US11986932B2
A rotary impact tool including a motor having a motor shaft that produces a rotational output to drive a gear assembly and a drive assembly driven by the gear assembly. The drive assembly including a hammer coupled to the motor shaft and an anvil configured to receive an impact from the hammer. The rotary impact tool includes a torque stick coupled to the anvil and configured to limit the amount of deliverable torque to a workpiece in accordance with a torsional stiffness of the torque stick, a position sensor to detect angular displacement of the anvil, and a controller in electrical communication with the position sensor. The controller calculates torque delivered to the workpiece from the impact by multiplying the torsional stiffness of the torque stick and the signal from the position sensor, and control the motor based on the torque delivered to the workpiece.
US11986927B2
A tool with a pivoting head is shown. The tool includes a locking mechanism that allows the angular position of the head to be locked securely in place once selected by a user. The locking mechanism may be used with a variety of tools, such as ratchet wrenches, that allow for repositioning of the head relative to the handle of the tool.
US11986923B2
A polishing system includes a carriage arm having an actuator disposed on a lower surface thereof. The actuator includes a piston and a roller coupled to a distal end of the piston. The polishing system includes a polishing pad and a substrate carrier suspended from the carriage arm and configured to apply a pressure between a substrate and the polishing pad. The substrate carrier includes a housing, a retaining ring, and a membrane. The substrate carrier includes an upper load ring disposed in the housing. The roller of the actuator is configured to contact the upper load ring during relative rotation between the substrate carrier and the carriage arm. The actuator is configured to apply a load to a portion of the upper load ring thereby altering the pressure applied between the substrate and the polishing pad.
US11986918B2
A method wherein by reducing the amount of current, and therefore torque, to the linear servo motor (50) and/or rotary servo motor (52) of a loader mechanism (9), the loader mechanism is operable for determining proper workpiece positioning in a machine tool such as a gear manufacturing machine, particularly a machine (4) for manufacturing bevel and hypoid gears.
US11986909B2
The present invention uses a flux containing a rosin, a solvent, a thixo agent, and an activator. The thixo agent contains a polyamide and a compound represented by general formula (1). The polyamide is a condensate between an amine and at least one selected from aliphatic carboxylic acids and hydroxy group-containing aliphatic carboxylic acids, and has an endothermic peak at a temperature of 120-200° C. In the general formula, R11 represents a hydrocarbon group having 11-30 carbon atoms. R0a represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 12-31 carbon atoms. R0b represents an n-valent hydrocarbon group having 4-12 carbon atoms. R21 represents an alkylene group having 2-6 carbon atoms. R0c represents a single bond or an alkylene group having 2-6 carbon atoms. n represents 1 or 2. When n represents 1, m represents an integer of 1-3. When n represents 2, m represents 1.
US11986900B2
A liquid coolant tube for a plasma arc cutting torch including a hollow elongated inner body shaped to translate within a hollow elongated outer body. The hollow elongated outer body of the liquid coolant tube is shaped to fixedly connect to the plasma arc cutting torch and includes a set of electrode guides. An external surface of the hollow elongated outer body and the set of electrode guides partially define a set of coolant flow channels between the set of electrode guides. The set of electrode guides are shaped to facilitate alignment of an electrode within the plasma arc cutting torch.
US11986899B2
A soldering apparatus, in particular a reflow soldering apparatus, for continuous soldering of printed circuit boards along a transport direction, having a process channel that includes a preheating zone, a soldering zone and a cooling zone, having a base body and a cover hood movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein nozzle plates, fan units with fan motors, air channels carrying the process gas, filter elements and/or cooling elements are provided in the base body. At least one fan unit is arranged in or on the base body laterally next to the process channel in the transport direction, and air channels are arranged and provided in such a manner that process gas is blown into the process channel during operation of the at least one fan unit, with the process gas directed through a filter element provided in a filter region after passing through the process channel, and the filtered process gas drawn in by the at least one fan unit.
US11986897B2
A method for the removal of debris (75) from an aperture (60), the aperture comprising a first aperture diameter (64) and extending along a first axis (62) over a first distance (63), the method comprising the steps of aligning a beam of energy (80) with the first axis such that the beam of energy is coaxially aligned with the aperture, the beam of energy comprising both an energy sufficient to remove the debris, and a first beam diameter (82) which is less than the first aperture diameter; and, exposing the debris to the beam of energy in order to remove the debris from the aperture.
US11986895B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for setting saw teeth on a saw band (4), the arrangement having a base (1) through which the saw band can slide. The base has a receiving device (6) for receiving a saw tooth setting device (8). The saw tooth setting device (8) can set saw teeth in one direction. The receiving device (6) can receive the saw tooth setting device (8) on both sides of the saw band, so that the saw tooth setting device (8) received on one side can set the saw teeth in one direction and so that the saw tooth setting device (8) received on the opposite side can set saw teeth in the opposite direction. This means that although only a simple saw tooth setting device (8) arranged to be able to set saw teeth in one direction is used, the device for setting saw teeth can set them in both directions.
US11986894B2
A rope saw for cutting panels to size includes an elongate frame, which includes a support for placing panels to be sawn thereon. Two wheels are attached to the frame for mounting a revolving saw rope, between which extends a longitudinal direction of the frame. An electric motor is attached to the frame for driving one of the two wheels. The electric motor includes a motor shaft, which extends in longitudinal direction of the frame and which is coupled via a flexible shaft to one of the two wheels.
US11986880B2
An object is to provide a casting device that is capable of maintaining depressurization in a cavity. A casting device (1) is configured to move an extrusion pin (3), slidably inserted in an insertion hole (29) formed in a mold (2), into a cavity (20) in the mold to release a casted product. The casting device (1) includes a depressurized space creator (4) configured to create a depressurized space (40) on a reverse side of a cavity surface to define the cavity (20). The depressurized space creator (4) covers an opening of the insertion hole (29) to maintain depressurization in the cavity (20).
US11986877B1
A composite object for the production of hydrogen from water-reactive aluminum may include a first portion including an aluminum alloy having a non-recrystallized grain structure, and a second portion including an activation metal corrodible to the aluminum alloy, wherein the second portion and the first portion are coupled to one another with the activation metal of the second portion in contact with the aluminum alloy of the first portion at a plurality of points of contact stress, and the activation metal of the second portion is penetrable into the non-recrystallized grain structure of the aluminum alloy of the first portion via the addition of heat.
US11986871B2
In order to provide an adjustment of the roll gap under load with high positioning accuracy and regulation accuracy, a cross-rolling unit for adjusting rolls operating under load with, disposed on a force-absorbing roll stand, a mechanical setting unit for a first cross-roll setting and a hydraulic setting unit for a second cross-roll setting, wherein the mechanical setting unit includes two mutually displaceable mechanical subassemblies having a common axis of symmetry and the hydraulic setting unit includes at least two mutually displaceable hydraulic subassemblies having respectively one central axis, has the mechanical setting unit and the hydraulic setting unit disposed in the force-absorbing roll stand as a common subassembly. The axis of symmetry of at least one of the mutually displaceable mechanical subassemblies and the central axes of each of the mutually displaceable hydraulic subassemblies are the same.
US11986870B2
A reactor for hydrothermal oxidation treatment of an organic material in a reaction medium, comprising: a confinement member housed in a chamber and defining a confinement zone and a peripheral zone; at least one inlet for an oxidising fluid into the peripheral zone; a first cooling system, with an external circulation cold loop having a fluid inlet and outlet, opening into a first portion of the peripheral zone; a heating system, with an external circulation hot loop having a fluid inlet and outlet opening into a second portion of the peripheral zone; a channel with a mouth, a channel stirring system; a second cooling system for creating a temperature gradient along the channel between a cold temperature and the reaction temperature; each circulation loop being equipped with a circulator and with a heat exchanger.
US11986868B2
Examples of a system dedicated for parts cleaning includes a gas supply apparatus configured to supply a cleaning gas, a first adapter connected to a gas supply port of the gas supply apparatus, an exhaust system configured to exhaust the gas supplied from the gas supply apparatus, and a second adapter connected to a gas inlet of the exhaust system.
US11986865B2
An apparatus on a vehicle comprises one or more sensors, one or more nozzles that output fluid to clean the respective one or more sensors, and a compressor that generates fluid such as compressed air. The compressor is in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles. The apparatus further comprises one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine a current velocity of the vehicle and control an operation of the compressor based on the current velocity of the vehicle.
US11986851B2
The Phillips Smart Edge is a paint application tool with guide means, made of synthetic material and is used for painting in any standard room corner for edging and trimming. The Phillips Smart Edge is used in corners of walls and intersecting surfaces. Projecting outward from parallel (FIG. 2) depending bars, Metal Bars receive the ends of the roller. Preferably the application surface of the roller is arched or triangular in shape. Standard walls which converge toward each other will be able to be coated with this device. The paint is applied to the surface rapidly and efficiently with the Phillips Smart Edge.
US11986850B2
A handheld sprayer (10′) includes a fluid module (12′) mounted to a drive module (14′) at a static connection (16′) and a dynamic connection (18′). The static connection (16′) supportably attached the fluid module (12′) to the drive module (14′). The dynamic connection (18′) connects a drive (84) of the drive module (14′) to a pump (24′) of the fluid module (12′) such that the drive (84) can power the pump (24′) by the dynamic connection (18′). The fluid contacting components of the handheld sprayer (10′) are in the fluid module (12′). The fluid module (12′) can be mounted to and dismounted from the drive module (14′) by a sliding motion.
US11986838B2
An apparatus for treating a stream of contaminated water having an elevated concentration of at least one of light metals, heavy metals, sulfates that includes at least one process fluid inlet communicating with a process conduit; at least one electrode reaction vessel in fluid communication with the process conduit, the reaction vessel having an interior chamber and at least one electrode positioned in the reaction chamber, the electrode powered by a alternating current source; and at least one magnetic field reaction vessel in fluid communication with the process conduit, the magnetic field reaction vessel having an outwardly oriented surface and an opposed inwardly oriented surface, the magnetic field reaction vessel having at least one magnet in contact with the inwardly oriented surface of the magnetic field reaction vessel.
US11986837B2
A system for recovering of metal and sand from incinerator ash material having an ash clarification assembly, a magnet to remove the ferrous from the heavy material; a sorting assembly, a drying cage or dewatering unit to dry the material; and a separation assembly to remove the aluminium from the material. Methods are included as well.
US11986835B2
A fluid cleaning system for cleaning contaminated water sources via at least one cleaning process. The system includes at least one solids dissociation apparatus that includes a housing, at least one insert operably engaged with the housing and is adapted to receive a continuous fluid stream, and a transducer operably engaged with the housing and is disposed about the at least one insert at a distance away from said at least one insert inside of the housing. The transducer is configured to create cavitation, via sonic waves, to eviscerate contaminants in the continuous fluid stream. The system also includes at least one solids separation apparatus operably connected with the at least one fluid treatment apparatus for receiving the eviscerated contaminants provided in the fluid stream. The at least one solids separation apparatus is adapted to separate the eviscerate contaminants from the fluid stream for at least one separation process.
US11986831B2
A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate, the assembly including: a mounting surface for the substrate; and a cover member, the cover member being movable between an open position and a substantially closed position, wherein, when the substrate is placed in the assembly and the cover member is in the substantially closed position, a reaction chamber is formed for processing the sample between the cover member and the substrate, and wherein the mounting surface provides for an air gap between the substrate and the mounting surface. An instrument for treatment of a sample on a substrate including at least one sample processing assembly as provided herein. A method of placing a substrate in a sample processing assembly is also provided.
US11986820B2
Methods that integrates processing and an analysis of a sample are disclosed and include use of a testing device that integrates nucleic acid isolation, isothermal amplification and detection wherein a sample and reagents are transported through a capture/binding membrane by capillary forces and the positioning of a slidebar that supports said binding membrane. In the practice of the methods, flow control and fluid actuation are effected by the position of a slidebar of the device which makes a fluidic connection through the capture membrane situated between a reservoir of liquid on the device and an absorbing pad, and where a sequence of operations for sample loading, washing, optionally amplification, and optical detection of analytes can be done conveniently and rapidly at the point of care.
US11986809B1
A 4,4′-divinylazoarylene-bridged diruthenium complex bearing two Ru(CO)Cl(PiPr3)2 moieties, its synthesis, and its use as an catalyst in organic processes.
US11986803B2
A partial oxidation process of hydrocarbons is provided, including bringing an inlet gas into contact with a catalyst, the inlet gas including a hydrocarbon raw material gas and a hydrogen chloride gas, wherein the catalyst includes a catalyst material including palladium (Pd), which catalyst material is supported on a carrier including cerium oxide (CeO2) and an amount of catalyst material supported on the carrier is 2 wt % to 10 wt % based on a total weight of the catalyst.
US11986802B2
A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L; and a first catalytic region on the substrate; wherein the first catalytic region comprises a first PGM component and a first alumina, wherein the first alumina is doped with a first dopant of at least 5 wt. %, and wherein the first dopant is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Nb, and a combination thereof.
US11986795B2
A process for treating a petroleum fraction and for efficiently absorbing an organic halogen compound from a fluid mixture of the organic halogen compound and an inorganic halogen compound derived from crude oil. Also disclosed is an improvement in absorption performance of a halogen-compound-absorbing material, thereby reducing the frequency with which the absorbing material is exchanged. The absorbing agent includes attapulgite (palygorskite) having high absorption performance with respect to organic halogen compounds. Also disclosed is an absorption column in which the aforementioned absorbing agent and a halogen-compound-absorbing agent, that includes zinc oxide, are disposed in series, thereby making it possible to raise the treatment performance with respect to a fluid that contains, in high concentrations, the organic halogen compound in addition to the inorganic halogen compound.
US11986792B2
The present invention provides a photocuring device, comprising a housing and an ultraviolet (UV) light module, wherein the housing comprises an electroluminescent layer and/or a touch layer and a control module connected to the electroluminescent layer and/or the touch layer by an electrical means. The photocuring device of the invention not only features a low material cost and low production cost, but also allows its display interface and/or operation interface to be provided at any position of the housing of the photocuring device, without limitations in size, shape, or angle. Furthermore, the photocuring device of the invention allows its display interface and/or operation interface to be simplified as needed to facilitate operation and viewing by a manicurist or one who is receiving a manicure.
US11986791B1
The invention relates to devices for disposal of solid and/or liquid waste, in particular, to devices for disposing waste by ionic-electronic destruction method. The invention is directed to broadening a range of reactors for treatment of waste, the reactors having an enlarged area of formation of corona discharge streamers, thus avoiding a need to use a source of high-voltage pulses. The technical effect is attained by a reactor implemented as a closed cavity with an input opening connected to a waste feed unit, and with an output opening for removing gaseous destruction products, where an additional input opening is provided in the closed cavity for supplying electrically charged substance particles into the reactor.
US11986779B2
The present invention is directed at the synthesis and characterization of recrystallized HI-6 dimethylsulfate (DMS). The method can comprise dissolving HI-6 DMS in an alkyl-based glycol and adding an antisolvent to recrystallize HI-6 DMS or dissolving HI-6 DMS in methanol and adding dimethoxy ethane or dimethyl formamide as the antisolvent to recrystallize HI-6 DMS. The recrystallized HI-6 DMS indicates a resistance to moisture absorption and/or a DSC melting point onset (MP Onset) at least at or above 160.0° C.
US11986773B2
A membrane defect inspection method that can detect damage in a filtrate membrane and can detect presence or absence of damage or a seal defect in a membrane module; and the method is for a membrane module set including multiple membrane modules connected under gas detection piping communicating with primary spaces of the multiple membrane modules where raw water is supplied or secondary spaces in multiple membrane modules where treated water is extracted after the raw water is filtrated by membranes. The method includes a gas injection process where gas is injected into spaces opposite the primary or secondary spaces communicating with gas detection piping in the multiple membrane modules while the gas detection piping is filled with water, and a vibration detection process where a vibration sensor is brought into contact with a protrusion protruding outward from the gas detection piping to detect vibration of the gas detection piping.
US11986765B2
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for separating an exhaust gas, in particular an exhaust gas of a boiler, comprising introducing a gas stream of exhaust gas inside a washing chamber, dispensing a pressurized liquid shaped as drops inside the washing chamber, wherein the delivery pressure is adjusted according to the specific particulate to be separated so as to provide, during the separating step, a physical interaction between the delivered liquid drops and the particulate particles.
US11986764B2
Embodiments include an air filtration media element comprising a plurality of layers of fluted media, each layer comprising a facing sheet and a fluted sheet, the fluted sheet comprising a first plurality of flutes and a second plurality of flutes, the first and second plurality of flutes being arranged in a parallel flow configuration; wherein the first and second plurality of flutes exhibit regular repeating differences in flute shape, flute size, flute height, flute width, cross-flute area, or filter media.
US11986750B2
The present invention generally relates to a method of reducing contamination from plastics. The resulting purer plastic can be used in demanding applications.
US11986745B2
A toy top launcher for launching a toy top including a launcher adapter, the toy top launcher having a housing; a barrel formed in the housing and configured for receiving the launcher adapter; and a lever arm pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the lever arm has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the first end of the lever arm extends into the barrel, wherein the second end of the lever arm extends out of the housing, and wherein the barrel comprises a first screw thread configured for cooperating with a mating screw thread on the launcher adapter.
US11986738B2
The subject disclosure relates to methods for making user activity recommendations. In some aspects, a process of the technology can include operations for receiving a free-to-play indication, the free-to-play indication specifying availability of a user associated with a media system, retrieving, via the network interface, peer information indicating an availability of one or more online peers of the user, and retrieving, via the network interface, activity information indicating one or more activities available to the user, and at least one of the online peers. In some aspects method can further include operations for providing an activity recommendation to the user based on the peer information and the activity information, wherein the activity recommendation includes a suggestion of at least one activity that can be conducted by the user with the media system. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
US11986736B1
A computer system operates an off-chain electronic game that includes in-game assets stored off of a blockchain. The computer system detects an occurrence of a progression event related to a particular in-game asset associated with a particular player. In response to the occurrence, the computer system increases an upgrade capacity of the particular in-game asset. The upgrade capacity controls a maximum number of attribute upgrades that can be applied to the particular in-game asset at a time. The computer system then permits or prevents application of attribute upgrades to the particular in-game asset based on the upgrade capacity. The computer system further permits or prevents application of attribute upgrades based on whether the attribute upgrades are being applied to other off-chain electronic games. An interoperability API is used to determine whether a given attribute upgrade is being used in another game.
US11986728B2
A game processing method executed by an information processing device configured to perform transmission/reception of signals to/from a display part configured to be attachable to a head of a player to display a virtual image superimposed on an image in real space, the method includes causing the display part to display an image of a virtual object, adjusting at least one of a position or an orientation of the virtual object relative to the image in real space, based on an input of the player, causing the display part to display an image of a virtual game character so as to be arranged coinciding with the adjusted at least one of the position or the orientation of the virtual object, and hiding the image of the virtual object when the image of the game character is displayed.
US11986722B2
A handheld pool game clock apparatus suited for timekeeping pool/billiard games is presented. The handheld pool game clock apparatus contains a clock body, at least one display, a processing unit, at least one switch, and a control panel. The at least one display is distributed around the clock body. The processing unit and the at least one switch are connected within the clock body. The control panel is connected adjacent to the clock body. The at least one display, the control panel, and the at least one switch are electronically connected to the processing unit.
US11986720B2
An exercise path approaching person signaling device includes a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a perimeter wall attached to extending between the top and bottom walls. A wristband is attached to the housing and is releasably mounts the housing on a person's wrist. A sound emitter is mounted in the housing and emits a warning sound having a volume of at least 70 decibels when turned on. The sound emitter includes a switch mounted on the housing. The sound emitter is turned on to emit an alert sound when the switch is actuated.
US11986717B2
A portable pitching mound with a plurality of mound sections. The plurality of mound sections are assembled by inserting a lower edge of one mound section into a receiving slot of another mound section. The configuration of the receiving slot forms an opening larger than the lower edge of the mound section to be received therein. The larger size of the opening allows the lower edge to be positioned anywhere above the opening of the receiving slot and upon lowering the weight of the mound section and gravity causes the lower edge to slide downwards and towards the adjoining mound section. Assembly does not require any tools or connection members such as screws, bolts, clamps, clasps, pins, adherent or adhesive surfaces, or the like.
US11986716B2
A system and method for personal yoga equipment storage includes a yoga mat folded by a first length, at least a first width, and accordion folded; a first yoga block configured to enclose a first part of the accordion-folded yoga mat; a second yoga block configured to enclose a second part of the accordion-folded yoga mat; and a strap configured to wrap the enclosed accordion-folded yoga mat by surrounding a perimeter of the first and second yoga blocks and conceal the accordion-folded yoga mat.
US11986706B2
A racquet extending along a longitudinal axis and including a frame including a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion. The head portion forms a hoop that defines a string bed plane. At least the head portion and the throat portion of the frame are formed at least in part of a fiber composite material. When the racquet is tested under the racquet lateral bending test, the racquet has a lateral deflection of at least 6.0 mm when measured in a direction that is parallel to the string bed plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US11986700B2
There is disclosed a system for engaging in exercise. The system includes a communications interface for receiving instructions from control software controlling operation of the exercise device, a resistance device for generating resistance to the exercise and applied to the exercise device, the resistance device for increasing or decreasing resistance for the exercise under control of the control software, and the control software operating to generate a simulated haptic movement, using the resistance device, by temporarily altering the resistance applied to the exercise device by the resistance device.
US11986690B2
The method of maintaining a first flow rate through a first valve in a fluid delivery system, the fluid delivery system including a and a plurality of fluid valves in fluid communication with the pump, and a controller controlling the pressure generated by the pump and the position of the plurality of valves. The method includes providing the first flow rate of a fluid pressurized by the pump through the first valve, receiving a request for a second flow rate of the fluid through a second valve, determining a predicted effect on the first flow rate based on the request, adjusting at least one of the position of the first valve and the pressure generated by the pump to maintain the first flow rate based on the predicted effect, and adjusting the position of the second valve to provide the second flow rate of the fluid through the second valve.
US11986685B2
Disclosed is an adjustable support frame for a breathing apparatus having an adjustable longitudinal dimension and a user-facing side configured to substantially overlay a user's back in use, the adjustable support frame comprising: a first frame portion and a second frame portion, the first and second frame portions being moveable relative to each other so as to adjust the longitudinal dimension; an adjustment mechanism having a locked configuration which inhibits relative movement of the first and second frame portions and an unlocked configuration which permits relative movement of the first and second frame portions; wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises one or more actuating elements which are operable to actuate the adjustment mechanism from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, the one or more actuating elements being provided on a surface which is substantially perpendicular to the user-facing side of the support frame.
US11986683B2
A rescue system includes a mobile rescue device, in particular a spreading device, a cutting device, or a combined device having a spreading and a cutting function, including a base body with a handle, a working device arranged at the base body, a controller for controlling the work sequence of the working device, and an input device arranged at the base body for inputting control commands into the controller. Furthermore, an external additional input device is formed, which is structurally independent of the mobile rescue device and coupled or couplable with the controller of the mobile rescue device by a data transmission device.
US11986682B2
Various approaches of focusing an ultrasound transducer having multiple transducer elements to a target region include generating at least one acoustic reflector in the target region; transmitting ultrasound waves to the acoustic reflector; measuring reflections off the acoustic reflector; and based at least in part on the measured reflections, adjusting the parameter value associated with the transducer element(s).
US11986664B2
Methods and devices for tying management of an implantable medical device to the activities of a primary care physician are described, including access control, simplified parameter optimization, support for tuning a device in response to the effects of other treatments in parallel, and support for helping a primary physician and a patient work together to tune device configuration to the activity and performance needs of the patient. In some embodiments, a medical device is self-configuring in a device parameter domain, based on inputs provided in a patient performance domain. The self-configuring of the medical device is based, for example, on an automatically applied transformation of inputs derived from patient performance domain observations into changes in the configuration of the medical device which affect technical parameters of its operation.
US11986657B2
Stimulation for treating sensory deficits in patients with spinal cord injuries and/or peripheral polyneuropathy, and associated systems and methods. A representative method includes addressing the patient's somatosensory dysfunction, resulting from neuropathy and/or spinal cord injury, by directing an electrical therapy signal to the patient's spinal cord region, the therapy signal having a frequency in a frequency range from 200 Hz to 100 kHz.
US11986651B1
A medical lead includes a lead body, a connector pin proximate to a proximal end of the lead body, a helix extending from a distal end of the lead body, an electrode proximate to the distal end of the lead body, and a cable conductor within the lead body and including an electrode proximate a distal end of the cable conductor, the cable conductor being slideable within the lead body to extend and retract the electrode relative to the distal end of the lead body.
US11986649B2
Provided are systems, methods, and devices for brain stimulation and monitoring. Brain stimulation may be provided to enhance slow wave and spindle synchrony. Such stimulation may provide increased memory consolidation. Furthermore, brain stimulation modalities may provide enhanced sleep and awakening. For example, transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain stimulation may enhance sleep quality. Moreover, one or more markers characterizing unconsciousness are may be identified based on changes in measured power densities or spectra. Further still, the above described modalities of brain stimulation may be implemented in an open-loop or closed loop manner. Brain state parameters may be generated for building models of the brain based on determined synchrony patterns between slow waves and spindles. The models may be used to determine a mediation procedure for adjusting the intensity of slow wave oscillations to enhance slow wave and spindle synchrony.
US11986645B2
Example inventions treat restless legs syndrome (“RLS”). Examples affix a patch externally on a dermis of a user adjacent to a targeted nerve of the user, the patch including a flexible substrate, a processor directly coupled to the substrate, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate. Examples detect the occurrence of RLS and in response to the detecting, activate the patch, the activating including generating an electrical stimuli via the electrodes that is directed to the targeted nerve.
US11986643B2
An autoinjector apparatus is disclosed which comprises a single-use cassette and an autoinjector. The cassette comprises a housing and a sleeve movably disposed in the housing. A syringe may be disposed in the sleeve and secured therein with a lock cap. The lock cap is affixed to a distal end of the sleeve and contacts the distal end of the syringe. A shield remover extends through an opening in a proximal end of the housing for removing a needle shield which covers a needle of the syringe. A cassette identification arrangement is provided on a surface of the housing to enable the autoinjector to identify the cassette. The autoinjector is provided with a detector for reading the cassette identification arrangement.
US11986619B2
A valve member for a connector includes a head portion, a body portion, and a circumferential lip seal extending radially outward from an outer surface of the head portion. The head portion includes a top section defining a first seal portion. The body portion extends longitudinally from the head portion and defines a second seal portion at a proximal end thereof. The second seal portion is disposed distally to the first seal portion. The circumferential lip seal is disposed between the first and second seal portions.
US11986616B2
Described herein is an implantable access port device with a catheter compartment which permits lengthening or shortening the catheter in response to changes in tension of the distal catheter. Implantable access port devices are used extensively in the medical field to facilitate the performance of recurrent therapeutic tasks such as repeated drug delivery, drainage, blood sampling, transfusions, or total parental nutrition. In current access port systems, the catheter is rigidly attached to the access port via a connection ring. As such, the system does not provide any flexibility or ability for catheter length adjustments, which can lead to long-term complications such as dislodgement of catheters, migration of catheters, port separation with extravasation, suture disruption, and mechanical failure of the access port system. These catheter-related complications carry serious risks for the patients. The implantable access port system described herein permits self-adjusting catheter length, thereby reducing catheter-related complications.
US11986612B2
Flexible high-pressure angioplasty balloons are disclosed herein which utilize an inflatable balloon positioned upon the catheter and a supporting structure secured over or along the catheter at a first location proximal to the balloon and at a second location distal to the balloon. Inflation of the balloon reconfigures the supporting structure to urge the first location and the second location towards one another thereby inhibiting longitudinal elongation of the balloon relative to the catheter. The supporting structure may surround, support, or otherwise extend over the entire length of the balloon and allows for the balloon to retain increased flexibility which enables the balloon to bend or curve even at relatively high inflation pressures.
US11986605B2
An elongated medical device includes an elongated tubular element with a series of flexibility enhancing features along a length of the elongated tubular element. Each flexibility enhancing feature may include a circumferential series of cuts. The cuts of one flexibility enhancing feature may be offset relative to the cuts of a longitudinally adjacent flexibility enhancing feature. The flexibility enhancing features may be grouped into two or more interleaved sets, with each set of circumferential cuts being offset relative to the next set of circumferential cuts. Methods for manufacturing such elongated medical devices are also disclosed.
US11986603B2
A medical device used to percutaneously gain access to a targeted site within a living body, for example the left ventricle of the heart. The device is comprised of an inner tubular member, outer tubular member, and an adjustable control handle. The control handle can precisely control the relative position of the inner tubular member relative to the outer member by providing feedback to the operator. This feedback provided by the control handle allows the operator to precisely maneuver the catheter within a body and change the shape of the catheter system without taking his/her eyes off the task that he/she is performing. The control handle is designed to precisely change the catheter system from one tip shape to another tip shape and back. Described herein is a method to perform a catheter tip shape change without the need to observe manipulations of a control system to change catheter tip configurations.
US11986602B2
A heart pump assembly, also referred to as catheter assembly, having a desired anatomical shape is provided. The catheter assembly can include a catheter and a cannula having a bend between a proximal portion and a distal portion. A resting shape of the catheter and the cannula can be selected to allow the distal cannula portion to be positioned at a desired angle relative to an anatomical plane (e.g., a plane of an aortic arch). In some embodiments, a packaging tray can be designed to set the catheter assembly in a desired resting shape. For example, the proximal cannula portion can be positioned at a first angle relative to the catheter, and the proximal cannula portion can be positioned at a second angle out of the plane of the packaging tray via one or more inserts.
US11986599B2
Systems and methods are provided for a valve shut-off system of a medical device. In one embodiment, the valve shut-off system of the medical device includes a first pin movable between a first position where a valve is opened and a second position where the valve is closed, the first pin including a slot, and a second pin having a mating geometry with the slot of the first pin, the second pin adjustable between a locked position that holds the first pin in the first position and an unlocked position that enables movement of the first pin between the first position and the second position.
US11986598B2
A collapsible humidifier reservoir assembly is configured to humidify a flow of pressurized respiratory gas. The humidifier reservoir assembly includes a bottom portion comprising a heat conducting base plate and a top portion that is releasably secured to the bottom portion. A seal is sandwiched between the top and bottom portions. An air inlet is configured to receive the flow of pressurized respiratory gas, and an air outlet is configured to discharge the flow of pressurized respiratory gas from the humidifier reservoir assembly. The bottom and top portions are formed from a flexible material, and the humidifier reservoir is configured to expand upon being filled with fluid.
US11986595B2
A mask assembly includes a mask interface and a headgear assembly. The mask interface includes a housing and a seal that seals around a user's nose and/or mouth in use. The headgear assembly secures the mask interface to the user's face in use. The headgear assembly can include a top strap, a rear section, and side arms. The top strap can be manually adjustable. The rear section can be temporarily expanded to allow for donning and/or doffing of the mask assembly. The side arms can be automatically adjustable.
US11986592B2
A system and method for reducing the risk of fire in an oxygen delivery system. The system may include an oxygen delivery device with a controller in communication with a flow control valve to control a flow of oxygen through a tubing from an oxygen source to a patient interface. The controller may be programmed to close the flow control valve for a predetermined time period at a predetermined time interval to cause a periodic oxygen pause, the periodic oxygen pause to remove oxygen that may serve as an oxidizer when a fire is present inside at least one of the patient interface and the tubing.
US11986587B2
A surgical gas delivery device includes a filter cartridge interface and a computer controlled control unit configured to control the circulation of surgical gas during endoscopic surgery. The control unit can operate in a plurality of different modes of operation. A tube set for connecting the surgical gas delivery device to one or more end effectors includes a filter cartridge in fluid communication with the tube set. The filter cartridge is seated in the filter cartridge interface of the surgical gas delivery device to communicate surgical gas between the surgical gas delivery device and the one or more end effectors. The surgical gas delivery device includes a reader operatively connected to receive input from a data carrying element of the tube set. The data carrying element, reader, and control unit can launch a specific one of the modes of operation when the filter cartridge is inserted.
US11986583B2
An oxygenator includes: a housing; a bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer removing a bubble; a gas-exchanging hollow fiber membrane layer exchanging a gas with blood; and a discharge port to discharge the bubble removed by the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer to the outside of the housing. The oxygenator further includes a gas permeable portion that is arranged between the discharge port and an end portion of the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer, is formed by a member having gas permeability, and allows passage of the bubble removed by the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer without allowing passage of plasma leaking through the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer. A plasma capture chamber that captures the plasma leaking through the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer is formed between the end portion of the bubble-removing hollow fiber membrane layer and the gas permeable portion.
US11986578B2
Described herein is a device, and consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition and absorbing malodors in the surrounding space.
US11986570B2
There is provided a portable wand system including a wand applicator containing a surface treatment application element. The portable wand system further includes a wand controller subsystem coupled to the wand applicator. The wand controller subsystem includes a computer program, and a depiction of one or more surfaces to be surface treated with the surface treatment application element. The portable wand system further includes a user input button coupled to the wand applicator, an indicator element, a power assembly coupled to the wand controller subsystem, and one or more registration features to register the wand applicator against known location(s) at the one or more surfaces in the depiction. The portable wand system measures positional data of the wand applicator in real-time, and compares the positional data against the depiction, to indicate to a user when a predetermined surface treatment application is achieved for the one or more surfaces.
US11986556B1
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating oral pain. The compositions disclosed herein may comprise a dissolvable carrier containing at least one active ingredient. In some embodiments, the active ingredients comprise guaiacol, eugenol, glycerin, menthol oil, peppermint oil, oregano oil, and/or cardamom oil. The methods disclosed herein comprise treating oral pain in a subject using the compositions disclosed herein, wherein such compositions are configured as a paste that can be molded on or about a surface exhibiting oral pain in a subject's oral cavity. Such compositions are resistant to the moist environment of the subject's oral cavity and provide rapid, effective pain relief in the subject.
US11986548B2
An anhydrous topical composition provides a water repellent surface. The anhydrous topical composition has at least one film former with surface tension lower than 35 dynes/cm, at least one particle having a hydrophobic surface or a hydrophobic surface treatment, and a volatile topical carrier.
US11986547B2
The present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions comprising an uncured silicone based polymer. In particular, the present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions comprising an uncured silicone based polymer; and at least one cosmetic ingredient, optionally in a cosmetically acceptable medium. The present disclosure also relates to preparation methods and uses of the cosmetic compositions.
US11986545B2
A fusion protein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a growth differentiation factor 11 and an epidermal growth factor with an enhanced anti-oxidation activity and an enhanced skin cell proliferation effect, A cosmetic composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the fusion protein as an effective component. The cosmetic composition can be advantageously used in future as a material of a functional cosmetic product.
US11986542B2
Described herein is a hair care composition including from about 0.01% to about 20% of a lipid being one or more unsaturated fatty materials chosen from unsaturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof. The unsaturated fatty material has a Log P of less than 8. The hair care composition also includes from about 0.01% to about 10% of a fatty acid monoester of a polyol, a saturated fatty alcohol, an ester of a saturated fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof. The molecule of the fatty acid component of the fatty acid monoester includes a linear or a branched carbon chain with 10 to 22 carbon atoms. The fatty acid monoester of a polyol has a log P of less than 8. The molecule of the fatty alcohol includes a linear or branched carbon chain with 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The hair care composition also includes a non-aqueous volatile solvent.
US11986537B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload promotes the expression or activity of a functional dystrophin protein. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide, e.g., an oligonucleotide that causes exon skipping in a mRNA expressed from a mutant DMD allele.
US11986526B2
Concentrated, low-viscosity, low-volume liquid pharmaceutical formulations of proteins have been developed. Such formulations can be rapidly and conveniently administered by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, rather than by lengthy intravenous infusion. These formulations include low-molecular-weight and/or high-molecular-weight proteins, such as mAbs, and viscosity-reducing ionic liquids.
US11986523B2
Disclosed is a stable liquid formulation, comprising an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, an acetate buffer, glycine, and a surfactant, wherein the stable liquid formulation does not comprise at least one of sugar, a sugar alcohol and a metal salt, and the stable liquid formulation is still stable even upon high antibody content, and is superior in osmolality and viscosity, and subcutaneous administration thereof is possible.
US11986521B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding a recombinant human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain, dense bodies produced by said HCMV strain and preparations of said dense bodies for use in medicine, particularly as a vaccine against HCMV.
US11986514B2
This invention relates to the treatment of macular edema. Macular edema is the main cause of vision loss during diabetic macular edema, wet AMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration), retinal vein occlusion and chronic intraocular inflammation. Currently, beyond photocoagulation by laser irradiation, two types of drugs are used, protein molecules that neutralize VEGF family members and glucocorticoids, with different mechanisms of action, but targeting one single symptom: macular edema. The inventors have now found that macular edema may be treated by increasing the oncotic pressure of the vitreous. According to the inventors' understanding, causing an increase in the oncotic pressure of the vitreous induces a liquid flow from the interstitial water accumulated in the retina tissue to the vitreous compartment, so as to reduce or stop macular edema. Increasing the oncotic pressure of the vitreous is preferably performed by intravitreal injection of an oncotic pressure-increasing macromolecule, which macromolecule may be selected in a group comprising protein or non-protein macromolecules, such as albumin, gelatin, alpha2 macroglobulin, fibrinogen, haptoglobin multimers, beta lipoproteins and antibodies, as well as dextran and hydroxyethyl starch.
US11986513B2
GAL(1-15) and analogues thereof for use in the prevention and/or treatment of alcohol-related effects and disorders. The present invention relates to the use of galanin(1-15), which has the general formula Gly-Trp-Thr-Leu-Asn-Ser-Ala-Gly-Tyr-Leu-Leu-Gly-Pro-His-Ala (GWTLNSAGYLLGPHA)(SEQ ID NO: 1), or an analogue thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, tautomer, solvate, or hydrate thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition or kit comprising any of same, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of alcohol-related effects and disorders, especially the use thereof to reduce alcohol consumption.
US11986504B2
Artificial cervical fluid is disclosed that contains a mucilaginous extract from the okra plant. The mucilaginous extract can be produced using a hot aqueous extractant or cold extraction process followed by separation of larger particles from the extract. The extract finds many uses, for example as a sperm storage medium, a sperm freezing medium, a sexual lubricant, an artificial insemination medium, and an in vitro fertilization medium.
US11986494B2
The present invention pertains to the use of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR)-activating nutrients (designated as “CaSR-based nutrients”) for the prevention and/or treatment of diarrheal diseases and inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. In one embodiment, the current invention is formulated for oral administration. The anti-diarrheal composition of the present invention is useful for treating diarrheal and gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions in infants and young children.
US11986486B2
Provided herein are novel ready-to-use bortezomib formulations, methods of preparing, and methods of using the same.
US11986483B2
The present invention relates to a formulation and method for treating an ear infection, especially otomycosis and otitis externa, by administering a one-time only treatment comprising an antibiotic, antifungal, and an anti-inflammatory in a thick, otic carrier. In one embodiment, the formulation comprises a therapeutically effective amount of active ingredients including a marbofloxacin, terbinafine and/or clotrimazole and dexamethasone.
US11986479B2
Treatments for human subjects exposed to, potentially exposed to, infected by, or potentially infected by a coronavirus, such as SARS-CoV-2, its variants and sub variants are described, which are based on an administration of combination drug products having two or three active ingredients formulated with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. These patients (children, adults and the elderly) suffer from symptoms of COVID-19, and some may continue to suffer from its aftereffects many weeks or months after an infection, like long COVID, including neurological aymptoms such as brain fog and confusion. Physiological ailments may consist of symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, joint and muscle aches, and the like. The two-component combination drug product comprises effective amounts of ANTABUSE (disulfiram) and PURINETHOL (mercaptopurine, 6-mercaptopurine, or 6-MP) or its prodrug IMURAN (azathioprine) or hydrates of these compounds. A three-component combination drug product adds, in addition to the foregoing active ingredients, an effective amount of dexamethasone or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof.
US11986475B1
Disclosed herein are inhibitors of TACC and methods of treating certain diseases and disorders (e.g., diseases and disorders related to TACC).
US11986464B2
Methods of treating or reducing risk of aneurysm, reducing cardiovascular risk, reducing serum cholesterol, reducing serum triglycerides, and/or reducing atherosclerotic plague in a subject involve administering to the subject an effective amount of a 5HT3R antagonist.
US11986462B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of tissue regeneration, and specifically relates to use of tacrolimus in preparation of a medicament for initiating a tissue regeneration function. In the present disclosure, adding the tacrolimus may initiate the tissue regeneration of a non-regenerative distal caudal fin in a caudal fin resection experiment of a zebrafish. The present disclosure finds that tacrolimus inhibits the calcineurin activity and has a novel use for initiating the tissue regeneration of non-regenerative tissues. The present disclosure expands the use field of tacrolimus and has important value.
US11986460B2
The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical preparation comprising α-lipoic acid, dicalcium phosphate and a binder. The solid pharmaceutical preparation has an improved stability and thereby improved bioavailability.
US11986457B2
The invention relates to nutraceutical compositions comprising dopamine transporter inhibitors and to their use as dietary supplements and food additives.
US11986455B2
The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse effects associated with solriamfetol ([R]-2-amino-3-phenylpropylcarbamate) therapy in subjects with impaired renal function. In particular, the invention provides an optimized dose escalation scheme for subjects with moderate renal impairment which results in the subjects having increased tolerance to adverse effects associated with the administration of solriamfetol. The invention also provides adjusted dosing for safe therapeutic use of solriamfetol in subjects having severe renal impairment.
US11986446B2
One embodiment of the present invention is to improve the safety and efficacy of the administration of GHB or a salt thereof to a patient. It has been discovered that the concomitant administration of an MCT inhibitor, such as diclofenac, valproate, or ibuprofen, will affect GHB administration. For example, it has been discovered that diclofenac lowers the effect of GHB in the body, thereby potentially causing an unsafe condition. Furthermore, it has been discovered that valproate increases the effect of GHB on the body, thereby potentially causing an unsafe condition.
US11986444B2
Disclosed herein is a method of safely treating a nervous system condition with a combination of dextromethorphan and bupropion. This method is intended for patients having a neurological condition or a psychiatric condition, such as major depressive disorder, and a CYP2D6 poor metabolizer genotype or a CYP2D6 poor metabolizer phenotype.
US11986441B2
A syringe adapter includes a housing, a cannula having a first end and a second end with the second end of the cannula positioned within the housing, and a collet having a first end and a second end with at least a portion of the collet received within the housing. The collet includes a body defining a passageway with a membrane received by the passageway. The collet includes a locking member connected to the body of the collet. The membrane includes a body having a first end and a second end with the collet movable from a first position where the locking member is open to receive a mating connector to a second position where radially outward movement of the locking member is restricted. The passageway of the body of the collet includes a narrowed portion configured to compress a portion of the body of the membrane.
US11986434B2
A medical walker apparatus and a method for using the medical walker. Embodiments of the medical walker include a wheeled frame and a compromised limb gait system attached to the wheeled frame, where the compromised limb gait system is configured to guide a limb of a user through a simulated gait motion. In aspects, the medical walker gives an amputee patient mobility by providing a leg brace support for the compromised limb with a flexible connection to the walker that guides the compromised limb through a biomechanically proper walking motion, thus allowing the compromised limb to be exercised.
US11986432B2
A multi-purpose wearable prophylactic and intimacy aid device made of a material mimicking human flesh, used during a sexual relationship having different purposes such as but not exclusive to providing, independently or in combination with a body part of the wearer at least one entryway to receive a means of penetration, reducing skin to skin contact to decrease the risk of STDs, and enhancing the size and shape of parts of the body of the wearer.
US11986428B2
A wheelchair is described herein, including wheels, a support frame that engages with the wheels, a seat base fitted to the support frame, and suspension between the frame and the seat base, wherein the seat base is adapted to move with respect to the support frame when a human occupant is seated on the seat base such that the suspension dampens body weight force between the seat base and the support frame.
US11986427B2
Disclosed is a multifunctional exercise chair for body stretching, comprising a wheelchair frame body, wherein a mounting frame is detachably mounted on an end of the wheelchair frame body away from the driving rear wheel and located under the seat cushion, a pedal gear is rotatably mounted at a bottom of the mounting frame and a pedal is provided thereon, a hand crank gear is rotatably mounted on a top of the mounting frame and a hand crank handle is provided thereon, a rotating shaft is provided between two driving rear wheels; a driven gear is fixedly mounted on the rotating shaft, a supporting chain gear is mounted on the mounting frame and arranged adjacent to the pedal gear, and the hand crank gear, the pedal gear, the driven gear and the supporting chain gear are wound and connected by a transmission chain.
US11986419B2
Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for controlled delivery of a therapy, such as a stimulant, to a mouth of a subject via an oral device positioned in a secured configuration in the mouth. At least one of a tongue position stimulator (TST) and tongue position sensor (TSE) is provided, according to certain aspects. According to another aspect, a stimulus is delivered to the mouth and/or tongue via a mouthpiece secured to the subject's teeth. In another regard, a stimulus is delivered that generates a natural response to eliminate or reduce sleep disorders, such as for example at least one of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
US11986412B2
The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising two or more movement restriction device segments adapted to form an implantable movement restriction device with an elongated shape that maintains cardia in the correct position. The movement restriction device has proximal and a distal end, wherein the distal end is adapted to stabilize and hold the proximal end. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The distal end can be further adapted to treat obesity, for example by stretching the wall of the stomach or filling out a volume of the stomach.
US11986404B2
An adjustable prosthetic socket includes proximal and distal ends and an axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. A distal base is adapted to support a distal portion of a residual limb and is located at the distal end of the socket. First and second spines extend upward from the distal base that define at least part of a circumference of the socket about the axis. A proximal support is connected to the second spine and arranged to distribute pressure from the second spine over a portion of the residual limb. A tensioning system is operatively connected to the first and second spines and arranged to selectively adjust the circumference of the socket. The tensioning system includes a dial tensioner connected to the first spine.
US11986402B2
Various aspects of this disclosure relate to a prosthetic cover comprising an array of sensors, which transmit signals to an array of electrodes in a liner that fits over a residual limb of an amputee. Different interactions with the prosthetic cover cause different activation of the electrodes to transmit electrical current through different areas of the residual limb and modulate neurons differently within the residual limb.
US11986399B2
This surgical ankle repair method comprises the steps of providing an instrumentation assembly for positioning an ankle prosthesis, the instrumentation assembly including a talar alignment instrument and a cutting block, the talar alignment instrument comprising a front portion and two fins extending from the ends of the front portion, said fins being adapted to be positioned in gutters extending below a tibia of a patient and around a trochlea of a talus of the patient, each fin including a reference marker, the cutting block comprising a tibial alignment structure and a recess which engages a protrusion provided on the talar alignment instrument, positioning the talar alignment instrument such that the fins are disposed in the gutters extending below the tibia and around the trochlea of the talus; aligning the talar alignment instrument so that the fins are parallel to the rotational plane of the talus, perpendicular to the rotational axis of the talus, and so that the reference markers are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the tibia; confirming alignment of the reference markers via imaging technology; mechanically attaching the talar alignment instrument to the talus; fastening the cutting block to the talar alignment instrument such that the recess engages the protrusion locked in a parallel orientation to the rotational plane of the talus; rotating the talus such that the tibial alignment structure is in a parallel alignment to the longitudinal axis of the tibia, thereby correcting any varus or valgus deformity of the talus; attaching the tibial alignment structure to the tibia; and performing a first resection of the talus and at least one resection of the tibia using the cutting block.
US11986398B2
An expandable implant includes a top support configured to engage a first portion of vertebral bone, a bottom support configured to engage a second portion of vertebral bone, and a control assembly coupled to the top support and the bottom support and configured to control relative movement between the top support and the bottom support. The control assembly includes a control member including a head and a body portion. The head includes a recess and the body portion includes at least one access port in fluid communication with the recess to enable delivery of fluid to an interior of the implant via the recess and at least one access port.
US11986393B2
The present invention is a device and a method to generate an electric current in a conductor (15). More specifically, the present invention is a device (10) that comprises a magnetic field generator element (11), a control element (12), and a support element (14). The magnetic field generator element (11) and the control element are electrically assembled, the magnetic field generator element (11) is designed to generate a varying magnetic field (B). The aforementioned varying magnetic field (B) comprises at least one varying parameter, the control element (12) is designed to control at least one varying parameter, and the support element (14) is designed to hold the magnetic field generator element (11), and the control element.
US11986390B2
Solutions for reducing irritation and/or trauma which may result upon contact of an implanted implantable device with tissue surrounding or adjacent to the implantable device. Various embodiments include features which allow a tangential or otherwise atraumatic contact of the implantable device with the tissue, in contrast with a sharper contact which may occur with prior art implantable devices. The broad principles are applicable to annuloplasty devices, and have other broader applications as well.
US11986388B2
Embodiments hereof relate methods of delivering a valve prosthesis to an annulus of a native valve of a heart. A valve delivery system is introduced into a ventricle of the heart via a ventricular wall of the heart. The valve delivery system has a displacement component at the distal portion thereof. The valve prosthesis is in a delivery configuration and the displacement component is in a delivery state in which the displacement component has a first outer diameter. While the valve prosthesis is in the delivery configuration, the displacement component of the valve delivery system is radially expanded into an expanded state in which the displacement component has a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter. The valve delivery system is advanced towards the annulus of the native valve of the heart with the displacement component in the expanded state to displace chordae tendineae.
US11986381B2
A surgical instrument system includes a pair of side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument assemblies. The right-limb side-specific instrument assembly is kitted so as to be devoid of left-limb side-specific instruments and vice versa.
US11986378B2
A fluid distribution material for an absorbent article includes a formed film that includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side includes a plurality of elongated ridges extending from a first land area, a plurality of valleys defined by adjacent elongated ridges and the first land area, and a plurality of primary apertures located at bottoms of the valleys. The second side includes a plurality of apertured protuberances extending from a second land area. Each of the protuberances includes a continuous sidewall extending from the second land area to a distal end that includes a secondary aperture substantially aligned with a primary aperture. The formed film has a thickness greater than about 0.9 mm under a pressure of 0.071 psi, and a thickness greater than about 0.3 mm under a pressure of 0.6 psi.
US11986377B2
A re-closable wound dressing is provided. A base layer is operable to be attached to a skin of a patient. The base layer forms a pre-fabricated aperture through which a wound of the patient is accessible. A cover layer is coupled with the base layer. The cover layer is operable to cover the pre-fabricated aperture, and is permanently adhered to the base layer along at least a portion of the cover layer. The base layer and the cover layer are made of like materials.
US11986366B2
The invention relates to correction factors, in particular digital correction factors or printed correction factors, as translation (x,y,z) data and/or as data of the rotation of at least one real prefabricated prosthetic tooth up to a plurality of real prefabricated prosthetic teeth in a mounting for material-ablating processing of the prosthetic teeth, the correction factors preferably being assigned to the mounting as bar code or as quick-response code for use in a digitally controlled material-ablating process, the mounting having at least one fixed real prefabricated tooth. The invention also relates to the mounting with assigned digital correction factors as well as to a method for determining the digital correction factors of the at least one real prefabricated prosthetic tooth.
US11986364B2
Disclosed is a machinable dental bulk block that is a glass ceramic block including an amorphous glass matrix and crystalline phases introduced into the matrix. A major crystalline phase is lithium disilicate and a minor crystalline phase is lithium phosphate. The dental block is made of a functionally gradient material in which the major crystalline phase exhibits a gradient of particle sizes in a depth direction of the dental block and which has no interface at a point where the gradient of particle sizes of the major crystalline phase changes. The dental bulk block is useful for production of a dental prosthesis (artificial tooth) similar to a natural tooth. The dental bulk block can reduce time and the number of processing steps to manufacture a dental prosthesis and provides improved structural stability through good force distribution obtained by functionally graded mechanical properties.
US11986360B2
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube includes a housing defining an interior, an exterior, and a port providing fluid communication therebetween. The device further includes an elongated guide wire residing at least partially within the housing, and first and second rollers defining a nip therebetween that are located within the housing. A guide wire extends through the nip and is drivable for advancement and retraction thereof through the port via rotation of the rollers.
US11986355B2
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system comprising: an image processor configured to receive at least one set of volume data resulting from a three-dimensional ultrasound scan of a body and to provide corresponding display data, an anatomy detector configured to detect a position and orientation of an anatomical object of interest within the at least one set of volume data, a slice generator for generating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the at least one set of volume data, wherein said slice generator is configured to define respective slice locations based on the results of the anatomy detector for the anatomical object of interest so as to obtain a set of two-dimensional standard views of the anatomical object of interest, wherein the slice generator is further configured to define for each two-dimensional standard view which anatomical features of the anatomical object of interest are expected to be contained, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a quality factor for each of the generated plurality of two-dimensional slices by comparing each of the slices with the anatomical features expected for the respective two-dimensional standard view.
US11986342B2
A method may include intravenously directing first bubbles into a patient's venous circulatory system and to a right side of the patient's heart. The first bubbles may have sizes that fall within a first range. The method may further include monitoring the patient's heart, with ultrasound imaging, to detect presence of the first bubbles on a left side of the patient's heart. Upon detecting the first bubbles on the left side of the patient's heart, the method may further include intravenously directing second bubbles into the patient's venous circulatory system and to the right side of the patient's heart. The second bubbles may have sizes that fall within a second range that is different than the first range. Upon detecting the second bubbles on the left side of the patient's heart, the method may further include initiating treatment to minimize risk of stroke in the patient.
US11986338B2
A mobile radiography apparatus includes a hybrid power supply system which includes batteries of different types. Each of the different type batteries is configured to supply electric power to a different portion of the mobile radiography apparatus. The different electric power supply characteristics of each the different battery types is matched to a corresponding power demand characteristic of one of the different portions of the mobile radiography apparatus.
US11986336B2
A non-spectral computed tomography scanner includes a radiation source configured to emit x-ray radiation, a detector array configured to detect x-ray radiation and generate non-spectral data, and a memory configured to store a spectral image module that includes computer executable instructions including a neural network trained to produce spectral volumetric image data. The neural network is trained with training spectral volumetric image data and training non-spectral data. The non-spectral computed tomography scanner further includes a processor configured to process the non-spectral data with the trained neural network to produce spectral volumetric image data.
US11986321B2
An automated electrophysiological response analysis apparatus for identifying and eliminating signals having non-physiological artifact noise from an averaged evoked potential signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted to identify in an electrophysiological response at least one characteristic representative of non-physiological artifact noise to classify the signal as an artifact signal and remove the artifact signal from a collection of signals used to generate the averaged evoked potential signal.
US11986318B2
A wearable consumer electronic product includes at least a housing arranged to carry operational components comprising a processor and a band having a pliable band body and a securing means arranged to secure the band body to the housing. In one embodiment, the pliable band body has a size and shape suitable for wrapping around an individual appendage and that includes an opening that leads to a cavity within the band body suitable for accumulating an amount of water and a band sensor embedded within the band body in communication with the cavity.
US11986313B2
A method and a system for providing feedback to a user for adjusting sleep pattern of the user. The method includes collecting a set of information related to the user, receiving a set of measurement data related to the user from a wearable electronic device, defining circadian rhythm and duration of sleep of the user, determining sleep scores for a predefined number of days and associating each sleep score with a corresponding go-to-bed time or time of falling asleep of the user. A sleep score is determined for each of the predefined number of days from the collected set of information, the set of measurement data, the circadian rhythm and the duration of sleep of the user. The method further includes analysing the sleep scores and associated go-to-bed time or time of falling asleep of the user to determine an optimum bedtime window for the user and providing feedback to the user based on the analysed sleep scores and the optimum bedtime window.
US11986308B2
One or more embodiments relate to a bio-signal measurement apparatus and a bio-signal measurement method for detecting peaks and a computer program for executing the method. Sensed ECG signal is wavelet transformed into one or more levels, and an effective peak of a bio-signal is detected using a complexity value of a signal surrounding the peak in the converted signals.
US11986285B2
A disease diagnosing method and a disease diagnosing system are provided in the disclosure. The disease diagnosing method includes: obtaining continuous images of a body skin and generating a time domain signal according to an average pixel value of a region of interest in each frame of the continuous images; transforming the time domain signal to a frequency domain signal and combining the time domain signal and the frequency domain signal to a time frequency signal; retrieving multiple first features of a first high dimensional space of the time frequency signal to obtain multiple second features of a second high dimensional space; and use the second features as feature vectors to map to a high dimension feature space, and classifying the second features as one of the multiple categories of a disease corresponding to the region of interest in the body skin according to a hyperplane of the high dimension feature space.
US11986283B2
A method for detecting cough sounds from a sound wave of a subject includes applying features extracted from the sound wave to at least two electronic pattern classifiers including a first classifier trained to detect an explosive phase of a cough and a second classifier trained to detect one or more post-explosive phases of the cough sound. The features extracted from the sound wave are applied to the second classifier after the first classifier has classified features of the sound wave as an explosive phase of a cough sound.
US11986282B2
A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system, comprising a magnetics system having a plurality of magnetics components configured to produce magnetic fields for performing magnetic resonance imaging, and a sensor configured to detect electromagnetic interference conducted by a patient into an imaging region of the MR imaging system. The sensor may comprise at least one electrical conductor configured for electrically coupling to the patient. The MR imaging system may further comprise a noise reduction system configured to receive the electromagnetic interference from the sensor and to suppress electromagnetic interference in detected MR signals received by the MR imaging system based on the electromagnetic interference detected by the sensor.
US11986281B2
A system and method enhance clinical effectiveness for monitoring for a change in a level of fluid in tissue by using a device attached to a body portion that wirelessly reports to a remote apparatus or receiver a current received power level for indications of extravasation or infiltration. Adjusting an activation rate of fluid detection, reporting or both extends service life of the device.
US11986280B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for diagnosing and treatment planning for vascular steal syndromes and retrograde flow, One method includes receiving a reference blood flow direction at a location in a reference vasculature; determining a patient-related brood flow direction at a location in a patient's vasculature corresponding to the location in the reference vasculature; determining a difference in direction, between the reference blood flow direction of the reference vasculature and the patient-related blood flow direction of the patient's vasculature; and generating a representation of the location in the patient's vasculature associated with the difference in direction between the reference blood flow direction and the patient-related blood flow direction, or generating a treatment recommendation for the patient's vasculature based on the difference in direction between the reference blood flow direction and the patient-related blood flow direction.
US11986279B2
Various embodiments of a method and a device for monitoring the health of an infant are disclosed. A wearable infant monitoring device comprising a sensing module 170 comprising: a heart rate sensor 150 configured to provide output data corresponding to heart rate of the infant wearing the infant monitoring device; a microcontroller 100 configured to receive and transmit output data; a vibration motor 140 configured to vibrate whenever the heart rate of the infant falls below a customized range; a BLE module 110 in operational unity with the microcontroller that transmits heart rate data to a user on an individual computing device application 120; a computer device application configured to receive and process the output data and generate the infant's heart rate. A method of monitoring an infant's heart rate using the wearable heart rate monitoring device comprising the heart rate sensor 150 collecting output data, wherein the output data provides information about the infant's heart rate; the microcontroller 100 receiving and transmitting the output data to the BLE module; the BLE module 110 transmitting the output data directly to a user computing device application, which computing device application processes the output data and generates the infant heart rate.
US11986274B2
The systems, devices, and methods presented herein use a heart pump to obtain measurements of cardiovascular function. The heart pumps described herein can operate in parallel with and unload the heart. The system can quantify the functioning of the native heart by measuring certain parameters/signals such as pressure or motor current, then calculate and display one or more metrics of cardiovascular function. These metrics, such as left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP), left ventricular pressure, and contractility, provide valuable information to a user regarding a patient's state of heart function and recovery.
US11986273B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods that utilize images of a user's face to detect alcohol intoxication. One embodiment of a system to detect alcohol intoxication includes first and second inward-facing head-mounted cameras that are located less than 5 cm from a user's face, are sensitive to wavelengths below 1050 nanometer, and are configured to capture images of respective first and second regions on the user's face. The system also includes a computer that calculates, based on baseline images captured with the cameras while the user was not intoxicated, a baseline pattern of hemoglobin concentrations at regions on the face. The computer also calculates, based on a current set of images captured with the cameras, a current pattern of hemoglobin concentrations at the regions, and detects whether the user is intoxicated based on a deviation of the current pattern from the baseline pattern.
US11986269B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of systems and methods of imaging using photoacoustic computed tomography.
US11986263B2
The application discloses a power mechanism and a slave operating device. The power mechanism, for connecting to an operating arm, includes a body and a power mechanism. A side surface of the body defines a mounting groove. The mounting groove passes through a bottom surface of the body. A distal end of the operating arm is located out of the mounting groove. The power portion is disposed on the body for connecting to the operating arm and providing power for the operating arm. The above power mechanism enables the operating arm to be simpler and more rapid to install.
US11986260B2
Robotic surgical system and methods utilizing virtual boundaries with variable constraint parameters
Surgical systems and methods for utilizing virtual boundaries having different constraint parameters. A robotic manipulator supports and moves a surgical tool for treating a bone structure. A navigation system tracks the surgical tool and the bone structure. Controller(s) obtain a virtual model of the bone structure and define first and second virtual boundaries relative to the virtual model. The first virtual boundary has a first constraint parameter and the second virtual boundary has a second constraint parameter that is different than the first constraint parameter. The virtual model and virtual boundaries are registered to the bone structure. The manipulator moves the surgical tool relative to the bone structure and the first and second virtual boundaries. The surgical tool is constrained relative to the first virtual boundary in accordance with the first constraint parameter and constrained relative to the second virtual boundary in accordance with the second constraint parameter.
US11986259B2
A computer-assisted medical system includes manipulators, a user input system, a user output system comprising a display device, and a controller configured to execute instructions to perform operations. The operations include, in a pairing mode and in response to a first set of signals generated by the user input system, causing a virtual selector shown on the display device to move relative to an imagery shown on the display device. The operations further include, in the pairing mode, associating a first manipulator with a portion of the user input system based on movement of the virtual selector relative to a represented location of the first instrument, and, in a following mode, controlling motion of the first instrument in accordance to a second set of signals generated by the user input system in response to operation of the portion of the user input system by a user.
US11986242B2
The invention relates to a full-field OCT method for generating an imaging of an ocular fundus (31), in which short-coherent light (22) is emitted and split into an object beam path (25) and a reference beam path (24). The object beam path (25) is directed onto the ocular fundus (33). The reference beam path (24) and a portion of the object beam path (25) reflected by the ocular fundus (31) are directed onto an image sensor (32), such that an interference between the reference beam path (24) and the object beam path (25) occurs on the image sensor (32), wherein the reference beam path (24) impinges on the image sensor (32) at an angle deviating from the object beam path (25). Before impinging on the image sensor (32), the reference beam path (24) impinges on an optical correction element (27) in order to reduce a chromatic aberration within the reference beam path (24). Intensity information and phase information is determined from a capturing of the image sensor. A focus-adjusted image of the ocular fundus is calculated. The invention also relates to a system that is suitable for carrying out said method. Images of the ocular fundus can be captured without the beam path being previously adapted to the refractive power of the eye lens.
US11986233B2
An ultrasonic device may include an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency, the electromechanical ultrasonic system having an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A method of compensating power delivered to the ultrasonic device may include determining an articulation angle of an articulatable ultrasonic blade coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, adjusting a complex impedance of the ultrasonic transducer to compensate for power lost as a function of the articulation angle, and adjusting, a power applied to the ultrasonic transducer based on the articulation angle. The ultrasonic device may include a generator and a control circuit configured to effect the method.
US11986232B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for treating conditions such as chronic daily headache, cluster headache, tension headache, migraine, or acute headache of a patient. In example methods, a cryotherapy element is introduced into the nasal cavity or pterygopalatine fossa to cool or cryoablate at least one of a nasal nerve tissue or nasal blood vessel. The cryotherapy element may be introduced into the nasal cavity in a collapsed position, and prior to cooling a target treatment site may be expanded to an expanded configuration.
US11986212B2
A surgical access assembly includes a cannula and a retention anchor including an annular body and a washer secured to the annular body. The annular body includes an inner side surface defining an opening therethrough, and the washer includes an inner terminal edge defining an opening therethrough that is aligned with the opening of the annular body. The elongated shaft of the cannula extends through the openings. The washer is transitionable between a first configuration in which the inner terminal edge of the washer is coincident with or disposed radially outwardly of the inner side surface of the annular body so that the retention anchor is slidable along the elongated shaft, and a second configuration in which the inner terminal edge of the washer extends radially inwardly of the inner side surface of the annular body and engages the elongated shaft to fix the retention anchor to the elongated shaft.
US11986211B2
A reducer device for insertion into a surgical cannula includes a tubular member having a proximal opening and a distal opening and an electrically conductive component configured and positioned to provide an electrically conductive path from an interior of the tubular member to an exterior of the tubular member. The electrically conductive path is localized along an axial length of the tubular member. A method of configuring a surgical device includes positioning a surgical cannula within an incision of a patient's body wall, positioning a reducer device within the surgical cannula, and positioning a surgical instrument within the reducer device. Positioning the surgical instrument within the reducer device includes forming an electrically conductive pathway between the surgical cannula and the surgical instrument.
US11986206B2
Medical systems and methods for making and using medical systems are disclosed. Example medical systems may include an atherectomy system configured to engage and remove plaque from walls in vessels of a vascular system. The atherectomy system may include a drive shaft, a rotational tip coupled to an end of the drive shaft, a drive mechanism coupled to the drive shaft to rotate the rotational tip, a control unit configured to control operation of the drive mechanism, and a knob assembly configured to facilitate longitudinal movement of the drive shaft, the rotational tip, and/or the drive mechanism. In some cases, the knob assembly may be configured to initiate adjustment of a mode of the drive mechanism in response to actuation of an actuator in the knob assembly.
US11986193B2
Methods and devices for consistently and accurately controlling the depth of the graft tunnel. A sheath is inserted into the bone until a stop member on the sheath contacts the bone. A cutting member is then deployed to drill a larger bore in the tunnel until making contact with the distal end of the sheath. The cutting member may be drawn retrograde within the tunnel, or driven antegrade from an opening opposite the opening in which the sheath resides. The drill and the sheath can then be removed, leaving the tunnel that includes a tunnel portion sized to fit a graft so that the graft fits tightly within the tunnel portion and is flush with the opening of the tunnel.
US11986192B2
Surgical instruments with ultrasonic cutting and sensing capabilities, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including a housing; an ultrasonic transducer contained in the housing and capable of acting as an ultrasonic receiver; an output member at least partially received in the housing and configured to be driven by the ultrasonic transducer; a dissection head having an attachment portion configured to be selectively driven by the ultrasonic transducer; and a controller operable to initiate and stop the ultrasonic transducer according to an alternating duty cycle.
US11986190B2
A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having a housing with a trigger movably coupled thereto and a shaft extending therefrom with opposed jaws formed on a distal end thereof. The trigger is adapted to advance a clip to position the clip between the jaws, and to move the jaws from an open position to a closed position to crimp the clip positioned therebetween. The surgical clip applier can include a variety of features to facilitate use of the device, including features to prevent misalignment of the jaws and clip therebetween, features to protect the jaws, and features to ensure proper closure of the jaws and clip therebetween.
US11986182B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a stapling assembly, and a restriction feature. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector being on a distal end of the shaft assembly and incudes a first second jaw. The stapling assembly is supported by one of the first jaw or the second jaw. The stapling assembly includes a wedge sled. The wedge sled is configured to move relative to the one of the first jaw or the second jaw to drive movement of one or more staples. The restriction feature is configured to releasably hold the wedge sled in a predetermined position within the stapling assembly while the stapling assembly is in a pre-fired configuration. At least a portion of the restriction feature is configured to respond to movement of the edge sled to release the restriction feature from the wedge sled.
US11986176B2
A trocar site closure clip includes a generally triangular central body, a pair of arms extending from the body, and an elongated support extending from the body between the arms. In use, the clip is advanced into a patient through a trocar, the trocar removed, then the clip partially retracted to engage and pierce the patients tissue. The biodegradable clip remains in the patients tissue, at least partially blocking the trocar site, and degrades over time as the patient heals.
US11986173B2
Introduced here is an ingestible device comprising a capsule having a central axis therethrough, at least one propulsion component, and at least one motor configured to supply motive power to the propulsion component(s). The propulsion component(s) may be disposed at locations radially offset from the central axis. Upon receiving input indicative of a request to alter a position and/or an orientation of the ingestible device, the motor(s) can supply motive power to some or all of the propulsion component(s) to cause movement of the ingestible device.
US11986162B2
An endoscope comprises a handle and a shaft with an optical housing at the distal end of the shaft enclosing a camera sensor positioned so that its optical axis is at an angle with respect to a rotational axis of the shaft. The camera sensor is rotatable with the shaft relative to a proximal housing of the handle. A rotation sensor in the handle detects the rotational angle of the camera sensor with respect to the proximal housing. A processor can correct the angular orientation of an image from the image sensor, converting of a rotating variable field of view to a translating variable field of view. A processor can apply variable smoothing of the rotation of the displayed image so that smoothing during rotational deceleration is greater than smoothing during rotational acceleration. The shaft may be enclosed in a trocar that allows for a space between the shaft and trocar that can be used to carry irrigation fluid to or from a space at the end of the shaft.
US11986161B2
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to detachable endoscope shafts assemblies including detachable endoscope shafts. In one implementation, an endoscope assembly comprises: an endoscope housing comprising a distal connector including first circuitry configured to receive one or more image signals or supply power from the endoscope housing; and a detachable endoscope shaft comprising: a distal segment configured to be inserted in a patient cavity; an attachment segment proximal to the distal segment, the attachment segment configured to be removably coupled to an instrument or adapter; and a proximal connector configured to removably and electrically couple to the distal connector, the proximal connector including second circuitry configured to electrically couple to the first circuitry.
US11986160B2
Pulsed hyperspectral imaging without input clock or data transmission clock is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a plurality of bidirectional data pads and a controller in communication with the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm; electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 565 nm to about 585 nm; or electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm.
US11986143B2
A water softener for a dishwasher includes a tank body having a regeneration tank that accommodates brine, an exchange tank that accommodates an ion exchange resin, and a flow path configured to supply water to the regeneration tank and the exchange tank. The water softener further includes a regeneration inlet in communication with the regeneration tank, an exchange inlet in communication with the exchange tank, and a switching valve mounted at the tank body and configured to open and close the regeneration inlet and the exchange inlet to switch the flow path. The switching valve includes a head configured to open and close the regeneration inlet and the exchange inlet. A sealing protrusion protrudes toward the head from a circumference of the regeneration inlet and is configured to contact the head to seal the regeneration inlet.
US11986140B2
A cleaning device and method of cleaning are provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and in fluid communication with the pump, the valve assembly being configured to selectively flow cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
US11986124B2
A cookware assembly including a cooking vessel comprising an interior, an exterior, a vessel side wall and an elongated handle extending outwardly from the exterior, a cover, and an opening in at least one of the vessel side wall and the cover above the elongated handle.
US11986116B2
An improved ornament-hanging hook and system includes an ornament-hanging apparatus and one or more ornament-hanging hooks, wherein each of the one or more ornament-hanging hooks includes an ornament-engaging loop, a first engagement-element for engaging a tree branch or other hanging structure, and a second engagement element disposed between the ornament-engaging loop and the first engagement-element for contact with the ornament-hanging apparatus during hanging. The second engagement-element has a second bend having a plurality of flections, wherein a portion of the second bend forms a fulcrum. Upon engagement with the ornament-hanging apparatus at the fulcrum, an ornament attached at the ornament-engaging loop is balanced gravitationally such that the first-engagement element is positioned upright and in an unobstructed manner.
US11986109B2
A kit for constructing a cake-protecting assembly, including at least two first elongated frame members, at least two second elongated frame members connectable to the pair of first elongated frame members to yield a frame defining a working plane, at least two leg members pivotably connected to each respective elongated first frame member, and at least two elongated stabilizing members connectable to extend orthogonally from a leg member connected to each respective elongated support member and oriented parallel to the working plane. The kit also includes four pegs connectible to the elongated first frame members for limiting the movement of each respective leg member.
US11986103B1
Provided is a portable folding chair, comprising a supporting frame and a cloth cover cushion, wherein the supporting frame comprises a fixed seat, supporting legs rotatably connected to the fixed seat, and a supporting assembly connected to the supporting legs, a plurality of limiting plates and lugs positioned at two sides of the limiting plates are provided on a periphery of the fixed seat, and an accommodating groove for mounting the supporting leg is formed between the limiting plate and the lug. According to the present utility model, the supporting legs are prevented from being unfolded at an excessive angle, it is effectively guaranteed that the supporting legs will not shake on the fixed seat when the portable folding chair is used by a user, and the portable folding chair is effectively prevented from falling due to shaking of the supporting legs when placed on uneven ground.
US11986102B2
A portable sunshade configured for removable connection to a chair backrest has first, second and third sections removably connected to one another. The first section having a pair of first frame tubes, a pair of first cross tubes, a pair of second cross tubes, and joint connecting the first and second pairs of cross tubes to the frame. The second section is removably mounted to one end of the first section and has a pair of second frame tubes, a first fabric panel supported by the second frame tubes, and a pair of first hinge mechanisms connecting end portions of the second frame tubes to respective first end portions of the first frame tubes of the first section so as to permit the second section to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first section. The third section is removable mounted to another end of the first section opposite the one end thereof and has a pair of third frame tubes, a second fabric panel supported by the third frame tubes, and a pair of second hinge mechanisms connecting end portions of the third frame tubes to respective second end portions of the first frame tubes of the first section so as to permit the third section to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first section.
US11986095B2
A retractable furniture carriage is capable of supporting a piece of furniture off of a floor, and allowing the furniture to be rolled across the floor. The retractable furniture carriage includes wheels mounted by a frame to the furniture. The frame can be pivoted for moving the wheels between a deployed position in which they engage and support the furniture to a stowed position in which the wheels are off the floor. Actuation of the frame can be carried out from the side of the furniture through frame structure largely located underneath the furniture.
US11986093B2
The purpose of a shelf holding structure having an attachable and detachable power supply according to the present invention is to provide a shelf holding structure to which power is supplied, wherein the shelf holding structure has a very pleasing aesthetical appearance because a shelf power supply device is not exposed to the outside, simple and expandable construction of the power supply is possible to suit varying on-site circumstances, and the power supply device can be easily detached and attached.
US11986091B2
A drawer assembly for an appliance includes a drawer front for providing selective access to the drawer recess, the drawer front being rotatable between an open position and a closed position, a slide operably coupling the drawer front to the cabinet, the slide including a catch bar, an electronic input provided on the drawer front, the electronic input configured to transmit an input signal, and a latch provided in the drawer front, the latch being operably coupled with the electronic input and selectively engaged with the catch bar based on the input signal.
US11986056B1
Example embodiments of the present disclosure comprise footwear having an adjustable lining. The adjustable shoe may comprise a sole structure, an upper, and an adjustable lining configured to provide for length and/or width adjustability of the shoe. The adjustable lining may be coupled to the upper and may be configured to be moved relative to the upper to adjust a shape and/or a fit of the upper (e.g., change a length and/or a width of the upper).
US11986053B2
Foot support systems, e.g., for articles of footwear, include systems for changing the hardness or firmness of the foot support portion (e.g., of a sole structure) and/or systems for moving (e.g., selectively moving) fluid between various portions of the foot support system.
US11986043B2
A shoe includes a shoe upper and a sole which is connected with the shoe upper. The shoe upper includes a knitted structure which at least partially surrounds a foot of a wearer during intended use of the shoe. The knitted structure has a first set of openings arranged side by side along both a lateral and a medial side of the shoe upper. The knitted structure has a second set of openings arranged side by side along both a lateral and a medial side of the shoe upper. The first set of openings are at a first height level of the shoe, the second set of openings are at a second height level of the shoe, and the first height level is different than the second height level.
US11986040B1
A unibody impact protection body suit apparatus that provides a secure fit to a user, provides spacing between the head of the user and the interior of the head region of the suit, provides face and shoulder protection, and situation awareness prior to impact to help prevent various head, neck, shoulder, upper body, and spinal injuries to a user in the game of football or other contact sport. In particular, the impact protection suit includes a head region having an interior wall region, a shoulder region, and a torso region. Here, the impact protection suit is configured such that the head region provides spacing between a user's head and the interior wall region to help minimize or prevent various, head, neck, and spine injuries. In addition, the suit may also include various proximity sensors and audio-visual notification interfaces for alerting the user of impending impact from an opposing player.
US11986036B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for supplementing human hair. A system and method includes a wire coupled to an existing hair, wherein the wire pulls the existing hair through a funnel and microtube. A sleeve with supplemental hairs is positioned on the microtube and configured to be coupled to the existing hair. After the existing hair passes through the microtube, the wire, funnel, and microtube are removed, thus leaving the supplemental hairs coupled to the existing hair via the sleeve. An alternative system and method includes one or more tools for installing two halves of a sleeve with supplemental hairs extending therefrom onto a strand of existing hair. The one or more tools are configured to guide the strand of existing hair into engagement with the halves of the sleeve, thus securing the sleeve and the supplemental hairs on the strand of existing hair.
US11986030B2
A support frame for a knee pad has three major components that interlock with each other to form a rigid and strong frame capable of supporting the weight of a person who is working on knees. The three components are molded of a rigid plastic material. The upper component has a knee seat and a strap for wrapping around the leg of the wearer; the lower component has a cuff for wrapping around the wearer's ankle. Fastener devices for attaching the knee pad and the straps to the support frame are either incorporated into or provided on the support frame.
US11986029B2
A coat with an integrated drag harness. The harness is a single strip of material, such as a flat webbing or rope that extends through a slit in the center of the back of the coat torso below the neck opening. Inside the torso, the strip is a yoke that follows a path that runs from the slit, around one arm hole, across the slit, around the other arm hole, and ending at the slit. The yoke is secured to the torso by stitching. The strip extends a length outside of the slit to form a strap that is at least is four feet long. Optionally, the end of the strap has a handle. Optionally, the strap is stored in a pocket in the back of the torso.
US11986021B2
An electronic inhalation apparatus including a body having a chip module accommodating region which is at least partially surrounded by a folding structure. When a chip module is accommodated in the chip module accommodating region, the folding structure is bent around the chip module in order to fasten the chip module.
US11986019B2
An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.
US11986018B2
An aerosol generation system for generation of an aerosol from an aerosol-forming precursor includes an electrically operated heating system to heat precursor to generate the aerosol, a flow path for transmission of flow, including the aerosol, to a user, the heating system arranged in fluid communication with the flow path; and electrical circuitry. The electrical circuitry is configured to: measure a property of the electrical energy through the heating system, determine one or more characteristics from the result of the measurement of the measured property of the electrical energy, select, based on the determined characteristics, one from a plurality of different stored relationships between the measured property of the electrical energy and a property of the flow, and determine the property of the flow based on relationship.
US11986016B2
An inductive heating assembly is provided for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming liquid, the assembly including: a ring-shaped liquid retention element configured to hold and to transport the aerosol-forming liquid; and a ring-shaped susceptor element coaxially arranged at an axial end face of the ring-shaped liquid retention element and being configured to heat the aerosol-forming liquid within the ring-shaped liquid retention element, the ring-shaped susceptor element including an inductively heatable susceptor material exclusively confined within an inner ring portion having an outer radial extension of at most 50 percent of an outer radial extension of the ring-shaped liquid retention element. An aerosol-generating article including the inductive heating assembly is also provided.
US11986004B2
Food-grade pulse protein concentrates prepared from various pulses and flours derived therefrom are provided. Also provided are method of making the concentrates and beverages and foodstuffs that include the concentrates. The pulse protein concentrates are characterized by a high protein content, high digestibility, and complete essential amino acid profile.
US11985998B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a lipid and protein component-containing composition comprising large lipid globules, preferably coated with polar lipids, and to the compositions obtained thereby. Optionally, the lipid and protein component-containing composition is spray-dried. The obtained compositions are for feeding infants and young children.
US11985995B2
Methods of preparing freeze dried powders comprising rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D are provided herein. The freeze dried powders produced by the disclosed methods exhibit improved aqueous solubility over known forms and compositions of rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D. Methods of preparing consumables, e.g. beverages, with the freeze dried compositions are also detailed herein.
US11985993B2
The present invention discloses an ultrasound-electrode-nano-porous membrane coupling hydrogen production and sterilization system, which comprises a vessel and a plurality of hydrogen production units arranged in the vessel. The hydrogen production unit comprises a cavity, and a broadband ultrasonic generator and a circular hydrogen production electrode located in the cavity. The circular hydrogen production electrode wraps around the broadband ultrasonic generator. A bottom membrane at the bottom of the cavity is hydrophobic at the inner side and hydrophilic at the outer side, and a side membrane of the cavity is hydrophilic at the inner side and hydrophobic at the outer side and is mounted vertically or obliquely upwards by an angle of 0-45 degrees. The system has the functions of continuously and efficiently facilitating self-circulation micro-flow of a liquid system, hydrogen dissolution (as nano-bubbles), conversion from the interface to the bulk phase and dispersion of bubbles, sterilization and others.
US11985990B2
Disclosed herein is a method of maintaining corn protein yield during extraction and managing stickiness and viscosity comprising obtaining a corn material having a corn protein content and washing the corn material to remove non-protein components with an ethanol-water solvent comprising at least 85 wt % ethanol to obtain a corn protein isolate, wherein the loss of corn protein content during extraction is less than 10% of total corn protein.
US11985980B2
An automated pizza oven assembly includes an oven that has an entry and an exit. A conveyor extends through the entry and the exit, and a pizza is positionable on the conveyor. The conveyor transports the pizza through the oven to cook the pizza. A cutting unit is coupled to and extends away from the oven such that the cutting unit is positioned above the conveyor. The cutting unit includes a plurality of blades and each of the blades radiating outwardly from a central point of the cutting unit. The blades are urged downwardly onto the pizza when the cutting unit is turned on to cut the pizza into a plurality of slices. A control unit is coupled to the oven and the control unit is in communication with the heating element in the oven, the conveyor and the cutting unit. The control unit controls operational parameters of the heating element, the conveyor and the cutting unit.
US11985978B1
Synthesis of a compound Ethyl-2-{[(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)carbamothioyl]amino}-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US11985977B2
A method of promoting the growth of a plant comprising the application of an effective amount of 1,3,5-Triazinane-2,4,6-Trithione (TMT) to the plant. Particularly, the TMT is in an aqueous solution in a concentration range of 0.01% w/v to 0.1% w/v. In one embodiment the aqueous solution is applied to the plant by foliar spray. In another embodiment aqueous solution containing the TMT is mixed with zeolite.
US11985976B2
The present invention is directed to a pesticidal mixture comprising one or more mectins and one or more pyrethroids. The present invention is further directed to a method of controlling pests comprising applying a mixture of the present invention to an area in need of pest control.
US11985960B2
The invention relates to a device for use in large-scale industrial insect farming. More in particular, the invention relates to an insects transport device for transporting live insects from a first location to a predetermined second location, the insects transport device comprising a gas guiding unit, a gas discharge member and a feeder arrangement, wherein the insects transport device is configured to receive live insects such as freshly hatched neonate larvae, for example of black soldier fly, or mites, wherein the live insects are directly taken up in a laminar flow of gas after exiting the feeder arrangement in a free fall under influence of gravitation such that the live insects do not contact any surface of the insects transport device, and while in said gas are transported to a predetermined location in the insects transport device. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the device in industrial insect farming, such as large-scale farming of black soldier flies or mites. The invention also relates to a method of dosing live insects, wherein for example live insects are dosed which are essentially of the same age (e.g. within an age difference of 1 second-5 minutes), such as freshly hatched neonate larvae. In addition, the invention relates to a single dose of neonate larvae obtained with the method, wherein larvae have a small larvae-to-larvae age difference within the single dose.
US11985954B2
The present disclosure provides a modular cat recreation structure comprising: one or more sections configured to be removably mounted to a household structure, wherein each of the one or more sections comprises: an external surface; first and second opposing arms defining a slot therebetween; a hollow central opening continuous with the slot and configured to accommodate a portion of the household structure therein; first and second engagement surfaces disposed on terminal edges of the first and second opposing arms and configured to apply a biasing force against first and second opposing surfaces of the household structure when the portion of the household structure is inserted into the slot; first and second projections extending axially away from the first and second opposing arms, the first and second projections being operable to adjust a width of the slot via application of first and second opposing forces to the first and second projections.
US11985950B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R114B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R114B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R114B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R114B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11985933B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-CO1332 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-CO1332 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-CO1332 RZ.
US11985931B2
This invention relates to methods and materials for modulating the characteristics of a plant, said plant having been heterologously disposed to an endophyte or a plurality of endophytes, or derived from a plant reproductive element heterologously disposed to an endophyte or a plurality of endophytes.
US11985929B2
A hand-held pneumatic pollinator for hybrid rice seed production and a method thereof are provided. The pollinator includes a hand-held power chassis, a lifting assembly, a pneumatic pollination assembly, and a control assembly. A position of each of air blowing pipes relative to an ear of the male parent is adjusted by the control assembly and the lifting assembly. The pneumatic pollination assembly is provided with a plurality of air blowing pipes, of which the number is less than rows of the male parent of a hybrid rice seed production with a relatively large row ratio. Each air blowing pipe is located between corresponding two rows of the male parent during pollination. The directional, uniform and constant airflow at an air blowing port blows a pollen off a stamen to transport the pollen to the female parent compartment.
US11985918B2
A work machine includes a chassis, and a work implement movably coupled to the chassis and configured to perform a field-engaging function. The work machine also includes an actuator coupled to the work implement and configured to adjust a position of the work implement relative to a ground surface. The work machine further includes a sensor unit configured to sense a characteristic of the work machine and communicate a signal indicative of the characteristic. The work machine also includes a communication module, and a controller in communication with the sensor unit and the communication module, the controller including a processor and memory. The controller is configured to monitor a location of the work machine, process the signal from the sensor unit to monitor the characteristic, determine whether the characteristic exceeds an acceptable range, and if so, identify an event, and assign a location to the event.
US11985913B2
A soil monitoring system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to instruct an actuator to drive a shank to move upwardly and downwardly, such that at least one soil monitoring sensor coupled to a lateral side of the shank moves in a cyclical pattern through soil as the shank is driven to move through the soil along a direction of travel. The controller is also configured to receive multiple sensor signals from the at least one soil monitoring sensor while the at least one soil monitoring sensor is at respective depths within the soil, in which each sensor signal is indicative of at least one soil property. In addition, the controller is configured to determine a vertical profile of the at least one soil property based on the sensor signals.
US11991931B2
A magnetic recording layer according to this embodiment has a magnetic domain wall inside and contains a rare gas element.
US11991927B2
An organic light-emitting device may include: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer may include an emission layer, the emission layer may include a first compound, a second compound, and a fluorescent dopant, the first compound, the second compound, and the fluorescent dopant may be different from one another, the total weight of the first compound and the second compound may be greater than a weight of the fluorescent dopant, and the first compound may be a compound represented by Formula 1: Formula 1 may be understood by referring to the description of Formula 1 provided herein.
US11991917B2
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first flexible layer, a first barrier layer disposed on the first flexible layer, and a second flexible layer disposed on the first barrier layer. Wherein, a material of the first barrier layer includes silicon oxide and silicon nitride, a mass ratio of silicon oxide to silicon nitride is 3x:7y, and x=1 to 4 and y=1 to 4. The present disclosure can improve adhesion between the two flexible layers by disposing the barrier layer between the two flexible layers, thereby allowing a flexible substrate to have an ability to block water and oxygen, good adhesion, bending performance, high-temperature and high-humidity resistance, and optical transmittance.
US11991915B2
The present application provides a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a light-emitting layer and a light-concentrating layer positioned on the light-emitting layer, the light-emitting layer includes a plurality of light-emitting units, the light-concentrating layer includes a first member and a second member for converging light, wherein the first member includes a plurality of openings, an edge of the openings includes a first inclined surface for reflecting light and a second inclined surface positioned on the first inclined surface, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are connected by a first connecting portion.
US11991910B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first display region and a second display region, the first display region includes first light emitting unit groups and first pixel circuit groups connected with the first light emitting unit groups; the second display region includes second light emitting unit groups and second pixel circuit groups connected with the second light emitting unit groups; a density of the second light emitting unit groups is smaller than that of the first light emitting unit groups. The second pixel circuit groups include first pixel circuit units each including a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit, and at least two pixel circuits in the first pixel circuit unit are configured to be electrically connected with a same light emitting unit.
US11991907B2
The disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, including a display cell. The display cell includes: a plurality of display pins and a plurality of cell test pins, which are arranged in a bonding region of the display cell; and a chip on film bonded to a side facing away from a display surface of the display cell. An orthographic projection of the chip on film on the display cell completely covers the display pins and the cell test pins.
US11991899B2
A display panel, a preparation method, and a display device are disclosed, including an array substrate, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) light emitting device disposed on a side of the array substrate, and a scattering layer disposed on a side of the OLED light emitting device away from the array substrate, wherein the scattering layer has a plurality of micropores.
US11991896B2
A display panel comprises a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a light emitting diode disposed in the display area on the first substrate, an adhesive layer covering the display area and the non-display area on the first substrate, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate by the adhesive layer, wherein the second substrate includes a barrier structure portion for defining a plurality of open spaces on one surface of the second substrate that adjoins the adhesive layer.
US11991895B2
A display panel includes: a display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area around the display area; a cover plate assembled with the display substrate; a reinforcement layer disposed in the peripheral area, the reinforcement layer including a plurality of first corner guards, and the first corner guards being distributed around the display area at intervals; a dam disposed in the peripheral area, the dam being of a closed loop structure around the display area, the dam having a plurality of corners, and inner walls of the corners being matched with and in contact with outer walls of the first corner guards in one-to-one correspondence; and a filling layer filled in a space enclosed by the display substrate, the cover plate, the first corner guards and the dam, the filling layer being in contact with inner walls of the first corner guards.
US11991889B2
There is provided a solid-state image pickup device that includes a functional region provided with an organic film, and a guard ring surrounding the functional region.
US11991876B2
Provided are a semiconductor structure and a method for forming same. The method includes the following operations. Active areas and first isolation structures disposed at intervals are provided. Second isolation structures located between adjacent active areas are provided, and top surfaces of the second isolation structures are higher than or flush with top surfaces of the active areas. A mask layer are formed, pattern openings of which expose part of the top surfaces of the active areas, and the second isolation structures are located at two opposite sides of part of the active areas. The part of the active areas exposed by the pattern openings and part of the first isolation structures are etched to form intermediate grooves at least exposing part of surfaces of the active areas. Bit line structures are formed, which are electrically connected to top surfaces exposed by the intermediate grooves.
US11991872B2
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate including top portions isolated by an isolation structure, first semiconductor layers over a first top portion of the substrate in a first region, and a first gate structure wrapping each of the first semiconductor layers and covering a top surface and sidewalls of the first top portion of the substrate extending above the isolation structure. The first semiconductor layers are stacked up and separated from each other, and each first semiconductor layer has a first width. A bottom surface of the first gate structure is below the top surface of the substrate for a first depth which is at least half of the first width.
US11991856B2
An enclosure for an electronic system that is configured to act as a heat exchanger to remove heat from a cooling liquid that is circulated through the electronic system for cooling the electronic components thereof which are submerged in the cooling liquid in direct contact therewith. The enclosure uses an arrangement of a combination of external fins on one or more walls and fluid passages formed in one or more of the walls through which the cooling liquid is circulated for cooling. The fluid passages and the external fins are preferably formed on the same wall. The fins and the fluid passages can be formed on any number of walls of the enclosure.
US11991853B2
A clip for securing one or more cables associated with a computing device includes a baseplate, a first wall, and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall extend from the baseplate. The first wall has a first inward projection at a distal end thereof. The second wall has a second inward projection at a distal end thereof. The first wall is generally parallel to the second wall. The first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from each other by an interior space configured to receive the one or more cables. The first inward projection and the second inward projection aid in preventing the one or more cables from moving outside of the interior space.
US11991851B2
Various embodiments relate to a method, controller, and machine-readable storage medium for verifying controlled devices attached to the controller including one or more of the following: selecting, using a system model that models a system of devices comprising the controlled devices attached to the controller, a grouping of the system of devices to be tested; conducting a test of the grouping to produce a test result for the grouping, wherein conducting the test comprises transmitting a communication to at least one device associated with the grouping; choosing a graphical representation of a portion of the system model from a plurality of graphical representations based on the graphical representation including a representation of the grouping; and displaying, on a user interface, the graphical representation and an indication of the test result.
US11991848B2
A protective film includes a panel protective film, a first protective film disposed on a surface of the panel protective film and covering the surface of the panel protective film, the first protective film having a surface and an opposite surface facing the panel protective film, and a second protective film disposed on an opposite surface of the panel protective film and covering the opposite surface of the panel protective film, the second protective film having a surface facing the panel protective film and an opposite surface opposed to the surface of the second protective film, wherein the first protective film includes a first film layer, a first adhesive layer disposed on the opposite surface of the first film layer, and a blocking layer disposed on an opposite surface of the first adhesive layer along an edge of the first adhesive layer.
US11991842B2
The present disclosure relates to a frame and a display screen. The frame includes: a frame body made of a carbon fiber or glass fiber material, and an embedded member made of a metal or plastic material and connected to the frame body; the frame body and the embedded member are connected in a mold by compression molding, and the embedded member is configured to mount a lock body. Under the same volume requirement, the frame body has a smaller volume and a greater structural strength, and the lightweight design of the frame is implemented on a basis of the structural strength. At the same time, it is ensured that the embedded member can be processed to have a mounting structure matched with the lock body, and the mounting structure can satisfy higher processing efficiency and accuracy.
US11991841B2
The present application provides a splicing display screen and a manufacturing method thereof. The splicing display screen includes a backplate. In the present application, a plurality of sub-display panels disposed on the backplate, an adhesive layer disposed between the backplate and the sub-display panels, and a plurality of first sub-surfaces configured to display images in the sub-display panels are arranged on a same plane. The adhesive layer at least corresponds to a gap between every two adjacent sub-display panels to connect every two adjacent sub-display panels.
US11991840B2
This disclosure is directed to an electronic device having a casing, a circular frame, and a display. A panel is arranged on one side of the casing, a circular opening is defined on the panel, and a first fixing structure is arranged on an inner edge of the circular opening. The circular frame is rotatably arranged in the circular opening to close the circular opening, a second fixing structure is arranged on an outer edge of the circular frame, and the second fixing structure is limited by the first fixing structure. The display is embedded in the circular frame and exposed on the panel, so that the display is rotatable according to various placing positions of the casing.
US11991833B2
A mounting device which mounts an electronic component onto a substrate with a simple configuration, is provided. The mounting device includes a holding part configured to hold an electronic component, and a regulating part configured to regulate a radial position of a lead of the electronic component. The regulating part is capable of regulating the position of the lead at a first part, and is capable of regulating the position of the lead at a second part more distant from the holding part than the first part. By the holding part and the regulating part moving relatively to each other while the holding part holding the electronic component, the regulating part moves between a position at which the position of the lead is regulated at the first part and a position at which the position of the lead is regulated at the second part.
US11991808B2
An electronic device may be operated in ambient light. The electronic device may have a color ambient light sensor that is configured to produce color ambient light sensor data based on the ambient light. The electronic device may also have a flicker sensor that has a faster response time than the color ambient light sensor and that is used in detecting dynamic changes in the ambient light. Control circuitry in the electronic device may analyze flicker sensor data to identify the number of light sources producing the ambient light. The control circuitry may apply a frequency transform to the flicker sensor data or make measurements with the flicker sensor in multiple directions. Based on this information, the control circuitry may identify the number of light sources and may use this information in retrieving an ambient light spectrum associated with the ambient light using the color ambient light sensor data.
US11991803B2
A dual-switch flyback converter in which the output current, in operating regions where a constant output current is required, can be regulated from the primary side. The output current is regulated constantly regardless of the input and output voltages by compensating the peak current in the primary winding with the average current in the clamping diode, or the conduction duration of the clamping diode.
US11991802B2
An LED driver control circuit suitable for a LED driver operating under the Line Switch dimming protocol. The LED driver control circuit generates a control signal that can switch between a voltage level at a first node and a voltage level at a second node. The first node is connected to a three-phase input by a first voltage control circuit and the second node is connected to the three-phase input a second voltage control circuit. The first voltage control circuit controls the voltage level at the first node to be, in a first embodiment, greater than or, in a second embodiment, less than a voltage level of each phase of the 3-phase input for at least part of a cycle of the respective phase. The second voltage control circuit controls the voltage level at the second node to be, in the first embodiment, less than or equal to or, in the second embodiment, greater than or equal to a voltage level of each phase of the 3-phase input for the entirety of the cycle of the respective phase.
US11991800B2
A lighting device may include a light source, a plurality of drive circuits, and a control circuit. The light source may include a plurality of emitter circuits that are configured to emit light. The light source may include a first emitter circuit that is configured to emit light at a first color (e.g., color temperature), a second emitter circuit is configured to emit light at a second color (e.g., color temperature), and a third emitter circuit is configured to emit light at a third color (e.g., color temperature). The first, second, and third colors (e.g., color temperatures) may be on a color curve, such as a color temperature curve like the black body locus. The control circuit may be configured to control the amount of power delivered to no more than two emitter circuits to emit light when controlling the light emitted by the light source to the target intensity.
US11991792B2
An electric heating mat may include an outer sleeve having an interior, and an access end with an opening to the interior. The access end may be folded upon itself into a closed condition, and unfolded into an opened condition. When the access end is closed, the interior of the outer sleeve may provide a sealed enclosure. The sealed enclosure may accommodate and protect internal components, such as heating elements, a power source, and associated controls. The heating elements, associated wiring, and an insulation layer may be provided in an inner sleeve, which may be insertable into the outer sleeve as a unit. When the access end is opened, the opening provides access to the internal components. Such access allows the power source to be turned on to supply power to the heating elements.
US11991790B2
A fuser, having a heater in a form of a planar plate and a holder supporting the heater, is provided. The heater has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The holder has a supporting base supporting the first face of the heater, a side wall protruding from the supporting base, a first contact portion, and a second contact portion. The first contact portion is located in an end area on one side in a lengthwise direction of the holder. The first contact portion protrudes from the side wall and contacts the second face of the heater. The second contact portion is located apart from the first contact portion in the lengthwise direction in an end area on the other side of the holder in the lengthwise direction. The second contact portion protrudes from the side wall and contacts the second face of the heater.
US11991788B2
A variety of techniques for concealing the content of a communication between a client device, such as a cell phone or laptop, and a network or cloud of media nodes are disclosed. Among the techniques are routing data packets in the communication to different gateway nodes in the cloud, sending the packets over different physical media, such as an Ethernet cable or WiFi channel, and disguising the packets by giving them different source addressees. Also disclosed are a technique for muting certain participants in a conference call and a highly secure method of storing data files.
US11991786B2
A communication system includes a central cloud server and a processor that periodically obtains sensing information from an edge device that is in motion at a travel path. The processor predicts formed whether an existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than a threshold performance value, based on the obtained sensing information. If the existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than the threshold performance value, an alternative wireless connectivity option is triggered at the edge device bypassing an initial access-search at the edge device to maintain the cellular connectivity.
US11991776B2
A method for use by a mobile device configured to operate in a wireless network for the communication of data messages with a server is described. The method comprises receiving, at a mobile device, an indication that a pending message is available for retrieval from a host service, and communicating directly with the host service to retrieve the pending message from the host service.
US11991774B2
Methods and systems for handling emergency services in a wireless network. A method disclosed herein includes enabling at least one User Equipment (UE) supporting only Closed Access Group (CAG) cell/non-public network (NPN) to camp onto at least one non-CAG cell/public network cell to access the emergency services. The method further includes enabling the at least one UE to switch behavior of a timer from a periodic registration timer with a “Strictly Periodic Registration Timer Indication” to a normal periodic registration timer/pre-release 16 behavior for performing the emergency services.
US11991767B2
A Bluetooth communication system includes: a Bluetooth host device; and a Bluetooth device set which including a first member device and a second member device. The first member device is arranged to operably transmit a corresponding first device information to the Bluetooth host device. The second member device is arranged to operably transmit a corresponding second device information to the Bluetooth host device. The Bluetooth host device is arranged to operably control a display device to simultaneously display a first device item for representing the first member device and a second device item for representing the second member device in a graphical user interface. The Bluetooth host device is further arranged to operably establish a Bluetooth connection with the first member device and conduct pairing procedure with the first member device after receiving a selection command corresponding to the first member device.
US11991759B2
Systems and methods for facilitating automatic connection between a mobile computing device and a self-propelled device are provided. The self-propelled device can transmit a radio signal in a sleep mode. The mobile computing device may detect the radio signal and generate a visual representation of the signal strength to facilitate in establishing an automatic connection. Once the signal strength crosses a predetermined threshold, a connection and control sequence may be initiated automatically in which a control mode may be initiated on the mobile computing device to enable user control of the self-propelled device.
US11991758B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating information in a random access procedure. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, to a wireless communication node, a first message including a preamble and a payload for an access to the wireless communication node; and receiving, from the wireless communication node, a second message including a response to the first message, the second message including an indication indicating a type of the response selected from a plurality of types.
US11991746B2
The present invention provides a method, device, and system for adjusting a contention window size for performing channel access. The method includes: receiving uplink scheduling information on the uplink transmission including a new data indicator (NDI) associated with a specific subframe in a first uplink transmission burst; determining a contention window size based on the NDI; generating a random number N (N≥0) in the determined contention window size based on the NDI associated with the specific subframe; and performing the uplink transmission on the specific cell after sensing a channel on the specific cell at least for N slots while the channel on the specific cell is idle. If the NDI is toggled, the contention window size is reset to a minimum value, and if the NDI is not toggled, the contention window size is increased to a next higher allowed value.
US11991742B2
An apparatus and method for Uu and sidelink prioritization for subband full duplex UEs. The apparatus determines a priority level associated with channels that are scheduled to collide with each other. The apparatus transmits or receives a channel having a highest priority between the channels that are scheduled to collide with each other. The channel comprises at least one of an UL transmission, a DL reception, an SL transmission, or an SL reception. The apparatus enables simultaneous reception or transmission of the channel using a FD operation based on at least one condition.
US11991741B2
Various embodiments relate to an apparatus and a method for managing coexistence of multiple communication schemes by an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a first communication circuit configured to support a first frequency band; a second communication circuit configured to support at least a part of the first frequency band and a second frequency band; a first switch connected to the first communication circuit; a second switch connected to the second communication circuit and the first switch; a first antenna connected to the first switch and configured to support the first frequency band; and a second antenna connected to the second switch and configured to support the second frequency band, wherein based on the second communication circuit using the first frequency band, the second communication circuit is configured to control the first switch and the second switch to selectively connect the first antenna to one of the first communication circuit or the second communication circuit.
US11991740B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which multiple operators may perform spectrum sharing using shared radio units (RUs), where the multiple different operators can access a same RU for communications with a user equipment (UE). A shared RU may receive requests for resources from two or more network nodes of two or more different network operators, for wireless resources in a first time period. The RU may determine a first resource allocation for the first time period based on different priorities of the different network operators. A first network operator may have a higher priority than a second or third network operator, and resources may be allocated to the first network operator ahead of the second or third network operators. The RU may transmit the first resource allocation to each of the different network nodes that transmitted requests for resources.
US11991737B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for adjusting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format in a wireless communication network. In particular, the method is implemented for adjusting a PUCCH format in an uplink transmission from a terminal device to a network device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: using a first PUCCH format having a first duration for a service between the terminal device and the network device; and using (804) a second PUCCH format having a second and different duration for the service of the terminal device responsive to a determination that the first PUCCH format is in need of change based on one or more events.
US11991732B2
Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: construct an interference overlapping diagram based on an interference/coexistence relationship between resource application systems within a management range, wherein a connection point of the interference overlapping diagram represents one or more resource application systems, and an edge of the interference overlapping diagram represents the fact that interference exists between the resource application systems represented by two connection points linked with the edge; remove one or more edges in the interference overlapping diagram so as to enable the interference overlapping diagram to meet a pre-determined condition after the removal; and carry out channel/resource allocation based on the adjusted interference overlapping diagram.
US11991729B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a resource configuration method and apparatus, and a communication device. The method comprises: transmitting high-level signaling and physical layer signaling, the high-level signaling comprising configuration information of at least one preconfigured resource, and the physical layer signaling being used for determining a preconfigured resource to be activated or deactivated.
US11991726B2
The invention relates to an improved radio resource allocation performed by a vehicular mobile terminal. The vehicular mobile terminal determines whether to determine radio resources based on the location of the vehicular mobile terminal or not, based on information received from an entity of the communication system. In case the radio resources are to be selected based on the location of the vehicular mobile terminal, the vehicular mobile terminal determines the location of the vehicular mobile terminal, and determines radio resources for communication with at least the second mobile terminal, based on the determined location of the vehicular mobile terminal.
US11991720B2
Wireless communications are described. A wireless device and/or a base station may determine/select one or more beams for transmission of signals (e.g., sounding reference signals, SRSs) in one or more cells. The wireless device and/or the base station may determine/select a beam based on one or more of: cell indicators of a first cell and/or a second cell, antenna panel indicators associated with SRS transmissions, priorities of SRS transmissions, resource set indicators corresponding to the SRS transmissions, and/or other information.
US11991717B2
In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a mobile communication device during a first cycle, a periodic grant via a first carrier of a plurality of carriers, monitoring, by the mobile communication device during a next cycle after the first cycle, for configured grants (CGs) for multiple carriers of the plurality of carriers based on the periodic grant, and receiving, by the mobile communication device during the next cycle after the first cycle, a first transmission in a first CG of the CGs via a second carrier of the plurality of carriers and a second transmission in a second CG of the CGs via a third carrier of the plurality of carriers. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11991704B2
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for configuring an uplink relay for wireless powered IoT operations in a wireless communication system. A base station transmits a power signal to wireless powered IoT devices. The wireless powered IoT devices harvest energy from the power signal to power their reception/transmission circuitry. The base station transmits an information signal to trigger the wireless powered IoT devices to reflect a backscatter transmission. The wireless powered IoT devices transmit a backscatter transmission in response to receiving the information signal from the base station. The base station transmits configurations to a UE including configuration information respectively corresponding to the wireless powered IoT devices, and include information that the UE may use to detect the backscatter transmissions from the wireless powered IoT devices and relay them to the base station based on the configurations.
US11991699B2
Backhaul resources may be allocated to different wireless communication links between different base stations, and local redistribution of resources among base stations may be utilized to account for variations in signal quality and/or variations in traffic experienced by different nodes of the backhaul network. A first access node function (ANF) may determine a need for additional backhaul resources, and may transmit a request message to one or more user equipment functions (UEFs) for additional backhaul resources. A UEF that receives the request message may forward the request to an associated second ANF. The second ANF, if it has backhaul resources available that the first ANF can use, may send a response to the first ANF, via the associated UEF, and the first ANF may use the additional resources that were originally allocated to the second ANF.
US11991697B2
The present application relates to method and apparatus for subband based channel access on unlicensed spectrum. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method comprising: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling transmission of data on a set of bandwidth portions of a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises a plurality of bandwidth portions; performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) test on the set of bandwidth portions; and transmitting the data on one or more bandwidth portions of the set of bandwidth portions based on a result of the LBT test.
US11991696B2
Methods and apparatuses for scheduling multiple downlink transmissions. A method for operating a user equipment to provide hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information includes receiving information for a first HARQ-ACK codebook type and a second HARQ-ACK codebook type and information for a first set of cells and a second set of cells. The method further includes generating a first HARQ-ACK codebook, according to the first HARQ-ACK codebook type, that includes first HARQ-ACK information associated with first receptions on cells from the first set of cells; a second HARQ-ACK codebook, according to the second HARQ-ACK codebook type, that includes second HARQ-ACK information associated with second receptions on cells from the second set of cells; and a HARQ-ACK codebook by appending the second HARQ-ACK codebook to the first HARQ-ACK codebook. The method further includes transmitting a channel that provides the HARQ-ACK codebook.
US11991692B2
Current frame structures in Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR) place some restrictions on the symbols transmitted in the frame, e.g. restrictions related to the duration of each symbol. Embodiments are disclosed in which multi-carrier symbols and/or single-carrier symbol blocks have configurable parameters, such as configurable length and/or configurable location, thereby allowing for more flexibility in the scheduling and transmission of the symbols and/or symbol blocks. Some embodiments aim to implement the configurable parameters in a way that tries to reduce signaling overhead.
US11991687B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication are described. A method of wireless communication includes determining, by a communication device, one or more silent subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers in a physical resource block (PRB) associated with a communication system; and determining to mute the one or more silent subcarriers in a resource mapping process based on a signaling instruction.
US11991668B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a configuration of a resource pool for configured grant uplink communications and one or more parameters for identifying a resource set from the resource pool, wherein the resource set is a subset of resources in the resource pool; identify the resource set of the resource pool based at least in part on the one or more parameters; and transmit a configured grant uplink communication in a resource selected from the resource set. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11991661B2
A machine learning method performed by a communication network monitoring device in which an incoming signaling record is received that includes radio signal attributes from a UE in the cellular communication network. A determination is made as to whether the UE incoming signaling record contains location (GPS) data. If the UE incoming signaling record contains GPS data, a machine learning model is generated for determining a location of future UEs in the communication network utilizing the GPS data and the radio signal attributes from the incoming UE signaling record. And if GPS data is not included in the UE incoming signaling record, then first a corrected TA value is determined which is then used, along with other radio signal attributes of the UE, to determine/predict a geolocation for the UE using machine learning techniques.
US11991652B2
The present invention relates to a method for data transmission from a first user equipment to a base station of a cellular network, where the first user equipment is camping on under coverage enhancement conditions, the first user equipment being communicatively connected to at least one second user equipment via a device-to-device communication channel, wherein for the data transmission of at least one data packet, the method comprises the steps for the first user equipment of: transmitting the at least one data packet to the at least one second user equipment via the device-to-device communication channel, instructing the at least one second user equipment to transmit the at least one data packet time-synchronized with the first transmission to the base station.
US11991650B2
This application discloses a synchronization signal sending method and a related device. The method includes: generating, a first synchronization signal sequence and a second synchronization signal sequence, where the first synchronization signal sequence is a sequence obtained based on a first m-sequence, the second synchronization signal sequence is a sequence obtained based on a Gold sequence, the Gold sequence is generated based on a second m-sequence and a third m-sequence, and a generator polynomial of the first m-sequence is the same as a generator polynomial of the second m-sequence; mapping, the first synchronization signal sequence onto M subcarriers in a first time unit to obtain a first synchronization signal, and mapping the second synchronization signal sequence onto M subcarriers in a second time unit to obtain a second synchronization signal, where M and N are positive integers greater than 1.
US11991648B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a power headroom report. One method includes determining a power headroom report for transmission on a physical uplink shared channel resource corresponding to a configured grant. The method includes transmitting the power headroom report on the physical uplink shared channel resource, wherein: determining the power headroom report comprises determining whether the power headroom report is based on a real transmission or a reference format based on signaling for configured grants and downlink control information received up until a predetermined time before a first uplink symbol of the physical uplink shared channel resource; and the predetermined time is computed based on: a first parameter set to zero; and a subcarrier spacing of an active downlink bandwidth part of a scheduling cell for the configured grant.
US11991642B2
A technique includes selecting, by a user device independently for each of a plurality of sounding reference signal resources, an uplink data channel power control parameter set for an uplink data channel beam pair to be used to adjust a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal beam pair, adjusting, by the user device for each sounding reference signal resource based on a selected uplink data channel power control parameter set, a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal, and transmitting, by the user device, each of a plurality of power-adjusted sounding reference signals via a corresponding sounding reference signal resource and a corresponding sounding reference signal beam pair.
US11991640B2
Power can be preserved in a tracking device equipped with a GPS receiver and a transceiver by evaluating the proximity of the tracking device to a mobile device and enabling the GPS receiver and transceiver only in the event that the tracking device is out of the range of the mobile device. Once enabled, the location of the tracking device can be determined based on location information received from the GPS receiver. The determined location can be provided to a tracking system associated with the tracking device. The tracking system can then inform an owner of the tracking device of the determined location. Once the tracking device has been found, the GPS receiver and the transceiver can be disabled to save additional power.
US11991626B2
Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need for reduced signal handling capability, impedances are scaled thus reducing required drive and other bias currents in response to a strong received signal, or gain is increased and impedances are scaled in response to a low received signal in the presence of no or weak interfering signals.
US11991621B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages including configuration parameters, for transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indication, of a first control resource set (coreset) and a second coreset. The wireless device receives, via the first coreset and based on a first TCI state, a first control command indicating a second TCI state. In response to the receiving the first control command: downlink transport blocks are received via a downlink shared channel and based on the second TCI state, a first downlink control channel is received via the first coreset and based on the first TCI state; and a second downlink control channel is received via the second coreset and based on the second TCI state.
US11991617B2
The present disclosure relates to information indication methods and apparatus. One example method includes generating a first frame, where the first frame comprises a neighbor report element, the neighbor report element comprises a basic service set identifier (BSSID) field and a BSSID information field comprising a multi-band field, the multi-band field is used to indicate whether a neighbor access point (AP) indicated by the BSSID field is located in a multiple-band device, and the multiple-band comprises a 6 GHz band, and sending the first frame on a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band.
US11991608B2
An approach for the reliable detection of smartphones within vehicles. The cloud instructs two smartphones, which both detect an in-vehicle detection system, to report signals that reflect major sensor events, together with the timing using their respective clocks. By sending local clock timing and time-sensitive beacon content information to the cloud, the offset between the two smartphone clocks may be determined, thereby enhancing the reliability of the in-vehicle detection of the smartphones.
US11991600B2
A method performed by a sending mobile phone that transmits SMS messages and packet switched messages may comprise: (a) retrieving a destination address of a message from the message; (b) sending information representing a phone number of a receiving mobile phone; (c) receiving a response to the sending of the information; and (d) based at least in part on the response, automatically selecting a bearer for the message. The bearer may be selected from a group including: an SMS bearer; a packet-switched message bearer supported by a cellular connection between the sending mobile phone and a cellular base station; and a packet-switched message bearer supported by a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection between the sending mobile phone and a WLAN base station.
US11991592B2
A locationing platform may receive, via a mesh network, a locationing communication associated with a waypoint beacon. The locationing platform may identify an entry node of the locationing communication. The locationing platform may determine a waypoint location associated with the waypoint beacon based on locationing information in the locationing communication. The locationing platform may determine a node location of the entry node based on the waypoint location. The locationing platform may configure, based on the node location, a relay node of the mesh network to forward or drop subsequently received locationing communications that are associated with the waypoint beacon.
US11991583B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for controlling user equipment (UE) functionality associated with a mobility state. A UE may receive one or more mobility-based cell selection factors from a network. At least one mobility-based cell selection factor may indicate a preference for selecting a relatively lower-mobility cell. In some cell reselection examples, if a UE determines that multiple neighbor cells satisfy one or more cell reselection criteria, the UE may select the cell corresponding to the lowest mobility state. According to some call initiation examples in which a UE is configured for wireless communication via multiple subscriber services, the UE may select the subscriber service corresponding to the lower (or lowest) mobility state. According to some radio link failure (RLF) recovery examples in which there are multiple cells suitable for re-establishment, a UE may be configured to select a cell corresponding to the lowest mobility state.
US11991578B2
A base station device includes: a processor that executes a process including judging whether each of a plurality of nodes that forms a relay network by establishing a wireless connection with each other and that is connected to the base station device is allowed to be connected to another base station device, and generating, when it is judged that a first node is allowed to be connected to the another base station device, connection information that includes information related to the another base station device; and a transmitter that transmits, via the first node, the connection information to a second node that is connected to a lower level of the first node in the relay network, and a terminal device that performs wireless communication with the first node or the second node.
US11991571B2
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry, where to configure the UE for conditional handover between a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) in a wireless network, the processing circuitry is to decode measurement configuration information from the SBS. The measurement configuration information indicating a measurement event and a first threshold associated with the measurement event to trigger measurement reporting. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on the first threshold. RRC signaling is received from the SBS. The RRC signaling includes a conditional handover command indicating a second threshold for the measurement event, the second threshold being higher than the first threshold. A handover from the SBS to the TBS is performed based on the conditional handover command after detecting that the measurement event satisfies the second threshold.
US11991566B2
A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to transmit an allocation request requesting allocation of a group communication session with a plurality of devices and receive an allocation response in response to the allocation request, the allocation response including credential information for the device to use to join the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit an allocation bind request with the credential information to join the group communication session using the credential information and receive an allocation bind success response in response to the allocation bind request, the allocation bind success response indicating that the device has joined the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide a join notification to the plurality of devices via an intermediary device to notify that the device has joined the group communication session.
US11991554B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication over a sidelink between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE. The first UE may identify a configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) for direct link communications with a second UE. The first UE may determine a channel busy ratio (CBR) based on a plurality of CBR measurement occasions within a time window prior to a direct link transmission based on the configuration for DRX. The first UE may determine whether to perform a congestion control on the direct link transmission based on the CBR. The first UE may perform a direct link transmission subject to a channel occupancy ratio limit.
US11991548B2
A method includes: receiving one or more synchronization signals; deriving a synchronization reference from the one or more synchronization signals; receiving a plurality of reference signals; based on the derived synchronization reference, performing a plurality of measurements on the plurality of reference signals; based on the plurality of measurements, selecting a plurality of random access resources; and selecting a random access resource from the plurality of random access resources for transmitting a random access signal to at least one of the one or more TP's.
US11991545B2
An arrival rate estimation device includes an average received power calculation unit that calculates an average received power for each mesh that constitutes an area, with respect to each of a plurality of base stations and each of a plurality of antennas included in each of the base stations and an arrival rate estimation unit that calculates a communication arrival rate by substituting the average received power into a cumulative distribution function of an instantaneous received power value, and based on the calculated communication arrival rate, calculates a communication arrival rate while giving consideration to a site diversity effect and an antenna diversity effect, the cumulative distribution function being obtained from a probability density function of an amplitude that instantaneously changes due to Rayleigh fading.
US11991541B2
This application provides a link failure recovery method and apparatus. A terminal is configured to send first request information to a network device on the same resource (namely, a first resource) when detecting that a link of any one of a plurality of cells fails or the links of more than one of the plurality of cells fail, to notify the network device that a link of at least one of the cells fails. In this way, in a multi-carrier scenario resource overheads are reduced as compared to the solution of using separate resources to notify link failures in multiple cells.
US11991540B2
A method of reporting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, from a base station (BS), first information on a set of CSI-reference signal resource element (CSI-RS RE) configurations and second information on a time resource configuration; obtaining CSI based on the first and the second information; and reporting, to the BS, the CSI, wherein the time resource configuration includes a CSI-RS periodicity commonly used for the CSI-RS RE configurations in the set.
US11991534B2
This application provides example signal processing methods, media, and apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining a scattering parameter matrix of passive echoes in an antenna system by a network device. The m virtual user directions are determined by the network device based on the scattering parameter matrix of the passive echoes, where the m virtual user directions are m directions in which total signal strength of the passive echoes is highest, and m is a positive integer. A target beam is formed based on n real user directions and the m virtual user directions, where one or more nulls of the target beam are aligned with the m virtual user directions, n is a positive integer, and n+m≤k.
US11991524B2
Described herein are techniques for enabling remote implementation and enforcement of usage settings on one or more user devices. In some embodiments, a wireless carrier network maintains information on relationships between various user devices. Each relationship may be active under specified conditions (e.g., time and/or location) and is associated with usage settings that dictate one or more rules to be enforced while the relationship is active. In some embodiments, a set of usage settings may be generated for a particular user device based on all active relationships associated with that user device. The set of usage settings may be enforced by a mobile application installed upon a user device or by a wireless carrier network that blocks certain network traffic to and/or from the user device.
US11991523B2
The present disclosure generally relates to apparatus, software and methods for thwarting radio spoofing techniques by requiring and sending data from multiple radios positioned such that the receiving client can determine that it came from multiple spatially separated radios due to the Angle of Arrival of each radio's signal.
US11991518B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory storing one or more instructions and a processor. The processor execute the one or more instructions to: receive update information from an external apparatus, the update information corresponding to a network communication; obtain a Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) based on the update information; and transmit the SUCI to the external apparatus.
US11991517B2
A Bluetooth communication system includes: a Bluetooth host device; and a Bluetooth device set which including a first member device and a second member device. The first member device transmits a device information of the first member device to the Bluetooth host device. The Bluetooth host device controls a display device to display a candidate device list, and to display a single device item in the candidate device list to represent the Bluetooth device set, but does not simultaneously display two device items in the candidate device list to represent the first member device and the second member device. The Bluetooth host device further establishes a connection with the first member device to conduct pairing procedure to generate a first cypher key after receiving a selection command. The first member device further establishes a connection with the Bluetooth host device to conduct pairing procedure to generate a second cypher key.
US11991516B2
A session migration method includes sending, by a transmission management apparatus, registration request cancellation information to a subscriber information management apparatus in response to user plane security enforcement information of a packet data unit (PDU) session failing to match user plane encryption protection information of an evolved packet system (EPS). The registration request cancellation information is useable to indicate that the PDU session fails to support migration to the EPS, and the PDU session has been registered with the subscriber information management apparatus.
US11991513B2
The present disclosure provides a bone conduction speaker. The bone conduction speaker may include a driving device and a panel. The driving device may be configured to generate a driving force, and the driving force is located in a straight line. The panel may be transmissibly connected to the driving device. The panel may be configured to conduct sound. A region through which the panel interacting with the user's body may have a normal line. The normal line may not be parallel to that straight line.
US11991510B2
A device, system, and a method for adjusting audio parameters for a user are disclosed. The method comprises performing a hearing test of the user. The hearing test comprises playing an audio and capturing an auditory response of the user towards the audio. A hearing profile of the user is generated based on one or more results of the hearing test. A playing speed of the audio is adjusted based on the hearing profile, thereby adjusting the audio parameters for the user.
US11991507B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using at least one camera sensor coupled to an information handling device, an image of a location; identifying, based upon analysis of the captured image, at least one user position in the location; determining, using a processor, whether a beamforming setting for a microphone array is optimized for the at least one user position; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the beamforming setting for the microphone array is not optimized for the at least one user position, the beamforming setting to an optimized beamforming setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11991505B2
Techniques described herein may involve audio settings based on an environment. An example implementation may involve a playback device playing back first audio content and during playback of at least a portion of the first audio content, detecting, via the at least one microphone, an audio signal. At least a portion of the detected audio signal may include a reflection of the first audio content played back by the playback device. The playback device may determine an equalization setting based on at least the determined one or more reflection characteristics and apply the determined equalization setting during playback of second audio content.
US11991504B2
A system and method for providing user location-based multi-zone media. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises.
US11991502B2
According to some embodiments, there is provided a method for personalized hearing aid adjustment, the method including receiving a user-initiated input regarding a perceived deficiency in the user's hearing experience, providing to the user, using a detection algorithm, a suggestion regarding an issue potentially related to the perceived deficiency in the user's hearing experience, receiving from the user a second user input regarding the relevancy of the suggested issue; wherein when the second user input is indicative of the suggested issue being relevant to the perceived deficiency in the user's hearing experience, providing a suggested solution to the perceived deficiency utilizing a solution algorithm, wherein the suggested solution comprises adjusting one or more parameters of the hearing aid.
US11991499B2
A hearing aid microphone system includes M microphones providing corresponding electric input signals. Environmental sound at a given microphone includes a target sound signal propagated via an acoustic propagation channel from a direction to or a location of a target sound source to the microphone, and possible additive noise signals. The acoustic propagation channel is modeled. The hearing aid system includes: a processor connected to the microphones, and a database Θ having a multitude of dictionaries Δp, p=1, . . . , P, where p is a person index, of vectors, termed ATF-vectors, whose elements ATFm, m=1, . . . , M, are frequency dependent acoustic transfer functions representing direction- or location-dependent, and frequency dependent propagation of sound. The processor is configured to, at least in a learning mode of operation, determine personalized ATF-vectors based on the multitude of dictionaries Δp, the electric input signals, and the model of the acoustic propagation channels.
US11991498B2
A method is indicated for operating a hearing aid, wherein the hearing aid is switchable between a usage state, in which a signal processing unit of the hearing aid is activated, and an idle state, in which the signal processing unit is deactivated. The hearing aid has a time measuring unit, which has a first timer and a second timer. The first timer is activated in the usage state and is deactivated in the idle state, for time measurement during the usage state. The second timer is activated in the idle state for time measurement during the idle state. Furthermore, a corresponding hearing aid is indicated.
US11991495B2
A modular earpiece adaptor may include an earpiece adaptor body having an upper surface and a lower surface, and one or more apertures within the earpiece adaptor body extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The one or more apertures may be configured to removably couple one or more earpiece inserts to the earpiece adaptor body. The earpiece adaptor body is configured to be removably couplable to an earpiece housing.
US11991487B2
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving and processing a first color image by an encoder. The first color image includes a first portion of the first color image and a second portion of the first color image located at different locations of the first color image. The encoder is configured to output at least one first feature map including fused global information and local information such that whether a color consistency relationship between the first portion of the first color image and the second portion of the first color image exists is encoded into the fused global information and local information.
US11991480B2
A recording device includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle, a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and a reproduction control unit configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data included in the first imaging data when reproducing the first imaging data.
US11991477B2
An output control apparatus is communicable with a communication apparatus through a communication network. The communication apparatus includes a first image capturing device configured to capture a subject at a remote site to acquire a first image and a second image capturing device configure to capture a part of the subject to acquire a second image. The output control apparatus includes circuitry to: receive the first image transmitted from the communication apparatus; output the received first image so as to be displayed on a display; receive, from the communication apparatus, the second image acquired by capturing a part of the subject corresponding to a display position of the first image displayed on the display; output the received second image so as to be displayed on the display; and control the display to display the first image and the second image that are output.
US11991469B2
Systems and methods are presented for capturing a video in real-time by an image capture device using a skeletal pose system. The skeletal pose system identifies first pose information in the video, applies a first virtual effect to the video in response to identifying the first pose information, identifies second pose information in the video, and applies a second virtual effect to the video in response to identifying the first pose information.
US11991443B2
A first multiplier multiplies a correction value by an adjustment coefficient and generates an adjusted correction value, the correction value being read from the correction value table, and the adjustment coefficient being determined from a zoom magnification and a focus distance. A second multiplier multiplies the adjusted correction value by a cosine of an angle formed between a position of each target pixel and the center of the frame and generates a horizontal correction value that corrects the target pixel in a horizontal direction. A horizontal filter adds all multiplication results obtained by multiplying a plurality of pixels in a left-right direction with each target pixel as a center, by left-right asymmetric coefficients, generates a horizontal high-pass filter component, adds, to each target pixel, a horizontal correction component obtained by multiplying the horizontal high-pass filter component by the horizontal correction value, and corrects each target pixel in the horizontal direction.
US11991433B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. As an example, the computing device includes a housing having an opening extending through the housing, to accommodate a lens of a camera. The computing device includes a shutter to selectively obscure the opening, where the shutter is slidable between a first position and a second position. While in the first position, the shutter is to obscure the opening while a microphone of the computing device is enabled and, while in the second position, the shutter is to obscure the opening and disable the microphone.
US11991431B2
A camera module or camera device according to an embodiment includes a base, a first lens assembly disposed in the base, a first coil part disposed on the base, a first spacer disposed on the base, a first spacer disposed on the first spacer, and a first position detection sensor disposed on the first spacer. The first spacer includes a first support portion and a first protrusion protruding from the first support portion, and the first position detection sensor may be disposed on the first protrusion, and the first protrusion may be disposed in the hollow of the first coil part.
US11991428B2
Disclosed in an embodiment is a camera module including a lens assembly including a liquid lens including a first liquid and a second liquid which form an interface therebetween, a voltage controller which applies a driving signal to the liquid lens to adjust the interface, a temperature sensor which detects temperature information of the liquid lens, an image sensor which receives light passing through the lens assembly, a sensing unit which detects information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens, and a compensation unit which outputs feedback information to the voltage controller using the information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens and the temperature information.
US11991424B2
Analyzing the complexity of an object of a scene in a media steam (or media data) performed by at least one processor, is provided, including receiving immersive media data comprising a plurality of scenes from a content source; obtaining a respective object of a respective scene in the plurality of scenes, from the immersive media data; analyzing the respective scene to generate complexity information associated with the respective object of the respective scene; generating metadata associated with the respective object of the respective scene, the metadata comprising the complexity information; and determining whether to distribute the respective scene to a client for processing based on the generated metadata.
US11991420B2
The present disclosure describes techniques of processing bullet comments. The techniques comprise acquiring a page of playing a video to output a video stream; acquiring multiple pieces of bullet comment data associated with the video stream; traversing the multiple pieces of bullet comment data and determining whether the multiple pieces of bullet comment data comprise at least one piece of bullet comment data in an expired state; and deleting the at least one piece of bullet comment data in the expired state from the plurality of pieces of bullet comment data in response to determining that the plurality of pieces of bullet comment data comprise the at least one piece of bullet comment data in the expired state.
US11991412B2
A computer-implemented method includes performing analysis to determine information associated with a high dynamic range (HDR) media content item. A standard dynamic range (SDR) version of the HDR media content item is derived using HDR metadata. The derivation including encoding the HDR media content item to SDR content and normalizing data of the SDR content. The HDR metadata and the SDR version of the HDR media content item are transmitted with embedding of the HDR metadata within a protocol with the SDR version to a storage service. The HDR metadata and the SDR version are caused to be received at a display device. The SDR version is converted to HDR per incremental portion with a dynamic range bounded based on the HDR metadata of the protocol.
US11991411B2
Methods, systems, and media for transferring playback of media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving a request to initiate a mirroring session in which a tabbed window including a page having a plurality of media content items is rendered on a computing device and transmitted as a video stream to a display device that is in communication with the computing device over a local area network; encoding the video stream including the tabbed window and the plurality of media content items; transmitting the encoded video stream to the display device via the local area network; determining that a user of the tabbed window on the display device intends to view a media content item from the plurality of media content items on the page; inhibiting presentation of the media content item on the computing device; causing the media content item to be decoded and presented on the display device; detecting an event associated with presentation of the media content item on the display device; and, in response to detecting the event associated with presentation of the media content item on the display device, causing the mirroring session to resume.
US11991410B2
This disclosure relates to a video processing method, a video processing apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The video processing method includes: providing an interactive interface of entering a duet mode for a user in response to a shooting request of the user; presenting a plurality of recommended duet videos to the user through a duet mode interface in response to the user's selection of the duet mode on the interactive interface; and performing a duet in response to a duet request inputted by the user based on one of the plurality of recommended duet videos.
US11991404B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine synthetic total audience ratings are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to access census data including census viewing statements associated with media content presented by census devices, access panel data including panelist viewing statements associated with media content presented by panel devices, the panel data including weights to represent numbers of individuals to be represented by corresponding panelists, determine scores representing similarities between ones of a first group of census devices determined to having matching panel devices in the panel data and ones of a second group of census devices determined to be unmatched in the panel data, and assign the census devices to the panel devices based on the scores and the weights.
US11991399B2
A system and method for processing a video stream are provided. When coding or decoding a video stream a de-blocking filtering may be applied for reducing discontinuities caused by use of a block-based video coding. The de-blocking filtering is performed using a filter grid. The size of the filter grid is chosen adaptively based on the processing parameters. The adaptive size of the filtering grid is determined based on the number of samples used and modified in de-blocking filtering of an edge of a coding block. The filtering grid may be used both for vertical and horizontal edge filtering.
US11991393B2
Video processing methods and apparatuses in a video encoding or decoding system for transforming residuals of transform blocks into final transform coefficients or inverse transforming final transform coefficients into residuals. In order to solve the latency issue, exemplary embodiments check if a width or height of a coding block is larger than a predefined threshold, and disable secondary transform or inverse secondary transform for any transform block within the coding block if the width or height of the coding block is larger than the predefined threshold. Another embodiment checks if there are multiple transform blocks in a coding block, and disables secondary transform or inverse secondary transform if the coding block contains multiple transform blocks.
US11991390B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information including a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) constraint flag indicating whether or not BDPCM is constrained with respect to an image; acquiring BDPCM-associated information regarding a current block on the basis of the BDPCM constraint flag; and generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the BDPCM-associated information.
US11991388B2
An image coding method includes coding a motion vector difference indicating a difference between the motion vector and a predicted motion vector, wherein the coding includes: coding a first portion that is a part of a first component which is one of a horizontal component and a vertical component of the motion vector difference; coding a second portion that is a part of a second component which is different from the first component and is the other one of the horizontal component and the vertical component; coding a third portion that is a part of the first component and is different from the first portion; coding a fourth portion that is a part of the second component and is different from the second portion; and generating a code string which includes the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion in the stated order.
US11991385B2
According to embodiments according to the present document, merge mode motion vector differences (MMVD) and symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD) may be performed on the basis of reference picture types and, in particular, short-term reference pictures may be used. Accordingly, prediction performance and coding efficiency in an inter prediction mode may be increased.
US11991374B2
A display apparatus includes an encoder which compresses first image data to generate second image data, a decoder which recovers the first image data to generate third image data, and a display panel which displays an image, in which the encoder separates the first image data into a plurality of sub-color data, and generates a low frequency component of minor sub-color data among the plurality of sub-color data and the remaining sub-color data as the second image data, and the decoder generates recovery minor sub-color data corresponding to the minor sub-color data by using the low frequency component of the minor sub-color data and the high frequency component of one of the remaining sub-color data in the second image data, and generates the recovery minor sub-color data and the remaining sub-color data as the third image data.
US11991366B2
The in-loop filtering method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: classifying reconstructed samples according to an absolute classification standard or relative classification standard; acquiring offset data on the basis of results of classifying the reconstructed samples; adding an offset value to the reconstructed samples by referencing the acquired offset data; and outputting the offset value-added reconstructed samples. Accordingly, W errors in the reconstructed image can be corrected.
US11991350B2
A method and apparatus for deriving an intra-prediction mode are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of deriving an intra-prediction mode, including (i) obtaining, based on reference line information indicating any one of a plurality of reference lines, most probable mode (MPM) information indicating whether an intra-prediction mode of a current block is included in an MPM list lacking a planar mode, (ii) determining, based on the reference line information and the MPM information, planar information indicating whether the intra-prediction mode of the current block is the planar mode, and (iii) deriving the intra-prediction mode of the current block by using the planar information.
US11991344B2
A system, method and apparatus for stereo vision and tracking with a plurality of coupled cameras and optional sensors.
US11991342B2
A method for training a depth estimation model and methods for use thereof are described. Images are acquired and input into a depth model to extract a depth map for each of the plurality of images based on parameters of the depth model. The method includes inputting the images into a pose decoder to extract a pose for each image. The method includes generating a plurality of synthetic frames based on the depth map and the pose for each image. The method includes calculating a loss value with an input scale occlusion and motion aware loss function based on a comparison of the synthetic frames and the images. The method includes adjusting the plurality of parameters of the depth model based on the loss value. The trained model can receive an image of a scene and generate a depth map of the scene according to the image.
US11991325B2
An image processing apparatus having a reading device to read an image from a sheet includes one or more controllers to perform operations. One image is read from one sheet by using the reading device. Edge detection processing is executed on the one image. At least one pair of edges is determined from among a plurality of edges based on information of the plurality of edges detected in the edge detection processing and size information of the one sheet.
US11991313B2
The number of agents to which incoming queries to a customer interaction center agent group may be distributed is limited based on skip criteria. The skip criteria is defined based on information associated with agent devices, such as locked status of a device, in-memory status of a client application at the device, or whether a telephone number provisioned for use with the device is from an external public switched telephone network. Agents which fail to satisfy the skip criteria are excluded from distributions of queries to improve wait times for customer interaction center users. Thus, queries are distributed from a queue to agents which satisfy the skip criteria.
US11991304B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus configured to receive, through a communication circuit, image data obtained using a camera of an external electronic device, and based on data related to a movement of the electronic device and obtained through the one or more sensors, perform control such that an image corresponding to the received image data is displayed on a touchscreen display while the image is maintained in a designated reference direction.
US11991302B1
The mobile communication device comprising a wireless voice communication implementer, a navigation implementer, and a multiple language implementer.
US11991286B2
An exemplary method includes an access management system receiving a signed message that is associated with a non-fungible digital asset and that includes a non-fungible digital asset identifier and a nonce. The non-fungible digital asset may be configured to provide access to an access-restricted resource. Based on the non-fungible digital asset identifier included in the signed message, the access management system may access a distributed record that is configured to store ownership information associated with the non-fungible digital asset. Based on the signed message and the ownership information stored in the distributed record, the access management system may verify that a user of the non-fungible digital asset is authorized to access the access-restricted resource.
US11991284B1
A blockchain-based authentication system and method is disclosed herein. The blockchain-based authentication system may provide immutable accounting of authenticity, provenance, chain of custody, and ownership for products, which is quickly and simply implemented into a wide range of products and services with low impact to existing business processes. The blockchain-based authentication system may use unique key pairings that cannot be duplicated. In one or more embodiments, the blockchain-based authentication system may include a cloud-based software solution.
US11991274B2
Some embodiments are directed to a system with a first cryptographic device (10) and second cryptographic device (20). The devices may compute a final seed from a preshared secret known to the devices, and on a pre-seed that exchanged between them. The final seed may be used to derive a common object (a).
US11991270B2
A method encrypting, by a user device based on utilizing a first cryptographic key, first factor authentication information that is associated with determining a first authentication factor; encrypting, by the user device, the first cryptographic key based on utilizing an assigned public key associated with the user device; encrypting, by the user device based on utilizing a first master key, an assigned private key associated with the user device; encrypting, by the user device based on utilizing a second cryptographic key, second factor authentication information that is associated with determining a second authentication factor; encrypting, by the user device, the second cryptographic key based on utilizing a second master key; and storing, by the user device, encrypted first factor authentication information and encrypted second factor authentication information in a memory associated with the user device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11991262B2
Methods, systems, and media for retrieving content associated with links are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a user device to a server, a request for content corresponding to a page to be presented on the user device; receiving, from the server, the content corresponding to the page and a mapping of one or more links included in the content corresponding to the page to one or more page types associated with each of the one or more links; storing, on the user device, the received mapping; causing the content of the page to be presented on the user device; receiving a selection of one of the one or more links included in the content corresponding to the page; identifying a page type corresponding to the selected link based on the stored mapping; transmitting, to the server, a request for content associated with the selected link; causing user interface elements of a user interface associated with the identified page type to be presented on the user device while waiting for the requested content from the server; and in response to receiving the requested content from the server, causing the received content to be presented within the user interface.
US11991257B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a communication from a user associated with multiple media assets. Based on the chronology of the media assets, one is selected and recommended to the user.
US11991256B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a multi-channel cognitive resource platform configured for intelligent, proactive and responsive communication with a user, via a user device. The system is further configured to perform one or more user activities, in an integrated manner, within a single interface of the user device, without requiring the user to operate disparate applications. Furthermore, the system is configured to receive user input through multiple communication channels such as a textual communication channel and an audio communication channel. The system is further configured to switch between the various communication channels seamlessly, and in real-time.
US11991253B2
A method and associated system for providing artificial intelligence (AI) services. The method includes receiving an unfulfilled AI service request from a user interacting application operating on an operating system of a first user device. If the first AI service module in the first user device can process the unfulfilled request, processing the unfulfilled service request to generate and provide a fulfilled request and to the user interacting application. If the first AI service module cannot process the unfulfilled request, then transmitting the unfulfilled request to a second device with a second service module or a cloud AI service module generate a fulfilled AI service request. Then, transmitting the fulfilled AI service request to the user device, then to the user interacting application. The AI modules may operate across many different operating systems and types of devices. Updates from one AI modules may be pushed to other AI modules.
US11991251B2
A method may include detecting, within a remote session, a gesture indicative of an intent of a participant in the remote session to share a resource included within content being shared by a first client device participating in the remote session. The resource may be available on a network. In response to detection of the gesture, information for accessing the resource may be extracted from an image of the content. At least a portion of the information may be provided to a second client device participating in the remote session to enable the second device to access the resource. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US11991244B2
Provided is a collaborative application service process management system based on a multi-tenant mode in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The system includes an application module, an application service process phase module, an application service process phase state module, an application object module, a collaborative application object management module, an application permission module, an application service process re-combiner, a shared database, etc. According to the method, a service process satisfying multi-scenario requirements can be designed in combination with an actual application scenario, and multi-scenario services in one application can be collaboratively managed. Therefore, system switch between different scenarios by a tenant is reduced, an inter-tenant collaborative management capacity is improved, and a tenant-application multi-scenario management capacity is improved.
US11991235B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing resources while maintaining user experiences. Disclosed examples include an adaptive energy system whereby resource use can be optimized by influencing a communication path to utilize a subset of available resources in an efficient manner. Quality metrics are monitored such that optimization measures are implemented only if they do not negatively impact user experiences beyond a threshold.
US11991231B2
A method for playing a streaming media file and a display apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a command for replaying at least one portion of a streaming media file that has been played from a user; determining a first timestamp associating with replaying of the at least one portion of the streaming media file that has been played; calculating audio data capacity between the first timestamp and a second timestamp corresponding to a current play time point of the streaming media file when the command is received; in response to the audio data capacity being not greater than capacity of a cache space for a browser of a streaming application, sending audio data after the first timestamp in the cache space directly to a decoder for decoding without sending the audio data to a decryption module for decryption; outputting audio data decoded by the decoder to a loudspeaker.
US11991229B2
A multimedia distribution network, useful on board a passenger aircraft, includes a first network node configured as a head controller, a plurality of second network nodes configured as intermediate controllers connected to the first network node, and a plurality of third network nodes configured as end device controllers, each connected to one of the second network nodes. The head controller is configured to transmit a multicast stream of multimedia control signal packets to control the end device controllers to the intermediate controllers. The intermediate controllers are configured to periodically transmit unicast delay queries to the head controller, to process the received multimedia control signal packets to the end device controllers and to distribute processed multimedia control signal packets with a controllable delay based on the content of unicast delay indicator signals sent by the head controller to the intermediate controllers in response to the unicast delay queries.
US11991216B1
A method and system for implementing and managing security policies in a cloud environment of enterprises are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes creating cloud-independent policies associated with enterprise assets in the cloud environment and sharing the cloud-independent policies across one or more distributed enterprises in the cloud environment. The method also includes translating and enforcing the policies in run-time across the distributed enterprises. The method further includes applying the policies collaboratively in the distributed enterprises based on distributing policy enforcement in the distributed enterprises while centralizing policy operations, where applying the policies includes discovering cloud-based assets of the enterprises and enterprise asset data related to the cloud-based assets and creating, based on the enterprise asset data, at least one graph (organization, user, resource) representing the relationships among the assets. The enterprise asset data includes information used to detect, protect, and investigate potential problems of the assets.
US11991208B2
A secure FC NVMe fabric communications system includes a host device having host WWPNs associated with each of its host NQNs, an NVMe target device having a target WWPNs associated with each of its target NQNs, and FC networking device(s) that couple the host device to the NVMe target device. The FC networking device(s) perform, for each host WWPN associated with the host NQNs, host login operations that register the host NQN for that host WWPN as an NVMe host, and perform, for each target WWPN associated with the target NQNs, target login operations that register the target NQN associated with that target WWPN as an NVMe target. The FC networking device(s) then provide, to the host for each host NQN, target NQN details for target NQN(s) zoned for communication with that host NQN to allow respective communication session(s) to be established between the host NQN and those target NQN(s).
US11991197B2
In an example embodiment, a deep learning algorithm is introduced that operates on a transition matrix formed from user activities in an online network. The transition matrix records the frequencies that particular transitions between paths of user activity have occurred (e.g., the user performed a login activity, which has one path in the network, and then performed a profile view action, which has another path in the network). Each transition matrix corresponds to a different user's activities.
US11991195B2
An aircraft-based inflight entertainment (IFE) security processing system is configured to receive log event streams from components of an IFE system and/or connected to the IFE system. The IFE security processing system aggregates content of the log event streams based on a level of aggregation set by aggregation commands received from a ground-based cybersecurity operations center to generate an aggregated log file, and communicates the aggregated log file through a satellite communication pathway to the ground-based cybersecurity operations center. Related ground-based cybersecurity operations centers are disclosed. Corresponding operations by cybersecurity operations centers are disclosed.
US11991192B2
A technique for intruder detection is described. Communications for a data source in an organization are intercepted and analyzed to identify an intruder detection signature. An intrusion is determined based on the intruder detection signature and an alarm generated based on the intrusion.
US11991188B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to cognitive auditing of client bound data. A computing platform may intercept a request from a user device to an application server. The computing platform may identify content requested by the user device and generate predicted response data based on the requested content. The computing platform may transmit the request to the application server. The computing platform may receive, from the application server, actual response data. The computing platform may validate the actual response data by comparing the actual response data with the predicted response data. Based on comparing the actual response data with the predicted response data, the computing platform may identify whether the actual response data matches the predicted response data. Based on identifying that the actual response data matches the predicted response data, the computing platform may send the actual response data to the user device.
US11991187B2
Some embodiments provide a method for identifying security threats to a datacenter. From multiple host computers in the datacenter, the method receives attribute sets for multiple flows. Each respective attribute set for a respective flow includes at least (i) a source identifier for the respective flow and (ii) an indicator as to whether the respective flow is indicative of the source of the respective flow being a security threat. For each of multiple source identifiers, the method aggregates the received attribute sets to generate an aggregate attribute set for the source identifier that includes a combined measurement of security threat indicators. For a particular source identifier, the method adjusts a security threat likelihood score for the source corresponding to the particular source identifier based on the combined measurement of security threat indicators for the source identifier.
US11991185B2
A method for secure data transmission and a system using the same method are provided. The method includes: coupling a programmable logic device to a server; receiving a first data packet by the server; inputting the first data packet into a machine learning model to predict a protocol type and a command type of the first data packet by the server; verifying whether the protocol type and the command type are correct by the server; adding the first data packet to a data packet information set in response to the protocol type and the command type being correct by the server; generating a filtering rule according to the data packet information set and deploying the filtering rule in the programmable logic device by the server; and performing the secure data transmission according to the filtering rule by the programmable logic device.
US11991179B2
An information integration system may include a set of integration services embodied on one or more server machines in a computing environment. The set of integration services may include connectors communicatively connected to disparate information systems. The connectors may be configured for integrating data stored in the disparate information systems utilizing a common model employed by the set of integration services. The common model may overlay, augment, integrate, or otherwise utilize a content management interoperability services data model and may include common property definitions and a common security model. The common security model may include permissions particularly defined for use by the set of integration services. These common property definitions and permissions may be uniquely defined and utilized by the information integration system.
US11991168B2
Due to the proliferation of protected services that are secured by password wall, a user frequently has to remember multiple complex passwords. There is a need to reduce the number of passwords and maintain adequate security of the protected services. Systems described herein may autogenerate dynamic passwords for those apps that require a password. Protected services may allow user access based on the autogenerated dynamic password. The system may include an API for interacting with multiple apps that each provide protected services. The API may provide dynamic passwords that authenticate a user to access any of the protected services provided by any of the multiple apps.
US11991162B2
A proxy server receives a synchronization request from an application program resident on a user device. The proxy server determines that the user device requires removal of application program data and synchronizes the application program resident on the user device with a null account that is associated with application program.
US11991159B2
Technologies for bi-directional encryption and decryption for underlay and overlay operations are described. One network device includes multiple ports, a network processing element, a programmable path-selection circuit, and a security IC. The programmable path-selection circuit is configured to operate in a first mode in which first outgoing packets are routed to the security integrated circuit to be encrypted before sending on one of the ports, and first incoming packets, received on one of the ports, are routed to the security integrated circuit to be decrypted. The programmable path-selection circuit is configured to operate in a second mode in which second incoming packets are routed to the security integrated circuit to be encrypted before processing by the network processing element and route second outgoing packets to the security integrated circuit to be decrypted after processing by the network processing element.
US11991158B2
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.
US11991156B2
A system and method are disclosed for providing an averaging of models for federated learning and blind learning systems. The method includes selecting, at a server, a generator g and a number p, transmitting, to at least two n client devices, the generator g and the number p, receiving, from each client device i of the at least two client devices, a respective value ki=gri mod p and transmitting the set of respective values ki to each client device i of the at least two client devices where respective added group of shares are generated on each client device i. The method includes receiving each respective added group of shares from each client device i of the at least two client devices and adding all the respective added group of shares to make a global sum of shares and dividing the global sum of shares by n.
US11991155B2
A method for securing data access by containerized applications includes intercepting, by a first container executing on a first computing device and associated with a containerized application in a second container executing on the first computing device, a first Internet Protocol (IP) request from the containerized application. The first container determines that the IP request is addressed to a second computing device executing a resource that the containerized application is authorized to access. The first container encrypts a payload portion of the IP request and transmits, to the resource, a second IP request with the encrypted payload portion. The first container receives, from the resource, a response. The first container requests, from a third computing device, a cryptographic key for decrypting the response. The first container decrypts, with the cryptographic key, a payload portion of the response and transmits, to the containerized application, the decrypted payload portion of the response.
US11991154B2
A system and method for fingerprint-based network mapping of cyber-physical assets, including a distributed operating system, parameter evaluation engine, at least one cyber-physical asset, at least one crypt-ledger, a network, and a scanner that retrieves stored fingerprint records and performs scans of cyber-physical assets to compare against corresponding fingerprints and update a cyber-physical graph based on the success or failure of fingerprint matching.
US11991153B2
A system having an off-premises proxy server residing in a cloud computing environment and backend servers residing in an enterprise computing environment are provided. Requests received by the off-premises proxy server for access to a first, non-publicly accessible backend server are routed to a tunnel server which stores the request and waits to be polled by a tunnel agent connected to the first backend server. When the tunnel server is polled, the request is forwarded through an HTTP tunnel to the tunnel agent, which forwards it to the backend server for processing. Responsive information is returned to the tunnel agent, which forwards it through the HTTP tunnel to the tunnel server and returned through the off-premises proxy server to the remote application. Requests for access to a first, publicly accessible backend server are routed by the off-premises proxy server directly to the backend server for processing and return of responsive information.
US11991150B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a remote work environment. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program performs Virtual Private Network (VPN) authentication in response to a request for remote access to a work network from a user terminal, performs user authentication in order to connect the user terminal that succeeds in VPN authentication to the work network, decrypts the encrypted user data area of the user terminal that is connected to the work network, and provides the remote work environment to the user terminal based on the user data area through the work network.
US11991141B2
The invention disclosed generates, transmits, and updates communications with end user systems. Embodiments comprise an automation platform comprising a processor and memory. Embodiments generate a communication based, at least in part, on input from a rules engine and one or more communication templates. Embodiments modify the content of the generated communication, and transmit, using one or more communication channels, the modified communication to one or more end user systems. Embodiments monitor the one or more end user systems for a response communication to the transmitted communication. In response to the one or more end user systems transmitting one or more response communications using at least one of the one or more communication channels, embodiments generate and transmit an updated communication to the one or more end user systems.
US11991139B2
A computing server may receive an authorization from a domain owner to gain access to email data of the domain owner. The email data may be hosted by a mailbox service provider on behalf of the domain owner. The computing server may determine email protocol check results of the email data retrieved from the mailbox service provider. The computing server may determine that a sender has a number of failed emails in the email data that fail the email protocol check. The computing server may identify, from the email data, one or more recipients of the domain owner to whom the failed emails intend to be sent. The computing server may notify the domain owner regarding information about the one or more recipients.
US11991125B2
Technology is disclosed for selecting at least one icebreaker people highlight, with respect to a person of interest in a target group, to be shown on one or more user devices. The target group is determined, along with a set of feature values in common among the target group. Similarly, a reference group related to the target group is determined, along with a set of feature values for the reference group. For each feature value in the set of common target group feature values, a frequency of the feature value with respect to the determined reference group is determined. Based on the determined frequency, at least one icebreaker people highlight from the determined set of feature values in common among the target group is caused to be presented on the user device.
US11991112B2
This application provides a symbol processing method and apparatus. The method includes obtaining, based on a plurality of complex-valued symbols, a first set corresponding to a first transmitted symbol and a second set corresponding to a second transmitted symbol, performing a copy operation on the first set and the second set so both the first set and the second set have first complex-valued symbols, and a first subset start location including the first complex-valued symbols in the first set is the same as a second subset start location including the first complex-valued symbols in the second set; and performing signal processing including a cyclic shift or frequency domain weighting on the first set and the second set. The start location and an end location of the first subset respectively correspond to locations preceding and following a first reference point of the first transmitted symbol.
US11991111B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing Synchronization Single Block (SSB) transmission using a number of SSB beams. An embodiment operates by determining a SSB index for a SSB based on a candidate position in a set of candidate positions and the number of SSB beams. The embodiment determines a shift value for the SSB index based on the candidate position and the number of SSB beams. The embodiment determines a frame timing for the SSB based the SSB index and the shift value for the SSB index. The embodiment then transmits, by radio front end circuitry, the SSB to a user equipment (UE) based on the frame timing for the SSB.
US11991092B2
A cloud data center tenant-level outbound rate limiting method includes: starting a timer, receiving and generating statistics of outbound packets of tenants in a current period, obtaining local traffic rate information of the tenants based on all the outbound packets of the tenants in the current period, and generating local bandwidth demand frames of the tenants based on the local traffic rate information of the tenants; when a timing of the timer reaches the end of the current period, sending the local bandwidth demand frames of the tenants to a switch; receiving a global bandwidth demand frame sent by the switch, and computing bandwidth budgets of the tenants based on the local traffic rate information of the tenants and the global bandwidth demand frames of the tenants; modifying rate limiting parameters, and limiting the rate of the outbound packets of the tenants in a next period.
US11991082B2
A network congestion processing method includes performing Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) marking on a packet using first ECN configuration information, obtaining first network status information indicating a network status when the first ECN configuration information is used; determining second ECN configuration information based on the first ECN configuration information and the first network status information; and performing ECN marking on the packet using the second ECN configuration information.
US11991079B2
Systems and methods for implementing various metrics for in integrated IAB networks are disclosed. A child IAB node may determine metrics regarding one or more of its data flows and report these metrics to an upstream IAB node (that is a parent node and/or an IAB donor). The upstream node may determine a data flow prioritization configuration using these metrics that it either uses itself or sends back to the child IAB node or another IAB node of the IAB network for use there. Metrics discussed include a number of hops metric, an aggregate throughput per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) metric, a fairness index per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) metric, a packet drop metric, and a per-hop latency for aggregated traffic per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) per IAB node metric.
US11991064B2
A device for detecting and locating sources of wireless data packets exhibiting selected, defined behaviour of interest. The device monitors an environment and populates a queue of packets dependent on a selected detection template which carries algorithms to packets to detect the behaviour of interest. The device extracts identifier data from packets in the queue to identify sources of detected behaviour. Information on signal strength of wireless data packets received by an antenna from identified, detected sources is displayed at a user interface. The interface is responsive to selections of template, selection of source devices detected and adjustments to the orientation and/or proximity of an antenna relative to selected, detected source devices to provide an interface for detection and location of source devices exhibiting selected behaviour of interest.
US11991041B2
A process for defining a cloud service in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool is designed to dynamically determine numbers of clusters, availability domains, compute nodes, and/or load balancers at run time. These values are then used to determine a number of subnet levels required for a classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) slicing operation to generate subnets for each of the compute nodes and load balancer nodes in the service. Because IaC languages do not provide nested loop control constructs, labels for each of the subnets can be generated and assigned using a Cartesian product of label elements. These labels can be modified by a count variable that is incremented each time a resource is duplicated in the script to simulate the effect of a nested loop structure.
US11991036B2
This application provides a communication method performed at a control function entity. The method includes: receiving N first requests transmitted by N first network function (NF) entities, each of the first requests including a first valid time in which a first NF entity transmitting the first request provides a service; receiving a second request transmitted by a second NF entity, the second request being used for determining a third NF entity from the N first NF entities; and transmitting a first response to the second NF entity, the first response including a first valid time in which a third NF entity provides a service, such that the second NF entity performs service communication with the third NF entity within the first valid time in which the third NF entity provides the service, the third NF entity being included in the N first NF entities.
US11991032B2
In order to efficiently schedule data transmission of a plurality of terminals, the wireless communication terminal receives a trigger frame indicating uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits an uplink multi-user PPD U (PLCP Protocol Data Unit) in response to the received trigger frame. In this case, the trigger frame and the non-legacy preamble of the uplink multi-user PPDU include remaining TXOP (Transmission Opportunity) time information of the uplink multi-user transmission process.
US11991031B2
In order to efficiently schedule data transmission of a plurality of terminals, the wireless communication terminal receives a trigger frame indicating uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits an uplink multi-user PPD U (PLCP Protocol Data Unit) in response to the received trigger frame. In this case, the trigger frame and the non-legacy preamble of the uplink multi-user PPDU include remaining TXOP (Transmission Opportunity) time information of the uplink multi-user transmission process.
US11991024B2
A method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed in the present disclosure. Specifically, a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: continuously receiving a plurality of reference signals from a transmitting apparatus; sorting the ranges of channel phases on the basis of the plurality of reference signals; grouping the ranges of the channel phases into two or more groups; and receiving a data signal from the transmitting apparatus.
US11991022B2
A method can comprise determining, by a device comprising a processor, a transceiver mode based on a first Controller Area Network (CAN) XL transceiver mode switch message received over a first receive data signal on a CAN XL network to a first transceiver, and in response to determining the transceiver mode, routing, by the device, a second CAN XL transceiver mode switch message over a second receive data signal to a second transceiver.
US11991019B2
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to manage a plurality of entitlements for a plurality of subscriptions of one or more buildings with a building entitlement model, receive a first request to perform a first operation for a first subscription and a second request to perform a second operation for a second subscription, and implement the first operation on first computing resources of a first zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a first determination that the first subscription has the first entitlement and implement the second operation on second computing resources of the second zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a second determination that the second subscription has the second entitlement.
US11991018B2
An edge platform of a building communicatively coupled to a cloud system, the edge platform including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon and one or more processors executing the instructions causing the one or more processors to receive an event from a piece of building equipment of the building, the event indicating a data value associated with the piece of building equipment occurring at a particular time, identify contextual data of a data structure that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and communicate the enriched event to the cloud system configured to operate based on the enriched event.
US11991009B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor for two or more messages from a base station. The UE may transmit, to the base station, at least one bit (e.g., in first stage uplink control information (UCI)) that is based at least in part on combined acknowledgement feedback associated with the two or more messages and that indicates a subset of possible decoding events associated with the two or more messages. In some aspects, the UE may further transmit at least one additional bit (e.g., in second stage UCI) that is based at least in part on the combined acknowledgement feedback and that indicates a different subset of possible decoding events associated with the two or more messages. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11991007B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK/NACK). A first set including at least one HARQ-ACK/NACK timing value is identified. Each timing value indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and an uplink time unit in which a HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback is transmitted. A second set is determined that includes at least one downlink time unit. A codebook is generated for the HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback. A size of the codebook is identified based on a size of the second set and a number of HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit. The codebook is transmitted to the base station. The number of HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a number of code block groups (CBGs) in one transmission block (TB), in case that scheduling for a downlink transmission is based on CBG.
US11991002B2
Provided are a method, performed by a first terminal, for adjusting a threshold for determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting at least one piece of information to a second terminal; receiving, from the second terminal, at least one HARQ feedback in response to the at least one piece of information; determining an ACK or NACK with respect to the at least one HARQ feedback, based on the threshold; receiving, from the second terminal, an HARQ feedback transmission history of the second terminal; and adjusting the threshold, based on the HARQ feedback transmission history of the second terminal and information about the HARQ feedback determined by the first terminal.
US11991000B2
An operating method of a first device (100) in a wireless communication system and a device for supporting same are provided. The method can comprise a step of transmitting, on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback resource, a preemptive message to a second device (200). The preemptive message can comprise information related to the transmission of first sidelink information by the first device (100).
US11990999B2
This application discloses a method for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback of downlink data. A terminal receives downlink data of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and downlink data of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) from a base station. Then the terminal sends a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback codebook to the base station. A size of the HARQ feedback codebook is based on a state of a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH transmission and a total downlink assignment indicator in the downlink data of the PDCCH or the EPDCCH, and the HARQ feedback codebook comprises a HARQ bit for the SPS PDSCH transmission.
US11990994B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method of wireless communication is described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more filter coefficients used by a base station to filter a reference signal used by the UE to determine channel quality information (CQI). The UE may receive a reference signal from the base station, and may determine the CQI based on the received reference signal and the one or more filter coefficients. The UE may transmit the determined CQI to the base station.
US11990992B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for triggering an alarm during a sensor jamming attack. In one aspect, a monitoring system sensor unit is disclosed that includes a sensor, a communication unit configured to communicate with a monitoring system using a range of frequencies, and a jamming detection unit. The jamming detection unit may include a processor and a computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include detecting a sensor jamming event, selecting a different form of communication other than the range of radio frequencies for the communication unit to communicate with the monitoring system, and providing, to the communication unit, an instruction to communicate with the monitoring system using the form of communication, wherein the communication unit may communicate, to the monitoring system using the form of communication, the sensor data.
US11990987B2
A multi-wavelength light source includes a laser, an optical modulator, an optical mixer, an optical demultiplexer, and an optical power adjuster that are sequentially coupled. The laser is configured to generate a first optical signal. The optical modulator modulates the first optical signal, to generate a second optical signal, where the second optical signal includes at least two wavelength components. The optical mixer mixes frequencies based on the at least two wavelength components to generate a third optical signal, where the third optical signal includes at least four wavelength components. The demultiplexer separates the at least four wavelength components. The optical power adjuster adjusts, based on a specified power threshold, a power of each of the wavelength components obtained by separation by the demultiplexer.
US11990982B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node associated with a non-terrestrial network, an indication of one or more model parameters that indicate one or more of a time correction or a frequency correction. The UE may transmit, to the network node, an uplink transmission based at least in part on the one or more model parameters. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11990972B2
A wireless device may transmit, to a base station, a beam switching type indication requesting a beam switching type initiated by the wireless device. The wireless device may receive a command confirming the beam switching type indication. The wireless device may select, based on the command, a reference signal set for the beam switching type initiated by the wireless device. The wireless device may transmit an uplink transport block based on a spatial domain transmission filter associated with one or more reference signals of the reference signal set.
US11990968B2
A RF module and an electronic device. The RF module includes a RF transceiver module; a first antenna configured to transmit a first transmission signal, and receive a first main reception signal and a second diversity reception signal; a first triplexer connected to the RF transceiver module and the first antenna, and being configured to isolate the first transmission signal, the first main reception signal, and the second diversity reception signal; a second antenna configured to transmit a second transmission signal, receive a second main reception signal and a first diversity reception signal, and a frequency band of the first transmission signal being different from that of the second transmission signal; and a second triplexer connected to the RF transceiver module and the second antenna, and being configured to isolate the second transmission signal, the second main reception signal, and the first diversity reception signal.
US11990946B2
Disclosed are methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable memory for free-space optical (FSO) communications. For instance, a communications network may include FSO optical transceiver terminals located at remote electrically unpowered locations within the communications network. A remote unpowered FSO terminal located at a far-end location receives necessary optical power from a powered base station location (near-end) required for all optical amplification functions for NRZ or RZ format signals within the spectral range of 900 nm to 1480 nm as well as an Ultra Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) centered at 1560 nm at the far-end location. A transmitting node transmits an optical signal identified as a pump signal to a remote location over a free space medium, such as the atmosphere, where the remote location does not have available electrical power for operation of electro-optic components required for transmission and retransmission functions.
US11990945B2
A system includes a quantum light device comprising a light source configured to emit a plurality of pairs of photons, wherein each pair of photons of the plurality of pairs of photons occupies a quantum entangled state. The system also includes optical circuitry configured to receive a first set of photons and a second set of photons. A set of photon detectors may receive the first set of photons and the second set of photons from the optical circuitry. Additionally, the system may include processing circuitry configured to determine, based on a set of time signals corresponding to each photon detector of the set of photon detectors, whether a time delay value exists in which a Clauser, Home, Shimony and Holt (CHSH) parameter is greater than a threshold CHSH parameter value.
US11990944B1
A method for generating optical communication signals in a communication network includes (1) generating at least a first optical tone and a second optical tone using a quantum dot (QD) coherent comb laser (CCL), the first and second optical tones having different respective wavelengths, (2) modulating the first optical tone according to a first modulation signal to generate a first communication signal, and (3) modulating the second optical tone according to a second modulation signal to generate a second communication signal.
US11990940B2
Provided are a subminiature optical transmission module and a method for manufacturing same. The optical transmission module includes: a mold body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; multiple edge-type light emitting elements, each of which is molded inside the mold body by fitting same to the first surface so as to match with the first surface and generates an optical signal in the edge direction of a chip; and an optical component disposed on one side thereof so as to optically multiplex multiple optical signals incident from the multiple edge-type light emitting elements and to output same, wherein the identical height is configured between the surface of each light emitting element and the optical axis of the optical component, and the edge direction of the chip is parallel to the first surface of the mold body.
US11990922B2
The technology relates to bandwidth constrained communication systems with neural network based detection. In some embodiments, a bandwidth constrained equalized transport (BCET) communication system comprises: a transmitter comprising an error control code encoder, a pulse-shaping filter, and a first interleaver; a communication channel; and a receiver comprising a neural network processing block that processes a received signal. The error control code encoder can append redundant information onto the signal. The pulse-shaping filter can intentionally introduce memory into the signal in the form of inter-symbol interference. The first interleaver can change a temporal order of the symbols in the signal. The error control code encoder can be a low-density parity-check (LDPC) error control code encoder. The neural network can be trained with positive mappings between transmitted and decoded training signals, or negative mappings between training signals and a null space of an LDPC generation matrix.
US11990895B2
An IIC hang link restoration circuit based on a PCA9511A chip, including: a PCA9511A chip, a negation circuit, and an external MOS tube (Q1). An IC bus inside the PCA9511A chip includes a clock line; the PCA9511A chip has one end connected to a master of the IIC bus and the other end connected to a slave of the IIC bus; the PCA9511A chip is provided with input and output interfaces of the clock line, and a ready signal interface; the negation circuit has one end connected to the ready signal interface and the other end connected to a gate electrode of the external MOS tube (Q1), and a source electrode and a drain electrode of the external MOS tube (Q1) are respectively connected to the input interface and the output interface of the clock line of the PCA9511A chip.
US11990893B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication, and high-frequency filters with resonators configured to systematically modify phase characteristics of an antenna reflection coefficient. One aspect is a wireless communication apparatus comprising an acoustic resonator having a first resonator side and a second resonator side, the first resonator side coupled to a first signal connection port, a first capacitor including a first side coupled to the first resonator side and the first signal connection port, the first capacitor further including a second side coupled to a ground connection port, and a second capacitor including a first side coupled to the ground connection port, the second capacitor further including a second side, the second resonator side and the second side of the second capacitor coupled to an output port.
US11990888B2
Acoustic resonator devices, filters, and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate and a lithium niobate (LN) plate having front and back surfaces and a thickness ts. The back surface is attached to a surface of the substrate. A portion of the LN plate forms a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the LN plate with interleaved fingers of the IDT disposed on the diaphragm. The LN plate and the IDT are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a shear primary acoustic wave in the diaphragm. Euler angles of the LN plate are [0°, β, 0° ], where 0≤β≤60°. A thickness of the interleaved fingers of the IDT is greater than or equal to 0.8 ts and less than or equal to 2.0 ts.
US11990887B2
The vibrator device includes a vibrator element, a relay substrate, a base, an element-side bonding member for bonding the vibrator element and the relay substrate to each other, and a base-side bonding member for bonding the base and the relay substrate to each other. Further, the element-side bonding member has a first bonding member and s second bonding member arranged side by side along an A axis. Further, an X axis of a first quartz crystal substrate provided to the vibrator element is parallel to the A axis, and a second quartz crystal substrate provided to the relay substrate is a Z-cut quartz crystal substrate.
US11990886B2
A filter unit according to the present invention includes a substrate, capacitors mounted on the substrate, and two inductors. The inductors each include a wire and a core. The core includes two core bodies. The core bodies each have a ring shape and include a wiring hole. The capacitors are disposed between the two core bodies. An opposed section extends from the respective two core bodies to a position opposed to the capacitors C. The opposed section is opposed to all of the plurality of capacitors.
US11990884B2
A variable capacitor bank includes a conductive housing and a port extending through the housing. An electrical bus is disposed within the conductive housing and coupled to the port. The variable capacitor bank further includes capacitor modules disposed within the housing. Each capacitor module includes a module input electrically coupled to the electrical bus and a switched capacitor branch electrically coupled to the module input, the switched capacitor branch including a capacitor and a switch element in series with the capacitor. In certain implementations, one or more of the capacitor modules may include at least one second switched capacitor branch. The capacitor modules may further include an unswitched, or “floor”, capacitor that provides a minimum or otherwise known capacitance of the capacitor module. Each capacitor module may further be grounded by being electrically coupled to the conductive housing.
US11990882B2
A computing cable comprising a trace having a first impedance and an attenuator that includes a fixed resistor having a second resistance, a variable resistor having a first resistance, and a conductor having a second impedance. The combination of the first resistance, the second resistance, and the second impedance is based on the first impedance, wherein the first resistance is varied dynamically at runtime based on a control input.
US11990880B2
Processes and devices for equalizing an audio system that is adapted to use a loudspeaker to transduce test audio signals into test sounds. The processes and devices can involve the use of infrared signals to convey information in one or both directions between the audio system and a portable computer device that captures test sounds, calculates audio parameters that can be used in the equalization process, and transmits these audio parameters back to the audio system for its use in equalizing audio signals that are played by the audio system.
US11990876B2
A transceiver interface circuit, comprising a driver amplifier (DA), a load line impedance modulation circuit coupled to the DA; and multiple selectable output ports coupled to the load line impedance modulation circuit, an impedance presented by the load line impedance modulation circuit being adjustable dependent on at least a number of output ports coupled to the load line impedance modulation circuit.
US11990875B2
A bias circuit for a PA. A first transistor has its drain terminal and its gate terminal connected to a first circuit node and its source terminal connected to a first supply terminal, a first current source connected to the first circuit node, and a first resistor connected between the first and second circuit nodes. A second transistor receives a first component of a differential input signal to the PA at its gate terminal, has its drain terminal connected to the second circuit node and its source terminal connected to a second supply terminal, and a third transistor receives a second component of the differential input signal to the PA at its gate terminal, having its drain terminal connected to the second circuit node and its source terminal connected to a second supply terminal. The gates terminals of the second and the third transistors are biased by a first voltage.
US11990873B2
A first amplifier circuit in a preceding stage, a second amplifier circuit in a subsequent stage, and a ground external connection terminal are disposed on a substrate. The first and second amplifier circuits each include bipolar transistors, capacitive elements for the respective bipolar transistors, and resistive elements for the respective bipolar transistors. The bipolar transistors each include separate base electrodes, that is, a first base electrode for radio frequency and a second base electrode for biasing. The bipolar transistors of the second amplifier circuit include emitter electrodes connected to the ground external connection terminal. The minimum spacing between the first base electrode and an emitter mesa layer of at least one of the bipolar transistors of the second amplifier circuit is greater than the minimum spacing between the first base electrode and am emitter mesa layer of each of the bipolar transistors of the first amplifier circuit.
US11990870B2
A class-D driver circuit includes a feedback loop including an input integrator stage, a switched modulator, and an output driver stage. A feedback resistor connects an output terminal of the output driver stage with an input node of the input integrator stage to provide a feedback current. The class-D driver circuit also includes a compensation circuit configured to provide a compensation current to an output node of the input integrator stage to relieve a slew rate limitation of the feedback loop, the compensation current having a magnitude based on the magnitude of the feedback current.
US11990867B2
An apparatus for predicting useful life of a photovoltaic module includes an input and an output. The input receives first information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that a photovoltaic module undergoes from a start until an end of a period during which the photovoltaic module outputs predetermined electric power. The input further receives second information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that the photovoltaic module undergoes per a predetermined time in a field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The second information is generated based on information about daily maximum temperatures of the photovoltaic module in the field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The output outputs result information about a predicted period during which the photovoltaic module is expected to output the predetermined electric power when the photovoltaic module is deployed in the field.
US11990862B2
A u-shaped clamp that includes offset bends at distal ends, accepts a threaded fastener through two apertures, where tightening the fastener brings two flanges of the u-shaped clamp together to grip a wire, a cable or a pipe. An offset bend on one end of one flange serves to hold a wire or cable in position until the fastener is tightened.
US11990860B2
A drive arrangement is provided comprising at least one drive device, which is rotatable about a rotational axis, comprises at least one drive element and at least one retaining element, the drive element being arranged offset in the radial direction in relation to the retaining element, and at least one output unit, which is rotatable or pivotable about an axis, the output unit comprising at least one drive recess and at least one retaining recess, the drive element being associated with the at least one drive recess and engaging in the drive recess to drive the output unit, and the retaining element being associated with the retaining recess and engaging in the retaining recess to hold the output unit in a set position, the drive element having a cross section that is different from a circular cross section and that is curved at least in some sections, and/or the drive recess widening in the radial direction in order to define an entry opening for the drive element.
US11990857B2
A rotational feedback control system, and method of using same, including a rotating element, a sensor and a digital controller. The system capable of monitoring, setting, and adjusting the inter-rotational angular velocity within a single revolution of the rotating element. The digital controller implementing a control system with control parameters based on angular position, nominal angular velocity and steering angular velocity.
US11990846B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a converter circuit converting AC voltage output from an AC power supply into DC voltage. The converter circuit includes unit converters. The power conversion apparatus includes a low current-oriented controller the unit converters to cause current corresponding to a single phase to flow through a current detector, and a high current-oriented controller controlling operation of the unit converters based on a result of comparison between a duty command and a carrier signal, where the duty command is generated based on detection values detected by the current detector and a voltage detector. When the detection value detected by the current detector is less than or equal to a first threshold, the low current-oriented controller is activated, and when the detection value detected by the current detector is greater than the first threshold, the high current-oriented controller is activated.
US11990845B2
A secondary controller applied to a secondary side of a power converter includes a control signal generation circuit and a gate control signal generation circuit. The gate control signal generation circuit generates a gate control signal, and generates an injection signal according to the gate control signal. When a superposition voltage is less than a reference voltage, the control signal generation circuit generates a gate pulse control signal, wherein the gate pulse control signal corresponds to an output voltage of the power converter and the injection signal, the gate control signal generation circuit is further used for generating a gate pulse signal according to the gate pulse control signal, and the gate pulse signal is used for making a primary side of the power converter turned on.
US11990844B2
A direct electrical power converter, DPX, that connects a primary port including a DC or AC energy source, with a secondary port including a DC or AC load, comprising a transformer or autotransformer; a first power switch between two nodes, having two power terminals and a first control terminal; and a second power switch between other different two nodes having two power terminals, and a second control terminal wherein said switches are configured to connect the primary port energy source to the secondary port load, through the transformer or autotransformer. The cited first and second power switches are configured to be operated simultaneously under the action of a logic control signal providing a conducting status with all 10 the power switches being simultaneously in an On state or with all the power switches simultaneously in an Off state, connecting or disconnecting said transformer to said primary port and said secondary ports simultaneously.
US11990842B2
A multi-phase LLC power converter comprises a plurality of LLC phases each including a resonant tank and a switching stage. The resonant tank includes a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, and a parallel inductance. The switching stage switches an input power at an operating frequency to apply a switched power to the resonant tank, with the switched power approximating an alternating current (AC) waveform having a switching frequency. A secondary-side controller varies the switching frequency to control an output voltage of the multi-phase LLC power converter. A primary-side controller measures primary-side currents, calculates an initial switch-controlled capacitor (SCC) conduction phase angle for each of the LLC phases, and operates an SCC switch in accordance with an SCC conduction phase angle to adjust the capacitance of the resonant capacitor of an LLC phase to cause each of the LLC phases to have equal resonant frequencies.
US11990841B2
A multi-mode hybrid control DC-DC converting circuit has a switching power converter and a microcontroller. The switching power converter has a transformer and a switching switch. The switching switch is connected to a primary-side winding of the transformer in series. The microcontroller is connected to the switching power converter and a control terminal of the switching switch. The microcontroller sets multiple thresholds according to an input voltage of the switching power converter, and determines whether a feedback voltage of the switching power converter is higher or lower than each one of the thresholds to perform a variable-frequency mode, a constant-frequency mode, or a pulse-skipping mode. The microcontroller outputs a driving signal to the switching switch and correspondingly adjusts a frequency of the driving signal according to the variable-frequency mode, the constant-frequency mode, or the pulse-skipping mode which is performed.
US11990832B2
Embodiments of a multi-mode transition circuit for a DC-DC converter and a DC-DC converter are disclosed. In an embodiment, a multi-mode transition circuit for a DC-DC converter includes a transconductance amplifier operably connected to a first resistor-capacitor (RC) network and switches, a comparator operably connected to a second RC network, where the first and second RC networks are operably connected to a reference voltage, a multiplexer operably connected to the transconductance amplifier and the comparator, and an operation mode selector configured to enable or disable the transconductance amplifier and turn on or off the switches in a sequence when transitioning between a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) mode and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) mode.
US11990829B2
A configurable voltage regulating circuit includes first through fourth switches. A flying capacitor is coupled between a common mode node and a pump node, and a sense resistance network is coupled between an output node and an input of an error amplifier and configured to provide a sensed output voltage. The error amplifier receives at another input a reference voltage and generates an error signal. A charging circuit supplies a charging current to the pump node, and controls the value of the charging current as a function of the error signal. A switch command signals generator generates respective first, second, third, and fourth switch signals to control the first switch, second switch, third switch, and fourth switch. The generator sets the configurable voltage regulating circuit as either a charge pump or a linear regulator based the input voltage being less than a first threshold or greater than a second threshold.
US11990824B2
The power transmission device has the rotating electric machine, the housing that houses the stator of the rotating electric machine, and the pipe as a refrigerant liquid feeding member that has the holes. In the upper part of the housing is provided the opening that introduces oil ejected from the holes. In the lower part of the housing is provided the oil reservoir that forms an oil pool.
US11990821B2
A motor includes an electrical discharging device including a conductive member in contact with a region of the outer surface of a shaft extending in the axial direction along the rotation axis parallel to the horizontal direction. When viewed from the axial direction, the electrical discharging device is disposed on one side and the other side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and parallel to the horizontal direction with respect to a contact portion between the shaft and the conductive member, or is disposed on a vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the contact portion. The electrical discharging device is further disposed on one side and the other side in the above-described parallel direction with respect to the rotation axis or is disposed on the vertically obliquely upper side with respect to the rotation axis when viewed from the axial direction.
US11990814B2
A connection unit is coupled to a coil end. The connection unit includes an insulator member. The insulator member includes a holder member and an insertion member. The insertion member is inserted into the coil end. A resin member includes a protective layer which protects a plurality of joint members. The resin member includes a bridge member which couples the insulator member and the joint member. The insertion member is a cylindrical shape. The insertion member is capable of accepting a plurality of joint members. The insertion member is capable of storing the resin member.
US11990800B2
A motor-driven compressor includes an inverter and a housing. The inverter includes three-phase switching elements and a holder that retains the switching elements. The holder is fixed to the housing with fastening members and is configured to push the three-phase switching elements toward a heat dissipating surface of the housing. The three-phase switching elements are arranged along a line segment that connects two of the fastening members. The holder includes a first accommodating portion that accommodates one of the three-phase switching elements that is located in the middle, and two second accommodating portions that respectively accommodate two of the three-phase switching elements that are located at opposite ends. Each of the two second accommodating portions includes a tongue-shaped contact portion that contacts the corresponding switching element. The contact portions are configured to be deformed to reduce a pushing force of the holder acting on the switching elements.
US11990797B2
The invention relates to a rotating electrical machine (1) comprising a housing (10) including two bearings (52, 53), a rotor shaft (5) mounted to rotate freely in the housing via the bearings, a rotor (6) clamped to the rotor shaft so as to rotate the rotor shaft and comprising first (62) and second (63) axial end faces, and a cooling circuit comprising a coolant supply duct (51) arranged coaxially in the rotor shaft, and a radially oriented feed duct (54) arranged in the rotor shaft and in fluid communication with the supply duct and the rotor, characterized in that the cooling circuit further comprises a cooling chamber (61) in fluid communication with the feed duct, extending axially between the rotor and the rotor shaft, opening onto the first and second axial end faces and delimited radially by an angular portion of an external surface (55) of the rotor shaft and an angular portion (65) of an internal surface of the rotor, the two portions extending opposite and at a distance from one another.
US11990786B2
An electronic device includes a processor electronically connected to a memory and is configured to detect whether the electronic device is on an external electronic device having a cooling function. In response to detecting the electronic device being on the external electronic device, detecting, by the processor determines whether the electronic device is functionally connected to the external electronic device, and if so, the processor monitors a temperature of the electronic device. The processor generates a control command corresponding to the monitored temperature and sends the generated control command to the external electronic device having the cooling function.
US11990785B2
A battery control device includes a plurality of voltage detection circuits that are provided so as to correspond to a plurality of battery modules constituting a battery and detect voltages of the battery modules; a plurality of communication cables that connect the voltage detection circuits in a daisy chain manner through coupling capacitors; and a control circuit that transmits and receives communication signals to and from the voltage detection circuits through the communication cables and controls the battery on the basis of the voltages received from the voltage detection circuits. Communication terminals connected to the communication cables in the voltage detection circuit are grounded through a predetermined passive circuit.
US11990777B2
A method for operating a battery system. The battery system includes parallel-connected strings. Each string includes at least one battery module. In the battery module, multiple battery cells are interconnected in a series connection and/or in a parallel connection. The strings are switchable on and off from one another. The battery cells and/or battery cell packets are switchable on and off from one another and are bypass-able. The method includes: recognizing a fault of a battery cell; switching off and bypassing the faulty battery cell and/or the faulty battery cell packet which includes the faulty battery cell; switching off the faulty string, which includes the faulty battery cell and/or the faulty battery cell packet; comparing the string voltage of the faulty string to the string voltage of intact strings, in which no fault was recognized; discharging the intact strings if voltage differences between the strings exceed a voltage threshold value.
US11990768B2
Disclosed is an annular resonator including a conductor formed on a surface of an annular shaped structure and having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a capacitor having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein a radius of curvature of a first side facing a center portion of the annular shaped structure is smaller than a radius of curvature of a second side facing an outer periphery of the annular shaped structure, and wherein the first end and the second end of the conductor are electrically connected to the first end and the second end of the capacitor, respectively.
US11990760B2
A method for preventing unintentional islanding of loop networks when a distributed power source is providing power to the network when network power is lost. The method includes detecting loss of voltage to the network, opening the source side switching device in the transformers nearest both ends of the power line, and detecting that voltage has been restored to the network. Also provided are a system and method for preventing distributed power generation export in a power distribution network during normal operation. The method includes determining the apparent power at the source side of each of the transformers, determining the apparent power at the load side of each of the transformers, comparing the determined apparent powers, and opening the source side and load side switching devices in any transformer where the determined apparent powers are not the same.
US11990752B1
A power electronic control-based capacitor to be used at the terminal of a grid-connected wind generator system for improving the transient stability of the generator following a fault in the network. This eliminates the need of adding auxiliary control devices at the grid side. The wind generator terminal capacitor is controlled through power electronics in such a way as to function both at the steady state and transient conditions maintaining the stability of the wind generator. A power electronic control-based terminal capacitor (“C”) is connected through two back-to-back thyristor switching devices, T1 and T2. The function of the capacitor depends on the triggering or firing-angle of the thyristor switches, which varies from 0 degrees to 180 degrees.
US11990751B1
A power splitting device, including a main body, a power inlet disposed on the main body to connect the main body to a power outlet, a dryer outlet disposed on at least a portion of the main body to receive a connection from a dryer therein and provide power received from the power inlet to the dryer, an electric vehicle outlet disposed on the main body to receive a connection from an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) therein and provide power received from the power inlet to the EVSE, such that the power output of the EV outlet is greater than the dryer outlet, a stepped battery disposed within the main body to send power to the EV outlet, and a control unit disposed within the main body to monitor power output from the dryer outlet or the EV outlet, and adjust the power output based on a setting.
US11990749B2
A power supply cell of a power supply system including a first power conversion circuit to output a first DC voltage, a second power conversion circuit to output a second DC voltage, a first controllable unidirectional semiconductor switch to generate a first conduction path from the first power conversion circuit to the second power conversion circuit, a first unidirectional semiconductor switch to generate a second conduction path from the first power conversion circuit to the second power conversion circuit, a second unidirectional semiconductor switch to generate a third conduction path from the first power conversion circuit to the second power conversion circuit, a first low-pass filter, and a controlling unit operative to issue turn-on signal or turn-off signal to the first controllable unidirectional semiconductor switch to supply current to the low-pass filter via the first conduction path or both of the second conduction path and the third conduction path.
US11990731B2
A spark plug electrode includes a thermally conductive core portion and a weldable core portion that are aligned in series within a multi-piece core assembly to improve the heat management and attachment characteristics of the electrode. The thermally conductive core portion, which can be made from a copper-based material, is located towards a firing end of the ground electrode. The weldable core portion can be made from a nickel-based material and is located towards a welding end of the ground electrode. A method of manufacturing is also described for extruding and forming the spark plug electrode with the multi-piece core assembly. The method is designed so that a core interface between the thermally conductive core portion and the weldable core portion does not substantially include any internal voids, and a welding surface where the electrode is attached to a spark plug shell has a nickel-to-nickel interface, but does not substantially include any copper.
US11990715B2
The present disclosure sets forth a rigid, self-aligning radio frequency (“RF”) connector comprising a rigid body with a first connection end and a second connection end opposite the first connection end. The RF connector can also comprise a recess disposed on an outer surface of the rigid body between the first and second connection ends, and a collapsible connector support that can comprise a connection portion and a collapsible portion. The collapsible connector support can be disposed within and protrude from the recess while also being configured to collapse into the recess. The collapsible connector support can also be configured to interface with an interfacing surface to facilitate generation of a reaction force sufficient to support the RF connector in an offset position relative to the interfacing surface and to nominally align the RF connector with a device to be connected.
US11990706B2
A cable tether system includes a base member and at least one elongate member extending away from the base member. The elongate member is configured to surround at least a portion of a first cable. A second elongate member can be configured to surround at least a portion of a second cable. The base member can include one or more engagement portions that couple with one or more engagement portions on the first and second elongate members.
US11990702B2
An electrical connector body is provided includes first and second housing portions formed from molded plastic. The housing portions include first and second interface surfaces that are configured to butt against one another to define a housing and one or more electrical components are disposed within an interior of the housing. The one or more electrical components may comprise connectors of a male or female cord cap, an in-line surge suppression circuit, and/or a compact automatic transfer switch. In one implementation, each of the first and second connector body portions may include a strain relief extension for engaging an electrical cord and a compression member (3691) may be disposed over the strain relief extensions to secure together the first and second connector body portions. The compression member may be selected from a set of compression members based on a size of the electrical cord.
US11990700B2
A connector comprises a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber; and a front mask to cover a front side of the housing in a terminal inserting direction, wherein the housing includes a housing main body and an engagement frame section, wherein the engagement frame section protrudes forward from the housing main body, wherein the front mask includes a mask main body and an inserted section, the mask main body being provided with an accommodating recess in a position of the mask main body facing the terminal accommodating chamber, wherein the inserted section is inserted inside the engagement frame section, and wherein in a state in which the inserted section is inserted inside the engagement frame section and the accommodating recess is located in a position facing the terminal accommodating chamber, a portion of the inserted section protrudes from the engagement frame section and is exposed.
US11990699B2
A connector includes a plurality of inner terminals and an outer terminal. The plurality of inner terminals are arrayed with intervals therebetween in a direction. The plurality of inner terminals are terminals that are connected to a ground potential. The outer terminal is disposed around the group of the plurality of arrayed inner terminals and are connected to a ground potential. The outer terminal includes side wall members that are shaped so as to extend in the direction and be parallel to the plurality of inner terminals. The inner terminals include connection parts that are connected to the side wall members.
US11990691B2
A method of tuning an electrically small antenna comprising a radiating element and a support structure comprises applying a force to the support structure to change a shape or a dimension of the radiating element to increase or decrease a frequency at which the electrically small antenna resonates.
US11990690B2
The present disclosure provides an antenna and a communication device, the antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a first radiating element, a second radiating element and a switching element, the second radiating element surrounds the first radiating element, the second radiating element is of an open-loop structure, at least one first groove is provided in the first radiating element, each switching element corresponds to one first groove, the switching element includes a membrane bridge and a signal electrode, the signal electrode is arranged on the dielectric substrate, coupled to the second radiating element, and insulated from the first radiating element, the membrane bridge is arranged on a side of the first radiating element away from the dielectric substrate, each membrane bridge crosses over one first groove, and at least part of the signal electrode is located in a space defined by the membrane bridge and the first groove.
US11990689B2
The disclosed system may include an enclosure that is configured to house internal electrical components disposed on a printed circuit board (PCB). The system may also include a first antenna feed that is electrically connected to the PCB, to the enclosure, and to a radiating coupling arm configured for wireless communication in a first wireless communication band. The system may further include a second antenna feed that is electrically connected to the PCB and to an antenna configured for wireless communication in a second, different wireless communication band. The system may also include a first grounding leg that forms an electrical ground between the PCB and the enclosure, and a second, switchable grounding leg positioned away from the first grounding leg. This switchable grounding leg may provide a controllable electrical ground between the PCB and the enclosure. Various other methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US11990686B2
Provided is an electronic device having an antenna according to an embodiment. The electronic device may comprise a first and a second ground plane arranged on different layers of a multi-layer substrate and configured to be connected to each other through vias spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other. The electronic device may comprise a signal line arranged on the same plane as the first ground plane which is disposed at the upper side among the first and the second ground plane. The electronic device may comprise a radiator configured to be electrically connected to the signal line and emit a signal. The first ground plane may be disposed at only one region of one side region and the other side region of the signal line in a predetermined section.
US11990685B2
This disclosure relates generally to Millimeter Wave (MMW) frequency antenna scanning system. Conventional approaches available for scanning an antenna beam over a large angular swath with high directivity are unable to address concerns of size and cost involved. The technical problem of providing an MMW frequency antenna scanning system using a single small size antenna capable of scanning as desired at a desired precision is addressed in the present disclosure. The antenna scanning system provided is an electromechanical system that makes the system cost effective. Computer control provides precision control in beam steering from remote. Use of a metasurface and configuration of a radiating patch and a shorting pin in a microstrip antenna addresses the concern with regards to the size of the antenna scanning system.
US11990678B2
A stack for fabricating an integrated circuit intended to perform an electromagnetic-lens function for a reconfigurable transmitarray antenna, the stack including in succession: a substrate that includes a set of first active components configured to generate a phase shift, and that has first and second opposite surfaces, the first active components being integrated monolithically into the substrate; a metal layer, forming a ground plane on the first surface of the substrate; a layer of a cured polymer, formed on the metal layer; vias that are electrically insulated from the metal layer and that are arranged to electrically connect pairs of planar antennas, each electrically connected pair of planar antennas including first and second planar antennas that are aligned along the normal to the first and second surfaces of the substrate.
US11990670B2
An antenna system for an aircraft, comprising one or more antennas configured and arranged on the aircraft to provide a downlink rate of at least one Gbps, the one or more antennas permitting a base cell tower placement with a diameter of at least 60 km, the one or more antennas being configured and arranged to support multiple data streams simultaneously, the one or more antennas supporting multiple polarizations, the one or more antennas having a high gain over most of a hemisphere around the one or more antennas of −85°≤θ≤85°, 0°≤φ≤360°.
US11990669B2
Base station antennas include first through fourth radio frequency (“RF”) ports, a plurality of first combiners that are coupled to the first and second RF ports, a plurality of second combiners that are coupled to the third and fourth RF ports, and an array that includes a plurality of radiating elements that have first through fourth radiators, where first and second radiators of each radiating element are coupled to a respective one of the first combiners, and third and fourth radiators of each radiating element are coupled to respective ones of the second combiners.
US11990651B2
A fuel cell assembly has a first gas diffusion layer on the cathode side, a second gas diffusion layer on the anode side, a membrane located between the first gas diffusion layer and the second gas diffusion layer, a first electrode located between the membrane and the first gas diffusion layer and a second electrode located between the membrane and the second gas diffusion layer, and a frame with a recess, held by means of an adhesive layer against the gas diffusion layers. One of the electrodes is arranged on one of the gas diffusion layers to form a gas diffusion electrode, while the other of the electrodes is arranged on the side of the membrane opposite the gas diffusion electrode to form a one-sided membrane electrode arrangement. The electrode-free side of the membrane is bound to the frame directly by the adhesive layer. A fuel cell device and a motor vehicle having a fuel cell device are also provided.
US11990648B2
A miniature electrochemical cell of a primary or secondary chemistry with a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell has a casing comprising an annular sidewall supported on a lower plate opposite an upper lid. The lid has a sealed electrolyte fill port. At least one electrolyte channel in the inner surface of the lid extends radially from the fill port and outwardly beyond an outer peripheral edge of the current collector. A current collector contacts an inner surface of the lid with a first electrode active material contacting the current collector. An opposite polarity active material contacts the lower plate. A dielectric material coats the lower open end of the annular sidewall and a portion of the inner surface of the sidewall. A glass seals the dielectric material to the lower plate. An electrolyte activates the electrode assembly.
US11990645B2
A battery assembly, a battery pack, and a vehicle are provided. The battery assembly includes a battery column and a voltage collection assembly disposed on one side of the battery column. The battery column includes at least one first battery, including first and second electrodes. A distance between the first electrode and the voltage collection assembly is greater than a distance between the second electrode and the voltage collection assembly. The first electrode is electrically connected to a case of the first battery, such that a potential of the first electrode is equal to a potential of the case. The voltage collection assembly includes first and second collection terminals. The first collection terminal is connected to the case and configured to collect the potential of the first electrode. The second collection terminal is connected to the second electrode and configured to collect a potential of the second electrode.
US11990644B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules arranged in a front and rear direction, and each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having a plurality of hollows in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a connection plate having a body portion located at the upper portion or the lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and provided with a plurality of connection terminals respectively in electrical contact and connection with the electrode terminal formed at one of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a connection portion configured to protrusively extend in a left direction or a right direction from the body portion so that the protrusively extending portion is bent upward or downward from the body portion and the bent end is in contact and connection with a portion of another connection plate.
US11990643B2
The present invention relates to a separator including: (a) a porous substrate; and (b) an inorganic composite layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the porous substrate, and including one or more inorganic particles and one or more one-dimensional inorganic materials, wherein the dimensions of the one or more inorganic particles and the one or more one-dimensional inorganic materials are different, wherein the one or more one-dimensional inorganic materials include inorganic nanowire(s) and/or inorganic nanofiber(s), wherein the one or more inorganic particles may be bound to each other, or the inorganic composite layer may be anchored and adhered to the porous substrate, by the one or more one-dimensional inorganic materials, and the inorganic composite layer does not include a polymer-based organic binder.
US11990639B2
The present invention is preferably directed to a polylactam ceramic coating for a microporous battery separator for a lithium ion secondary battery and a method of making this formulation and application of this formulation to make a coated microporous battery separator. The preferred inventive coating has excellent thermal and chemical stability, excellent adhesion to microporous base substrate, membrane, and/or electrode, improved binding properties to ceramic particles and/or has improved or excellent resistance to thermal shrinkage, dimensional integrity, and/or oxidation stability when used in a rechargeable lithium ion battery.
US11990638B2
A battery modules includes a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a frame accommodating the battery cell stack, end plates covering front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack, and busbar frames formed between the end plates and the battery cell stack, and a plurality of slots are formed in each of the busbar frames and a venting portion is formed at the center of each of the end plates, and the plurality of battery cells pass through the plurality of slots and are connected to the outside through a first passage part connected to the venting portion.
US11990635B2
A frame structure assembly kit is provided. The frame structure assembly kit includes: a bottom frame structure including a plurality of longitudinal bottom frames and a plurality of lateral bottom frames assembled into a grid or ladder, wherein a part of the longitudinal bottom frames and/or the lateral bottom frames bends or extends upward to form at least one guide for determining the position of each battery unit; a top frame structure including a plurality of top longitudinal frames and a plurality of top lateral frames assembled into a grid or ladder; and a plurality of pillars having a length corresponding to the height of the battery units for connecting four corners of the bottom frame structure to the respective four corners of the top frame structure into a rectangular housing capable of accommodating the battery units.
US11990633B2
A system including a power tool, a device, one or more battery packs, a battery pack bank, and an adaptor. The power tool has a power tool battery receptacle. The device is wearable by a user and has a first device battery receptacle and a second device battery receptacle. The one or more battery packs are received by at least one selected from a group of the power tool battery receptacle, the first device battery receptacle, and the second device battery receptacle. The battery pack bank is on the device. The adaptor includes a user interface and an adapter interface, the adapter interface is received by the power tool battery receptacle, the adapter configured to supply power, via the first device battery receptacle, when the user interface is in a first mode, and supply power, via the second device battery receptacle, when the user interface is in a second mode.
US11990624B2
A positive electrode slurry contains polyether polyol, where the polyether polyol has the following constitutional formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, and Y are as defined in the specification.
US11990623B2
The invention relates to a method for applying polymer patches, in particular from polymer electrode material, on a carrier substrate, including the following method steps: a) plasticizing the polymer electrode material to form a melt, b) feeding the plasticized polymer electrode material via at least one die to a heated, structured roller or to a heated, structured conveyor belt, wherein the roller and/or the conveyor belt have recesses that correspond to the dimensions of the patches to be applied, c) applying the plasticized polymer electrode material on a carrier substrate by bringing the roller and/or the conveyor belt in contact with a carrier substrate.
US11990618B2
A positive electrode active material containing a lithium metal composite oxide composed of secondary particles formed by aggregated primary particles, comprising lithium, at least one metal element and at least one additive element, the lithium metal composite oxide having a crystal structure of layered rock salt structure and the metal element including nickel in a content of 60 to 90 atomic percent and the additive element including boron in content of more than 1.0 atomic percent and 6.0 atomic percent or less, the nickel content and the boron content each with respect to the sum of the metal element and the additive element, the porosity of the secondary particles being 8% or more and 20% or less; a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material; and a process for producing the positive electrode active material.
US11990611B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is reduced. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing an active material, the method comprising steps of: a preparing step of preparing a LiSi precursor including a Si element and a Li element, and a void forming step of forming a void by extracting the Li element from the LiSi precursor by using a Li extracting solvent, and the LiSi precursor includes a crystal phase of Li22Si5.
US11990606B2
A negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including: lithium silicate composite particles including a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, the lithium silicate phase being an oxide phase including Li, Si, O, and M, where M is an element other than the following elements: Group 1 elements of alkali metals, Group 16 elements of oxygen group, Group 18 elements of rare gas, and Si. An amount of each element relative to a total amount of Li, Si and M in the lithium silicate phase is 3 to 55 mol % for Li, 25 mol % or more for Si, and 3 to 50 mol % for M. A carbon material is present inside the lithium silicate composite particles; and an area ratio of the carbon material occupying a cross section of the composite particles is 0.008 to 6%.
US11990600B2
Fabricating the electrode blank includes baking a blank precursor. The blank precursor contains the components of an electrode active medium including an active material. Fabricating the electrode blank also includes performing one or more post-bake calender operations on the blank precursor after baking the blank precursor. Each post-bake calender operation includes calendering the blank precursor.
US11990583B2
Provided are a sulfide solid electrolyte having a small particle size and a low specific surface area; an electrode composite material, a slurry and a battery in each of which the sulfide solid electrolyte is used; and a method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte. The sulfide solid electrolyte contains lithium (Li), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) elements and has: a median diameter D50 of 0.10 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less; and a value of the formula: (A×B)/C, wherein A represents a BET specific surface area (m2/g), B represents a true density (g/cm3), and C represents a CS value (m2/cm3), of 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less.
US11990578B2
A LED display structure and its display module thereof are provided. The LED display module includes a LED array, a substrate disposed below the LED array, and at least one trace configuration layer, which is disposed below the LED array and adjacent to the substrate. The at least one trace configuration layer includes a plurality of wires, and a distribution density of the wires varies according to a distance between the wires and the LED array. When the distance increases, the distribution density of the wires is denser. Otherwise, the distribution density is sparse when the wires are closer to the LED array. In view of the simulation experimental analyses of the present invention, it is believed that at least 30% of the stray light ratio can be reduced so as to enhance the LED display structure with better transparency and image quality.
US11990569B2
An LED lighting sheet (20) for animal/plant growth includes an array of LED chips (21) and has a total luminous flux of 3000 lm or more.
US11990568B2
A light emitting device, a display device including a light emitting device, and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. A light emitting device may include a substrate, and a plurality of light emitting element layers stacked on the substrate. Each of the light emitting element layers may include an insulating layer entirely disposed on the substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer and spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11990565B2
Discussed is a display device having a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting diodes. At least one of the semiconductor light-emitting diodes has a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode; a first conductive semiconductor layer on which the first conductive electrode is disposed; a second conductive semiconductor layer that overlaps with the first conductive semiconductor layer, and the second conductive electrode being disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; an undoped semiconductor layer disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer; and protrusions formed of a porous material allowing electropolishing, and on the undoped semiconductor layer.
US11990562B1
In various embodiments, device structures configured to emit ultraviolet light have lateral surfaces that form angles to the substrate normal of approximately the Brewster angle corresponding to the light-emitting portion of the device structure. The device structures may include one or more mesas disposed over a shared substrate or handle wafer.
US11990561B2
A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a substrate that is an example of a n-type nitride-based semiconductor including a group IV n-type impurity; and an n-side electrode in contact with the substrate. The substrate includes: a surface layer region in contact with the n-side electrode and including a halogen element; and an internal region located across the surface layer region from the n-side electrode. A peak concentration of the group IV n-type impurity in the surface layer region is at least 1.0×1021 cm−3. A peak concentration of the halogen element in the surface layer region is at least 10% of the peak concentration of the group IV n-type impurity in the surface layer region. A concentration of the group IV n-type impurity in the internal region is lower than a concentration of the group IV n-type impurity in the surface layer region.
US11990556B2
A photonic mixer device for multiplying an impinging optical signal with a reference electrical signal includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; two detector regions of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type; two biasing regions of the first conductivity type with a higher dopant concentration than the dopant concentration of the semiconductor substrate, each biasing region positioned near one of the respective detector regions, wherein an electrical field can be formed in the semiconductor substrate by applying a voltage bias between the biasing regions; two bias electrodes, which are isolated from the substrate and the biasing regions, wherein each bias electrode is only locally, partially or completely, covering an outer edge of one of the respective biasing regions.
US11990550B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure formed over a fin structure, and a source/drain (S/D) epitaxial layer formed in the fin structure and adjacent to the gate structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a S/D silicide layer formed on the S/D epitaxial layer, and the S/D silicide layer has a first width, the S/D epitaxial layer has a second width, and the first width is smaller than the second width. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric spacer between the gate structure and the S/D silicide layer, and a top surface of the dielectric spacer is lower than a top surface of the gate structure.
US11990544B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; and a substrate including a first surface in contact with the first electrode and a second surface provided opposite to the first surface, the first surface including a first groove including a first length and a second length shorter than the first length, the first length in a first direction parallel to the first surface, the second length in a second direction parallel to the first surface, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, wherein the substrate includes a semiconductor layer having first conductive type, a first semiconductor region provided between the semiconductor layer and the second surface, the first semiconductor region having second conductive type, a second semiconductor region provided between the first semiconductor region and the second surface, the second semiconductor region having first conductive type higher than an impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer, and a second electrode provided in a first trench, the second electrode being provided opposite to the first semiconductor region via a first insulating film, the first trench reaching the semiconductor layer from the second surface, the first trench extending in the second direction.
US11990536B2
A semiconductor device and fabrication method are described for manufacturing a heterojunction bipolar transistor by forming a silicon collector region in a substrate which includes a lower collector layer, a dopant diffusion barrier layer, and an upper collector layer, where the formation of the dopant diffusion barrier layer reduces diffusion of dopants from the lower collector layer into the upper collector layer during one or more subsequent manufacturing steps which are used to form a trench isolation region in the substrate along with a heterogeneous base region and a silicon emitter region.
US11990532B2
According to another embodiment, a method of forming a transistor is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; providing a source over the substrate; providing a channel connected to the source; providing a drain connected to the channel; providing a gate insulator adjacent to the channel; providing a gate adjacent to the gate insulator; providing a first interlayer dielectric between the source and the gate; and providing a second interlayer dielectric between the drain and the gate, wherein at least one of the formation of the source, the drain, and the channel includes about 20-95 atomic percent of Sn.
US11990526B2
A semiconductor device includes; an active region extending in a first horizontal direction on a substrate, source/drain regions disposed on the active region, a buried trench formed between the source/drain regions, a buried insulating layer surrounding both side walls of the buried trench in the first horizontal direction between the source/drain regions, a wing trench formed in a lower part of the buried trench and having a width greater than a width of the buried trench, and a gate electrode extending in a second horizontal direction on the active region, and disposed within each of the buried trench and the wing trench.
US11990519B2
An embodiment relates to a n-type planar gate DMOSFET comprising a Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrate. The SiC substrate includes a N+ substrate, a N− drift layer, a P-well region and a first N+ source region within each P-well region. A second N+ source region is formed between the P-well region and a source metal via a silicide layer. During third quadrant operation of the DMOSFET, the second N+ source region starts depleting when a source terminal is positively biased with respect to a drain terminal. The second N+ source region impacts turn-on voltage of body diode regions of the DMOSFET by establishing short-circuitry between the P-well region and the source metal when the second N+ source region is completely depleted.
US11990514B2
A transistor, an integrated semiconductor device, and methods of making the same are provided. The transistor includes a dielectric layer having a plurality of dielectric protrusions, a channel layer conformally covering the protrusions of the dielectric layer to form a plurality of trenches between two adjacent dielectric protrusion, a gate layer disposed on the channel layer. The gate layer 106 has a plurality of gate protrusions fitted into the trenches. The transistor also includes active regions aside the gate layer. The active regions are electrically connected to the channel layer.
US11990508B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include recessing sacrificial layers in a stack of alternating sacrificial layers and channel layers using a first etch to form curved recesses at sidewalls of each sacrificial layer in the stack, with tails of sacrificial material being present at a top and bottom of each curved recess. Dielectric plugs are formed that each partially fill a respective curved recess, leaving exposed at least a portion of each tail of sacrificial material. The tails of sacrificial material are etched back using a second etch to expand the recesses. Inner spacers are formed in the expanded recesses.
US11990502B2
To provide a display device capable of performing image processing. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit in which desired correction data is retained. The correction data is generated by calculation in an external device and written to each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling and supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. Through the correction, image upconversion can be performed, or image quality decreased because of variations in pixel transistor characteristics can be corrected.
US11990492B2
The present technology relates to a solid state imaging sensor that is possible to suppress the reflection of incident light with a wide wavelength band. A reflectance adjusting layer is provided on the substrate in an incident direction of the incident light with respect to the substrate such as Si and configured to adjust reflection of the incident light on the substrate. The reflectance adjusting layer includes a first layer formed on the substrate and a second layer formed on the first layer. The first layer includes a concavo-convex structure provided on the substrate and a material which is filled into a concave portion of the concavo-convex structure and has a refractive index lower than that of the substrate, and the second layer includes a material having a refractive index lower than that of the first layer. It is possible to reduce the reflection on the substrate such as Si by using the principle of the interference of the thin film. Such a technology can be applied to solid state imaging sensors.
US11990489B2
A plurality of photoelectric converters is formed on a semiconductor substrate and performs photoelectric conversion according to incident light. A light path portion includes a transparent film through which the incident light is transmitted, a light-blocking wall for each of the plurality of photoelectric converters, the light-blocking wall partitioning the transparent film in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate, and blocking light, and a light-blocking film at an end of the light-blocking wall, the end being opposite to an end of the light-blocking wall that is closer to the semiconductor substrate, the light-blocking film having a film shape parallel to the semiconductor substrate, and including, for each of the plurality of photoelectric converters, an opening through which the incident light is transmitted. An on-chip lens is arranged for each of the plurality of photoelectric converters, and collects the incident light into the photoelectric converter through the light path portion.
US11990483B2
An embodiment of the present application discloses an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes an underlay, an active layer, a gate electrode insulation layer, and a metal layer. A first through hole, second through holes, third through holes, and a fourth through hole are defined in the gate electrode insulation layer. The second through holes and third through holes are arranged at intervals such that partial regions of the active layer are shielded by the gate electrode insulation layer to prevent them from corrosion of an etching solution to guarantee a normal electrical connection of the active layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode and improve a yield rate of the array substrate.
US11990471B2
Gate cutting techniques disclosed herein form gate isolation fins to isolate metal gates of multigate devices from one another before forming the multigate devices, and in particular, before forming the metal gates of the multigate devices. An exemplary device includes a first multigate device having first source/drain features and a first metal gate that surrounds a first channel layer and a second multigate device having second source/drain features and a second metal gate that surrounds a second channel layer. A gate isolation fin, which separates the first metal gate and the second metal gate, includes a first dielectric layer having a first dielectric constant and a second dielectric layer having a second dielectric constant disposed over the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric constant is less than the first dielectric constant. A gate isolation end cap may be disposed on the gate isolation fin to provide additional isolation.
US11990468B2
An RF switch device includes transistors coupled in series forming an RF conductive current path; a first resistive bias network forming a DC conductive bias path between gate nodes of the plurality of transistors; and a first ESD bias component coupled between the RF conductive current path and the first resistive bias network, wherein the first ESD bias component provides a DC conductive path between the RF conductive current path of the RF switch device and the first resistive bias network during an ESD event.
US11990453B2
A microLED mass transfer stamping system includes a stamp substrate with an array of trap sites, each configured with a columnar-shaped recess to temporarily secure a keel extended from a bottom surface of a microLED. In the case of surface mount microLEDs, the keel is electrically nonconductive. In the case of vertical microLEDs, the keel is an electrically conductive second electrode. The stamping system also includes a fluidic assembly carrier substrate with an array of wells having a pitch separating adjacent wells that matches the pitch separating the stamp substrate trap sites. A display substrate includes an array of microLED pads with the same pitch as the trap sites. The stamp substrate top surface is pressed against the display substrate, with each trap site interfacing a corresponding microLED site, and the microLEDs are transferred. Fluidic assembly stamp substrates are also presented for use with microLEDs having keels or axial leads.
US11990451B2
Embodiments provide a method for packaging a semiconductor, a semiconductor package structure, and a package. The packaging method includes: providing a substrate wafer having a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other, the first surface having a plurality of grooves, a plurality of electrically conductive pillars being provided at a bottom of the groove, and the electrically conductive pillar penetrating through the bottom of the groove to the second surface; providing a plurality of semiconductor die stacks; placing the semiconductor die stack in the groove; and filling an insulating dielectric in a gap between a sidewall of the groove and the semiconductor die stack to form an insulating dielectric layer covering an upper surface of the semiconductor die stack to seal up the semiconductor die stack so as to form the semiconductor package structure.
US11990449B2
Embodiments include a semiconductor package, a package on package system, and a method of forming the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first redistribution layer, a stack of dies on the first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer over the stack of dies and the first redistribution layer, and a plurality of interconnects coupled to the stack of dies and the first and second redistribution layers. The interconnects may extend substantially vertical from a top surface of the first redistribution layer to a bottom surface of the second redistribution layer. The semiconductor package may also include a mold layer between the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The plurality of interconnects may be through mold vertical wire interconnects. The first and second redistribution layers may be dual-sided redistribution layers. The semiconductor package may further include adhesive layers coupled to the stack of dies.
US11990444B2
A substrate bonding method and apparatus are described. The substrate bonding apparatus is used to bond a first substrate to a second substrate. The bonding apparatus includes a first bonding chuck configured to hold the first substrate on a first surface of the first bonding chuck; a second bonding chuck configured to hold the second substrate on a second surface of the second bonding chuck, the second surface facing the first surface of the first bonding chuck; a seal arranged between the first bonding chuck and the second bonding chuck and adjacent to at least one edge of the first substrate and at least one edge of the second substrate; and a process gas supply device configured to supply a process gas to a bonding space surrounded by the seal.
US11990440B2
A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnection structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first conductive pillar over the interconnection structure. The first conductive pillar has a first protruding portion extending towards the semiconductor substrate from a lower surface of the first conductive pillar. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second conductive pillar over the interconnection structure. The second conductive pillar has a second protruding portion extending towards the semiconductor substrate from a lower surface of the second conductive pillar. The first conductive pillar is closer to a center point of the semiconductor substrate than the second conductive pillar. A bottom of the second protruding portion is wider than a bottom of the first protruding portion.
US11990436B2
An electronic circuit including a surface intended to be attached to another electronic circuit by hybrid molecular bonding. The electronic circuit includes an electrically-insulating layer exposed on the surface, and, distributed in the electrically-insulating layer, first electrically-conductive bonding pads exposed on a first portion of the surface, the density of the first bonding pads on the first portion of the surface being smaller than 30%, and at least one electrically-conductive test pad, exposed on a second portion of the surface containing a square having a side length greater than 30 μm. The density of electrically-conductive material of the test pad exposed on the second portion of the surface is in the range from 40% to 80%.
US11990427B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a mold layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of first dies embedded in the mold layer. In an embodiment, each of the plurality of first dies has a surface that is substantially coplanar with the first surface of the mold layer. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a second die embedded in the mold layer. In an embodiment, the second die is positioned between the plurality of first dies and the second surface of the mold layer.
US11990425B2
This disclosure describes a method for fabricating a plurality of semiconductor devices in a semiconductor wafer includes: bowing a semiconductor wafer including a substrate by covering the substrate with a strained layer; forming trenches at locations in scribe lines of the semiconductor wafer, the scribe lines identifying areas between adjacent dies on the semiconductor wafer; and reducing the bowing of the semiconductor wafer by filling the trenches with a stress-compensation material.
US11990415B2
A semiconductor device and method for forming same are provided. The method for forming a semiconductor device includes: providing a base; forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the base; forming contact holes by etching the interlayer dielectric layer; forming a barrier layer over the base in the contact holes; and forming a metal layer over the barrier layer. The contact holes exposed a portion of a surface of the base. The metal layer fully filled the contact hole.
US11990407B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second wiring layers, and first and second via plugs. The first wiring layer has parallel tracks along which wirings are laid out, the tracks including first and second outer tracks and an inner track between the first and second outer tracks, the wirings including a first line laid out along the first outer track and having an end portion that is laid out along the first outer track, and a second line laid out along the inner track and having an end portion that is laid out along the first outer track. The first via plug is in contact with the end portion of the first line and extends between the first and second wiring layers, and the second via plug is in contact with the end portion of the second line and extends between the first and second wiring layers.
US11990398B2
A semiconductor packaging method and a semiconductor package device are provided. The packaging method includes providing a chip. The chip includes a chip substrate having a front surface and a back surface, where the front surface includes a photosensitive region; pads disposed at the front surface of the chip substrate and around the photosensitive region; and a transparent protection layer over the front surface of the chip substrate, where the transparent protection layer covers the photosensitive region and the pad. The packaging method also includes forming through-holes in the chip substrate at positions corresponding to the pads from the back surface of the chip substrate, where the pads one-to-one correspond to the through-holes and are exposed from the through-holes. Further, the packaging method includes electrically connecting each pad of the chip to a circuit board through a metal rewiring layer in a corresponding through-hole.
US11990397B2
A semiconductor device comprising a wiring member with which a semiconductor chip is electrically connected including: a first wiring layer having a plurality of first conductive patterns; a second wiring layer arranged next to the first wiring layer in a thickness direction of the wiring member, and having a second conductive pattern; and a third wiring layer arranged next to the second wiring layer in the thickness direction of the wiring member, and having a third conductive pattern. Here, in plan view, a first opening portion of each of two, which are arranged next to each other, of a plurality of first opening portions each penetrating through the second conductive pattern is overlapped with a pair of differential signal wirings contained in plurality of first conductive patterns, and is overlapped with two or more of a plurality of second opening portions each penetrating through the third conductive pattern.
US11990396B2
An organic interposer includes: a first organic insulating layer including a groove; a first metal wire located in the groove; a barrier metal material covering the first metal wire; and a second metal wire located above the first metal wire, wherein the barrier metal material includes: a first barrier metal film interposed between the first metal wire and an inner surface of the groove; and a second barrier metal film located on the first metal wire, and wherein the second metal wire is in contact with both of the first barrier metal film and the second barrier metal film.
US11990393B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a lead frame, a bridge member, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element has first and second surfaces opposite from each other, and has first and second electrodes respectively exposed on the first and second surfaces. The lead frame includes a mounting portion and a non-mounting portion divided from the mounting portion. The mounting portion has a mounting surface to which the semiconductor element is mounted and the first electrode is electrically connected, and an opposite surface opposite from the mounting surface. The bridge member electrically connects the second electrode and the non-mounting portion. The sealing resin has electric insulation, has a thermal conductivity of 2.2 W or more, and covers the semiconductor element, the lead frame, and the bridge member in a state where the opposite surface of the mounting portion is exposed from the sealing resin.
US11990386B2
A method of manufacturing a chip assembly comprises joining an in-process unit to a printed circuit board; reflowing a bonding material disposed between and electrically connecting the in-process unit with the printed circuit board, the bonding material having a first reflow temperature; and then joining a heat distribution device to the plurality of semiconductor chips using a thermal interface material (“TIM”) having a second reflow temperature that is lower than the first reflow temperature. The in-process unit further comprises a substrate having an active surface, a passive surface, and contacts exposed at the active surface; an interposer electrically connected to the substrate; a plurality of semiconductor chips overlying the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate through the interposer, and a stiffener overlying the substrate and having an aperture extending therethrough, the plurality of semiconductor chips being positioned within the aperture.
US11990383B2
A conductive structure, includes: a plurality of conductive layers; a plurality of conductive pillars being formed on the plurality of conductive layers, respectively; and a molding compound laterally coating the plurality of conductive pillars. Each of the plurality of conductive pillars is a taper-shaped conductive pillar, and is tapered from the conductive layers.
US11990379B2
An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a short circuit repair method are provided. The array substrate includes at least one switch unit, wherein each of the switch unit includes a first thin film transistor (TFT) set and a second TFT set, a hollow area is disposed on a first metal layer, a semiconductor layer includes a first area corresponding to the first TFT set and a second area corresponding to the second TFT set, and a vertical projection of an area between the first area and the second area on a substrate completely covers a vertical projection of the hollow area on the substrate.
US11990377B2
A method includes forming isolation regions extending into a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first plurality of protruding fins and a second protruding fin over the isolation regions. The first plurality of protruding fins include an outer fin farthest from the second protruding fin, and an inner fin closest to the second protruding fin. The method further includes etching the first plurality of protruding fins to form first recesses, growing first epitaxy regions from the first recesses, wherein the first epitaxy regions are merged to form a merged epitaxy region, etching the second protruding fin to form a second recess, and growing a second epitaxy region from the second recess. A top surface of the merged epitaxy region is lower on a side facing toward the second epitaxy region than on a side facing away from the second epitaxy region.
US11990367B2
An apparatus comprises a structure including an upper insulating material overlying a lower insulating material, a conductive element underlying the lower insulating material, and a conductive material comprising a metal line and a contact. The conductive material extends from an upper surface of the upper insulating material to an upper surface of the conductive element. The structure also comprises a liner material adjacent the metal line. A width of an uppermost surface of the conductive material of the metal line external to the contact is relatively less than a width of an uppermost surface of the conductive material of the contact. Related methods, memory devices, and electronic systems are disclosed.
US11990362B2
A composite sintered body including: a metal oxide as a main phase; silicon carbide as a sub-phase; and silicate of a metal element that is included in the metal oxide, in which the average aggregation diameter of the silicate in the field of view of 600 μm2 at a magnification of 1000 times is 5 μm or lower.
US11990356B2
A storage shelf includes a body frame and a shelf plate attached to the body frame with an elastic body therebetween, the storage shelf storing thereon a FOUP including a contained object. The storage shelf includes a feed nozzle on the shelf plate to feed gas to the FOUP, and a feed tube with one end communicating with the feed nozzle and the other end communicating with a main tube connected to a feed source of the gas to be fed to the FOUP, the main tube being supported by the body frame. The feed tube has a flexible portion having flexibility at least partially between the one end and the other end.
US11990354B2
A substrate block for a fluid delivery system is provided, the substrate block having an upper surface. The upper surface has an inlet substrate port and an outlet substrate port formed into the upper surface. A substrate fluid passageway extends from the inlet substrate port and the outlet substrate port. The substrate fluid passageway extends in a smooth arc which is free of corners or angular walls.
US11990344B2
A method for depositing, patterning and removing a layer of aluminum oxide as a masking material layer for performing a deep, high-aspect ratio etches into a substrate. The method comprising deposing a photoresist onto the substrate, performing lithography processing on the photoresist, developing the photoresist to pattern the photoresist into a mask design, depositing a thin-film layer of aluminum oxide; immersing the substrate into a solution to lift-off the aluminum oxide in regions where the aluminum oxide is deposited on top of the photoresist thereby leaving the patterned aluminum oxide layer on the substrate where no photoresist was present, performing deep reactive ion etching on the substrate wherein the hard masking material layer composed of aluminum oxide functions as a protective masking layer on the substrate to prevent etching from occurring where the aluminum oxide is present, and removing the aluminum oxide masking layer by immersion in a solution.
US11990336B2
To provide a silicon epitaxial wafer production method and a silicon epitaxial wafer in which the DIC defects can be suppressed, a silicon epitaxial wafer production method is provided, in which an epitaxial layer is grown in a vapor phase on a principal plane of a silicon single crystal wafer. The principal plane is a {110} plane or a plane having an off-angle of less than 1 degree from the {110} plane. The silicon epitaxial wafer production method includes setting a temperature of the silicon single crystal wafer to 1100° C. to 1135° C. and growing the epitaxial layer in the vapor phase at a growth rate of 2.0 μm/min to 3.0 μm/min.
US11990335B2
A process for fabricating a single-crystal semiconductor material of group 13 nitride, in particular GaN, including the steps of: deposition of at least one single-crystal layer by three-dimensional epitaxial growth on a starting substrate, the layer including areas resulting from the growth of basal facets, and areas resulting from the growth of facets of different orientations, called non-basal facets; supply of an n-dopant gas including a first chemical element selected from the chemical elements of group 16 of the periodic table, and at least one second chemical element selected from the chemical elements of group 14 of the periodic table, such that the concentration of the second element in the areas resulting from the growth of the basal facets is higher than 1.0×1017/cm3, and the concentration of the first element in the areas resulting from the growth of the non-basal facets is lower than 2.0×1018/cm3.
US11990332B2
Methods and apparatus for forming a conformal SiCON film on a surface are described. A SiCN film is formed on a substrate surface and exposed to a low temperature steam annealing process to form a film resistant to damage by rapid thermal processing or ashing. The film is treated by rapid thermal processing and then subjected to a high temperature anneal to form a film with a low dielectric constant.
US11990318B2
There is provided a filter circuit provided in a plasma processing device for processing a substrate using plasma generated using power of a first frequency of 4 MHz or more and power of a second frequency of 100 Hz or more and less than 4 MHz. The filter circuit comprises: a first filter provided in a wiring between a conductive member provided in the plasma processing device and a power supply configured to supply power of a third frequency of less than 100 Hz or control power which is direct-current (DC) power, to the conductive member; and a second filter provided in a wiring between the first filter and the power supply.
US11990306B2
A high-voltage module, such as a traction battery, a traction inverter, or a DC/DC converter of a traction powertrain of an electrified vehicle (EV), includes an enclosure and a fuse box. An electronics assembly for performing electrical power operations is housed within the enclosure. The enclosure has a socket. The fuse box is removably insertable into the socket of the enclosure. The fuse box connects to the electronics assembly while the fuse box is inserted into the socket of the enclosure for the fuse box to provide a power distribution and fuse protection arrangement to the electronics assembly.
US11990303B1
A thermal breaker having a push rod positioned in a base of the thermal breaker between a first terminal and a second terminal and beneath an electrical conducting element. A first end of the electrical conducting element is fixed to and makes electrical contact with the first terminal and a second opposite end extends to the second terminal and is constructed to make reversible electrical contact with the second terminal. A spacer extends from the push rod and is positioned in between the second end and the second terminal when the push rod is pushed manually towards a rear end of the base, preventing electrical conductivity between the first terminal and the second terminal. Releasing the push rod restores electrical conductivity between the first terminal and the second terminal as a spring pushes the push rod towards a front end of the base.
US11990301B2
A protective electrical wiring device including: a plurality of line terminals including a first line terminal and a second line terminal; a plurality of load terminals including a first load terminal and a second load terminal, wherein the plurality of line terminals and the plurality of load terminals are configured to be coupled to an AC electrical distribution system; a pair of contacts including a first contact and a second contact; and a latch block being configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the latch block permits the first line terminal and the first load terminal to be in contact with the first contact and the second line terminal and second load terminal to be in contact with the second contact, wherein, when moving from the first position to the second position, the latch block advances at least one of the first line terminal and the first load terminal away from the first contact and at least one of the second line terminal and the second load terminal away from the second contact.
US11990296B2
An electrical short-circuiting device includes a fixed contact piece and a movable contact piece. The fixed and movable contact pieces are distanced from one another in a basic position and electrically conductively connected to one another in a short-circuit position. A drive transfers the movable contact piece from the basic position into the short-circuit position, and a trigger device includes an electrically driven actuator for triggering the drive.
US11990292B2
A computing device can include a housing defining an opening, a base layer, and a button mechanism positioned in the opening. The button mechanism can include a keycap movable relative to the base layer between an undepressed state and a depressed state, and a dome contacting the keycap, the dome including a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. In the undepressed state, the first surface can be concave and the second surface can be convex. In a partially depressed state, a first portion of the first surface can be convex and a second portion of the first surface can be concave. In the depressed state, the first surface can be convex and the second surface can be concave.
US11990289B2
A light-emitting keyboard module with a metal base material flexible copper-clad double-sided circuit board, comprising a double-sided circuit board, a trigger layer, a light-guiding film, an elastic conducting member, an LED light and a keycap. The trigger layer is arranged on the double-sided circuit board, and conducting contacts are arranged under the trigger layer corresponding to a position of the double-sided circuit board. A conduction pressing point is arranged at a position corresponding to the conducting contact above the trigger layer, the LED light is arranged on the double-sided circuit board. The trigger layer is provided with a first through hole, the light-guiding film is arranged above the trigger layer, the light-guiding film is provided with a second through hole. The light-guiding film is provided with a third through hole, an elastic conducting member is arranged at a position corresponding to the third through hole.double-sided.
US11990284B2
A multilayer electronic component according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may control connectivity of an end of an internal electrode, thereby suppressing occurrence of a short circuit between the internal electrodes, reduced capacitance or lower breakdown voltage. The internal electrode may include a plurality of conductor portions and a plurality of cut-off portions.
US11990274B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a solenoid actuator to engage and/or disengage a torque transmission member of a vehicle transmission. In one example, a method may include increasing the holding force of the solenoid actuator. Additionally, the solenoid actuator may include a translatable structural element that creates a moment upon touching another structural element holding the translatable element in a locked position.
US11990273B2
A manufacturing method of a thin-film power inductor includes: Alloy powder is mixed with plasticizer, adhesive, curing agent, dispersing agent and organic solvent to form slurry; the slurry is applied on a PET film, and drying to form a magnetic band; and the magnetic band is cut to form a plurality of magnetic sheets. A hole is opened on a magnetic sheet to form a hole-shaped magnetic sheet. Electrodes are processed on an insulating substrate to form a coil layer. Magnetic sheets, hole-shaped magnetic sheets, and the coil layer are stacked to form a block. The block is pressed, and the block is cut to form an individual product. The individual product is baked to form a main body. Silver paste is applied on the main body to form outer electrodes. A nickel layer and a tin layer are electroplated on outer electrodes to form a thin-film power inductor.
US11990272B2
To obtain a magnetic core having an improved relative magnetic permeability and an improved withstand voltage property and the like. The magnetic core contains large particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 5 μm or more and 25 μm or less and small particles observed as soft magnetic particles having a Heywood diameter of 0.5 μm or more and 3 μm or less in a cross section. 1.00≤A1≤1.50, 1.30≤A2≤2.50, and A1≤A2 are satisfied, in which an average aspect ratio of the large particles is A1 and an average aspect ratio of the small particles is A2.
US11990270B2
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.
US11990250B1
A telecommunications cable (100) has a jacket (110) and a separator (102). The separator (102) has a plurality of curved arms (104) and a plurality of primary arms (112a, 112b, 112c, 112d). Each end of the plurality of curved arms (104) is kept in contact with an inner surface of the jacket (110) to form a plurality of enclosed sections (114). The plurality of primary arms does not touch the inner surface of the jacket and is placed in an offset position relative to one another such that the plurality of primary arms is not aligned in line with one another creating an offset at a point of intersection. The plurality of primary arms has a plurality of equally distributed corrugations (116) projecting inwards towards the inner surface of the jacket (110).
US11990231B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to generate and utilize predictive workflow analytics and inferencing are disclosed and described. An example predictive workflow analytics apparatus includes a data store to receive healthcare workflow data including at least one of a schedule or a worklist including a patient and an activity in the at least one of the schedule or the worklist involving the patient. The example apparatus includes a data access layer to combine the healthcare workflow data with non-healthcare data to enrich the healthcare workflow data for analysis with respect to the patient. The example apparatus includes an inferencing engine to generate a prediction including a probability of patient no-show to the activity by processing the combined, enriched healthcare workflow data using a model and triggering a corrective action proportional to the probability of patient no-show.
US11990227B2
A medical system comprising: a control part configured to receive pathological image data that is produced by imaging one observation target object and that includes first and second image data, the second image data relating to the observation target object but being different to the first image data, a display control part that causes a displaying part to display thereon the first image data and the second image data; and an annotation processing part that applies an annotation to each of the first image data and the second image data on a basis of inputting by a user.
US11990226B2
A system and method for selecting image sequences of echocardiogram studies for visual comparison by a user. The method includes receiving image sequences from a current study and a prior study to be compared. The method includes determining a relevant view of the image sequences of the current and prior studies and selecting an image sequence from one of the current and prior studies to a user via an interactive comparison panel. The method includes determining which image sequence of the relevant view of an other of the current and prior studies that most closely matches the selected image sequence via the interactive comparison panel.
US11990219B1
Systems and methods for facilitating the completion of physical therapy through the application of augmented-reality training exercises are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, a digital avatar is displayed to a user demonstrating various physical therapy movements. Video data may be received from one or more cameras to identify and capture movement from the user. Movement of the user may be analyzed to determine if the user has performed the movements as demonstrated by the digital avatar.
US11990211B2
Systems and methods for tracking samples via sample tracking chains are presented. Sample tracking chains represent digital data structures instantiated according to intrinsic properties of a sample. Each link in the chain is a block of data representing an observed intrinsic state of the sample and is linked at least to a previous block representing a previous state. The sample tracking chain and blocks can be indexed for later retrieval by the intrinsic properties of the corresponding sample's state. The sample tracking chain can take the form of a blockchain possibly stored as part of a private or public distributed ledger. Disclosed sample tracking chains provide a full life cycle audit trail for sample processing.
US11990208B2
Computer methods and systems for quantifying a nucleic acid sample comprising nucleic acid of one or more contributors to: receive nucleic acid sequence reads obtained from the nucleic acid sample and mapped to alleles at polymorphism loci; determine, using the nucleic acid sequence reads, allele counts for each of the alleles at the polymorphism loci; use a probabilistic mixture model that applies a probabilistic mixture model to the allele counts, and that uses probability distributions to model the allele counts at the polymorphism loci; quantify, using the probabilistic mixture model, one or more fractions of nucleic acid of the one or more contributors in the nucleic acid sample; determine a probability that a specific contributor among the one or more contributors has a specific genotype; and call, based on the posterior probability, that the nucleic acid sample includes nucleic acid from the specific contributor.
US11990203B2
A neural processing unit (NPU) is capable of testing a component of the NPU in a running system, i.e., during runtime. The NPU includes a plurality of functional components, each of which includes an electronic circuit; at least one wrapper connected to at least one of the functional components; and an in-system component tester (ICT). The ICT performs a selection of one of the at least one functional component, in an idle state, as a component under test (CUT) and performs a test, via the at least one wrapper, of the selected functional component. The ICT may monitor states of the plurality of the functional components via the at least one wrapper, stop the test based on a detection of a collision due to an access to the selected functional component, and return a connection of the selected functional component to the at least one wrapper according to the stop.
US11990196B2
A digital system includes a non-volatile calculating register having a set of latches configured to perform a calculation. A set of non-volatile storage cells is coupled to the set of latches. Access detection logic is coupled to the calculating register and is operable to initiate a calculation of a next value by the calculating register each time the calculating register is accessed by an accessing module. The access detection logic is operable to cause the next value to be stored in the set of non-volatile storage cells at the completion of the calculation as an atomic transaction. After a power loss or other restore event, the contents of the calculating register may be restored from the non-volatile storage cells.
US11990195B2
Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which memory device are configured to add variable delays to a command. The variable delays may be provided by a host device (e.g., a test equipment) using a test mode of the memory devices. Alternatively, the variable delays may be stored in nonvolatile memory (NVM) components of the memory devices. Further, mode registers of the memory devices may be set to indicate that the command is associated with the variable delays stored in the NVM components. Further, the memory devices may include delay components configured to add the variable delays to the command. Such variable delays facilitate staggered execution of the command across multiple memory devices so as to avoid (or mitigate) issues related to an instantaneous, large amount of current drawn from a power supply connected to the memory devices.
US11990194B2
The disclosure introduces a shift register is configured to enter a low power mode by disabling a portion of flip-flops (FFs) that handles upper bits of input data. The shift register includes first FF(s), second FF(s) and gating circuit. The first flip-flop (FF), includes input terminal coupled to first portion of input data. The second FF includes input terminal coupled to second portion of input data, an output terminal, a clock terminal coupled to a clock signal, a power terminal coupled to a supply power. The second portion of the input data is subsequent to the first portion of the input data. The gating circuit is coupled to the output terminal of the first FF, and configured to disable the second FF for storing the second portion of a subsequent input data according to output data currently being stored in the first FF.
US11990189B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes at least one memory block and a control circuit. The at least one memory block includes a plurality of cell strings that are divided into a plurality of stacks disposed in the vertical direction, and each of the plurality of stacks includes at least one dummy word-line. The control circuit controls a program operation by applying a program voltage to a selected word-line of the plurality of cell strings during a program execution period and by reducing a voltage level of a dummy voltage applied to the at least one dummy word-line of at least one upper stack from among the plurality of stacks during the program execution period. The at least one upper stack is disposed at a higher position than a selected stack in the vertical direction and the selected stack from among the plurality of stacks includes the selected word-line.
