sustained release formulation to the prostate. The applicator containing the composition is characterized by a KIR value of between 40 and 400 Centipoise per unit area.
US11974963B2
A massage chair capable of massaging the front body region is proposed. In the massage chair, one end is rotatably coupled to the backrest part and the backrest part for supporting the user's back, and includes a front massage part for massaging the user's abdomen or chest. According to the present configuration, there is proposed a massage chair capable of performing massage even in a front body region of a person to be treated, such as a chest or an abdomen.
US11974959B1
A retractable walker is disclosed, including left armrest component, a right armrest component, a seat, two front support members, and two rear support members. The left armrest component and the right armrest component are configured to be disposed at left and right and connected to each other in a left and right retractable adjustment. The seat includes a horizontal support frame and a seat plate, the horizontal support frame has a left and right retractable structure, and left and right ends of the horizontal support frame are configured to be mounted to the left armrest component and the right armrest component for connection respectively. The retractable walker can be retracted to adjust sizes, thereby applicable to different tall and short, fat and thin populations, which can greatly improve versatility of this product, more convenient to use.
US11974957B2
A walker that includes a first frame having first and second legs, a second frame having first and second legs, one or more support bars connecting the first leg of the first frame to the first leg of the second frame; and a foldable or stowable foot rest.
US11974956B2
A massage gun and a massage gun extension arm having a handle end that can extend through a first bend and further extend to terminate at an attachment end. Various attachment mechanisms may be used to connect the massage gun extension arm to the massage gun, or to a separate massage tool. The massage gun extension arm can include a telescoping adjustment along the portion between the bend and the handle end, or between the bend and the attachment end. In some embodiments, the arm, between the bend and the handle end, can include a disconnection, the disconnection being in the form of a pivoting bend or in a complete disconnection of parts. This disconnection allows for ease of transport, with the massage gun extension arm stored and carried in a relatively small footprint.
US11974952B2
An articulated chin rest is assembly is provided for supporting the chin of a patient under monitored anesthesia care, sedation, general anesthesia, or other medical procedure to ensure that their airway is unobscured. The assembly may comprise a clamp adaptable to grip a variety of structures, a first and a second length of rigid material sequentially and rotatably connected to the clamp, and a chin rest finally rotatably connected to the second length of rigid material. Means for rotatably linking the clamp, first and second lengths of rigid material, and chin rest allow each element to rotate in three dimensional space so that the assembly mechanically mimics, and is ultimately usable in place of, an anesthesiologist's hand for tilting the patient's head and securely supporting the patient's chin.
US11974936B1
The present invention relates to devices for providing support to the lower back. Specifically, it discloses an improved back support device featuring a removable and replaceable lumbar support system capable of reconfiguration to supply support, compression and/or gentle pressure to the lumbar area of the body. Different sized or shaped inserts can be used to accommodate therapy and training, and to customize the device for individuals of all body shapes and sizes. The device and method disclosed are safe and effective for both training and rehabilitation, and advance the field of orthopedic and ergonomic support devices.
US11974934B2
Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, monitoring, and retrieving the same are provided.
US11974933B2
A delivery system (100) for a bifurcated stent (200) is described having a stem (226) and a pair of arms (220, 222), comprising a delivery catheter (110) comprising an elongated first tube (102) having a proximal end (20) and a distal end (30) and a bifurcated part (114) at the distal end (30) configured to accommodate the arms (220, 222), wherein a longitudinal slit (140) disposed on the bifurcated part (114) is configured for releasable passage of the bifurcated stent (200) therethrough. A method for delivery of the bifurcated stent to a site of treatment using the delivery system (100) is also described.
US11974931B2
An enveloping body for at least partly enveloping a limb, comprising an enclosed volume and a connection for supplying fluid to the volume and discharging it from the volume, wherein the enveloping body defines an inner circumference and an outer circumference, wherein the inner circumference of the enveloping body increases as the pressure of the volume increases.
US11974927B2
A method of performing percutaneous interbody spinal fusion on adjacent vertebrae in a patient including the steps of: creating a percutaneous access opening on the patient, using indirect visualization to establish a surgical path through the access opening, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, without retraction, inserting an expandable implant into the cavity, the implant configured to fit through the access opening into the cavity, and expanding the implant within the cavity.
US11974918B2
A percutaneous heart valve prosthesis including a collapsible valve body frame has a first end and a second end. The valve body frame is formed by a plurality of sub-frame members, each sub-frame member having a general form of a diamond with acute-angled vertices and oblique-angled vertices, wherein adjacent sub-frame members are joined at the oblique-angled vertices. A flexible skirt made from a non-biologic material extends around a periphery of the valve body frame. A one-way valve including a plurality of flexible valve leaflets is positioned within the valve body frame. The first end of the valve body frame is sized to pass through a valve orifice associated with a heart valve to be replaced and the second end of the valve body frame is sized so as not to pass through a valve orifice.
US11974915B2
A prosthetic aortic valve includes an annular, annulus inflow portion that is designed to reside in or near the patient's native aortic valve annulus, and an annular, aortic outflow portion that is designed to reside in the patient's aorta downstream from at least a portion of the valsalva sinus. The annulus inflow portion and the aortic outflow portion are connected to one another by a plurality of connecting struts that are confined to regions near the commissures of the patient's native aortic valve. The connecting struts are designed to bulge out into the valsalva sinus to help anchor the prosthetic valve in place. The valve is circumferentially collapsible to a relatively small diameter for less-invasive delivery into the patient. The valve circumferentially expands to a larger operational diameter when deployed at the implant site.
US11974911B2
An exchangeable optics system includes an intraocular base that can be fixed within an eye. The intraocular base includes one or more couplers and a supporting structure. The one or more couplers releasably couple to an exchangeable optic and can include magnetic material. The supporting structure can include haptics and a main structure that physically supports the exchangeable optic. The intraocular base can include a fixed lens within or on the main structure. The exchangeable optic can include corresponding one or more couplers, which may be formed of magnetic material.
US11974905B2
An absorbent member (20) includes an absorbent sheet (10) in which absorbent polymer (12) is fixed to a base sheet (11) and a cover sheet (21) covering at least a first surface of the absorbent sheet (10). The absorbent sheet (10) has an absorbent polymer fixing proportion of 40% or more. The absorbent member (20) has high fixing performance of the absorbent polymer (12) to the base sheet (11) and is less likely to suffer from detachment of the absorbent polymer (12) even after liquid absorption. The absorbent polymer (12) is preferably fixed to the base sheet (11) with a base sheet fixing adhesive (13) interposed therebetween. The adhesive (13) is preferably an acrylic, silicone-based or rubber-based adhesive, and is preferably a hot-melt adhesive.
US11974904B2
Tampons and production methods are provided that provide tampons made of at least 80% cellulose-based fibers, such as cotton or viscose, without plastic top sheets. The tampons consist of cylindrically-compressed rolled strips of entangled non-woven fabric and may be made of 100% natural cellulose-based fibers, the fabric having a tensile strength that is larger than 10N/50 mm. The fabric may be folded longitudinally in various folding configurations and rolled transversely before compression to tampon dimensions.
US11974894B2
An illuminated dental prop for holding a patient's mouth open during dental procedures is disclosed. The illuminated dental prop is completely disposed within the patient's mouth during use and includes a bite prop and a lighting assembly that is selectively detachable from the bite prop to allow for intense sterilization of the components before or after use. The lighting assembly is selectively repositionable along the bite prop to accommodate different patient situations. Under certain embodiments of the invention, the body portion and/or the lighting assembly will be disposable after a single use.
US11974892B2
A method and system are provided for manufacturing a physical dental model. A virtual model is provided representative of at least a portion of the intra-oral cavity including at least one dental implant implanted therein, and the virtual model includes a virtual portion representative of each dental implant. The virtual spatial disposition of each such virtual portion is determined with respect to the virtual model, corresponding to a real spatial disposition of the respective implant with respect to the intra oral cavity. A physical model is then manufactured based on the virtual model, the physical model including a physical analog corresponding to each implant at a respective physical spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the respective virtual spatial disposition of the respective virtual portion with respect to the first virtual model as already determined. In some embodiments, a jig is provided configured for maintaining a desired physical spatial disposition between the physical analog and a cavity of the physical dental model at least until the physical analog is affixed in the cavity.
US11974876B2
A system and method for quantitatively assessing a press fit value (and provide a mechanism to evaluate optimal quantitative values) of any implant/bone interface regardless the variables involved including bone site preparation, material properties of bone and implant, implant geometry and coefficient of friction of the implant-bone interface without requiring a visual positional assessment of a depth of insertion. The following description is presented to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention and is provided in the context of a patent application and its requirements.
US11974875B2
Silver-amended carbon materials containing silver nanoparticles are prepared by a process involving an initial reduction of a porous carbon material, followed by contacting the reduced porous carbon material with an aqueous solution of a silver salt. Such silver-amended carbon materials may contain a relatively high loading of silver nanoparticles on both the outside surface and within the interior of the porous carbon material and are useful for disinfecting and/or otherwise purifying fluids such as microbe-containing fluids.
US11974870B2
This X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an arm, an arm driving mechanism, an X-ray detector moving mechanism, a bed, and a control unit. The control unit performs control of a position adjustment operation for adjusting a position of the X-ray detector such that a distance from a surface of a subject model serving as a model of a surface shape of the subject to the X-ray detector becomes a predetermined distance by moving the X-ray detector toward or away from the surface of the subject model.
US11974866B2
A computer-implemented method for determining scan parameters includes receiving a set of input parameters. An average single per block for a nuclear imaging scanner having a predetermined field-of-view (FOV) is determined based on the input parameters and at least one scan parameter is determined based on the average single per block for the nuclear imaging scanner.
US11974865B2
A system for navigating to a target includes an extended working channel having a lumen for receiving a tool, a computing device including a memory and at least one processor, and a display device. A plurality of images and a program are stored in the memory. The program, when executed by the at least one processor, presents a user interface. The user interface includes at least one image of the plurality of images depicting the target and a progression of the extended working channel through the airway. The user interface also includes a probability treatment zone defining a probability distribution of a trajectory of the tool once deployed beyond an opening of the extended working channel.
US11974855B2
In one embodiment, a method to detect noise levels in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The method includes connecting to at least three sensing electrodes and obtaining a signal from each of the at least three sensing electrodes. The method also includes defining at least three channels between the at least three electrodes and obtaining heart data for a predetermined time period from the at least three channels wherein the heart data includes heart rate and QRS width. The method further includes comparing the heart data of each of the at least three channels to a consistency threshold.
US11974854B2
The present disclosure describes cardiac mapping techniques that find particular use in assessing fibrillation, and which also improve the ability to correctly identify local activation time from signals in any rhythm.
US11974845B2
Systems and methods are disclosed which provide for a “factory-calibrated” sensor. In doing so, the systems and methods include predictive prospective modeling of sensor behavior, and also include predictive modeling of physiology. With these two correction factors, a consistent determination of sensitivity can be achieved, thus achieving factory calibration.
US11974833B2
A wearable device for a noninvasive measurement of a user's body temperature can include a housing, a first substrate coupled to the housing and having an opening, a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and configured to secure to skin of a user, a mounting frame enclosed by the housing and the first substrate, a circuit board secured by the mounting frame, a temperature sensor coupled to the circuit board and configured to determine a body temperature of the user, and a thermally conductive probe. The thermally conductive probe is secured by the mounting frame and positioned proximate to the first temperature sensor. The thermally conductive probe extends at least partially through the opening in the first substrate and transmits a thermal energy from a portion of the user's skin to the first temperature sensor.
US11974822B2
Devices, systems, and methods for providing a surveillance marker configured to detecting movement of a dynamic reference base attached to a patient a robot-assisted surgical procedure are provided. The surveillance marker and the dynamic reference base are connected to a bony structure independent of each other.
US11974801B2
An electrosurgical instrument comprising a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, an end effector extending from the shaft, an articulation joint rotatably connecting the end effector to the shaft, and a wiring circuit is disclosed. The housing comprises a printed control board. The wiring circuit extends from the printed control board through the shaft and into the end effector. The wiring circuit is configured to monitor a function of the end effector and communicate the monitored function to the printed control board. The wiring circuit comprises a proximal rigid portion fixed to the shaft, a distal rigid portion fixed to the end effector, and an intermediate portion extending from the proximal rigid portion to the distal rigid portion. The intermediate portion comprises a resilient portion and a stretchable portion.
US11974796B2
Disclosed herein is a catheter for plaque stabilisation by cryotherapy, the catheter comprising: a first tube with a first end for receiving a flow of a coolant and a second end for supplying the flow of the coolant to a cooling element; a second tube, with a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the second tube is configured to receive a flow of the coolant from the cooling element such that the second tube provides a flow path of the coolant from the second end of the second tube to the first end of the second tube; an inflatable flexible heat transfer element on the outer surface of the catheter; and a conduit for supplying an inflation fluid for inflating the flexible heat transfer element, wherein, when the flexible heat transfer element is inflated by the inflation fluid, the cooling element is configured to be within the balloon and in thermal conductivity with the inflation fluid; wherein the cooling element comprises an elongate tubular wall defining an elongate cooling chamber therein, the cooling chamber has a first end that is in fluid communication with the second end of the second tube and the cooling chamber has a second end that is closed.
US11974791B1
The present disclosure generally pertains to methods and systems for fusing a joint. The disclosure includes mechanically immobilizing the joint by insertion of a bone screw, the bone screw including a screw shaft operatively coupled to a screw head, the screw shaft including a longitudinal axis, a channel extending along the longitudinal axis, a first shaft wall section, a second shaft wall section and a third shaft wall section. Fusing of the joint includes inserting the screw into a first bone, a second bone and a joint formed between the first bone and the second bone. Insertion further includes cutting bone pieces away from the first bone using the third shaft wall section of the bone screw and directing the first bone pieces into a helical depression formed in the third shaft wall section.
US11974783B2
Mechanical modifications to a spinal rod that will enable the rod to accept various coating technologies in such a way that the spinal construct's biomechanical performance is not compromised. These modifications preserve construct biomechanics in the presence of a coating and increase the bactericidal payload of an anti-infective spinal rod coating.
US11974782B2
A method of positioning an external adjustment device relative to a patient includes placing a magnetic viewing sheet adjacent to a patient and identifying the location of an implanted magnetic assembly using the magnetic viewing sheet by visualizing a magnetic image of the implanted magnetic assembly in the magnetic viewing sheet. The external adjustment device is placed on the patient adjacent to the location where the magnetic image was located.
US11974781B2
An adjustable length strut includes two joints, a threaded rod extending between the joints, and a tube adapted to receive the threaded rod. An actuation mechanism with gear teeth extending radially outward of the strut axis is rotatably fixed to the threaded rod. A protrusion may be coupled to an end of the threaded rod by a rotatable collar, with the protrusion extending through a slot in the tube to mark the length of the strut. A modular attachment member may be adapted to be couple to the first joint and include a worm gear adapted to engage gear teeth of the actuation mechanism. The modular attachment member may include a radiofrequency identity tag mechanism adapted to be read by a tag reader of a tool, the tool adapted to couple to the attachment member to rotate the worm gear to increase or decrease the effective length of the strut.
US11974778B1
Systems, devices, and methods for implanting target-specific multiple intrafascicular electrodes in peripheral nerves are provided to facilitate an implantation process that can reduce the difficulty of the implanting procedure and the time taken to implement the procedure. A longitudinal intrafascicular electrode implantation facilitator (LIFT) and a method for utilization of the LIFT for intrafascicular electrode implantation are provided. The LIFT can flatten the nerve to increase access to the number of fascicles available for implantation and supports the nerve during electrode implantation.
US11974775B2
Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access port. The expandable access port may include a housing having a plurality of tines coupled thereto. A thrust washer may be disposed along the housing. An actuation member may be coupled to the housing. The actuation member may be designed to shift the plurality of tines between a first configuration and an expanded configuration.
US11974774B2
Separable two-part single lumen gas sealed access port for use during endoscopic surgical procedures
A system for performing an endoscopic surgical procedure in a surgical cavity of a patient that includes a multi-lumen tube set including a dual lumen portion having a pressurized gas line and a return gas line for facilitating gas recirculation relative to the surgical cavity of the patient, and a single lumen portion having a gas supply and sensing line for delivering insufflation gas to the surgical cavity of the patient and for periodically sensing pressure within the surgical cavity of the patient, a first gas sealed single lumen access port communicating with the dual lumen portion of the tube set and a second valve sealed single lumen access port communicating with the single lumen portion of the tube set.
US11974767B2
Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
US11974765B2
A mouth insert for treating nosebleeds includes a main body and a bite tab. The bite tab removably engages the main body and is configured to move up and/or down vertically in order to adjust the height of the device. The main body includes a horizontally extending elongated portion, a center portion extending downward from a bottom surface of the elongated portion, and the center portion has a narrower width than the horizontally extending elongated portion. The elongated portion of the main body is shaped and dimensioned to be inserted into a buccal cavity of a user's mouth and to fit behind the user's upper lip and in front of the user's upper gums, and the center portion is shaped and dimensioned to be positioned only in front of the user's upper front teeth. The bite tab includes a horizontally extending portion and a vertically extending portion and the vertically extending portion is configured to removably engage the center portion of the main body and the horizontally extending portion includes a push-surface used for pushing the device upward in order to provide pressure to the user's nose.
US11974762B1
Jigs for guiding femur and tibia resectioning in knee surgery contain bone-jig contact surfaces and a cutting guide as a single unitary piece. Contact surfaces are curvilinear surfaces formed into ends of projections from a jig base. Each jig has three pairs of contact surfaces selected to abut low-wear, lateral and medial, articular surface features, such that only one self-locking position against the bone (or cartilage) is possible and the integral cutting guide will define only one cut plane for the resectioning. An improved rotational transformation that converts scan views into desired proper axes is based on projections of rotated coordinates onto the plane of rotation to produce parameters that closely correspond to the joint surfaces in the desired jig coordinates.
US11974757B2
An anti-hemorrhage device, and an anti-hemorrhage kit, includes a rigid platform and a compression device adjustably secured to the rigid platform. The kit also includes a gastroesophageal aortic occlusion device.
US11974751B2
Various systems, devices, components and methods are disclosed for controllably and selectively occluding, restricting, and/or diverting flow within a patient's vasculature. The flow restriction systems can include an implant having a flow restrictor and an implantable controller having an actuator for actuating the flow restrictor. The flow restriction systems can also include an external device for controlling operation of the implant via the implantable controller.
US11974742B2
A surgical instrument assembly configured to be attached to and detached from a surgical robot is disclosed. The surgical instrument assembly comprises a drive system actuatable in a first direction and a second direction which is opposite the first direction, wherein the drive system is configured to perform an instrument function, a shaft, and an end effector. The surgical instrument assembly further comprises a drive system bailout comprising position indication means for indicating the position of the drive system and an actuation member configured to actuate the drive system in the first direction and the second direction, wherein the direction in which the drive system bailout is operated is based on the position of the drive system indicated by the position indication means.
US11974725B2
In one aspect, an optical system is disclosed, which comprises a lens having an input surface for receiving light from at least one light source and an output surface through which the light exits the lens, said lens further comprising a peripheral surface extending between said input surface and said output surface and configured to direct, via total internal reflection, at least a portion of the light incident thereon through said output surface to an output focal point. The optical system can further include a tapered light pipe optically coupled to the lens and a light guide (e.g., one or more optical fibers) that is optically coupled to the tapered light pipe. The lens directs the received light to an output focal point that is disposed within the tapered light pipe.
US11974716B2
A processor of an operation supporting device acquires pre-operation data including position information of a feature portion of an inside of a body cavity of a subject, which is generated before an operation, and a procedure in the operation, which is planned before the operation, and acquires an endoscope image generated in the operation. The processor generates real-time data including real-time position information of the feature portion of the inside of the body cavity, based at least on the pre-operation data and the endoscope image, and generates an image to be displayed on the endoscope image in a superimposed manner, based on the real-time data. The processor recognizes a real-time scene based at least on the procedure planned before the operation and the real-time data.
US11974715B2
A self-propelled floor processing device has a drive unit for moving the floor processing device within an environment, a communication interface for outputting information to a user of the floor processing device, an obstacle detection unit for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device, which is set up to generate an area map based upon the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection unit, localize the floor processing device using the area map, and transmit control commands to the drive unit and the communication interface. The computing device defines at least one obstacle within the area map that cannot be independently overcome by the floor processing device as a transition obstacle, identifies the transition obstacle based upon a comparison of currently detected obstacles with the transition obstacle stored in the area map, and reports a manual transport requirement to the user upon reaching the transition obstacle.
US11974713B2
The dispenser (1) is configured to couple with a container (100) containing at least one chemical agent (101) and to dispense the chemical agent (101) when the dispenser (1) has been coupled with the container (100). The container (100) may be introduced into a receiving space (5) of the dispenser (1) into a coupling position. The dispenser (1) has a sensor (7) for the contact-free detection of container information or container content information and an occupancy sensor (8), which detects whether a container (100) that has been inserted into the receiving space (5) is in the coupling position. Only when the container (100) is in the coupling position, then the occupancy sensor (8) will activate the sensor (7) for the contact-free detection of container information or container content information, which detects in the activated state the container information or container content information and examines the correctness thereof. If this is positive, the sensor (7) initiates a release of the dispenser (1) into an operational state, wherein the chemical agent (101) may be dispensed from the container (100).
US11974712B2
A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub defining a wash chamber, a sump housing defining a sump for collecting wash fluid, the sump housing defining a drain basin, and a fluid circulation assembly positioned within the sump. The fluid circulation assembly includes a drain cover seated within the drain basin, a wash pump assembly seated on top of the drain cover, a filter cleaning manifold positioned over the wash pump assembly, and a plurality of mechanical fasteners that pass through filter cleaning manifold and into the sump housing to attach the filter cleaning manifold to the sump housing and to secure the wash pump assembly and the filter cleaning manifold within the sump.
US11974690B1
A slow cooker includes a housing, an inner container and an actuating device. The housing is provided with a first inner wall, a first accommodating cavity, and a first accommodating opening. The first accommodating cavity is formed around the first inner wall. The first accommodating cavity is communicated with the first accommodating opening. The inner container is arranged into the first accommodating cavity via the first accommodating opening. The actuating device is configured to push water in the inner container to flow. Therefore, the water in the inner container is heated by using a heating device, so that the water in the inner container flows cyclically, which can quickly make the water in the inner container to reach a uniform temperature, reduce a temperature difference of the water in the inner container in the heating process, and improve the cooking effect.
US11974685B2
An apparatus comprising: a retaining device for retaining planar items including mail and/or documents, in which mail can be located and from which mail can be collected; a control means; a sensor means for indicating to the control means information indicative of mail and/or documents having been placed in the retaining device and/or removed from the retaining device, wherein the control means is arranged to cause, in response thereto, at least one action to be performed.
US11974674B2
A movable seat such as for use with a gaming device is disclosed and described herein. An example chair includes a chair portion and a base portion. The base portion includes a support member, a slide portion, and a floorplate. The example chair portion is affixed to the support member, and the support member is movably affixed to a mounting plate in the slide portion to enable the chair portion to slide along at least a portion of a length of the floorplate.
US11974671B1
A chair anti-tip device comprising a frame having horizontal bars in vertical spaced apart relationship with a vertical post, and a pair of spaced apart L shaped legs rotatably connected to the frame. The chair anti-tip device is removably attached to one or more of a back, legs and stretcher of a chair by one or more removable and length adjustable straps attached to the frame and positioned around the chair. Once installed on the chair, the anti-tip device has a storage position, where the legs are rotated so as to be approximately parallel with the bars, and a use position, where the legs are rotated away from the bars to a maximum rotation of 90 degrees so as to be perpendicular with the bars. An optional suction cup and strap of the anti-tip device secures to a front stretcher of the chair for additional anti-tip properties.
US11974665B2
A ball rack including one or more rows; and a plurality of side panels, wherein ends of the one or more rows are connected to the plurality of side panels, wherein at least one row of the one or more rows is an adjustable row, and wherein at least one end of the adjustable row is adjustably connected to a first side panel of the plurality of side panels by an adjustable mechanism.
US11974659B2
A suction assembly, toothbrush, and method are provided that suction fluids and debris resulting from brushing. The suction assembly includes a housing configured to couple to the toothbrush so that a portion extends around sides and a back of the toothbrush head and is spaced from the toothbrush head by a gap. The suction assembly further includes a vacuum pump, a collection reservoir, and one or more conduits that couple the vacuum pump, suction head portion, and collection reservoir to apply a suction around the toothbrush head through the gap and deposit suctioned material in the collection reservoir.
US11974648B1
A makeup and skincare applicator comprising, a head, a neck, and a handle, wherein the head has an indentation near the neck and is designed to have a convex end at the tip and the handle can be flat or circular in shape with a round end and the makeup and skincare applicator resembles the shape of a spoon and is ergonomically designed and is made of natural or artificial stone or mineral.
US11974640B2
Disclosed is wristband and wrist wearable device, including: a wristband body portion, one end is connected to one end of a device body of a wrist wearable device, and the other end is a free end; and a memory metal portion, which is arranged on the wristband body portion and has an arc-shaped memory state in a natural state, so that the wristband body portion is naturally maintained in an arc shape. The memory metal portion comprises a strip-shaped memory metal piece including a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment that are sequentially connected, the first metal segment and the third metal segment extend along a length direction of the wristband body portion in parallel, the second metal segment is arranged at the free end of the wristband body portion and is provided with at least one bent portion.
US11974638B1
A buckle strap is provided, including a hanging member, a base and a flexible strap. The base is connected to the hanging member, and a fixing hole is defined in the base. A first end of the flexible strap is fixedly connected to the base, and a fixing block is disposed at a second end of the flexible strap. The flexible strap is configured to be bendable and deformable, to allow the fixing block to be close to and stuck in the fixing hole, so as to form a loop for attaching a hanging item. The fixing block is further configured to be pressed, so as to detach from the fixing hole.
US11974636B2
An orthotic support insole having a body including each of an uppermost anti-microbial lining, an intermediate foam layer, a rigid stabilizer insert and a bottom-most thermo-formable foam layer. An extending edge of the body corresponds to at least a heel cup and intermediate sides being fused along an outer perimeter edge to prevent delamination. The body includes a non-standard thickness along an axial length thereof and the fused perimeter edge extends to a location proximate a forward extending edge portion of the body.
US11974633B2
A multi-layer textile includes fabric tiles bonded to a base textile layer. The fabric tiles might be cut from one or more larger fabric pieces, which are textile remnants or scraps from prior manufacturing processes. The fabric tiles are bonded to the base textile layer in a manner that reduces the susceptibility of the fabric tiles to peel away from the base textile layer.
US11974629B2
An article of footwear having a sole structure and an upper, the sole structure including a first cushioning member positioned in a heel region of the sole structure and a second cushioning member positioned in a forefoot region of the sole structure. A gap extends between the first cushioning member and the second cushioning member in a midfoot region of the sole structure, and one or both of the first cushioning member or the second cushioning member are a supercritical foam with pockets of nitrogen gas therein.
US11974625B1
A facemask attachable to a cap or hat eliminates the burden associated with separately transporting both items. The hat includes a crown portion with a sweatband circumferentially disposed on an inner surface. The face mask includes a fabric sheet having a pair of temple straps that are clipped to the sweatband and a pair of neck straps having magnetic fasteners for securing the straps around a wearer's neck. When not needed, the mask can be readily stored within the crown portion interior while the hat is worn, if desired. When needed, the mask is deployed from the hat and the neck straps are secured around the back of the neck to comfortably position the sheet against the wearer's face.
US11974620B2
The present invention provides artificial hair, an artificial hair unit, a method of applying artificial hair, and a method of applying an artificial hair unit, in which a fiber bundle does not hang down under its own weight, rises up, and exhibits excellent appearance with extra volume at a root. Also provided is a configuration including a base material, a plurality of fiber bundles, and a fixing thread. In the configuration, the base material may have a first side extending in a first direction. Each of the plurality of fiber bundles includes a plurality of fiber parts and a connecting part, where the connecting part connects a first end side of each of the plurality of fiber parts and extends in a direction different from an extending direction of the plurality of fiber parts, and where the fixing thread attaches a vicinity of the connecting part to the base material.
US11974615B2
A garment for use by a user wearing a safety harness includes a garment body having a front side and a rear side, an opening having a shape defined in the front side of the garment body and partially retained by a flexible portion, a releasable closure disposed on the garment body adjacent the opening and configured to cover the opening. The flexible portion allows the shape of the opening to expand to allow a portion of the safety harness to extend through the opening without displacing the garment body.
US11974608B2
A method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus is disclosed. The method includes sensing, at a first sensor of a sensor arrangement, a first indicia of an article including aerosolizable medium; sensing, at a second sensor of the sensor arrangement spaced a predetermined distance from the first sensor, a second indicia of the article; determining a distance between the first indicia and the second indicia; and operating the aerosol generating apparatus based at least on the distance between the first indicia and the second indicia.
US11974607B2
An inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: an aerosol-forming rod segment having a cylindrical shape with a constant outer cross-section including an elongate susceptor element and an aerosol-forming substrate surrounding the susceptor element so as to define the cylindrical shape of the rod segment, the susceptor element including at least one narrower portion at each extreme end of the susceptor element, and the narrower portion at each extreme end including a reduced transverse cross-section as compared to one or more portions of the susceptor element along a length extension of the susceptor element including a maximum transverse cross-section of the susceptor element. A method is also provided for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rod segments in a continuous rod-forming process including usage of a continuous susceptor profile having reduced transverse cross-sections at periodically spaced positions along its length extension.
US11974605B2
Provided is an aerosol generating device. The aerosol generating device includes: an accommodation part into which a cigarette is capable of being inserted; and a heating element passing through a hole formed in a bottom surface of the accommodation part, protruding into the accommodation part and capable of heating the cigarette inserted into the accommodation part, wherein, on the bottom-surface, the ratio of a cross-sectional area of the hole with respect to a cross-sectional area of the heating element is greater than or equal to 1.8.
US11974600B2
An aerosol generating device includes a first vaporizer configured to generate a first aerosol by heating a first liquid composition, a second vaporizer configured to generate a second aerosol by heating a second liquid composition, and a controller controlling power supplied to the first vaporizer and the second vaporizer, based on a first mode, in which a smokeless aerosol is generated, and a second mode, in which a transport amount of nicotine included in the second liquid composition is adjusted.
US11974596B2
A rolling system including a measuring station. The measuring station includes a hopper for receiving a smokable product, a vibratory bowl for receiving the smokable product from the hopper, a weigh bowl for receiving the smokable product from the vibratory bowl, a weigh module attached to the weigh bowl for measuring the smokable product in the weigh bowl, and a puck defining a plurality of cavities for receiving the smokable product therein. Each cavity of the plurality of cavities is configured to receive a predetermined amount of smokable product within a predetermined tolerance of the predetermined amount.
US11974595B2
A method for testing burning performance of a dark-colored cigarette using a dark-colored cigarette paper is provided. The dark-colored cigarette paper has a grayscale less than 255. The method includes: simulating, by a robotic arm, a cigarette smoking process and environment; acquiring, by a full-vision camera system, an image of a burn line and ash column region of the dark-colored cigarette; and analyzing a burning performance indicator of the dark-colored cigarette according to coordinate information of the burn line and ash column region. The method is based on a surface reflection characteristic of the dark-colored cigarette paper and a principle of optical reflection to light and highlight an edge of the dark-colored cigarette sample by a light source at a certain angle from a side. In this way, the method forms a chromatic aberration to localize the dark-colored cigarette sample, thereby testing the burning performance of the dark-colored cigarette sample.
US11974594B2
The invention relates to a homogenized tobacco sheet production line comprising: A tank (501) adapted to contain a slurry formed by a tobacco powder blend, a binder (6) and an aerosol former (5) in an aqueous medium; A cast apparatus (200) adapted to receive slurry from the tank (501) and to cast the slurry so as to form a homogenized tobacco material; A movable transporting support (606) on which said slurry is casted and adapted to transport the homogenized tobacco material along a transport direction; A slitter (611) located downstream the cast apparatus (200) adapted to slit the homogenized tobacco material along the transport direction so as to form portioned homogenized tobacco sheets; and A crimper (613) located downstream the slitter (611) adapted to receive at least one of the partial homogenized tobacco sheets from the slitter (611) and to crimp the at least one of the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets. It also relates to a method for inline production of a homogenized tobacco sheet.
US11974590B2
The patent discloses halophilic bacteria and a method for fermenting fish paste, belonging to the technical field of solid-state fermentation of aquatic products using microorganisms. Four kinds of screened halophilic bacteria were used as mixed starter culture to produce fish paste. The effects of the ratio of mixed starter culture, inoculation amount, fermentation temperature, fermentation time and salinity on fish paste were studied by determining physical and chemical indexes and performing sensory evaluation. The fish paste has the characteristics of high safety, low salinity, high flavor and nutrition value. This method of fish paste processing needs short fermentation time. The fermented products of fish paste with better flavor can be obtained by using the mixed starter culture.
US11974588B2
The present disclosure relates to a beverage and/or flowable edible product dispensing apparatus, including: a programmable controller; a touchscreen interface including an indicator of at least one edible item for selection, the operator interface in communication with the programmable controller a dispensing system in communication the operator interface, the programmable controller, being wirelessly connected to the internet, and being operable to associate the at least one edible item with the least one beverage and/or flowable edible and/or inedible product; and the dispensing system dispenses an amount of the at least one beverage and/or flowable edible and/or inedible product associated with the selected edible item when the at least one edible and/or inedible item is selected.
US11974584B2
The present invention relates to a dried coffee powder obtainable by a process comprising membrane filtration of a low temperature extract of roasted and ground coffee beans to reduce the concentration of low molecular weight components and drying the filtered coffee extract.
US11974583B2
Disclosed is a method for fermenting Gynostemma pentaphyllum with antihypertensive effect, the method comprising the following steps: 1) pretreatment of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: crushing Gynostemma pentaphyllum raw tea to prepare a homogenate; 2) activation of Tibetan Kefir: activating Tibetan Kefir in sterile milk; and 3) fermentation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: taking the homogenate of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, the sterile milk and the activated Tibetan Kefir for fermentation.
US11974573B2
The present specification discloses a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine and one or more disinfectants, a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine, one or more disinfectants and one or more surfactants, a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine and one or more surfactants, a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of one or more guanide-containing compound and one or more alcohols, kits comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of a disclosed composition, as well as methods and uses to clean, disinfect and/or sterilize a device using such compositions, methods and uses to clean, disinfect and/or sterilize a surface area using such compositions, methods and uses to clean, disinfect and/or sterilize a microbial infection in an individual using such compositions.
US11974572B2
A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein components (A) and (B) are as defined in claim 1, and use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.
US11974570B1
Synthesis of a compound 1,3-bis(naphthalen-1-yloxy)propan-2-one and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US11974565B2
Rather than trying to call a gobbler and waiting for the gobbler to approach, the hunter instead attempts to seek a gobbler while holding a decoy. As the hunter comes within sight of the gobbler, he can slowly move (e.g., tilt and/or rotate) the decoy so that its fan moves in a manner that mimics movement of a real turkey. It has been found that the gobbler will often fixate on the decoy failing to notice the hunter even when he is not well camouflaged. In fact, the gobbler will often approach the decoy in an aggressive manner making it much less wary than in a typical hunt where a hunter is attempting to make calls that imitate a hen. When the hunter feels that the gobbler is fixated on the decoy, he can couple the decoy to his weapon thereby freeing both of his hands for operating his weapon.
US11974554B2
A liquid dispensing device (100), in particular for watering animals, in particular laboratory animals, such as small rodents or the like, said device (100) comprising a main body (101) which defines a longitudinal cavity (1011) for the passage of watering liquids, said longitudinal cavity (1011) being in communication with the outside through a delivery (1002) and a discharge (1001) for introducing said liquids in said longitudinal cavity (1011) and discharging said liquids from said longitudinal cavity (1011) respectively, a valve body (105) and an annular shape elastic sealing element (120) arranged inside said longitudinal cavity (1011), said valve body (105) comprising a stem with a first portion (106) which extends through said annular sealing element (120) and a flange-shaped head (107), wherein said flange-shaped head (107) is kept pressed against said annular sealing element (120) by means of an elastic thrust element (130), and wherein said stem can switch between a first closing position, in which the flow of said liquid downstream of said annular sealing element (120) is prevented by said annular sealing element (120), and a second opening position, in which the flow of said liquids downstream of said annular sealing element (120) is possible.
US11974552B2
A mouse model that develops type 1 diabetes spontaneously and used thereof are described. In some embodiments, the mouse model expresses a combination of HLA-DQ8 and GAD65 in a C57BL/6-BTBR congenic background, where the GAD65 is expressed under the rat insulin promoter.
US11974551B2
L-serine, L-serine precursors, L-serine derivatives and L-serine conjugates for treatment, amelioration and/or prevention of protein aggregation/tangles/plaques and diseases associated with protein aggregation/tangles/plaques. In particular, treatments and uses for L-serine, L-serine precursors, L-serine derivatives and L-serine conjugates include Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington disease (HD).
US11974547B2
A correction device includes a collar segment for extending in a circumferential direction around an animal's neck. A lever arm affixed to the collar segment. The lever arm has an extent transverse to the circumferential direction. The lever arm has a first end extending beyond a circumferential edge of the collar segment and is rotationally displaceable about the circumferential direction to contact a rear of the neck of the animal when the animal pulls on a leash connected to the lever arm. The lever arm has a connection position opposite the first end for attachment of the leash.
US11974545B1
Apparatus for training horses includes a housing including a lower section under an upper section, the lower section configured with a stall for confining a horse and having opposed sides, and the upper section including a tank for loose granular material and configured with a hopper proximate to each of the sides, the hoppers concurrently openable for releasing the loose granular material into the lower section from above the stall along the respective sides for sufficiently filling the stall with the loose granular material for covering at least a portion of the horse.
US11974544B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9023. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9023 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9023 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11974541B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV505385. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV505385, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV505385 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 CV505385 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 CV505385.
US11974540B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011212. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011212, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011212 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 CH011212.
US11974538B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011171. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011171, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011171 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 CH011171.
US11974534B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV382914. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV382914, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV382914 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 CV382914 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 CV382914.
US11974531B1
A multi-level vertical farm comprises a lift apparatus configured to carry growth trays from a bottom to a top position adjacent to a conveyor. The conveyor is configured to transport trays downwardly to near the bottom position and normally is fully loaded with adjacent trays along the entire conveyor. A growth tray in the lowest, bottom position is discharged out of that position to an irrigation or harvesting station. The discharge of a tray from the bottom position causes preceding trays to move downward, thereby opening a space in the top position for another tray, which may be lifted there. A computer system may be connected to the apparatus and programmed to start a motor of the lift apparatus to move the growth trays. The apparatus enables simulating a day-night plant growth cycle, and using thermal convection to apply more warmth to higher positions, in a compact vertical arrangement.
US11974529B2
An object of the present invention is to propose cultivation equipment that can curb complication and upsizing of the equipment even when the number of cultivation stages is increased. Cultivation equipment includes a storage shelf (1) and a plurality of cultivation tanks (3) that are stored in the storage shelf (1) and hold plants (P1) and a cultivation liquid (L1). The cultivation equipment further includes a discharge device (50) and a supply device (51). The discharge device (50) is movable among a plurality of cultivation tanks (3), and discharges the cultivation liquid (L1) from each of the plurality of cultivation tanks (3). The supply device (51) is movable among the plurality of cultivation tanks (3), and supplies the cultivation liquid (L1) to each of the plurality of cultivation tanks (3).
US11974521B2
An agricultural baler includes a main bale chamber extending in a bale forming direction from an inlet end to an outlet end. The main bale chamber includes a plurality of stationary walls and a plurality of movable density doors positioned downstream from the stationary walls, relative to the bale forming direction. The stationary walls include a ceiling, a first side wall and a second side wall. A plunger compresses and moves the crop material from the inlet end towards the outlet end of the bale chamber. The baler is characterized in that the first side wall, the second side wall and/or the ceiling comprises a constriction surface, which constricts the main bale chamber in a direction transverse to the bale forming direction.
US11974520B2
A control system for a harvester includes a plurality of actuators, each of which moves of one of the following: a knockdown roller for pressing crops down, a side knife for cutting crops along a substantially vertical plane, a base cutter for cutting crops along a substantially horizontal plane, and a crop divider configured to separate crops into rows. The control system also includes a controller in electrical communication with each actuator of the plurality of actuators. The controller receives a signal indicative of an operational position of at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators, and sends a signal to the at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators to initiate movement of the at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators in response to the received signal.
US11980111B2
A phase change memory bridge cell comprising a dielectric layer located on top of a at least one electrode, wherein a trench is located in the dielectric layer. A first liner located at the bottom of the trench in the dielectric layer and the first liner is located on the sidewalls of the dielectric layer that forms the sidewalls of the trench. A phase change memory material located on top of the first liner, wherein a top surface of the phase change memory material is aligned with a top surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is located adjacent to and surrounding the vertical sidewalls of the phase change memory material, wherein a top surface of the phase change memory material is flush with a top surface of the dielectric layer.
US11980110B2
Insulated phase change memory devices are provided that include a first electrode; a second electrode; a phase change material disposed in an electrical path between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a porous dielectric configured to concentrate heat produced by a reset current carried through the phase change material between the first electrode and the second electrode to mitigate an amount of heat that escapes from the phase change material. The porous dielectric may be an inherently porous dielectric material or a dielectric material in which porous structures are induced during fabrication. Methods of fabrication of such devices are also provided.
US11980107B2
A quantum computing system including plural base configurations each configured including a first quantum bit group configured from first quantum bits arranged so as to form a single column without mutual coupling, a second quantum bit group configured from second quantum bits arranged so as to form a single column with adjacent ones of the second quantum bits coupled together and each of the second quantum bits coupled to the first quantum bit that is arranged in a same row, and a third quantum bit coupled to all of the second quantum bits. The plural base configurations are arranged so as to form a single column with the third quantum bits in adjacent ones of the base configurations coupled together. In a quantum computing circuit configuration, a two-dimensional cluster state or a three-dimensional cluster state is accordingly realized with two-dimensional control wiring, or surface code is accordingly realized with a pseudo two-dimensional superconducting circuit.
US11980103B2
A power generation element and an actuator for vibration power generation is provided that can be mass-produced at low cost while achieving increase in electromotive force. A power generation element includes a main series magnetic circuit having a frame yoke made of magnetic material and provided with a fixed portion that is one end and a free portion that is the other end across a U-shaped bent portion, a main magnet that applies a magnetic bias to the frame yoke, and a first gap formed at a position in contact with the free portion; and an auxiliary series magnetic circuit having an auxiliary yoke made of magnetic material and attached to the frame yoke, an auxiliary magnet that gives a magnetic bias to the auxiliary yoke, a second gap formed at a position facing the first gap across the free portion, the frame yoke, the main magnet, and the first gap. The amount of change in a main magnetic flux passing in a coil wound around the frame yoke increases when the free portion vibrates due to application of an external force and a magnetic resistance of the first gap and a magnetic resistance of the second gap increase or decrease reciprocally.
US11980100B2
A metal junction thermoelectric device includes at least one thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric element has first and second opposite sides, and a first conductor made from a first metal, and a second conductor made from a second metal. The first and second conductors are electrically interconnected in series, and the first and second conductors are arranged to conduct heat in parallel between the first and second sides. The first metal has a first occupancy state, and the second metal has a second occupancy state that is lower than the first occupancy state. A temperature difference between the first and second sides of the thermoelectric element causes a charge potential due to the difference in occupancy states of the first and second metals. The charge potential generates electrical power.
US11980099B2
A transition dichalcogenide homojunction structure may include a lower high resistance layer including a plurality of PtX2 layers and an upper low resistance layer which includes the plurality of PtX2 layers and has different thickness and number of growth layers from the lower high resistance layer. And the lower high resistance layer and the upper low resistance layer may form a homojunction. The heat transfer characteristic of the lower high resistance layer may increase by the interface induced Seebeck effect with the upper low resistance layer. The transition dichalcogenide homojunction structure may generate the interface induced Seebeck effect at the interface of the homojunction to generate a thermal voltage. Further, the transition metal dichalcogenide homojunction structure may measure the Seebeck effect of the lower high resistance layer using the upper low resistance layer without separate measurement equipment.
US11980085B2
A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
US11980081B2
A display device, a heat dissipation layer, an electronic device, and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. The display device includes: a silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel, including a silicon substrate, a first electrode of a display element, an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode of the display element that are stacked sequentially; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the silicon substrate; and a heat dissipation layer on a non-display side of the silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel, extending to the flexible printed circuit board to cover at least a part of the flexible printed circuit board. A gate drive circuit, a data drive circuit, and a pixel circuit are integrated on the silicon substrate, and the flexible printed circuit board is configured to transmit electrical signals to the gate drive circuit, the data drive circuit, and the second electrode of the display element.
US11980074B2
A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, at least one group of contact pads, and a first insulation layer. The base substrate includes a display region and a bonding region located at one side of the display region. At least one group of contact pads includes a plurality of contact pads, at least one of the plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad metal layer and a second contact pad metal layer, the second contact pad metal layer covers an edge of the first contact pad metal layer. The first insulation layer is located in gaps between the plurality of contact pads and covers edges of the plurality of contact pads, and is configured to expose surfaces of the plurality of contact pads facing away from the base substrate.
US11980069B2
A display includes a display substrate and a flexible circuit board. The display substrate includes a silicon substrate, a driving circuit of which at least part is embedded in the silicon substrate, and a first pad electrically connected with the driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a transistor with a semiconductor layer; the flexible circuit board includes a flexible substrate, a first wiring layer, and a first reinforcement plate. The first wiring layer includes a main wiring portion and a second pad electrically connected with the main wiring portion, and the second pad is electrically connected with the first pad by a conductive adhesive layer. The first reinforcement plate covers the main wiring portion and does not cover the second pad. The first reinforcement plate is located outside the display substrate and there is a non-zero distance between the first reinforcement plate and the display substrate.
US11980067B2
A transparent display panel and a transparent display device including the same are disclosed. A transparent display panel includes a substrate having a display region including a plurality of light-emitting regions and a plurality of transmissive regions; and a plurality of line regions disposed over the substrate and extending across the display region, wherein an outer contour of each of the transmissive regions is at least partially curved or wherein each of the transmissive regions has a polygonal shape, and all internal angles of the polygon shape are obtuse. Thus, parallel regularity and periodicity of array of transmissive regions are avoided wherein a haze value is reduced by reducing or minimizing occurrence of light diffraction, and thus, clarity or visibility of an image is improved.
US11980064B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a sensor area, the display area including main pixels and the sensor area including auxiliary pixels and a transmission portion; a first pixel electrode and a first emission layer in each of the main pixels; a second pixel electrode and a second emission layer in each of the auxiliary pixels; an opposite electrode integrally arranged in the display area and the sensor area; and a metal layer at least partially surrounding the transmission portion, wherein the opposite electrode has an opening corresponding to the transmission portion.
US11980061B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The OLED display panel includes a folding region and a non-folding region. The folding region includes a first flexible layer, an inorganic layer, a second flexible layer, a buffer layer, a metal wiring layer, a planarization layer, and a pixel defining layer, which are sequentially stacked. A side of the buffer layer opposite to the second flexible layer is provided with holes, and each of the holes is deposited with a first organic filling layer. The metal wiring layer covers a side of the buffer layer and the first organic filling layer, and a cross section of the first organic filling layer of the folding region is formed with a zigzag shape.
US11980055B2
The present disclosure provides a display device and a display method thereof. The display device includes a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses; and a display panel including a plurality of pixel islands, wherein the plurality of pixel islands are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of microlenses, each pixel island includes a plurality of sub-pixels, light emitted by the plurality of sub-pixels of each pixel island enters a human eye through a microlens corresponding to the each pixel island and forms an image in the human eye, and regions where images formed by at least two pixel islands in the plurality of pixel islands via microlenses corresponding to the at least two pixel islands are located are connected.
US11980054B2
A display apparatus including a heteromorphy lens disposed on a path of light emitted from a light-emitting device, a side surface of the heteromorphy lens toward a first direction has a shape different from a side surface of the heteromorphy lens toward a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so that light can be condensed in the first direction and diffused in the second direction due to the heteromorphy lens, and the reduction in luminance can be minimized, and the viewing angle can be limited.
US11980053B2
The light-emitting device has: a display region; a peripheral region; a first light-emitting element having a light-emitting region in which a lower electrode, a light-emitting layer, and an upper electrode are laminated; a first laminated section, between the substrate and the lower electrode of the first light-emitting element, in which there are laminated a first high-reflection layer and a first low-reflection layer that has a lower reflectance than the first high-reflection layer; a peripheral laminated section, in the peripheral region, in which there are laminated on the substrate; a peripheral lamination layer in which a peripheral high-reflection layer and a peripheral low-reflection layer that has a lower reflectance than the peripheral high-reflection layer are laminated. For at least a portion of the first laminated section that overlaps in plan view with the light-emitting region, the first low-reflection layer has an opening such that the first high-reflection layer is exposed.
US11980044B2
An organic light emitting device including, in sequence, a first electrode, a first charge transport layer, a second charge transport layer in contact with the first charge transport layer, a light emitting layer in contact with the second charge transport layer, and a second electrode, wherein the first charge transport layer includes a first material and a second material, the second charge transport layer includes the second material and a third material, and the light emitting layer includes the third material and a fourth material.
US11980033B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include first and second vertical conductive patterns isolated from each other by a first slit. The semiconductor device may include at least one first half conductive pattern extending toward a first region disposed at one side of the first slit from the first vertical conductive pattern. The semiconductor device may include at least one second half conductive pattern extending toward a second region disposed at the other side of the first slit from the second vertical conductive pattern.
US11980031B2
According to an embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes first electrodes stacked on an underlying layer, a second electrode provided on the first electrodes, a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction from the underlying layer to the second electrode, and a memory film provided between each of the first electrodes and the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first portion adjacent to the first electrodes and a second portion adjacent to the second electrode. The second portion has a thickness thinner than a thickness of the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11980027B2
The present technology includes a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor layer, a cell stack and a peripheral stack each disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a first slit structure extending in a first direction and penetrating the cell stack and the peripheral stack, a penetration structure penetrating the peripheral stack and being spaced apart from the first slit structure, and a support structure penetrating the peripheral stack. The support structure includes first sidewall portions spaced apart from each other and a second sidewall portion connecting the first sidewall portions to each other, and the penetration structure is disposed between the first sidewall portions.
US11980019B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, and provides a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, where a surface of the semiconductor substrate is provided with a plurality of conductive structures arranged at intervals; etching a surface of the conductive structure into a curved surface, and then depositing sequentially to form a first protective layer, a second protective layer and a third protective layer; etching the first protective layer, the second protective layer and the third protective layer to form a contact hole exposing the etched curved surface of the conductive structure; and forming a mask layer on a surface of the contact hole.
US11980015B2
An embodiment is an integrated circuit structure including a static random access memory (SRAM) cell having a first number of semiconductor fins, the SRAM cell having a first boundary and a second boundary parallel to each other, and a third boundary and a fourth boundary parallel to each other, the SRAM cell having a first cell height as measured from the third boundary to the fourth boundary, and a logic cell having the first number of semiconductor fins and the first cell height.
US11980014B2
A memory structure and a system-on chip (SOC) device are provided. A memory structure according to the present disclosure includes a first static random access memory (SRAM) macro comprising first gate-all-around (GAA) transistors and a second SRAM macro comprising second GAA transistors. The first GAA transistors of the first SRAM macro each includes a first plurality of channel regions each having a first channel width (W1) and a first channel thickness (T1). The second GAA transistors of the second SRAM macro each comprises a second plurality of channel regions each having a second channel width (W2) and a second channel thickness (T2). W2/T2 is greater than W1/T1.
US11980010B2
This document describes a thermal-control system that is integrated into a media-streaming device. The thermal-control system includes a combination of heat spreaders and materials with high thermal-conductivity. The thermal-control system may spread, transfer, and dissipate energy from a thermal-loading condition effectuated upon the media-streaming device to concurrently maintain temperatures of multiple thermal zones on or within the media-streaming device at or below multiple respective prescribed temperature thresholds.
US11980008B2
A server chassis can include a first pair of connectors on a rear side of the server chassis arranged to face in a rear direction to engage with connectors of a server rack. Upon engaging of the connectors, the server chassis fluidly connects to a supply line and a return line of the server rack. The server chassis includes a second pair of connectors on a front side of the server chassis, to fluidly connect to a cooling system of a server node housed within the server chassis. The second pair of connectors are held to the server chassis with one or more movable attachments that enable coupling and decoupling of the second pair of connectors to the cooling system of the server node. Fluid channels fluidly connect the first pair of connectors to the second pair of fluid connectors.
US11980005B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a chassis base, a printed circuit board mounted on the chassis base, a heatsink positioned over the printed circuit board to prevent corrosion of components on the printed circuit board, wherein the heatsink comprises a plurality of upward extending fins and a plurality of downward extending walls, a seal interposed between an edge of the downward extending walls and the chassis base, and a cover extending over the heatsink.
US11979999B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a flexible display configured to be at least partially rolled around a rotation axis in a substantially circular shape in an internal space of the housing, a battery located in the internal space in which the flexible display is rolled, a first printed circuit board located on one surface of the battery that is oriented in a direction of the rotation axis, the first printed circuit board being electrically connected to the flexible display and including a first wireless communication circuitry, and a second printed circuit board located inside the housing to face the first printed circuit board and including a second wireless communication circuitry. The first printed circuit board may be configured to be rotatable about the rotation axis in a state of being electrically connected to the second printed circuit board.
US11979993B2
A heat dissipation structure (1) includes a heat generation part (2) and an internal heat dissipation part (3), inside a housing (8); a heat transport member (4); an external heat dissipation part (5); and a fixing member (6), wherein edges are vertically disposed on both sides of the heat transport member (4), in the vicinity of the fixing member (6) in a first groove (3a); a second groove (6b) extending from the through hole (6a) toward an area not covered with the external heat dissipation part (5) is formed in the second surface (6d); and a gap portion between the heat transport member (4) and the through hole (6a), a portion between the edges vertically disposed on both sides of the heat transport member (4), and the second groove (6b) are filled with a sealant.
US11979992B2
An electronic medical device is disclosed here. An exemplary embodiment of the medical device includes a printed circuit board assembly, a protective inner shell surrounding at least a portion of the printed circuit board assembly, and an outer shell surrounding at least a portion of the protective inner shell. The printed circuit board assembly has a printed circuit board, electronic components mounted to the printed circuit board, a battery mounted to the printed circuit board, and an interface compatible with a physiological characteristic sensor component. The protective inner shell is formed by overmolding the printed circuit board assembly with a first material having low pressure and low temperature molding properties. The outer shell is formed by overmolding the protective inner shell with a second material that is different than the first material.
US11979986B2
A component-embedded substrate includes: a plurality of insulating layers each including a wiring pattern formed on one surface; an embedded component including a connection terminal; and a plurality of vias that electrically connect the connection terminal to the wiring patterns adjacent to each other in a lamination direction. The plurality of insulating layers is laminated on the connection terminal. Each of the plurality of vias is composed of a via hole formed in the respective insulating layer of the plurality of the insulating layers and a conductive material provided in the via hole. One of the plurality of vias is a connection via directly connected to the connection terminal. Another of the plurality of vias is a first adjacent via adjacent to the connection via in the lamination direction. The first adjacent via is connected to the wiring pattern formed on a surface of a top insulating layer.
US11979979B2
Methods, systems, and devices for crosstalk cancellation for signal lines are described. In some examples, a device (e.g., a host device or a memory device) may generate a first signal and may invert the first signal to obtain an inverted first signal. The device may obtain a second signal based on attenuating a first range of frequencies of the inverted first signal and a second range of frequencies of the inverted first signal, where the first range of frequencies is below a first threshold frequency and the second range of frequencies is above a second threshold frequency that is greater than the first threshold frequency. The device may transmit the first signal via a first signal line of a set of signal lines and the second signal line via a second signal line of the set of signal lines.
US11979973B2
Disclosed are semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses and operating methods thereof. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes an oscillation unit that includes a first seed laser, a second seed laser, and a seed module, wherein the first seed laser oscillates a first pulse, and wherein the second seed laser oscillates a second pulse, and an extreme ultraviolet generation unit configured to use the first and second pulses to generate extreme ultraviolet light. The seed module includes a plurality of mirrors configured to allow the first and second pulses to travel along first and second paths, respectively, and a pulse control optical system including a first optical element, a second optical element, and a third optical element. The pulse control optical system is on the second path that does not overlap the first path. The third optical element includes a lens between the first optical element and the second optical element.
US11979972B2
A liquid metal jet X-ray source including an electromagnetic pump for pumping the liquid metal. The electromagnetic pump includes a core having a core diameter and an outer yoke with a thickness of at least 20% of the core diameter. Preferably, the thickness of the outer yoke is at least 20% of the core diameter plus 6% of a radial distance between an outside of the core and an inside of the yoke.
US11979971B2
An extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus includes a collector mirror, a target droplet generator for generating a tin (Sn) droplet, a rotatable debris collection device, one or more coils for generating an inductively coupled plasma (ICP), a gas inlet for providing a source gas for the ICP, and a chamber enclosing at least the collector mirror and the rotatable debris collection device. The gas inlet and the one or more coils are configured such that the ICP is spaced apart from the collector mirror.
US11979966B2
Disclosed is a coil assembly and an electromagnetic cooking appliance. The coil assembly includes: a coil base, including a bottom wall and a side wall; a first coil and a second coil, fixedly located at the bottom wall and the side wall respectively; and a plurality of magnetic stripe supporters, located at the coil base along a circumferential direction. Each magnetic stripe supporter includes a first mounting part, a second mounting part, and a connecting part connected to the first mounting part and the second mounting part. The coil assembly in the disclosure can effectively reduce the mounting space for the magnetic stripe supporter, and prevent the interference between the magnetic stripe supporter and the circuit board supporter in the electromagnetic cooking appliance.
US11979959B1
A method for facilitating space experiences for at least a first space user and for at least first and second different spaces, the method comprising the steps of storing first and second space experience specifications for the first and second different spaces, respectively, wherein the first and second space experience specifications indicate space affordance settings for the first and second spaces, respectively, sensing a trigger event associated with at least one of the first and second different spaces, where the sensed trigger event is associated with the first space, using the first space experience specification to control the first space affordances and where the sensed trigger event is associated with the second space, using the second space experience specification to control the second space affordances.
US11979953B2
The present application provides a color LED driving circuit, which comprises a set of switches and a color controller. The switch assembly has a first switch and a second switch, respectively having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is configured to be coupled to a first LED load, and the first terminal of the second switch is configured to be coupled to a second LED load. The color controller comprises a first controller and a second controller. A ground terminal of the first controller is coupled to ground. The first controller is used to generate an output signal according to a PWM signal, and transmit the output signal to the second controller. The second controller is used to generate a first driving signal and a second driving signal according to the output signal, and output the first driving signal and the second driving signal to the control terminals of the first switch and the second switch through a first driving terminal and a second driving terminal, respectively. A reference terminal of the second controller is coupled to the second terminal of the first switch and the second terminal of the second switch, and potential of the reference terminal is different from a potential of the ground terminal of the first controller.
US11979951B2
A window operable to separate an interior from an exterior is disclosed. The window comprises a pressure pane and an anti-condensation assembly. The anti-condensation assembly is disposed in an interior direction relative the pressure pane. Further, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a substantially transparent substrate disposed in a spaced apart relationship relative the pressure pane. Additionally, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a resistively heatable layer associated with the first substrate. The resistively heatable layer is operable to generate heat when an electrical current is applied thereto. Accordingly, application of power to the resistively heatable layer may serve to reduce or eliminate the presence of visible condensation in the window.
US11979948B2
A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, at a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of a wireless communications network, signals representing data from one or more others of infrastructure equipment, the data having been received at the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment from one or more communications devices or from other infrastructure equipment, and transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment, the data from the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment to the core network part of the wireless communications network. At least one of the infrastructure equipment uses at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique to receive the signals, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique allowing the at least one infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the backhaul communications link.
US11979945B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to determine a radio access technology availability indicator to present. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular network via a cell that operates according to a first radio access technology. The wireless device may determine if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to a second radio access technology, by configuration by the serving cell or from another standalone cell. The wireless device may select a radio access technology availability indicator to present based at least in part on determining if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to the second radio access technology.
US11979944B2
Identification of wireless local area network stations using random medium access control addressing
A method in a mobile station (STA) configured to associate to an access point (AP) is described. The method includes determining an identifiable random medium access control (MAC) address (IRMA), associating to the AP and transmitting the IRMA to the AP during the association. The method also includes using the IRMA as the transmitter address (TA) a next time the STA begins to associate to the AP, where the IRMA is usable by the AP to identify the STA prior to a next association, determining a new IRMA, and transmitting the new IRMA to the AP during the next association. One or more additional associations to the AP are performed at least by transmitting at least a corresponding IRMA to the AP and indicating that the corresponding IRMA is a TA of the STA.
US11979936B2
A user equipment and a method for wireless communication are provided. The user equipment includes a first radio access technology (RAT) module associated with a first RAT, a second RAT module associated with a second RAT, a memory, a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the second RAT module to receive resource configuration information used to configure a plurality of resources and a control signaling used to activate and/or release the configured resources from a base station associated with the second RAT. The processor is also configured to control the second RAT module to decode the configured resources and the control signaling. The processor is further configured to control the second RAT module to perform an inter-RAT module interface signaling exchange to deliver to the first RAT module the configured resources and the control signaling.
US11979930B2
Power consumption required for UWB communication is effectively suppressed. A control device includes: at least one BLE communication section configured to perform BLE communication with another communication device, the BLE communication being wireless communication compliant with BLE communication standards; at least one UWB communication section configured to perform UWB communication with the another communication device, the UWB communication being wireless communication compliant with UWB communication standards; and a control section configured to control the BLE communication of the BLE communication section and the UWB communication of the UWB communication section, and the control section performs control to start the UWB communication in a case where the BLE communication has been established.
US11979929B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for performing multi-link operations in a wireless network. The multi-link operations can include constrained multi-link operations configured to prevent or mitigate IDC interference, for example, by preventing or delaying access to a wireless medium while data is being transmitted or received on another wireless medium.
US11979919B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station in a wireless communications system. The UE may perform a random access procedure to communicate with the base station. The base station may configure the UE with different sets of preamble parameters for different types of UEs. The UE may generate a random access preamble based on the sets of preamble parameters according to the type of the UE. The base station may indicate a location of the base station to the UE. The UE may identify a location of the UE. The UE may determine a pre-compensation timing based on a distance from the two locations. The UE and the base station may transmit subsequent communication according to the random access preamble, the pre-compensation timing, or any combination thereof.
US11979907B2
A user equipment (UE) may transmit a configured-grant uplink control information (CG-UCI) to a base station during a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the UE in a shared spectrum, the CG-UCI comprising COT sharing information, the COT sharing information indicating, at least, an index value corresponding to a combination of: an indication of an offset to a beginning of a downlink transmission opportunity during the COT; an indication of a duration of the downlink transmission opportunity during the COT; and an indication of a channel access priority class (CAPC) value used by the UE to initiate the COT. The base station may transmit a downlink transmission to the UE within the downlink transmission opportunity and in accordance with the COT sharing information in the transmitted CG-UCI. Apparatuses are also disclosed.
US11979899B2
A method of transmitting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to CSI; receiving, from the base station, a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) on a plurality of CSI-RS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, first CSI based on the configuration information. The plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the configuration information are configured with (i) one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR and (ii) one or more CMR pairs configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR pair, unless there is a specific configuration by the configuration information, based on the first CSI being CSI derived based on a single CMR, any CMR included in the one or more CMR pairs may be not used to derive the first CSI.
US11979898B2
A wireless communication system includes a plurality of sets of base station devices and terminal station devices configured to perform communications in an equal frame length using a time division duplex scheme, the communications of the plurality of sets being simultaneously operated in adjacent areas, in which each of the base station devices includes a control unit configured to control a transmission timing of a downlink signal transmitted from the base station device itself based on a communication distance between the base station device and the terminal station device of each of the sets or a reception timing of a downlink signal in the terminal station device such that reception timings of downlink signals transmitted from the base station device itself and other base station devices in the terminal station devices of the sets fall within a predetermined range determined in advance.
US11979895B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The user equipment is configured with a reference time resource available, in one or more slots, for transmission of a scheduling request by the user equipment, the reference time resource includes a reference symbol R, wherein each of the one or more slots has a slot duration that is based on a number N of symbols in the slot. The user equipment is further configured with a requesting periodicity P indicating a periodicity with a time period shorter than the slot duration. The method includes transmitting a scheduling request message at a request transmission symbol T which is based on the reference symbol R and the periodicity P. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US11979887B2
Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes: selecting a subset of a plurality of decoding candidates of a search space in a control channel based on a property of each of the subset of the plurality of decoding candidates; monitoring the subset of the plurality of decoding candidates; and decoding control information in the control channel based on the monitoring of the subset of the plurality of decoding candidates.
US11979882B2
A first base station may communicate with a second base station regarding a wireless device, exchanging information regarding configuration parameters associated with the wireless device, carrier types supported by the wireless device, etc. The configuration parameters may be used to carry out communications with and/or handover of the wireless device.
US11979879B2
Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method, a communications device, and a network device. The information transmission method may include: sending, by a first communications device, a request message to a network device, to request the network device to schedule a resource for transmission of sidelink information between the first communications device and a second communications device; and further receiving indication information that is used to indicate the resource and that is sent by the network device, and sending the sidelink information to the second communications device on the resource. In the embodiments of this application, reachability of the sidelink information can be ensured.
US11979876B2
Disclosed is a method by which a terminal transmits a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The terminal can receive, from the base station, configuration information for allocating a resource for transmitting a transport block (TB) through the PUSCH, and map the TB to a plurality of slots constituting the resource on the basis of the configuration information. Thereafter, the terminal can transmit the TB on the plurality of slots through the PUSCH.
US11979875B2
A terminal is disclosed including a transmitting unit that transmits, to a base station, a schedule request (SR); and a receiving unit that receives, from the base station, an uplink grant indicating scheduling information for transmitting uplink data, wherein the transmitting unit transmits, to the base station, the uplink data by employing the scheduling information. In other aspects, a base station and a system are also disclosed.
US11979870B1
A first communication device generates and transmits a frame that is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to refrain from transmitting during a set of repeating time segments, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time period of the time segments in the set of repeating time segments, the time period being less than a duration of a beacon interval of the WLAN such that multiple ones of the time segments occur within one beacon interval. Alternatively, the frame is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in the WLAN to refrain from transmitting during a time segment that begins in conjunction with an end of transmission of i) the frame or ii) a packet that includes the frame, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time duration of the time segment.
US11979869B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement scheduling for device-to-device (D2D). A WTRU (e.g., a D2D WTRU) may determine whether the WTRU has D2D data to transmit. The WTRU may determine a set of allowed SA resources and/or allowed D2D data resources for transmission of the SA. The WTRU may select an SA resource and/or D2D data resources (e.g., from the set of allowed SA resources and/or D2D data resources) for transmission. The WTRU may select one or more transmission parameters. The WTRU may select one or more transmission patterns. The WTRU may transmit D2D data over the set of allowed D2D resources using the selected transmission patterns and according to the selected transmission parameters.
US11979868B2
Disclosed are a control information sending method and detecting method, a base station, a terminal, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: a base station determining first-type physical layer control information, which is used for indicating a first-type control parameter of a second-type physical layer control channel; determining second-type physical layer control information, which is used for indicating a second-type control parameter of a data channel; sending the first-type physical layer control information; and sending the second-type physical layer control information on the second-type physical layer control channel.
US11979866B2
The present disclosure provides a wireless communication method. The wireless communication method includes a first apparatus communicating with at least one second apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. The wireless communication method generates an aggregated physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including a first null data packet (NDP) based on a first protocol standard and a second NDP based on a second protocol standard and transmits the aggregated PPDU to the at least one second apparatus, wherein the first NDP and the second NDP have a same duration in different frequency bands.
US11979864B2
A V2X transmission method and device, and a user equipment are provided. The method includes the following. Determine whether a PC5 link at a current frequency is suitable for V2X transmission during V2X transmission with a peer end. Switch to a PC5 link at another frequency for V2X transmission with the peer end or release the PC5 link at the current frequency, based on a determination that the PC5 link at the current frequency is no longer suitable for V2X transmission.
US11979856B2
Embodiments provide a transceiver for a wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with at least one other transceiver of the wireless communication system using sidelink resource pools [e.g., mode 3 resource pool, mode 4 resource pool, shared resource pool, unshared resource pool or exceptional resource pool] of the wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a data packet on one of the sidelink resource pools of the wireless communication system to the other transceiver of the wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to, if a PPPR value associated with the data packet or with data contained in the data packet indicates a high reliability [of the data packet], to re-transmit the data packet at least on once on another sidelink resource pool of the sidelink resource pools of the wireless communication system.
US11979855B2
A method includes: determining, by a first terminal device, a first resource, where the first resource includes one or more of a resource used by a second terminal device to transmit data, a resource reserved by the second terminal device to transmit data, a resource determined based on the resource used by the second terminal device to transmit data, and a resource determined based on the resource reserved by the second terminal device to transmit data; and skipping, by the first terminal device, using a second resource, or reselecting, by the first terminal device, a resource, if the first resource and the second resource overlap.
US11979847B2
Handshaking is performed, by an ego device via a wireless transceiver, with surrounding mobile devices to receive identifiers of the surrounding mobile devices and incoming notification messages from the surrounding mobile devices. Each of the incoming notification messages are sent from a different respective sender device of the surrounding mobile devices and include identifiers of devices seen by the sender device and an indication of whether issues with the devices seen by the sender device were identified by the sender device. An alert is raised responsive to an issue being indicated with the ego device based on the incoming notification messages.
US11979845B2
A method for an apparatus in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: receiving information on a transmission time point of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources included in at least one PRS resource set; measuring information associated with positioning for each of the plurality of PRS resources, on the basis of the information on the transmission time point; and on the basis of the information associated with the positioning, transmitting at least one from among an identifier (ID) of a specific PRS resource of the plurality of PRS resources, or an ID of a PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource, and a transmission and reception point (TRP) ID associated with the PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
US11979826B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to selecting a transmitting virtual access point (VAP) for a MBSSID set. A method comprises selecting a VAP from a set of VAPs as a transmitting VAP based on context information about the set of VAPs, at least one of the set of VAPs other than the transmitting VAP being determined as at least one non-transmitting VAP The method also comprises generating a beacon frame for the set of VAPs by including an identifier of the transmitting VAP in a header part of the beacon frame and including at least one identifier of the at least one non-transmitting VAP in a payload part of the beacon frame. A generated beacon frame is broadcasted. In this way, a transmitting VAP of a set of VAPs is no longer determined by default, but can be selected for different cases.
US11979806B2
An OTA Edge system, constructed to: (1) receive polling requests, dedicated to an OTA Core system, from one or several mobile end de-vices; wherein an offload filter implemented in the OTA Edge system and constructed to: (2) accept polling requests from mobile end devices for which contents are present on the OTA Core system, and (2′) reject polling re-quests from mobile end devices for which no contents are present on the OTA Core system.
US11979802B2
A roadside device 200, which performs radio communication with a mobile station on a road, includes: a first communicator 210 available for a first radio communication scheme; a second communicator available 220 for a second radio communication scheme different from the first radio communication scheme; and a controller configured to acquire, from the first mobile station via the first communicator 210, information associated with a first mobile station and distribute the acquired information to a second mobile station via the second communicator 220.
US11979799B1
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for dynamic charge computation. In use, a change made to a subscription of a customer is detected, wherein the subscription is associated with a billing cycle. Further, responsive to detecting the change and prior to an end of the billing cycle, at least one charge is computed for the subscription.
US11979789B2
A communication system with a master device configured to determine location information in real-time with respect to a portable device. The master device may direct one or more monitor devices to monitor communications that occur over a primary communication link. The monitor devices may sense characteristic information about the signal from the portable device, and communicate this characteristic information to the master device via an auxiliary communication link. The communication system may determine location of the portable device, authenticate the portable device, determine whether the portable device is authorized to allow or initiate an action, and command or enable an action with respect to equipment.
US11979787B2
A target RAN node (3) receives, from a core network (5), a message requesting a handover of a radio terminal (1) from a bearer-based network to a bearer-less network. This handover request message includes flow information related to at least one session to be established in the bearer-less network in order to transfer at least one packet flow of the radio terminal (1). The target RAN node (3) transmits, to the core network (5), a handover acknowledge response message containing a transparent container that includes a radio resource configuration information derived from the flow information and is to be forwarded to a source RAN node associated (2) through the core network (5). It is thus, for example, possible to appropriately configuring an AS layer of a target RAT in an inter-RAT handover.
US11979781B2
A method for selecting cell using a fifth generation (5G) user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes detecting an event, when the 5G UE is camped on a serving cell; detecting availability of one or more voice over new radio (VoNR) cells and one or more non-VoNR cells in vicinity of the serving cell in response to detecting the event; based on the event, performing one of (i) selecting a VoNR cell when only one VoNR cell is available, (ii) identifying and selecting a VoNR cell based on a plurality of cell parameters, when a plurality of VoNR cells are available, and (iii) identifying and selecting a non-VoNR cell from the one or more non-VoNR cells, based on the plurality of cell parameters, when one of the one or more non-VoNR cells is available.
US11979772B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) from an originator using the transceiver, and when receiving all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU, transmit to the originator a block ACK (BA) frame signaling that all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU are received without a bitmap indicating whether each MPDU included in the A-MPDU is received.
US11979763B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention relates to a method for channel measurement and device.
US11979760B2
A user equipment (UE) monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in multiple component carriers (CC). The UE determines if the UE is operating in carrier aggregation (CA) mode having a first CC in a first frequency band and a second CC in a second frequency band. When the UE is operating in CA with a first CC in the first frequency band and the second CC in the second frequency band, the UE determines a span pattern for PDCCH symbols being received on the first and second CC and selects a PDCCH monitoring type based on, at least, the span pattern. A UE also determines if a first CC and a second CC of a CA combination are collocated and selects a PDCCH monitoring type based on, at least, the determination of whether the first and second CC are collocated.
US11979755B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling and configuring cross carrier scheduling are disclosed. In one example a method (100), performed by a wireless device (10, 30) is disclosed. The wireless device (10, 30) is configured for cross-carrier scheduling in a wireless communication network. The method (100) comprises signalling (102) to the network an indication that the wireless device (10, 30) is capable of using a reference Transmission Configuration Indication, TCI, state for a cross-carrier scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, reception on a second serving cell, with a scheduling offset from a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, reception from a first serving cell that scheduled the PDSCH, that is less than a predetermined delay Delta_Offset. In response to signalling the reference TCI state capability the method further includes receiving (104) from the network an indication of a TCI state to use as the reference TCI state.
US11979749B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), performed by a user equipment (UE) in an unlicensed band, the method comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI) including information on a listen before talk (LBT) type and information on a PUSCH start position from a base station; and transmitting the PUSCH on the basis of the information on the LBT type and the information on the PUSCH start position, wherein the LBT type is one of LBT type 1, LBT type 2, and LBT type 3, a random backoff-based LBT is performed in the LBT type 1, an LBT without a random backoff is performed in the LBT type 2, and an uplink is transmitted without LBT in LBT type 3.
US11979742B2
Detection and prevention of resource drain from unauthorized wireless device connections is provided. Responsive to receiving of a connection request from a connecting device, a pre-authentication message is sent to the connecting device, the pre-authentication message including a challenge value. A vehicle hash result is computed using a hash function taking the challenge value and the unique identifier of the vehicle as inputs. A device hash result is received from the connecting device. Responsive to a match of the vehicle hash result and the device hash result, additional hardware of the vehicle is activated to perform a secondary authentication of the connecting device. Responsive to a mismatch, authentication of the connecting device is rejected without activation of the additional hardware, thereby avoiding key-off load from the additional hardware in instances where pre-authentication of the connecting device fails.
US11979741B2
A system and method of verifying a user for participation in a block chain of a distributed network. The method includes receiving, by one or more validation devices of the distributed network, a request for participation in adding transaction records to the block chain, the request being received from a mobile communication device of the user and including behavioral data collected by the mobile communication device. In response to determining that the behavioral data satisfies a human characteristic threshold, determining that the behavioral data is not associated with another device of the distributed network. In response to both those conditions above, verifying the user and enabling the user to participate in the block chain distributed network by adding a block including transaction records to the block chain via the mobile communication device.
US11979738B2
A method of wireless communication locator station to be disposed at specific location includes: detecting rotation angle information of client-based portable device, carried or worn by user, according to specific wireless communication standard between wireless communication locator station and client-based portable device when client-based portable device is within signal range of wireless communication locator station; generating head pose direction estimation according to calculated rotation angle information; and when head pose direction estimation indicates that a user turns face towards wireless communication locator station, sending packet signal from wireless communication locator station to server-based portable device, successfully paired with and security-connected with client-based portable device, so that server-based portable device can transfer packet signal to client-based portable device after receiving packet signal.
US11979737B2
A display device and an operation method of the display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display device includes a display screen a sound-generation driving module, and further includes an acoustic scanning module, arranged on a non-display side of the display screen and configured to determine a spatial contour of a space where the display device is located through acoustic scanning; a viewer position detection module, configured to detect viewer coordinates in the space where the display device is located; and a control module, configured to control the sound-generation driving module to generate sound in accordance with the spatial contour and the viewer coordinates.
US11979734B2
A system and method is described for determining whether a loudspeaker device has relocated, tilted, rotated, or changed environment such that one or more parameters for driving the loudspeaker may be modified and/or a complete reconfiguration of the loudspeaker system may be performed. In one embodiment, the system may include a set of sensors. The sensors provide readings that are analyzed to determine 1) whether the loudspeaker has moved since a previous analysis and/or 2) a distance of movement and/or a degree change in orientation of the loudspeaker since the previous analysis. Upon determining the level of movement is below a threshold value, the system adjusts previous parameters used to drive one or more of the loudspeakers. By adjusting previous parameters instead of performing a complete recalibration, the system provides a more efficient technique for ensuring that the loudspeakers continue to produce accurate sound for the listener.
US11979732B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising capturing spatial audio data during an image capturing process, determining an orientation of an image capturing device during the spatial audio data capture, generating an audio focus signal from said captured spatial audio data (wherein said audio focus signal is focused in an image capturing direction of said image capturing device), generating modified spatial audio data (e.g. by modifying the captured spatial audio data to compensate for changes in orientation during the spatial audio data capture), and generating an audio output signal from a combination of the audio focus signal and the modified spatial audio data.
US11979703B2
Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.
US11979702B2
An earphone box includes a box body and a box magnet. The box body defines an accommodating groove configured to accommodate the earphone, and the accommodating groove is provided with an interface configured to be electrically coupled to the earphone. The box magnet is mounted on the box body and configured as a multipole magnet, the earphone is provided with an earphone magnet with the same number of poles as the box magnet, and the earphone magnet attracts and couples with the box magnet.
US11979699B2
A speaker device configured to be embedded in a refrigerator door includes a body including an exposed surface that is exposed to an exterior, a side surface having an area that is greater than an area of the exposed surface, and a groove formed in the side surface and connected to the exposed surface, a first speaker provided on the exposed surface of the body, and a second speaker provided in the groove.
US11979696B2
In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) having at least one sensor configured to generate a stream of usage data; and an analytical stream processing component comprising: a communication component that receives the stream of usage data; a memory configured to store at least a portion of the stream of usage data and at least one model for detecting a safety event signature, wherein the at least one model is trained based as least in part on a set of usage data generated by one or more other articles of PPE of a same type as the article of PPE; and one or more computer processors configured to: detect the safety event signature in the stream of usage data based on processing the stream of usage data with the model, and generate an output in response to detecting the safety event signature.
US11979682B2
In aspects of personal content managed during extended display screen recording, a screen recording system includes a wireless device that provides digital image content for display on an extended display device, and a screen recording session on the wireless device captures the digital image content and audio data. The wireless device implements a content control module that can determine the screen recording session would capture personal content associated with a user of the wireless device. The content control module can initiate a private screen review mode in which the personal content is displayable on a display screen of the wireless device and is prevented from visual display on the extended display device. The content control module can also generate a shareable screen recording that includes the audio data and the digital image content displayed on the extended display device, without including the personal content.
US11979680B2
In one example, a remote tuner module includes: a first tuner to receive, process and demodulate a first radio frequency (RF) signal to output an analog audio signal, and to receive and process a second RF signal to output a first downconverted modulated signal; a second tuner to receive and process the second RF signal to output a second downconverted modulated signal; a demodulator circuit coupled to the first and second tuners to demodulate and link the first and second modulated signals, to output a linked demodulated signal. The remote tuner module may further include a gateway circuit coupled to at least the demodulator circuit to output the analog audio signal and the linked demodulated signal.
US11979673B2
The present disclosure generally relates to image sensors and methods for image sensing. More specifically, and without limitation, this disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing super-pixels, and implementing and using image sensors with super-pixels. In one implementation, an image sensor includes a plurality of super-pixels. Each super-pixel may include a first photosensitive element; a detector electrically connected to the first photosensitive element and configured to generate a trigger signal when an analog signal proportional to brightness of light impinging on the first photosensitive element matches a condition; a second photosensitive element; an exposure measurement circuit electrically connected to the second photosensitive element and configured to convert an analog signal proportional to brightness of light impinging on the second photosensitive element to a digital signal; and a logic circuit electrically connected to the detector and the exposure measurement circuit and configured to enable the exposure measurement circuit in response to the trigger signal and to disable the exposure measurement circuit when the digital signal is read out from the exposure measurement circuit.
US11979669B2
In a cleaning device, a signal processing circuit determines that a foreign substance has adhered to a surface of a protection cover based on at least two pieces of information among a change amount of a resonant frequency when a vibration portion is driven at a first voltage, a change amount of a current value relating to an impedance detected by an impedance detector, and a temporal change of an image captured by an imaging portion, and cleans the surface of the protection cover by controlling the vibration portion in accordance with the determination.
US11979665B2
Apparatus, methods, and program products for interleaving display ON/OFF periods and camera ON/OFF periods for camera-under-display (CUD) configurations are disclosed. One apparatus includes a display screen including a CUD area, the display screen configured for switching between display ON periods and display OFF periods, and a camera positioned behind the CUD area of the display screen, the camera configured for switching between exposure ON periods and exposure OFF periods. The apparatus further includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to interleave the display ON/OFF periods and the exposure ON/OFF periods such that the CUD area appears to continuously display data and the camera is simultaneously able to capture images. Methods and computer program products that perform the operations and/or functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.
US11979658B2
A surveillance camera system includes a power sourcing equipment corresponding to a midspan having one or more of integrated input/output (I/O) and audio port functionality, the power sourcing equipment including processing circuitry, one or more data ports, one or more of an I/O port and an audio port, and a Power over Ethernet (PoE) port. Additionally, the surveillance camera system includes a camera connected to the power sourcing equipment by the PoE port, and a computer connected to the power sourcing equipment by one of the data ports, wherein the computer is configured to receive data from and transmit data to the camera via the power sourcing equipment.
US11979649B2
A front perception module is utilized in conjunction with a front ballast system, which is included in a work vehicle and which has a laterally-extending hanger bracket supporting a number of removable ballast weights. In various embodiments, the front perception module includes an environmental depth perception (EDP) sensor system including a first EDP device having a field of view (FOV) encompassing an environmental region forward of the work vehicle, a mounting base attached to the work vehicle, and a front module housing containing the EDP sensor system and joined to the work vehicle through the mounting base. The front module housing is positioned over and vertically spaced from the laterally-extending hanger bracket in a manner enabling positioning of the removable ballast weights beneath the front module housing.
US11979643B2
Provided are a video pushing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: transmitting a received search keyword to a server; receiving first video preview information, fed back by the server, of at least two first videos matching the search keyword and including at least two types of videos, and displaying the first video preview information on a first display interface; in response to receiving a play-triggering operation on first target preview information in the first video preview information, transmitting, to the server, a video-obtaining request carrying identification information of a first target video corresponding to the first target preview information; and receiving at least two second videos and corresponding second video preview information that are fed back by the server based on the video-obtaining request, and displaying a first predetermined number of pieces of preview information in the second video preview information on a second display interface.
US11979641B2
Systems and methods are provided for relevance-based media content discovery. Relevance scores for segments of a media asset are calculated based on a time amount that at least one viewer has viewed the segments of the media asset. Segments are then chosen for display based on the relevance score. Users may select segments based on representative images of the segments.
US11979634B2
The present invention relates generally to a sophisticated system and software to assist users deciding what video programing to watch. Based on analysis of viewing by users and their friends (which are the most reliable and accurate influencers on peoples viewing decisions), the system provides tools, ratings, recommendations and alerts. Specifically, the system leverages various forms of unique software tools and artificial intelligence processing to produce accurate and relevant information for users deciding what to watch. Given the huge and expanding amounts of video content and multiple viewing platforms, finding out what to watch is a crucial problem for a very high percentage (over 80%) of all video viewers, and the current invention represents a crucial and timely solution to this problem.
US11979631B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for detecting synchronization errors between audio and video signals. Scene changes may be detected based on anchor frames. Offsets between a scene change in a video signal and a reduced audio level or burst of high audio level in the audio signal may indicate a synchronization error.
US11979629B1
The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing functions having higher added values. The broadcast receiver receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast service, controls an operation including activation and end of an application that is in cooperation with a broadcast program based on application-related information, and selects control relating to reactivation of the application based on a user's operation. If activation of the application is requested after the end of the application, the broadcast receiver controls the reactivation or non-reactivation of the application in accordance with the selection of control by the user.
US11979621B2
Enhanced trick-play modes for video content that is being streamed to a client from a server are described. In an embodiment, the enhanced trick-play modes are provided with relatively low latency and high quality using trick-play optimization techniques for a streaming environment, avoiding the need to stream the entire contents of the portions through which the viewer is fast forwarding. By employing sophisticated selection criteria of which parts of the content to download at what time, the quality of the playback experience is improved versus that which would conventionally be possible when using a simple sequential frame data download. The streaming client maintains a cache of nearby significant frames, such as nearby key frames, in forward and/or reverse directions of the current playback position, without having to download the entire portions of the video stream in which the significant frames reside. The trick-play modes utilize these frames.
US11979608B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving a residual sample for the current block on the basis of the quantized transform coefficient; and generating a restoration picture on the basis of the residual sample for the current block, wherein the residual information includes position information for indicating the position of a transform coefficient, which is not the last 0 in a transform block, and the position information can be derived if a transform skip is not applied to the transform block.
US11979606B2
Methods and apparatuses of encoding a video stream using video point cloud coding include obtaining a source point cloud; generating a geometry map and a texture map based on the source point cloud; generating a reconstructed geometry map and a reconstructed texture map using lossy coding without using recoloring, wherein a resolution of the reconstructed geometry map is same as a resolution of the reconstructed texture map; obtaining a point of the source point cloud corresponding to a geometry pixel of the geometry map and a texture pixel of the texture map; selecting a color of the texture pixel based on a color of the obtained point; and generating an encoded video stream based on the selected color, the geometry map, and the texture map.
US11979605B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of coded sequences of point cloud coding (PCC) frames. The plurality of coded sequences of PCC frames represent a plurality of PCC attributes including geometry, texture, and one or more of reflectance, transparency, and normal. Each coded PCC frame is represented by one or more PCC network abstraction layer (NAL) units. The mechanism also includes parsing the bitstream to obtain, for each PCC attribute, an indication of one of a plurality of video codecs used to code the corresponding PCC attribute. The mechanism also includes decoding the bitstream based on the indicated video codecs for the PCC attributes.
US11979601B2
Innovations in encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical bias are described herein. For example, a video encoder determines a block vector (“BV”) for a current block of a picture, performs intra prediction for the current block using the BV, and encodes the BV. The BV indicates a displacement to a region within the picture. When determining the BV, the encoder checks a constraint that the region is within a BV search range having a horizontal bias or vertical bias. The encoder can select the BV search range from among multiple available BV search ranges, e.g., depending at least in part on BV values of one or more previous blocks, which can be tracked in a histogram data structure.
US11979600B2
Innovations in encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical bias are described herein. For example, a video encoder determines a block vector (“BV”) for a current block of a picture, performs intra prediction for the current block using the BV, and encodes the BV. The BV indicates a displacement to a region within the picture. When determining the BV, the encoder checks a constraint that the region is within a BV search range having a horizontal bias or vertical bias. The encoder can select the BV search range from among multiple available BV search ranges, e.g., depending at least in part on BV values of one or more previous blocks, which can be tracked in a histogram data structure.
US11979592B2
A method of video decoding includes receiving a syntax element associated with a current coding block that is partitioned into a first part and a second part along a partition edge for prediction in a geometric partitioning mode. The method further includes determining a weight index at a sample position of the current coding block, and determining a stored motion vector type for a first motion storage unit in a motion field of the current coding block based on a motion index of the first motion storage unit. The method further includes storing the motion field of the current coding block based on the stored motion vector type determined for the first motion storage unit.
US11979590B2
Systems and methods for providing a framework for predicting future frames using diverse sampling are provided. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future frames includes receiving a video having a first frame from a first time and a second frame from a second time. The first frame and the second frame are represented in image space. The method also includes updating a prediction model based on the video. The method further includes determining whether a stopping condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the stopping condition has been satisfied, the method includes generating a plurality of future frames for a third time after the second time. The plurality of future frames is generated based on a normalized distance metric that preserves distance of samples in the latent space to the image space. The method yet further includes selecting a candidate frame from the plurality of future frames.
US11979588B2
Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
US11979582B2
A method for transmitting a bitstream via a network is provided. The bitstream is for coding a current block and is generated by: deriving a first candidate from a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block; coding a first index identifying a reference picture to be used for coding the current block; deriving a second candidate having a second motion vector that includes a non-zero value, which is assigned to the reference picture; and coding a second index identifying a selected candidate to be used for coding the current block. The second motion vector is not derived by coding a block adjacent to the current block, and the non-zero value is assigned by offset values which include an OffsetX and an OffsetY and which are located in a picture header.
US11979581B2
The present disclosure concerns a method and a device for encoding or decoding video data. It concerns more particularly the encoding according to a particular encoding mode using a decoder side motion vector derivation mode referenced as frame-rate up conversion mode or FRUC mode. It concerns encoding and decoding improvement which reduce the need for memory accesses when using an encoding mode where the motion information is predicted using a decoder side motion vector derivation method.
US11979579B2
The present disclosure concerns a method and a device for encoding or decoding video data. It concerns more particularly the encoding according to a particular encoding mode using a decoder side motion vector derivation mode referenced as frame-rate up conversion mode or FRUC mode. It concerns encoding and decoding improvement which reduce the need for memory accesses when using an encoding mode where the motion information is predicted using a decoder side motion vector derivation method.
US11979574B2
A method and device for controlling coding tools are provided. The video decoding method includes decoding, from a high level of a bitstream, an enable flag indicating whether one or more coding tools are enabled. The coding tools includes a first coding tool that encodes sample values using luma component mapping based on a piecewise linear model. The method includes acquiring a value of an application flag depending on a value of the enable flag, by setting the application flag indicating whether to apply the coding tools to a predetermined value, or by decoding the application flag from a low level of the bitstream, the application flag including a first application flag indicating whether to apply the first coding tool. The coding tools are operated when the value of the application flag is a value indicating that the coding tools are applied.
US11979561B2
A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video having one or more video layers including one or more video pictures and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that a first video picture is an associated intra random access point picture of a second picture and that the second picture are constrained to belong to a same video layer.
US11979548B2
A structured light projector is disclosed, which includes a first light source, a second light source, an optical refractive element and an optical shaper. The first light source and the second light source are configured to respectively emit first incoherent light and second incoherent light. The optical refractive element is arranged over the first and second light sources for refracting the first incoherent light and the second incoherent light. The optical shaper element is arranged over the optical refractive element for shaping the first incoherent light to generate first structured light with plural first optical patterns and shaping the second incoherent light to generate second structured light with plural second optical patterns, in which the first structured light and the second structured light are overlapped onto a region of space.
US11979547B2
Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, systems, and methods related to data capture of objects and/or an environment. In one embodiment, a user can capture time-indexed three-dimensional (3D) depth data using one or more portable data capture devices that can capture time indexed color images of a scene with depth information and location and orientation data. In addition, the data capture devices may be configured to captured a spherical view of the environment around the data capture device.
US11979540B2
An image reading system includes an image reading apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a document from a bundle of cut documents one by one, a reading unit configured to read an image of the transported document, and a reading control unit, and an external control unit included in an external device coupled to the image reading apparatus, wherein an inclination correction process that corrects an inclination of the image of the document, a size determination process that determines a size of the image as a standard for the bundle of documents, and a size correction process that corrects the size of the image of the document to a specific size determined by the size determination process are performed.
US11979537B1
An embedding component is described which embeds information in a scanned document. The embedding component includes a document acquisition component, which acquires a scanned document from an associated scanning device. An information acquisition component acquires variable information associated with the scanned document. An encoding component generates a machine-readable representation of the variable information. A pattern insertion component uses the machine-readable representation to insert at least one machine readable pattern in the scanned document, to generate a modified document. An output component outputs the modified document to an associated output device, such that when the modified document is rendered on print media, the machine-readable pattern is not noticeable to the unaided eye of a person. A processor implements the document acquisition component, information acquisition component, encoding component, pattern insertion component, and output component.
US11979532B2
A reading apparatus includes a conveyance roller configured to convey a medium, a reading unit configured to read an image of the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller, a detection unit configured to detect a rotation phase of the conveyance roller, a storage unit configured to store index values, each index value being associated with the rotation phase of the conveyance roller and corresponding to a conveyance amount of the conveyance roller per unit rotation angle, and a timing control circuit configured to select the index value based on a detection result of the detection unit and to control a reading timing of the reading unit based on a result of comparing a cumulative value of selected index values with a threshold corresponding to a reading resolution.
US11979530B2
There is configured a carrying device including a sensor for detecting presence of a medium, a carrying mechanism capable of making the transition between a carrying state capable of carrying the medium and a retreat state incapable of carrying the medium, and a processor, wherein when making the transition to a power-off state, the processor sets power off in the retreat state when the sensor detects the medium, and sets the power off in the carrying state when the sensor does not detect the medium.
US11979526B2
A display apparatus includes an operation panel and a controller configured to control display of the operation panel. The controller is configured to cause a first button, a second button, and a display area for displaying a numerical value received by a first operation on one or both of the first button and the second button to be displayed on the operation panel. In response to receiving a second operation on the first button or the second button, the controller is configured to change the amount of change in the numerical value to be received by the first operation.
US11979522B2
An image processing system capable of preventing resubmission of a scanned image from being required due to an undesired object which obstructs visibility. The image processing system includes a scanned image generation unit configured to read an original and generate a scanned image of the read original, and submits an image to a management server. A continuous pixel area which includes a plurality of pixels whose pixel values are higher than a predetermined density threshold value and has an area size equal to or larger than a predetermined value is identified from a scanned image. Whether or not the identified continuous pixel area is an area of an undesired object which obstructs visibility is determined. A continuous pixel area determined as the area of an undesired object is notified to a user before the scanned image is submitted to the management server.
US11979518B2
In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number.
US11979515B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising a lighting device and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a lighting device comprising a pattern light source for irradiating light of a predetermined pattern; a camera; and a control unit for photographing a 3D image by using the lighting device and the camera, wherein the pattern light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements, the plurality of light emitting elements are grouped into a plurality of groups, and the control unit turns on the plurality of groups sequentially and controls the pattern light source so that light emission times of at least some of the plurality of groups are different.
US11979508B2
A tamper resistant element (TRE) in a device can operate a primary platform and support a “Smart Secure Platform”. The TRE may not keep time when electrical power is removed from the TRE. The device can receive (i) a certificate for an image delivery server (IDS) with a first timestamp and (ii) a signed second timestamp from a certificate authority, comprising a signature according to the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) with stapling. The device can forward the certificate and second timestamp to the TRE. The device can receive a ciphertext and an encrypted image from the IDS, where the ciphertext includes a third timestamp from a Time Stamp Authority (TSA), and forward the data to the TRE. The TRE can conduct a key exchange to decrypt the ciphertext. The TRE can compare the second and third timestamps to verify the certificate has not been revoked.
US11979507B2
A method of digitally signing a message is disclosed. The method comprises distributing first shares of a first secret value among a plurality of participants, wherein the first secret value is a private key accessible by means of a first threshold number of the first shares, and is inaccessible to less than the first threshold number of the first shares; distributing second shares of a second secret value among the participants, wherein the second secret value is an ephemeral key, wherein said ephemeral key is inaccessible to less than said first threshold number of said second shares; and distributing third shares of a third secret value among the participants, wherein each third share is adapted to be applied to a message to generate a respective fourth share of a fourth secret value, wherein the fourth secret value is the message signed with the private key and using the ephemeral key.
US11979505B2
The present invention relates to the field of data identification, and in particular to two-dimensional code technology. Provided in the present invention is a two-dimensional code-based file acquisition method, comprising: step 1, parsing a two-dimensional code to acquire two-dimensional code encoded data, wherein the encoded data comprises a first unique value, encrypted data, and signature data; step 2, verifying the signature data; step 3, decrypting the encrypted data to acquire a file address and an. nth data segment In; step 4, acquiring an. encrypted file according to the nth data segment In and the file address; step 5, verifying the encrypted file according to the first unique value to acquire a decrypted file. The present invention solves the technical problems of easy tampering and poor security when data is stored and acquired on the basis of a two-dimensional code, and implements secure and reliable information protection.
US11979504B2
Incidents involving confidentiality and vigilance against user privacy invasions raise doubts as to current third-party data collection procedures. Personally identifiable information (PII) is being abused for medical data breaches, identity theft, spam, phishing, cyber spying, etc. A great amount of data is flowing from users to companies for prediction and analysis of data-centric markets. It is thus difficult to track PII flow and genuineness. Blockchain technology, which is an “immutable” distributed ledger, can efficiently track PII exchange, storing, and distribution. In contrast, the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) in progress claims “a right to forget” and a right “to delete”. However, the present specification proposes an off-chain blockchain architecture using both a local database and a distributed ledger to guarantee a trustable PII life cycle.
US11979500B2
The present disclosure relates to a vaultless format-preserving tokenization system and method that securely converts sensitive data into a non-sensitive format while maintaining the original structure. The process includes encoding the original data, generating a secure modification based on a predetermined format by encoding another input and combining it with a unique hashing key, applying a special encryption technique that incorporates the encoded data, secure modification, and a unique encryption key to produce an encoded version of the data, and finally creating a token from the encoded data to be used in place of the original sensitive information.
US11979495B1
An example apparatus includes a flash memory card that is removably and securely coupled to a host device (e.g., smartphone). When removed, the apparatus facilitates physical and logical air-gapping and secure, “cold” storage of digital assets. In one example, a flash memory card stores computer-executable instructions to determine that a mobile device is authorized to communicate with the flash memory card when the flash memory card is inserted into a memory card slot of the mobile device. If communication is authorized, the instructions can further cause the memory card to establish communication with the mobile device and cause the mobile device to access a digital asset using a key stored on the memory card. The digital asset can be digitally managed in response to receiving user input at the mobile device.
US11979491B2
A method and apparatus for providing user key material from a server to a client is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first message from the client in a server, the first message having a user key material request, an access token and an identifier of a transport key (TrK-ID), validating the user key material request according to the access token, generating a response having user key material responsive to the user key material request, encrypting the response according to the transport key (TrK), and transmitting a second message comprising the response from the server to the client. The client decrypts the second message according to the transport key (TrK) and validates the second message using the identifier of the transport key (TrK-ID).
US11979488B2
A method for generating a key stream according to an embodiment includes generating r round keys that are each N-dimensional integer vectors including elements of an integer set defined based on a prime number t, based on a random bit string, an encryption counter, and a secret key that is an N-dimensional integer vector consisting of elements of the integer set , generating a first round output vector x1 by performing a modular addition operation on an initial vector and a first round key RK1 of the r round keys with the prime number t as a modulus, and generating a key stream that is an N-dimensional integer vector consisting of elements of the integer set from the first round output vector x1 by using a second to r-th round keys of the r round keys, and one or more first round functions and a second round function.
US11979487B1
A circuit and corresponding method enable mining for digital currency in a blockchain network. The circuit comprises a controller and at least one partial hash engine that (i) implements a hash function, partially, to compute a partial hash digest of a final hash digest for a block header of a block candidate and (ii) generates a notification based on determining that the partial hash digest satisfies a criterion. The controller includes a complete hash engine that implements the hash function, completely. In response to the notification generated, the controller activates the complete hash engine to compute, in its entirety, the final hash digest for the block header, effectuating a decision for submission of the block candidate with the block header to the blockchain network for mining the digital currency. Power savings and reduction in area are achieved relative to multiple hash engines that compute the entire final hash digest.
US11979483B2
An encryption method, includes performing, by an encryption system, bit reversal permutation of pixel data of a 2D image, arranging the pixel data as first-pixel data, and applying the 2D image to a butterfly algorithm of fast Fourier transform; determining, by the encryption system, a plurality of data paths based on the first-pixel data; and performing, by the encryption system, a first encryption of the first-pixel data into second-pixel data on a specific data path based on a number of the specific data path among the plurality of data paths.
US11979479B1
A packet sorting and reassembly circuit module, including a header parser, an information processing circuit, at least one state tracking and reassembly circuit, and an output arbiter, is provided. The header parser is configured to analyze multiple first packet segments to obtain header information corresponding to a first network packet, wherein the first network packet is transmitted based on a transmission control protocol (TCP) communication protocol. The information processing circuit is configured to transmit the first packet segments and sideband information corresponding to the first packet segments to a first state tracking and reassembly circuit among the at least one state tracking and reassembly circuit according to the header information. The first state tracking and reassembly circuit is configured to reassemble and sort the first packet segments according to the sideband information. The output arbiter is configured to output the first packet segments according to a sorting result.
US11979472B2
A digital communication module for a self-contained medical device communication platform is disclosed herein. In an example, a digital communication module is communicatively coupled to a therapy module of a medical device for relaying medical device data to an electronic medical record (“EMR”) server that is connected to a medical network. The digital communication module is connected to at least one other digital communication module via a wireless proprietary network that is separate from the medical network. The digital communication module determines that the medical device data from the medical device is to be transmitted, via the wireless proprietary network, to one of the other digital communication modules that is connected to the EMR server via the medical network. The other of the digital communication modules receives, and then routes the medical device data to the EMR server via the medical network.
US11979471B2
A push gateway brokers messages between backend services and client devices connected to the gateway. The gateway includes a plurality of messaging frontend servers, a messaging database, and a plurality of topic servers. The messaging frontend servers manage the socket connections connecting the client devices to the push gateway. The messaging frontend servers may further monitor the socket connections, collecting analytical data on the client devices and the connections. The messaging database is a key-value database that subscribes messaging frontend servers to topics. The topic servers receive publish requests from the backend servers to identify subscribed messaging frontend servers in the messaging database to push messages out to. The frontend messaging servers subsequently push out the message to the client devices subscribed to the topic.
US11979465B2
Systems and methods for recommending media content to a user based on information associated with a referral source that referred the user to a media item provided by a source of the media content are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes a presentation component that presents, via user a interface, a first media item associated with a media presentation source referred to a user through a referral source. The system further includes an analytics component that identifies a second media item based on media items associated with the media presentation source that are referred to other users through the referral source, and a recommendation component that recommends the second media item to the user through the user interface.
US11979464B2
Various techniques described herein relate to a client application framework for a contact center environment. A role-specific thick client framework may include a web browser-based application having multiple processes that can be distributed across the computing infrastructure of the client device. A portion of the framework may include a container application image received from an internal server of the contact center and launched by the client device. The framework also may include queuing and communication services executing on the client device, which interface with the internal client application and external service providers to support a common queuing framework and an integrated model implementation across the contact center environment.
US11979462B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a data collection system and a data collection method which are capable of collecting sensing data and various pieces of metadata by a single communication protocol and capable of associating the sensing data with the metadata without errors. A data collection system 301 of the present disclosure is a data collection system that performs communication from a terminal 11 to a data collection unit 12 by a standardized communication protocol (LLDP or HTIP), in which the terminal 11 stores sensing data detected by a sensor device in an extended field different from a field in which metadata is stored, within a frame specified by the communication protocol, and the data collection unit 12 associates the sensing data with the metadata based on information for identifying the terminal described in the frame.
US11979458B2
A device may store first data structures that include first data identifying computing resources provided at an edge of a network for a computing environment. The device may store second data structures that include second data identifying aggregations of portions of the first data, and may store a third data structure that includes third data identifying an aggregation of the second data. The device may receive, from a first client device, client data identifying an address and resources associated with the first client device, and may update a first data structure based on the client data. The device may update a second data structure based on updating the first data structure, and may update the third data structure based on updating the second data structure. The device may provide a notification indicating that the first client device has been added as a computing resource for the computing environment.
US11979456B2
Technology described herein can verify readiness of a customer tenant/customer for cloud provisioning based on the customer tenant. An example method comprises collecting, by a system comprising a processor, data based on user input from a customer tenant via a user interface, the data comprising information of a configuration setting that is to be used for cloud provisioning of a device based on the configuration setting. The method comprises, in response to collecting the configuration setting, analyzing, by the system, the configuration setting by comparing the configuration setting with respect to a selected rules check. The method comprises, in response to the analyzing of the configuration setting, determining, by the system, whether the configuration setting is acceptable for use in the cloud provisioning based on the configuration setting.
US11979455B2
A disclosed method provides a structured definition for a distributed application comprising two or more component applications. The definition may identify each component and a component type, e.g. VM or container, collocation information indicative of collocation requirements for one or more of the components, and external dependency information indicating constraints the alternative environment must comply with. The distributed application may be deployed to one or more endpoints. Responsive to detecting a triggering event for evaluation of component relocation alternatives, disclosed methods may invoke a resource balancing engine to identify a viable alternative endpoint for one or more component applications. Responsive to identifying a viable alternative endpoint for a particular component application, disclosed methods may relocate the particular component application to the alternative endpoint. The distributed application may be an HV application including one or more VM components and one or more container components.
US11979452B1
A system includes a data storage system, and a processor and program logic. The program logic includes a management console, including interface logic configured to provide a user interface. The interface logic is also configured to receive a request to record a demo of a Web application via the user interface. The program logic also includes a recording utility. The recording utility includes recording logic configured to, upon receiving the request to record, capture a first instance of underlying client-side code and assets utilized to render the Web application. The program logic further includes data consolidation and storage logic configured to save the first instance to a database. Further yet, the program logic includes demo editing logic configured to create a demo of the Web application based on the first instance.
US11979451B2
A data communication queuing method includes receiving a communication start notification from a first computing device associated with a first user account, accessing a list of a plurality of other user accounts linked to the first user account, sending a communication availability notification to at least a portion of other user accounts, operating a digital communication queue, enabling a live digital communication between the first user account and the at least one user account for a predetermined period, and ending the live digital communication between the first user account and the at least one user account of the multiple other user accounts after the predetermined period. The digital communication queue is operated by receiving a queue-join request from multiple other user accounts, enqueuing the multiple other user accounts in a determined order, and dequeuing at least one user account of the multiple other user accounts.
US11979450B2
A communication method includes receiving, by a first communication apparatus, indication information from a second communication apparatus, and determining, by the first communication apparatus, a first quality of service (QoS) of the extended reality (XR) service based on the at least one piece of QoS of an XR service. The first communication apparatus is a core network device or an access network device. The indication information is useable to indicate at least one piece of QoS of the XR service. The XR device receives data of the XR service or sends data of the XR service by a terminal device. The second communication apparatus is an XR server or a chip in the XR server.
US11979442B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for dynamically assigning participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring a set of rooms, each room being associated with a different number of participant video elements assignable to respective participant video feeds; receive, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the set of rooms; determine, in association with virtual conferencing, a first number of participants for a room; select a first room corresponding to the first number of participants; provide display of the first room; and assign, for each of the first number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the first room.
US11979440B2
A text data transmission-reception system includes a plurality of user terminals; a shared terminal; and an information processing apparatus connectable to each of the plurality of user terminals and the shared terminal via a network. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive text data transmitted and received between the plurality of user terminals; determine whether or not the text data transmitted and received between the plurality of user terminals includes a request for controlling the shared terminal; and control the shared terminal based on a determination that the text data includes the request for controlling the shared terminal.
US11979438B2
Methods and systems for multi-application video conferencing are described herein. A computing device may establish a communications session with a user computing device, then establish a group video call session with a group video call application. The computing device may provide, to the user computing device, video output associated with the group video call session. The computing device may receive, from the user computing device, input (e.g., video, audio, commands). The computing device may convert, based on an identity of the group video call application, the input into a format compatible with the group video call application. The computing device may then provide, to the group video call application, the converted input.
US11979429B1
An applet may be downloaded or provided to a web browser when a user visits a site in order to protect data input by the user from being captured by malicious software, such as key loggers. The applet may present a user input field in the web browser and may generate a random sequence of low-level key stroke or mouse click events within the input field when the user enters information, such as a username and/or password. A listening key logger will receive a large amount of random data, whereas the applet will receive and buffer the actual user data that may be communicated to a remote site access by the user.
US11979418B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of detecting potential malicious use of a resource management agent using a resource management log. The resource management log is analyzed. The resource management log logs API requests that request that a resource management system cause the resource management agent to perform respective operations. An anomalous operation is detected among the operations based at least in part on an identified API request satisfying one or more criteria associated with anomalous behavior. The identified API request requests that the resource management system cause the resource management agent, which is loaded on a machine and which enables the resource management system to remotely manage resources associated with the machine, to perform the anomalous operation. An alert is generated to notify a user of the potential malicious use of the resource management agent based at least in part on detection of the anomalous operation.
US11979410B1
Methods and systems provide for multi-factor authentication (MFA) of a user to a device or network in which a criteria for maintaining the authentication is based on the presence of the user before a device. After the user is authenticated and provided with access, a continuity criteria (i.e., a measure of the presence of the user before the device) must be fulfilled for that access to be maintained. When it is determined that the continuity requirement is not fulfilled, an aspect of the access is denied. A continuity criteria may be based on the location of a second computing device with respect to a first computing device. And multiple methods of determining continuity may be employed simultaneously, with access being denied when continuity is fulfilled by none of the methods.
US11979394B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for secure communications in a communications system through a secure database (SDB) using random numbers including, one-time use random number cipher keys.
US11979388B2
A method of an authentication server may include receiving, from a recipient computer system, recipient metadata comprising recipient information from the recipient computing system and a recipient network address. Access to the encrypted payload is authenticated by the recipient computer system using the recipient metadata. A response is sent to the recipient computer system after authenticating the recipient computer system. The recipient computer system decrypts the encrypted payload to access the payload in response to receiving the response.
US11979383B1
Transparent web browsing recording is disclosed. A request is received, at a browser isolation system, from a client browser executing on a client device, to connect with a remote resource. A surrogate browser is provided to facilitate communications between the client browser and the remote resource. A set of browsing activities associated with use of the surrogate browser by the client browser is recorded.
US11979381B2
A method including configuring a VPN server to determine, based on requesting data of interest from a host device, that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest; configuring the VPN server to verify, based on determining that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection; configuring the VPN server to establish, based on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11979380B2
A method including determining, by a VPN server based on requesting data of interest from a host device, that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest to the VPN server; verifying, by the VPN server, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection; establishing, by the VPN server based on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information between the VPN server and the secondary server; and transmitting, by the VPN server to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11979379B2
A method and system to communicate VPN server information to a client application without providing a full list of VPN server IP addresses. Instead, the method includes VPN server selection criteria that can be requested by client applications, such as “Free or Premium servers”, “Geolocation”, “Load”, “Streaming and protocol capabilities”, etc. A tagged data payload (e.g., JSON) can be used to provide these criteria, upon a request by a client application. Various groupings of VPN servers can be represented by the above criteria. The method provides a means for communicating the available VPN servers to a client application without sending and revealing the full list of VPN servers stored in the VPN infrastructure. This makes the VPN server selection efficient, reduces network load and VPN tunnel establishing time, also, ensures confidentiality of VPN server lists that is important for any of VPN service providers and users.
US11979374B2
There is provided a method comprising receiving a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device, decrypting the DNS query by a DNS resolver device, and requesting reputation information related to the FQDN from an agent device of the router apparatus. If a matching FQDN is not found in a local database, the DNS query is allowed to proceed from the DNS resolver device to a cloud DNS resolver, the IP and MAC address of the client computing device are logged and mapped to the local database, the reputation information related to the FQDN is requested from a cloud FQDN server, and if the reputation information indicates that the FQDN should be blocked, the local database is updated with the reputation information and further queries to the FQDN are blocked.
US11979372B2
A new approach is proposed that supports IP address lookup. An IP address updater creates a bitmap of an IP address space, wherein each bit in the bitmap corresponds to an IP address in the IP address space. The compressed bitmap is then populated and stored permanently on a shared memory storage that is accessible by multiple client applications at the same time. The client applications may each establish and maintain a connection to the shared memory storage through an IP address lookup agent. When a lookup request for an IP address is received, the IP address lookup agent checks the bitmap and associated information of the IP address space on the shared memory storage to determine if the IP address is malicious or not and to inform the client application making the request accordingly, while the bitmap on the shared memory storage is updated with new IP address update.
US11979366B2
Techniques for using Network Address Translation (NAT), Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), and/or other techniques in conjunction with Domain Name System (DNS) to anonymize server-side addresses in data communications. Rather than having DNS provide a client device with an IP address of an endpoint device, such as a server, the DNS instead returns a virtual IP (VIP) address that is mapped to the client device and the endpoint device. In this way, IP addresses of servers are obfuscated by a virtual network of VIP addresses. The client device may then communicate data packets to the server using the VIP address as the destination address, and a virtual network service that works in conjunction with DNS can convert the VIP address to the actual IP address of the server using NAT and forward the data packet onto the server.
US11979361B2
A dialogue robot generation method, a dialogue robot management platform, and a storage medium. The dialogue robot generation method comprises: obtaining at least one first function module associated with a dialogue robot to be generated (101); obtaining a calling sequence of the at least one first function module (102); and calling the at least one first function module on the basis of the calling sequence by means of a preset model container to generate a dialogue robot (103).
US11979354B2
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing designs for configurations of resource elements to carry reference signals for a user equipment (UE). A reference signal can be processed by the UE according to the configuration of resource elements to carry reference signals. The configurations can be determined by the base station, and received from the base station by the UE. The base station determines the configurations based on information or parameters provided by the UE, e.g., a coherence bandwidth of the channel, a coherence time of the channel, a preference associated with channel status information reference signal, or a preference associated with demodulation reference signal for the UE.
US11979344B2
Provided is a communication device that determines a first wireless resource including a frequency for transmission of a same frame that is a frame of same data, a code of the same frame, and a time for transmission of the same frame on the basis of pattern information indicating a unique relationship between a frame number of the same frame and at least one of the frequency or the code. Further, the communication device repeatedly transmits the same frame by using the first wireless resource.
US11979343B2
This application discloses a method including a transmit end that generates and sends a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and a receive end that receives the PPDU and parses the PPDU. An enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) modulation field in the PPDU includes a channel estimation field (CEF), the CEF includes a CEF sequence, and a length of the CEF sequence is m, where m is determined based on a quantity of bonding channels and a quantity of subcarriers included on a channel. When a discrete Fourier transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) technology is introduced into a 60 GHz WLAN standard, an applied CEF sequence included in a CEF can be determined, and DFT-S-OFDM transmission is further performed by using the CEF sequence. In this way, a PAPR of a WLAN system can be reduced while frequency division multiplexing for a plurality of users is supported.
US11979340B2
A method for communication includes mapping transport sequence numbers in headers of data packets received from a network to respective buffers in a memory of a host computer. At least a part of the data from payloads of the received data packets is written directly to the respective buffers.
US11979338B2
A method and system for cellular network data storage and forwarding are provided. The method includes receiving storage-and-forward data from an application server, wherein the storage-and-forward data is directed to a device connected in a cellular network, wherein the device operates in at least a sleep state and a wakeup state; caching the received storage-and-forward data in a memory; checking if the device is currently in the wakeup state; and forwarding the cached storage-and-forward data to the device when the device is in the wakeup state.
US11979336B1
The present disclosure relates to dynamically scheduling resource requests in a distributed system based on usage quotas. One example method includes identifying usage information for a distributed system including atoms, each atom representing a distinct item used by users of the distributed system; determining that a usage quota associated with the distributed system has been exceeded based on the usage information, the usage quota representing an upper limit for a particular type of usage of the distributed system; receiving a first request for a particular atom requiring invocation of the particular type of usage represented by the usage quota; determining that a second request for a different type of usage of the particular atom is waiting to be processed; and processing the second request for the particular atom before processing the first request.
US11979334B2
A system for initiating web containers and isolating network traffic to web containers is described. The system initiates and uses web containers for associated web-based resources, such as domain addresses owned by a single entity. When a web container for a domain address has not been initiated, the system determines an owner of the domain address and any domain addresses associated with the owner and initiates a web container for the domain address and the associated domains. When a user navigates to the domain addresses associated with the determined owner, the system isolates the network activity to the initiated web container.
US11979332B2
A system for establishing and maintaining a communications network includes: one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a first set of data associated with a first set of communication links, the first set of communication links configured to establish connection between devices; receiving a second set of data associated with a second set of communication links; receiving a determination of whether one or more communication links of the first set satisfy a pre-determined quality level; receiving a determination of whether one or more communication links of the second set satisfy the pre-determined quality level; receiving a selection from the one or more communication links of the second set that have been determined to satisfy the pre-determined quality level; and connecting the devices via the selected one or more communication links if one or more communication links of the first set is determined to not satisfy the pre-determined quality level.
US11979326B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing traffic received at a network visibility node to determine traffic levels relative to capacity at tools communicatively coupled to the network visibility node and throttling traffic when the traffic levels exceed tool capacity. In an illustrative embodiment, streams received at a network visibility node are analyzed to predict a traffic level) for a given traffic flow. The predicted level of traffic for a given traffic flow is used to decide whether to forward traffic associated with the given traffic flow to a tool port of the network visibility node that is communicatively coupled to an external tool.
US11979316B2
The present disclosure relates to multi-MAC controller and single PHY systems and methods. An example method may include receiving, at a remote PHY device and from a first MAC device located at a headend of a network, a first data packet including a first identifier. The example method may also include determining, by the remote PHY device and using the first identifier included in the first data packet, a first output of the PHY device onto which to transmit the first data packet, the first output including a first group of customer devices. The example method may also include receiving, at the remote PHY device and from a second MAC device located at the headend, a second data packet including a second identifier. The example method may also include determining, by the remote PHY device and using the second identifier included in the second data packet, a second output of the PHY device onto which to transmit the second data packet, the second output including a second group of customer devices.
US11979313B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a routing device in a network, the routing device including an ingress/egress linecard; another linecard; a fabric; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of maintaining a forwarding information base (FIB) for routes through the routing device; moving low-volume routes of the FIB to the another linecard; and moving high-volume routes of the FIB to the ingress/egress linecard, wherein the ingress/egress linecard looks up a route of an incoming data packet, determines whether the incoming data packet bears a high-volume route prefix, forwards the incoming data packet bearing the high-volume route prefix through the fabric and out of the routing device, and sends the incoming data packet bearing a low-volume route prefix through the fabric to the another linecard, and wherein the another linecard forwards the incoming data packet received from the ingress/egress linecard out of the routing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11979301B2
A method, system, and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining a data path representing flow of data in processing a service request within a network computing environment having system resources; analyzing the data path to identify usage of the system resources required by the service request processing; determining, based on the usage of the system resources, an optimization action expected to improve the usage of the system resources; and implementing the optimization action in accordance with the data path, thereby modifying operation of the cloud computing environment in handling future service requests.
US11979294B2
A network management method. The method includes: obtaining a network type of a target network; obtaining a logical network model of the target network based on the network type and a logical network recommendation model; determining a physical network model of the target network based on the logical network model and a physical network recommendation model; and performing network configuration based on the physical network model of the target network. An advantage of the embodiments lies in that, when a user inputs the network type of the target network instead of a large quantity of detailed network configurations, a network management system can automatically establish the required target network for the user, thereby greatly improving efficiency of establishing the target network.
US11979283B2
An electronic device includes multiple networking devices arranged in a stack. The networking devices may include configurable ports, where a given configurable port in the configurable ports may be configured as a data port or a stacking port. During operation, a networking device in the stack may be designated as a master in the stack. In response, the networking device may provide one or more probe messages to determine a state of the networking devices, where the state includes one or more connections among the networking devices. Then, the networking device may verify that the one or more connections are correct. When the one or more connections are correct, the networking device may define a subset of the configurable ports in the networking devices as stacking ports.
US11979282B1
Systems and methods for managing network controllers in heterogenous computing platforms of IHSs (Information Handling Systems) are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a heterogeneous computing platform includes devices and a memory storing firmware instructions. Based on execution of these firmware instructions by a respective device, a corresponding firmware service is provided such that one of the devices operates as an orchestrator. The orchestrator receives reports of changes in context of operation of the IHS by a user and determines network controller settings that are mapped to the reported user context, where the network controller settings modify operations by one or more network controllers of the IHS. The orchestrator configures the network controllers of the IHS using the network controller settings, and thus adjusts the network controller of the IHS in response to the change in user context.
US11979280B2
For a network control system that receives, from a user, logical datapath sets that logically express desired forwarding behaviors that are to be implemented by a set of managed switching elements, a controller for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network that includes the managed switching elements is described. The controller includes a set of modules for detecting a change in one or more managed switching elements and for updating logical datapath set based on the detected change. The logical datapath set is for subsequent translation into a set of physical forwarding behaviors of the managed switching elements.
US11979275B2
Systems and methods for admitting new nodes into an existing network, for example a MoCA network. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for adding a new node to an existing network without requiring on-site manual configuration, for example utilizing communication between the new node and a network coordinator of the existing network prior to admission of the new node to the existing network.
US11979273B1
In one example, a server system interfaces with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities to provide data communications services. The system uses processing circuitry to access an archive of voice data indicative of transcribed audio conversations between a client station and another station participating via the data communications services. Archived voice data includes keywords associated with at least one intent or at least one topic of the transcribed audio conversations. The system identifies keywords and/or identified contexts in a message (e.g., text-based message) received by a text-based virtual assistant, and correlates the text-based message with at least one intent or at least one topic by matching keywords from the archive of digital voice data with the identified keywords from the text-based message. The system may automatically configure the virtual assistant associated with the remotely-situated client entity to address the received text-based message, based on the correlation.
US11979272B1
Various embodiments described herein support or provide for low latency protection switching, such as detecting a failure in a network associated with a network topology; determining a node that is affected by the failure; identifying a recovery scenario that is preconfigured for the node in an event of the detected failure; setting a value for a protection mode identifier associated with the node; and determining an alternate data transmission path for each node in the group of nodes based on the protection mode identifier.
US11979267B2
The method is related to the smart frame design that contains multi-user single-carrier (SC) transmission to support 5G-and-beyond communication systems that permit enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communication (mMTC), and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) services. The method enhances the capacity of the system in line with the filter parameters to be selected according to the user's requirements and to meet the requirements of the desired and adjacent users.
US11979266B2
Mechanisms for cross-carrier scheduling from a first cell to a second cell in a wireless networking scheme are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first configuration for scheduling in a first cell having a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the first configuration is associated with a first search space in the first cell. The method further includes receiving, from the BS, a second configuration for scheduling in the first cell, wherein the second configuration is associated with a second search space in a second cell, and wherein the second cell is associated with a different second SCS. The method further includes determining a number of blind detections (BDs) based on at least one of the first SCS or the second SCS, and monitoring, based on the number of BDs, for downlink control information (DCI) in the first and second search spaces.
US11979260B2
A Belief Propagation (BP) equalization method and apparatus, a communication device and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: splitting a received signal Yc, a channel estimation Hc and a symbol estimation Xc into real parts and imaginary parts to obtain a received signal matrix Y, a channel estimation matrix H and a symbol estimation matrix X (S101); performing orthogonal triangular (QR) decomposition on the channel estimation matrix H to obtain an equivalent received signal Ybp, an equivalent channel R and a noise power σ2 (S102); and performing iteration based on the equivalent received signal Ybp, the equivalent channel R and the noise power σ2 to obtain a position probability of per stream symbol (S103).
US11979252B2
First electronic device includes a communication interface and a processor. The processor is configured to: receive, from the second electronic device, an incoming message destined for the first electronic device, transmit, to the third electronic device, message information related to the incoming message, the message information being used for displaying the incoming message on the third electronic device, transmit preset texts to the third electronic device, the preset texts being stored in the first electronic device to be used for replying to messages receivable by the first electronic device, based on one of the preset texts being selected by a user input among the preset texts displayed on the third electronic device, receive response information from the third electronic device, the response information being related to the one of the preset texts, and transmit, to the second electronic device, a response message including the one of the preset texts.
US11979250B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.
US11979248B2
A method for receiving broadcast information in an OFDM communication system may comprise receiving, by a mobile station, a periodically broadcast scheduling message from a base station which indicates for each type of a plurality of types of broadcast information included in broadcast information, a pattern of frames to monitor for the type of broadcast information and indicates a length of time to monitor. The mobile station may monitor for information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of types of broadcast information, based on the periodically broadcast scheduling message.
US11979236B2
A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The device includes a Radio Frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface, the processing circuitry to: determine that the UE is configured with a feature of multiple Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources with HARQ-ACK feedback within a slot; determine a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource to carry Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback in response to a scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resource; and encode for transmission to a NR evolved NodeB (gNodeB) the PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource to carry the HARQ-ACK feedback and: another PUCCH resource carrying Uplink Control Information (UCI) other than HARQ-ACK feedback, and a scheduled Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource.
US11979228B2
Embodiments of this application provide a signal transmission method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device receives information from a network device, wherein the information indicates the terminal device to send a signal in a fallback transmission mode; the terminal device determines that transmission of the signal is failed; and then sends the signal to the network device in the fallback transmission mode.
US11979227B2
An operation method of a relay node may include: receiving, from a first communication node, first data composed of n bits; receiving, from a second communication node, second data composed of m bits; in response to determining that n is greater than m, generating first T-data of m bits excluding (n-m) bits from the n-bits of the first data and first R-data of (n-m) bits; generating third data by performing a network coding operation on the first T-data and the second data; transmitting the third data to the first communication node; and transmitting the third data and the first R-data to the second communication node.
US11979222B2
Systems and methods for adapting a timer(s) for a satellite-based radio access network are disclosed. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises obtaining a value to be used to offset, extend, and/or scale one or more timers related to the satellite-based radio access network relative to values for non-satellite-based radio access networks. The method further comprises utilizing the value to offset a start of one or more timers, extend one or more timers, and/or scale one or more timers and performing one or more actions based on the one or more offset timers, the one or more extended timers, and/or the one or more scaled timers. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station and corresponding embodiments of a base station are also disclosed.
US11979219B2
A wireless transmission system (100) wirelessly transmits image information wirelessly transmitted by an image-capturing unmanned aerial vehicle (101), via a relay unmanned aerial vehicle (102, 103) operated by an operation controller (112, 113). The wireless transmission system (100) includes a reception status analysis unit (3) configured to analyze a reception status of the image information, a sensor information acquisition unit (4) configured to acquire information containing position information and altitude information of the relay unmanned aerial vehicle, a position computation unit (7) configured to compute a disposition position of the relay unmanned aerial vehicle at a third time point based on a first reception status and a first reception position of the image information at a first time point, and a second reception status and a second reception position of the image information at a second time point, a control information computation unit (8) configured to compute control information for moving the relay unmanned aerial vehicle from the first reception position to the disposition position, based on the disposition position, and an operation method display unit (12) configured to display an operation method of the relay unmanned aerial vehicle based on the control information.
US11979209B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antennas, communication circuit, and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit. The processor may be configured to transmit capability information of the electronic device to a base station, transmit channel state information measured based on a reference signal received through the plurality of antennas from the base station, receive antenna control information determined based on at least one of the capability information and the channel state information from the base station, and drive the plurality of antennas by selecting one of a polarization multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mode and a spatial MIMO mode based on the antenna control information.
US11979196B2
An optical transmission power supply cable includes an electric power input terminal, a power sourcing equipment and an optical fiber cable. The power sourcing equipment includes a semiconductor laser that oscillates with electric power input from the electric power input terminal, thereby outputting feed light. The optical fiber cable transmits the feed light from the power sourcing equipment. The optical fiber cable has an electrically insulating property of not conducting electricity in a longer direction thereof.
US11979194B2
A large-area, waveguide-based, high-speed ultraviolet and visible light photodetector system for optical wireless communication includes a substrate; plural, parallel, waveguides formed directly on the substrate and including a high quantum-yield wavelength-converting material of semiconductor nature; an optical coupling system optically connected to each one of the plural, parallel, waveguides; and a photodetector optically connected to the optical coupling system and configured to detect an outgoing light. The wavelength-converting material converts a first wavelength of an incoming light at high-speed, received by the plural, parallel, waveguides, into a second wavelength of the outgoing light. The first wavelength is different from the second wavelength, and the first and second wavelengths are between 200 and 800 nm.
US11979187B2
A node (200) is provided for use in a LiFi system (100) to provide LiFi signals to an endpoint device (130). The node (200) comprises a visible light source (220) for emitting modulated visible light and non-modulated visible light to provide illumination, and an infrared light source (210) for emitting modulated infrared light. The node (200) is configured to output a LiFi signal at a first one or more frequencies via the infrared light source (210) for reception by said endpoint device (130). In response to receiving input to provide illumination, the node (200) turns on the visible light source (220) to provide said illumination and automatically transfers an output of the LiFi signal from the infrared light source (210) to the visible light source (220) by outputting the LiFi signal at said first one or more frequencies via the visible light source (220) for reception by said endpoint device (130), and turning off the infrared light source (210).
US11979183B2
Disclosed are covers for a mobile phone including aspects that protect the phone from impact and/or provide shock absorbance characteristics. Covers can include one or more protrusions that reduce the contact surface to the phone and dissipate energy. Advantageously, the one or more protrusions work with intermittent spaces to provide shock absorbing characteristics and reduce the contact surface area between the cover and the phone. In some embodiments, the protrusions can include a soft-side rectangular shape, where the protrusions are placed in an ordered array in the back wall of a cover. In some embodiments, the one or more protrusions can include a row of x-shaped protrusions interspersed with air pockets along the inside wall of the cover.
US11979182B2
A noise elimination device includes a noise elimination unit to generate a noise-eliminated spectrum by performing noise elimination on the basis of symmetry of noise superimposed on a reception signal spectrum.
US11979181B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting (Tx) device transmits, to a receiving (Rx) device, a control message indicating a location of one or more noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the Tx device using a set of resources, where the location includes a frequency location of the one or more noise spurs in the frequency domain. The Tx device then generates a data message to be communicated using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs based on transmitting the control message, and transmits the generated data message to the Rx device using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs. By indicating the location of the noise spurs, the Rx device may be more able to more efficiently identify and address (e.g., filter out, ignore) the noise spurs within the data message.
US11979164B2
In a semiconductor integrated circuit, a first oscillation circuit receives a first clock signal and outputs a second clock signal synchronized with the first clock signal in frequency and phase. A second oscillation circuit receives a control signal and outputs a third clock signal having a frequency corresponding to the received control signal. A detection circuit detects a frequency difference between the second clock signal and the third clock signal. A determination circuit determines whether a frequency locked state is established between the first clock signal and the second clock signal. A control circuit varies the control signal, such that the frequency difference decreases while the frequency locked state has not been established and increases after the frequency locked state is established.
US11979156B2
A level shifter includes a buffer circuit, a first shift circuit, and a second shift circuit. The buffer circuit provides a first signal and a first inverted signal to the first shift circuit, such that the first shift circuit provides a second signal and a second inverted signal to the second shift circuit. The second shift circuit generates a plurality of output signals according to the second signal and the second inverted signal. The first shift circuit includes a plurality of first stacking transistors and a first voltage divider circuit. The first voltage divider circuit is electrically coupled between a first system high voltage terminal and a system low voltage terminal. The first voltage divider circuit is configured to provide a first inner bias to gate terminals of the first stacking transistors.
US11979149B2
Provided is a phase self-correction circuit, including a trigger signal operation module and a signal phase correction module. The trigger signal operation module and the signal phase correction module are both composed of a plurality of discrete components. The trigger signal operation module is configured to perform a logical operation on an input phase standard reference signal and actual transmission signal, to obtain a target trigger signal for triggering the signal phase correction module; and the signal phase correction module is configured to output, based on trigger modes of the target trigger signal and the actual transmission signal, a self-correction transmission signal with the same waveform as that of the phase standard reference signal, to realize phase self-correction on the actual transmission signal.
US11979145B1
A disclosed structure includes a section (e.g., an always on (AON) section) with at least one N-channel transistor (NFET) and at least one P-channel transistor (PFET). The structure further includes a switch with first and second inputs connected to receive positive and negative bias voltages, respectively, and first and second outputs connected to bias back gates of the NFET(s) and PFET(s), respectively, of the section. The structure is also configured to generate select signals for controlling the input-to-output connections established by the switch. In a power saving mode, these signals cause the switch to establish input-to-output connections resulting only in reverse back biasing of the NFET(s) and PFET(s) of the section. In a functional mode, these signals can cause the switch to establish input-to-output connections resulting in either forward back biasing or reverse back biasing. Also disclosed is a method of operating the structure.
US11979144B2
The present invention provides a driving circuit for a driving hip. The driving circuit includes a bootstrap circuit with a bootstrap voltage terminal. A power terminal of a high-voltage driving circuit is connected to the bootstrap voltage terminal, and a ground terminal of the high-voltage driving circuit is connected to a regulating terminal. A high-side drive circuit includes a high-side pull-up circuit and a high-side pull-down circuit. The driving circuit includes: an auxiliary power terminal; a mirror current source an input terminal of the mirror current source being connected to the bootstrap voltage terminal; a first MOS transistor; a second MOS transistor an equivalent diode component, an output terminal of the second MOS transistor being connected to the regulating terminal through the equivalent diode component; and an equivalent resistance component, the gate of the first MOS transistor being connected to the regulating terminal through the equivalent resistance component.
US11979140B2
A method of forming a film bulk acoustic wave resonator comprises depositing a bottom electrode on an upper surface of a layer of dielectric material disposed over a cavity defined between the layer of dielectric material and a substrate, depositing a seed layer of piezoelectric material on an upper surface of the bottom electrode, etching one or more openings through the seed layer of piezoelectric material, etching of the one or more openings including over-etching of the seed layer in an amount sufficient to damage portions of the upper surface of the bottom electrode exposed by etching of the one or more openings, and depositing a bulk film of the piezoelectric material on an upper surface of the seed layer, on a portion of the upper surface of bottom electrode including the damaged portions, and on a portion of the upper surface of the dielectric layer.
US11979139B2
An elastic wave device that excites main vibration of an SH mode includes a piezoelectric layer formed from a piezoelectric material, a carrier substrate, and an IDT electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. When a wavelength of an elastic wave, which is determined by an electrode cycle P of the IDT electrode, is represented by λ, the piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 0.15λ or more and 1.5λ or less. The carrier substrate has an acoustic anisotropy, and is arranged in a crystal orientation that reduces unnecessary vibrations of an SV mode and a vertical L-mode.
US11979135B2
A resonator is provided that includes a vibration part and a mass addition portion. The vibration part includes a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode. The upper electrode and the lower electrode are disposed on opposite sides with the piezoelectric film therebetween. The amount of displacement of the vibration part is greater in a region corresponding to at least part of the mass addition portion than in any other region. The mass addition portion has an inclined surface that slopes in such a manner that the mass addition portion has end regions and a central region thinner than at least one of the end regions when the vibration part is viewed in a plan view.
US11979132B2
A method for manufacturing a substrate for a radiofrequency filter by joining a piezoelectric layer to a carrier substrate via an electrically insulating layer, wherein the method comprises depositing the electrically insulating layer by spin coating an oxide belonging to the family of SOGs (spin-on glasses) on the surface of the piezoelectric layer to be joined to the carrier substrate, followed by an anneal for densifying the electrically insulating layer before joining the piezoelectric layer to the carrier substrate via the electrically insulating layer.
US11979127B2
An electronic circuit configured to present a high-impedance load between a load point and a reference point includes a capacitive element (C) provided between a first node (Node A) and the reference point, a first element (D1) connected in parallel with the capacitive element (C), a first switching element (S1) provided in series between the first node (A) and a voltage source point, a second switching element (S2) provided between the first node (A) and a second node (Node B), a second element (D2) connected between the second switching element (S2), the load point, and the reference point, and timing control logic configured to implement three stages. In a charging stage, the first switching element (S1) is closed and the second switching element (S2) to charge a nodal voltage vD(t) at the first node (A). In discharge stage, the first switching element (S1) is open and the second switching element (S2) is open to enable discharging of the capacitive element (C) through the first element (D1). In a transfer stage, the second switching element (S2) is closed to connect the first node (A) and the second node (B), after which the second switching element (S2) is opened and the second element (D2) is biased to present the high-impedance load.
US11979124B2
A charge amplifier includes: an input line thorough which an electric charge signal is propagated; an integration circuit including an input terminal coupled to the input line and an output terminal that outputs the voltage signal; a reset switch configured to reset the voltage signal by closing between the input terminal and the output terminal; a leakage current correction circuit including a first resistance circuit and a first switch coupled in series in this order between a first node, which has a first potential different from a potential of the input line, and the input line; and a control circuit configured to control the first switch based on the voltage signal so as to cancel at least a part of a leakage current flowing through the integration circuit.
US11979119B2
Disclosed is a 5G (5th generation) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G (4th generation) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A transmission device comprises: a first amplification unit having a common source structure, including cross coupled capacitors, and amplifying an input signal; a second amplification unit, having a common gate structure, for amplifying a signal output from the first amplification unit; and a first removal unit which is connected to output terminals of the first amplification unit and input terminals of the second amplification unit and which removes at least one portion of second harmonics. The first removal unit can offset, with respect to a fundamental frequency, at least some of parasitic capacitance generated from the output terminals of the first amplification unit and the input terminals of the second amplification unit, and can ground a signal having a secondary harmonic frequency with respect to the secondary harmonic frequency.
US11979118B2
There is provided a RF-DAC that may include (i) a first PAM that includes a first group of first power amplifiers of different amplifications, (ii) a second PAM that includes a second group of second power amplifiers of different amplifications; (iii) a load that includes an output port and a transformer; (iv) power amplifiers control units, and a transformer control unit. During a cycle of operation (i) each one of the first and second PAMs is configured to receive one or more power amplifiers digital control signals and activate a single power amplifier per each of the first and second PAMS, (ii) the transformer control unit is configured to receive a transformer digital control signal and control a transformer parameter of the transformer, and (iii) the transformer is configured to receive a first PAM output signal and a second PAM output signal, and output a transformer output signal that reflects digital information represented by the one or more power amplifiers digital control signals and the transformer digital control signal.
US11979113B2
A method for controlling allotment of power input between at least two PAs of a radio unit for data communication in a wireless communications network is provided. The radio unit has access to Direct Current (DC) power and Photovoltaic (PV) power. The amount of power to be transmitted out from each respective PA out of the at least two PAs established, and information related to the amount of PV power available is obtained. The allotment of power input of DC power and PV power between the at least two Pas is then controlled based on the established amount of power to be transmitted out from each respective PA out of the at least two PAs, and the obtained information related to the amount of PV power available.
US11979110B2
This disclosure generally relates to solar module mounting and racking. More specifically, this disclosure relates to integrated solar racking systems, which facilitate slide and snap in place mounting technology that achieves solar module mounting and electrical grounding. This design eliminates the need for mounting fasteners and tools, and facilitates reliable and repeatable installation.
US11979104B2
A rotary electric machine control apparatus (1) suitably controls two inverters (10) connected to associated ends of open windings (8). The rotary electric machine control apparatus (1) performs target control involving: controlling a first one of the inverters (10), which is selected from a first inverter (11) and a second inverter (12), by rectangular wave control; and controlling a second one of the inverters (10) by special pulse width modulation control that is one type of pulse width modulation control. The special pulse width modulation control is a control method to produce a switching pattern (Su2+) that is based on a difference between a switching pattern resulting from the pulse width modulation control and a switching pattern (Su1+) resulting from the rectangular wave control when a target voltage is to be generated in the open windings (8).
US11979102B2
Enhanced network power factor corrective designs are presented that can use corrective devices that achieve long-term, operationally stable mechanical work. Embodiments can utilize reverse-winding induction motor designs with engineerable parameters and configurations for the reverse winding (13) in systems and through methods where an inductive motor (1) can present a current that leads voltage and a leading power factor (16) to correct other existing induction motors (8) in an initial network (9) or be optimized for a particular application. Designs also present a power factor correction that can present a variable correction without altering the character or physical capacitive value of an electrical correction component. Individual induction motors that have leading current and a leading power factor (16) can be provided to improve reverse winding induction motors. Progressive start controls (23) can also be used in a manner that limits inrush current to operational levels with passive current establishment control where reverse winding (13) effects can be used and perhaps even delayed to passively limit and even effect a current decrease while rotational acceleration continues after initial start transition.
US11979098B2
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure direct to an electrostatic sheet jamming apparatus comprising a first sheet comprising a first conductive layer, the first sheet comprising a set of first features, a first dielectric layer, and a second sheet comprising a second conductive layer and disposed proximate to the first dielectric layer, the second sheet comprising a set of second features. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first sheet and the second sheet are non-extensible and flexible. The first sheet and the second sheet are movable relative to each other in a first state. The first sheet and the second sheet are jammed with each other in a second state when a voltage is applied between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11979096B2
A multiphase inverter apparatus includes: an insulating substrate; at least one low voltage bus and at least one high voltage bus on a first surface of the insulating substrate; a plurality of half-bridge circuits, each half-bridge circuit being electrically coupled between a respective one of the at least one low voltage bus and a respective one of the at least one high voltage bus; and a phase output lead for each half-bridge circuit. For each half bridge circuit, the phase output lead is arranged on and electrically coupled to at least one packaged low side switch and at least one packaged high side switch of the half bridge circuit such that each packaged low side switch and each packaged high side switch is arranged vertically between the phase output lead and the first surface of the insulating substrate.
US11979092B2
A system for limiting charging current of capacitive filters of power cells of a cascaded modular power converter during the start-up period where a low-voltage power source is used, supplying a controlled power switching arrangement controlled by the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter, making it possible to limit the charging current of the capacitors of the power cells during the start-up period of the cascaded modular converter. The controlled power switching arrangement communicates with the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter over a communication channel. The communication means send the commands to start or end the start-up process of the cascaded modular converter.
US11979087B2
A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) chip and system are disclosed, which are used for determining a maximum power output of a solar photovoltaic panel connected to the SMPS chip. The SMPS chip includes a sampled current comparator module, a logic control module connected to the sampled current comparator module, and a charge/discharge control module connected to the logic control module. According to the present invention, an output current from the SMPS system to an external load is detected and serves as a basis for incrementally adjusting a minimum input voltage of the SMPS chip and hence an output voltage of the solar photovoltaic panel. In this way, an output voltage level of solar photovoltaic panel corresponding to the maximum power output thereof under a given condition can be determined. Through keeping the solar photovoltaic panel operating at that output voltage level, it is ensured that the solar photovoltaic panel provides the maximum power output under the given condition.
US11979082B2
One example includes a power supply system. The system includes a power switch configured to activate via a control voltage responsive to a first state of an activation signal to conduct current from a power rail to a switching terminal. The system further includes a power switch deactivation driver configured to control an amplitude of the control voltage responsive to a second state of the activation signal based on a voltage difference between the power rail and the switching terminal to provide for a variable rate of deactivation of the power switch.
US11979076B2
Devices, systems, and methods to air-cool a portable generator are disclosed. The devices include various air ducts to direct airflow over heated components within a cabinet of the portable generator to cool the components by convection. A damping fan draws ambient temperature air into the cabinet and directs the air into channels of an outflow duct.
US11979068B2
A rotor includes a rotor core lamination. The rotor core lamination includes a first metal alloy that at least partially defines adjacent magnet pockets proximate an outer periphery of the rotor core lamination. The rotor core lamination further includes a second metal alloy different than the first metal alloy that forms at least a portion of a bridge that extends between the magnet pockets. The rotor core lamination further includes permanent magnets disposed in the magnet pockets at opposing sides of the second metal alloy.
US11979060B2
A stator assembly for a rotating electrical machine is operatively associated with an internal cooling circuit including a plurality of cooling channels disposed through a stator core. To directed a liquid coolant medium through the stator core without leakage, the internal cooling circuit is formed from a plurality of cooling tubes including linear tubes and elbow tubes. Linear tubes are disposed in the cooling channels and can be expanded with a hydraulic expansion tool to frictionally fit the linear tube therein. The elbow tubes can fluidly couple two or more linear tubes and are disposed proximately beyond the first and second axial end faces of the stator core. To encapsulate the elbow tubes, first and second stator end castings of thermally conductive, electrically isolating material can be cast adjacent the first and second axial end faces.
US11979051B2
Wireless charging methods, a device to-be-charged (230), a power supply device (210), and a storage medium are provided. A wireless charging method is applicable to a device to-be-charged (230). The device to-be-charged (230) includes a wireless power receiving circuit. The method include the following. During wireless charging, an output current of the wireless power receiving circuit and a charging voltage of a battery and/or a charging current of the battery are detected (101). A target charging power is determined according to the charging voltage and/or the charging current of the battery, and a target charging current is determined according to the output current of the wireless power receiving circuit (102). An adjustment request is sent to a power supply device, where the adjustment request carries the target charging power and/or the target charging current (103). An adjusted wireless charging signal is received from a wireless charging apparatus.
US11979047B2
Various disclosed embodiments include a switching module for a charger includes a support member, a first busbar coupled to the support member, the first busbar being configured to conduct electrical current, and a second busbar coupled to the support member, the second busbar being configured to conduct electrical current. The switching module also includes a first switch coupled to the first busbar and configured to move a first contactor. The switching module further includes a second switch coupled to the second busbar and configured to move a second contactor. The switching module also includes a third switch coupled to the first busbar and configured to move a third contactor. Further, the switching module includes a fourth switch coupled to the second busbar and configured to move a fourth contactor, the third and fourth switches being configured to electrically connect and disconnect the first and second busbar with at least a second power dispenser.
US11979041B2
A fully integrated circuit configuration that can be utilized to prevent abnormal discharge or overcharge in ultra-portable electronic systems is described. This battery protection integrated circuit can be enhanced by the addition of traditional battery protection schemes such as current limiting, overcurrent clamping, under voltage lock out and over voltage protection. This battery protection scheme utilizes a high side switch approach utilizing an ultra-low leakage PMOS power switch rather than the traditional low side NMOS switching.
US11979040B2
A method detects electrical fault states of at least one removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the at least one removable battery pack, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the at least one removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The first monitoring unit and the further monitoring unit each count the faulty charging or discharging processes.
US11979032B2
A wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power conversion circuit for transmitting wireless power to a wireless power reception device by means of magnetic coupling with the wireless power reception device at an operating frequency; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power reception device by using in-band communication that uses the operating frequency and/or out-band communication that uses a frequency other than the operating frequency, and for communicating with at least one other wireless power transmission device by using the out-band communication, wherein the communication/control circuit measures the distance to the wireless power reception device and transmits the information about the measured first distance to the other wireless power transmission device.
US11979026B2
A wireless charging module is configured to be disposed on a circuit board. The wireless charging module includes a frame, a wireless communication antenna board, and a charging coil. The frame has a plurality of first assembly parts and a plurality of second assembly parts. The plurality of first assembly parts are configured to be mounted on the circuit board. The wireless communication antenna board is mounted on the plurality of second assembly parts. The charging coil is located between the frame and the wireless communication antenna board.
US11979020B1
An apparatus includes an absorption circuit, a control circuit and a hot plug line; an input end of the absorption circuit is connected to an input end of the hot plug line, an input end of the control circuit is connected to the input end of the hot plug line, output ends of the absorption circuit and the control circuit are grounded, an output end of the hot plug line is connected to an input end of a sub-node mainboard, and the input end of the hot plug line is connected to a power supply end of a whole cabinet; the absorption circuit includes a first capacitor; in response to the hot plug line being connected to the power supply end of the whole cabinet, the first capacitor is not powered on; in response to the sub-node mainboard being powered on, the first capacitor is powered on.
US11979018B2
A method for over current protection includes: when receiving an overcurrent signal that representing an output current of DC-DC conversion module exceeds a OCP value sent by a DC-DC conversion module, controlling a protection module to be disconnected, cutting off an external insertion apparatus, so that the on-board circuit is not powered off; keeping outputting a first enable signal to the DC-DC conversion module within third preset duration longer than first preset duration, and after the first preset duration, determining whether the overcurrent signal sent by the DC-DC conversion module is re-received; if yes, it indicates that overcurrent occurs in the on-board circuit portion, controlling the DC-DC conversion module to be turned off, to stop supplying power for the on-board circuit; if no, keeping controlling the protection module to be disconnected, and continuing to merely supply power to the on-board circuit.
US11979005B2
A multi-family metering device including a plurality of modular meter compartments where the modular meter compartments are interconnected and laid out in a horizontal section. The multi-family metering device comprises a pull section having a first enclosure and a plurality of modular meter compartments for multiple service disconnects with an individual modular meter compartment provided for each service disconnect such that each modular meter compartment of the plurality of modular meter compartments having a second enclosure different from the first enclosure. One or more modular meter compartments of the plurality of modular meter compartments are configured to be attached to both or either side of the pull section. The second enclosures are joined together instead of providing one enclosure with a common wiring compartment that is divided into different sections.
US11979001B2
A surface-emitting semiconductor laser including: an active layer including a nitride semiconductor; a first semiconductor layer of a first electrical conduction type and a second semiconductor layer of a second electrical conduction type that are opposed to each other with the active layer therebetween; and a current confinement layer that is opposed to the active layer with the second semiconductor layer therebetween and has an opening, in which a side surface of the current confinement layer is inclined at at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the opening.
US11978992B2
A crimp machine is provided and includes an anvil having a lower die having a lower forming surface. The anvil is configured to support a crimp barrel of a terminal that receives a wire. The crimp machine includes a press having an upper die having an upper forming surface. The press is movable relative to the anvil during a crimping process to connect the crimp barrel to the wire. A crimp zone is defined between the upper forming surface and the lower forming surface. The crimp machine includes a vision system positioned to view the crimp zone. The vision system includes an imaging device configured to image the crimp barrel of the terminal and the wire. The vision system operates the imaging device to capture an image prior to the crimping process for performing a validation pre-check prior to the crimping process.
US11978983B2
A connector assembly enables electrically safe disconnection and separation because it is possible to secure an interval between the point of time of separation of interlock terminals and the point of time of separation of power terminals when connectors are separated. The connector assembly can implement two steps of cutting power after restricting a lever in a locked state and then completely disconnecting connectors by additionally operating the lever by including an intermediate locking mechanism that restricts the lever for disconnecting connectors in a state in which interlock terminals of two connectors are separated from each other but power terminals of the two connectors are in contact with each other to disconnect and separate female and male connectors.
US11978980B2
An electrical feedback barrier is configured to safely interconnect an intrinsically safe power supply to a non-intrinsically safe electrical load device in a hazardous environment. Electrical feedback from the non-intrinsically electrical load device is blocked by the electrical feedback barrier to protect the intrinsically safe power supply from adverse operating conditions. The electrical feedback barrier and the electrical load device are enclosed in an explosion-proof or flameproof enclosure for compliance with electrical equipment safety standards in the hazardous environment.
US11978979B2
It is aimed to provide a connector which can be thinned. A connector is connected to a mating connector in a height direction and includes a wire insertion portion open in a direction orthogonal to the height direction, a wire member being partially inserted into the wire insertion portion, a connector opening open in the height direction, a terminal member of the mating connector being insertable into the connector opening to be electrically connectable to the wire member, and a connector fitting portion to be fit to the mating connector. A range H2 in the height direction of a connector sealing member for sealing between the connector fitting portion and the mating connector is set to at least partially overlap within a range H1 in the height direction of a wire sealing member for sealing between the wire member and the wire insertion portion.
US11978976B2
A removable cable connector engages with an electronic device such that the removable cable connector removably yet securely attaches to the electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a plate configured to guide an electronic plug of the removable cable connector toward an electronic receptacle of the electronic device. The plate may be further configured to include one or more locators for holding the electronic receptacle of the electronic device in place. The removable cable connector may include a molded housing formed using a two-shot overmolding process to form a first overmolded strain relief portion and a second overmolded strain relief portion which cover fasteners that fasten a face plate to the connector.
US11978972B2
An electrical connector is capable of performing stable inspection without affecting an extraction force of a connector engagement portion. The electrical connector includes a housing having an electrical insulation property, an internal terminal held by the housing, and an external terminal held by the housing, with the external terminal to be electrically connected to a ground. The external terminal includes a fitting portion having a first engagement wall portion at one side and having a second engagement wall portion at the other side in a plan view from a connector insertion/extraction direction. A first engagement portion is formed at the first engagement wall portion, and a second engagement portion is formed at the second engagement wall portion.
US11978970B2
An antenna device (10) includes a substrate (100) including a first surface (102), a first antenna (200) provided on the substrate (100), a second antenna (300) provided on the substrate (100), and a third antenna (400) provided on the first surface (102) of the substrate (100), and a center point (CP) of the third antenna (400) is positioned on the same side as an end portion (EP2) of the second antenna (300) furthest from the first antenna (200), relative to a center line (CL) passing through a center of a line (L) connecting an end portion (EP1) of the first antenna (200) furthest from the second antenna (300) and the end portion (EP2) of the second antenna (300) furthest from the first antenna (200), or relative to a center line (CL) of the first surface (102) of the substrate (100).
US11978964B2
An antenna structure, a circuit board with an antenna structure, and a communications device. The antenna structure includes a signal reference ground, a first radiation patch, a second radiation patch, and at least one feed probe. The feed probe is located between the first radiation patch and the ground. Each feed probe includes a first end and a second end. A projection position of the first end on a plane of the signal reference ground is outside a projection area of the first radiation patch on the plane of the signal reference ground is located, and a projection position of the second end on the plane of the signal reference ground is inside the projection area of the first radiation patch on the plane of the signal reference ground. The second end is electrically connected to the signal reference ground.
US11978962B2
An antenna array that utilizes ground guard rings and metamaterial structures is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the antenna array is constructed from a plurality of antenna unit cells, wherein each antenna unit cell is identical. The antenna unit cell comprises a top surface, that contains a patch antenna and a ground guard ring. A reactive impedance surface (RIS) layer is disposed beneath the top surface and contains the metamaterial structures. The metamaterial structures are configured to present an inductance to the patch antennas, thereby allowing the patch antennas to be smaller than would otherwise be possible. In some embodiments, the metamaterial structures comprise hollow square frames. An antenna array constructed using this antenna unit cell has less coupling than conventional antenna arrays, which results in better performance. Furthermore, this new antenna array also requires less space than conventional antenna arrays.
US11978952B2
Disclosed are a near field communication (NFC) antenna and an NFC communication apparatus for a mobile terminal. The NFC antenna includes a substrate; a ferrite, disposed on the substrate; and a first flexible printed circuit (FPC) antenna, disposed on the ferrite and including a first end and a second end.
US11978947B2
A Rugged portable device comprises: a base, a cover pivotally connected to the base, a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a control unit. The first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are respectively disposed at an edge of the cover and an edge of the base, and the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit respectively have a near-field antenna and a far-field antenna. When the cover pivots relative to the base and is close to the base, the near-field antenna disposed at the cover and the near-field antenna disposed at the base generate a near-field communication (NFC) sensing signal and the near-field communication sensing signal is transmitted to the control unit. Therefore, the control unit sets up one of functions in the rugged portable device. For instance, the control unit switches off and/or switches on the far-field antenna or a peripheral unit (a keyboard or a camera).
US11978939B2
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a composition for producing a vanadium electrolyte includes a vanadium compound and an ion solution containing vanadium ions and hydrogen ions. In another embodiment, a method for producing a vanadium electrolyte includes obtaining a vanadium compound, and mixing the vanadium compound with an ion solution containing vanadium ions and hydrogen ions.
US11978931B2
Molten carbonate fuel cell configurations are provided that allow for introduction of an anode input gas flow on a side of the fuel cell that is adjacent to the entry side for the cathode input gas flow while allowing the anode and cathode to operate under co-current flow and/or counter-current flow conditions. It has been discovered that improved flow properties can be achieved within the anode or cathode during co-current flow or counter-current flow operation by diverting the input flow for the anode or cathode into an extended edge seal region (in an extended edge seal chamber) adjacent to the active area of the anode or cathode, and then using a baffle to provide sufficient pressure drop for even flow distribution of the anode input flow across the anode or cathode input flow across the cathode. A second baffle can be used to create a pressure drop as the anode output flow or cathode output flow exits from the active area into a second extended edge seal region (in a second extended edge seal chamber) prior to leaving the fuel cell.
US11978930B2
A hydrogen supply system that supplies hydrogen gas to a fuel cell and causes the fuel cell to generate electricity includes a plurality of hydrogen tanks that each store hydrogen gas, and a hydrogen gas supply path that supplies the hydrogen gas to the fuel cell from each of the plurality of hydrogen tanks. At least one hydrogen tank of the plurality of hydrogen tanks is a first reserve tank that is connected to a hydrogen gas collecting pipe or a hydrogen gas recovery pipe, and that stores hydrogen gas that was not used in generating electricity in the fuel cell.
US11978929B2
A close-end fuel cell and an anode bipolar plate thereof are provided. The anode bipolar plate includes an airtight conductive frame and a conductive porous substrate disposed within the airtight conductive frame. In the airtight conductive frame, an edge of a first side has a fuel inlet, and an edge of a second side has a fuel outlet. The conductive porous substrate has at least one flow channel, where a first end of the flow channel communicates with the fuel inlet, a second end of the flow channel communicates with the fuel outlet. The flow channel is provided with a blocking part near the fuel inlet to divide the flow channel into two areas.
US11978928B2
The invention relates to a plant for recycling used batteries, comprising a comminuting device to comminute used batteries in a comminuting space. The plant includes a drying device, arranged downstream of the comminuting device, to dry the comminuted batteries. The plant includes an intermediate storage device arranged between the comminuting device and the drying device. The plant includes a stirring means to keep the comminuted batteries received in the intermediate storage space in motion. The plant includes a respective supply line for inert gas for each of the comminuting space of the comminuting device, the intermediate storage space of the intermediate storage device, and a drying space of the drying device.
US11978925B2
In some embodiments, a battery safety disconnect system may have a first conductor and a second conductor operatively coupled to at least one battery cell. The battery safety disconnect system may also include a shaft having at least one non-conductive shaft section and at least one conductive shaft section operatively coupled together. The battery safety disconnect system may also include a housing that defines a channel to receive the shaft. The housing may also include a first pole and a second pole. A first conductive contact and a second conductive contact may be configured to facilitate an electrical connection when in contact with the at least one conductive shaft section. Pole fastenings may be configured to attach the poles to the conductors. An operator may be configured to facilitate engagement of the at least one conductive shaft section with the first conductive contact and the second conductive contact.
US11978924B2
A power supply device including a plurality of battery cells electrically connected with each other by bus bar. The power supply device has a structure where bus bar includes: rod having conductivity and extending in an arrangement direction of the battery cells; and arm being elastically deformable and being connected to rod, arm is configured such that distal end of arm is welded to an electrode terminal of the battery cell, and rear end of arm is connected to rod so as to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells to each other via the rod, arm is formed of a conductive plate that is elastically deformable, deformation gap extending from rear end toward a distal end is formed between arm and rod, and arm is elastically deformable so as to displace distal end to be welded to the electrode terminal.
US11978922B2
The present disclosure is applicable to the technical field related to a secondary battery, and relates to, for example, a separator structure for the secondary battery, a method for preparing the same, and the secondary battery using the same. A separator structure disposed inside a secondary battery includes a porous support body including a first face and a second face, and a cellulose nano fiber subjected to an ionic surface treatment located on at least one of the first face and the second face of the support body.
US11978921B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode having a multilayer-structured inorganic layer and a separator-composite electrode manufactured thereby. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode and a separator-composite electrode using the same, wherein there is no separator substrate by forming an inorganic layer serving as an insulating layer in multiple layers, thereby safety is improved and the capacity of a battery is not reduced compared to a conventional battery.
US11978914B2
An internal unit includes: a battery cell group including a plurality of battery cells; a holder holding the battery cell group; and a platform connected to the holder. The platform includes: an insulating major surface on which a positive electrode member and a negative electrode member are disposed adjacent to each other, the positive electrode member including a positive electrode-side circuit member or a terminal of a positive electrode-side electronic component, the negative electrode member including a negative electrode-side circuit member or a terminal of a negative electrode-side electronic component; and an insulating partition portion projecting from the major surface and separating the positive electrode member and the negative electrode member from each other.
US11978913B2
According to one embodiment, a battery management system includes a BBU shelf with bus connectors; a battery module with battery cell packages, each package including battery cells; and a converter module having 1) a set of converters, 2) a first busbar to which each converter is connected, the first busbar includes several switches, each switch is disposed between adjacently connected converters, 3) a second busbar to which each converter is connected via a first switch and to which each package is connected via a second switch, the second busbar comprises several switches, each switch is disposed between adjacently connected converters, packages, or a combination thereof, and 4) a third busbar to which each converter is connected and to which each bus connector is connected via a third switch, the third busbar includes several switches, each switch is disposed between adjacently connected converters, bus connectors, or a combination thereof.
US11978911B2
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional structure electrode, a method for manufacturing same, and an electrochemical element including the electrode. The present invention is characterized by comprising: (a) an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer which have a structure constituting an assembly within which a conductive material and a porous nonwoven fabric including a plurality of polymeric fibers are three-dimensionally connected in an irregular and continuous manner, thereby forming a mutually connected porous structure; and (b) an active material layer forming the same assembly structure as the conductive layers and forming a three-dimensionally filled structure in which electrode active material particles are uniformly filled inside the mutually connected porous structure formed in the assembly structure, wherein the active material layer is formed between the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer.
US11978907B2
Disclosed are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a winding element for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material and a mixing binder including a first binder, a second binder, and a third binder, the first binder includes at least one selected from copolymers including polyvinylidene fluoride, acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and the mixing binder includes the first binder at a proportion of 30 wt % to 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the mixing binder, and has a tensile modulus of 200 MPa to 600 MPa.
US11978901B2
A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a cathode active material and a conductive material ID/IG is in a range from 0.5 to 1.25 in a Raman spectrum of the cathode active material layer. The cathode active material includes lithium metal oxide particles containing nickel and manganese and having a content of cobalt of less than 2 mol % among all elements except for lithium and oxygen.
US11978899B2
A cathode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include first lithium metal oxide particles having a shape of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, and second lithium metal oxide particles having a shape of a single particle. A closed pore ratio of the cathode active material layer is 5% or less.
US11978896B2
A negative electrode active material according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a composite oxide phase that contains Li, Si, Al and B; and Si particles that are dispersed in the composite oxide phase. Relative to the total number of moles of elements (excluding O) contained in the composite, oxide phase, the content of Li is from 5% by mole to 20% by mole (inclusive), the content of Si is from 50% by mole to 70% by mole (inclusive), the content of Al is from 12% by mole to 25% by mole (inclusive), and the content of B is from 12% by mole to 25% by mole (inclusive).
US11978890B2
Silicon nanoparticles and methods for preparation of silicon nanoparticles are provided. Embodiments include a method for grinding silicon. Methods include providing silicon material, providing a grinding liquid including a polar solvent, and grinding the silicon material in the presence of the grinding liquid to yield silicon nanoparticles. Grinding the silicon in the presence of the grinding liquid can chemically functionalize the silicon material as the nanoparticles are formed to provide stable chemically functionalized nanoparticles.
US11978886B2
A method for pre-treating lithium metal for a lithium secondary battery including stripping a surface oxide film formed on a surface of the lithium metal by discharging the battery, and a plating lithium metal on the surface of the lithium metal, from which the surface oxide film has been stripped, by charging the battery.
US11978885B2
An electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, provided with a collector and a positive electrode active material layer arranged on the collector and contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material contains compound particles which have a layered structure composed of two or more transition metals, and which have an average particle diameter DSEM of from 1 μm to 7 μm (inclusive) based on the observation with an electron microscope, a ratio of the 50% particle diameter D50 in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle diameter DSEM, namely D50/DSEM of from 1 to 4 (inclusive), and a ratio of the 90% particle diameter D90 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the 10% particle diameter D10 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution, namely D90/D10 of 4 or less. The positive electrode active material layer has a void fraction of 10-45%.
US11978884B2
This manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate. The method includes: a preliminary compression step of forming a pre-compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing an uncompressed strip-shaped electrode plate in which an uncompressed active material layer that is not yet compressed is formed on a current collector foil; an attraction and removal step of attracting and removing fine particles of active material particles from near a surface of a pre-compressed active material layer by an attracting magnet that is disposed so as to be separated from the pre-compressed active material layer in a thickness direction; and a main compression step of obtaining the compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a particle-removed strip-shaped electrode plate from which the fine particles have been removed.
US11978880B2
A method for forming a layered anode material includes contacting a precursor material and a first electrolyte. The precursor material is a layered ionic compound represented by MX2, where M is one of calcium and magnesium and X is one of silicon, germanium, and boron. The method further includes applying a first bias and/or current as the precursor material contacts the first electrolyte to remove cations from the precursor material to create a two-dimensional structure that defines the layered anode material. In certain variations, the method further includes contacting the two-dimensional structure and a second electrolyte and applying a second bias and/or current as the two-dimensional structure contacts the second electrolyte so as to cause lithium ions to move into interlayer spaces or voids created in the two-dimensional structure by the removal of the cations thereby forming the layered anode material.
US11978875B2
A method of cooling a rack of heat dissipating components comprises cooling air, and porting the cooled air into a volume in front of the rack from above the volume. The method further comprises moving the cooled air from the volume in front of the rack to a plenum at a rear portion of the rack to pressurize the plenum. The cooled air is moved with an air mover disposed at a bottom portion of the rack, The method also comprises flowing air from the pressurized plenum past or through heat dissipating components in the rack to the volume in front of the rack, by force of pressure in the plenum through air-directing ports in the plenum. The air may be flowed through the heat dissipating components, around the heat dissipating components, or both. The method further comprises drawing warm air from an upper portion of the volume in front of the racks to cool it again.
US11978872B2
A temperature measurement device includes a heat transfer member including a temperature measuring portion having a flat shape and extending laterally and a heat transfer portion that extends continuously from the temperature measuring portion and transfers heat of the temperature measuring portion, a clamping member that generates a clamping force with the temperature measuring portion, a temperature sensor that is fixed while being in contact with the heat transfer portion, and a resin member that covers and holds the heat transfer portion and the temperature sensor.
