US11987321B2
A drive system for a cycle has an input that receives drive from a pedal. An output rotates to drive a wheel via an electrical machine that provides motor drive. A drive train transmits drive to the output. The drive train includes first and second epicyclic gear sets EP-1, EP-2, which each include a sun gear, a planet carrier, a plurality of planet gears, and an annulus gear. Both annulus gears are connected to the output. Both sun gears are driven by the electrical machine. The first epicyclic gear set transmits drive from its sun gear to its annulus gear with its planet carrier in a fixed position. The second epicyclic gear set transmits drive from a pedal to its annulus gear via its planet carrier. Electrical assistance may be provided when the cyclist is pedalling and not pedalling.
US11987313B2
A solar-powered vehicle that includes a body having a front end, rear end, top and opposing sides; two or more wheels; and a first and second solar panel assembly respectively disposed on the opposing sides of the body.
US11987304B2
Generating a steering wheel torque (ML) on a steering wheel in a vehicle steering system as a tactile feedback. A value for a rack force (FZ) may be obtained, and at least a component (MZ) of an actuator-generated target steering wheel torque (MS) utilizing a characteristic curve (K1) that defines the steering wheel torque (MS) as a function of the rack force (FZ). A steering wheel torque (ML) is generated on the basis of the target steering wheel torque (MS) using an actuator mechanically connected to the steering wheel. A steering system for a vehicle, and a control unit for such a steering system may be configured to perform the functions disclosed herein.
US11987296B2
A steering device includes: a plurality of electric motors 10 configured to be driven to turn wheels of a vehicle; and three or more drive systems 20 each configured to output a driving force for driving a corresponding one of the electric motors 10 to the corresponding one of the electric motors 10. A total of maximum driving forces each of which is a maximum value of a driving force of each drive system 20 of the steering device is set larger than a required driving force required to turn the wheels with the vehicle stationary, and in an event of a failure occurring in one of the three or more drive systems 20, a total of the maximum driving forces of other properly working drive systems 20 out of the three or more drive systems 20 amounts to the required driving force.
US11987294B2
A steering system for steering a wheel of a vehicle includes a track rod for deflecting the wheel, a rack which, by axial movement, leads to control of the track rod, and a housing. The rack is at least partially arranged within the housing. The rack has a convex and/or concave cross-sectional portion. The housing-mounted complementary geometry includes a complementary concave and/or convex shaping, as a result of which a form-fitting connection is produced for realizing the twist prevention.
US11987288B2
A utility vehicle is configured for off-road terrain and may include a plurality of mounting members configured to support a load and/or support the vehicle during transport. The utility vehicle also includes an upper frame assembly which is movable between a first position and second position. The upper frame assembly may be moved to the second position during transportation of the utility vehicle. Further, the utility vehicle includes a plurality of configurations for a rear cargo area, thereby allowing for passengers or cargo to be supported.
US11987285B2
An embodiment provides a sensing apparatus comprising: a first rotation part; a second rotation part in which the first rotation part is disposed; a housing in which the second rotation part is disposed; and a first metal member disposed between the housing and the second rotation part, wherein the second rotation part includes a first holder and a second holder combined with the first holder, and the first metal member includes a body disposed between the first holder and the housing and a first flange portion extending radially outward from the body.
US11987271B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, a mobile-object control apparatus, and a mobile object that make it possible to appropriately set the accuracy in detecting an object. An information processing apparatus includes a first object detector that performs an object detection on the basis of first sensor data from a first sensor; a second object detector that performs an object detection on the basis of second sensor data from a second sensor that differs in type from the first sensor; a tracking section that predicts a state of a target object that is a tracking target, on the basis of a result of the object detection performed on the basis of the first sensor data, and on the basis of a result of the object detection performed on the basis of the second sensor data; and a detection accuracy controller that sets a high-resolution range on the basis of the state of the target object that is predicted on the basis of the result of the object detection performed on the basis of the first sensor data, and on the basis of the result of the object detection performed on the basis of the second sensor data, the high-resolution range being a range in which an object detection is performed with a higher degree of accuracy than in a range other than the high-resolution range. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a system used to track a target object around a vehicle.
US11987267B2
A method for verifying an operation of an autonomous vehicle using a Quality Control verifying application is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) the monitoring server acquiring a certain driving PVD from the autonomous vehicle, wherein the certain driving PVD is a driving PVD corresponding to the autonomous vehicle's execution of a certain operation event at a certain subsection; (b) the monitoring server (i) performing a process of acquiring first verification result information including information on whether execution is successful for the certain operation event and (ii) performing a process of acquiring second verification result information including information on a result of determining whether the certain driving PVD matches with a certain criterion PVD by comparing the certain driving PVD with the certain criterion PVD; and (c) the monitoring server acquiring third verification result information by determining whether the first verification result information matches with the second result information.
US11987260B2
A method for providing proactive driving alerts includes determining a road segment of interest, receiving GPS data and contextual data, and identifying a triggering condition in a vicinity of the segment of interest. The method also includes determining an applicability of the triggering condition to the segment of interest, retrieving an alert threshold corresponding to the triggering condition, and obtaining an action factor correlating to a user's driving behavior. The method further includes determining whether the action factor exceeds the alert threshold and providing a proactive alert related to the triggering condition to the user.
US11987258B2
A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.
US11987255B2
A data map is modeled to generate a modeled data map, the data map including a calibration to control vehicle operation over various weather conditions encountered by a vehicle, the modeled data map characterizing data elements of the data map according to a mathematical model. The modeled data map is sent to the vehicle to expand into at least a portion of the data map to control the vehicle operation.
US11987250B2
This application discloses a data fusion method and a related device. The method includes: obtaining vehicle sensing data, where the vehicle sensing data is obtained by a vehicle sensing apparatus by sensing a road environment in a sensing range by using a vehicle sensor; obtaining roadside sensing data, where the roadside sensing data is obtained by a roadside sensing apparatus by sensing a road environment in a sensing range by using a roadside sensor; and fusing the vehicle sensing data and the roadside sensing data by using a fusion formula, to obtain a first fusion result. According to the foregoing solution, overlapping can be implemented between the sensing range of the roadside sensing apparatus and the sensing range of the vehicle sensing apparatus can be implemented, so that the sensing range is effectively extended.
US11987249B2
Among other things, techniques are described for determining precedence order at a multiway stop. In embodiments, identifications are assigned to tracks, and young tracks are compared to stale tracks. A young track matches a stale track based on one or more factors. An identification of the young track is reassigned to an identification of the stale track, wherein the young track is determined to match the stale track based on the one or more factors. An earliest time of appearance of agents is determined based on identifications and in view of perception obscured areas. A precedence order for navigating through the intersection is determined based on local rules, the identifications, and the earliest time of appearance of agents, and the vehicle proceeds through the multiway stop intersection in accordance with the precedence order.
US11987248B2
A vehicle control device is configured to: execute vehicle speed maintaining control for causing the vehicle speed to coincide with a set vehicle speed; start first control, for causing the acceleration to coincide with target acceleration for keeping maintaining acceleration no higher than limit acceleration, or second control, for controlling the acceleration such that the vehicle speed is kept no higher than a limit vehicle speed lower than the set vehicle speed, as limit control when a traffic signal correlated distance correlated with a traffic signal distance to a stop instructing traffic signal is determined to become a first threshold or less during execution of the vehicle speed maintaining control; and suspend the vehicle speed maintaining control and the limit control when a driver operates a deceleration operator during execution of the limit control.
US11987244B2
A drive source controller is configured to control a drive torque of a drive source that drives a vehicle. The drive source controller is configured to prohibit acceptance of drive source required torque from a cruise controller when automatic braking control is activated during cruise control, or not output the drive source required torque to the drive source controller when the automatic braking control is activated during the cruise control.
US11987240B2
A method and apparatus for avoiding a blind spot of a vehicle, where the apparatus for avoiding the blind spot of the vehicle includes an image sensor configured to provide image information by acquiring a surrounding image of a host vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to sense a large vehicle traveling adjacent to the host vehicle based on the image information, determine a blind spot range of the large vehicle, determine a dangerous level of the blind spot range, and generate a path for the host vehicle to deviate from the blind spot or to avoids the blind spot, based on a traveling situation of the host vehicle.
US11987238B2
A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.
US11987223B2
The wheel chock is part of a wheel chock restraint system that also includes a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to engage at least one of the corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock.
US11987221B2
Disclosed herein a hydraulic pressure supply apparatus of an electronic brake system includes a motor coupled to a modulator block having a flow path and a valve for adjusting braking hydraulic pressure therein, the motor having a stator and a rotor disposed to be spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the stator; a first gear configured to receive a rotational force from the rotor and rotating together with the rotor; a second gear provided with a piston on one side thereof and concentrically connected with the first gear in a ball screw manner to convert a rotational motion of the first gear into a linear motion; and an anti-rotation unit configured to prevent the second gear from rotating together with the first gear.
US11987216B2
A rock knocker bracket holds a rock ejector such as a chain or bar that is used to clear debris from the gap between two tires of a mining vehicle. The rock ejector is pivotally mounted on a horizontal, lateral pin that is held at both ends by side plates of the bracket. The pin has a series of holes formed along its length. Bar retainers and washers mounted on the pin allow the rock ejector to be moved laterally along the pin and thereby provide for different laterally spacing configurations of the tires. Fasteners pass through holes in the bar retainers and the holes in the pin to hold the rock ejector at a predetermined lateral location along the pin. Alternative designs for the pin and the bracket include other systems for laterally moving the rock ejector and mounting it in the predetermined lateral position.
US11987215B2
A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal slit, in which slit at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for a rod-like extension of an oscillating arm, wherein said rod-like extension can be pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, with the special feature that said connecting device comprises a channel arranged to receive said free end of said rod-like extension, wherein said windscreen wiper device comprises a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto said windscreen to be wiped, wherein said nozzle is mounted onto said rod-like extension by sliding a ring-like mounting part of said nozzle over the free end of said rod-like extension in a direction away from said free end.
US11987213B2
A fishing pole holder is disclosed including a main frame with a front and rear lateral member connected to each other by two side members. The front and rear lateral member extending beyond each of the side members by a distance (e.g., 4 inches to 12 inches) for straddling wheel wells of a truck bed. Two movable frames have side sections that are rotatably coupled to a respective one of the two side members by a pivot and have a plurality of tubular rod holders affixed thereto. Each of the movable frames rotate about each pivot between a first position in which the tubular rod holders are substantially perpendicular to side members and a second, locking position (e.g., using a pin) in which the tubular rod holders are at a non-zero angle with respect to the side members.
US11987212B1
An anchor bracket assembly is described for securing loads on top of passenger vehicles when used in conjunction with a user-supplied cam buckle strap or ratchet strap. The anchor bracket assembly includes a bracket body, an adjustable load pin, and a means to secure position of the adjustable load pin. The assembly may also include a seal, a backing plate, and mounting hardware. The benefits of the invention include the ability to retain a load hook when tension is released on the strap, and design elements that ensure that mounting bolts do not rotate in the bore holes if the mounting nuts work loose. The design is of sufficient dimensions to enable mounting on composite bodies to distribute loads over a wide area and avoid mechanical failure of the composite body at the mounted location.
US11987205B2
In this buckle device, when a second wind of a belt is pulled out from a spool, a load at which the belt is permitted to be pulled out is small, whereas slide resistance of the belt with respect to a slide face is large. When a first wind of the belt is then pulled out from the spool, the belt pull-out permitting load is large, whereas the slide resistance of the belt with respect to the slide face is small. This enables variation in a load at which extending of a buckle body is permitted to be suppressed.
US11987202B2
The present invention relates to a seat belt presenter (1) for a seat belt system of a motor vehicle with a presenter arm with a guide component for a seat belt (3) of the seat belt system arranged on said arm, a drive system driving the presenter arm in an extension movement from a parked position into a presenting position, and a housing on which the presenter arm is guided, wherein the housing is formed by a hollow section with an elongate first chamber (23), in which the presenter arm is arranged, and the first chamber (23) has a shape determining the course of the extension movement in the direction of the extension movement of the presenter arm.
US11987188B2
A complex harness includes first electric wires, each of which includes a first center conductor and a first insulation that covers the first center conductor, a cable including second electric wires, each of which includes a second center conductor and a second insulation that covers the second center conductor, and an inner sheath that covers the second electric wires, and an outer sheath covering the first electric wires and the cable collectively. The first electric wires are extended from an end of the outer sheath. The cable is extended from the end of the outer sheath in a state where the second electric wires are collectively covered by the inner sheath in such a manner that an extension length of the cable from the end of the outer sheath is greater than an extension length of the first electric wires from the end of the outer sheath.
US11987184B2
[Object] To provide a vehicle-mounted camera capable of successfully absorbing stress applied to a flexible board that connects a main board and an imaging device board to each other. [Solving Means] The vehicle-mounted camera includes an imaging device board, a main board, and a flexible board. The imaging device board includes a first terminal. The main board includes a second terminal. The flexible board includes a first connection portion to be connected to the first terminal, a second connection portion to be connected to the second terminal, and a first bending portion and a second bending portion that are located between the first connection portion and the second connection portion and are bent along a first bending axis and a second bending axis intersecting with each other in a developed state of the flexible board. The vehicle-mounted camera is capable of absorbing stress in any direction applied to the flexible board.
US11987182B2
A display image to be displayed on a display unit is obtained in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver, on the basis of a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle, when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including the display unit. For example, the display image is obtained in accordance with a deviation of a viewpoint position of the driver from a reference viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is updated on the basis of a long-term fluctuation of the viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is not updated when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including a display unit that displays a display image.
US11987179B2
In an interior member for a vehicle, a lens extends along a light guide member, and is provided with a groove receiving the light guide member therein, a first engaging portion provided on a wall that defines the groove, and a second engaging portion provided on a wall that defines the groove, and the interior member main body is provided with a first engaged portion engaged by the first engaging portion, and a second engaged portion engaged by the second engaging portion, the lens being resiliently deformable so as to bring the walls defining the groove toward each other.
US11987174B2
A lighting device irradiating light to different locations includes a light irradiation unit that generates light; an optical path adjustment unit that adjusts a path of the light radiated from the light irradiation unit to allow a road surface pattern to be formed at a predetermined location on a road surface around a vehicle; and a driving unit that adjusts the optical path adjustment unit to allow the road surface pattern to be formed at different locations on the road surface around the vehicle.
US11987169B2
Provided is an optical axis adjustment device for a vehicle headlamp. The optical axis adjustment device adjusts an optical axis of a headlamp unit to be mounted in a vehicle, and the optical axis adjustment device includes: an engine temperature acquirer; a displacement amount calculator; a speed information acquirer; and an optical axis adjuster. The engine temperature acquirer acquires a temperature in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The displacement amount calculator calculates a displacement amount of the optical axis based on the acquired temperature. The speed information acquirer acquires speed information including a travel speed and a travel time of the vehicle. The optical axis adjuster adjusts the optical axis of the headlamp unit on a basis of the calculated displacement amount and the acquired speed information.
US11987165B2
A cargo restraint system comprises a plurality of cargo restraint assemblies. Each cargo restraint assembly in the plurality of cargo restraint assemblies may be removably coupled to a cargo deck in various configurations. The plurality of cargo restraint assemblies may be reconfigurable based on a size of a plurality of unit load devices (ULDs) to be loaded and restrained. Each cargo restraint assembly may restrain four or fewer corners of respective ULDs simultaneously.
US11987160B2
A crane includes a control interface to receive an operating instruction defining a target position, and a controller to determine movements of crane components and to generate driving instructions to be applied to a system of hydraulic actuators. The controller estimates a pressure level of a required working pressure of a hydraulic pump of each of the hydraulic actuators for the determined movements, and compares the estimated pressure levels and identifies the hydraulic actuators as a high pressure function, or as a low pressure function, based on the comparisons. The controller determines a time period during a movement from a current position to a target position, in which only the hydraulic actuators identified as a high pressure function or as a low pressure function is/are activated, and generates driving instructions for the hydraulic actuators to perform the determined movements, including activation of the determined hydraulic actuators during the time period.
US11987158B2
An energy absorbing headrest for a vehicle includes a base member, a frame pivotally mounted to the base member, and a biasing member mounted between the base member and the frame. The biasing member provides a biasing force to the frame. A release mechanism is mounted to the base member and retains the frame against the biasing force. The release mechanism selectively releases the frame upon receipt of a release signal.
US11987153B2
An apparatus for adjusting a seat of a vehicle includes a seat back frame, a cushion frame that is moved forward and backward by a motor driving unit, a cushion hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the cushion frame and rotating according to the movement of the cushion frame to adjust the angle of the seat back frame, and a seat back hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the vehicle body and rotating according to the movement of the seat back frame.
US11987151B2
The invention relates to a control system for controlling a torque generator of a vehicle. The control system is configured to receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand; select a surface type from a plurality of predetermined surface types based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; determine a target vehicle deceleration in dependence on the selected surface type; determine, based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand, a requirement to decelerate the vehicle; and in dependence on determining said requirement, output a control signal to the torque generator. The control signal is configured to cause the torque generator to provide the target vehicle deceleration.
US11987150B2
An apparatus for managing power of a fuel cell is provided. The apparatus includes a power conversion device that converts a high voltage into a low voltage and supplies the converted low voltage to a low voltage battery, a cooling device that flows coolant to cool the power conversion device, and a controller that controls driving of the power conversion device and the cooling device based on the remaining state of charge (SOC) of the low voltage battery.
US11987149B2
A system for reducing overconsumption of power in a vehicle includes a power source including a battery having a state of charge (SOC), and a fuel cell stack that generates electricity. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the power source and designed to receive a power request corresponding to a requested amount of power from the power source. The ECU is further designed to determine a fuel cell power amount corresponding to an amount of the electricity generated by the fuel cell stack to achieve the requested amount of power. The ECU is further designed to determine an overconsumption event when a current power consumption corresponding to a total amount of power being drawn from the power source is greater than the power request. The ECU is further designed to increase the fuel cell power amount in response to determining the overconsumption event.
US11987148B1
An optimal control strategy for a distributed low voltage system with unidirectional DC/DC converters is provided. DC/DC converters regulate high electrical voltages from high voltage battery modules and output regulated electrical currents to a low voltage battery. A control system differentially varies electrical currents input to the DC/DC converters to balance states of charge in high voltage battery modules, by: calculating sets of electrical currents that balance states of charge in high voltage battery modules based on values for a low voltage regulator electrical current, in advance to knowing a value for the low voltage regulator electrical current, interpolating the sets of electrical currents to be input to the DC/DC converters in response to receiving the value for low voltage regulator electrical current, and selecting an interpolated set of the electrical currents from the sets as input to the DC/DC converters in accordance with the value received.
US11987134B2
A speed-command generating unit incorporated with an electric vehicle having a throttle module, a mechanical brake and a motor is disclosed and includes: a computation module for generating a computation value of a speed-command according to a throttle operating signal from the throttle module, a sensing module for detecting an activated status of the mechanical brake, a selecting module for providing a braking approach selecting signal, a trimming module for setting a trimming flag according to the activated status of the mechanical brake of last cycle, and a switching module connected therewith. The switching module generates different output values of the speed-command for the motor according to different foundations depending on the content of the trimming flag when the mechanical brake is inactivated in this cycle, and generates the output value according to the content of the braking approach selecting signal when the mechanical brake is activated in this cycle.
US11987127B2
An actuating device for controlling a functional component of a motor vehicle is arranged on the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a functional component for providing a vehicle function and a display actuation device arranged on the motor vehicle for controlling a functional component. The display actuation device has a display providing visually detectable function actuation elements. In order to activate a vehicle function the display actuation device has a release device so that the display can be actuated between a blocking position blocking the actuation of the function actuation elements and an active position releasing the actuation of the function actuation elements. The display actuation device has a key element that cooperates with the release device and, when cooperating with the release device, actuates the display means into the active position.
US11987122B2
An input unit receives a first image that captures a scene in front of a vehicle or a scene in front of a user on board a vehicle at a first point of time. A generator generates a third image showing a result of prediction of the scene in front at the first point of time, based on a second image that captures the scene in front at a second point of time preceding the first point of time. A display controller controls display of information presentation based on a result of comparison between the first image received by the input unit and the third image generated by the generator using a predetermined criterion.
US11987116B2
A device for sequentially switching at least one first and at least one second Venetian blind, the slats of which can each be synchronously rotationally moved by means of at least one coupling rod in order to open and close the blinds. The device includes an actuator for generating a rotational movement of the slats through 80° to 90°, a coupling for rotatably coupling the actuator to a slat of the first blind, a link rod which has a partially-circular link, and a transmission rod. The actuator has an eccentric pin parallel to its axis of rotation which engages in the partially-circular link of the link rod, and the linear movement of the link rod is transmitted to the coupling rod of the at least second blind.
US11987107B2
A rear door assembly includes a vehicle body structure, a rear door and a four-bar linkage assembly. The vehicle body structure has a roof structure and a side wall defining a rear door opening. The four-bar linkage assembly supports the rear door for movement between open and closed orientations. The four-bar linkage includes a rearward member, a support bracket and a forward member. A first end of the rearward member is pivotally attached to an upright portion of the side wall and a second end attached to the rear door. A rearward end of the support bracket is fixed to the roof structure and is cantilevered therefrom. The forward member has a first end attached to the rearward end of the support bracket and a second end attached to the rear door inboard of the rearward member. The first end of the rearward member is outboard of the support bracket.
US11987099B2
A control method of an air conditioning system for compressor protection includes, when an air conditioner turn-on request is present, determining, by a controller, whether a compressor operating condition is satisfied from a refrigerant state of an air conditioner, when the compressor operating condition is determined as being satisfied, determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle is in a state of being unattended for a long period of time using information collected from a vehicle, when the vehicle is determined as being in a state of being unattended for a long period of time, performing, by the controller, pre-run control for operating the compressor in a predetermined minimum load condition; and when a pre-run operating time for which the compressor is operated in a minimum load condition reaches a predetermined pre-run holding time, interrupting, by the controller, the pre-run control with respect to the compressor.
US11987097B1
A system includes a heat-generating component, a heat-absorbing component, a liquid coolant reservoir for receiving and distributing a liquid coolant, a first liquid loop, and a second liquid loop. The first liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a first valve to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir. The second liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a second valve downstream from the second functional component to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir.
US11987083B2
An apparatus enables a commercial vehicle tire hub drum to be attached and detached. The apparatus includes a main body frame having traveling wheels mounted on a lower part thereof and holding means that face forward from the main body frame for holding upright a circular load mounted on a commercial vehicle. An attachment/detachment means executes an attachment/detachment operation of the load from above the holding means. A position adjustment device coupled to the main body frame adjusts the position of the holding means and the attachment/detachment means. Accordingly, the apparatus uses a hydraulic device providing a hydraulic driving force to conveniently attach or detach a load of various sizes to a vehicle from a fixed position while simultaneously adjusting the vertical position of a load-holding means.
US11987078B1
A buoyant vehicle tire device for facilitating driving in muddy soil includes a tire having an exterior wall and a pair of side walls is attached to each one of a pair of side edges of the exterior wall. A vehicle rim is sealed against the end edge of each side wall and encloses a pressurized space between the side walls and the exterior wall of the tire and the vehicle rim. A valve is coupled to the vehicle rim and is in fluid communication with the pressurized space. A plurality of depressions is positioned on the exterior wall and is pushed out from a first position to a second position when the pressurized space receives additional air. The first position of each of the depressions has a container space receiving air when driving in muddy soil, wherein the depressions provide buoyancy to the tire in muddy soil.
US11987077B2
A pneumatic tire includes first main grooves formed on outer sides, in the lateral direction, of a first land including an equatorial plane and extending in the circumferential direction; second main grooves outside, in the lateral direction, of the first main grooves and extending in the circumferential direction; auxiliary grooves formed on second lands between the first main grooves and the second main grooves, opening to the second main grooves, and terminating in the second lands; and first sipes inclined identically to the auxiliary grooves and crossing the second lands. The auxiliary grooves are formed into a shape bending at a bend point, and include a first portion extending from an opening end to the bend point, and a second portion extending from the bend point to a terminating end. A groove width of the first portion gradually reduces from the opening end to the bend point.
US11987074B2
As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural color, and methods of making articles having structural color. The article includes the optical element (e.g., a single layer reflector, a single layer filter, a multilayer reflector or a multilayer filter) including one or more layers (e.g., a reflective layer(s), a constituent layer(s), and the like). The surface of the article can include the optical element with regions that impart different structural colors. The different structural colors imparted are due at least in part to the different structure (e.g., cross-sectional structure) of the optical element in certain regions.
US11987067B2
Personalizing a multipage security document by placing a laser-alterable ink layer on a personalization area of an edge of each of the sequence of pages. The method includes revealing a portion of the personalization area of each of the sequence of pages relative to a pages above said each of the sequence of pages such that the personalization portion of each two consecutive pages in said sequence of pages are located adjacent to one another thereby producing a two-dimensional multi-page personalization section, and creating a pattern on the two-dimensional multi-page personalization section by altering the inked personalization area in the revealed portion of each page of said sequence of pages by exposing said revealed portions to a laser, such that a pattern is visible when the revealed portions of a sequence of pages are viewed simultaneously.
US11987066B2
An optical security element made of a refractive transparent or partially transparent optical material and comprising an optical assembly of a caustic layer having a light-redirecting surface with a relief pattern of given depth and a focal length fC and an adjacent lens element of focal length fL configured to redirect incident light received from a point-like light source through it and to form a projected image containing a caustic pattern directly on a retina of an observer. A marked object, as well as a method of visually authenticating an object, and use of optical security elements for authenticating or securing against counterfeiting are also disclosed.
US11987063B2
A printing apparatus includes: an apparatus body held by a user and provided with a printing unit configured to perform printing in a case of being moved in a first direction; a first guide unit configured to guide the movement in the first direction; a second guide unit rotatably held with respect to a structure fixed to the apparatus body and configured to guide movement in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a drive unit configured to be connected with the second guide unit and to rotate the second guide unit so that the structure moves to the second direction relative to the second guide unit by driving of the drive unit.
US11987061B2
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head and processing circuitry. The recording head includes a plurality of nozzles. The processing circuitry prints a reference adjustment pattern on a recording medium using a reference nozzle, which is one of the nozzles. When the recording medium is conveyed from the reference nozzle in a sub-scanning direction by a predetermined conveyance amount, the processing circuitry prints an adjustment pattern on the recording medium using a designated nozzle, which is apart by a predetermined distance with respect to a nozzle apart from the reference nozzle in the sub scanning direction by the predetermined conveyance amount. The processing circuitry detects the reference adjustment pattern and the adjustment pattern, computes a distance between the reference adjustment pattern and the adjustment pattern in the sub-scanning direction, and determines whether a standard deviation of the distance computed is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
US11987052B2
A nozzle plate of a fluid ejection head for a fluid ejection device, a fluid ejection head containing the nozzle plate, and a method for making the fluid ejection head containing the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate includes at least two arrays of nozzle holes on opposing sides of a fluid supply via etched in an ejection head substrate and a photoresist layer attached to an exposed surface of the nozzle plate spanning a section of the nozzle plate between the at least two arrays of nozzle holes. The photoresist layer increases a thickness of the nozzle plate between the at least two arrays of nozzle holes to greater than 25 microns up to about 100 microns.
US11987047B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a printing apparatus comprising a media supply spool configured to supply print media along a media path. The printing apparatus further comprises a first media sensor positioned in a first plane in the printing apparatus. Further, the printing apparatus comprises a second media sensor positioned in a second plane in the printing apparatus. Additionally, the printing apparatus comprises a first media guide defining a section of the media path, wherein extremities of the first media guide are positioned to be at a negative offset from the second plane.
US11987046B2
A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to a printing unit configured to perform printing; a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to hold the sheet onto which printing was performed by the printing unit; and a receiving unit configured to receive an ejection instruction for instructing to eject the sheet. The control unit, in a case where the receiving unit receives the ejection instruction, controls the conveyance unit to eject the sheet to outside of the apparatus after a predetermined time has elapsed.
US11987042B2
A method of printing radiopaque indicia on a medical device. The method includes applying radiopaque marking fluid to a surface of a plate comprising one or more etchings having a depth of at least 0.0001 inches, exposing the radiopaque marking fluid on the surface of the plate to air to allow the radiopaque marking fluid to achieve a sufficient level of tackiness, and transferring the radiopaque marking fluid to a medical device. The radiopaque marking fluid comprises a clear ink and tungsten particulates having a particulate size of more than one micron.
US11987029B2
A method for manufacturing a cellular structure having first and second faces, rows of cells each alternatingly having first cells, which are open in the direction of the first face, second cells, which are open in the direction of the second face, and also third cells formed between each row of cells, each row of cells comprising first and second strips of material placed against one another. The first and second strips of material are shaped by bending. By contrast to plastic deformation, shaping by bending makes it possible to expand the choice of materials and thicknesses for the first and second strips of material. An advantageous cellular structure is thus obtained as well as an acoustic absorption coating comprising such a cellular structure.
US11987008B2
A method of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object may be performed using an irradiation sequence that is based at least in part on a predicted location of one or more fume plumes emitted from the powder material when irradiated by a plurality of energy beams. An exemplary method may include determining, with a computing device, an irradiation sequence for selectively consolidating powder material using an energy beam system of an additive manufacturing machine, and providing control commands, from the computing device to the energy beam system, configured to cause the energy beam system to emit a plurality of energy beams to selectively consolidate the powder material.
US11987006B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine physical characteristics of a build layer of build material particles. The instructions may also cause the processor to determine an adjustment to forming data based on the determined physical characteristics, the forming data to be used informing a subsequent build layer. The instructions may further cause the processor to apply the determined adjustment to the forming data for use in forming the subsequent build layer, in which portions of a three-dimensional (3D) object are to be formed in the build layer and the subsequent build layer.
US11987001B2
A machine for producing additive printed parts having a print head attached to a gantry, including a frame having a plurality of side walls that define an interior space, a build table positioned within the interior space and including a print bed for supporting the additive printed part, a plurality of bellows attached at a first end to the gantry and at a second end to at least one of the plurality of side walls, a build volume defined by the plurality of side walls, the plurality of bellows and the build table, and an infrared heater disposed on the build table for heating an additive printed part positioned on the build table.
US11987000B2
The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; a dynamic force adjustment capable of exerting force on one of the two hobs to urge the force-receiving hob toward the other of the two hobs; and a controller communicatively connected with the dynamic force adjustment and capable of controlling the force exertion thereof.
US11986991B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a novel interfacial surface generator (ISG) design comprised of helical channels and associated methods of using the new design. The novel design addresses processing challenges associated with conventional ISG designs used in layer multiplying coextrusion systems. Embodiments of the present invention may be used in either a static configuration or “active” configuration. In one active configuration, two counter-rotating cylindrical rods and/or moving belts may be used to induce drag, or Couette, flow. Conveyance of materials through the ISG may be due to pressure driven flow, drag flow, or a combination of these.
US11986987B2
An injection molding machine includes: a timing belt wound around a driving-side rotation member and a driven-side rotation member and configured to transmit power from the driving-side rotation member to the driven-side rotation member; a driving-side rotation detecting unit configured to detect a rotational speed of the driving-side rotation member; a driven-side rotation detecting unit configured to detect a rotational speed of the driven-side rotation member; and an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality in the timing belt based on a relative speed difference between the rotational speed of the driving-side rotation member detected by the driving-side rotation detecting unit and the rotational speed of the driven-side rotation member detected by the driven-side rotation detecting unit in a predetermined period after the driving-side rotation member starts to rotate from a stopped state.
US11986985B2
A cycle time administration section 3 of an apparatus for taking out a molded product of the present invention includes: a measurement section 5 for measuring a cycle time for every one cycle of taking out a molded product; a setting and storing section 7 for setting and storing a target cycle time; a comparison section 9 for comparing the measured cycle time and the target cycle time for every one cycle; a counting section 11 for counting the number of times that the measured cycle times consecutively exceed target time, following the measured cycle time that has first exceeded the target cycle time, if it is determined that the measured cycle time has exceeded the target cycle time as a result of the comparing; and an outputting section 13 for outputting a detection signal if the counted number of times is more than n times.
US11986984B2
An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus and a conveying apparatus for conveying a mold with respect to the injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including a support member for supporting a bottom of the mold, and a guide member located on a side of the mold for guiding the mold conveyed by the conveying apparatus, wherein the improvement to the conveying apparatus includes an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the guide member in a direction intersecting a direction of conveyance of the mold by the conveying apparatus independently from a position of the supporting member.
US11986974B2
In one aspect, a method of making a sintered article comprises providing a composite article comprising a porous exterior printed from a powder composition via one or more additive manufacturing techniques, the porous exterior defining an interior volume and providing a loose powder component in the interior volume. The porous exterior and loose powder component are simultaneously sintered to provide the sintered article comprising a sintered interior and sintered exterior.
US11986970B2
A skiving apparatus is provided for at least partial removal of the surface of an least approximately tubular body having a center axis, in particular of a plastic pipe, comprising a clamp assembly having a center axis and at least one clamp member for clamping the skiving apparatus to the tubular body, a skiving assembly comprising a skiving arm unit, a skiving knife arrangement disposed at a first end of the skiving arm unit, and a skiving arm support that connects the clamp assembly to the skiving arm unit. The skiving arm unit is connected by its first and second ends to the skiving knife arrangement and the skiving arm support and is pivotable in the common plane with the center axis of the clamp assembly in such a way that the skiving knife arrangement keeps its orientation relative to the center axis of the clamp assembly in every pivoted position of the skiving arm unit. A clamp assembly as a tool holder for a tool such as a skiving tool is also provided, for machining an approximately tubular body having a center axis, in particular a plastic pipe, having a center axis, a mandrel disposed coaxially with the center axis of the clamp assembly, and at least one clamping device disposed on the mandrel and directed substantially radially outwards.
US11986968B2
A real-time control system for industrial robots based on virtual reality (VR), including: a VR headset, a VR controller, a model construction module, a motion control module, a data communication system and a robot controller. Through the VR controller, a user can touch and drag an end of the gripper to move the robot in the Cyber environment. When the gripper moves into a bounding box of a control point, the data communication system is triggered, and a communication code corresponding to the control point is sent to the robot controller via a Unity engine script. After receiving the code, the robot controller sends the corresponding motion command such that the robot such that the robot moves in real time according to the control data.
US11986965B2
A method for the continuous storage of internal operating states and visualization of past sequences of operations, as well as to a robot and/or robot controller, wherein the robot is preferably mounted on or next to a processing machine, in particular an injection molding machine and serves for the removal, handling, manipulation or further processing of injection molded parts which have just been produced. The robot controller records data, in particular changes of state, positions, internal parameters, time stamps, etc., and in case of occurrence of an error this most recently recorded information is linked to the error and stored, whereby the changes of state until the occurrence of the respective error are simulated and visually displayed for an analysis on the basis of a virtual model of the physical robot.
US11986951B2
Pre-plating systems and related methods are disclosed. A pre-plating system includes a press, an infeed robot configured to deliver a structural member to the press, and an outfeed robot configured to remove the structural member from the press. The press is configured to secure a plate to the structural member while the structural member is held in position by at least one of the infeed robot or the outfeed robot. A pre-plating system includes a press, a transfer pedestal, a plate picking robot, and a press loading robot. The plate picking robot is configured to pick a plate from a container and position the plate on the transfer pedestal. The press loading robot is configured to transfer the plate to the press. The press is configured to press the plate into a structural member positioned within the press.
US11986949B2
In one embodiment, a robotic end effector configured to mount to a robotic manipulator includes gripping elements configured to grasp objects, a drive mechanism configured to open and close the gripping elements, a central controller configured to control operation of the drive mechanism and the gripper elements, the central controller hosting a control program that enables control of the end effector independent of the robotic manipulator, and at least one of a forward-facing ultrasonic distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the gripping elements and an object to be grasped, and a forward-facing camera mounted between the gripping elements configured to capture video data of an object to be grasped.
US11986946B2
A mating part in a locking path of a stop part so that the locking part is not automatically lockable and a first connection part is in a state of remaining unlocked from a second connection part.
US11986945B2
A tool chest may include a base portion, two opposing sidewalls and a foldable lid. The sidewalls extend to define a tool repository therebetween. The lid has a closed position covering a top of the tool chest and at least a part of a front of the tool chest, and an open position in which both the top of the tool chest and the part of the front of the tool chest are open to provide access to the tool repository. The lid comprises a top section, an overhang portion and a front section. The top section extends perpendicular to the top section. The front section extends substantially parallel to the overhang portion in the closed position and substantially perpendicular to the overhang portion in the open position. A hanger space is formed between the front portion and the top portion when the lid is in the open position.
US11986944B1
A socket holding frame assembly has a track base and multiple socket positioning holders. The track base has a base panel and a connection hole formed through the base panel. The socket positioning holders are slidably and rotatably connected with the track base. Each socket positioning holder comprises a holder body, an inserted part being metallic and combined in a bottom of the holder body, and a bolt inserted through the connection hole from a bottom of the base panel and connected with the inserted part via a threaded engagement to tightly fasten the holder body on the track base.
US11986939B2
A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and, a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor; a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the drive-in element; and, an excitation coil, which during rapid discharge of the capacitor is flowed through by current and generates a magnetic field that accelerates the drive-in element toward the fastening element, and wherein the setting tool has a control unit, which is suitable for carrying out a fuse discharge of the capacitor during which current does not flow through the excitation coil.
US11986931B2
Methods and apparatus for a fastener head having a dual zone socket area and a mating driver bit according to aspects of the present technology include a fastener configured with driving surfaces adapted to provide enhanced engagement between each other during use. The fastener includes a recessed socket area with a sidewall that has an upper inwardly tapering section and a lower vertical section that extends to the bottom of the recessed socket area. The upper inwardly tapering section of the sidewall may also include an offset relative to the lower vertical section to create asymmetrical driving and removal surfaces. The technology also includes a corresponding mating driver bit configured with mating surfaces to the fastener to provide enhanced engagement between the fastener and mating driver bit. The technology also allows either the fastener or the driving bit to be used with preexisting fasteners and driver bits.
US11986924B2
Provided is an electrically powered tool configured so that a handle section is rotatable relative to a body section, wherein a motor housing is formed in a cylindrical integral structure, and a first drive circuit on which a switching element is mounted is received from a rear opening. The first drive circuit is disposed within a circular cylindrical case open to the rear side. A handle housing is provided with an air flow window, and a gear case is provided with a discharge opening. When a cooling fan rotates, air is sucked into the handle housing from the air flow window. Then, as indicated by the arrow, the air cools, within the motor housing, the switching element mounted on the first derive circuit, then cools the motor, and is discharged to the outside from the discharge opening.
US11986917B2
An indexing apparatus includes a fixture tool, movable relative to an operation cell, and an indexing feature, fixed relative to the fixture tool. The indexing apparatus also includes a sensor, configured to detect the indexing feature. The indexing apparatus further includes a controller, in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to locate the fixture tool relative to the operation cell from an indexing-feature location of the indexing feature, identified by the sensor.
US11986910B2
The present invention employs a flux which contains rosin, a solvent, a thixotropic agent and an activator. The thixotropic agent contains a polyamide (PA2). The PA2 is a condensation product of an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a hydroxy group-containing aliphatic carboxylic acid and an aliphatic amine having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and the aliphatic carboxylic acid includes an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 11 to 20 carbon atoms. With respect to the endothermic amount calculated from the peak area of the differential scanning calorimetry curve of PA2 as obtained by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, the ratio of the endothermic amount within the range of from 50° C. to 190° C. to the total endothermic amount within the range of from 50° C. to 200° C. is 90% or more.
US11986903B2
Provided is a laser processing machine including a laser head capable of irradiating a workpiece with laser beam, a belt conveyor provided away in an irradiation direction of the laser beam, and a control unit configured to control operations of the laser head and the belt conveyor. The laser head is configured to be movable along at least a rotating direction of the belt conveyor. The control unit is configured to control, in a case where a moving direction and a moving speed of the laser head match the rotating direction and a rotating speed of the belt conveyor during the irradiation with the laser beam, the operation of at least one of the laser head and the belt conveyor in order to avoid the matching.
US11986902B2
A welded product includes: multiple steel members; and one or two or more welds with which the multiple steel members are welded together, at least one of the welds having a surface containing slag, the slag having a Si content of 14% by mass or less and having a mass ratio of Si to Mn of 0.25 or less.
US11986891B2
The machining method uses a tool to machine a workpiece set in a jig, the workpiece has a plate-like web part arc-shaped in plan view and a flange part bent and arranged vertically from an edge along the arc shape, the tool has an end cutting edge and a peripheral cutting edge, and the jig has a surface where the web part is placed and a contacting surface where the flange part comes into surface contact. The machining method includes: pressing the flange part against the contacting surface; cutting the flange part by the peripheral cutting edge by feeding the tool in an arc direction of the arc shape; and cutting the web part by the end cutting edge by feeding the tool in the arc direction.
US11986889B1
The helical tunneling device is a tool for tunneling along helical or spiral paths. Further, the tool may be used as a fixation device along helical/spiral paths, for connecting different surfaces or joints. Furthermore, the device includes associated instrumentation needed for creating such a helical path. In one embodiment, the device uses a woven flexible shaft in a helical tube to transmit rotational motion to a cutting tool. The helical tube may then be rotated independently to advance the cutting tool along a helical trajectory. In another embodiment, the device may advance helically into the created tunnel to engage, couple, and fix the relative positions of both bodies through which a continuous helical tunnel is created. Thus, the helical tunneling device is a simple and efficient tool that may be beneficial for wood working, orthopedics, metal manufacturing etc.
US11986884B2
Additive manufacturing apparatus, along with methods of forming an object therewith, are provided. The additive manufacturing apparatus may include at least one build unit; a build platform (such as a rotating build platform); and a pair of collectors positioned on the apparatus such that a first collector contacts an outer surface of an object as it is formed on the build platform and a second collector contacts an inner surface of the object as it is formed on the build platform.
US11986876B1
A pipe expanding head, a pipe expanding head assembly, and a pipe expanding plier are provided. A distance from a point on an outer periphery of a largest radial cross section of the first joint arc part to the central axis is not less than a distance from a point on an outer periphery of the first radial cross section to the central axis, and the distance from the point on the outer periphery of the largest radial cross section of the first joint arc part to the central axis is larger than a distance from a point on an outer periphery of the second radial cross section to the central axis; and a distance from a point on an outer periphery of a largest radial cross section of the second joint arc part to the central axis is also similar.
US11986874B2
A method of manufacturing a press-formed article includes first press forming and second press forming. In the first press forming, an intermediate formed article is formed from a metal sheet by subjecting the metal sheet to processing including performing draw-forming on the metal sheet to form a peripheral wall portion, bending the metal sheet to form a convex flange portion, and bending the metal sheet to form at least a side standing flange main body portion of a side standing flange portion and a floor flange main body portion of a floor flange portion. The second press forming includes bending the intermediate formed article to form the convex flange portion to an inclined flange portion.
US11986860B2
Systems and methods for sorting recyclable items and other materials are provided. In one embodiment, a system for sorting objects comprises: at least one imaging sensor; a controller comprising a processor and memory storage, wherein the controller receives image data captured by the image sensor; and at least one pusher device coupled to the controller, wherein the at least one pusher device is configured to receive an actuation signal from the controller. The processor is configured to detect objects travelling on a conveyor device and recognize at least one target item traveling on a conveyor device by processing the image data and to determine an expected time when the at least one target item will be located within a diversion path of the pusher device. The controller selectively generates the actuation signal based on whether a sensed object detected in the image data comprise the at least one target item.
US11986859B2
A drop perception system is disclosed that includes an open housing structure having an internal volume, an open top and an open bottom, and a plurality of perception units positioned to capture perception data within the internal volume at a plurality of locations between the open top and the open bottom of the open housing.
US11986857B2
A screen medium of a mobile multi-deck screen is tensioned with a tensioner. A tensioning link engages and tensions a screen medium on a side thereof by at least two linear tension rods, when the screen medium side tensioner is installed to the mobile multi-deck screening device. An adjusting member causes for each of the at least two linear tension rods, a linear movement tensioning by the tensioning link the side of the screen medium above the two linear tension rods. A retractor disengages the tensioning link responsively to untightening the at least two tensioning rods. A screen deck, a screen and a mobile multi-deck screening device are also disclosed as well as a method for replacing a screen medium using the tensioner.
US11986855B2
A extrusion process and apparatus for the deposition of precise, usually small amounts of extrudate (4) for adhesion to a substrate (1) comprising an extruder (2) positioned close to the substrate (1) and a jet of hot gas (6) directed onto the extrudate (1) between the extruder (2) and the substrate (1) in order to retain the adhesive properties between the extrudate (4) and the substrate (1).
US11986852B2
A dry product spreader is provided that includes a bin that includes a bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a conveyor located at the bottom of the bin. The conveyor is capable of discharging dry product material from the bin through the bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a spinner assembly for spreading the dry product material and positioned to receive the dry product material from the bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a material conveyance system to displace dry product material received through the bin discharge opening before the dry product material reaches the spinner assembly. The dry product spreader further includes a distribution manifold configured to receive dry product material displaced by the material conveyance system. The distribution manifold is configured to return dry product material displaced by the material conveyance system to be spread by the spinner assembly.
US11986848B2
An acoustic droplet ejection apparatus comprises an acoustic actuator and a fluid well having abase and at least one side wall. The actuator is arranged to couple acoustic energy into the fluid well through the side wall.
US11986847B2
Described herein is a technique capable of properly attaching a nozzle to a reaction tube. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a nozzle installation jig including: a lower plate configured to make contact with a process vessel in a vicinity of a lower end opening of the process vessel in which a nozzle is provided; a frame fixed to the lower plate and extending upward with respect to the lower plate; an upper plate fixed to the frame and provided with a sensor configured to detect a position of the nozzle in the process vessel; and a notification device configured to transmit a notification to an operator according to a detection result of the sensor.
US11986841B2
A centrifuge rotor includes a rotor body having a base, a sidewall, and a top. The top defines an opening that provides access to an annulus cavity inside the rotor body. A cover is removably attachable to the rotor body to seal the annulus cavity. A drive hub extends from a portion of the base of the rotor body and couples to a drive shaft of a centrifuge motor. The rotor body is sized to receive one or more sample containers in the annulus cavity, and to constrain the one or more sample containers inside the annulus cavity between the base, the sidewall, and the top when the one or more containers are advanced radially against the sidewall.
US11986830B2
A device for storage and transport of biological samples. Multiple trays are assembled into a stack with sample tubes constrained between adjacent trays. The surface of each tray has radial grooves sized to hold the sample tubes. Each tray is secured to an adjacent tray with a bolt or snap-fit connector.
US11986828B2
The disclosed pathology slides may include a substantially transparent substrate that includes a top major surface, at least two regions on the top major surface of the substantially transparent substrate having a size sufficient for receiving at least two respective biopsy tissue sample sections on the substantially transparent substrate, and at least one visibly perceptible separation mark on or in the substantially transparent substrate separating the at least two regions from each other. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11986827B2
A method includes flowing a first fluid through a first channel of a microfluidic apparatus and flowing a second fluid through a second channel of the microfluidic apparatus. The first fluid comprises biological material and a matrix material and is immiscible with the second fluid. The first and second fluids are combined at a junction to form droplets of the first fluid dispersed in the second fluid in a third channel. Multiple exposures of a droplet in the third channel are captured in a single image, comprising: illuminating a region of the third channel with multiple successive illumination pulses during a single frame of the imaging device; identifying the droplet and determining a velocity or a size of the droplet based on an analysis of the captured exposures; and controlling the flow of the first fluid or second fluid to obtain droplets of a target size or velocity.
US11986825B1
A microfluidic chip with an array of pillars for directing flow of beads is used to measure reaction kinetics. A stream may be continuously drawn from the reaction volume into the microfluidic chip. The bead is attached to a primary antibody. The reaction volume has an antigen. The primary antibody binds to the antigen. A secondary antibody with a label binds to the antigen, creating a sandwich of bead, antigen, and label. The binding reactions occur over time in the microfluidic chip. The beads may be imaged after traversing a laminar wash buffer, and the signal intensity is measured. Each bead provides a kinetic monitoring of the immunoassay over the reaction time at which the bead is removed from the reaction media. Methods and systems are described in this disclosure.
US11986823B2
A microfluidic device includes an array unit and a nanostructure connected to the array unit, wherein the array unit comprises array cells with substances for a polymerase chain reaction. The array cells include nucleotides with stop properties according to the Sanger sequencing method and primers for an asymmetric polymerase chain reaction. The nanostructure is configured to determine lengths of nucleotide strands formed by the polymerase chain reaction.
US11986805B2
Systems and methods for using and regenerating a catalyst for producing acetic acid from ethane are disclosed. Feed stream comprising ethane and an oxidant including oxygen is flowed to a reactor, in which a catalyst comprising MoVNbPd oxide is disposed. The ethane and the oxidant are reacted in presence of the catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce acetic acid. When the catalyst's ability to catalyze the reaction between the ethane and the oxidant is reduced by a predetermined percentage, the flow of the feed stream to the reactor is ceased. A regenerating gas stream is flowed through the reactor to contact the regenerating gas stream with the catalyst under operating conditions to increase the catalyst's ability to catalyze the reaction between the ethane and the oxidant.
US11986804B2
The invention relates to a structured catalyst for catalyzing steam methane reforming reaction in a given temperature range T upon bringing a hydrocarbon feed gas into contact with the structured catalyst. The structured catalyst comprises a macroscopic structure, which comprises an electrically conductive material and supports a ceramic coating. The macroscopic structure has been manufactured by 3D printing or extrusion and subsequent sintering, wherein the macroscopic structure and the ceramic coating have been sintered in an oxidizing atmosphere in order to form chemical bonds between the ceramic coating and the macroscopic structure. The ceramic coating supports catalytically active material arranged to catalyze the steam methane reforming reaction, wherein the macroscopic structure is arranged to conduct an electrical current to supply an energy flux to the steam methane reforming reaction. The invention moreover relates to methods of manufacturing the structured catalyst and a system using the structured catalyst.
US11986801B1
A method of synthesizing an Au—(TiO2-y/WO3-x) semiconductor composite, the method comprising: loading tungsten oxide (WO3) powder in a fluidized bed reactor followed by H2 treatment to produce reduced tungsten oxide (WO3) nanoparticles or WO3-x nanoparticles; producing reduced titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles or TiO2-y (containing defect states) nanoparticles in-situ; coupling the TiO2-y nanoparticles with the WO3-x nanoparticles to provide a titanium dioxide/tungsten oxide nanocomposite (TiO2-y/WO3-x); and simultaneous substitutional doping of TiO2-y and WO3-x in the titanium dioxide/tungsten oxide nanocomposite (TiO2-y/WO3-x) with gold ions (Au) to obtain the Au—(TiO2-y/WO3-x) semiconductor composite; wherein x has a value between 0.33 and 0.37. The thus produced composite can be used as a photocatalyst.
US11986794B1
The present invention discloses a preparation method for and the use of a lithium silicate-based adsorbent. The method comprises: mixing and stirring butyl methacrylate, an acid and an organic solvent to obtain a first solution; adding lithium silicate, an initiator and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide into the first solution, and heating and stirring same for a reaction to obtain a second solution; subjecting the second solution to low-temperature dehydration, cooling and drying to obtain a lithium silicate-based polymer; mixing the lithium silicate-based polymer with a third solution; and subjecting same to low-temperature carbonization under anoxic conditions, so as to obtain the lithium silicate-based adsorbent, wherein the third solution is obtained by mixing cotton fibers, tartaric acid, carboxymethylcellulose and water.
US11986790B2
There is provided a method for preparing surface modified microcapsules that increase fiber adhesion of fragrance capsules, have excellent fragrance durability even after use, and are environmentally friendly due to biodegradation of ester groups, by preparing a pickering emulsion using inorganic nanoparticles and acrylic monomers comprising biodegradable ester groups, and then, preparing capsules through the polymerization thereof, and modifying the surface of the capsules with amine-based monomers.
US11986783B2
Dispensing system for dispensing a mixture of a first component and a second component, the dispensing system comprising: (i) a dispensing gun comprising an inlet body with a first passage for feeding in the first component under pressure and a second passage for feeding in the second component under pressure, the first and second passages respectively comprising a closable first outlet and a closable second outlet, which may be operable by means of a handle or trigger of the dispensing gun; (ii) a static mixing nozzle, detachably connectable to the outlets of the body and provided for mixing and dispensing the components, the static mixing nozzle comprising a first section containing a first chamber and a second chamber for conducting the first and second component respectively and a second section, subsequent to the first section (in forwards flow direction), containing a mixing chamber with static mixing elements which promote mixing the first and second components and conducting the mixture to a nozzle tip serving as an outlet for the mixture. According to the invention, at least one of the first and second chambers of the static mixing nozzle contains a series of static backflow prevention elements, arranged for hindering backflow of the respective component within the respective chamber.
US11986781B2
A carbonation machine may include a carbonation head, a holder that is configured to hold a gas canister, the holder comprising a connector with a socket configured to enable linear insertion of a valve of the canister into the socket, the socket including a seal with at least one lateral opening to enable fluidic flow between one or more laterally oriented ports of the valve and a conduit of the holder while preventing leakage of gas from the fluidic flow, and a holding mechanism configured to hold a lateral projection from the canister after insertion of the valve into the socket such that the valve remains in the socket, and an activation mechanism configured to operate the valve to release the gas from the canister when inserted into the socket so as to enable the gas to flow via the conduit to the carbonation head.
US11986780B2
A dispensing system for dispensing a hot melt adhesive foam onto a substrate is described. The dispensing system comprises a pump having a first input to receive a hot melt adhesive and a second input to receive a gas, where the pump mixes the hot melt adhesive and the gas to produce a solution. The dispensing system also includes a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the solution, a dispenser to receive the solution from the pump and dispense the solution, and a controller. The controller instructs the pump to operate at a first speed, receives the temperature of the solution, and instructs the pump to operate at a second speed that is different than the first speed in response to the signal.
US11986777B2
Hollow fiber membranes, membrane contactors, and related production and use methods. The membranes include a substrate having a multiplicity of pores and a skin layer overlaying the porous substrate. The porous substrate includes a first semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer resin and a nucleating agent in an amount effective to achieve nucleation. The skin layer includes a second semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer resin derived by polymerizing at most 98 wt. % of 4-methyl-1-pentene monomer with at least 2 wt. % of linear or branched alpha olefin monomers. Preferably, the first thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer is different from the second thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer. The skin layer is less porous than the porous substrate and forms an outer surface of the hollow fiber with the porous substrate forming an inner surface. The hollow fibers are formed by co-extruding the porous substrate resin and the skin layer resin through an annular die.
US11986772B2
The present invention provides compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance. The invention further provides filtration systems (e.g., TFF systems) and processes (e.g., SPTFF processes) employing compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance.
US11986771B2
The present disclosure generally relates to plant-based air purification systems and more particularly to wall mounted systems for removing impurities from indoor air using plants.
US11986769B1
The invention comprises a method of mineralization of carbon dioxide. The method comprises delivering hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to a mill capable of reducing the particle size of the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice; processing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice in the mill so that the processed hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm; and exposing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during or after the particle reduction process. Optionally a carbon dioxide sorbent or carbonation enhancing agent is added to the hyaloclastite pozzolan or mineral during the grinding or post-grinding process and combined with carbon dioxide during grinding or post grinding.
US11986760B2
A portable air purifier may include a housing provided with an inlet through which air is suctioned, a filter, and a fan module and forming an air flow path in a vertical direction, a discharge disposed at an outlet of the housing and configured to guide a discharge direction of air, a rotational supporter which is connected to the housing, movement of which is restricted, and which supports the discharge in a rotatable manner, and a rotational guide disposed respectively at the discharge and the rotational supporter and configured to guide rotation of the discharge to allow the discharge to rotate within predetermined angles.
US11986759B2
Disclosed is a vehicle comprising a wheel with an associated air-cooled motor, and a ventilation path for passing outside air from outside the vehicle into the motor. An electrostatic device is disposed proximate to the ventilation path. When the electrostatic device is energized, particles or debris in the outside air are attracted toward or repelled from the electrostatic device, such that the particles or debris are removed from the outside air before the outside air enters the motor.
US11986758B2
A filter element, which has an oval cross-section in a longitudinal direction thereof and includes a circumferential sealing device for, in particular, radially sealing the filter element off from a filter holder for the filter element, wherein the sealing device has two first curvature sections arranged one facing the other and two second curvature sections arranged one facing the other, wherein the first curvature sections each have a first radius of curvature and the second curvature sections each have a second radius of curvature, and wherein the first radius of curvature differs from the second radius of curvature.
US11986757B2
A filtration filter according to the present invention includes a surface layer composed mainly of Pd, a base material inside the surface layer and composed mainly of a PdNi alloy, and an intermediate layer between the surface layer and the base material, wherein the intermediate layer is composed mainly of a PdNi alloy in which a Pd:Ni ratio changes from a surface layer side toward a base material side.
US11986756B2
A filter medium includes a plurality of layers each including an undulating strip of solidified material.
US11986753B2
A filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter housing lid, a filter cartridge, an endplate, and a seal member. The filter housing defines a first cavity and comprises a return passage in fluid communication with the first cavity. The filter housing lid is selectively coupled to the filter housing and defines a second cavity coextensive with the first cavity. The filter cartridge is positioned within the first cavity. The endplate is coupled to a first end of the filter cartridge. The endplate is configured to interface with the filter housing. The seal member is coupled to the endplate and is configured to be received in the return passage. The endplate is configured to partially separate the filter housing from the filter cartridge.
US11986748B2
The invention is a poseable doll and methods of making a poseable doll. The doll includes an internal wire that extends across a torso region widthwise and into both arms. Two wires extend separately into each leg, through the torso, and into the head of the doll. Alternatively, a single wire can be bent with its bend in the head so that the bent single wire can extend through the central region and into both of the legs. Terminal ends of all the wires can be curled. The method may include retrofitting a non-poseable doll in some embodiments.
US11986742B2
An object manipulation system comprising a storage device and a plurality of objects, which are configured to be placed within the storage device and separately taken from the storage device. The object manipulation system helps stimulate cognitive abilities of a user and provide quality of life moments without the need for supervision by allowing the user to arrange the items according to one or more arranging cues. The object manipulation system also helps stimulate blood flow of the hands and arms of the user and provides the added stimulating benefits of exercise and flexibility by enabling the user to bend and manipulate one or more manipulative devices of the system. Particularly, in some embodiments, the plurality of objects are bendable and are able to be bent and manipulated as the objects are taken from the storage device and arranged according to the one or more arranging cues.
US11986733B2
This application discloses an object control method and device, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes detecting a target angle generated in a process that a first target object performs an action combination during a game task, the action combination comprising performing a target action at least twice; triggering a state adjustment instruction in response to the target angle reaching a trigger threshold, the state adjustment instruction being used for instructing to adjust a movement state of the first target object; and adjusting, based on the state adjustment instruction, the movement state from a first state to a second state, a first time duration consumed by the first target object in the first state to complete the game task being longer than a second time duration consumed by the first target object in the second state to complete the game task.
US11986731B2
A method for enabling visualization of audio content of a video game is provided, including the following operations: executing a session of a video game; activating an audio visualization theme for the session of the video game; responsive to activating the audio visualization theme, then dynamically adjusting gameplay video of the session to include visual elements indicative of audio content of the session; wherein said visual elements are rendered in a designated border region of the gameplay video based on the audio content of the session.
US11986726B2
An application running method and an electronic device are provided, and capable of implementing a function of using motion sensing actions to control a game by mapping motion sensing actions to touch operations on a touch screen. The method is applicable to an electronic device having at least one camera and a touch screen, the method including: displaying, by the electronic device, a first picture of a first application that supports a user controlling the first application through a touch operation on the touch screen; capturing, by the electronic device, a first image of the user by using the at least one camera, and recognizing a first motion sensing action of the user in the first image; and performing, by the electronic device, an operation corresponding to the first touch operation in response to determining the first touch operation information corresponding to the first motion sensing action.
US11986725B2
A poker machine, a poker card turning mechanism, a card dealer and a poker card sorting method are provided. A first card discharging passage is formed between a card turning wheel and a first card discharge pressing wheel. A card turning passage is formed between the card turning wheel and the card turning pressing wheel. A second card discharging passage is formed between the card turning pressing wheel and the second card discharge pressing wheel. The card turning passage extends along part of the arc circumference of the card turning wheel from one side of the card turning wheel to the other side of the card turning wheel. A card turning component for opening or closing the outlet of the first card discharging passage is provided outside the card turning passage.
US11986723B1
A brake assembly for a longboard can include an anchor member coupled to a rear hanger member of a longboard, a brake lever member coupled to a brake pad, and a pedal assembly coupled to the brake lever member via at least one cable. The brake lever member can be pivotably coupled to the anchor member and movable between an applied position wherein the brake pad contacts a wheel of the longboard and an unapplied position. The pedal assembly can selectively move the brake lever between the applied position and the unapplied position when actuated by a user.
US11986715B1
A sand trap simulation pad is provided having a fluffy structure on its top surface made up of soft loose-ended hair-like fibers and having a high-friction material on its bottom surface. The pad is configured for use as a golf swing training device to practice hitting a golf ball out of a sand trap. Repetitive use of the pad teaches a user the optimal golf swing for properly hitting a golf ball out of a sand trap.
US11986708B2
A method of manufacturing a golf club head enables increased moment-of-inertia and improved durability. The golf club head's crown portion has a first region having a first thickness and multiple second regions having a second thickness that is smaller than the first thickness. The second regions are distributed in a radiating fashion so as to extend from an origin toward a peripheral portion of the crown portion excluding the face side, the origin being located within 15 mm of the center of gravity of the golf club head in the toe-heel direction and also being located in the vicinity of the face side in the face-back direction in a plan view.
US11986699B1
A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
US11986698B2
A method for determining golf shot characteristics includes detecting, in imaging data captured by an imager, a signature of a golf shot launched from a first launch area, a field of view of the imager including one of the first launch area and an area adjacent to the first launch area, and determining, from the imaging data, first golf shot characteristics, the first shot characteristics including a first launch location and a first launch time in combination with determining whether the first launch location and the first launch time correspond to a second launch location and a second launch time for second golf shot characteristics determined from sensor data captured by a further sensor arrangement and when no correspondence is found between the first and second launch locations and the first and second launch times, transmitting the first shot characteristics to a display at the first launch location.
US11986681B2
Time-domain interleaving of treatment X-rays and imaging X-rays during an image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) process in a radiation therapy system prevents scatter of the treatment X-rays from degrading the quality of X-ray images used to generate volumetric image data of a target volume. Imaging X-rays are delivered to the target volume during one or more imaging intervals, and one or more pulses of treatment X-rays are delivered to the target volume between the imaging intervals. In instances in which a pulse of treatment X-rays is timed to occur during an imaging interval, the pulse of treatment X-rays is inhibited from occurring during the imaging interval and is rescheduled to occur at a later time that does not coincide with that imaging interval or subsequent imaging intervals.
US11986677B2
In various embodiments, a radiation therapy method can include loading a planning image of a target in a human. In addition, the position of the target can be monitored. A computation can be made of an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of the target and the target of the planning image. Furthermore, after the computing, a beam of radiation is triggered to deliver a dosage to the target in a short period of time (e.g., less than a second).
US11986670B2
A method of radiating a plurality of masses in a patient is provided, including receiving a three-dimensional model of the patient, the model including respective locations of a plurality of OARs, receiving a set of locations in the model corresponding to the masses, respective prescribed radiation dosages for the masses, and respective radiation limits for the OARs. The method includes computing a candidate set of beams having respective beam paths that travel through at least one of the masses. The method includes scoring the candidate set of beams based on respective dosages provided to the masses, respective dosages provided to the OARs, and beams in a set of selected beams for treatment, adding a best-scoring beam among the candidate set of beams to the set of selected beams, and radiating the masses using the set of selected beams.
US11986669B2
A device to stimulate the retina comprises one or more light sources coupled to one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements is configured to illuminate the retina with one or more images at a location away from a fovea of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the one or more images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The one or more images can be formed at a distance anterior to the retina, at a distance posterior to the retina or on the retina. In some embodiments, the depth of focus is less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the retina at the location.
US11986668B2
A computer implemented method for controlling a device adapted for projecting an image on at least a part of an eye of a wearer of said device, the method comprising the steps of providing the direction gaze of an eye of the wearer, providing an initial image to be projected, determining at least a filter depending from the provided gaze direction, filtering the initial image using the determined filter, and sending a command to the device for projecting the filtered image in the eye.
US11986665B2
The present invention relates to an implantable lead comprising at least one conductive wire and one electrical connector, the electrical connector configured to be connected to an implantable medical device such as a cardiac stimulation, defibrillation and/or neuromodulation device, wherein the electrical connection between the conductive wire and the connector is effected by a first hypotube welded to the conductive wire and welded to a second hypotube of the electrical connector. The present invention also relates to a method for electrically connecting the at least one conductive wire of the implantable lead to the electrical connector.
US11986663B2
A user interface of a computing device for programming a medical device configured to review historical user session data while disconnected from the medical device. During a programming session, the user interface on the computing device may include features to control the functionality of the medical device as well as view and manipulate available data stored at the medical device. The user interface may interactively view screens and features and manipulate data using the programming user interface, e.g., as if the external programming device were in a live programming session with the medical device, but while disconnected from the medical device and not in a live programming session. As one example, the user interface of the external programming device may permit flexible, extensive manipulation and viewing of sensed signals, patient events, and operational information, such as patient adjustments made over time or coincident with particular signals or events.
US11986659B2
Methods, devices, and systems for treating spasticity, hypertonia or dystonia are disclosed. Treatment involves applying a source of direct current to one or more locations in a subject (animal, human, or other sentient being). Locations for application of direct current include the spinal column, peripheral nerves, and the cranium. The delivery of direct current is adjusted to change biological activity of or level of gene expression and/or protein expression of target molecule NKCC1.
US11986658B2
Implantable electrodes with power delivery wearable for treating sleep apnea, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative system includes non-implantable signal generator worn by the patient and having an antenna that directs a mid-field RF power signal to an implanted electrode. The implanted electrode in turn directs a lower frequency signal to a neural target, for example, the patient's hypoglossal nerve. Representative signal generators can have the form of a mouthpiece, a collar or other wearable, and/or a skin-mounted patch.
US11986654B2
A method of forming an electrode array includes the steps of positioning a workpiece on a mold part defining an opening and a channel and having undercuts, compressing the workpiece into the mold part to form a contact, and introducing resilient material into the mold part to form a flexible body.
US11986646B2
A headset for use in delivering electrical stimulation to the skin surface of the head or in sensing one or more body parameters of the head of a user.
US11986642B2
A needle shield remover for assembly with a cap of a medicament delivery device is presented where the needle shield remover has a main body, at least a flexible first grabber, and at least a flexible second grabber. The first grabber and second grabber extend from the main body and are inclined in relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle shield remover such that they cross each other to form a receiving space configured to receive a delivery member shield.
US11986640B2
The present invention proposes a liquid pharmaceuticals delivery device (18) comprising a mainly cylindrical main body (1), a cartridge (3) having a mainly cylindrical inner cavity with a volumetric capacity for accommodating multiple doses of a liquid pharmaceutical, the cartridge (3) comprising a first end for receiving a plunger (7) and a second end for liquid pharmaceutical extraction. The device (18) further comprises a jackscrew (55) a comprising a threaded lower jackscrew (5) and a threaded upper jackscrew (6) integrated or fixed to each other. The jackscrew (55) being rotatable around a primary axis of the main body (1) and stationary along said primary axis, a threaded plunger rod (8) which is integrated to the plunger (7) and which has a thread diameter (Dp) corresponding to thread diameter of the lower jackscrew (5). Additional embodiments of the invention are described in the present disclosure.
US11986638B2
The present disclosure relates to a safety mechanism for a medicament delivery device for mechanical shock absorption, which safety mechanism has a medicament delivery member sleeve, a housing having a proximal opening arranged to receive the medicament delivery member sleeve, wherein the medicament delivery member sleeve is axially displaceable inside the housing, between an extended position in which a proximal end portion of the medicament delivery member sleeve extends proximally from the housing and a retracted position in which the proximal end portion is received by the housing, wherein the proximal end portion has a resilient structure, enabling compression of the proximal end portion in the distal direction upon impact of an axial force greater than a threshold value.
US11986632B2
A system and method for operating an analgesia administration system is disclosed. A control device is associated with a drug delivery device and configured to receive a first user input including at least a portion of a fingerprint of a patient, together with a second user input corresponding to a request to administer medication. The portion of the fingerprint is compared with previously-stored fingerprints to determine an identity of the patient and, in response to receiving the second user input and determining that the patient is an authorized user, one or more sensors are used to obtain one or more signals indicative of a state of the patient. If the state of the patient satisfies a set of medication delivery criteria, the drug delivery device is caused to administer a predefined amount of medication to the patient.
US11986611B2
A needle-injection catheter includes a catheter body having a distal end, a proximal end, a stiff proximal portion, a flexible distal portion, and a delivery lumen extending therethrough. In a first embodiment, a straight injection needle extends coaxially from a distal tip of the flexible portion of the catheter body, and a plurality of penetration limiting elements positioned circumferentially about a base of the straight injection needle and configured to fold radially inwardly against a shaft of the needle when constrained in a tubular lumen and to extend radially outwardly when unconstrained. In a second embodiment, a helical needle extends from the distal tip of the flexible portion of the catheter body. The helical needle has at least one helical delivery lumen connected to receive an injectable substance from the delivery lumen of the catheter body.
US11986608B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a housing; a catheter shaft and an actuator coupled to the catheter shaft and configured to move longitudinally relative to the housing and longitudinally move the catheter shaft in response to force imparted by a user. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a piston assembly arranged within the housing and configured to receive the actuator and allow longitudinal movement of the actuator relative to the housing.
US11986597B2
A moisture or hydrating liquid activatable solid formulation for nitric oxide (NO) generation includes a nitrite source; a copper (I) or copper (II) catalyst; an NO generation accelerant; and a solid pH buffer. The nitrite source is to generate NO when exposed to an effective amount of moisture or a hydrating liquid. The pH buffer is present in an amount sufficient to render a pH of the moisture or hydrating liquid activatable solid formulation from greater than 4 to about 9.0.
US11986589B2
A dose counting mechanism for an aerosol dispenser is presented where the dose counting mechanism has a first body structure, a second body structure rotatably attached to the first body structure, an annular dose counter provided with a plurality of teeth along its perimeter, the dose counter being arranged coaxially with the first body structure and the second body structure, each of the first body structure and the second body structure being rotatable relative to the dose counter, a rotatable actuator that meshes with the teeth of the dose counter, the actuator being configured to follow the perimeter of the dose counter when the second body structure is rotated relative to the first body structure, and a rotator that rotates concurrently with one of the first body structure and the second body structure and that engages with the actuator when rotation of the first body structure relative to the second body structure is initiated.
US11986584B1
An extracorporeal blood filtering machine can include a blood circuit, an effluent circuit, and a source fluid circuit and can be controlled by a controller. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can also include access ports for connecting the source fluid circuit to the blood circuit, as well as blood sensors to detect possible issues with the extracorporeal blood filtering machine. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can include density sensors and flow sensors that enable it to be more accurate and to operate while being transported. The extracorporeal blood filtering machine can further include a user interface and can display fluid inflow/outflow information. A medical fluid container can automatically empty after being filled. An apparatus for supporting a medical fluid container can include a hanger and an attachment member with the apparatus able to adjust to ensure the medical fluid container remains properly oriented directly under a medical fluid container scale.
US11986582B2
A medicament preparation system includes a water purification module and a medicament proportioning module that is interoperable with a replaceable fluid circuit. The fluid circuit includes a purified water inlet, a product medicament outlet, and a plurality of pumping tube segments. At least a first concentrate container is connected by at least a portion of the fluid circuit to the product medicament output and a first concentration measurement sensor station is positioned in a flow path. A controller is programmed to calculate iteratively a concentration of a first concentrate from the first concentrate container and the purified water from a signal generated by the first concentration measurement sensor station and to regulate one or both of a first pumping actuator engaged with the first pumping tube segment and a second pumping actuator engaged with the second pumping tube segment, responsively to the concentration of the first concentrate and water.
US11986579B2
Disinfection device and compressor system, connection device and treatment device with such a device
A disinfection device with a pressure vessel which has an interior space for receiving a medium, and with at least one radiating device which is arranged such that it emits radiation into the interior space of the pressure vessel, wherein one or several surfaces of the interior space of the pressure vessel are formed at least partially as a reflection surface for the radiation. A particularly reliable sterilization of medical or dental compressed air in the pressure vessel is made possible. One or several disinfection devices according to the invention can be provided in a compressor system for providing compressed air for dental applications, in a dental treatment device with a compressed air device and/or in a connection device with one or several tube sections for guiding compressed air for dental applications.
US11986566B2
A system includes a container configured to hold one or more items contaminated with a contaminant. The system also includes a power amplifier configured to output radio frequency (RF) energy at a frequency substantially equal to a resonant frequency of the contaminant. The system further includes a horn connected to the power amplifier and configured to propagate the RF energy along a length of the container and through the one or more items to deactivate, damage, or destroy the contaminant by molecular resonance. In addition, the system includes an RF absorbing liner disposed on interior surfaces of the container and configured to absorb and reduce reflection of at least some of the RF energy.
US11986563B1
A portable, handheld light sanitizer (10) having a skin-surface sanitization mode with safety features for automatically terminating or automatically preventing initiation of a skin sanitization cycle to prevent excessive skin radiation time that could be harmful and preventing radiation that is too intense due to the UV light source being too close to the skin-surface (FIGS. 6-7), and a non-skin surface sanitization mode (FIGS. 6 and 8) which may be unlimited in time duration but in which the UV light source (12) is n ay deenergized if the UV light source (12) is directed at a person's skin is provided in a cellphone configuration (FIGS. 2-5) in which functional elements of a cellphone are also used by the sanitizer functions, a fixed light wand configuration (FIGS. 4-7), flashlight configurations (FIGS. 10-13 and 14-16), a foldable light wand configuration (FIGS. 20-22), a cellphone protector case configuration (FIGS. 26-28) and a cellphone connectable tab configuration (FIGS. 29-31).
US11986559B2
The present invention relates to the field of coating pharmaceutical substrates. In particular, the invention relates to methods of coating of pharmaceutical substances, pharmaceutical ingredients or a blend of them. The invention also provides a method of making a pharmaceutical formulation which may be processed into a pharmaceutical dosage form, which utilizes solid pharmaceutical particles and a pharmaceutical formulation obtained by the method. The methods of the invention utilize atomic layer deposition technology. The novel methods allow difficult, moisture sensitive and electrically charged pharmaceutical substrates to be easily processable.
US11986551B2
A toothpaste product that is laced with, or infused with, a sedative such as the active ingredients in cannabis. The act of brushing one's teeth using the present invention transfers the sedative into the bloodstream through contact with the gums, leading to a more restful sleep.
US11986540B2
A composition is configured to be administered to a subject undergoing a malignant lesion resection procedure. The composition comprises a pharmaceutically effective amount of pafolacianine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The pafolacianine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is configured to bind one or more malignant lesions and emit an optical signal.
US11986522B2
The present invention relates generally to an immunotherapeutic composition. More particularly, the present invention relates to an immunotherapeutic composition which interacts immunologically with T lymphocytes in subjects having peanut allergy or allergy to other tree nuts. This composition is preferably immunointeractive with T cells in subjects having an allergy to the Ara h 1 and/or Ara h 2 allergens. The composition of the present invention is useful in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of conditions characterised by an aberrant, inappropriate or otherwise unwanted immune response to peanut, Ara h 1 and/or Ara h 2 or derivative or homologue thereof.
US11986517B2
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a modified consensus mesothelin antigen. Vectors, compositions, and vaccines comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a modified consensus mesothelin antigen are disclosed. Methods of treating a subject with a mesothelin-expressing tumor and methods of preventing a mesothelin-expressing tumor are disclosed. Modified consensus mesothelin antigen is disclosed.
US11986512B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising resolvins and their use in methods of treating cancer.
US11986510B2
This invention relates generally to products and methods using lunasin-enriched soy extract combined with Reliv Now® to reduce free fatty acid levels and increase leptin levels and adiponectin levels in plasma for the control of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel compositions comprising lunasin enriched soy extract and Reliv Now® formulations, methods of using these compositions in individuals for the control of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and methods of making compositions comprising them.
US11986508B1
A nutritional and cosmetic system, product, and method for improving the health, growth and appearance of hair, skin, nails, and body, including the principle active ingredients of lipids and vitamins, including vitamin C, and biotin and minerals, including phosphorus, wherein the product is applied topically to the skin, hair, nails and, or body while also being ingested and, or injected. A vanilla or other scented extract may be added to enhance the pleasant scent of the product and system. The nutritional and cosmetic product and system may be applied to the hair directly or in a shampoo, to the face, body, and nails, ingested, and or applied topically to the hair, skin, nails and or body.
US11986499B2
Administering a live, attenuated Bordetella pertussis-based vaccine to a subject at risk for developing a neurodegenerative disease featuring Aβ brain plaques can prevent or reduce the amount of Aβ brain plaques that would have developed in the subject without such treatment.
US11986498B2
This invention provides a fluid therapeutic placental product comprising placental cells and a placental dispersion comprising placental factors. The placental cells and the placental dispersion are derived from placental tissue. A placental tissue can optionally be an amnion, chorion, or a trophoblast-depleted chorion. The placental product of the present invention is useful in treating a patient with a tissue injury (e.g. wound or burn) by applying the placental product to the injury. Similar application is useful with ligament and tendon repair and for engraftment procedures such as bone engraftment.
US11986495B2
This invention relates generally to the inhibition of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in immunosuppressed subjects, including subjects receiving hematopoietic or solid organ transplants. The present invention is particularly relevant for the treatment of CMV reactivation or infection in subjects with graft-versus-hosts disease (GVHD) or under immunosuppressive therapy.
US11986491B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an iodine-containing compound and a steroid, useful for treating a clinical symptom in a patient's airway (e.g., nose, lung, and sinus), as well as methods for using the same.
US11986490B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions contain nonabsorbable pharmaceutical composition and may be used, for example, to treat eubicarbonatemic metabolic acidosis.
US11986488B2
A method of treating a malignant disease involving T cell exhaustion in a subject, with the proviso that said malignant disease is not a B cell malignancy, is disclosed. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84, thereby treating the malignant disease involving the T cell exhaustion. Also disclosed is a method of treating an autoimmune or inflammatory disease in a subject, the method comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84. A method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of SLAMF1, with the proviso that said agent is not an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84, is also disclosed.
US11986487B2
The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in, and a method for the treatment of, secondary prevention of, and/or induction of tolerance to non-coeliac wheat and/or gluten sensitivity in a human.
US11986484B2
The present invention relates to certain cortexolone derivatives of formula (I) and the use of the same as antitumor active ingredients for the curative or adjuvant, or neoadjuvant or palliative treatment of precancerous lesions, dysplasias, metaplasias and tumor diseases, including malignant neoplasias and metastasis. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising cortexolone derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients and at least one physiologically acceptable excipient, and to the use of the pharmaceutical compositions as antitumor medicinal products.
US11986481B2
The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of pyridazinone compounds as thyroid hormone analogs and their prodrugs. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of pyridazinone compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of pyridazinone compounds in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of a pyridazinone compound. Further disclosed is a method for treating resistance to thyroid hormone in a subject having at least one TRβ mutation.
US11986480B2
Provided is a novel compound or salt thereof that induces degradation by autophagy of an intracellular molecule. In this compound, a ligand having activity to bind to an intracellular molecule and a structure having activity to induce autophagy of an intracellular molecule are linked via a linker without loss of the activity of the ligand and the structure.
US11986478B2
The subject invention pertains to compounds and methods of using said compounds to target the multi-functional papain-like protease (PLpro) domain of the viral Nsp3, specifically F0213, F0326, and F0393 that can have broad anti-coronavirus activity, including SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and coronaviruses hCoV-229E and hCoV-OC43. F0213, F0326, and F0393 can possess a dual therapeutic functionality that suppress CoV replication via blocking viral polyprotein cleavage, as well as promote antiviral immunity by antagonizing the PLpro deubiquitinase activity.
US11986477B2
The present disclosure relates to the combination of IN10018 and an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of tumors.
US11986476B1
Compounds for treating tuberculosis and, particularly, anti-tubercular compounds that are (6-methyl-4-substitutedphenyl-2-oxo/thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-5-yl)(piperidin-1-yl)methanones and their use as anti-tubercular agents are provided.
US11986473B2
Methods are provided for preventing, reducing, and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administering an inhibitor of fatty acid oxidation to a patient in need thereof. Also provided are methods involving use of trimetazidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Methods are also provided for preventing and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administration of one or more of trimetazidine, etomoxir, oxfenicine, perhexiline, mildronate, or ranolazine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any of the preceding.
US11986472B1
The present disclosure is directed to a method of combatting opioid dependence in a subject who is misusing alcohol or susceptible to alcohol misuse. The method comprises treating the subject with an opioid agonist whilst managing their alcohol consumption using a step-wise interactive process, particularly where the process involves virtual cognitive behavioral therapy comprising a program for self-treatment. The self-treatment program could be embodied as a mobile medical application.
US11986468B2
Disclosed are methods of treating prostate cancer by administering niraparib to a human in need thereof.
US11986467B2
Compounds, compositions, and methods useful for inducing cancer cell death via methuosis, autophagy, or a combination thereof, are described. The compounds have a 4-pyridyl group linked by a heterocyclic group to an aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaryl alkyl.
US11986458B1
Andrographolide 70 mg orally twice per day maintains normal health and body function in pediatric patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD), and treats DMD/BMD.
US11986451B1
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US11986450B2
The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for treating pulmonary infections and inflammation with a composition comprising selenocyanate, hyposelenocyanite or a selenocyanate conjugate.
US11986443B2
This disclosure relates to a method of reducing a fat deposit comprising injecting an alcohol-containing pharmaceutical composition into the fat deposit. The method may be effective in improving the appearance of or reducing the weight or volume of the fat deposit.
US11986437B2
A housing apparatus of a rechargeable physiotherapy instrument, that has a shape of a rounded rectangular prism, is disclosed comprising a back plate that has a shape of a rounded rectangular prism without a top plate, and whose one end comprises a first output interface opening, charging interface opening, a second output interface opening, a first baffle plate, a second baffle plate, a first box-like structure, a second box-like structure, a first spring, and a second spring. The first box-like structure further comprises a first wall and a second wall opposite one another. The second box-like structure further comprises a first wall and a second wall opposite one another.
US11986425B2
A device for orienting a platform, and a system having such a device, and a patient support having such a system. A support unit supports a load carried by the platform. Two actuators are arranged on mutually opposite sides of the support unit, and each of the actuators can be connected in articulated fashion to the platform at a respective support point. The actuators are configured to move the support points relative to the support unit independently of one another and to support the entire load carried by the platform on the support unit.
US11986424B2
A method of imaging and treating ocular tissue of an eye having a cornea, an iris, an anterior chamber, an irido-corneal angle, and a direction of view includes establishing a common optical path through the cornea and the anterior chamber into the irido-corneal angle for each of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) beam and a laser beam, where the common optical path is offset from an optical axis within the direction of view. The method also includes obtaining a circumferential OCT image of the irido-corneal angle, obtaining an azimuthal OCT image of the irido-corneal angle, and determining a treatment pattern for a volume of ocular tissue of the irido-corneal angle based on the circumferential OCT image and the azimuthal OCT image. The method further includes delivering optical energy through the laser beam in accordance with the treatment pattern.
US11986423B1
A method of using a vitrectomy instrument are disclosed herein. This method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a vitrectomy instrument; (ii) operating the vitrectomy instrument in a first mechanical cutting mode where a cutting power generator of the vitrectomy instrument is used to reciprocably drive the tubular body portion for shearing the tissue, the vitreous, and/or the silicone oil; and (iii) operating the vitrectomy instrument in a second ultrasonic cutting mode where the cutting power generator is inactive, and an ultrasonic generator of the vitrectomy instrument is used to vibrate the tubular body portion for vibratory fragmentation and/or cutting of the tissue, the vitreous, and/or the silicone oil.
US11986422B2
A medical system includes a medical instrument including an irrigation and aspiration channel to carry irrigation fluid to, and remove aspirated matter from, a distal end of the medical instrument, a reservoir to store the irrigation fluid, a receptacle to collect the aspirated matter, and a vane pump including a pump housing having an inner surface around a pumping chamber, the pump housing including irrigation inlet and outlet ports coupled to the pumping chamber and respectively connected to the reservoir and the irrigation channel, and aspiration inlet and outlet ports coupled to the pumping chamber and respectively connected to the aspiration channel and the receptacle, and wherein the vane pump is configured to simultaneously pump via the pumping chamber, at substantially the same flow rate, the irrigation fluid from the reservoir to the distal end and the aspirated matter from the distal end to the receptacle.
US11986421B2
A device for exchanging heat with a subject having skin is provided. The device includes a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject's skin. The device further includes a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin. The sensing device is configured to measure a parameter of the interface without substantially impeding heat transfer between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin.
US11986415B2
A method of producing a custom medical device including a splint or brace for immobilization of a selected region of a patient's body part. The custom medical device is produced in accordance with the following operations: (a) production of a three-dimensional mold of a portion of the patient's body part including the selected region onto which the desired medical device is to be placed; (b) definition of a three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device covering the selected region; (c) generation of a two-dimensional template corresponding to the defined three-dimensional shape, and which corresponds to unfolding in a two-dimensional plane of the three-dimensional shape of the desired medical device; (d) production of at least one plate of moldable material in accordance with the two-dimensional template of the desired medical device; and (e) molding of the plate of moldable material onto the three-dimensional mold to shape the desired medical device.
US11986414B2
The invention relates to a cuff for orthotic treatment of joint or muscle pains in the region of joints of the human or animal body, which as a cross cuff has a first cuff part (1) for application on a first body part below the joint and a second cuff part (2) for application on a second body part above the joint, wherein the two cuff parts are joined to one another by means of a connection region (3) and in each case are formed from a belt that is provided with fastening means and may be laid around the respective body part, wherein the connection region (3) between the two cuff parts on placement of the cuff on the body in the region of the inside of the joint impedes extension of the first body part with respect to the second body part, in that the connecting region is displaced under tensile stress. According to the invention, at least one partial region (4) of the second cuff part (2) above the joint is made to be stretchable (FIG. 1).
US11986413B2
A variety of flexible body harnesses are provided to distribute loads comfortably and evenly across one or more segments of the human body. The trajectories of load-bearing straps of the provided body harnesses apply shear to underlying portions of skin of a body segment evenly across the length of the load-bearing straps. Such trajectories can approximate catenary curves as the straps encircle the body segment. The trajectories of such straps around a body segment are maintained by attaching the straps to an underlayer, by incorporating the straps into a flexible material, and/or by weaving further straps around the load-bearing straps to maintain their relative location and/or curvature. Such body harnesses can be provided as part of assistive, rehabilitative, prosthetic, or strength-enhancing systems configured to apply forces to the body via the body harnesses.
US11986411B2
A method for performing a medical procedure may comprise advancing a first device through a first body lumen. A distal portion of the first device may include a magnet. The method may further comprise advancing a second device through a second body lumen. The second device may include a magnetic field sensor. The method may further comprise receiving a signal from the magnetic field sensor. The signal may be indicative of a magnetic field measured by the magnetic field sensor. The method may further comprise, if the received signal matches a magnetic field of the magnet, identifying a position of the magnet.
US11986403B2
Systems and methods for modular adjustable prosthetic volume compensation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for adjusting fit of a prosthetic device includes: a pump having a bleed actuator, a plunger and a pressure bulb. The system also includes a bladder fluidically coupled to the pump. The bladder lines a posterior section of an interior of a prosthetic device. A volume of the bladder is changeable by a pumping action of the pump. The volume of the bladder at least partially determines a space available inside the prosthetic device. The bleed actuator is configured to decrease a volume of the bladder. The plunger in operation squeezes the pressure bulb of the pump.
US11986395B2
The disclosure provides an implant including first and second interconnected elongated articulating portions with vertebral contacting outer surfaces. The first and second interconnected elongated articulating portions have a first configuration for insertion into a disc space and a second configuration upon deployment in the disc space. In a first configuration the axes of the first and second interconnected elongated articulating portions are substantially axially aligned with each other and in a second configuration the axes of the portions are axially unaligned with each other. The first and second interconnected elongated articulating portions are configured to be deployed in situ from the first configuration to the second configuration by both pivoting. The implant is expandable in the height direction between the vertebral contacting outer surfaces while the implant is inside the disc space by sliding a portion of at least one of the first and second elongated articulating portions.
US11986394B2
The present disclosure provides knee prostheses that replicate at least a portion of the function of an individual patient's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An exemplary knee prosthesis includes a femoral component configured to be implanted on the distal end of the patient's femur and a tibial component configured to be implanted on the proximal end of the patient's tibia. In extension, the femoral component and the tibial component may cooperate to limit anterior movement of the tibial component relative to the femoral component. In flexion, the femoral component may be free to rotate relative to the tibial component.
US11986384B2
A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.
US11986382B2
Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.
US11986376B2
The present disclosure provides a dressing configured to cover a wound. The dressing includes a substrate layer, a contact layer and a readable pattern layer. The substrate layer is light-permeable. The contact layer is located at a side of the substrate layer, and the contact layer is configured to contact the wound or skin around the wound. The readable pattern layer is disposed on the contact layer. The readable pattern layer includes a plurality of positioning marks and a plurality of colored cells. The positioning marks are configured to define an information area. The colored cells are located in the information areas, wherein at least part of the colored cells includes a biological indicator, and the positioning marks and the colored cells are visible through the substrate layer.
US11986375B2
A deep insert, inflatable hearing protection earplug is provided that is easy for an untrained user to insert correctly, reliably providing high acoustic attenuation and remaining both secure and comfortable for long durations in a human ear. The earplug comprises a soft elastomer shell that forms a sealed volume filled with an inert fluid. The earplug can comprise a slender, flexible stem that is easily insertable into the ear canal when deflated. The proximal end of the earplug can be situated outside the ear canal, within the concha of the ear, and incorporates a bulb with a hemispherical, bistable cap. After inserting the shaft of the earplug into the ear canal, the wearer applies force with a finger to invert the cap, which transitions elastically from a convex to a concave external geometry, displacing a fixed volume of fluid to inflate a sheath that forms the outer covering of the stem, filling and sealing the ear canal. The sheath can be deflated by pulling on or otherwise engaging a release tab or other feature attached to the cap.
US11986351B2
A flexible electronic circuit includes a plurality of leaves having a proximal section, a distal section, and an intermediate section. The plurality of leaves are bonded to each other within the distal section and loose within the intermediate section. The intermediate section also includes conductive connector pads for a wiring harness. A plurality of test connector pads are disposed on the plurality of leaves within the proximal section. The leaves within the proximal section may also be bonded to each other, for example in a ribbon or stepped configuration, in order to facilitate connection to testing apparatus. Once the circuit is tested, the proximal section can be severed from the intermediate section prior to installation of the circuit into a medical device, such as an intracardiac echocardiography catheter.
US11986320B2
An apparatus includes a shaft and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector is sized to fit in an anatomical passageway within a subject's cardiovascular system. The end effector includes at least one electrode pair that is configured to contact cardiovascular tissue and thereby pick up electrocardiogram signals. Each electrode pair includes first and second electrodes spaced apart along a longitudinal axis from each other by a gap area located between the electrodes, the gap area having a gap length with respect to the longitudinal axis such that a length of one of the electrodes along the longitudinal axis is equal to or greater than the gap length; and a ratio of an area defined by the gap area to one electrode area is equal to or less than one.
US11986319B2
The present disclosure relates to a patch guide method, including at least: acquiring a matched model of a 3D scan model and a 3D brain MM model; capturing an image of the head of the object by using a depth camera; matching one location of the captured image and one location on the matched model; and determining a patch location on the head of the object, by using a 3D brain map. In the method, physical characteristics of areas included in the brain MRI image are acquired and used to generate the 3D brain map of the object. In the method, a target stimulus point, to which an electrical stimulus is to be applied in a brain of the object, is acquired and used in a simulation of a delivery process of the electrical stimulus to the target stimulus point from candidate stimulus positions, to determine the patch location.
US11986317B1
The present invention is directed to a device and method for monitoring and assessment of movement disorder symptoms. The device and method disclosed herein are particularly amenable to remote monitoring of a subject's movement disorder symptoms. Briefly stated, in certain preferred embodiments of the present invention the movement disorder monitoring device accompanies a subject to a remote location where the device is used to record data relating to the severity of a subject's movement disorder symptoms over a period of time. This data is then subsequently used by physicians or other clinicians in optimizing and assessing treatment options directed at alleviating a subject's movement disorder symptoms. The method and device of the present invention can be used to monitor symptoms of a number of movement disorders including but not limited to dystonia, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, various ataxias, multiple sclerosis, psychogenic tremor, and Parkinson's disease.
US11986309B2
The disclosure is related configuring a vehicle according to a user profile, where an individual user profile can be selected from a registry containing one or more user profiles using electroencephalogram (EEG). An additional biometric, such as gait, can also be used. The user profiles can include a variety of the user preferences, such as the preferred climate, seat settings, mode of payment, route to take, and more. A mobile device can also be used to add a layer of security and privacy, where the mobile device has sole access to the user's user profile.
US11986305B2
A blood pressure monitoring device configured to attach and supply air to a blood pressure cuff can include a housing having an interior, a port configured to enable fluid communication between the interior of the housing and an interior of the blood pressure cuff, and an air intake configured to allow ambient air to enter the interior of the housing and further configured to inhibit liquids from entering the interior of the housing. The air intake can define a non-linear passageway for ambient air to enter the interior of the housing. The housing can have a first side and a first inner wall. The air intake can be defined by a first opening in the first side and a second opening in the first inner wall. The first opening can be not aligned with the second opening.
US11986302B2
Urine collection systems and associated methods and devices are disclosed herein. A representative system can include a urine collection device, a flow control assembly configured to direct a urine flow from the patient to the urine collection device, and a urine measurement device including a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to generate first sensor data based on a weight of the container, and the second sensor is configured to generate second sensor data based on the urine flow from the patient to the container. The system can further include non-transitory computer readable media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising determining a first patient urine output based on the first sensor data; and determining a second patient urine output based on the second sensor data.
US11986301B2
An information processing device 1X mainly includes an environmental information acquisition means 15X and a mental state estimation means 16X. The environmental information acquisition means 15X is configured to acquire environmental information “Ie” which is information on environment. The mental state estimation means 16X is configured to estimate, based on the environmental information Ie, a mental state of a group present in the environment indicated by the environmental information Ie.
US11986300B2
Systems and methods for estimating emotional states, moods, affects of an individual and providing feedback to the individual or others are disclosed. Systems and methods that provide real time detection and monitoring of physical aspects of an individual and/or aspects of the individual's activity and means of estimating that person's emotional state or affect and change to those are also disclosed. Real time feedback to the individual about the person's emotional change, change or potential change is provided to the user, helping the user cope, adjust or appropriately act on their emotions.
US11986298B2
Arrangements are provided including a base having a bore disposed therein extending from a first surface of the base through a second surface of the base, a fluid transport tube having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a lumen having an inner diameter, at least the second end of the tube being received within the bore of the base, and at least one fluid transport enhancing groove having at least a first section disposed in the second surface of the base and in fluid communication with the bore.
US11986288B2
Described here are patches and methods for measuring glucose in sweat (and tears and the like). In general, the patches comprise an adhesive layer adapted to bond to skin of an individual, a substrate layer disposed over the adhesive layer and comprising a glucose sensing complex including a chromogen that changes color in the presence of certain concentrations of glucose, and a cover. In typical embodiments, the substrate layer has elements formed to direct and accumulate sweat that migrates from the skin of the individual to the glucose sensing complex. Methods of using the invention can comprise cleaning the skin surface, collecting sweat in a patch comprising this microfluidic constellation of elements, and observing concentrations of glucose collected in the sweat, for example either visually, or by using a smartphone or other computer processing device.
US11986286B2
Neurodegeneration can be assessed based on a gait signature, using a machine-learning model trained on gait metrics acquired for a patient, in conjunction with cognitive test data and neuropathology information about the patient. The gait signature can be derived from gait kinematic data, e.g., as obtained with a video-based, marker-less motion capture system.
US11986272B2
A measuring device for measuring a body temperature of a living being includes a measuring unit for measuring the body temperature. The measuring device includes a first adhesive layer for fastening the measuring device on the body of the living being. The first adhesive layer is arranged at a side of the measuring device intended to face the body when the measuring device is in use. The measuring device includes a skin-compatible protective layer, which is arranged between the first adhesive layer and the measuring unit.
US11986268B2
Disclosed are systems and methods utilizing an infrared probe and discriminating software to rapidly discriminate abnormal tissue processes from normal tissue during surgery, physical examination of in-situ lesions, and in the assessment of biopsy and resected tissue specimens. Examples demonstrate discrimination of cancerous from noncancerous tissues. The discriminating software, i.e. the metrics, algorithms, calibrant spectra, and decision equations, allows tissue to be identified as abnormal or normal using a minimum of infrared (IR) wavelengths in order to be measured rapidly. The probe records IR metrics approximately 1000 times faster than current commercial instruments, i.e. on a timescale fast enough for clinical use. The probe uses a tunable mid-infrared laser with a small set of selected wavelengths that are optimized for detecting the chemical and molecular signatures of tissue specific lesions to include, but not limited to, cancer, preneoplasia, intracellular accumulations (e.g. steatosis), inflammation, and wound healing.
US11986266B2
A method of correcting distortion of an image, including: analyzing, by a processor, an image segment of the image to identify a speckle artifact, the image segment being obtained from a scanning imaging device; determining, by the processor, an aspect ratio of a shape of the speckle artifact; determining, by the processor, a correction factor for the shape of the speckle artifact based on the aspect ratio; and adjusting, by the processor, a dimension of the image segment based on the correction factor.
US11986261B2
A method of placing a surgical robotic cart assembly includes, determining a first position of a first surgical robotic cart assembly relative to a surgical table, calculating a path for the first surgical robotic cart assembly towards a second position of the first surgical robotic cart assembly relative to the surgical table, wherein in the second position, the first surgical robotic cart assembly is spaced-apart a first safe distance from the surgical table, moving the first surgical robotic cart assembly autonomously towards the second position thereof, and detecting a potential collision along the path of the first surgical robotic cart assembly as the first surgical robotic cart assembly moves towards the second position thereof.
US11986251B2
A patient-specific instrument is disclosed for performing an osteotomy. The patient-specific instrument includes a body that includes a proximal side, a distal side, a medial side, a lateral side, and an inferior side having a bone engagement surface shaped to match at least one of a first surface of a first bone, a second surface of a second bone, a third surface of a third bone, and a fourth surface of a fourth bone of adjacent joints. The instrument also includes a superior side having one or more guide features that are positioned to guide resection of at least one of the first bone, the second bone, the third bone, and the fourth bone. The body is configured to seat transverse to the adjacent joints with the bone engagement surface engaging at least one of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface.
US11986249B2
Provided are a computer-aided method and apparatus for fracture reduction, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring an anteroposterior image and a lateral image of a fracture site in process 101, wherein the anteroposterior image includes an anteroposterior image of a first bone (22) and an anteroposterior image of a second bone (24), and the lateral image includes a lateral image of the first bone (22) and a lateral image of the second bone (24); determining a vector of an axis of the first bone (22) in space based on the anteroposterior image of the first bone (22) and the lateral image of the first bone (22), and determining a vector of an axis of the second bone (24) in space based on the anteroposterior image of the second bone (24) and the lateral image of the second bone (24) in process 102; and determining an included angle between the first bone and the second bone in the spatial coordinate system based on the vector of the axis (222) of the first bone (22) in space and the vector of the axis (242) of the second bone (24) in space in process 103.
US11986241B2
Retinal imaging systems and related methods employ a user specific approach for controlling the reference arm length in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device. A method includes generating a signal indicative of a position of a feature of a user's head relative to an OCT imaging device. A user specific reference arm adjustment length range for the user within a reference arm adjustment length range of the OCT device is determined based on the signal. A reference arm length adjustment module is controlled during an imaging of the retina to vary a reference arm length of the OCT imaging device within the user specific reference arm adjustment length range to identify an imaging reference arm length for which an OCT image detector of the OCT imaging device produces an OCT signal corresponding to the retina of the user.
US11986239B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an fixation projection system, an interference optical system, and a controller. The fixation projection system is configured to project fixation light flux onto a fundus of a subject's eye. The interference optical system includes an optical scanner and is configured to split light from light source into measurement light and reference light, to irradiate the subject' eye with the measurement light deflected by the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light. The controller is configured to perform OCT measurement on a first scan region and a second scan region, which are different from each other in the subject's eye, by controlling the interference optical system in a state where a projected position of the fixation light flux on the fundus is fixed.
US11986238B2
A non-puncturing microwave ablation antenna, including an irradiator located at a front end of the antenna and an irradiator cover sleeved on the irradiator, where a front end of the irradiator cover is blunt. Because the front end of the irradiator cover is designed to be blunt, the special non-puncturing appearance of the irradiator cover enables the antenna to freely penetrate inside the lung tissue without puncturing blood vessels and bronchi in the lungs. In addition, blood vessels of tumor existing in the Ground-Glass Opacity (GGO) would not be damaged by the blunt head and bleed, thereby reducing a rate of surgery failure caused by that a lesion cannot be identified because of bleeding inside the lung, and in addition, avoiding a possibility that tumor cells spread through a puncturing passage or bleeding blood vessels.
US11986227B2
A method and apparatus for maintaining a position of a first bone part relative to a second bone part. The apparatus has a unitary body made up of at least one elongate formed wire component and a base. A fastener is used to anchor the base to one of the bone parts to thereby maintain the apparatus in an operative position wherein at least a portion of the one elongate formed wire component engages at least the other bone part.
US11986223B2
Various implementations include an adjustable implant such as a distraction/compression device. In certain cases, the adjustable implant can include a housing; an adjustable member at least partially positioned within the housing and configured to translate relative to the housing; and an intermediary member positioned between the housing and the adjustable member.
US11986222B2
The present invention relates to a device for the selective biological synthesis of a bone tissue arranged to allow the stabilization of a fracture or an osteoporotic bone tissue and for the introduction of medicinal substances for bone diseases.
US11986218B2
An external fixation assembly for bone fusion or separation is disclosed. The assembly includes a fracture fusion tube, with a bracket slidably engaged thereon. The assembly further includes a collet clamp connected to the bracket, with a ball collet rotatably seated within the clamp, the ball collet having an aperture for receiving a bone bin therethrough and perforations for a compression engagement with a bone pin. The assembly uses a single screw for threadably engaging the ball collet, the clamp and the bracket such that the position of the bone pin, ball collet and bracket are all fixed.
US11986215B2
A depth limiter that is configured to couple with a cannula tube of a trocar having a tube cross dimension. The depth limiter includes an outer frame portion and an inner gripping portion housed within the outer frame portion. The inner gripping portion includes a plurality of lobes flexible relative to each other between a relaxed configuration and at least a first flexed configuration. In the relaxed configuration the plurality of lobes collectively form a first effective cross dimension configured to be less than the tube cross dimension. In the first flexed configuration the plurality of lobes collectively form a second effective cross dimension greater than the first effective cross dimension and configured to be equal to the tube cross dimension such that the second effective cross dimension is sized to restrict axial movement of the depth limiter relative to the cannula tube of the trocar.
US11986204B2
A catheter assembly is provided that has a core wire that is at least partially disposed within a lumen of an elongate body including a proximal terminus and a distal terminus of the core wire. The catheter assembly also has a sonic connector at the proximal terminus of the core wire and a tip member at the distal terminus of the core wire. The sonic connector is configured to connect to an ultrasound transducer. The tip member is directly attached to the core wire. The tip member has a cavitation-induced exposed surface. The cavitation-induced exposed surface is configured to introduce a plurality of nanocavities upon exposure of the tip member to a vibrational energy received from the core wire via the sonic connector.
US11986200B2
Various exemplary methods and devices for actuating surgical instruments are provided. In general, a surgical device can include one or more actuation shafts configured to facilitate actuation of the device. In an exemplary embodiment, the device can include four actuation shafts, two actuation shafts to facilitate articulation of the device, one actuation shaft to facilitate opening and closing of jaws at a distal end of the device, and one actuation shaft to facilitate moving a cutting element of the device. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the one or more actuation shafts can include a distal elongate member and a proximal elongate member having a proximal end attached to a distal end of the distal elongate member. The proximal elongate member can be rigid, and the distal elongate member can be flexible.
US11986196B2
Methods and apparatuses for removing material (e.g., clot) from within a body, including inverting thrombectomy apparatuses. These methods and apparatuses may include methods and apparatuses for reusing portion of the devices, method and apparatuses for loading and reloading the inverting thrombectomy apparatuses, and methods and apparatuses for improving and enhancing the ability of the inverting thrombectomy apparatuses to remove clot.
US11986191B2
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient using a pelvic drill comprising a driving member, a bone contacting and an operating device for operating said driving member. The method comprise the steps of creating a hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and providing at least one hip joint surface to the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient. In one embodiment the method includes inserting a needle or tube like instrument into the patient's body for filling a part of the patient's body with gas and thereby expanding a cavity within the body.
US11986187B2
A surgical stapling device includes a visualization device that extends through a body of the stapling device to facilitate visualization of tissue that surrounds an end effector of the stapling device. An anvil assembly of the surgical stapling device is adapted to facilitate passage of the visualization device through the anvil assembly.
US11986179B2
Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing are disclosed. One suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes a proximal section a distal end, and an intermediate region therebetween. The device includes a suture head assembly having a suturing needle with a pointed end and a second end. The suturing needle is capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to deployment of guides that are adapted and configured to guide the needle around a circular path when advanced by a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.
US11986168B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to using wet foam elution for removal of particles from swabs and wipes. This allow users to capture particles from surfaces and recover them by elution into small sample volumes for subsequent detection for human clinical, veterinary, food safety, pharmaceutical, outbreak investigations, forensics, biodefense and bioterrorism response, environmental monitoring, and other applications where collection of samples from surfaces and humans or animals is required. More specifically, the swabs or wipes are used to collect samples in the standard ways that commercially available swabs and wipes are in use today; from, for instance, food preparation surfaces in food plants, from production equipment in pharmaceutical facilities, for collection of dry powders during bioterrorism event response, and for collection of clinical samples such as nasal, throat, nasopharyngeal, and wounds.
US11986166B2
A method for detecting cancer involved lymph nodes. The method includes placing a pH-sensing paper inside a needle of an injection syringe, filling the injection syringe with a buffer solution, putting the pH-sensing paper in contact with lymphatic fluid of a lymph node by inserting the needle of the injection syringe inside the lymph node, putting the lymphatic fluid in interaction with the buffer solution by injecting the buffer solution into the lymph node utilizing the injection syringe, and detecting that the lymph node as a cancer involved lymph node if color of the pH-sensing paper is changed to an acidic-range pH color.
US11986148B2
An invasive interventional device or probe for use in an interventional medical procedure includes a control handle operably connected to an imaging system and an insertion tube. The body having an exterior cross-sectional shape and defining an interior with an interior cross-sectional shape. The body is formed with a pair of opposed side panels, a pair of opposed end panels joining opposite ends of the pair of side panels, a top panel disposed over and joined to the pair of side panels and the pair of end panels and a bottom panel located opposite the top panel and joined to the pair of side panels and the pair of end panels with one or more control elements disposed on the body that control the operation of the interventional device. In addition, the exterior cross-sectional shape of the body conforms to a space defined within a hand in a relaxed grip position.
US11986145B2
A kit comprising a hand vacuum cleaner and a floor standing docking station for the hand vacuum cleaner. When the hand vacuum cleaner is docked with the floor standing docking station and the openable door of the hand vacuum cleaner is opened, dirt collected in the dirt collection region of the hand vacuum cleaner is transferrable to the dirt collection chamber of the floor standing docking station.
US11986144B2
A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation. The dishwasher including a lower dish rack and an upper dish rack located above the lower dish rack and having an opening overlying the portion of the lower dish rack and a repositionable tray carried by the upper dish rack and movable between a first position and a second position relative to the opening.
US11986133B2
A system and a method for a seat apparatus (100, 400) comprising a base (102); a seat (106), wherein the seat (106) is moveably connected to the base (102) such that the seat (106) is rotatable relative to the base (102); a locking assembly (300, 500) associated with the seat (106), the locking assembly (300, 500) configured to lock the seat (106) in one or more positions relative to the base (102); the locking assembly (300, 500) comprising a trigger (302, 502) that is manually actuable by a user; wherein the seat (106) is unlocked when the trigger (302, 502) is actuated, to allow the seat (106) to rotate relative to the base (102).
US11986122B2
A machine for the preparation and dispensing of espresso coffee comprises: a coffee boiler, a filter holder with a filter for a pressed coffee powder puck, and a pre-infusion chamber and a hydraulic circuit for transporting pressurized water from the coffee boiler to the pre-infusion chamber. The machine further comprises a device for detecting a parameter indicative of the filling of the pre-infusion chamber and of the hydraulic circuit so that the step of dispensing of an espresso coffee can be started on the basis of the detected filling parameter.
US11986105B2
An infant positioner and an entertainment component that is useable with the infant positioner in different positions. The entertainment component can be placed in at least a first position and a second position different from the first position. The entertainment component is coupled to a support structure of the infant positioner while the entertainment component is in the first position as well as in the second position.
US11986099B2
The present invention is directed to a portable folding chair including a central assembly having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion may be connectable to the upper portion so that the upper portion may swivel with respect to the lower portion. The portable folding chair may include leg members attached to the lower portion of the central assembly. Each of the leg members may be moveable between a folded position and a deployed position. The portable folding chair may further include seat members that may be attached to the upper portion of the central assembly. Each of the seat members may be moveable between a folded position and a deployed position.
US11986097B2
A modular rail system for reclining furniture using an adjustable rail system that allows any furniture to expand modules or reduce modules and remain functional and operable. The modular adjustable rail system allows modular seating, or other pieces, to be connected or removed using an adjustable rail system offering multiple ways to add or subtract pieces of furniture. The adjustable rail system also allows for the spacing between each module to be adjusted.
US11986089B2
A storage rack having an embedded display may include a plurality of sections for holding a respective plurality of items. A first section may include, for example, a first vertical support, a second vertical support substantially parallel to the first vertical support, and a first set of horizontal supports substantially perpendicular to the first vertical support and the second vertical support. The first set of horizontal supports may include a first horizontal support disposed at a first height and a first depth in the first vertical support, and a second horizontal support disposed at the first height and the first depth in the second vertical support. The first horizontal support may extend from an inner wall of the first vertical support towards the second vertical support for a distance that is less than half of the distance between the first vertical support and the second vertical support.
US11986085B2
An adjustable paintbrush with a removable handle allows adjustment of the width, length, and/or shape of the brush head or bristles of a paintbrush with a sliding mechanism. The adjustable brush head is movable between at least two positions within the brush body. An attachment member can also be used to attach and/or detach the handle from the paintbrush to allow attachment of foam paint heads, paint roller heads, and paint brushes with a variety of widths to the detachable handle.
US11986083B2
Wearable housings are configured in size and shape to be securely attached to a strap, such as a belt, suspender, backpack strap, rifle strap, shoulder bag strap, vest, carrier, or other strap with one or more clasping members. One or more magnets are positioned within the substantially hollow receptacle area(s) of the wearable housing. The magnet(s) have sufficient holding force to securely hold a handgun or other item against the wearable housing for ready access.
US11986082B2
A parental utility belt system includes an elongated belt having a front surface, a back surface, a first end and a second end. An elongated metal connector is positioned within the front surface and extends from the first end to the second end of the belt. A magnet and buckle are positioned along the second end of the belt to secure the belt about the waist of a user. A plurality of removable accessories is provided with the system. One of the accessories includes a main body having a magnet along a back side and a cord having a clip extending from the front side. Another accessory includes a mesh body having an elastomeric band and a magnet. Another accessory includes a waterproof body having a magnet on the back side.
US11986081B1
The utility model relates to the technical field of hairdressing tools, and discloses an air-cooled negative ion hair curler with a negative ion channel and good shaping. The air-cooled negative ion hair curler comprises a housing, a driving mechanism, a hair curling mechanism, a heating assembly, and a fan assembly. An air supply channel is disposed in an inner hollow structure of the housing. A negative ion airflow delivered by the fan assembly cools the hair on the heating assembly through the air supply channel.
US11986074B1
Treat carriers and methods of manufacture of the same are described, and more particularly to a holiday treat carrier in the form of a lighted bucket, and its associated methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a treat carrier includes a bucket formed of a translucent material in which a light source illuminates the bucket interiorly and exteriorly. A single mold process may be used to form the bucket when the translucent material is manipulated in a form of the bucket. Decorative openings permit the light to pass through to a region exterior to the bucket, and generate a decorative projected silhouette that emanates from the exterior wall of the bucket and projects to surrounding areas. At least one light-emitting diode affixed in an interior portion of a top region of the bucket serves as the light source. The light-emitting diode is placed within a cavity formed through the single process mold.
US11986071B2
Cooling units are provided. The cooling units include a base having a housing with control components and a cooling tower attached to the base and having an inner flow path and an exterior surface. An air distribution system is attached to the cooling tower and includes an air distribution chamber defined between first and second enclosures, air dispensers are configured in the first enclosure, and a cover is disposed on an exterior surface of the second enclosure. The control components are configured to convey air through the base, the cooling tower, and the air distribution system to dispense air through the cool air dispenser and the warm air dispenser. A cooling unit water supply is arranged to provide cooling water to the air distribution system through the cooling tower and a water treatment module connected to the cooling unit water supply to treat the cooling water.
US11986065B2
A support (10) for attaching an accessory (30) for decorating or embellishing a person's body, the accessory (30) comprising an object (32) to which a magnetized base (34) is attached, the support (10) comprising a solid substrate (12) having an adhesive back side (14) configured to adhere to a portion of the body (22), and a magnetic compound (16) attached to said substrate (12) and configured to removably retain the accessory (30) on the support (10).
US11986052B2
Presented are sole structures with midfoot gaps and cage-reinforced bladders, methods for making/using such sole structures, and footwear fabricated with such sole structures. A sole structure includes an outsole with a ground-engaging surface, and a midsole with first and second midsole segments. The first midsole segment includes a cushion that attaches to an upper's hindfoot region and to the outsole's upper surface. The second midsole segment, which is spaced from the first midsole segment by a midfoot gap, includes a fluid-filled bladder spaced from another cushion by a forefoot gap. The cushion and bladder attach to the outsole's upper surface and to the upper's forefoot region. A cage, which partially surrounds the second midsole segment, includes a cage plate that attaches to the upper and the fluid-filled bladder. Arcuate cage wings project from opposing medial and lateral sides of the cage plate and insert between the second cushion and outsole.
US11986051B2
Foamed articles including a foamed thermoplastic elastomeric material, methods of making the articles, and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear, apparel, and athletic equipment incorporating the articles are provided. One exemplary method for making a foamed article comprises placing an article comprising a foamable material and carbon dioxide in a vessel, the foamable material; maintaining the vessel at a first pressure and first temperature at which the carbon dioxide is a liquid and carbon dioxide is soluble in the foamable material; optionally exposing the infused article to a second temperature and second pressure; and subjecting the article to a third pressure and third temperature at which the infused carbon dioxide phase transitions to a gas, thereby expanding the foamable material into a foamed material and forming the foamed article.
US11986048B2
A golf shoe with a sole assembly having a sidewall reinforcement structure is provided. The reinforcement structure may be formed from a carbon composite or other reinforcing material. The reinforcement structure is molded into the sole assembly for reinforcing softer midsole sidewalls, and for providing increased stability and maintaining forefoot flexibility. The structure is generally U-shaped with a medial and lateral side wing and a bridge connecting the wings. The medial wing may be angled rearward to support the rearfoot, and the lateral wing may be angled forward to support the midfoot. Thus, the reinforcement structure may hold and support the medial and lateral sides of the golfer's foot as they shift their weight while making a golf shot. At the same time, the shoe has good flexibility so the golfer is able to walk and play the course and engage in other golf activities comfortably.
US11986039B2
A helmet assembly includes a face shield and a single, center top mounting arrangement that operatively connects a center top location of the face shield to a center front mount on the helmet. The face shield can be raised and lowered about a pivot axis provided in the mounting arrangement between a tilted up, non-use position and a lowered, deployed position. The mounting arrangement can include a detent and two recesses, wherein the detent engages a first recess at a slightly forwardly displaced position to allow ventilation between the helmet and mandible and the face shield and a second recess at the tilted up, non-use position. The recess and detent engagement can be overcome by easy manual force acting on the face shield to reposition the face shield.
US11986037B1
Disclosed in the present invention are a false eyelash pre-applied with glue, a glue pre-application device and a method for producing the false eyelash pre-applied with glue. The false eyelash pre-applied with glue comprises a false eyelash body and an eyelash bonding portion; the false eyelash body comprises an eyelash stem and a plurality of false eyelashes connected thereto, the false eyelashes bending toward upper surfaces of the false eyelashes; the eyelash bonding portion extends along a length direction of the eyelash stem and is arranged on the upper surfaces of the plurality of false eyelashes near the eyelash stem, and the eyelash bonding portion is configured to bond the false eyelash body to a real eyelash from below the real eyelash.
US11986034B2
Aspects herein are directed to a vented lower-body garment that includes a plurality of panels that extend at least partially across a back aspect of a first leg portion and a second leg portion, around a medial aspect of the first leg portion and a second leg portion, and at least partially across a front aspect of first leg portion and a second leg portion. Respective edges of the panels overlap each other to form vent openings that facilitate the flow of air into and out of the garment.
US11986033B2
An assistive exoskeleton glove system for a hand of an individual is described. In one example, the system includes a brace mount and a finger brace including a seat platform mechanically coupled to the brace mount. The finger brace can include a plurality of brace links, a plurality of constraint links, and an actuation lever. The system can also include an actuator mechanically coupled to the actuation lever and configured to articulate the finger brace over a predetermined range of motion. The range of motion can be tailored for different purposes. The system can also include finger abduction and adduction mechanisms, a thumb brace, a thumb flexion actuator, and a control system. The control system can be configured to detect a relative difference in feedback signals provided from target and offset encoders on the finger brace, as an input to control the actuator, and real-time grasping forces among other inputs.
US11986031B2
A sanitizing face mask and sanitizing device for use with a face mask. The sanitizing face mask incorporates a sanitizing component and a face mask. The sanitizing component comprises an ultraviolet (UV) generating element configured to emit a sanitizing light. The sanitizing light generates UV light capable of sanitizing air inhaled or exhaled through the face mask. The sanitizing component may be positioned within a pocket in the face mask or attached to the face mask externally. A sanitizing component protective component may encapsulate the sanitizing component to protect a user from radiation from the UV light. The pocket may also comprise a protective liner to protect the user from the radiation.
US11986027B2
System includes a haptic garment comprising an integrated circuit (IC) controller coupled to the haptic garment. A sensing circuit configured to cause to transmit a motion signal sensed by a portion of the haptic garment surface to the IC controller is provided. The motion signal is based on one or more of a touch pattern, a gesture pattern, and a movement pattern associated with a user of the haptic garment. The IC controller is configured to transmit a first data associated with the motion signal to an external device. Conductive traces embedded in the haptic garment that electrically couple with the sensing circuit.
US11986022B2
Vaporization devices, systems, and methods with automated thermal profile control are disclosed. Thermal profile information for a particular vaporizable material is encoded to control the operation of the vaporizer. The thermal profile is defined by a plurality of set points specified by power/temperature setting for a specified time. The thermal profile may be configured to be applied during a single or multiple inhalations. A thermal profile recipe code containing thermal profile information associated with the vaporizer cartridge and/or vaporizable material contained therein may be used to control the thermal profile. The thermal profile information may be automatically read by or communicated to the vaporizer and used thereby to automatically control the vaporizer heating element to implement the desired thermal profile associated with the vaporization material. User controls/inputs and sensors are provided to facilitate adjustment or adaptation of a thermal profile, including to particular use conditions.
US11986013B2
A paper hookah hose includes a bendable tube, a smoking mouth and a connecting tube. The bendable tube is a tubular member made of paper and having at least two layers and a spiral structure. The bendable tube has a section of bellows for bending. The bendable tube may be a full bellows or a combination of a bellows and a straight tube. The smoking mouth and the connecting tube are completely made of traditional pulp.
US11986010B2
An inductively heatable aerosol-forming rod for an aerosol-generating article is provided, including one cylindrical core portion including a first aerosol-forming substrate; at least one elongate susceptor laterally abutting the cylindrical core portion in a non-bonded manner along a longitudinal axis of the aerosol-forming rod; and a sleeve portion arranged around the cylindrical core portion and the susceptor, the sleeve including at least one of a filler material and a second aerosol-forming substrate. A shaping device for manufacturing the inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods is also provided, the shaping device including a core-forming device, a sleeve-forming device, and a longitudinal guide.
US11986009B2
A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
US11986008B2
A smokable product is an organoleptically homogenous smokable material comprising shredded hemp paper that has been treated with a solution of cannabinoids and terpenes, and a wrapping paper to hold the smokable material in a rolled form. A method includes grinding cannabis plants, removing terpenes and cannabinoids from the cannabis plants, leaving cannabis fibers, pulping the cannabis fibers to produce hemp paper, shredding the hemp paper to produce shredded paper, combining at least the terpenes and cannabinoids into a solution based upon a predetermined formula, spraying the shredded paper with the solution to produce smokable material, and rolling the smokable material into a cigarette.
US11986007B2
A cooking procedure to cook pasta; the procedure comprises a water feeding step. During which a given quantity of liquid water at a temperature of at least 50° C. is fed to a container; and a vapour feeding step, during which a given quantity of water vapour is fed to the container containing a given quantity of pasta for an amount of time ranging from 7 to 40 seconds; the vapour feeding step is at least partially simultaneous with or subsequent to the water feeding step.
US11985997B2
An automated robotic food handling or preparation apparatus includes one or more food contact surfaces and an antimicrobial lighting fixture. The antimicrobial lighting fixture includes an enclosure forming a sanitization chamber and one or more antimicrobial lighting elements, wherein each element emits light at a wavelength, irradiance, and direction sufficient to inactivate one or more microorganisms on a target surface(s) within the sanitization chamber. The automated food handling apparatus subjects itself to an antimicrobial lighting treatment within the sanitization chamber upon detection of one or more conditions. The systems and/or methods of the present disclosure may sanitize food contact surfaces of automated robotic food equipment and help reduce the frequency at which such food contact surfaces need to be manually sanitized to keep microbial growth below acceptable levels.
US11985996B2
A low sodium salt product for curing meats is provided. The low sodium salt product for curing meats includes sodium chloride; a sodium chloride replacing material selected from the group consisting of potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, ammonium chloride, magnesium sulphate and combinations thereof; at least one flavorant; at least one nitrite; and a phosphate flavor stabilizing agent present in an amount to inhibit the reaction of the at least one flavorant and the at least one nitrite.
US11985987B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a cooking- and/or frying-stable cheese-like product, the cooking- and/or frying-stable cheese-like product and use of the cooking- and/or frying-stable cheese-like product.
US11985975B1
of a compound N-[(2-{[(furan-ylcarbonyl)carbamothioyl]amino}phenyl)carbamothioyl]furan-2-carboxamide and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US11985967B1
Apparatus and systems for a self-contained and portable LED lamp, providing bug deterrent capabilities and a limited number of ambient light settings, are described herein. A battery may be electrically coupled to a LED and configured to produce power. The LED may include lighting chip controls, which may cause the LED to emit light corresponding to one or more of: ambient white light or an insect deterrence light, where light emission of the LED is limited to: a maximum of three ambient white light settings, and one or more insect deterrence settings. A switch may be configured to transition between the maximum of three ambient white light settings and the one or more insect deterrence settings.
US11985966B1
The present invention is an improved body gripping style animal trap and corresponding housing. The trapping mechanism operates in the same fashion as a single-spring body gripping style trap with a pair of corresponding jaws, trigger mechanism made from a trigger and dog and a peripheral spring that biases the set jaws into the sprung position, thereby gripping and killing the animal within the housing. Opposite from the spring the improved trap incorporates a post that allows the jaws to rotate as intended but maintains them in place within the housing with a fastener.
US11985963B2
A clip for attaching a fishing line to a kite line. The clip mounts on the housing for loosely supporting the fishing line. The clip includes a pair of top rollers and a bottom roller aligned in parallel during operation. The rollers rotate freely to prevent twisting of the kite line. The rollers do cooperate to hold the kite line and prevent axial motion between the kite line and the rollers of the clip. The clip is moveable between a locked configuration where the clip is secured axially to the fishing line and is capable of holding the fishing line, to an unlocked configuration that releases the fishing line. When bait at one end of the fishing line is hit or tugged, the clip releases both the fishing line and the kite line to enable the clip to slid down the kite line away from the kite and fishing line.
US11985962B2
A baitcaster includes a housing, a spool, a drivetrain, a bearing housing, and an input shaft. The housing defines a first member and a second member. The spool is positioned between the first member and the second member. The spool is configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction. The drivetrain is positioned proximate the first member and is configured to rotate the spool in the first direction and the second direction. The bearing housing is positioned between the spool and the drivetrain. The input shaft is disposed along at least a midpoint of the baitcaster. The input shaft is configured to coaxially align the spool, drivetrain, and bearing housing. An axial force is generated between the spool and the drivetrain. The axial force is distributed through at least a portion of the bearing housing to prohibit the axial force from transferring into the drivetrain.
US11985956B2
A deployable animal measuring platform suited for measuring dog height or any other dog body measurement profile is presented. The deployable animal measuring platform contains a base, a panel, and a measuring element. The panel is connected vertically perpendicular to the base through a fastening element, where the panel and the base is configured to assemble in a deployed configuration or a retracted configuration. In the retracted configuration, the base and the panel are folded and connected parallel to each other, such that the deployable animal measuring platform is easily transportable and stored. In the deployed configuration, the base is secured along a flat surface while the panel is erected vertically from the base. The measuring element traverses along the panel.
US11985953B2
A method includes training, by at least one processor, an artificial intelligence model using a library of data associated with poultry, receiving, by the at least one processor, realtime information associated with a plurality of poultry from at least one imaging device at a particular location, determining, by the at least one processor, at least one benchmark based on the realtime information associated with the plurality of poultry from the at least one imaging device and using the artificial intelligence model, and generating and sending, by the at least one processor, an alert in realtime to a client computing device based on the realtime information associated with the plurality of poultry.
US11985952B2
A kit for converting an animal bed having a core and a cover into a raised animal bed includes a support surface insertable into the animal bed so as to lie between the core and a part of the cover that forms the underside of the bed in use. The kit also includes a plurality of legs and fixings for coupling the legs to the support surface through part of the cover.
US11985948B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04420343 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04420343, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04420343, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04420343, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04420343. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04420343. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04420343, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04420343 with another soybean cultivar.
US11985945B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011236. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011236, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011236 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 CH011236.
US11985940B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011112. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011112, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011112 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 CH011112.
US11985930B2
Improved molecular breeding methods include a method in which an association data set is developed by associating the phenotypes of a broad population of individuals with the individual genotypes. The association data set is used in conjunction with a growth model in order to select breeding pairs likely to generate offspring with one or more desirable traits.
US11985915B2
An implement having a frame and a soil moving implement that is attached to the frame. The soil moving implement is disposed in a row between plants for moving soil from between rows of plants to at least the rhizosphere of the plants to cover fluid that is deposited in the rhizosphere.
US11991937B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode over the bottom electrode, a switching layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, wherein the switching layer is configured to store data, a capping layer in contact with the switching layer, wherein the capping layer is configured to extract active metal ions from the switching layer, an ion reservoir region formed in the capping layer, a diffusion barrier layer between the bottom electrode and the switching layer, wherein the diffusion barrier layer includes palladium (Pd), cobalt (Co), or a combination thereof and is configured to obstruct diffusion of the active metal ions between the switching layer and the bottom electrode, and the diffusion layer has a concaved top surface, and a passivation layer covering a portion of the top electrode, and wherein the passivation layer directly contacts a top surface of the switching layer.
US11991935B2
Materials and methods are disclosed for fabricating superconducting integrated circuits for quantum computing at millikelvin temperatures, comprising both quantum circuits and classical control circuits, which may be located on the same integrated circuit or on different chips of a multi-chip module. The materials may include components that reduce defect densities and increase quantum coherence times. Multilayer fabrication techniques provide low-power and a path to large scale computing systems. An integrated circuit system for quantum computing is provided, comprising: a substrate; a kinetic inductance layer having a kinetic inductance of at least 5 pH/square; a plurality of stacked planarized superconducting layers and intervening insulating layers, formed into a plurality of Josephson junctions having a critical current of less than 100 μA/μm2; and a resistive layer that remains non-superconducting at a temperature below 1 K, configured to damp the plurality of Josephson junctions.
US11991932B2
A magnetic tunnel junction device includes a pillar structure including, from bottom to top, a bottom electrode and a magnetic tunnel junction structure, a top electrode overlying the magnetic tunnel junction structure, and a dielectric metal oxide layer extending from a sidewall of the pillar structure to a sidewall of the top electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction structure contains a reference magnetization layer including a first ferromagnetic material, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free magnetization layer including a second ferromagnetic material. The top electrode includes a metallic material containing a nonmagnetic metal element. The dielectric metal oxide layer may be formed by performing an oxidation process that oxidizes a residual metal film after a focused ion beam etch process, and eliminates conductive paths from surfaces of the pillar structure.
US11991918B2
A flexible display device of which esthetic appearance is improved by reducing a bezel is disclosed. The flexible display device comprises a substrate including a display area and a non-display area including a bending area; a link line in the non-display area on the substrate; and a bending connection line in the bending area pf the substrate and connected with the link line, and the bending connection line located between a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer of the flexible display device.
US11991914B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a transparent display panel and a display device, used for prolonging the service life of an electroluminescent device in the transparent display panel. According to the transparent display panel provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the transparent display panel is divided into a display area arranged in an array and a light-transmitting area surrounding the display area; the display area comprises a transparent substrate, an electroluminescent device positioned on the transparent substrate, and a light blocking part located on the side of the transparent substrate deviating from the electroluminescent device; the light blocking part is used for blocking light entering from the side of the transparent substrate deviating from the electroluminescent device to irradiate the electroluminescent device.
US11991913B2
A sealing member containing conductive particles and disposed in a seal region is formed between a display panel and a touch panel. A laminated structure formed on the display panel includes a first detection lines. The first detection lines extend from the seal region to a connection region and are connected through the conductive particles to terminals of second detection lines formed on the touch panel. A peripheral edge of the organic barrier is located inward from the conductive particles of the sealing member. The above described structure can facilitate a work for connecting external lines such as FPC to the display panel and the touch panel. Further, the structure can secure stability of electrical connection between the external lines and the touch panel.
US11991912B2
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, an encapsulation layer, a black matrix layer, and an oleophobic layer. The encapsulation layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The black matrix layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer. The black matrix layer includes a through hole. The through hole extends through the black matrix layer to expose the encapsulation layer. The oleophobic layer covers the black matrix layer.
US11991908B2
A display device includes an array substrate including a pixel array disposed in a display area, an encapsulation substrate, and a sealing member disposed between the array substrate and the encapsulation substrate to combine the array substrate with the encapsulation substrate. The array substrate includes a signal transfer wing overlapping the sealing member and electrically connected to the pixel array, an insulation layer covering the signal transfer wiring and including an inorganic material, a power transfer wiring disposed on the insulation layer, overlapping the sealing member and having a multi-wiring structure, and an expansion pattern connected to the power transfer wiring, having a thickness smaller than an entire thickness of the power transfer wiring and overlapping the sealing member and the signal transfer wiring. An outer edge of the expansion pattern is disposed within a sealing area where the sealing member is disposed.
US11991898B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a back cover, a display panel disposed on the back cover, a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, a barrier film disposed on the polarizing plate, and a side film which has one end disposed between the back cover and the display panel and another end disposed between the polarizing plate and the barrier film to enclose side surfaces of the display panel and the polarizing plate. Therefore, the moisture permeation into the polarization layer is delayed, which in turn improves the reliability of the display device.
US11991894B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible display device and a preparation method thereof. The flexible display device has different base materials and adhesives for the back supporting film at the bonding region and the non-bonding region, so that it can satisfy the requirements for AOI and bending resistance respectively, and can be advantageous for a patterning step for base material including subtractive manufacturing.
US11991890B2
A light-emitting element having low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting element, a combination of a guest material and a host material forms an exciplex. The guest material is capable of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. Light emission from the light-emitting layer includes light emission from the guest material and light emission from the exciplex. The percentage of the light emission from the exciplex to the light emission from the light-emitting layer is greater than 0 percent and less than or equal to 60 percent. The energy after subtracting the energy of light emission from the exciplex from the energy of light emission from the guest material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.23 eV.
US11991883B2
A vertical memory device includes a gate line structure including a cell region in which a vertical channel structure is formed, and a first connection region and a second connection region which are respectively arranged at first and second ends of the cell region in a first direction. Each of the first connection region and the second connection region includes a first protrusion of the first gate line and a second protrusion of the second gate line which are parallel to a top surface of the substrate and arranged as steps in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first protrusion of the second connection region is arranged diagonally from the first protrusion of the first connection region with respect to a center line of the cell region which is parallel to the first direction.
US11991875B2
A semiconductor memory structure includes a substrate, a bit line disposed on the substrate, a dielectric liner disposed on a side of the bit line, and a capacitor contact and a filler disposed on the substrate. The bit line extends in a first direction. The dielectric liner includes a first nitride liner disposed on a sidewall of the bit line, an oxide liner disposed on a sidewall of the first nitride liner, and a second nitride liner disposed on a sidewall of the oxide liner. In a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the capacitor contact is spaced apart from the bit line by the first nitride liner, the oxide liner, and the second nitride liner, and the width of the filler is greater than the width of the capacitor contact. A method for forming the semiconductor memory structure is also provided.
US11991871B2
An impedance matching film 10 includes a mixture containing indium oxide and tin oxide and being a main component of the impedance matching film, the mixture having an amorphous structure. The impedance matching film 10 for impedance matching has a Hall mobility of 5 cm2/(V·s) or more. The impedance matching film 10 has a thickness of 16 nm or more and less than 100 nm.
US11991867B2
A closed-loop liquid cooling system includes a liquid coolant conduit, a cold plate, a pump and a heat exchanger. The liquid coolant conduit is in proximity to a heat-generating electrical component. The liquid coolant conduit allows circulation of a liquid coolant to extract heat therefrom. The liquid coolant conduit includes an inner portion that surrounds and contains the liquid coolant, and an outer portion configured to prevent or inhibit leakage of the liquid coolant from the inner portion and also detect any leakage from the inner portion. The cold plate is in thermal communication with the liquid coolant. The pump is configured to transport the liquid coolant in the liquid coolant conduit. The heat exchanger is coupled to the liquid coolant conduit to extract heat therefrom.
US11991857B2
A housing and cooling system for computer hardware includes an infrastructure module and a payload module. The infrastructure module is configured for housing computer hardware and is equipped with either or both of a convective air cooling system and an arrangement of metal plates connected by one or more conduits for carrying liquid for cooling computer equipment housed by the infrastructure module. The infrastructure modules also houses a programmable logic controller (“PLC”). The payload module includes an immersion cooling system governed by the PLC and is located outside of the infrastructure module.
US11991855B2
An information handling system includes a fan to cool a component of the information handling system, and a sensor device. The fan includes a first fan inlet, a second fan inlet, and a fan outlet. The fan is configured to draw air into the first and second fan inlets and to blow air out the fan outlet. The sensor device includes a sensor inlet, a sensor outlet, and a cover. The sensor is coupled to the fan with the first fan inlet collocated with the sensor outlet such that air drawn into the first fan inlet is first drawn through the sensor inlet. The cover is configured in a first position to cover the sensor inlet to permit no air flow through the sensor inlet and in a second position to uncover the sensor inlet to permit air to flow through the sensor inlet.
US11991844B2
A shaft and a display device are disclosed. The display device includes the shaft including a plurality of planar sections and arc sections. Each of the arc sections is disposed between adjacent ones of the planar sections. A flexible display screen includes a first side, a third side, and a second side sequentially arranged, and the third side is fixed on the shaft. When the flexible display screen is rolled on the shaft, each chip-on-film is placed on a corresponding one of the planar sections, so that a problem that the chip-on-films arranged on the flexible display screen are prone to peel is solved.
US11991843B2
An apparatus for process automation for use in an area where there is a risk of explosion and in which dusts may occur, including a wall structure serving as a housing of the apparatus and having a first wall structure section defining a first housing inner area and a second wall structure section defining a second housing inner area separated from the first housing inner area, wherein a first circuit arrangement is arranged in the first housing inner area and the first housing inner area is dust-tightly enclosed by the first wall structure section so that the dusts cannot penetrate into the first housing inner area and the explosion safety of the first housing inner area is ensured by the dust-tight enclosure, one or more electrical circuits being arranged in the second housing inner area and all the electrical circuits arranged in the second inner area forming an altogether intrinsically safe second circuit arrangement.
US11991836B2
An electrical device, comprising a softening polymer layer, an electrode layer on a surface of the softening polymer layer and a cover polymer layer on the surface of the softening polymer layer. An opening in the polymer cover layer is filled with a reflowed solder, one end of the reflowed solder, located inside the opening, contacts a contact pad site portion of the electrode layer, and another end of the reflowed solder contacts an electrical connector electrode of the device.
US11991829B2
Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced coupled inductive devices. In one embodiment, an inductive device is disclosed that is suitable in Ethernet applications with data speeds exceeding one (1) Gbps. Specifically, the inductive devices described herein possess a high level of magnetic and capacitive coupling between the wires of the windings. Moreover, the inductive devices described herein are suitable for automated processes, thereby reducing the overall costs associated with their manufacture and use. Furthermore, methods for manufacturing and using these aforementioned inductive devices are also disclosed. For example, the aforementioned inductive devices may readily be incorporated into ICMs thereby replacing, in their entirety or in part, manually wound toroidal transformers.
US11991824B2
A circuit board structure includes a first sub-circuit board, a second sub-circuit board, and a third sub-circuit board. The first sub-circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, and includes at least one first conductive through hole. The second sub-circuit board is disposed on the upper surface of the first sub-circuit board and includes at least one second conductive through hole. The third sub-circuit board is disposed on the lower surface of the first sub-circuit board and includes at least one third conductive through hole. At least two of the first conductive through hole, the second conductive through hole, and the third conductive through hole are alternately arranged in an axial direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first sub-circuit board. The first, second and third sub-circuit boards are electrically connected to one another.
US11991819B2
A printed circuit board includes a first and second microstrip circuit traces formed on an outer surface of the printed circuit board, and a patterned dielectric material applied over a first length of the first microstrip circuit trace. The first microstrip circuit trace has a first length and carries a first signal. The second microstrip circuit trace is adjacent to the first microstrip circuit trace, has a second length longer than the first length, and carries a second signal. The patterned dielectric material is provided over a portion of the first length to delay the first signal relative to the second signal.
US11991806B2
An emergency output circuit for starting LED lamp tubes with leakage protection includes a PWM pulse genera tor provided with a PWM chip. When a control terminal detects a power outage, a high level of voltage is instantly output to the PWM chip, and the PWM pulse generator outputs complementary drive PWM rectangular waves with a controllable dead time, which are boosted and filtered into a 250V DC voltage; then, positive and negative alternating square waves are formed through a full-bridge inverter circuit, and two pairs of MOS transistors are turned on alternately through complementary PWM control to generate an AC voltage UAB on an LED lamp tube; and finally, an AC rectangular wave slowly changing into a stable 135V AC output from a 250V DC output is obtained through a correction circuit to replace existing methods to turn on the LED tube, thus effectively simplifying the circuit.
US11991805B2
An apparatus includes a light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit, one or more LEDs of an LED array, and an electronic switching circuit. The LED driver circuit is configured to generate an electric current. The one or more LEDs are electrically connected to the LED driver circuit. The electronic switching circuit is electrically connected to the one or more LEDs and configured to be placed in one of multiple switching configurations. The electronic switching circuit is further configured to direct a portion of the electric current away from the one or more LEDs, such that a remaining portion of the electric current drives the one or more LEDs. The portion of the electric current corresponds to the one of the multiple switching configurations.
US11991801B2
A system includes two or more phosphor-containing white LEDs (or other color-shifting artificial light sources) selected so that their combined color shift over at least 8,000 hours (e.g., at least 10,000 hours, at least 20,000 hours, at least 30,000 hours, at least 40,000 hours, up to 200,000 hours, up to 100,000 hours, up to 80,000 hours) of operation is less than at least one of the LED's (or the other color-shifting artificial light source's) color shift over that time. Here, the combined color shift (Δu′v′) over the at least 8,000 hours (e.g., at least 10,000 hours, at least 20,000 hours, at least 30,000 hours, at least 40,000 hours, up to 200,000 hours, up to 100,000 hours, up to 80,000 hours) of operation can be less than 0.007 (e.g., 0.006 or less, 0.005 or less, 0.004 or less, 0.003 or less, 0.002 or less, 0.001 or less, 0.0005 or less).
US11991798B2
Disclosed are a temperature sampling device and method, a temperature protection device and method, and a lighting system. The temperature sampling device comprises: a temperature measurement unit and a signal processing unit, the temperature measurement unit having a measurement end and configured to change its own resistance under the influence of an ambient temperature change of a circuit to be protected, and the signal processing unit being coupled to the measurement end and configured to limit a measurement signal in the temperature measurement unit that is influenced by a resistance change so as to output a temperature sampling signal corresponding to the resistance change, wherein the temperature sampling signal is generated under the condition that the measurement signal is limited. The temperature sampling device and method, the temperature protection device and method, and the lighting system have simple structure and low costs. In addition, the temperature sampling device can be directly coupled to pins of switch power sources in the existing LED lighting systems, and therefore has high universality.
US11991795B2
The present disclosure discloses a heated throw. The heated throw includes rectangular shawl body with an electric heating layer laid inside. A connector which is electrically connected to the electric heating layer and a silicone key is fixed to a position, relatively close to a corner, on the shawl body. The silicone key is sewn on the shawl body to facilitate an operation and avoid a solution of directly operating by a controller, so that the heated throw is more convenient and fast to use. The electric heating layer and the silicone key are electrically connected to the connector. The connector is connected to a plug through the controller. The controller is used for controlling heating output of the electric heating layer, and exchanging heated throw state information and user control information with the silicone key through the connector.
US11991778B2
A method includes obtaining, by a data analytics device, data of a terminal on an access device and data of the terminal on an access and mobility management function device, where the data of the terminal on the access device includes a first identifier, and the access device is an access device, the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function device includes the first identifier, and the first identifier includes an identifier assigned by the access device to the terminal, associating, by the data analytics device, the data of the terminal on the access device with the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function device based on the first identifier.
US11991772B2
Systems and methods for extending connectivity with a cellular network are disclosed herein. A UE may monitor a serving cell of the UE and a neighbor cell of the UE to determine whether there is a network condition wherein the UE is to transition to an out-of-service (OOS) state if it were to fall to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle state. The UE may react by, before expiration of an inactivity period corresponding to a transition to an RRC Idle mode, initiating signaling activity with a radio access network (RAN) node of the serving cell. In other embodiments, the UE may determine, based on a number of secondary devices connected to the UE, to initiate signaling with the RAN node of the serving cell before expiration of an inactivity period and according to whether a maximum number of extensions of an extension activity period has been reached.
US11991761B2
A method may include receiving, by a wireless device from a time sensitive network, TSN, translator device, one or more TSN parameters. The method may also include sending, by the wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a non access stratum, NAS, message indicating a request to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session comprising the one or more TSN parameters. The method may further include receiving, by the wireless device from the AMF, a message indicating acceptance of the PDU session.
US11991757B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a random access response associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on receiving the random access response, data indicating a request for coverage enhancement associated with an acknowledgment associated with the RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11991753B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. The method for performing a random access procedure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to random access, wherein the configuration information includes a scaling factor for a back-off indicator (BI) for a specific type of terminal; transmitting a first random access preamble to the base station; receiving, from the base station, a random access response (RAR) in response to the first random access preamble, wherein the RAR includes the BI; and on the basis of the RAR not including a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) associated with the first random access preamble, transmitting a second random access preamble to the base station.
US11991748B2
A method and system for LBT or CCA threshold setting for directional reception and transmission are provided. In an embodiment, a method in a wireless device for determining if a channel is clear in an unlicensed band channel in a wireless network includes detecting, with the wireless device, an energy along a first beamforming direction. The method also includes determining, with the wireless device, an energy detection threshold. The method also includes determining, with the wireless device, whether the unlicensed band channel is clear in at least the first receiving direction according to the energy and the energy detection threshold.
US11991736B2
A configuration for inter-cell interference coordination in wireless communication systems. The apparatus determines a priority order of a first base station to schedule a first transmission with a first UE. The apparatus transmits a first transmission request to the first UE to schedule the first transmission. The apparatus receives, from the first UE, a measurement report based on the first transmission request received by the first UE, the measurement report indicates a signal quality of the first transmission request. The apparatus determines to schedule the first transmission with the first UE based at least on the measurement report. The apparatus sends a schedule indication to at least a second base station indicating whether the first transmission is scheduled with the first UE, at least the second base station has a lower priority order than the first base station.
US11991733B2
A base station receives information regarding a communication quality of communication of a first other communication device and information regarding a frequency condition of the communication, and provides the information regarding the communication quality of the communication and information on a frequency condition in the communication to a second other communication device. The second other communication device performs communication using the information regarding the communication quality and the information regarding the frequency condition.
US11991730B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that includes downlink control information (DCI). The DCI indicates a configuration of resources associated with RMSI repetition or RMSI slot aggregation. The method further includes monitoring for one or more RMSI messages based on the configuration of resources. The monitoring includes monitoring for multiple repetitions of an RMSI message based on the configuration of resources being associated with RMSI repetition and monitoring for a single RMSI message that is divided across multiple slots based on the configuration of resources being associated with RMSI slot aggregation. Other aspects are also claimed and described.
US11991722B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to applying an uplink (UL) cancellation indication are provided. A UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) from a base station (BS). The DCI may include an uplink (UL) cancellation indication that references a plurality of resources in one or more full-UL slots and one or more full-duplex slots. The UE may refrain, based on the UL cancellation indication, from transmitting a communication in at least one of a first resource of the plurality of resources in the one or more full-UL slots or a second resource of the plurality of resources in the one or more full-duplex slots. Other aspects and features are also described.
US11991721B2
Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink (DL) scheduling command to schedule a DL data transmission from a base station. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for transmission of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback corresponding to the DL data transmission based on a received slot of the DL data transmission and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified from a value set based on an indicator comprised in the DL scheduling command, or may be identified using the various other techniques described herein.
US11991709B2
The present disclosure provides an information scheduling method and apparatus, an information transceiving method and apparatus, a base station, user equipment, and computer-readable storage mediums. The information scheduling method includes: configuring time unit information for user equipment (UE), where the time unit information indicates one or more time units; scheduling at least one of user data or uplink feedback of downlink data according to the configured time unit information.
US11991708B2
A terminal device receives first downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device, where the first DCI carries first indication information and second indication information. The first indication information is used to indicate data transmission, and the second indication information is used to indicate an operation mode of an inactivity timer in discontinuous reception (DRX). The terminal device determines an operation mode of the inactivity timer based on the second indication information.
US11991702B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for resource reservation. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives an indication of resource reservation for uplink communication. The indication is based on information reported from a first remote unit. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a resource based on the indication. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data on the resource.
US11991698B2
A control information sending method and a control information receiving method include: a transmitter determining a first frequency-domain bandwidth occupied by user data to be sent; the transmitter selecting, according to the first frequency-domain bandwidth, from n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths, a second frequency-domain bandwidth occupied by control information corresponding to the user data, wherein n is an integer greater than 1; the transmitter sending the control information to a receiver according to the second frequency-domain bandwidth; the receiver determining that the transmitter sends the n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths of the control information; and the receiver performing blind detection on the control information according to the n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths.
US11991694B2
A communication system is described in which a base station transmits, to a UE (user equipment), via a data radio bearer (DRB), a downlink data packet that includes information identifying a data flow. The downlink data packet is transmitted prior to commencement of transmission, via that DRB, of data packets comprising any downlink user-plane data associated with the identified data flow.
US11991689B2
A method and apparatus for positioning in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for positioning includes receiving by a terminal from a base station a SIB1 comprising a first scheduling information and a second scheduling information, transmitting to request the second positioning SIB a first uplink message based at least in part on the second scheduling information if the terminal is in RRC_INACTIVE, transmitting to request the second positioning SIB a second uplink message based at least in part on the second scheduling information if the terminal is in RRC_CONNECTED, acquiring a SI based on the first scheduling information and the second scheduling information the SI includes a positioning SIB and transmitting to request the second PRS data a RequestAssistanceData the RequestAssistanceData includes a physical cell identity of Primary Cell and a second identifier related to the second PRS data.
US11991688B2
A user equipment (UE) receives an allocation of resources for full duplex communication including one or more resource block (RB) sets and receives an indication of an uplink interlace pattern for uplink transmission from the UE. The UE transmits, in a full duplex mode, the uplink transmission based on the allocation of the resources and the uplink interlace pattern and monitors, in the full duplex mode, for a downlink transmission over frequency resources of at least a part of the one or more RB sets comprising the uplink transmission from the UE.
US11991686B2
A user equipment may receive a configuration message comprising at least one of: a configured grant configuration, or a semi-persistent scheduling configuration, wherein configuration may be associated with a cross-division duplexing slot format, wherein the cross-division duplexing slot format may comprise at least one of: a cross-division duplexing time slot for concurrent transmission in a plurality of communication directions, or a cross-division duplexing time slot for transmission in one communication direction; receive an information indicating at least one resource of the configuration; determine whether the at least one resource is valid, based on a comparison between a corresponding cross-division duplexing slot format of the at least one resource and the cross-division duplexing slot format associated with the configuration; and perform communication with the network device on the at least one resource based, at least partially, on a determination that the at least one resource is valid.
US11991682B2
Methods and apparatuses for fast beam selection. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information on a set of transmission configuration information (TCI) states. Each of the TCI states refers to at least one source reference signal (RS) with a corresponding quasi co-location (QCL) and is associated with downlink (DL) data and UE-specific DL control information (DCI). The method further includes receiving a TCI state update on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), decoding the TCI state update, and applying the TCI state update to a reception of DL data and a corresponding UE-specific DL assignment.
US11991681B2
A station (STA), which supports multiple spatial streams, can, and sometimes does, re-advertise the station as supporting less spatial stream (SS) than the actual number of spatial streams that the device does actually support. In some embodiments, a station's maximum advertised maximum number of spatial streams is proactively reduced based on the station's throughput being below one or more thresholds. In some embodiments, the analysis and level of spatial stream value to be reported in a re-advertisement is determined by the access point. In some other embodiments, the analysis and level of spatial stream value to be reported in a re-advertisement is determined by the station. The access point allocating its limited supported spatial streams among stations is able to more efficiently allocate the air link resources.
US11991679B2
In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group.
US11991677B2
A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving an indication of available frequency resources, receiving direction information, and determining one or more communication directions for each of the available frequency resources based on the direction information. The method also includes communicating with a base station using the available frequency resources based on the determined one or more communication directions for each of the available frequency resources.
US11991676B2
A method and a device for transmitting data in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, an AP transmits a band switch announcement element through a first band supported by a first and a second RF. The AP changes the first band, supported by the second RF, to a second band on the basis of the band switch announcement element. The AP transmits first data to an STA through the first band supported by the first RF and the second band supported by the second RF. The first data is transmitted through a multiple band in which the first band and the second band are combined.
US11991660B2
There is provided an apparatus configured to receive, from a first network entity associated with a first domain in a communication network, a request to communicate; determine a second network entity to which to send the request; determine that the second network entity is associated with a second domain in the communication network; and enforce at least one access policy for routing the request to the network entity, wherein the apparatus is a first service communication proxy trusted in both the first and second domains.
US11991655B2
A base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Each base station in the wireless communication comprises: a communication module; and a processor. When the processor attempts to transmit a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) at a SSB transmission candidate position in a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window, and fails to transmit an SSB at a first SSB transmission candidate location in a first DRS transmission window, the processor is configured to attempt to transmit the SSB at a second SSB transmission candidate position that is later than the first SSB transmission candidate position in the first DRS transmission window. The DRS transmission window is a time interval in which the base station can transmit the SSB. The SSB transmission candidate position indicates a time point at which the base station can start SSB transmission within the DRS transmission window.
US11991651B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a floating synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) for SSB-based radio resource management (RRM) in asynchronous networks, such as new radio (NR). A base station (BS) determines a floating SMTC for measurement of a target cell and provides the floating SMTC to at least one user equipment (UE) in the serving cell, wherein the target cell and the serving cell are asynchronous. The BS determines a measurement gap that covers the floating SMTC. The UE monitors in the measurement gap for a SSB transmission of the target cell based on the floating SMTC.
US11991649B2
A communication system includes a first wireless base station supporting communications with multiple mobile communication devices. The first wireless base station is limited to an amount of power it is able to consume. For example, the wireless base station receives power consumption information from a power consumption manager. To control power consumption with respect to the received power consumption information, the wireless base station determines (such as based on an estimation, calculation, measurement, etc.), an amount of a power consumption by the wireless base station while communicating with multiple mobile communication devices. The wireless base station adjusts wireless communications transmitted from the wireless base station to maintain the power consumption of the wireless base station with respect to a power consumption limit as indicated by the received power consumption information.
US11991644B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for managing MPE conditions in over-the-air gradient vector aggregation for federated learning. A UE may receive a federated learning model from a base station for participating in a federated learning procedure with the base station. The UE may update the federated learning model for an iteration of the federated learning procedure based on whether an uplink transmission would cause an MPE threshold to be exceeded. The uplink transmission may have a Tx power level that corresponds to a configured Rx power level at the base station. The UE may drop the uplink transmission if the uplink transmission would cause the MPE threshold to be exceeded.
US11991641B2
Network-controlled power control for side-link communications is disclosed. According to the described aspects, a power control framework is defined for network-controlled side-band or device-to-device (D2D) communications, in which transmission power for side-link communications may be stepped up enough for a base station in a connected mode with at least one of multiple user equipment (UE) devices to detect side-link communications between the UEs in order to take responsive action to enhance the reliability of the communications. The base station provides the configuration information to the UEs which may be used when preparing for transmissions of side-link traffic and/or feedback.
US11991639B2
A network node determines a voltage response characteristic of the battery in a low powered user equipment and controls the activity pattern of the user equipment to align its activity pattern with the voltage response characteristic of the battery to extend the useful life of the battery in the user equipment.
US11991638B2
Managing aggregated node group power states. A reflected energy device may transmit energy to one of multiple aggregated node groups. Each aggregated node group includes multiple device nodes. The aggregated node group may be moved from one location to another. The transmitted energy is reflected to detect occurrence of a state change condition. A communication device such as the reflected energy device or an anchor node then instructs device node(s) of the aggregated node group to enter a high power state and to enter a low power state.
US11991634B2
A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for or both the use of long extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) and long power saving mode (PSM) without having to wait for the activity timer expiration.
US11991619B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives configuration information regarding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to configure a common search space; and a processor that monitors downlink control information in the common search space based on the configuration information, wherein the configuration information includes information regarding a search space that is able to be specified by bits in an index of a master information block (MIB) and information regarding a search space index associated with a given search space. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
US11991618B2
An access control method includes: receiving network side access association information sent by a network side, wherein the network side access association information includes first information, and the first information indicates a bandwidth of an initial bandwidth part of a target cell, or a bandwidth of a default bandwidth part, or a bandwidth of a first activated bandwidth part; and when the terminal does not support the bandwidth of the initial bandwidth part, or the bandwidth of the default bandwidth part, or the bandwidth of the first activated bandwidth part, performing access control processing on the target cell according to the network side access association information.
US11991614B1
A conditions monitoring system may include a system controller. The controller may include a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving positional data from a plurality of wearable devices of a plurality of associated wearers; making a determination of a possible dangerous environmental condition based on data received from the wearable device, including the positional data; applying one or more filters to eliminate false positive determinations of possible dangerous conditions; and providing instructions, based on the determination of a possible dangerous environmental condition, to the wearable device for the wearer to follow.
US11991610B2
Technology for an eNodeB operable to perform downlink (DL) transmissions using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) control region of a subframe for enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) is disclosed. The eNodeB can encode a system information block type 1 bandwidth reduced (SIB1-BR) for transmission 5 to a bandwidth reduced low complexity or coverage enhancement (BL/CE) user equipment (UE). The SIB1-BR can include an indication that the LTE control region in the subframe includes information for at least one of a machine type communication (MTC) physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH) transmission or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. 10 The eNodeB can encode at least one of the MPDCCH transmission or the PDSCH transmission for delivery in a downlink over the LTE control region in the subframe to the BL/CE UE.
US11991609B2
A method performed by a Radio Access Management Function (RAMF) for handling connectivity to a data network is disclosed. The RAMF receives, from a UE, a request associated with connectivity to the data network for an application having a subscription ID. The RAMF selects, based on at least a part of the subscription ID, which Session Management Function the request should be forwarded to, and forwards the request to the selected Session Management Function.
US11991605B2
Using a pressure sensor of a mobile device to improve the accuracy of determined contexts. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that determine a context of a mobile device, and determine if the determined context is accurate using multiple measurements of pressure from a pressure sensor of the mobile device.
US11991601B2
A method performed by a mobile wireless device may comprise receiving an SMS message or an EMS message indicating a client program, when a phone number associated with the mobile wireless device is not associated with a subscriber of a service associated with the client program at the time of receiving the SMS message. The method may further comprise downloading the client program on the mobile wireless device and authenticating, via the client program, the phone number associated with the mobile wireless device to the service via SMS protocol. After the authenticating, the client program may cause transmission of first information comprising a first phone number. The client program may receive a first response to the transmission of the first information indicating that the first phone number is associated with a subscriber of the service.
US11991599B2
A base station comprising a processor and a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of cells in the network. The processor and the communication interface are configured to initiate a Broadcast/Multicast Service Session in the plurality of cells and provide configuration, coordination and synchronization to the plurality of cells for the Broadcast/Multicast Service Session. This is to ensure that the plurality of cells transmit identical data, substantially simultaneously. The Broadcast/Multicast Service configuration comprises radio resource configuration information including time and frequency resources, transmission configuration including modulation and coding scheme, and scheduling period. The communication interface and processor are further configured to notify the plurality of cells when the Broadcast/Multicast Service Session starts and when it ends.
US11991597B2
A method for determining a transportation mode acquires motion data and speed data from a mobile device, correlates the motion data to the speed data in groupings, and performs spectral analysis on the groups of motion data. Energy calculated for each of a set of frequency components obtained from the spectral analysis is compared to a baseline value to generate a difference, and a transportation mode type is assigned to the vehicle based on the difference.
US11991595B2
A movement track recording method and an apparatus used for movement track recording, and relate to the communications field, where power consumption of a terminal can be reduced without affecting track recording precision. The method includes determining a positioning trigger condition according to positioning precision, positioning a terminal when the positioning trigger condition is met, and recording a location of the terminal.
US11991588B2
A computer-implemented method for automatically pairing two devices is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes detecting a first type of movement from a first device. The computer-implemented method further includes determining that the first device is located within a threshold distance of a second device when the first type of movement from the first device is detected. The computer-implemented method further includes determining whether an auto-pairing policy matches the first type of movement from the first device and the threshold distance between the first and second devices. The computer-implemented method further includes, responsive to determining that the auto-pairing policy matches the first type of movement from the first device and the threshold distance between the first and second devices, automatically pairing the first device and the second device.
US11991586B2
Certain embodiments are directed to techniques (e.g., a device, a method, a memory or non-transitory computer readable medium storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for communication techniques between an electronic device (e.g., a smart speaker, a smart TV, a smart appliance, etc.) and one or more mobile devices (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet, a wearable device etc.). Techniques can vary the rate the mobile device responds to ranging messages from the smart speaker based on one or more factors. These factors can include a state of the mobile device (e.g., awake or asleep), mobile device orientation (e.g., face down), application state (e.g., music App active), motion of the mobile device (e.g., at rest for period of time), and a range (distance/angle) between the mobile device and the speaker to conserve battery life. The range to the electronic device can activate one or more smart speaker features on the mobile device.
US11991581B2
A system and method of a base station are configured to enable a multi-shot network parameter optimization. The method includes generating one or more specified Key Performance Indicators (KPI) constraints based on a selected set of KPIs. The method also includes adjusting common beam parameters to tune a common beam based on the selected set of KPIs. The common beam is tuned to satisfy the one or more specified KPI constraints. The method also includes adjusting handover A2 and A5 parameters based on searching within a three-dimensional space defined by specified A2 and A5 thresholds. The method further includes transmitting one or more signals based on the adjusted the common beam parameters and the adjusted handover A2 and A5 parameters.
US11991576B2
A method for handling a Random Access (RA) procedure in a Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching operation is provided. The method includes: receiving a configuration of a first BWP through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from a Base Station (BS); initiating an RA procedure on the first BWP; receiving, during the RA procedure on the first BWP, Downlink Control Information (DCI) indicating a BWP switching from the first BWP to a second BWP; determining whether to switch to the second BWP in response to receiving the DCI; and in a case that the UE determines to switch to the second BWP: stopping the RA procedure that is ongoing on the first BWP; determining, after stopping the RA procedure, whether the second BWP is configured with an RA resource; and initiating, after determining that the second BWP is not configured with the RA resource, a new RA procedure on an initial BWP.
US11991574B2
To support layer 1 (L1) and layer 2 (L2) centric inter-cell mobility and inter-cell multi-TRP operation, a user equipment (UE) may need to measurement the downlink reference signals from neighbor cells. To obtain these measurements, a UE may perform layer 3 (L3) measurements for one or more neighboring cells, and provide an L3 measurement report to a network node. Candidate measurement neighboring cells for L1 measurements may be identified based on the L3 measurements.
US11991572B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for UE-triggered handover and early preparation with coexistence of the network-triggered handover. In one novel aspect, the UE is configured early measurement report configuration, receives an early handover command from the serving base station with a handover candidate cell list, monitors handover triggering conditions for each candidate cell on the handover candidate cell list based on a UE-triggered handover configuration and performs the UE-triggered handover to a candidate cell when the corresponding triggering condition is met for the candidate cell. In one embodiment, the UE receives a network-triggered handover command to a target cell, suspends the UE-triggered handover configuration and performs the network-triggered handover to the target cell. The UE discards the UE-triggered handover configuration upon success of the network-triggered handover and resumes the UE-triggered handover configuration upon failure of the network-triggered handover.
US11991570B2
Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device, and a computer storage, including that: a base station sends or receives a signal within a sweep time interval, an access signal time interval, which is comprised of sweep time blocks sweep time blocks. The access signal time interval includes a downlink access signal time interval and an uplink access signal time interval. The base station sends the signal over the downlink access signal time interval, and receives the signal over the uplink access signal time interval. A terminal sends or receives a signal within the access signal time interval which is comprised of the sweep time blocks. The terminal sends the signal over the uplink access signal time interval, or receives the signal over the downlink access signal time interval.
US11991569B2
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable media for facilitating adaptive anchor layer mobility in a 5G NSA implementation. In one arrangement, a handover modulation criterion involving relevant trigger parametrics of an anchor cell node serving a UE and a target cell node may be compared against a tunable threshold parameter indicative of the effect of the target cell on the anchor cell quality. If the handover modulation criterion does not exceed the tunable threshold value, a quality degradation prediction with respect to the UE may be executed to estimate a likelihood of service failure for the UE. Responsive to determining that the likelihood of service failure does not exceed a probability threshold, handover of the UE to the target cell may be suppressed.
US11991568B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments, an access and mobility management function (AMF) comprises at least one transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, a mobility management entity (MME) for an evolved node B (eNB), a message associated with a handover required message for an inter-system handover from an evolved packet system (EPS) to 5G system (5GS) with a secondary gNB (SgNB) used as a target next generation node B (gNB), wherein the SgNB and the target gNB are co-located and the eNB is associated with the SgNB in a dual connectivity; transmit, to the target gNB, a handover request message for the inter-system handover from the EPS to 5GS with the SgNB used as the target gNB; and receive, from the target gNB, an acknowledge of the handover request message. The handover required message includes an SgNB user equipment (UE) X2 application protocol ID (SgNB UE X2AP ID) for identifying a UE over X2 interface in the SgNB. The handover request message includes the SgNB UE X2AP ID, and the SgNB UE X2AP ID is allocated at the SgNB.
US11991560B2
A network access device is configured to propagate Quality of Service (QoS) management through a heterogenous network. A Mirrored Stream Classification Service (MSCS) setup request having MSCS information or MSCS information that is proxied to a next hop in an uplink is received. The MSCS information identifies at least one traffic flow associated with a first user priority. A downlink rule is generated that matches the first user priority in the MSCS information in the uplink to a downlink traffic flow. The downlink rule is used to analyze the downlink traffic flow to match the MSCS information in the downlink that is the mirror of the MSCS information in the uplink. The user priority is applied to the downlink that mirrors the MSCS information in the uplink.
US11991558B2
A wireless communication network serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) over a working network slice and a protect network slice. The wireless communication network receives UE capability data from the wireless UE that indicates the working network slice and the protect network slice. The wireless communication network determines UE context for the working network slice and for the protect network slice. The wireless communication network exchanges initial user data with the wireless UE over the working network slice based on the UE context. The wireless communication network exchanges additional user data with the wireless UE over the protect network slice based on the UE context when performance of the working network slice triggers a slice switch based on the UE context.
US11991544B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for correlating network data analytics, NDA, information for a device group comprising multiple terminal devices is provided, wherein each terminal device is associated with a group member identifier and the device group is associated with a group identifier. The apparatus is adapted to receive an NDA request comprising a group identifier and an NDA specification of NDA information to be collected, to send a group member identifier request comprising the group identifier, and to receive, in response to the group member identifier request, one or more group member identifiers associated with the group identifier. The apparatus is further adapted to configure one or more network functions, NFs, associated with the group member identifiers in accordance with the NDA specification, to obtain, from the one or more NFs, NDA information collected for the group member identifiers based on the NDA specification, and to correlate the NDA information collected for the group member identifiers based on their association with the device group.
US11991535B2
Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation.
US11991533B2
A method for disoriented cell configuration includes determining a first number of misaligned sectors in a first set of disoriented cells of a first set of cells, generating data of a second set of disoriented cells based on the first set of disoriented cells or the first number of misaligned sectors for in the first set of disoriented cells, determining a first set of cross-feeder cells, a first set of sector swap cells or a first set of cyclic swap cells, and changing a configuration of an antenna of a disoriented cell of the second set of disoriented cells. Changing the configuration of the antenna includes changing a connection of a set of cables of an antenna of a first cross-feeder cell, or changing a deployed azimuth of an antenna of a sector in the first set of sector swap cells or cyclic swap cells.
US11991532B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform a cell search using a first set of beams. The UE may determine a channel condition value based at least in part on performing the cell search. The UE may modify the channel condition value based at least in part on at least one of: the first set of beams used to perform the cell search, a beam selected from the first set of beams, or a second set of beams that is different from the first set of beams and that is included in a beamforming codebook associated with the UE. The UE may transmit a measurement report that includes the modified channel condition value. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11991530B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: allocate a spectrum resource for a spectrum allocation object of a first set managed by a first level spectrum management device; and to generate spectrum coordination information for a spectrum allocation object of a second set managed by a second level spectrum management device located on a lower level of the first level spectrum management device, so as to provide the same to the second level spectrum management device, wherein the spectrum coordinate information is used for coordination of spectrum allocation executed by the second level spectrum management device and spectrum allocation executed by the first level spectrum management device.
US11991527B2
Provided is a method, performed by an electronic device, of communicating with another electronic device through first communication, the method including: generating a first key based on a secret key of the electronic device and a public key of the other electronic device received through second communication independent of the first communication; transmitting a public key of the electronic device to the other electronic device through the second communication such that a second key corresponding to the first key is generated at the other electronic device; generating a timestamp sequence based on the first key; and conducting communication with the other electronic device through the first communication by using the timestamp sequence.
US11991512B1
Innovative apparatus and methods that improve the articulate amplification and reproduction of performed and recorded audio material including loudspeaker crossover and loudspeaker enclosure tuning methods, dual chamber reflex loudspeaker enclosure configurations, loudspeaker enclosures stiffened by trusses, loudspeaker chambers each filled with a monolithic block of acoustical damping material, loudspeaker grille acoustic filters, preamplifier and amplifier features, and signal transmission cables and connectors configured and sized for optimum acoustic articulation and reliability. Also included is a method for advantageously positioning handles, straps, and support stand receptacles. This patent owner's exclusive rights are hereby established to advertise, assemble, assign, manufacture, sell, license, use and protect from infringement (a) the claimed audio or musical instrument amplification system, and (b) each individually claimed innovation, and thereby (c) every combination and permutation of individually claimed innovations and (d) every combination and permutation of individually claimed innovations included in alternative audio or musical instrument amplification systems.
US11991490B2
An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to couple the electricity usage monitor to monitor an electrical circuit, a meter to measure electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an encoder to receive, from the meter, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, and a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.
US11991484B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store an image; a sensor part including at least one sensor; a projection part including a projection lens configured to output the image to a projection surface; and a processor configured to acquire distance information from the electronic apparatus to the projection surface through the sensor part, acquire output size information of the image based on the acquired distance information, acquire projection surface information corresponding to a bend of the projection surface through the sensor part, acquire movement information of the projection lens based on the output size information of the image and the projection surface information, and control the projection part to output the image based on the movement information.
US11991476B2
The system aims to solve the problems of security during the production of drug preparations by dematerializing the manufacturing order using a graphic interface combined with a comparative video analysis. The comparison can trigger a suitable warning with real-time monitoring and preferably subsequent inspection of the preparation. A secure imaging system for drug preparations on a predetermined site includes a dynamic graphic interface including at least one processing camera having a focal distance adjusted for the detection of objects and connected to a digital unit for managing video signals from the processing camera. The unit makes a comparison between the stored data of the in-process preparation using first images corresponding to the video signals and steps for preparing stored prescriptions and selects a prescription in accordance with the comparison. A warning is activated in the event that at least one step of the indexed preparation does not comply with the corresponding step of the selected prescription. The system also relates to a filming device, a mounting for positioning objects and a system including the filming device and the mounting for positioning objects.
US11991472B2
A method for image processing is provided. The method includes: capturing and receiving a first set of photo frames; storing the first set of photo frames into a storage unit; performing image processing on the first set of photo frames; and capturing and receiving a second set of photo frames. The performing image processing on the first set of photo frames and the capturing and receiving the second set of photo frames are performed simultaneously. The performing image processing on the first set of photo frames includes: reading the first set of photo frames from the storage unit; storing the first set of photo frames into a temporary storage unit; performing image processing on the first set of photo frames by using an image processing algorithm; and outputting a first output picture.
US11991467B2
First and second readout circuits, each having a respective floating diffusion node, are coupled to a photodetection element within a pixel of an integrated-circuit image sensor. Following an exposure interval in which photocharge is accumulated within the photodetection element, a first portion of the accumulated photocharge is transferred from the photodetection element to the first floating diffusion node to enable generation of a first output signal within the first readout circuit, and a second portion of the accumulated photocharge is transferred from the photodetection element to the second floating diffusion node to enable generation of a second output signal within the second readout circuit. A digital pixel value is generated based on the first and second output signals.
US11991466B2
In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
US11991463B2
An imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a unit pixel including a first pixel having a first photoelectric conversion element and including a second pixel having a second photoelectric conversion element, the second pixel being arranged adjacent to the first pixel; and an accumulation portion that accumulates a charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion element and converts the accumulated charge into a voltage. The accumulation portion is disposed at a boundary between the unit pixel and another unit pixel adjacent to the unit pixel.
US11991461B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element and a second processor. The imaging element incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate independent of the first frame rate. The image data is input into the second processor from the first processor. The first processor is configured to acquire positional information indicating a position of an image recognition region set as a processing target of image recognition processing in the image data. The second processor is configured to perform the image recognition processing on the image recognition region based on the positional information.
US11991459B2
An image processing device replaces pixel values received from an imaging device that includes multiple types of pixels being arranged in a first pixel arrangement to detect different wavelength ranges of light, with pixel values of pixels in a second pixel arrangement different from the first pixel arrangement, by determining whether there is an edge indicating a direction along which pixels having a smaller change in pixel values are aligned that are positioned around a target pixel to be interpolated, and have a same color as the target pixel after replacement; and interpolating, if an edge is determined, a pixel value of the target pixel using the pixel values of the pixels along the direction of the edge, or if no edge, the pixel value of the target pixel using pixel values of pixels along a direction of another edge detected based on brightness around the target pixel.
US11991456B2
A PWM control system includes a memory and a processor. The processor obtains characteristics of a camera capturing an image of a video display. The characteristics include a duration of a camera shutter open period. The processor calculates a PWM timing control for the display, specifying a PWM cycle duration based on the period. The processor sends a signal to the video display including the timing control and configured to control video display brightness when the camera shutter is open. The characteristics may further indicate that the camera has a global shutter. The signal may cause a plurality of PWM cycles to be output while the camera shutter is open. The signal may cause initiation of the PWM cycle based on a camera shutter synchronization signal received by the processor.
US11991454B2
An image capturing control apparatus to control image capturing of an image capturing apparatus includes a first instruction unit configured to instruct the image capturing apparatus to capture a first image by applying an exposure time to each region on an image capturing surface divided into a plurality of regions, a calculation unit configured to calculate an exposure time to be equally applied to the plurality of regions based on the exposure time applied to each region in the first image, and a second instruction unit configured to instruct the image capturing apparatus to capture a second image by equally applying the exposure time calculated by the calculation unit to the plurality of regions.
US11991452B2
An imaging device comprises: an image sensor to convert an optical image captured in light receiving elements arranged in an array on an imaging surface into sensor signals and output the sensor signals; a modulator provided on a light receiving surface of the image sensor and to modulate light by using a first grating pattern; an exposure control unit to determine an exposure condition based on the sensor signals, change a set exposure condition to the determined exposure condition, and control exposure in accordance with the changed exposure condition; and an image processing unit to generate a second grating pattern corresponding to the first grating pattern, generate a moiré fringe image based on the second grating pattern and the sensor signals, and generate a photographed image based on the moiré fringe image. The exposure condition includes an exposure time of the image sensor and a transmittance of the modulator.
US11991445B2
A method to stabilize image capture for a camera device (110). The method includes capturing, at an auxiliary frame rate and using an auxiliary imaging element (112) rigidly coupled with the camera device (110), auxiliary images of a light source (143) attached to an object (142), where the auxiliary frame rate exceeds a camera frame rate of the image capture (1211); detecting each of a plurality of locations of the light source (143) in a corresponding one of the auxiliary images (1212); analyzing the plurality of locations to generate a measure of uncontrolled movement (1213); and adjusting, based at least on the measure of uncontrolled movement, the camera device (110) during the image capture of the object by the camera device (110) at the camera frame rate (1214).
US11991441B2
A method includes: obtaining, by a first electronic device, a photographing instruction; determining location information of to-be-photographed content corresponding to the photographing instruction or a photographing mode according to the photographing instruction, and determining, a camera at the most suitable location for photographing the to-be-photographed content from at least two cameras controllable by the first electronic device as a target camera, where the at least two cameras include a camera on the first electronic device and a camera of a second electronic device, and the first electronic device is different from the second electronic device; and controlling, by the first electronic device, the target camera to execute the photographing instruction to obtain image data acquired by the target camera.
US11991440B2
A method for treatment-based photo guidance may include receiving a treatment plan, determining the movement of a first one or more teeth based on the movement of tooth models in the treatment plan, and determining one or more photo views for capturing the movement of the first one or more teeth.
US11991438B2
An imaging device capable of executing image processing is provided. An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. A highly reliable imaging device is provided. An imaging device with higher integration degree of pixels is provided. An imaging device manufactured at low cost is provided. The imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion device, a first transistor that is formed in a first layer and includes silicon in a channel formation layer, and a capacitor that is formed in a second layer bonded to the first layer. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of electrodes of the photoelectric conversion device, and the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of electrodes of the capacitor. A pixel having a function of generating first data and a function of multiplying the first data to have a given magnification to generate second data is included. The first data and the second data each have an analog value.
US11991419B2
Method starts with a processor causing an electronic program guide (EPG) to be displayed on a first client device that is associated with a first user. Processor detects a selection of a selectable item included in the EPG associated with a media content item by the first user. Processor identifies a second user that is connected to the first user on a communication platform. Processor retrieves a main user identification associated with the first user and a secondary user identification associated with the second user and generates a request for the media content item including media content identification, main user identification, and secondary user identification. Processor then receives a playlist associated with the media content item that comprises media content item segments including first avatar associated with first user and second avatar associated with second user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11991409B2
A remote controller includes a touch screen, a communicator, and a processor. The processor controls control a first user interface to be displayed on the touch screen, identifies a signal which is received through the communicator while the first user interface is displayed on the touch screen, and controls a second user interface to be displayed on the touch screen based on the received signal. The second user interface performs a function which is different from that of the first user interface.
US11991406B2
An ad is placed in a movie, by analyzing inherent characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewed characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewer characteristics of a viewer of the movie, obtaining advertiser preferences for placement of the ad in the movie, determining costs of placing the ad in the movie based on the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics and the advertiser preferences, and placing the ad in the movie in accordance with the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics, the advertiser preferences and the determined costs.
US11991403B2
A method and system for dynamically watermarking media content based on transport-stream metadata, to facilitate action by a downstream entity. An intermediary in a media-distribution path could receive a transport stream carrying media content and carrying metadata that is not watermarked in the media content. The intermediary could then obtain from the transport stream the metadata that is not watermarked in the media content and could modify the media content at least by encoding into the media content a watermark that represents the obtained metadata. And the intermediary could then output at least the modified media content for transmission to a downstream entity. The downstream entity could thus obtain from the watermark in the media content the metadata and could use the metadata to facilitate carrying out one or more useful actions.
US11991400B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for executing audio cryptology in real-time for audio misappropriation prevention. The system is configured for identifying, via a cryptographic device, one or more audio signals, causing the cryptographic device to generate and emit a dynamically varying continuous audio tone, continuously monitoring in real-time the one or more audio signals, via the cryptographic device, determining, via the cryptographic device, termination of the one or more audio signals based on continuously monitoring the one or more audio signals in real-time, and causing the cryptographic device to stop generating and emitting the dynamically varying continuous audio tone.
US11991397B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a video block and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the video block is a coding tree node that includes one or more coding units, and wherein the rule specifies that a coded information of the video block is indicative of whether a coding mode is enabled for the one or more coding units of the video block.
US11991396B1
Methods, systems, apparatus for video processing are described. The processing may include encoding, decoding or transcoding. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including one or more pictures and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies to include, in a general constrain syntax structure, a syntax element indicating whether each picture includes only one slice, and whether a picture header syntax structure is present in a slice header.
US11991391B2
A method for intra prediction comprises determining a first MPM candidate corresponding to a left-side candidate block on the basis of a position of the left-side candidate block adjacent to a left side of a current block; determining a second MPM candidate corresponding to an upper-end candidate block on the basis of a position of the upper-end candidate block adjacent to an upper end of the current block; generating an MPM candidate list including a plurality of MPM candidates, on the basis of the first MPM candidate and the second MPM candidate; and determining one MPM candidate of the pluraity of the MPM candidates that constitute the MPM candidate list as an intra prediction mode of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block on the basis of the determined intra prediction mode to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block.
US11991386B2
A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by acquiring a video bitstream including data associated with multiple encoded pictures, each picture including multiple rows of coding tree units (CTUs) and each CTU including one or more coding units (CUs). A data buffer storing a plurality of history-based motion vector predictors is used for encoding the rows of CTUs and the decoding process resets the buffer before decoding a first CU of a current row of CTUs. For a current CU of the row of CTUs, a motion vector candidate list is constructed from exploiting spatial and temporal correlation of motion vectors of neighbouring code units as well as the history-based motion vector predictors in the buffer. Finally, one motion vector predictor is selected, from the motion vector candidate list, for decoding the current CU and the buffer is updated based on the selected one.
US11991381B2
A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
US11991377B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry can decode prediction information of a chroma coding block (CB) from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information indicates an intra block copy (IBC) mode for the chroma CB and the chroma CB includes one or more chroma units. The processing circuitry can determine a chroma block vector (BV) for one of the one or more chroma units based on at least one luma unit collocated with the one of the one or more chroma units. The at least one luma unit is coded in the IBC mode. The processing circuitry can reconstruct at least one sample in the one of the one or more chroma units based on the chroma BV. The at least one luma unit and the chroma CB can be associated with separate luma-chroma coding trees.
US11991368B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatus for compressing video content using deep generative models. One example method generally includes receiving video content for compression. The received video content is generally encoded into a latent code space through an auto-encoder, which may be implemented by a first artificial neural network. A compressed version of the encoded video content is generally generated through a trained probabilistic model, which may be implemented by a second artificial neural network, and output for transmission.
US11991365B2
A method of inter-predicting a current block using any one of a plurality of bi-prediction modes is disclosed. The method comprises decoding, from a bitstream, mode information indicating whether a first mode included in the plurality of bi-prediction modes is applied to the current block. When the mode information indicates that the first mode is applied to the current block, the method further comprises: decoding, from the bitstream, first motion information including differential motion vector information and predicted motion vector information for a first motion vector and second motion information not including at least a portion of predicted motion vector information and differential motion vector information for a second motion vector; and deriving the first motion vector based on the first motion information and deriving the second motion vector based on both at least a portion of the first motion information and the second motion information.
US11991364B2
This disclosure relates to encoding and decoding of motion vector difference for inter-predicting a video block. An example is disclosed for decoding an inter-predicted video block of a video stream. The method may include determining that a motion vector associated with the inter-predicted video block is encoded as a motion vector difference (MVD) between the motion vector and a reference motion vector; obtaining, from the video stream, an indication of a magnitude range of the MVD among a plurality of predefined magnitude ranges for motion vector differences; determining a pixel resolution for the MVD according to the magnitude range; identifying additional MVD information in the video stream based on the pixel resolution; extracting the additional MVD information from the video stream; and decoding the inter-predicted video block based on the pixel resolution, the additional MVD information, the reference motion vector, and a reference frame associated with the motion vector.
US11991362B2
A method for decoding an image, according to the present document, comprises: receiving a bitstream including BDPCM information; deriving residual samples for a current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples and the prediction samples; and performing deblocking filtering on the reconstructed picture, wherein when BDPCM is applied to the current block, the deblocking filtering is not performed.
US11991361B2
A video coding system comprises a post-processing stage using position dependent intra prediction combination where a predicted sample is modified based on a weighting between a value of a left or top reference sample and the obtained predicted value for the sample, wherein the left or top reference sample is determined based on the intra prediction angle. This provides better computing efficiency while keeping identical compression performance. Encoding method, decoding method, encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus based on this post-processing stage are proposed.
US11991351B2
Video coding methods are described for reducing latency in template-based inter coding. In some embodiments, a method is provided for coding a video that includes a current picture and at least one reference picture. For at least a current block in the current picture, a respective predicted value is generated (e.g. using motion compensated prediction) for each sample in a template region adjacent to the current block. Once the predicted values are generated for each sample in the template region, a process is invoked to determine a template-based inter prediction parameter by using predicted values in the template region and sample values the reference picture. This process can be invoked without waiting for reconstructed sample values in the template region. Template-based inter prediction of the current block is then performed using the determined template-based inter prediction parameter.
US11991349B2
A method of decoding a coded video bitstream includes obtaining a reference picture list structure for a current slice represented in the coded video bitstream, wherein the reference picture list structure contains a number of entries; obtaining a default number of active entries in a reference picture list for the current slice; constructing a reference picture list for the current slice, the reference picture list containing a number of active and inactive entries; setting the number of active entries in the reference picture list equal to the number of entries in the reference picture list structure when the default number of active entries in the reference picture list is greater than the number of entries in the reference picture list structure; and obtaining, based on at least one active entry of the reference picture list, at least one reconstructed block of the current slice.
US11991346B2
Monitoring of a vehicle is provided. A plurality of video feeds captured from cameras of the vehicle are received, over a network from a vehicle, each of the plurality of video feeds including a plurality frames, each of the frames of each of the video feeds being assigned a sequence number that increases for each successive frame. The sequence numbers are analyzed to identify missing frames, delayed frames, or stale frames. The plurality of video feeds is displayed, to one or more monitors, the sequence numbers corresponding to the displayed frames, and for each of the plurality of video feeds, indications of whether any missed frames, delayed frames, or stale frames were identified.
US11991343B2
Systems and methods are described for providing a 3D display, such as a light-field display. In some embodiments, a display device includes a light-emitting layer comprising an addressable array of light-emitting elements. An optical layer overlays the light-emitting layer. The optical layer includes a plurality of distributed lenses. In some embodiments, the distributed lenses include non-contiguous lens regions. In some embodiments, distributed lens regions with different optical centers are interlaced with one another. A spatial light modulator is operative to provide control over which lens regions transmit light from the light-emitting layer outside the display device. In some embodiments, the use of interlaced and/or non-contiguous distributed lenses provides improved display resolution with a reduction in diffraction effects.
US11991335B2
An example embodiment may involve obtaining an input pixel map of a digital image containing an array of a×b pixel macro-cells; classifying each of the a×b pixel macro-cells as P class cells for substantially lossless compression or Q class cells for lossy compression; creating a first intermediate pixel map representing: the P class cells as is, and the Q class cells with all zero values; creating a second intermediate pixel map representing: the P class cells with all zero values, and the Q class cells as is; encoding the first intermediate pixel map into a first output stream by using substantially lossless compression; and encoding the second intermediate pixel map into a second output stream by: downsampling the P class cells and the Q class cells therein, and serializing representations the downsampled cells.
US11991329B2
An image reading apparatus includes a common transport route, a first and a second transport route, a first and a second image sensor, a first and a second discharge tray, and a controller. The controller executes a first reading mode including guiding the document from the common transport route to the first transport route, reading the image on the first face of the document with the first image sensor, and discharging the document to the first discharge tray, or a second reading mode including reading the image on the second face of the document with the second image sensor, guiding the document from the common transport route to the second transport route, and discharging the document to the second discharge tray, inhibits the first reading mode, upon deciding that the first discharge tray is full, and inhibits the second reading mode, upon deciding that the second discharge tray is full.
US11991305B2
An apparatus comprising means for, a method comprising, and a computer program that performs: preventing rendering, via the apparatus, of a message received at the apparatus; determining an association between the received message and an external, real object; and enabling rendering of the message via the apparatus in response to a change from a first physical relationship between a user and the external, real object to a second physical relationship between the user and the external, real object.
US11991299B1
Systems and methods are described herein for facilitating use of artificial intelligence platforms to generate network mappings for conducting blockchain actions. The system may access an internal index for an artificial intelligence platform, wherein the internal index comprises on-chain self-executing program characteristics and off-chain self-executing program characteristics and wherein the on-chain self-executing program characteristics and off-chain self-executing program characteristics are archived in the internal index based on respective temporal identifiers.
US11991296B2
A method may include receiving a check-in request at a server of a consent management platform from a content-presentation device. The request may by or include an authentication certificate for establishing a secure communicative connection. A device token cryptographically-signed by the server, a global identifier (GID) unique to the content-presentation device, and a device-based device record may be received over the secure communicative connection. The server may retrieve a server-based device record for the device from a flat database using the GID as an index key, and then compare a device-based sequence number in the device-based device record with a server-based sequence number in the server-based device record. If the sequence numbers match, the server may send a check-in complete message to the content-presentation. If the sequence numbers do not match, the server may initiate a synchronization procedure with the content-presentation device.
US11991287B2
A method for a user to access resources within a secure network without inputting a username or password is presented and claimed where the method comprises inputting, by the user, login credentials into an authentication service and obtaining from the authentication service at least one secret code; inputting the at least one secret code into an OTCP to initialize the OTCP; generating within the OTCP a one-time code (OTC) utilizing the at least one secret code but not including the user's login credentials or username; supplying, by the user, the OTC to a secure web portal wherein the secure web portal confirms authenticity of the OTC with the authentication service; and the secure web portal supplying access to the user of the secure web portal resources upon receipt of authentication of the user.
US11991260B2
Dynamic service discovery and offloading framework for edge computing based cellular network systems
A user equipment (UE) or other device performs service discovery of edge computing resources in a cellular network system and dynamic offloading of UE application tasks to discovered edge computing resources. As part of the discovery process, the device (e.g., the UE) may request edge server site capability information. When performing dynamic offloading, the UE may obtain (collect and/or receive) information regarding channel conditions, cellular network parameters or application requirements and dynamically determine whether a task of the application executing on the UE should be offloaded to an edge server or executed locally on the UE. In making decisions between offloaded or local execution, the UE may use a utility function that takes into account factors such as relative differences in application latency, energy consumption and offloading cost.
US11991252B2
The present disclosure relates to a method, device, and system for configuring parameters, a computer device, a medium, and a product. A configuration device for configuring parameter sampling with respect to an edge device includes: one information acquiring unit, configured to acquire information related to the purpose and use environment of the edge device; one transmitting unit, configured to transmit the information to a cloud platform; and one configuration information determining unit, configured to receive configuration information for parameter sampling with respect to the edge device from the cloud platform, where the configuration information is configuration information determined as matching the information by the cloud platform utilizing a configuration model stored thereby.
US11991246B2
Techniques and apparatus for data networking are described. In one example, a method includes receiving a first Layer-2 Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) packet which includes a virtual local area network (VLAN) tag and a quality-of-service (QoS) data field; converting the first Layer-2 RDMA packet to a first Layer-3 encapsulated packet; and forwarding the first Layer-3 encapsulated packet to a switch fabric. In this method, the converting includes adding at least one header to the first Layer-2 RDMA packet, where the at least one header includes: a virtual network identifier that is based on information from the VLAN tag, and a QoS value that is based on information from the QoS data field.
US11991241B2
A server system including a first server to execute first role, other server to execute at other role, spare server and management layer server. The management layer server is configured to allocate first group of users to access first server and other group of users to access other server, receive status information sent by first server and status information sent by other server, analyse status information to determine an operational status of first server and operational status of other server, update role of spare server to first role when operational status of first server indicates failed state and reallocate first group of users to the spare server, and update a role of another spare server to the other role when the operational status of the other server indicates a failed state and reallocate the other group of users to the other spare server.
US11991238B2
A network address assigned a shared designation by a first client computer is received, in a first data format, automatically, at a host computer from the first client computer. The network address is categorized and published. Publishing the network address includes converting the network address into a second data format, receiving, at the host computer, a subscription request from a second client computer, and sending the network address to the second client computer in response to receiving the subscription request.
US11991226B2
A system for data and signal routing for videotelephonic conferencing is provided. The system has a video recognition module in communication with a merchandise database, wherein the video recognition module is configured to recognize an article in-video during the telephonic conference and match it to an item in a merchandise database, a gesture module configured to recognize a user gesture and further configured to communicate the gesture to the video recognition module, a persisted cart module in communication with the gesture module and the video recognition module, wherein the persisted cart module is, in response to an input from the gesture module, configured to automatically populate both a customer interface associated with the customer and a merchant user interface associated with a merchant with a graphical cart that appears in-video on both user interface, and a display configuration module in communication with the persisted cart, wherein the display configuration module is configured to transform the article in-video to a digital graphical representation of the article in video and store it in the cart on both user interfaces.
US11991214B2
A system and method for self-adjusting cybersecurity analysis and score generation, wherein a reconnaissance engine gathers data about a client's computer network from the client, from devices and systems on the client's network, and from the Internet regarding various aspects of cybersecurity. Each of these aspects is evaluated independently, weighted, and cross-referenced to generate a cybersecurity score by aggregating individual vulnerability and risk factors together to provide a comprehensive characterization of cybersecurity risk using a transparent and traceable methodology. The scoring system itself can be used as a state machine with the cybersecurity score acting as a feedback mechanism, in which a cybersecurity score can be set at a level appropriate for a given organization, and data from clients or groups of clients with more extensive reporting can be used to supplement data for clients or groups of clients with less extensive reporting to enhance cybersecurity analysis and scoring.
US11991203B2
Methods and systems for generating stateful attacks for simulating and testing security infrastructure readiness. Attack templates descriptive of a plurality of attacks to be executed against one or more targets are defined. The attack templates are processed to compile a decision tree by traversing through a list of attack templates to create a logical tree with tree branches representing different execution paths through which attacks may be executed against the targets. During attack simulations and/or testing, single and/or multi-stage attacks are executed against targets, wherein attack sequences are dynamically determined using the execution paths in the decision tree in view of real-time results. The attacks may be executed against various types of targets, including target in existing security infrastructures and simulated targets. Moreover, the attacks may originate from computer systems within security infrastructures or remotely using computer systems external to the security infrastructures.
US11991201B2
The principles described herein relate to the training and implementation of a model designed to estimate the probability of new security incidents being true incidents. This occurs in an environment where a service such as a SIEM monitors a network of computing systems and other resources and detects a variety of incidents that could be security threats. These incidents are reported to the SOC for investigation and the SOC will take appropriate action to mitigate potential threats of true security breaches. As part of the investigation process, the SOC can label whether a security incident is true, false or benign. After labeling enough security incidents a model can be produced to estimate the probability that new security incidents are true incidents. This would help the SOC filter through security incidents more efficiently and allow for quicker response of the most likely security breaches.
US11991190B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to establish a user equipment context for a user equipment registered with the apparatus, the user equipment context being associated with an identity of the user equipment, determine that a plurality of network messages comprising the identity of the user equipment as sender fail a network message integrity process, and trigger, responsive to the determination, at least one of: 1) sending a paging message to the user equipment, and 2) initiating an authentication process with a sender of the network messages, and deletion the user equipment context as a response to successful completion of the authentication process.
US11991176B2
A method between an end-point networked device of a sending user (SU) and an end-point networked device of a receiving user (RU) is provided that includes registering the end-point device of the SU in the networked database by issuance of a Unique ID (UID) for the end-point device of the SU. The SU enters information into the end-point device of the SU and supplies the UID to the RU. The RU enters the UID into the end-point device of the RU, a web browser, or another end-point device database interface to generate a query requesting the information from the end-point device of the SU. The information is transmitted to the end-point device of the RU, the web browser or the other end-point device database interface. A material or other request is completed based on the information. A system is also provided that facilitates the aforementioned methods.
US11991173B2
A method for generating a digital ID comprising capturing one or more user images of user's face, transmitting the one or more user images or data derived therefrom to a verification server and determining if the one or more images represent a live person. Capturing an ID image of a photo identification for the user and transmitting the ID image to the verification server. Comparing at least one of the one or more user images or data derived therefrom to the image of the user on the photo identification to determine if user in the one or more user images is the same person as the image on the photo identification. Responsive to a match from the comparing and a determination that a live person was captured in the one or more user images, generating a user digital ID and transmitting the user digital ID to the user.
US11991166B2
A technique is provided by which a user goes to a site and instead of the authentication system of the site going to their own databases to match an ID and password given by the user, because doing so is not secure, the site companies makes a call to an identity assurance score server (with ties to the ID-less and password-less system) and send a parameter such as a number. Then, based on that parameter (e.g., number or score), the identity assurance score server (with ties to the ID-less and password-less system, such as described hereinabove) sends a corresponding login protocol or factors to be satisfied to authenticate the user.
US11991163B1
Syncing data warehouse permissions using single sign-on authentication including establishing a link between a first cloud-based data warehouse and a second cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the link facilitates access to data stored in the second cloud-based data warehouse via the first cloud-based data warehouse; receiving, by the first cloud-based data warehouse, a first query referencing first data stored in the second cloud-based data warehouse; accessing, by the first cloud-based data warehouse, from the second cloud-based data warehouse, the first data; and sending a response to the first query based on the accessed first data.
US11991161B2
A server includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to: transmit, in a case where the first function information is received from the specific device, the first authentication information to the specific device; receive, in a case where the first authentication information is input to a first function execution device after the first authentication information is transmitted to the specific device, the first authentication information from the first function execution device; and execute, in a case where the first authentication information is received from the first function execution device, a first enabling process for enabling the first function in the first function execution device, wherein the first function is identified by the first function information in the memory associated with the first authentication information.
US11991151B2
A method including configuring, by an infrastructure device, a virtual private network (VPN) server to receive, while executing an initial operating system, a primary VPN operating system; configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to receive, while executing the primary VPN operating system, custom parameters associated with the VPN server providing VPN services; configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to determine a VPN operating system based at least in part on configuring the primary VPN operating system with the custom parameters; and configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to execute the VPN operating system to provide the VPN services. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11991147B2
A method and a system for securely controlling a remote measurement device. A connection between at least one remote measurement device and a server, such as a server computer, connected to the Internet is established. By a firewall, the at least one remote measurement device is protected from unauthorized access via the Internet. In case of an event of the at least one remote measurement device, an event notification is sent from the at least one remote measurement device to the server via the firewall. A temporary access token is generated by the server in response to the event notification received from the remote measurement device. Access is temporarily granted to the at least one remote measurement device based on the temporary access token.
US11991138B2
Methods, servers and mobile stations are provided to allow a sender mobile station which has transmitted a message toward a recipient mobile station via a first protocol to be notified that the message has been delivered to the recipient mobile station via a different protocol. The sender mobile station may be notified that the message was delivered to the recipient mobile station via a different protocol method via a disposition notification message comprising an indication that the message was delivered to the recipient mobile station via a different protocol.
US11991136B1
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for sidebar communication threads forked from, or related to, a principal thread. Messages in the sidebar communication thread may include a history of the principal thread, including one or more messages from the principal thread, and may include a proposed principal thread message that is the subject of the sidebar thread discussion. The sidebar thread may also include sidebar thread messages that carries the conversation of the sidebar thread participants. Once a termination condition is reached for the sidebar thread, the sidebar thread terminates and either the proposed principal thread message (as potentially modified by participants of the sidebar thread) becomes an accepted principal thread message and it is posted to the principal thread as if it was sent by the sidebar initiator or no message is posted (e.g., the proposed principal thread message is rejected). The message that is posted may not include any sidebar thread content.
US11991134B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for transmitting a message reaction captured in a recording. A method includes determining that a message has been sent to a first computing device of a first user from a second computing device; in response to determining that the first user provided consent for a recording of the first user during output of the message on the first computing device, retrieving the recording of the first user, wherein the recording is indicative of a reaction of the first user to the message, and wherein receiving the consent enables instructing of a camera on board the first computing device to capture the recording when the message is output on the first computing device and to stop capturing the recording immediately after the output of the message has ended; and transmitting the recording to the second computing device.
US11991131B2
Enhanced data sharing from the enterprise to end users involves receiving a data sharing command on an administrative control panel. The data sharing command has a selection of content, identity information of a communication session initiator, and identity information of a communication session recipient. A submission request, which includes the content and identity information of the initiator is transmitted to a computing device associated with the recipient. Local records on the recipient computing device are updatable with the received visual content and the identity information of the initiator. This data is presentable to the recipient upon an incoming communications session request.
US11991130B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by determining topics of electronic communications between users and generating customized media content items based on such topics. The media content can be generated for a variety of topics and shared with other users. For example, media content (e.g., images or video) can be generated and displayed on a user's computing device, as well as transmitted to other users via electronic communications, such as short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) texts and mails.
US11991128B2
A method and a system to suggest a content item to be included in a message based on a determined context are provided. A context of a message that user is composing via a composition interface is determined based on one or more properties of the message. One or more inputs to the user composition interface are identified, the one or more inputs indicating at least a portion of intended content of the message. One or more suggested content items are provided for inclusion in the message based on the context of the message and the one or more inputs. A suggested content item of the suggested content items are added in the message based at least in part on the one or more properties of the message.
US11991123B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration including a plurality of codebook subset restrictions. The UE may identify a codebook subset restriction, of the plurality of codebook subset restrictions, to be applied to precoding matrix indicator (PMI) selection associated with a slot. The UE may transmit a channel state information (CSI) report including an indication of a PMI selected based at least in part on the identified codebook subset restriction. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11991114B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for retransmission of sidelink transmissions using network coding. A transmitting device transmits a transport block and a request for a NC encoding device to retransmit the transport block to a plurality of UEs. The NC encoding device transmits a packet encoding a plurality of transport blocks previously transmitted by one or more transmitting devices. The NC encoding device receives a plurality of acknowledgments (ACK) or negative acknowledgments (NACK) for the plurality of transport blocks from the plurality of UEs. The NC encoding device determines whether a respective transport block has satisfied an ACK condition based on the plurality of ACKs or NACKs from the plurality of UEs. The NC encoding device transmits an acknowledgment message to the one or more transmitting devices for at least the respective transport block.
US11991108B2
A signal processing method includes: transmitting, to a network entity from a user equipment, a capability indication indicating that the user equipment is capable of processing a plurality of positioning reference signals, of a plurality of different frequencies corresponding to different frequency layers, that at least partially overlap in receipt time at the user equipment; receiving the plurality of positioning reference signals at the user equipment at least partially overlapping in time; and processing the plurality of positioning reference signals at the user equipment in accordance with the capability indication.
US11991103B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method comprises: transmitting coherent information of a communication device; and receiving configuration information for the communication device, wherein the configuration information indicates a plurality of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports assigned to the communication device and is based at least on the coherent information.
US11991102B2
The disclosure pertains to methods and apparatus for transmitting uplink data to a wireless network asynchronously comprising generating data for transmission to the network on an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) transport channel, selecting between transmitting the data to the network orthogonally or non-orthogonally, and transmitting the data on the selected physical channel.
US11991099B2
A first radio base station informs a second radio base station about the configuration information of a second carrier, such as NBC or EC, not having an individual first identifier, as the configuration information of the second carrier is correlated with a first carrier, such as BC, having the individual first identifier. The radio station has a function of performing communication with a radio terminal using simultaneously a plurality of carriers included in the carrier set.
US11991098B2
A multicarrier-based data transmission method and an apparatus for use in a mobile communication system are provided. A Radio Network Temporary Identity (RNTI) reception method of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting inter-evolved Node B (eNB) carrier aggregation includes receiving cell information on at least one activated cell under control of an eNB, configuring first and second RNTIs allocated by the eNB, monitoring the at least one activated cell for the first RNTI, and monitoring a primary cell among the at least one activated cell for the second RNTI.
US11991095B2
A network system includes P upper switches, Q lower switches, and a first mapping device. Each upper switch of the P upper switches includes a plurality of upper ports. A group of upper switches selected from the P upper switches includes P1 upper switches. Each lower switch of the Q lower switches includes a plurality of upper ports. The first mapping device includes P1 upper adapter terminals coupled to a part of upper ports of the P1 upper switches, and P1 lower adapter terminals coupled to lower ports of a part of Q lower switches. The first mapping device is used for allocating a plurality of transmitting channels and receiving channels received by each upper adapter terminal to the P1 lower adapter terminals.
US11991071B2
Systems and methods for computing paths through a network are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes the step of receiving information regarding a path through a network from a source node via one or more intermediate nodes to a destination node, whereby the path is loosely defined by a user as a partially-completed route through the network using one or more network resources. The method also includes the step of utilizing the information regarding the path to automatically compute a completed home route from the source node to the destination node while attempting to retain as many of the one or more intermediate nodes of the path as possible.
US11991070B2
A system for layer-2 path tracing is provided. During operation, the system can send, from an originating device, a layer-2 trace packet with a packet type in a layer-2 header of the layer-2 trace packet. The packet type can indicate the trace packet to be a tracing packet. The system can then receive a layer-2 response packet from a respective participating device, which supports layer-2 path tracing, on a path to a target device of the trace packet. Subsequently, the system can obtain, from a payload of the response packet, trace information of a forward path to the participating device traversed by the trace packet and a reverse path from the participating device traversed by the response packet. The trace information can identify one or more layer-2 devices along the forward and reverse paths, and include one or more layer-2 identifiers corresponding to the identified one or more layer-2 devices.
US11991069B2
Techniques and architecture are described grouping various sources of traffic within a network into grouping fields and assigning each combination of grouping field values an aggregate identification (ID). A first hop edge router may receive a packet and search a mapping table for a corresponding aggregate ID for the combination of grouping field values within the mapping table. If not found, the first hop edge router may assign a corresponding aggregate ID for the combination of grouping field values and store the new aggregate ID for the combination of grouping field values in the mapping table. The first hop edge router may forward the packet on through the network with the aggregate ID embedded in metadata. Routers within the network may measure and aggregate flow metrics of the packet within the network based on the aggregate ID and provide the measurements to the network controller.
US11991067B2
A system may include a client device running multiple client-side applications and server equipment running multiple server-side applications. One or more traffic aggregators may be provided between the client-side applications and the server-side applications. Each traffic aggregator may aggregate application traffic from the multiple applications to form one or more classes of aggregated data. Interfaces may be provided between the traffic aggregators and the applications to customize application traffic. Traffic aggregators in the system may be dynamically updated.
US11991063B2
An abnormality detection device according to the present invention is a video transmission state abnormality detection device connected via a network to a plurality of video transmission devices, an IP packet transfer device on the transmission side, an IP packet transfer device on the reception side, and a plurality of video reception devices. The video transmission state abnormality detection device prepares a transmission/reception IP flow table by aggregating IP flow information for the devices, detects an abnormality in transmission on the basis of the transmission/reception IP flow table, and specifies the location of the abnormality. The abnormality detection device according to the present invention can automatically detect the amount of traffic and specify which part of a transmission path an abnormality is caused on, without the need for advance setting. Therefore, video or sound traffic can be monitored efficiently.
US11991059B1
Described herein are supervised machine learning techniques for generating a first machine learned model, which receives, as input, values for a set of utilization metrics for a server computer and generates, as output, a service-specific health score for the server computer, and for generating a second machine learned model, which receives, as input, values for the volume of application traffic directed to a group of server computers hosting the service for each of several prior time periods and generates, as output, an application traffic forecast for the group of server computers, for a future time period.
US11991058B2
A disclosed method deploys a containerized health monitoring service that includes an embedded health monitoring service script. The containerized service generates a secure shell (SSH) key pair including an SSH public key and an SSH private key. A management account of the containerized service is registered with a centralized account service. An SSH control module of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) manager retrieves from the account service the management account of the containerized service. The control module visits the containerized service to retrieve the SSH public key and stores the SSH public key to a target resource such as a host or virtual machine to enable any instance of the containerized service to remotely execute the health monitoring service script on the target resource with an SSH command.
US11991054B2
Methods and apparatus for jitter-less distributed Function as a Service (FaaS) using flavor clustering. A set of FaaS functions clustered by flavor chaining is implemented to deploy one or more FaaS flavor clusters on one or more edge nodes, wherein each flavor is defined by a set of resource requirements mapped into a jitter Quality of Service (QoS) and is executed on at least one hardware computing component on the one or more edge nodes. One or more jitter controllers are implemented to control and monitor execution of FaaS functions in the one or more FaaS flavor clusters such that the functions are executed to meet jitter-less QoS requirements. Jitter controllers include platform jitter-less function controllers in edge nodes and a data center FaaS jitter-less controller. A jitter-less Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) network controller is also provided to provide network resources used by FaaS flavor clusters and satisfy connectivity requirements between the edge nodes.
US11991052B2
A communication system provides multimedia communications within and between armored ground combat vehicles (GCVs). The system includes client computers within the armored GCVs providing distributed and interconnected multimedia communications among the client computers. The multimedia communication may include a one-to-one communication, a text communication to a group, an audio communication to a group, or a video communication to a group. Logic providing the distributed and interconnected multimedia communications is not located at a single client computer. The client computers display graphical user interfaces (GUIs) enabling soldiers to select parameters of the communication system with some GUIs providing presence discovery among the armored GCVs. One of the plurality of client computers acts as an origination station and other client computers may be configured as receiving communication station(s). The origination communication station may transmit digital communication data to the receiving communication station(s).
US11991027B2
Systems and methods for phase demodulation is described. A wireless power transmitter can include a controller, a transmission coil, and an integrated circuit connected to the controller and the transmission coil. The integrated circuit can be configured to measure a voltage of a transmission coil of a wireless power transmitter. The integrated circuit can be further configured to generate, based on the measured voltage, a pulse signal comprising a plurality of pulses. The integrated circuit can be further configured to send the pulse signal to the controller of the wireless power transmitter. The controller can be configured to perform phase demodulation using the pulse signal.
US11991026B2
Provided are a channel flatness compensation method, a channel flatness compensation apparatus, a storage medium, a baseband chip, and a device, wherein the method is applied to a transmitting link modulated by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and includes: receiving an input vector of a current sub-carrier subjected to sub-carrier mapping processing, and determining current values of preset configuration parameters corresponding to the current sub-carrier; querying a preset frequency domain compensation table according to the current values of the preset configuration parameters, and determining a target compensation vector according to a query result; and determining an output vector of the current sub-carrier according to the input vector and the target compensation vector, wherein the output vector is used in an inverse fast Fourier transform operation.
US11991015B2
According to some embodiments, a system for reducing bandwidth usage is disclosed. The system comprises a computer server that receives a request to initiate a chat room, associated with digital content over a computer network and a computer readable medium comprising instructions that perform a method when executed by the centralized computer server. The method comprises initiating a multicast communication and assigning a unique identifier to the multicast communication. A set of messages associated with the unique identifier is received. If it is determined that a number of messages is greater than a pre-determined number of messages, determining a location of each of the users and grouping the users into a first group and into a second group where the first group are all located within a pre-defined radius based on a first determined location and the second group are all located within a pre-defined radius based on a second determined location.
US11991003B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing contention window size updates for code block group based retransmission configurations in a wireless communication system. A code block group based wireless communication may be performed in unlicensed spectrum. A reference burst of the code block group based wireless communication may be identified. One or more of a number of acknowledgements or a number of negative acknowledgements associated with the reference burst may be identified. A contention window size adjustment may be determined based at least in part on one or more of the number of acknowledgements or the number of negative acknowledgements associated with the reference burst.
US11990991B2
A method of transmitting an electronic attack signal includes obtaining channel information about each of objects to be attacked, generating a beamforming matrix, based on the channel information, determining respective intensities of electronic attack signals to be respectively transmitted to the objects, based on the channel information and the beamforming matrix, and transmitting the electronic attack signals of the intensities respectively determined for the objects to the objects, respectively.
US11990986B2
This application provides a spectrum resource configuration method, a network device, and a system. The method includes: A network device determines spectrum resources to be used by a to-be-opened channel, where the spectrum resources to be used by the to-be-opened channel include first spectrum resources and a second spectrum resource, the first spectrum resources are original spectrum resources of the to-be-opened channel, the second spectrum resource is some of original spectrum resources of an adjacent channel of the to-be-opened channel, and the original spectrum resources of the adjacent channel are adjacent to the original spectrum resources of the to-be-opened channel; and opens the to-be-opened channel based on the spectrum resources to be used by the to-be-opened channel.
US11990984B2
A communication system with increased throughput for providing communication between transceivers via a wireless communication channel through multiple, N, single input, single output, SISO, links provided for a corresponding number, N, of data sequences, wherein each transceiver includes a transmitter having spreading units each configured to spread in an operation mode of the communication system a data sequence with an associated predefined unique spreading code sequence to generate a spread data sequence multiplexed to an antenna unit of the respective transceiver configured to transmit the spread data sequences via the wireless communication channel to antenna units of other transceivers of the communication system.
US11990981B2
A cell selection method and a device for reducing resource waste are disclosed. The cell selection method includes: a terminal device determining a candidate measurement channel according to geographical location information, satellite orbit information of one or more satellites in a service area where the terminal device is located, and a correspondence between the satellite orbit information and satellite frequency bands used by the one or more satellites, the geographical location information is for indicating geographical location coordinates where the terminal device is currently located, and the satellite orbit information includes orbital data information and/or identification information of the one or more satellites; performing a cell measurement on the candidate measurement frequencies to obtain measurement results; and selecting or re-selecting a target cell which meets a first preset condition based on a measurement result meeting the first preset condition in the measurement results.
US11990980B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular, to a handover control method and device. The existing handover mechanism may cause the problem that too frequent handover measurement of a terminal increases the energy consumption of the terminal, negatively impacting the power saving of the terminal. A source satellite base station of the embodiments of the present disclosure receives auxiliary information reported by a terminal, determines at least one candidate satellite base station according to satellite base station orbital map information of the current region and the auxiliary information, and returns a handover command to the terminal according to the at least one candidate satellite base station, so that the terminal determines, according to the handover command, a target satellite base station to which the terminal is to be handed over, and is handed over from the source satellite base station to the target satellite base station. As the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a handover procedure for source satellite base station decision triggering, a terminal does not need to frequently measure the current serving base station and an adjacent base station, thereby simplifying the handover procedure and reducing the energy consumption of the terminal.
US11990976B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, forming one or more downlink (DL) beams associated with subarrays of an antenna, performing signal transmissions using the one or more DL beams, and performing polarization adjusting for signals associated with the one or more DL beams such that each of the signals is oriented in a particular polarization, thereby improving signal reception by user equipment (UEs) associated with the one or more DL beams. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11990975B2
A non-personal basic service set control point/access point (non-PCP/AP) communication apparatus includes a reception circuit, an estimation circuit, and a transmission circuit. The reception circuit receives a Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) Beacon frame including a sector sweep (SSW) field, the SSW field including a Parameter subfield indicating a value obtained by using a transmission Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of a PCP/AP communication partner apparatus and a reception antenna gain of the PCP/AP communication partner apparatus. The estimation circuit estimates an expected reception power at the PCP/AP communication partner apparatus by using the value of the Parameter subfield, and checks inequality between the estimated expected reception power and a receiver sensitivity value. The transmission circuit transmits a frame for Association Beamforming Training (A-BFT) if the estimated expected reception power is larger than the receive sensitivity value.
US11990967B2
Aspects presented herein may enable a receiving device to receive high frequency signals with a simpler receiver to reduce the overall complexity and cost associated with the receiver. In one aspect, an apparatus receives a reference signal from a second wireless device. The apparatus measures amplitude and phase of the reference signal relative to a set point. The apparatus transmits channel flattening information in a precoding feedback to the second wireless device, the precoding feedback including at least a difference between the amplitude of the reference signal and the set point for a sub-band.
US11990965B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel quality indictor (CQI) reporting with precoding matrix indicator (PMI) frequency domain (FD) units. A user equipment (UE) may configured with a CSI reporting configuration. CQI and PMI may be configured with different FD unit sizes. The UE may determine which PMI FD units to use for calculating corresponding CQI FD units. PMI and CQI FD units may not be aligned. The UE may determine which PMI FD units to use for calculating CQI based on the alignment. PMI and CQI FD units may be configured using a separate bitmaps, a bitmap and ratio of the FD unit sizes, or a single bitmap. PMI and/or CQI FD units may start from a lowest FD unit index in the system bandwidth, or the lowest FD unit index within a configured bandwidth part (BWP).
US11990963B2
A radio communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a radio transmission unit configured to execute radio transmission processing on data to be transmitted from the plurality of antennas, and a processor connected to the radio transmission unit. The processor executes a process including acquiring beam group specification information that specifies a beam group that is capable of being formed when the data to be transmitted is transmitted, forming at least one beam included in the beam group, and correcting an envelope of a beam group using correction factors, the beam group including the at least one beam formed, the correction factors corresponding to the beam group specification information.
US11990962B2
A channel transmission method and a communication device are provided. The method includes: determining a transmission beam corresponding to a monitoring occasion MO in a monitoring window of a downlink control channel; and transmitting the downlink control channel on the MO according to the transmssion beam corresponding to the MO.
US11990961B2
The present disclosure provides a method for determining an antenna port and a communication device. The method includes: transmitting control information, the control information including a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate antenna port information of a plurality of antenna port sets; and determining an antenna port set corresponding to each TCI state in a plurality of TCI states, and determining antenna ports in the plurality of antenna port sets in accordance with the first information field. There is a correspondence between the TCI states and the antenna port sets.
US11990960B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a capability to use a set of beamforming configurations associated with a beamforming circuit architecture of the UE. The UE may receive an indication of a selected beamforming configuration to use for one or more communications. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11990956B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. A terminal device sends first indication information to a network device, the first indication information being used to indicate a first transmitted precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) group, and the first TPMI group being a TPMI group in a TPMI group set; and then, receives a first TPMI indicated by the network device. By using the described method, the uplink coverage capabilities of a terminal device and the uplink transmission performance of a terminal device can be increased.
US11990955B2
A network-enabled smart apparatus has a data processing system, at least one operational system, wide area and local network communication interfaces, and a memory. The memory has stored therein apparatus identification information, at least one service application, and an activation application. The activation application causes the data processing system to establish an internet connection and create an NFC-enabled web page. The data processing system transmits, to the user device instructions to navigate to the NFC-enabled web page and instructions for the user to tap an NFC-enabled smart card to the user device. The apparatus data processing system reads, via the NFC-enabled web page, NFC information transmitted to the user device by the smart transaction card. The application causes the apparatus to transmit the NFC information to a service administration server, and receive, from the service administration server, a service activation command. The application responsively activates at least one service application.
US11990952B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving low voltage pulse power from power sourcing equipment at a powered device, synchronizing the powered device with a waveform of the low voltage pulse power received from the power sourcing equipment, and operating the powered device with high voltage pulse power received from the power sourcing equipment.
US11990948B2
A subsea telecommunication system that includes a first acoustic modem that couples to a first vehicle and communicates acoustically. A second acoustic modem couples to a second vehicle and communicates acoustically with the first acoustic modem. A first computer system receives an environmental parameter and updates a physical layer parameter of the subsea telecommunication system in real time in response to the environmental parameter.
US11990943B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a security status of a wireless communication session comprising a back-haul link supporting a classical communication channel between a wireless access point and a wireless mobility core network. The classical communication channel is adapted to transport underlying data of the wireless communication session and, responsive to determining a change in the security status, associating with the wireless communication session a quantum communication channel adapted to transport information via qubits. Information is exchanged between the wireless access point and the mobility core network via the qubits of the quantum communication channel, wherein the exchanging of the information via the qubits enhances a security level of the wireless communication session in view of a perceived threat. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11990941B2
Described herein are systems and methods that manage polarization in coherent optical receivers by using analog signal processing that eliminates the need for ultra-fast, power-hungry ADCs and DSPs and that would require digitization of the full-bandwidth signal path and result in bulky and expensive circuit designs. Various embodiments of the invention provide polarization correction by using an analog polarization correction circuit that implements the equivalent of two matrix operations. This is accomplished by using analog electronics that comprises a combination of variable and unity gain amplifiers to align polarizations of input signals to generate a polarization-corrected output signal that is further aligned with the polarization frame of reference of the receiver.
US11990937B2
An echo cancellation method includes steps of (a) extracting phase-distortion estimates, (b) reconstructing an echo signal, (c) generating a clean signal, and (d) producing a primary signal. Step (a) includes extracting, from a first phase signal, a plurality of phase-distortion estimates, the first phase signal having been estimated from an echo-corrupted signal received at a first coherent transceiver of a coherent optical network. Step (b) includes reconstructing an echo signal from the plurality of phase-distortion estimates and a transmitted signal transmitted by the first coherent transceiver. Step (c) includes generating a clean signal as a difference between the reconstructed echo signal and the first phase signal. Step (d) includes producing a primary signal by mapping each of a plurality of clean-phase estimates of the clean signal to one of a plurality of constellation symbols associated with a modulation scheme of the primary signal.
US11990933B2
Systems and methods for auto-squelching problematic channels of an optical spectrum and replacing them with Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) channel holders are provided. A method is provided according to one implementation. In response to analyzing optical signals propagating in an optical line system, the method includes the step of determining whether one or more channels of a spectrum of the optical signals are problematic. The one or more problematic channels are determined to be problematic based on the severity of a negative impact that the one or more problematic channels have on spectrum health. The method also includes the step of auto-squelching the one or more problematic channels and replacing the one or more problematic channels with one or more Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) channel holders.
US11990931B2
A transceiver includes a RF modulator, a filter circuit, a control circuit and a first DC offset compensation circuit. During a first calibration period, the control circuit controls the filter circuit to be connected to the RF modulator with a first phase sequence, such that the RF modulator outputs a first radio frequency signal. During a second calibration period, the control circuit controls the filter circuit to be connected to the RF modulator with a second phase sequence, such that the RF modulator outputs a second radio frequency signal. The second phase sequence is inverted with the first phase sequence. The control circuit is further configured to calculate a first DC offset generated from the filter circuit, and to control the first DC offset compensation circuit to compensate the first DC offset generated from the filter circuit.
US11990928B2
The invention relates to a method for measuring the specific absorption rate SAR of a mobile device under test DUT enabled for a combined LTE RF and 5G RF transmission, the method comprising the following steps: a.) Providing a mobile device under test DUT operable in LTE RF and 5G standard, b.) Setting the DUT in a mode to transmit with maximum power level according to the 5G standard, and at the same time transmitting with lower power level of LTE RF standard, c.) Performing a SAR scan and measuring the 5G signal, without taking into account any contribution from the LTE RF signal, d.) Setting the DUT in a mode to transmit with maximum power at maximum power in LTE RF standard, without transmitting according to the 5G standard, e.) Performing a SAR scan and measuring the LTE RF standard signal, f.) Combining the results of step c.) and e.) in order obtain a combined SAR value.
US11990919B2
The disclosure discloses a method and device in UE and a base station for channel coding. A first node first determines a first bit block and then transmits a first radio signal, wherein bits of the first bit block are used to generate bits of a second bit block, a third bit block comprises bits of the second bit block and the first bit block, and the third bit block is used to generate the first radio signal. The first bit block, the second bit block and the third bit block comprise P1, P2 and P3 bits, respectively.
US11990916B2
A circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a compensation circuit. The DAC has first and second terminals. The compensation circuit includes a capacitor and a transistor. The capacitor has first and second terminals, with the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the first terminal of the DAC. The transistor has a source coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor, and has a gate coupled to the second terminal of the DAC.
US11990912B2
An integrated circuit includes a delay circuit and first and second interface circuits. The delay circuit delays a first timing signal by an internal delay to generate an internal timing signal. The first interface circuit communicates data to an external device in response to the internal timing signal. The second interface circuit transmits an external timing signal for capturing the data in the external device. An external delay is added to the external timing signal in the external device to generate a delayed external timing signal. The delay circuit sets the internal delay based on a comparison between the delayed external timing signal and a calibration signal transmitted by the first interface circuit.
US11990911B2
In certain aspects, a method for providing a first drive clock signal and a second drive clock signal to a first sub-digital-to-analog converter (sub-DAC) and a second sub-DAC includes receiving an input clock signal, and dividing the input clock signal to generate a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal. The method also includes gating the input clock signal using the first divided clock signal to generate the first drive clock signal, and inputting the first drive clock signal to a clock input of the first sub-DAC. The method further includes gating the input clock signal using the second divided clock signal to generate the second drive clock signal, and inputting the second drive clock signal to a clock input of the second sub-DAC.
US11990910B2
A circuit portion comprises a load circuit portion and a bias circuit portion. The load circuit portion comprises a load transistor. The bias circuit portion comprises a replica transistor matched to the load transistor and connected to the load transistor at a node such that when a current flows through the replica transistor, a current proportional to the current through the replica transistor flows through the load transistor. The bias circuit portion also comprises a current input for receiving an input current, a supply voltage input for receiving a supply voltage, and a feedback loop arranged to: adjust a voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor such that the replica transistor conducts a current proportional to the input current, and counteract variations in the voltage at the node connecting the replica transistor and the load transistor arising from changes in the supply voltage.
US11990899B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a 4-state input magnet; a first spin channel region adjacent to the 4-state input magnet; a 4-state output magnet; a second spin channel region adjacent to the 4-state input and output magnets; and a third spin channel region adjacent to the 4-state output magnet. Described in an apparatus which comprises: a 4-state input magnet; a first filter layer adjacent to the 4-state input magnet; a first spin channel region adjacent to the first filter layer; a 4-state output magnet; a second filter layer adjacent to the 4-state output magnet; a second spin channel region adjacent to the first and second filter layers; and a third spin channel region adjacent to the second filter layer.
US11990890B2
A resonator includes a base; and at least three vibrating arms having first ends connected to a front end of the base and second ends that are open ends spaced away from the front end. Each vibrating arm includes an arm portion having a part that extends from the fixed end in a direction toward the open end with a constant width and a mass-adding portion that is connected to a tip of the arm portion and has a larger width than the arm portion. An interval between the mass-adding portions is larger than an interval between the arm portions for any two vibrating arms that are adjacent to each other.
US11990872B2
Power amplifier modules including topside cooling interfaces and methods for the fabrication thereof
Power amplifier modules (PAMs) having topside cooling interfaces are disclosed, as are methods for fabricating such PAMs. In embodiments, the method includes attaching the RF power die to a die support-surface of a module substrate. The RF power die is attached to the module substrate in an inverted orientation such that a frontside of the RF power die faces the module substrate. When attaching the RF power die to the module substrate, a frontside input/output interface of the RF power die is electrically coupled to corresponding substrate interconnect features of the module substrate. The method further includes providing a primary heat extraction path extending from the transistor channel of the RF power die to a topside cooling interface of the PAM in a direction opposite the module substrate.
US11990838B2
A driver circuit may include a first inductor with a first terminal coupled to a first voltage terminal and a first switch with a first and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is coupled to a second terminal of the first inductor via a first node and the second terminal of the first switch is coupled to a second voltage terminal. Moreover, the driver circuit may include a diode with a first terminal coupled to the first node, an output terminal, and a first capacitor with a first electrode coupled to a second terminal of the diode and a second electrode coupled to the output terminal.
US11990836B2
A power supply system with dynamic current sharing includes a current-sharing bus and a plurality of power supply units connected to each other through the current-sharing bus. The current-sharing bus provides a first current signal. Each power supply unit includes a local current bus for providing a second current signal. The active current-sharing unit compares the first current signal with the second current signal to generate a compensation voltage. The current-averaging unit compares a difference value between an average value of the first current signal and an average value of the second current signal to generate an average voltage. The droop current unit receives the second current signal to generate a droop compensation voltage. The integration calculation unit makes output currents of the power supply units be approximately equal according to the compensation voltage, the average voltage, and the droop compensation voltage.
US11990833B2
Provided is a low-cost noise filter having a noise suppression effect that is not reduced even when a resonance frequency changes according to changes in temperature. A noise filter includes: a noise detection unit which detects a common mode noise; a cancellation signal output unit; an injection unit which injects a cancellation signal; and a grounded capacitor. The cancellation signal output unit includes a filter part which generates the cancellation signal from the common mode noise, and an amplification part which amplifies the cancellation signal. A temperature dependence of a product of an inductance value and a capacitance value of a main circuit portion including the noise detection unit, the injection unit, and the grounded capacitor, and a temperature dependence of a product of an inductance value and a capacitance value of the filter part, are equal to each other.
US11990826B2
A power electronics device has a first power semiconductor switch and a driver circuit and enables a supply of electrical voltage to a driver circuit. An auxiliary circuit arrangement has a supply capacitor, an auxiliary capacitor, a normally off auxiliary semiconductor switch, a diode and a bootstrap diode. The auxiliary semiconductor switch is connected to a reference potential connection of the first power semiconductor switch via a connection point, starting from the connection point, a series connection of the diode, a second connection point and the auxiliary capacitor is arranged in parallel with the auxiliary semiconductor switch. When the auxiliary semiconductor switch is in the off state, the auxiliary capacitor is charged by the flow of current through the first power semiconductor switch.
US11990825B2
Aircraft electric motors are described. The aircraft electric motors includes a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings, a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit, and a cooling system. The cooling system includes at least one cooling channel integrally formed within at least one winding, wherein the at least one cooling channel comprises an inlet to receive a two-phase cooling fluid and an outlet configured to discharge the two-phase cooling fluid, wherein a cross-sectional area of the at least one cooling channel at the inlet is less than a cross-sectional area of the at least one cooling channel at the outlet.
US11990819B2
An electric and hydraulic machine includes a housing defining a motor chamber and a pump chamber, a motor comprising a rotor and a stator positioned within the motor chamber, and a pump comprising a pumping element positioned within the pump chamber, the pumping element movable by the motor to displace fluid in the pump chamber. The pump chamber includes a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber, a unit inlet defined by the housing and in communication with the low-pressure chamber, and a unit outlet defined by the housing and in communication with the high-pressure chamber. The pump chamber is positioned radially inward of the motor chamber such that the pump is nested within the motor. A radial cooling channel extends in a radial direction from the low-pressure chamber to the motor chamber such that fluid in the pump chamber communicates with the rotor and the stator to cool the motor.
US11990818B2
An in-wheel motor for an electric vehicle is provided, including a motor body (1) including a wheel hub (11) on one side, and a sealing apparatus (2) mounted to the motor body (1) on the opposite side to the wheel hub (11), in which the sealing apparatus (2) includes a first support (510) fixedly coupled to a motor shaft (14) of the motor body (1), a second support (520) fixedly coupled to the motor shaft (14) and disposed outside the first support (520), a third support (530) covering an outer surface of the first support (510) and an outer circumferential surface of the second support (520), and rotated when the motor is operated, and a fourth support (540) coupled to an outer surface of the second support (520) and rotated when the motor is operated.
US11990817B2
A shaft of a motor includes a first shaft and a second shaft extending from the first shaft to one axial side. A housing includes a neutralizing device holder that holds a first neutralizing device. The neutralizing device holder includes a seal holder that is arranged radially outward of the second shaft and holds a seal member. The first neutralizing device electrically connects the second shaft and the neutralizing device holder. The seal member seals a gap between the second shaft and the seal holder, and is arranged on the other axial side of the first neutralizing device.
US11990813B2
A stator for an electrical machine has a stator core (16) with stator grooves (19). Stator windings (17) are received in the stator grooves (19) of the stator core (16). Groove insulators (20) are received in the stator grooves (19) of the stator core (16) such that the groove insulators (20) are arranged between the stator core (16) and the stator windings (17). The groove insulators (20) are made of plastic, namely a first plastic that provides the isolation function of the groove insulator (20) and a second plastic and/or a third plastic that provides a function of the respective groove insulator (20) differing from the isolating function.
US11990809B2
A dynamoelectric machine includes: a winding; a stator core including a slot in which the winding is installed; a cover part that covers the stator core; and a crossing part that is a space formed between the cover part and the stator core, wherein, in the crossing part, an end portion of the winding in an axial direction is exposed, and a filling member is disposed between a side surface of the winding in a radial direction and an inner side surface of the cover part in the radial direction.
US11990808B2
A motor cooling system, a motor stator and a disc motor. The motor cooling system comprises an insulated cooling pipeline (2); the insulated cooling pipeline is mounted on a stator housing, the top surface of the insulated cooling pipeline is lower than or flush with the top surface of a stator iron core, and the bottom surface of the insulated cooling pipeline touches a coil of the motor stator for use in cooling the coil; the top surface of the stator iron core is configured to being arranged relative to a rotor, so that a magnetic field generated by the coil can interact with a rotor permanent magnet. Since the outer bottom surface of the insulated cooling pipeline touches the coil of the motor stator, a liquid coolant in the insulated cooling pipeline can cool the coil by means of heat conduction.
US11990807B2
In the electric rotating machine, a crank portion that is displaced in a radial direction of an armature iron core is provided in an apex portion of a coil end portion; a first oblique side that slants with respect to an axis-direction endface of the armature iron core connects a first coil conductor portion with the crank portion; a second oblique side that slants with respect to the axis-direction endface of the armature iron core connects a second coil conductor portion with the crank portion; at least one of the first oblique side and the second oblique side has an inflection point, before being connected with the crank portion, that functions as a base point of a bending portion that is bent toward a radially outside of the armature iron core.
