US11993931B1
A building system with modular interlocking panels preferably includes at least one wall section, at least one header, at least one wall sill, a plurality of cripples, and a plurality of support strips. Each wall section preferably includes a bottom horizontal C-channel, a plurality of bottom C-channel flanges, a plurality of vertical C-channels, a top horizontal C-channel, a plurality of top C-channel flanges, an outer panel, an inner panel, a first angled end panel connector, and a second angled end panel connector or an end panel connector. The header, wall sill and cripples include the bottom horizontal C-channel, the C-channel flanges, the plurality of vertical C-channels, the top horizontal C-channel, the outer panel, the inner panel and end panel connectors. The plurality of support strips preferably include a plurality of outer support strips and a plurality of inner support strips.
US11993929B2
A modular curtain wall and an installing method for the same are provided. The modular curtain wall comprises a steel structure module, a curtain wall module, and a first waterproof member. The steel structure module includes a steel structure body and a mount, and the curtain wall module includes a curtain wall body, a hook, and a first seal. When the hook is hung on the mount, the relative position between the curtain wall body and the steel structure body is adjustable in a front-back direction, the left-right direction, and an up-down direction of the steel structure body.
US11993927B2
A shear wall assembly is provided. The assembly includes a first anchor, a second anchor, a third anchor, a first bolt, a second bolt, a seismic fuse, and a rod. Each anchor includes a hollow tubular body including a first open end, a second open end, an interior including female threads, and an exterior including male threads. Each bolt includes a head and a shank. The shank includes male threads. The shank extends through an open end of an anchor. The male threads of the bolt engage with the female threads of the anchor. The seismic fuse is configured to receive the heads of the bolts and includes a hole. The rod includes an end with male threads. The rod extends through the hole of the seismic fuse into the open end of an anchor. The male threads of the rod engage with the female threads an anchor.
US11993922B2
Provided is a system which can supply appropriate information to one operator from a viewpoint that the one operator grasps a remotely operational mode for a working machine by the other operator. In a first remote operation apparatus 10, a passive mode detector 112 detects a passive mode of a first operation mechanism 111, and transmits operational mode data corresponding to the passive mode. In a second remote operation apparatus 20, an operation of an actuator 212 is controlled in accordance with the passive mode of the first operation mechanism 111 in response to the operational mode data, and thereby, a second operation mechanism 211 actively operates.
US11993921B2
A cylinder has a piston part, a cylinder part, and a pipe section connected to the piston or cylinder parts. A portion of the pipe section encloses a pressure compartment which receives a fluid to apply a pressure on a pressure surface so the piston part is displaced in a first stroke direction. A first return pressure compartment receives a fluid to apply a pressure on a first return pressure surface so that the piston part is displaced in a second return stroke direction. The first return pressure compartment is positioned on the outside of the pipe section, and the area of the first return pressure surface is substantially equal to the area of the return pressure surface so that a volume-neutral operation of the cylinder is provided. Also described is a hydraulic system, an excavator comprising the cylinder and a procedure for operation of the cylinder.
US11993902B2
A breather device (140) for a gear case (82) defining a gear chamber (83) therein, comprising a breather chamber (146) defined in a part of the gear case; a breathing hole (152) formed in a wall part defining an upper part of the breather chamber so as to communicate the breather chamber with outside; a communication hole (148, 150) formed in a wall part separating a lower part of the breather chamber from the gear chamber so as to communicate the breather chamber with the gear chamber; and a separating wall (154) extending partly across the breather chamber so as to define a circuitous passage between the breathing hole and the communication hole.
US11993901B2
A barrier system includes a handrail, and a connector to couple the handrail to a post extension that extends upward from a floor. The handrail has and end with a width measured in a direction transverse to an elongate length of the handrail. The connector includes a socket to hold the end of the handrail. The socket is defined by an elongate channel that extends in a direction substantially parallel to the post extension when the connector is attached to the post extension. The channel has a length that is greater than the width of the end of the handrail.
US11993900B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods that employ a plurality of microwave applicator cells as a combined unit to continuously travel along an asphalt surface to treat the existing asphalt with microwave energy. The microwave treatment reanimates the existing (and likely damaged) asphalt to a workable state that is almost identical in nature to newly laid asphalt. The microwave system is configurable to span the width of a standard road lane, wherein the continuously traveling system efficiently repairs damaged roads with minimal down time.
US11993884B2
A washing machine of the present disclosure includes a rotating tub configured to receive laundry, a motor configured to apply a driving force to the rotating tub, a detector configured to detect electrical signal of the motor; a controller configured to receive the electrical signal detected by the detector for a predetermined time when the speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value in the received electrical signal, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the obtained average value and the ripple value, and control an operation of the motor to stop or maintain the dehydration stroke based on the obtained eccentric value and a driver configured to drive the motor in respond to a control command of the controller.
US11993883B2
The sewing machine includes a projector and a controller. The controller determines a sewing area inside an embroidery hoop such that the sewing area is greater than a projection area where the projector projects a projection image. The controller determines an embroidery pattern and a position of the embroidery pattern located relative to the sewing area. The controller determines, in the sewing area, a target area corresponding to the projection area. The controller generates projection image data representing a part or a whole, which falls in the target area, of the embroidery patter relative to the sewing area, and controls the projector to project a projection image based on the projection image data after moving the embroidery hoop.
US11993881B2
The sewing machine is configured to prevent a string-shaped material from catching on a nearby component part thereof. A guide member for guiding the string-shaped material toward a sewing position reciprocates in a lateral direction to sew the string-shaped material to a sewing workpiece through zigzag stitching. A restriction member is disposed close to the guide member and has a laterally elongated section having a length corresponding to a range of reciprocation of the guide member. The string-shaped material extending from the guide member to the sewing position is positioned to be located beneath the laterally elongated section of the restriction member. With the presence of the laterally elongated section, when the guide member reciprocates, the string-shaped material being swung left and right by the guide member is reliably positioned (restricted) beneath the laterally elongated section. The restriction member may function as a presser foot too.
US11993874B2
Advances in actuating fabrics could enable a paradigm shift in the field of smart wearables by dynamically fitting themselves to the unique topography of the human body. Active fabrics and fitting mechanisms are described herein that enable garments to conform around surface concavities without requiring high elasticity or a multiplicity of closure devices. Advanced materials and systems innovations (1) enable novel garment manufacturing and application strategies, (2) facilitate topographical fitting (spatial actuation) through garment architectural design, and (3) provide tunable NiTi-based SMA actuation temperatures to enable actuation on the surface of human skin. Such fabrics and garments are usable in a variety of fields including medical compression, technical sportswear, exosuits, space suits and components thereof, or non-garment applications.
US11993869B2
Provided are leather fibers for yarn. The leather fibers forming the yarn are obtained from cowhide. An amount of the leather fibers having an H value of 30 or more is 30% by weight or more of a total leather fibers contained in the yarn. The H value is defined by the following Equation 2: [Equation 2] H=L/D where L: leather fiber length, and D: leather fiber thickness. A thickness index (M) of the leather fibers satisfies Equation 1: [Equation 1] M=D1/D2≤60 where D1: an average thickness of 0 fibers having a highest thickness in 1 mg of leather fibers, and D2: an average thickness of 10 fibers having a lowest thickness in 1 mg of leather fibers.
US11993867B2
Spun ABPBI fibers and a process for the preparing spun ABPBI fibers using a high molecular weight ABPBI dope solution suitable for spinning are provided. A process for preparing the high molecular weight ABPBI dope solution suitable for spinning is also provided. The spun ABPBI fibers can be used in the preparation of high temperature thermally resistant articles.
US11993865B2
Methods and systems are provided herein for selecting an affinity reagent which binds a desired peptide epitope in a plurality of sequence contexts. The method relies on obtaining a peptide library, each peptide having the sequence αXβ, wherein X is the desired peptide epitope, wherein each of α and β comprise an amino acid, using the peptide library to select an affinity reagent.
US11993861B2
Provided is a technique that allows a removal of air bubbles that remain on an ionically resistive element. A plating apparatus 1000 includes a plating tank 10 configured to accumulate a plating solution Ps and including an ionically resistive element 12 arranged in the plating tank, a substrate holder 30 arranged above the ionically resistive element and configured to hold a dummy substrate Wfx, a rotation mechanism 40 configured to rotate the substrate holder, and an elevating mechanism 50 configured to elevate the substrate holder. At least one projecting portion is disposed on a lower surface of the dummy substrate. The at least one projecting portion 60 projects downward from the lower surface. The substrate holder includes a ring 31 projecting below an outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the dummy substrate. The projecting portion has a lower surface positioned below a lower surface of the ring. The plating apparatus is configured to cause the rotation mechanism to rotate the substrate holder in a state where the elevating mechanism moves down the substrate holder to allow the projecting portion of the dummy substrate to be positioned above the ionically resistive element and to be immersed in the plating solution of the plating tank.
US11993860B2
A method includes at least partially submerging a substrate in a colloidal mixture of nanocrystals and a first solvent. The nanocrystals have first ligands coupled thereto. The method also includes applying an electric field to the colloidal mixture to form a solvated nanocrystal film and removing the solvated nanocrystal film from the first solvent. The method further includes applying a second solvent to the solvated nanocrystal film for ligand exchange. The second solvent comprises second ligands. A nanocrystal film product formed by one-step ligand exchange includes at least one dimension greater than 100 nm and ordered nanocrystals characterized as having a domain size of greater than 100 nm.
US11993855B2
The present invention relates to the production of graphene from CO2 through electrolysis and exfoliation processes. One embodiment is a method for producing graphene comprising (i) performing electrolysis between an electrolysis anode and an electrolysis cathode in a molten carbonate electrolyte to generate carbon nanomaterial on the cathode, and (ii) electrochemically exfoliating the carbon nanomaterial from a second anode to produce graphene. The exfoliating step produces graphene in high yield than thicker, conventional graphite exfoliation reactions. CO2 can be the sole reactant used to produce the valuable product as graphene. This can incentivize utilization of CO2, and unlike alternative products made from CO2 such as carbon monoxide or other fuels such as methane, use of the graphene product does not release this greenhouse gas back into the atmosphere.
US11993848B2
A gas nozzle extending vertically inward of an inner wall of a processing container having a substantially cylindrical shape, includes a plurality of first gas holes provided at intervals in a longitudinal direction; and a second gas hole provided at a tip of the gas nozzle and oriented toward a side opposite to a side in which the plurality of first gas holes are provided in a plan view from the longitudinal direction, wherein the second gas hole has an opening area larger than an opening area of each of the first gas holes.
US11993846B2
A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide which includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese and contains 60 mol % or more of the nickel among all metals except lithium, adding a moisture absorbent and the lithium composite transition metal oxide into an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor, and adding a coating metal precursor into the atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor and forming a metal oxide coating layer on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide by atomic layer deposition (ALD).
US11993843B2
Provided is a cooling device capable of controlling the temperature of an upper portion of a reactor, or more particularly, a gas supply device, for example, a shower head. The cooling device includes a separator configured to uniformly and efficiently cool the gas supply device.
US11993839B2
A mask has a mask pattern region and a non-mask pattern region located at a peripheral of the mask pattern region. The mask pattern region includes at least one effective mask region. In any effective mask region, the mask includes a plurality of evaporation holes and at least one shielding; strip. Each shielding, strip is located between two adjacent evaporation holes. The mask has at least one welding region in the non-mask pattern region. A thickness of a portion of the mask in the non-mask pattern region and at least in the welding region is greater than a thickness of the shielding strip of the mask in the effective mask region, and the thickness refers to a dimension of the corresponding portion along a direction perpendicular to a plane where the mask is located.
US11993835B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which does not have an inorganic coating containing forsterite as a main component and which includes: a base steel sheet containing a prescribed chemical component; a silicon-containing oxide layer provided on the base steel sheet; an iron-based oxide layer provided on the silicon-containing oxide layer; and a tension-insulation coating provided on the iron-based oxide layer, having a thickness of 1 to 3 μm, and containing phosphate and colloidal silica as main components. When the tension-insulation coating undergoes elemental analysis using a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry in a sheet thickness direction from a surface of the tension-insulation coating, a peak Si emission intensity satisfies a prescribed requirement.
US11993828B2
In an aspect, a method of manufacturing a high purity copper-based alloy comprises providing in a melting furnace a feedstock and melting the feedstock. The method additionally includes bubbling an inert gas into the molten copper-based alloy to form the high purity copper-based alloy. Aspects are also directed to an apparatus and a method of fabricating an apparatus for manufacturing the high purity copper-based alloy.
US11993821B2
Sweeteners made from the co-crystallization of 3-(4-amino-2,2-dioxide-1H-benzo[c][1,2,6]thiadiazin-5-yloxy)-2′,2′-dimethyl-N-propylpropanamide (Compound I) having the structure: or salt thereof, with sugar in various ratios. The sugar co-crystallized sweeteners are very soluble in water and have no dusting problems.
US11993819B2
There is provided a method of determining a risk of gastrointestinal cancer in a human subject, the method comprising: determining in a biological sample of the subject, whether mutation is present in at least one CTCF-binding sites (CBS) overlapping regions, or portions or flanking sequences thereof, or at least one non-CBS regions, or portions or flanking sequences thereof, wherein presence of mutation in at least one CBS overlapping regions, or portions or flanking sequences thereof, and/or at least one non-CBS regions, or portions or flanking sequences thereof, is indicative of a risk of gastrointestinal cancer in the subject. There are also provided a method of treating gastrointestinal cancer in a human subject and related kits.
US11993810B2
Chromogenic conjugates for color-based detection of targets are described. The conjugates comprise a chromogenic moiety such as a rhodamine, rhodol or fluorescein. The chromogenic moiety is linked to a peroxidase substrate. The chromogenic conjugates can be used in immunohistochemical analysis and in situ hybridization. The conjugates can be used to detect 1, 2, 3 or more targets in a sample by color.
US11993806B2
The present invention provides a method of detecting and a method of quantifying oligonucleotides with more excellent specificity and quantitativity as compared to conventional signal amplification (PALSAR) measurement methods. In the present invention, the problem is solved by hybridizing a target oligonucleotide to be measured with a complementary nucleic acid probe (3′-complementary sequence of target sequence-5′), or hybridizing the target oligonucleotide to be measured having given bases such as poly(A) added thereto with a complementary nucleic acid probe (3′-complementary sequence of target oligonucleotide+complementary sequence of given bases-5′), decomposing and removing an incomplete hybridization product by using a single-strand-specific nuclease such as Si nuclease, and measuring the nucleic acid probe contained in a remaining complete hybridization product by a PALSAR method.
US11993804B2
The present invention relates to the sample preparation of nucleic acids for diagnostic purposes. More precisely, the invention provides a process for simultaneously isolating at least a first and a second target nucleic acid from a plurality of different types of fluid samples and optionally amplifying said isolated nucleic acids in a simultaneous manner.
US11993800B2
The invention relates to the use of a modified terminal transferase enzyme in a method of adding one or more nucleotides to the 3′ end of a nucleic acid. The invention also relates to methods of nucleic acid synthesis and sequencing comprising the use of said modified terminal transferase enzyme, to kits comprising said modified terminal transferase enzyme and to the use of said kits in methods of nucleic acid synthesis and sequencing.
US11993799B1
A method for preparing a carbon source for wastewater treatment by using kitchen waste, comprises: adding a complex microbial inoculant into the kitchen waste; and phase-change degrading the kitchen waste into a phase-change liquid under aerobic fermentation of the complex microbial inoculant; wherein the phase-change liquid is the carbon source for wastewater treatment; the complex microbial inoculant comprises: a microbial agent comprising aerobic bacteria; and an excipient comprising an Fe-based MOF (metal-organic framework) nanocomposite. According to the method, the kitchen waste is treated under aerobic fermentation to prepare the carbon source, a carbon-nitrogen ratio is greater than 40, and the carbon source is used to supplement a carbon source in a sewage treatment process of a sewage plant, which significantly improves nitrogen and phosphorus removal effects of sewage treatment in the sewage plant, and provides theoretical foundation and basis for resource utilization of the kitchen waste.
US11993795B2
The disclosure discloses an alginate lyase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biology. The alginate lyase provided by the disclosure has high degradation activity, and the enzyme activity reaches 65 U/mg; the alginate lyase is stable in nature, and the enzyme activity remains 98% or higher of the initial enzyme activity after storage at 4° C. for 18 months; and the alginate lyase has high product specificity. The disclosure uses E. coli as a host to express the alginate lyase derived from V. natriegens, the obtained recombinant E. coli can produce the alginate lyase secreted extracellularly in a conventional LB medium without adding an induction substrate sodium alginate, so the downstream processing technology of protein is simplified, and the disclosure has great industrial application potential.
US11993794B2
Methods to create chemically-induced dimerizing (CID) protein systems and uses thereof are described. The methods utilize antibody binding domain dimerizing proteins. The created systems can be used to regulate cellular events such as gene expression, receptor signaling and cell death to effectuate a variety of clinically relevant treatment outcomes.
US11993793B2
The present disclosure encompasses engineered meganucleases that bind and cleave recognition sequences within a dystrophin gene. The present disclosure also encompasses methods of using such engineered meganucleases to make genetically modified cells. Further, the disclosure encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising engineered meganuclease proteins, or polynucleotides encoding engineered meganucleases of the disclosure, and the use of such compositions for the modification of a dystrophin gene in a subject, or for treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
US11993786B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for generating pacemaker cells from non-pacemaker cardiomyocytes. For example, the method includes the step of culturing the non-pacemaker cardiomyocytes with silk fibroin so that the silk fibroin induces the transformation of at least a portion thereof into pacemaker cells.
US11993776B2
The present invention features nucleic acid trans-splicing molecules (e.g., pre-mRNA trans-splicing molecules (RTMs)) capable of correcting one or more mutations in the ABCA4 gene or the CEP290 gene. Such molecules are useful in the treatment of disorders associated with mutations in ABCA4, such as Stargardt Disease (e.g., Stargardt Disease 1) and disorders associated with a mutation in CEP290, such as Leber congenital amourosis 10 (LCA 10). Also provided by the invention described herein are methods of using the nucleic acid trans-splicing molecules for correcting mutations in ABCA4 and CEP290 and for treating disorders associated with mutations in ABCA4 and CEP290, such as Stargardt Disease and LCA 10.
US11993775B2
The present invention relates to a ubiquitin-specific peptidase 24 inhibitor, a medicinal composition and a method of delaying or reversing multidrug resistance in cancers using the same. The USP24 inhibitor, which includes a shUSP24 RNA and/or a carbonyl substituted phenyl compound, can serve as a chemosensitizing agent for inhibiting the drug pump out, cancer stemness and genomic instability of cancer cells, thereby being applied to a medicinal composition and a method for delaying or reversing multidrug resistance in cancers.
US11993762B2
The invention relates to compositions comprising and uses of polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading activity. The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US11993760B2
The present invention relates to the use of 2-furyl- and 2-thienyl-substituted di- and tetrahydropyrans of the formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined in the claims and the description, as aroma chemicals; to aroma chemical compositions comprising at least one 2-furyl- or 2-thienyl-substituted di- or tetrahydropyran and to a method for preparing an aroma chemical composition. The present invention further relates to specific 2-furyl- and 2-thienyl-substituted di- and tetrahydropyrans and to a method for their preparation.
US11993757B2
To provide a lubricating oil composition for a shock absorber, an additive for friction adjustment, a lubricating oil additive, a shock absorber, and a method for adjusting friction of a shock absorber lubricating oil, capable of achieving both operation stability and riding comfort. A lubricating oil composition for a shock absorber contains a base oil and a friction adjusting agent, in which the friction adjusting agent contains zinc dithiophosphate and pentaerythritol.
US11993754B2
Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
US11993752B1
A method for preparing hydrocarbons includes subjecting a renewable feedstock comprising lipophilic phosphorus compounds to a hydrotreatment process to form hydrocarbons from the renewable feedstock. In some embodiments, the content of the lipophilic phosphorus compounds in the renewable feedstock can be in a range of between 2 parts per million by weight (wppm) and 0.1 wppm so that deactivation of a catalyst used in the hydrotreatment process is reduced or avoided. In some embodiments, a feedstock can be determined to include an amount of “difficult to remove” phosphorus and the result thereof can be used for selecting a suitable pretreatment to which the feedstock can then be subjected. The pretreated renewable feedstock can then be hydrotreated catalytically.
US11993751B2
A control system for automatic operation of a fluid catalytic cracking unit is shown. The control system includes a reactor severity control device operable to modulate a temperature affecting volume gain within the fluid catalytic cracking unit and a controller. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to calculate the volume gain within the fluid catalytic cracking unit by comparing a volume based on one or more input oil feeds to the fluid catalytic cracking unit to a volume of one or more output oil products of the fluid catalytic cracking unit. The processing circuit is further configured to use a neural network model to generate a target severity predicted to optimize the volume gain within the fluid catalytic cracking unit. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the reactor severity control device using the target severity to modulate the temperature affecting the volume gain within the fluid catalytic cracking unit.
US11993750B2
Polyacrylamide (PAM)-coated nanosand that may be a relative permeability modifier (RPM) and that is applied to treat a wellbore in a subterranean formation. The treatment may be for excess water production. The PAM-coated nanosand is PAM-hydrogel-coated nanosand. The PAM-coated nanosand os nanosand coated with PAM hydrogel. The PAM hydrogel includes crosslinked PAM in water. Application of the PAM-coated nanosand may reduce water production from the subterranean formation into the wellbore. The PAM hydrogel of the PAM-coated nanosand may expand in a water zone of the subterranean formation to restrict water flow into the wellbore. The PAM hydrogel of the PAM-coated nanosand may contract in an oil zone of the subterranean formation so not to significantly restrict crude oil flow into the wellbore.
US11993747B1
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating a water zone of a subterranean formation by injecting a mixture including an anionic surfactant and an amine, followed by CO2, to reduce water production from the formation.
US11993745B2
Nano-sized mixed metal oxide carriers capable of delivering a well treatment additive for a sustained or extended period of time in the environment of use, methods of making the nanoparticles, and uses thereof are described herein. The nanoparticles can have a formula of: A/[Mx1My2Mz3]OnHm where x is 0.03 to 3, y is 0.01 to 0.4, z is 0.01 to 0.4 and n and m are determined by the oxidation states of the other elements, and M1 can be aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), or thallium (Tl). M2 and M3 are not the same and can be a Column 2 metal, Column 14 metal, or a transition metal. A is can be a treatment additive.
US11993743B2
A double-chamber microcapsule includes a capsule core and a microcapsule wall encapsulating the capsule core, wherein the microcapsule wall is a thermo-sensitive polymer encapsulating the content of a second chamber; the capsule core is a pH responsive polymer encapsulating the content of a first chamber, the pH responsive polymer is obtained by polymerizing a pH responsive monomer and a cross-linking monomer; the content of the first chamber is different from the content of the second chamber, each is selected from a solid acid or a solid alkali.
US11993742B2
A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, containing: a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodomethane; and a refrigerating machine oil containing a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol, a polybasic acid, and at least one selected from a monohydric alcohol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid.
US11993739B2
Provided a method for producing a nitride phosphor. The method includes preparing a mixture that comprises a first nitride and a cerium source, the first nitride comprising, as a host crystal, a crystal having the same crystal structure as CaAlSiN3; and performing a heat treatment of the mixture at a temperature of 1,300° C. to 1,900° C. to obtain a second nitride. The first nitride comprises aluminum, silicon, nitrogen, and at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium, calcium, and strontium.
US11993738B2
An adhesive tape for winding around cables includes a carrier (T) with a first layer (1) made of woven fabric and with a second layer (2) made of a sewn bonded fiber fleece, wherein both layers rest fully upon each other. Between the first layer (1) and second layer (2) there is a first adhesive layer (3), wherein the second layer (2) features at least in part a second adhesive layer (4) which is arranged on the opposite side to the first adhesive layer (3). The first layer (1) features a surface weight of 100 to 200 g/m2, wherein the material of the first adhesive layer (3) comprises an adhesive and the material of the second adhesive layer (4) comprises an adhesive. The second layer (2) features a surface weight of 60 to 160 g/m2.
US11993737B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a surface protection film which provides an excellent writing sensation when a touch pen is used thereon and excellent scratch resistance against a touch pen. As a solution, provided is a surface protection film which has on the outermost surface thereof a protection layer formed of a polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane has an international rubber hardness degree (IRHD) of 87.0-98.0 and a tan δ peak value of 0.6 or more.
US11993725B2
A barrier film comprising: a substrate; a first layer disposed on the substrate and comprising an oxidation product of polysilazane; and a second layer disposed directly on the first layer and comprising a thiol-ene polymer, wherein the polysilazane comprises a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, an alkylsilyl group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and wherein the thiol-ene polymer is a polymerization product of a monomer combination including a first monomer having at least two thiol groups at its terminal end and a second monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing groups at its terminal end.
US11993722B2
A powder composition suitable for use in selective laser sintering for printing an object. The powder composition includes a first fraction having a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) powder having a plurality of particles. The powder composition includes a second fraction having a plurality of siloxane particles that is dry blended with the PEKK powder prior to selective laser sintering of the powder. In some embodiments, the powder composition includes a third fraction of carbon fiber. The powder composition when used in selective laser sintering results in parts with more consistent results and improves process economics.
US11993721B2
The present invention provides energy curable compositions that are curable using UV LED radiation. The compositions comprise vinyl methyl oxazolidinone (VMOX), as well as other components generally found in energy curable inks, such as ethylenically unsaturated monomers (in addition to VMOX), acrylated oligomers, and photoinitiators. The compositions are suitable for high speed flexographic or gravure printing.
US11993720B1
The present invention relates to processes for selective reshaping of nanoparticles in three dimensional articles, three dimensional articles produced by such processes, and methods of using such three dimensional articles. As a result of the aforementioned process, such three dimensional articles can have selective tuning that arises, at least in part, from the reshaped nanoparticles found in such articles. Such tuning provides the aforementioned articles with superior performance that can be advantageous in the areas including such as optical filters, multi-functional composites and sensing elements.
US11993719B2
A composite includes a plastic substrate and an electrical insulator layer formed on the plastic substrate. The electrical insulator layer contains boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), which may be unmodified or modified BNNTS. The composite is suitable for use in making printed electronic devices. A process includes providing a plastic substrate and forming on at least a portion of a surface of the plastic substrate a layer that contains the BNNTs. A metallic ink trace is formed on a portion of the layer, such that the metallic ink trace is spaced-apart from the substrate. Using photonic or thermal sintering techniques, the metallic ink trace is then sintered.
US11993716B2
Provided are a rubber composition having excellent overall performance in terms of fuel economy and bleed resistance as well as good LCA performance (e.g., reduction of CO2 emissions), and a tire including the composition. A rubber composition containing a plant oil satisfying the conditions (1)-(4): (1) it is liquid at 23° C.; (2) it has a GPC weight-average molecular weight of more than 800; (3) when it is 3-fold diluted with THF, it satisfies the following relationship with respect to the absorbances at 450 nm and 600 nm measured with a spectrophotometer: Absorbance at 450 nm−Absorbance at 600 nm≥0.05; and (4) it satisfies the following relationship with respect to the weights before and after passing 100 g of the plant oil at 23-30° C. through 20 mesh plain weave wire cloth: (Weight after passing through plain weave wire cloth)/(Weight before passing through plain weave wire cloth)×100≥99.0.
US11993710B2
A composite solid state electrolyte comprises a polymer electrolyte material, a ceramic ion conductor, and a functionalized coupling agent selected to be compatible with the ceramic ion conductor and the bulk polymer compound. The polymer electrolyte material comprises a bulk polymer compound and a lithium salt. The functionalized coupling agent has a backbone that is structurally similar to the bulk polymer compound.
US11993708B2
Blends comprising an aromatic polyester polyol and a 1 to 10 wt. % of a fatty acid derivative are disclosed. The fatty acid derivative is a C8 to C18 fatty acid ester or a C8 to C18 fatty acid amide. Also disclosed are rigid PU or PU-PIR foams that comprise a reaction product of water, a catalyst, a foam-stabilizing surfactant, a polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, and the polyester polyol/fatty acid derivative blends. Surprisingly, low-temperature R-values of rigid foams based on pentane blowing agents can be improved significantly by using blends of aromatic polyester polyols and a minor proportion of readily available fatty acid derivatives. In some aspects, the difference between initial R-values of the foam measured at 75° F. and 40° F. is at least 5% greater than that of a similar foam prepared in the absence of the fatty acid derivative.
US11993697B2
A flexible tube for an endoscope has a flexible tube substrate that is flexible and tubular and a resin layer (A) covering the flexible tube substrate. The resin layer (A) includes a thermoplastic resin (a) including at least one of a polyamide resin, a polyurethane resin, a polyester resin, a polystyrene resin, or an acrylic resin and having a tensile strength at 10% elongation of 10 MPa or more and a hindered amine compound (b) having a molecular weight of 500 or more. Also provided are an endoscopic medical device including the flexible tube for an endoscope and a resin composition suitable for forming the resin layer of the flexible tube for an endoscope.
US11993695B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition, including (a) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin including 80-100% by weight of a base resin and 0-20% by weight of a reinforcing resin; (b) 2-60 parts by weight of linear carbon fibers having an average diameter of 1-15 μm; (c) 1-5 parts by weight of carbon nanofibrils having a BET specific surface area of 200-400 m2/g; (d) 1-15 parts by weight of carbon nanoplates; and (e) 1-25 parts by weight of metal powder, a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition, and an injection-molded article manufactured using the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent mechanical properties, e.g., impact strength, and also excellent conductivity, heat resistance, and electromagnetic wave shielding capacity, particularly high shielding efficiency against high-frequency electromagnetic waves, and thus can be used as automobile, electric, and electronic parts, and as a substitute for aluminum alloys and magnesium alloys.
US11993691B2
The invention relates to the use of i) geopolymer and ii) non-brominated, phosphorus- and/or nitrogen-based flame retardants for improving the self-extinguishing properties of a composition comprising polymer. The polymer may be a vinyl aromatic polymer, and may be in a granulate or foam.
US11993684B2
New process for recycling of poly(acrylic acid)-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) using a synergistic combination of high shear mixing device and oxidative degradation of SAP to produce poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) useful to recycle pre- and post-consumer SAP.
US11993680B2
A method for purifying a contaminated reclaimed HDPE is provided. The method comprises obtaining the contaminated reclaimed HDPE, extracting it with a solvent to produce an extracted contaminated reclaimed HDPE, and then dissolving it in the solvent to produce a first suspension comprising dissolved HDPE and suspended contaminants. The first suspension is settled to produce a second suspension comprising dissolved HDPE and suspended remaining contaminants, and the second suspension is purified by contacting it with solid media to produce a third suspension comprising purer HDPE. Finally, the purer HDPE is separated from the third suspension and it has natural-like optical properties.
US11993670B2
Provided herein are biocompatible polymers having a polymer backbone and one or more repeating units, and methods of making and using the same. The repeating units can each be individually selected from a zwitterionic precursor repeating unit of Formula (1). Also provided are systems for nucleic acid delivery including the biocompatible polymers, the systems having a cationic core and a polysaccharide-anionic peptide conjugate adsorbed to the cationic core.
US11993666B2
The present application relates generally to tubes, such as thin walled catheter liners with small wall thicknesses (e.g., less than 1 mm), including crosslinked fluoropolymers, e.g., crosslinked poly(tetrafluoroethylene). The disclosure further provides methods of manufacturing such tubes and systems for manufacturing such tubes.
US11993658B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies that selectively bind to B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the antibodies. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies, such as therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US11993655B2
An antibody that binds to the PD-L1 protein or CD137 protein, an antigen-binding fragment or a variant thereof, as well as a bispecific antibody that can bind to both the PD-L1 protein and the CD137 protein. The bispecific antibody has a strong ability to specifically recognize the PD-L1 protein and the CD137 protein, and can enhance T-cell activity. The antibody or the antigen-binding fragment or the variant thereof and the bispecific antibody may be used in the prevention and treatment of tumors.
US11993649B2
The present invention relates to antibodies, including humanized antibodies that bind human Microfibrillar-associated protein 4 (MFAP4). The invention also relates to uses of such antibodies.
US11993648B2
This invention relates to methods of screening for anti-PACAP antibodies, or anti-PACAP receptor antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, for potential use in treating or preventing PACAP-associated photophobia or light aversion, and therapeutic compositions containing and methods of using anti-PACAP antibodies, or anti-PACAP receptor antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof.
US11993645B2
R-spondin (RSPO) surrogate compositions and methods for their use are provided. RSPO surrogates of the invention comprise (i) a specific binding domain for Ring Finger Protein 43 (RNF43) or Zinc and Ring Finger Protein 3 (ZNRF3) and (ii) a cell targeting domain More specifically, wherein the specific binding domain for RNF43 or ZNRF3 is an antibody fragment, and wherein the cell targeting domain is a cytokine.
US11993641B2
The present disclosure provides methods of modulating an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides methods of treatment. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) and an immune checkpoint inhibitor to an individual. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) to an individual who is undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor.
US11993640B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for treating pulmonary fibrosis and cancer. The compositions include growth hormone releasing hormone peptides. The methods include reducing lung inflammation, lung scarring, reducing expression of T cell receptor complex genes as well as inhibiting tumor growth.
US11993634B2
The present disclosure discloses a recombinant varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccine, including a fusion protein formed by an amino acid sequence of an extracellular domain of a recombinant glycoprotein gE of a live attenuated VZV strain (OKA strain) gene and an Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin. The present disclosure further provides preparation and use of the fusion protein, a corresponding recombinant gene, a eukaryotic expression vector, etc. The fusion protein of the present disclosure has prominent immunogenicity and can induce the high-level expression of neutralizing antibodies in serum.
US11993633B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F proteins, polypeptides and protein complexes that comprise one or more cross-links to stabilize the protein, polypeptide or protein complex in its pre-fusion conformation. In some embodiments the present invention provides RSV F proteins, polypeptides and protein complexes comprising one or more mutations to facilitate such cross-linking. In some embodiments the present invention provides compositions comprising such proteins, polypeptides or protein complexes, including vaccine compositions, and methods of making and using the same.
US11993632B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods related to the modulation of the inflammation response activated by a host's immune system. In particular, the present disclosure provides novel inhibitors of proteins that exhibit pro-inflammatory activity (e.g., RIPK1, RIPK3, ZBP1, TRIF, CUL1, SKP1, and NF-κB, among others), as well as corresponding therapeutic compositions and methods of treatment using these inhibitors.
US11993630B2
Herein is reported a method for the purification of a protein comprising erythropoietin and a single poly (ethylene glycol) residue from reaction by-products or not reacted starting material by a cation exchange chromatography method. It has been found that by employing a cation exchange Toyopearl® SP-650 chromatography material and employing a second wash step with an increased pH value compared to the first wash step a fusion protein of erythropoietin and a single poly (ethylene glycol) residue can be obtained in a single step with high purity and yield and suitability for large scale applications.
US11993625B2
The present invention is directed to novel calicheamicin derivatives useful as payloads in antibody-drug-conjugates (ADC's), and to payload-linker compounds and ADC compounds comprising the same; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and to methods for using the same to treat pathological conditions such as cancer.
US11993599B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds and salts thereof that are useful for modulating target polypeptides and proteins, in particular BRM. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, or a salt (e.g., a pharmaceutically acceptable salt) thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various BRM-mediated and/or BRG1-mediated diseases or disorders.
US11993592B2
The present disclosure provides compounds which are useful for a number of catalytic transformations of organic molecules, non-limiting examples including dehydrogenation of alkanes. The present disclosure further relates to methods of preparing the compounds of the present disclosure.
US11993591B2
The present invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R6, and m are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11993588B2
Described herein is the MAGL inhibitor 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-yl 4-(2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate, including crystalline forms and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.
US11993578B2
Embodiments provide a harmful organism control agent containing a pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, having an excellent harmful organism controlling effect. A pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative represented by general formula [I]: (wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, R6 represents a C1-C12 alkyl group, C1-C12 haloalkyl group or the like, R7 and R8 represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C12 alkyl group or the like) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and a harmful organism control agent containing the pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid amide derivative or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US11993577B2
Provided herein is a process for the preparation of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, (R)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and (S)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
US11993576B2
The invention provides an N-benzyl-N-arylsulfonamide derivative, which is an N-benzyl-N-arylsulfonamide compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The N-benzyl-N-arylsulfonamide derivative is obtained by condensing a substituted nitrobenzene with 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing aliphatic heterocycle (the ring B), reducing the nitro group to an amino group, and subjecting the amino group to reductive amination, sulfonamidation; or by subjecting a substituted nitrobenzene to nitro reduction, reductive amination and sulfonamidation, and condensing the resultant intermediate with 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing aliphatic heterocycle (the ring B). It has been experimentally demonstrated that the N-benzyl-N-arylsulfonamide derivative of the invention can specifically bind to Kv1.3 potassium channel and inhibit or decrease its activity, and is useful in the treatment of autoimmune diseases caused by abnormal activation of the Kv1.3 potassium channel in human or animals. The invention further provides a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the N-benzyl-N-arylsulfonamide derivative.
US11993569B2
Disclosed are cyclopentene compounds for use as inhibitors of aminotransferases such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) aminotransferase (AT) and/or ornithine aminotransferase (OAT). The disclosed cyclopentene compounds include 3-amino-4-halocyclopente carboxylic acid compounds which may be formulated in pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases and disorders associated with GABA-AT and/or OAT activity, including epilepsy, addiction, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
US11993565B2
A process for producing isomerized olefins, branched aldehydes, branched alcohols, branched surfactants and other branched derivatives through isomerization, hydroformylation, hydrogenation, surfactant forming reactions and other derivative forming reactions.
US11993562B2
The invention provides a plurality of methods which may be employed as a single method or a plurality of sequential method steps in the isolation and purification of Cannabidiol from Hemp plants. It also provides methods for having a terpene-rich fraction as a byproduct of the method. Depending upon the ultimate objective, the individual method components may be used separately or combined with one or more method steps to accomplish the objectives.
US11993557B2
A method for the production of a urea ammonium sulphate (UAS) composition in a pipe reactor comprising at least a reactor section, the method comprising: combining in the reactor continuous feeds of at least one of sulphuric acid and ammonium bisulphate, at least one of ammonia and ammonium carbamate, and urea; and including a viscosity-reducing agent selected from water soluble aluminum salts in at least one of the continuous feeds, thereby forming the urea ammonium sulphate (UAS composition, wherein the UAS composition comprises 1 to 40 weight % of ammonium sulphate (AS) relative to the total weight of the UAS composition.
US11993552B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for continuously synthesizing cyclopropane compounds. The method includes the following steps: continuously performing a synthetic reaction of a diazomethane precursor in a first reactor, the reaction product of the first reactor flowing into a separator for stratification, the organic phase obtained by stratification overflowing into a second reactor, continuously consuming the diazomethane precursor in a second reactor to prepare diazomethane and performing an electron-rich monoolefin cyclopropanation reaction in situ so as to obtain the cyclopropane compound.
US11993540B2
Waste plastic can be converted into rock for decorative and utilitarian applications. A combination of sand and waste plastic is added into a tumbling chamber, and the tumbling chamber is rotated. The combination of sand and waste plastic is heated while rotating the tumbling chamber to form conglomerates. When a desired size of the conglomerates is achieved, the heating is stopped. Dry cement is then added to the tumbling chamber while continuing to rotate the tumbling chamber.
US11993532B2
A deposition system for depositing a chemical vapor onto a workpiece is disclosed, including a deposition chamber having a plurality of components for performing chemical vapor deposition on the workpiece. The workpiece is held by a lathe that rotates the workpiece relative to chemical burners that deposit silica soot on the workpiece. The deposition system has a gas panel for regulating the flow of gases and vapors into the deposition chamber, and a computer for controlling operation of the gas panel and the components in the deposition chamber. Multiple sets of chemical burners are disposed longitudinally along the length of the workpiece. Each set of burners is separated from other sets, such that each set of burners deposit silica particles onto generally different portions of a workpiece. The respective portions include an overlap segment in which one or more burners from one burner set will deposit silica particles on the same portion of the workpiece as one or more burners from another set.
US11993529B2
A water filtration system for producing filtrated drinking water having increased persistence of free hydrogen, pH and ORP level, includes a pre-filtration device having an inlet terminal configured for being connected with a water source and an outlet terminal; the water filtration system being characterized in further comprising a far-Infrared, fIR, filtration device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the pre-filtration device and an outlet terminal; and an elemental hydrogen releasing device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the fIR filtration device and an outlet terminal, the elemental hydrogen releasing device configured for utilizing a reaction between elemental magnesium, Mg, or a magnesium mineral and water flowing there through and configured for releasing free hydrogen and Mg2+ ions to water flowing there through with a Mg2+ release rate in the range from 20 to 40 mg/l of Mg2+ ions.
US11993524B2
Systems and methods for enabling dynamic volumetric transitioning and segmentation of treatment conditions are disclosed. Such treatment conditions may include, by way of example, systems and methods for dynamically transitioning treatment environments within a reactor for activated sludge treatment processes. Such environments may include anaerobic, anoxic, fermentation, suboxic, and aerobic environments.
US11993522B2
Technologies (e.g., devices, systems and methods) for sanitizing reservoirs are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a sanitization gas system and a connector unit or a hole in the reservoir wall, configured to connect a supply line to the reservoir. The connector unit may include an inlet passageway for supplying sanitizing gas (e.g., ozone) into the reservoir.
US11993519B2
New layered double hydroxide materials useful as intermediates in the formation of catalysts are described, as well as methods of preparing the layered double hydroxides. Also described are catalysts suitable for catalysing the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, as well as methods for preparing the catalysts. The LDH-derived catalysts of the invention are active in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, and show improved activity with respect to Cu/ZnO catalysts derived from copper-zinc hydroxycarbonate precursors.
US11993515B2
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating hydrogen in a nanoporous carbon powder.
US11993508B2
A riding saddle having a saddle tree, a seat surface arranged thereon, and on each side of the saddle a stirrup holder fixed to the saddle, and which riding saddle is characterized in that a damping device is attached between the saddle and each stirrup holder. During the landing of a horse at the end of a jump, the damping device distributes the load by the mass of the rider applied to the stirrup holders over a period of time.
US11993502B2
In an apparatus for treating containers with a medium, the containers are transported cyclically in groups. A linear holding device has a plurality of container holders for holding the containers in a suspended state. A treatment device has a plurality of outlet heads that are connected to a supply line for the medium via respective branch lines. The outlet heads are moved together as a group in the vertical direction. Each outlet head has an outlet line for discharging the medium into the containers. For the purpose of treating the container, the outlet line is introduced into the container, which is held in a suspended state in the container mount. Each outlet head is assigned a controllable restraining mechanism. A controller communicates with the restraining mechanism to control a restraining element to hold back the outlet line of a respective outlet head in a restraining position as required.
US11993500B2
The beverage drinking apparatus may include a spout, a pivot arm, and an entry portion. The spout may include a bore. The pivot arm may include a curved portion that defines a fulcrum for rotating the beverage drinking apparatus. The entry portion may include a flow portion defining a plurality of apertures. The entry portion may include a piercing portion that is distal from the first end of the spout. The piercing portion and the flow portion may be configured to pierce and penetrate a hole in a sidewall of the beverage can as the beverage drinking apparatus is pivoted about the fulcrum with the curved portion engaged with a bottom surface of the beverage can such that liquid flows from the beverage can into the bore through the plurality of first apertures.
US11993472B2
A cloth transfer apparatus allows a cloth to be attached to a traveling clamp efficiently without waste even when a corner of the cloth to be attached to the traveling clamp is specified. The cloth transfer apparatus includes: a plurality of independent traveling clamps; and a transfer rail circulating through a supply unit where a corner of the cloth is attached to the traveling clamp and a discharge unit where the cloth is delivered from the traveling clamp and allowing the traveling clamps to independently travel. In the supply unit: a branch point that allows the transfer rail to branch into a first supply rail and a second supply rail and a merge point that allows to the branched first supply rail and second supply rail to be merged.
US11993469B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.
US11993465B2
A vacuum adsorption module includes a supporting block, a carrier installed and positioned on the supporting block, and a plurality of valves installed on the supporting block. The supporting block has a plurality of air connection holes, each row of air connection holes is connected to a total air path formed in the supporting block via a branch air path formed in the supporting block. The carrier has a plurality of air suction holes corresponding to the air connection holes. The valves control closing and opening of the branch air paths between the plurality of rows of air connection holes and the total air path. An adsorption length of the carrier in a column direction of the array is adjustable to match a length of an article to be adsorbed by the carrier by changing a number of the valves to be closed or opened.
US11993460B2
Provided is a portable conveying system mounted on a class 5 operable pickup truck rolling chassis with engine and transmission components for conveying material to a desired site comprising, a hydraulically operated telescopable conveying unit of a plurality of individual sections nesting in each other or extending out from each other when telescoping and an internal extendable and retractable conveying belt situated within said telescoping conveying unit, and operated manually or remotely controlled by PTO function of the pickup truck chassis engine, and wherein said individual telescoping sections are moveable relative to each other by rolling and/or sliding on polymeric slidable surfaces.
US11993455B2
Embodiments of the present invention include systems for storing large quantities of chemicals at a remote site. A controlled blending system balances the inflow of dry material and liquids into the blender based on a predetermined solid/fluid ratio. The blending system further balances the inflow and outflow of material from the blender.
US11993439B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more article and a blank for forming the carton. The carton comprises a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall. The carton comprises a carrying handle having at least one handle panel hingedly connected at a proximal end thereof to one of the plurality of panels. The hinged connection is interrupted by at least one cut line defining a tab. The tab is struck from one of a portion of the one of the plurality of panels. The tab is integral with the at least one handle panel and extends from the hinged connection internally of the carton when in use.
US11993436B2
A closure cap for closing a pouring opening of a container has a cylindrical threaded part with an open rim, an inner thread configured to cooperate with an outer thread of a container neck, a security ring configured to be held on a projection formed on the container neck, a plurality of security webs configured to releasably connect the security ring to the open rim, and a first retaining strip having a first end securely connected to the open rim of the threaded part and a second end securely connected to the security ring. The closure cap has a second retaining strip having a third end securely connected to the open rim of the threaded part and a fourth end securely connected to the security ring. A circular web section is formed between the first and the second ends. A second projection is formed on an outer wall of the web section.
US11993425B2
A cap for a container including a dispensing opening operable to be selectively sealed and a housing configured for sealing engagement with a container opening, said housing defining a passage along a longitudinal axis thereof, the passage having a plurality of ribs disposed in the passage defining a plurality of channels which, when the container is in a sufficiently tilted state, cause liquid in the container to exit through the dispensing opening, wherein at least one channel is a liquid-flow channel through which liquid flows out of the dispensing opening when unsealed.
US11993419B2
A packaged food product includes a container and a food product. The container has a rim and at least one wall extending away from the rim. The at least one wall defines a storage area, and the food product is retained within the storage area such that the food product is in contact with the at least one wall. The at least one wall is readily deformable by a hand of a user to reduce a volume of the storage area. Reducing the volume of the storage area causes the food product to exit the storage area. The container includes an integral tool portion including a tine extending from a distal end of the tool portion for breaking up the food product after removal from the storage area. The food product can be a wet cat or dog food.
US11993404B2
Satellites having autonomously deployable solar arrays are disclosed. A disclosed example satellite includes a solar array, a sensor to detect that the satellite has exited a launch vehicle, a processor to, based on the satellite exiting the launch vehicle, enable release of magnets or locks of an array, a release controller to control the release of the magnets or the locks of the array based on a release sequence to autonomously deploy the solar array, and a sequence analyzer to adapt the release sequence during execution of the release sequence, wherein adapting the release sequence includes changing an order in which the magnets or the locks of the array are released based on a degree to which the solar array is unfolded.
US11993391B1
A fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft has a tail boom that contains a fuel tank. The fuel tank is configured to contain pressurized hydrogen. The pressurized hydrogen fuels a fuel cell stack to generate electricity to rotate one or more rotors or propellers. The fuel tank may define the structure of the tail boom and may support the empennage, tail rotor, propeller, convertible thruster, ducted fan or vectored thruster and associated drive systems with respect to the fuselage. The aircraft has adequate control authority for sustained coordinated flight when the fuel tank is filled with pressurized hydrogen and when the fuel tank is drained of pressurized hydrogen. The same aircraft may not have adequate control authority for coordinated flight if fuel tank was filled with a conventional liquid fuel.
US11993390B2
A method for supplying air to an engine of an aircraft via an air supply system of the aircraft. A dynamic air intake vent of the system can be closed by a closure member that is movable between a closed position and an open position. A static air intake vent is equipped with a filter medium. During flight, the method comprises an unfiltered operating mode that comprises the following steps: positioning of the closure member in the open position, and, during a phase of forward travel of the aircraft, dynamic intake of a flow of air, then transfer of a first portion of the flow of air to the engine and a second portion of the flow of air to the filter medium in order to clean the filter medium.
US11993387B2
A gas turbine engine comprises, in axial flow sequence, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a turbine module, and an exhaust module. The gas turbine engine comprises first and second engine mount planes. The first and second engine mount planes are configured to support gas turbine engine in machine body. The gas turbine engine has axial length L, with axial length extending from inlet face of engine to exhaust face of engine. The first engine mount plane is positioned axially along gas turbine engine at first engine mount plane position, with first engine mount plane position within a range of between 0.24*L to 0.32*L from the inlet face of the engine. The second engine mount plane is positioned axially along gas turbine engine at second engine mount plane position, with second engine mount plane position within a range of between 0.73*L to 0.79*L from the inlet face of the engine.
US11993386B2
An ejection system may comprise an ejection seat and a smart deployment system configured to initiate a deployment of the ejection seat. The smart deployment system may comprise a pilot health monitoring system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of physiological conditions, and a controller configured to make ejection system decisions based on a pilot health signal received from the pilot health monitoring system and an aircraft health signal output from an aircraft health monitoring system.
US11993385B2
To provide a drone with an airbag that can eliminate the danger of the drone injuring a person in the event of the drone crashing mid-flight including during takeoff and landing. The present invention is equipped with an airbag 3 for reducing the impact of a crashed drone 2 colliding with a person. Prior to the drone 2 taking off, the airbag 3 can be inflated by being supplied with gas. Once the drone 2 has taken off and reached a required altitude, the airbag 3 deflates due to the gas being exhausted. When the drone 2 is mid-flight and in danger of crashing, the airbag 2 can be inflated instantly by being supplied with gas. Prior to the drone 2 landing, the airbag 3 can be inflated by being supplied with gas.
US11993380B2
Described herein are methods and systems for picking up, transporting, and lowering a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the winch system may include a motor for winding and unwinding the tether from a spool, and the UAV's control system may operate the motor to lower the tether toward the ground so a payload may be attached to the tether. The control system may monitor an electric current supplied to the motor to determine whether the payload has been attached to the tether. In another example, when lowering a payload, the control system may monitor the motor current to determine that the payload has reached the ground and responsively operate the motor to detach the payload from the tether. The control system may then monitor the motor current to determine whether the payload has detached from the tether.
US11993375B2
A method and apparatus for lifting a payload wherein a first mechanical-rotor is driven by an internal combustion engine. A portion of the mechanical work developed by the internal combustion engine is used to generate electrical power, which is either stored in a battery or used to power an electric motor that drives a second rotor. Thrust developed by the mechanical and electrical rotors is directed downward to provide lift for the payload.
US11993364B2
A pin assembly for insertion into a pin joint of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed. The pin assembly includes a reservoir for storing a lubricating agent and a piston mounted for reciprocal movement within the reservoir, the piston dividing the reservoir into a first chamber and a second chamber. A bi-directional flow path between the first and second chambers via the surface to be lubricated is provided by means of a first bi-directional flow path between the first chamber and the exterior of the pin assembly and a second bi-directional flow path between the second chamber and the exterior of the pin assembly. A pin assembly including an indicator system, and a pin insert in the form of a replaceable cartridge is also disclosed along with associated methods.
US11993363B2
A portable cockpit seat apparatus, the apparatus including a portable cockpit seat, wherein the portable cockpit seat includes a hinge and has a stowed position, wherein the portable cockpit seat is folded about the hinge. The apparatus further including a headset including a display, and at least a flight control communicatively connected to the headset. The headset configured to and display a cockpit view of an aircraft. The flight control of the at least a flight control is connected to the portable cockpit seat and the at least a flight control, in response to actuation by a user, is configured to send a thrust signal, wherein the thrust signal causes the aircraft to alter its thrust and send a lift signal, wherein the lift signal causes the aircraft to alter its lift.
US11993360B2
A vehicle has a pod carrier, a pod rotatably connected to the pod carrier, and an energy attenuating system (EAS) disposed between the pod and the pod carrier to attenuate forces associated with a deflection of the pod relative to the pod carrier. A method of operating an energy attenuating system (EAS) is provided for attenuating energy associated with movement between a pod and a pod carrier. The method includes providing a vehicle having a pod carrier and providing the pod carrier with an EAS configured in an undeflected state.
US11993359B2
The system 100 can include a balloon system 110 and a set of spools 120. The system can optionally include a set of actuators 130. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system can function to facilitate balloon launch preparation and/or launch of a balloon vehicle system. The system can additionally function to facilitate controlled stand-up of a balloon.
US11993340B2
A system comprises a slave cylinder for a motorcycle. The slave cylinder may include a rod with a height which is hydraulically adjustable by a hydraulic pressure adjuster. A motorcycle slave cylinder is also provided which includes a rod having a height. The motorcycle slave cylinder also includes a hydraulic pressure adjuster. The hydraulic pressure adjuster hydraulically adjusts the height of the rod above the motorcycle slave cylinder.
US11993339B2
The motor vehicle (1) comprises a forecarriage frame (11) to which a steering tube (13) is constrained, inside which a steering column (15) is rotatingly housed. The motor vehicle also comprises a four-bar linkage (23) connected to the forecarriage frame (11) and that supports a first front wheel (5′) by means of a first supporting member (35) and a second front wheel (5″) by means of a second supporting member (35″). The four-bar linkage comprises two crossbars (25, 27). A steering linkage (19) transmits the steering movement, controlled by means of the steering column, to the first front wheel (5) and to the second front wheel (5″). The motor vehicle also comprises suspensions (71′) for the first front wheel (5′) and for the second front wheel (5″). The two suspensions are at least partially housed in cavities (41) of the respective uprights (29′, 29″) of the four-bar link-age (23).
US11993337B2
A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
US11993335B2
A foldable electric scooter and a manufacture method of the same. The foldable electric scooter includes a main body assembly, a front fork assembly located at the front end of the main body assembly, a rear fork assembly located at the rear end of the main body assembly, a telescoping plate assembly located on top of the front fork assembly and a handlebar assembly located on top of the telescoping plate assembly. The foldable electric scooter has a double headset design that increases a rake angle for more steering stability while still keeping the steering upright for an upright holding of the handlebars. The foldable electric scooter is manufactured by stamping of flat plate material.
US11993332B2
The present invention relates to a bicycle with light system. The bicycle includes a tube assembly including a frame with mutually fixed tube elements with a tube wall and movable tube elements, such as a steering pin and a handlebar, a light generation subsystem including at least one independently controllable light source for generation of light, a light control for controlling the light generation subsystem for providing at least one light effect, and a light guiding subsystem for guiding light over a part of the path between the at least one light source and the surroundings of the bicycle. The at least one light source is arranged in at least one of the at least one tube element. The bicycle includes the at least one opening in at least one tube element for passing the light through the tube wall. The light guiding subsystem provides a guiding from the inside of the respective at least one tube element to the outside of the at least one tube element of the frame.
US11993329B1
An rapid underbody kit deployment crate including a pallet, at least one inflatable bladder, and at least one cover, wherein the underbody lift kit is constructed and arranged to store, ship, and vertically lift and lower an underbody kit for installation and removal of an underbody kit to and from a vehicle.
US11993325B2
A legged mobile robot includes at least two legs. The legs are movable in a front-rear direction of the legged mobile robot. Each of distal end portions of the legs is provided with a plurality of protrusions. Protruding directions of the protrusions are a plurality of directions including a lateral direction intersecting with the front-rear direction. The protrusions can come into contact with a moving surface on which the legs move. Further, the legged mobile robot includes a drive device that displaces each of the protrusions up down with respect to a sole in contact with the moving surface in the leg. The legged mobile robot further includes a control device that controls movement of the protrusions.
US11993318B1
Systems and apparatuses include a cab floor defining a center plane, a seat slide actuator coupled to the cab floor and selectively moveable in a direction transverse to the center plane relative to the cab floor, and a seat supported by the seat slide actuator and moveable therewith.
US11993315B2
A panel has a first edge portion defining a first end of the panel, and a second edge portion defining a second end of the panel. The length of the panel is predetermined for the panel to reach across a vehicle chassis frame in an installed position in which the first edge portion rests on a side beam and the second edge portion rests on an opposite side beam. The panel further has a longitudinal rib. A first end of the rib is located adjacent to, and inboard of, the first edge portion. A second end of the rib is located adjacent to, and inboard of, the second edge portion.
US11993314B2
An underbody structure of a vehicle includes a cross member, a side sill, and a gusset. The cross member is provided on a floor panel and extends in a vehicle width direction. The side sill is coupled to an outer end of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction and extends in a front-rear direction. The cross member and the side sill are separated in the vehicle width direction. The gusset is interposed between them. The gusset includes front and rear side walls, an upper wall, a protrusion, and front and rear flanges. Each side wall includes a lower end coupled to an outer end of the cross member in the vehicle width direction. The upper wall is coupled to an upper end of each side wall. The protrusion is provided at an outer end of the upper wall in the vehicle width direction.
US11993312B2
A reinforcement structure for an electric vehicle includes a lower dash portion lower panel, a lower dash portion upper panel forming a closed cross-section with the lower dash portion lower panel in a vehicle body length direction and a dash lower reinforcement provided inside the closed cross-section.
US11993299B2
A vehicle control system includes a controller disposed onboard a first vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The controller is operably connected to a propulsion and braking subsystem of the first vehicle system. The controller is configured to analyze a notification message received from an off-board source as the first vehicle system travels on a route. The notification message identifies an unplanned brake application made by a second vehicle system. In response to the notification message, the controller is configured to control the propulsion and braking subsystem to modify movement of the first vehicle system based at least in part on a location of the second vehicle system to avoid the second vehicle system.
US11993286B2
A vehicle designed for an automated driving operation may have a ventilation device for ventilating a vehicle interior. A control unit and at least one pressure sensor assembly may be provided. The control unit may be designed to activate the ventilation device and to determine a setpoint pressure value of the air pressure within the vehicle interior while the vehicle interior is closed, to infer damage to a vehicle shell surrounding the vehicle interior. Further, the control unit may block the automated driving operation if it is inferred that there is damage to the vehicle shell. Methods for detecting damage to the vehicle and for operating a vehicle are also provided. A device for carrying out a method for detecting damage to a vehicle and/or for carrying out a method for operating a vehicle to a computer program and to a machine-readable storage medium are also provided.
US11993276B2
An integrated control apparatus and method for a vehicle are provided. The integrated control apparatus for the vehicle includes: a sensor unit comprising one or more sensing devices provided in the vehicle, wherein each of the one or more sensing devices provides driving environment information by sensing driving environments of the vehicle; an integrated control unit configured to generate one or more control commands for driving control of the vehicle based on one or more pieces of driving condition information of the vehicle received from a network of the vehicle and each driving environment information received from the sensor unit, mediate the generated control commands according to priorities determined based on driving safety of the vehicle and assigned to the respective control commands, and generate a final control command in which output response characteristic of the driving control according to the control command having higher priority is optimized.
US11993273B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for monitoring component wear to prevent premature component failure. A control system for a system having one or more mechanical or electronic components may include a life manager that monitors accumulated wear of the one or more components. The life manager may provide an alert and/or limit system operations when the accumulated wear exceeds a limit. The limit may be dynamically determined based on an operating age of the component. The limit may also be defined as a matrix of limits, each defined for a range of a particular operating condition of the component. Operating conditions may include an applied torque range for a vehicle wheel or a thermal cycle temperature range for an electronic switching component.
US11993261B2
A method for controlling a convoy including a pilot vehicle and a driverless vehicle is presented. It includes electronically tethering the driverless vehicle to the pilot vehicle by establishing communication between a pilot vehicle control module and a driverless vehicle control module. It further includes receiving a longitudinal control user input in the pilot vehicle control module and communicating a longitudinal motion request from the pilot vehicle control module to the driverless vehicle control module, the longitudinal motion request being indicative of the longitudinal control user input. It finally includes controlling a propulsion and braking system of the driverless vehicle in response to the longitudinal motion request received from the pilot vehicle and controlling a propulsion and braking system of the pilot vehicle, while tethered to the driverless vehicle, to maintain a target longitudinal clearance from the driverless vehicle.
US11993260B2
A system and method are provided for estimating and applying vehicle tire traction. Vehicle data (e.g., movement and location-based data) and tire sensor data are collected at a vehicle and transmitted to a remote computing system (e.g., cloud server). A wear status is determined, and traction characteristics determined for at least one tire, based at least on the vehicle data and the determined tire wear status. The predicted tire traction characteristics are transmitted from the remote computing system to an active safety unit associated with the vehicle, or a fleet management system, wherein the recipient is configured to modify vehicle operation settings based on at least the predicted tire traction characteristics. A maximum speed for the vehicle may be defined by the recipient, or a minimum following distance where, e.g., the vehicle is one of multiple vehicles in a defined platoon.
US11993256B2
A vehicle control system for an off-road vehicle including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive a first parameter associated with a characteristic of the off-road vehicle, receive a second parameter associated with a characteristic of an environment of the off-road vehicle, generate, based on the first and second parameters, a perception zone for the off-road vehicle, control the off-road vehicle to avoid an obstacle using the perception zone, receive an indication of a change in at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter, and update the perception zone based on the change in the at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter.
US11993254B2
A cognitive sensor-based autonomous parking route search system includes a cognitive sensor configured to obtain cognitive information for determining an existence and a location of an obstacle by sensing a space around a vehicle being driven in an inside of a parking lot, a global path search module configured to generate a global path for the inside of the parking lot as a node map by searching for a free space, in which the vehicle is capable of being driven, based on the cognitive information and by setting a node in the free space, and an optimal local path generation module configured to generate an optimal local path from a current location of the vehicle to a destination by connecting the node set in the free space while the vehicle moves inside the parking lot.
US11993252B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes a contact detector, an attitude stabilization processor, and a steering intention determining unit. The contact detector is configured to detect a contact of a vehicle with an object. The attitude stabilization processor is configured to execute an attitude stabilization control that generates a yaw moment at a vehicle body on the basis of a deviation between a target yaw rate and an actual yaw rate. The steering intention determining unit is configured to determine a presence of a driver's intention to perform steering. The attitude stabilization processor is configured to stop the generation of the yaw moment by the attitude stabilization control or reduce the yaw moment to be generated by the attitude stabilization control, in a case where the steering intention determining unit determines that the driver's intention to perform the steering is absent after the detection of the contact by the contact detector.
US11993251B2
A method and system for controlling an engine clutch of a P2 type parallel hybrid vehicle includes steps of: determining whether or not a learning mode entry condition is satisfied, depending on whether or not a kickdown shift occurs during performance of variable hydraulic control of an engine clutch and based on the degree to which slip of the engine clutch occurs, deriving and storing a learning hydraulic value for suppressing the slip that is to occur when the kickdown shift occurs during the performance of the variable hydraulic control in such a manner that the slip does not occur, when a vehicle state satisfies a predetermined learning mode entry condition, and computing a final hydraulic pressure by adding a hydraulic compensation value to a target hydraulic pressure, when the same kickdown shift situation occurs, and controlling the engine clutch using the computed final hydraulic pressure.
US11993246B2
A work machine comprising a work unit that performs work on a travel path, an internal combustion engine configured to generate power for driving the work unit, a traveling unit including a front wheel and a rear wheel, an electric motor configured to generate power for driving a first wheel of the front wheel and the rear wheel, a first clutch for switching between transmission and discontinuation of the power from the internal combustion engine to a second wheel of the front wheel and the rear wheel, and a switching control unit configured to control the first clutch based on a power consumption of the electric motor for switching between the transmission and the discontinuation.
US11993245B2
A method tar operating a vehicle where at least one comfort function is offered to at least one vehicle user for activation. The at least one comfort function is offered to the at least one vehicle user for activation after a start of an electrical charging process of at least one energy storage device of the vehicle. The comfort function is offered to the vehicle user depending on an expected necessary charging time of the electrical charging process of the energy storage device of the vehicle.
US11993244B2
An air-conditioning control system includes an information receiver configured to communicate with a second vehicle around a first vehicle, to acquire drive source information of the second vehicle, and an air-conditioning controller configured to control an air conditioner of the first vehicle in an inside air recirculation mode or in an outside air introduction mode based on the drive source information. The drive source information includes active drive source information indicating a drive source that is currently active in the second vehicle, such that the air conditioner is controlled in accordance with the active drive source.
US11993235B2
A system and method for detecting the operational status of a brake system on a railcar. The system receives from a sensor an indication of the magnitude of a braking force applied by the braking system in response to an instruction to increase or decrease the braking force. It compares the response to possible responses of the braking system in view of the instruction provided. Based on the comparison, the system generates at least one of a message and/or an alert indicating the status of the brake system. Additional sensors, including a pressure sensor on a brake pipe of the railcar, can be added for additional functionality.
US11993225B2
A system for operating a handleless door of an automobile having an outer surface includes a remotely-controlled door latch, a sensor disposed at at least one of: disposed behind a window seal; assembled on the window seal; and overmolded in the window seal, and configured to sense an input from a user to open the door, the window seal being configured to transmit an input force to the sensor, and an antenna configured to receive a radio signal from a key fob in vicinity of the antenna. The system also includes a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system coupled to the antenna to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile and a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicating the user provided input to open the door, receive an authentication signal from the PEPS system to authenticate the key fob, and cause the remotely-controlled door latch to release based on receiving the signal from the sensor and the authentication signal from PEPS system.
US11993223B2
A vehicle seat connector assembly comprising a first connector coupled to the seat of the vehicle and including a first inductive coil. A second connector is coupled to the vehicle and includes a second inductive coil. The first and second connectors are positioned relative to each other into a first relationship with the first and second connectors coupled to each other and the first and second inductive coils positioned opposite each other to define a closed inductive coil circuit and a second relationship with the first and second connectors and the first and second inductive coils separated from each other to define an open inductive coil circuit. A third inductive coil is located on the vehicle seat belt buckle and a coil cable extends between the first inductive coil of the first connector and the third inductive coil.
US11993220B2
A driver seat airbag device includes an airbag cushion installed at a center portion 108 of a steering wheel of a vehicle which is configured to expand and deploy toward an occupant in a driver seat; and an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a steering side panel provided on the steering wheel side and an occupant side panel joined to the occupant side of the steering side panel. The shape of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion is such that the portion, which is the largest area of the cross section orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the steering wheel, is formed further toward the front side of the vehicle than the center portion between the frontmost portion of the steering side panel and the rearmost portion of the occupant side panel.
US11993217B2
A side airbag device with a base member for an inflator to be easily fixed thereto, and a method for manufacturing same is provided. The side airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas; a base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator, and to be fixed to a vehicle body; an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface; and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes an inflator fixing portion to which the inflator is fixed and a base member fixing portion which is located in a position different from a position of the inflator fixing portion and fixed to the base member. The base member includes, at a left or right side portion thereof, a bracket fixing portion to which the mounting bracket is fixed.
US11993212B1
A system includes a first portion comprising: a bowl to receive liquid body waste and a receptacle to receive a tube, a base having at least one anti-slip surface on a bottom of the base, a leveling device incorporated into the base and configured to allow the bowl to be angled at an angle of zero to fifteen degrees, the leveling device having at least one rod in a leveling rod slot of the base, each rod having a corresponding pin and a first handle on a right side of the bowl and a second handle on a left side of the bowl, and a second portion comprising: a hose that connects from the tube on a first end to a container on a second end to transport the liquid body waste from the bowl to the container, the container storing the liquid body waste.
US11993211B2
A door-trim panel for a vehicle includes an armrest and a top roll extending upwardly from the armrest to an upper end. The upper end has an inboard portion and an outboard portion and the upper end is elongated along a longitudinal axis. The top roll includes pairs of ribs spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis. The pairs of ribs include an inboard rib extending from the inboard portion toward the outboard portion to an outboard end. The pairs of ribs include an outboard rib adjacent to and spaced from the inboard rib of that pair. The outboard rib extends from the outboard portion toward the inboard portion to an inboard end of the outboard rib. The inboard ribs and outboard ribs are elongated transverse to the longitudinal axis. The inboard end and the outboard end are spaced from the inboard portion of the top roll.
US11993199B2
A tension monitoring device that attaches or clamps onto to a tensioned cargo load securing strap and wirelessly communicates the tension level to the driver via a remote device, such as a mobile smartphone. One or more devices may be installed on a vehicle or trailer to be simultaneously monitoring the tension conditions during transit. The tension signal from the device is received and processed by the mobile smartphone application to display the real-time tension relative to unsafe levels and transmit alerts to the driver when an unsafe or undesired condition occurs. The tension monitoring device includes an electromechanical sensor and microprocessor, powered by a battery, and packaged inside two hinged weatherproof housings for the ability to clamp onto a tensioned cargo strap.
US11993198B2
A rear seat latch release device is easily installed to a portion of a rear seat holding mechanism so the rear seat can be released and more effectively folded down. The rear seat latch release device is specifically designed to surround the factory latch, and allow a pull strap to be added, which can more easily and effectively operate the rear seat latch. Components of the rear seat latch release device are designed to easily cooperate with several variations in the factory latch, thereby allowing installation in many different situations.
US11993191B2
Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.
US11993190B2
A storage device for a vehicle has a housing, a drawer, which in normal use can be moved relative to the housing in a vehicle longitudinal direction between a closed state and an open state, a movable wall, and a movement mechanism, which is designed to change the position of the movable wall from the closed state of the drawer, in which closed state the movable wall is in a retracted position, at least into a first extended position in the open state of the drawer. In the retracted position, the movable wall is arranged in a cavity of a wall of the drawer. In the first extended position, the movable wall is at least partially arranged in an interior of the drawer.
US11993185B2
The vehicle seat includes an integral child carrier that deploys and unfolds for use as either a child seat or an infant cradle for safely transporting infants while being conveniently stowed when not in use. The child carrier includes a folding seat/cradle that in certain embodiments doubles as both an upright child seat and reclined infant cradle. The folding seat/cradle rides on its own carrier sub-frame that is mounted to the main seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame allows the seat/cradle movement between a stowed position where the folded seat/cradle lies flat within or against the seat back frame and a deployed position where the unfolded seat/cradle extends outward from the seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame includes one or more slide rails, slide blocks, a linkage member and a latch assembly. The seat/cradle includes a seat panel hinged to a back panel that unfold to form a secure seat or cradle from a flat stowed package.
US11993169B2
Provided are electric vehicle charging systems (EV charging systems) and methods of operating such systems for charging electric vehicles (EVs). A system, which may be referred to as electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE), comprises one or more EV charging ports (e.g., charge handles) for connecting to EVs. The system may include various features to identify specific EVs. The system also includes a grid connector for connecting to an external power grid and, in some examples, to monitor the power grid conditions (e.g., voltage, AC frequency). The system also includes a system controller, configured to control the power output at each EV charging port based on, e.g., vehicle charging requirements and/or available grid power. The system can also include an integrated battery, serving as a backup and/or an addition to the power grid. Furthermore, in some examples, the system includes a solar connector (e.g., with an integrated inverter) for connection to an external solar array.
US11993166B2
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative inverter modules that are integratably mountable with a drive unit of a vehicle, illustrative drive units with an inverter module integratably mounted therewith, and illustrative vehicles with at least one drive unit with an inverter module integratably mounted therewith. Given by way of non-limiting example, an illustrative module for a drive unit of a vehicle includes a housing having an open face defined therein. Inverter circuitry is disposed in the housing.
US11993165B2
A charging system of an electric vehicle battery is provided. The charging system has a charging station and at least one charging cable connectable to a battery to be charged. The charging station has at least one power unit provided with a power card adapted to charge the battery and a female-type connector adapted to connect to a male-type connector of the at least one charging cable. The at least one charging cable and the charging station have respective authentication circuits configured to implement a cable authentication algorithm which, in case of positive outcome, enables charging the battery. The charging system allows charging batteries of different types and working voltages. A method for charging an electric vehicle battery is also provided.
US11993163B2
The present invention provides a storage system comprising at least one container vehicle (6′,300′,400), a horizontal rail grid (108,5) and a charging system for charging a rechargeable power source (20) of the container vehicle, wherein the container vehicle comprises a first set of wheels (32a) and a second set of wheels (32b) for moving the container vehicle upon the rail grid; the first set of wheels (32a) is displaceable in a vertical direction between a first position, wherein the first set of wheels may move the container vehicle in a first direction (X), a second position, wherein the first and the second set of wheels are in contact with the rail grid, and a third position wherein the second set of wheels may move the container vehicle in a second direction (Y) perpendicular to the first direction; the charging system comprises two separated charge-receiving elements (21a,21b) arranged on the container vehicle and connected to the power source (20), and a charging station (22) comprising two separated charge-providing elements (23a,23b) connected to a power source charger (24); and each of the charge-receiving elements (21) comprises a first contact surface (25), and each of the charge-providing elements (23a,23b) comprises a second contact surface (26); wherein the first contact surfaces are arranged to be contactable with the corresponding second contact surfaces when the container vehicle is positioned above the charge-providing elements.
US11993161B2
An external power assist system for an eVTOL aircraft having one or more onboard batteries includes a subsurface power source and a power transfer interface electrically coupled to the subsurface power source. The power transfer interface is movable between various positions including a deployed position and a stowed position. The power transfer interface is configured to transfer power to the onboard batteries of the eVTOL aircraft in the deployed position. The power transfer interface is moved at least partially subsurface in the stowed position.
US11993159B2
A contactless charging system (1) sends electrical power to charge a battery (4) equipped to a vehicle (3). A contactless charging device (2) includes: a wireless communication device (16) which acquires travel information and use information; a target setting unit (15) which creates a charging plan including the target SOC of the battery (4), based on the information; and a charge control unit (14) which controls the sending of electrical power for battery charging based on the target SOC. The target setting unit (15) divides the average travel distance and average charge rate decrease amount into seven day of week divisions of whole day units, classifies each day of week division into the plurality of a long distance group and a short distance group based on the average travel distance, and creates a target SOC based on the average charge rate decrease amount included in each group.
US11993158B2
An electrical energy system includes a fuel cell, a high-voltage battery, a direct-current converter with electrical isolation arranged between the fuel cell and the high-voltage battery, and a mains charging device connected between the fuel cell and the direct-current converter, wherein the mains charging device contains a rectifier but no DC-to-DC converter with electrical isolation. A method for operating such an electrical energy system for a motor vehicle includes charging the high-voltage battery by using the rectifier to rectify a mains voltage and passing the rectified mains voltage on to the high-voltage battery via the direct-current converter arranged between the fuel cell and the high-voltage battery.
US11993149B2
A vibration damping device including: a first attachment member and a second attachment member disposed apart from each other; and a main rubber elastic body connecting the first attachment member and the second attachment member, the main rubber elastic body being of a frustoconical-like shape having an outer peripheral surface whose diameter gradually increases from the first attachment member toward the second attachment member, the main rubber elastic body including a recess opening onto a center portion thereof on a large-diameter side that is a second attachment member side, and the main rubber elastic body that constitutes a bottom part of the recess integrally including a vibration-damping protrusion protruding into the recess.
US11993144B2
A mounting system for a machine includes a tank support structure adapted to mount tanks proximate to an operator cabin of the machine, a first mounting bracket fixedly coupled to the tank support structure, and a second mounting bracket adapted to be removably coupled to the first mounting bracket. The tank support structure defines a hollow space. The tanks are received within the hollow space. The tank support structure includes a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from the first surface. The hollow space is defined between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a portion of the machine for mounting the tank support structure on the machine. The first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket are adapted to receive a section of the tanks for retaining the tanks within the tank support structure.
US11993143B2
The fuel gas system (100) for a vehicle (1) comprises: —a filling device (50) having an outlet pipe (56); —a first circuit (11) for providing fuel gas to an engine (8) of the vehicle, and including: —a first tank (12); —a first supply line (13) connecting the first tank (12) and the engine (8); —a first filling pipe (14) connecting the filling device outlet pipe to the first tank (12); —a second circuit (21) for providing fuel gas to a thermic device (9) capable of heating, cooling or refrigerating, the second circuit (21) including: —a second tank (22); —a second supply line (23) connecting the second tank (22) to the thermic device (9); —a second filling pipe (24) connecting the filling device outlet pipe (56) to the second tank (22). The first circuit (11) and the second circuit (21) are configured to be in fluid communication: —in a filling phase, when fuel gas flows in the first and second filling pipes (14, 24) from the filling device (50) towards the first and second tanks (12, 22); —and in a working phase, when fuel gas flows in the first and second supply lines (13, 23) from the first and second tanks (12, 22).
US11993136B2
A roller blind device for a vehicle interior including a roller blind shaft and a flexible textile sheet material, an end region of which is secured to the roller blind shaft in order to be wound and unwound relative to the roller blind shaft. The end region of the textile sheet material surrounds an outer casing of the roller blind shaft in the form of a loop which is annularly closed.
US11993132B2
A system for thermally conditioning and moving a fluid includes a thermoelectric device to convert electrical energy into thermal energy and produce a temperature change in response to an electrical current being applied thereto. The thermoelectric device can include a main-side and a waste side. A fluid moving device can produce a fluid flow that is in thermal communication with the thermoelectric device so that the thermal energy generated by the thermoelectric device is transferred to or from the fluid flow. A flow control valve selectively can direct the fluid flow along a main-side fluid flow path and/or a waste side fluid flow path.
US11993127B2
An anti-roll bar assembly comprising a disconnect assembly element defining a first one of a male or female connector, and a shaft defining a second one of a male or female connector is disclosed. The disconnect assembly element and the shaft are fixed to each other via the male and female connectors without the need for any welding connection.
US11993123B2
A mechanical leg comprises a frame, a retractable member, a wheel, an extension and retraction driving member, a travel driving member, an auxiliary leg, and an auxiliary wheel. The extension and retraction driving member is located on a side of the frame. The retractable member is connected to the extension and retraction driving member. The wheel is connected to the retractable member. The wheel is further connected to the travel driving member. A first end of the auxiliary leg is connected to the auxiliary wheel, and a second end of the auxiliary leg is located on the frame. The retractable member extends under the driving of the extension and retraction driving member to drive the wheel to jump. The wheel is driven by the travel driving member to move. When the auxiliary wheel contacts the ground, the mechanical leg moves with the rolling of the wheel and the auxiliary wheel.
US11993104B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a first ply, and a discontinuous second ply composed of a pair of ply pieces. The first ply has a central portion and a pair of first side portions extending from both ends of the central portion to the inner side in the tire radial direction. Each of the ply pieces has an inner end portion disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the central portion and a second side portion extending from the inner end portion to the inner side in the tire radial direction. The first ply is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes, and the density of the ventilation holes in the central portion is higher than the density of the ventilation holes in the pair of first side portions.
US11993101B2
A pneumatic vehicle tire in radial design that is a summer tire or all-season tire, with a profiled tread comprising rows of profile blocks and/or profile ribs running around the tire in circumferential direction, wherein the total number of sipes within each row of profile blocks and/or profile ribs is not more than 150, wherein the tread is in the form of a single layer or multiple layers with a radially outermost tread layer that extends at least over the width of the ground contact area, and wherein the profile depth of the tread is up to 6.5 mm. The tread or its radially outermost tread layer consists of a rubber material with a Shore A hardness at room temperature in accordance with DIN ISO 7619-1 of 40 ShA to 55 ShA.
US11993100B2
A motorcycle tyre has a tread band (8) comprising a plurality of grooves that form a tread pattern including a module (T) replicated along a circumferential direction of the tyre (1) and having a predetermined circumferential length (C1). The module (T) comprises a pair of circumferential grooves (20) arranged on opposite sides with respect to the equatorial plane (X-X) of the tyre (1). Such circumferential grooves (20) extend along the circumferential direction of the tyre (1) for only part of said predetermined circumferential length (C1) and define between them a central portion (A) of tread band (8) having a void to solid ratio substantially equal to zero and a predetermined axial width (A1). The module (T) further comprises a plurality of transversal grooves (30, 31, 32, 33) arranged on opposite sides with respect to the equatorial plane (X-X) at a distance from said equatorial plane (X-X) greater than that of said circumferential grooves (20) and a pair of first lateral annular portions (B) axially arranged between said circumferential grooves (20) and said plurality of pairs of transversal grooves (30, 31, 32, 33), each of said first lateral annular portions (B) comprising, in a position axially adjacent to the respective circumferential groove (20), a respective part (B1) of tread band having a circumferential length at least equal to that of said circumferential grooves (20) and a void to solid ratio substantially equal to zero. The tyre (1) has a curvature ratio lower than about 0.32.
US11993091B2
Elements for hand printing designs and patterns include cone pin blocks, flat pin blocks, and multisided sequence stamps. A cone pin block generally has a circular cross-section and is rolled in order to make symmetrical, circular or partial-circle designs. Flat pin blocks have a flat surface. The pin blocks have pins extending out of the cone surface or the flat surface. Flexible inking cord material is threaded between the pins in a chosen pattern. The inking material collects liquid ink by absorption or surface adhesion, which is transferred to a base by rolling or stamping. Multisided sequence stamps include left and right handles and multisided blocks disposed between the two handles. The blocks have relief designs on their peripheral side surfaces, either formed directly on the surface of the blocks or formed on rings that slide over the blocks. The blocks (and pattern rings if used) are many sided (e.g. hexagonal) with different embossed designs on different sides. Each block and/or pattern ring is individually rotatable relative to the other blocks/rings and may be added, removed, or exchanged with other blocks.
US11993084B2
A printing device includes: an inkjet printhead having a row of ink ejection devices; a lift mechanism configured for raising and lowering the printhead between a maintenance position and a printing position; a conveyor tape positioned below the printhead in the printing position, the conveyor tape defining a slot aligned with the row of ink ejection devices; and a tape movement mechanism for moving the tape longitudinally along the length of the printhead. The tape movement mechanism is configured to move the tape along the printhead during printing, thereby conveying condensate accumulated on an underside of the tape away from the printhead.
US11993077B2
Disclosed is a printing device including: a first nozzle that ejects a first ink; a second nozzle that ejects a second ink; a third nozzle that ejects a third ink; and at least one processor that, upon performing alignment adjustment of one nozzle preparing one of the first nozzle and any of the second nozzle and the third nozzle for alignment pattern printing and the other of the first nozzle and any of the second nozzle and the third nozzle for auxiliary printing, controls to eject any of the first to third inks selected based on ejection information from among the second ink in the second cartridge and the third ink in the third cartridge, from any of the first to third nozzles for the alignment pattern printing or the auxiliary printing. The first ink, the second ink and the third ink have different colors from each other.
US11993074B2
A printing device includes: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a printing medium; a cutter unit configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit; and a medium receiving unit configured to receive the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit. The cutter unit is positioned frontward of the image recording unit in a frontward direction. The medium receiving unit is positioned below the cutter unit at a time of an image recording operation and being detachable in the frontward direction.
US11993072B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a printer including a print head, a platen roller, a sheet position sensor, an antenna, and a movable portion. The print head is configured to print on a strip-shaped sheet. The platen roller is configured to move the sheet pinched between the platen roller and the print head along a longitudinal direction of the sheet. The sheet position sensor is provided on a substrate disposed on an upstream side of the print head in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and is configured to detect a position of the sheet. The antenna is provided on the substrate and is configured to write information to a wireless tag provided on the sheet. The movable portion is configured to move the substrate along a width direction of the sheet.
US11993062B2
A laminated glass pane is provided that includes a first glass sheet, a polymeric layer having a thickness between at least 0.5 mm and at most 1.7 mm, and a second inner glass sheet which has a thickness of at least 0.3 mm and at most 1.5 mm and is made of a lithium aluminum silicate glass. The polymeric layer is disposed between the at least two glass sheets. Furthermore, the glasses of the first and the second glass sheets are matched so that the temperatures at which the two glasses of the first and second glass sheets have the same viscosity in the viscosity range between 107 dPa·s and 1010 dPa·s differ from each other only by a maximum of 50° C.
US11993055B2
The disclosure relates to a flexible display device including: a display panel including a touch sensor, where the display panel is foldable with respect to a folding axis; a cover window disposed on a front surface of the display panel; and a front surface film disposed on a front surface of the cover window, where the front surface film includes a protection film, and a base film having a transverse direction, and the transverse direction is perpendicular to a direction of the folding axis.
US11993054B2
Disclosed are a composite gypsum board and a method of preparing composite gypsum board. The board contains set gypsum layers sandwiched between two cover sheets. The set gypsum layers are formed from at least stucco and water. The set gypsum layers include a board core and one or more skim coat layers. The set gypsum core makes up a substantial thickness (e.g., at least about 90%, at least about 92%, at least about 95%, or at least about 97%) of the total thickness of all the gypsum layers. A first skim coat layer is included on one side of the core, facing a first (face) cover sheet. A second skim coat layer is included on the other side of the core, facing a second (back) cover sheet. At least the second skim layer is formed from a slurry that contains starch. The stucco material generally includes a high salt impurity content, for example, when the stucco is calcined from certain sources of low-quality synthetic gypsum. For example, in some embodiments, the salts are chloride salts, e.g., sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium chloride (KCl), magnesium chloride (MgCl2), and/or calcium chloride (CaCl2).
US11993048B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for apparel assembly using three-dimensional printing directly onto fabric apparel materials. Disclosed is a method and system for direct three-dimensional printing and assembly of an article of apparel, including designing a three-dimensional pattern for printing, positioning at least a portion of the article on a tray in a three-dimensional printing system, the portion being positioned substantially flat on the tray, printing a three-dimensional material directly onto the article using the designed pattern, curing the printed material, and removing the article from the three-dimensional printing system.
US11993046B2
A method for the cold retreading of a tire comprising the following steps: a removal step, during which the tread is removed from the tire in order to expose an equatorial surface of a casing of the tire; a deposition step, during which a cushion and a pre-cured tread strip provided with a tread pattern are deposited around the equatorial surface of the casing; and a curing step, wherein the cushion arranged between the casing and the pre-cured tread strip is cured. The cushion is manufactured with a compound comprising 1 to 30 phr of at least one conductive material having a specific surface area which is greater than or equal to 300 m2/g and is chosen among graphite and graphene. The curing step comprises a connection step, wherein said cushion is connected to a heat/power source.
US11993036B2
A tire sealant composition, comprising: latex emulsion, surfactant, anti-freezing agent, dendrimer, and water, and optional component(s) selected from the group consisting of wetting agent and porous particles. The tire sealant compositions are excellent in high temperature stability and/or long term stability.
US11993034B2
A method, apparatus, and system for applying a vacuum-based pressure on an uncured composite structure. Membranes are bonded to a boundary of a caul. The membranes include positive features that define vacuum channels. The membranes are spliced to each other. The positive features that define the vacuum channels in the membranes are aligned to each other during splicing of the membranes. The membranes spliced to each other and bonded to the caul to form an integrated caul. The integrated caul applies a pressure on the uncured composite structure during operation of the integrated caul.
US11993027B2
Expandable substrates, which are referred to as blanks, are created by compressing thermobonded nonwovens after heating the binder material above its melting temperature, and then cooling the compressed nonwovens so that the binder material hardens and holds the fibers of the nonwoven together in a compressed configuration with stored kinetic energy. A mold for the component to be manufactured can be partially filled with a number of boards (or blanks) in a stacked, vertically, adjacent or even random orientation. Upon application of heat to the boards or blanks or parts in the mold, the binder material is melted so as to allow the nonwoven material to expand in one or more directions, and thereby fill all or part of the mold. Upon cooling, the binder material again hardens, and the molded component is retrieved from the mold.
US11993012B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an extruder and a gear pump in fluid communication with extruder. The additive manufacturing apparatus also includes a nozzle in fluid communication with the gear pump. The extruder is connected to a guide member such that at least a portion of the extruder is configured to expand and move along the guide member according to a thermal expansion of the extruder.
US11993010B2
In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a polymeric build material is applied to form a build material layer. A fusing agent is selectively applied, based on a 3D object model, onto the build material layer to form a patterned portion. A hydrophobic agent is selectively applied, based on the 3D object model, onto at least a portion of the patterned portion. The hydrophobic agent includes a lipophilic phase discontinuously dispersed within an aqueous phase by a surfactant, wherein the lipophilic phase includes an organosilane having a central silicon atom coupled to a C6 to C24 aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon and multiple hydrolyzable groups, wherein the organosilane is present in the hydrophobic agent at from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt %. The build material layer is exposed to energy to selectively coalesce the patterned portion and form a 3D object layer having a hydrophobic portion.
US11992999B2
The present disclosure relates to 3D printer inputs including filaments comprising separated layers or sections. These inputs particularly including filaments may be prepared by coextrusion, microlayer coextrusion or multicomponent/fractal coextrusion. These inputs and specifically filaments enable layering or combining different materials simultaneously through one or more nozzles during the so-called 3D printing process. These techniques facilitate smaller layer sizes (milli, micro, and nano) different layer configurations as well as the potential to incorporate materials that would otherwise not be usable in standard 3D printer methods.
US11992994B2
A manufacturing system (1) for manufacturing shaped laminates including: forming tools (2.1, 2.2) extending along a longitudinal direction X, located parallel to one another and configured to receive a laminate (4) between the forming tools; a shaping tool (3) extending along the longitudinal direction X and along a transversal direction Z, and configured to receive the laminate (4) on an external surface of the shaping tool, wherein the forming tools (2.1, 2.2) or the shaping tool (3) are movable in the longitudinal direction X and in the transversal direction Z, relative to the at least one of the shaping tool (3) and the two forming tools (2.1, 2.2).
US11992984B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a vehicle card key includes: an upper mold which is disposed on a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate of a vehicle card key; a lower mold which is fixed to a lower portion of the PCB substrate; a keyhole slide which is disposed between one end of the upper mold and the lower mold and forms a keyhole; a battery hole slide which is disposed between the other end of the upper mold and the lower mold and forms a battery hole; a first angular pin which passes through the one end of the upper mold and one end of the keyhole slide and the lower mold; and a second angular pin which passes through the other end of the upper mold and the other end of the battery hole slide and the lower mold.
US11992975B2
A rapid mold replacing device for use in molding machine includes: a mold having lateral walls at two ends disposed with a pair of bolt slots; a pair of fastening members, having a locking member connected at an outer side of each fastening member, and protruded with a locking bolt, and a top surface of each locking member having an unlocking slot; and an unlocking mechanism, disposed on a top surface of the elevation seat and having at least one first retractable driving device, and a pair of unlocking blades capable of being synchronously driven by the first retractable driving device; when the pair of unlocking blades are inserted in or released from the pair of unlocking slots, the mold can be formed in an un locked or a locked status to the mold.
US11992972B2
A spectacle lens processing device includes a drilling tool and a processor. The processor acquires a position of a hole formed in a lens and a pantoscopic angle. The pantoscopic angle is an angle in a vertical plane between a visual axis of a user and an optical axis of the lens when the user wears spectacles in which the lens after processing is mounted and faces forward. The processor determines, based on the acquired pantoscopic angle, a relative angle between the drilling tool and the lens when the hole is formed in the lens in the position of the hole.
US11992971B2
Disclosed is a machine for forming saw cuts into sidewalk concrete slabs, the machine comprising a frame, rubber tracks attached to the underside of the frame to self-propel the machine in a travel direction along a sidewalk during use, and a cutting assembly mounted to the frame. The cutting assembly comprises a saw for forming saw cuts, a linear actuator for moving the saw at a depth into the sidewalk, and a screw drive motor to move the saw to form the saw cut in a direction perpendicular to the travel direction. While road repair machinery has the luxury of more space, machines for sidewalks are smaller and tighter. The machine in accordance with the teachings of this invention uses a newly designed cutting assembly to keep the size of the machine useable for sawcuts in sidewalks.
US11992970B2
A method includes acquiring, by one or more processing circuits, en route data as a vehicle travels from a first location to a second location, and predicting, by the one or more processing circuits, a delivery property for the contents based on the en route data. The en route data includes content data regarding a current property of contents being transported by the vehicle, environment data regarding an environmental characteristic external to the vehicle, and GPS data regarding at least one of a travel distance, a travel time, traffic information, or a road parameter between the first location and the second location.
US11992965B1
Systems, methods, and devices for perforating louver perforations into a pipe are contemplated. Systems, methods, and devices for transporting pipes for perforation are contemplated. Systems, methods, and devices for performing quality control inspections of such perforations contemplated. A pipe may be oriented vertically and raised over a device that punches perforations into the pipe from the inside of the pipe toward the outside of the pipe. Various supports may contact the pipe for stabilization and to facilitate the formation of perforations without removing cut away pieces from the pipe. Electronic monitoring of the features of the pipe facilitate quality control inspection during processing. In this manner, a structurally robust pipe having a series of louver perforations along the pipe may be formed.
US11992963B2
A shaving head that doubles as breaking mechanism to break a safety razor blade into two pieces to form a 2-blade shaving razor. The shaving head includes a front component having a retention guide, a first position stop and a second position stop at a distance offset from the first position stop. The shaving head further includes a back component having a blade slot configured to receive a first blade portion and a second blade portion formed from breaking a double-edge safety razor blade such that the first blade portion has a different width compared to the second blade portion. The retention guide is configured to retain the first blade portion and the second blade portion in the blade slot responsive to the retention guide being at least partially inserted into the blade slot. The sharp shaving edges once installed form a shaving angle between 5 and 30 degrees, where the shaving angle is determined by where the blade is broken.
US11992961B2
A pose determination method and a robot using the same are provided. The method includes: obtaining a two-dimensional code image collected by the camera of the robot and sensor data collected by the sensor of the robot, and determining mileage information of the robot within a predetermined duration, where the sensor data includes an acceleration and an angular velocity, determining a first pose of the camera based on two-dimensional code information recognized from the two-dimensional code image and a pose estimation function, and determining a second pose of the sensor based on the sensor data; obtaining a third pose by performing a tight coupling optimization based on the first pose and the second pose; and obtaining the pose of the robot by fusing the third pose and the mileage information. In such a manner, the accuracy of determining the pose of the robot in a complex scene can be improved.
US11992956B2
A coordination system for a handling device including a plurality of kinematic chains is provided. Each of the kinematic chains being movable in a workspace. At least two of the workspaces having an overlap, the kinematic chains being designed to carry out a work movement based on a work command. The coordination system includes a trajectory planning module and a control module. The control module is designed to activate the kinematic chains to carry out the work movement based on trajectory data. The trajectory planning module is designed to determine the trajectory data to carry out the work movement and to provide the trajectory data to the control module. The trajectory planning module is designed, if a further work command is provided while the work movement is being carried out, to replan the trajectory data into replanned trajectory data and provide these data to the control module.
US11992953B2
An abnormality determination device includes a control unit for determining an abnormality of a robot, the control unit being configured to calculate a measurement probability distribution which is a probability distribution using disturbance torque acquired during a predetermined period as a random variable. The control unit causes an average of the calculated measurement probability distribution to conform to an average of an evaluation normal model which is a predetermined probability distribution, compares the measurement probability distribution with the evaluation normal model of which the respective averages conform to each other, and determines an abnormality of the robot in accordance with a result of the comparison.
US11992952B2
Systems and methods of servicing engines including a method of servicing an engine, the method including navigating at least a portion of a robotic assembly to a location associated with the engine; applying, from the robotic assembly, a medium to one or more adjustable components of the engine while the engine is at an elevated temperature; waiting a duration of time; and with the robotic assembly, operating on the one or more adjustable components.
US11992933B2
An intermediation device (2) constitutes a manipulation signal converting module in the intermediation device (2) or a manipulation terminal (3). When the manipulation signal converting module receives a plurality of manipulation signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of manipulation keys, the manipulation signal converting module converts the plurality of manipulation signals into a plurality of individual operating commands, and sends the plurality of individual operating commands to a robot (5).
US11992931B1
The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame. The method and apparatus disclosed and claimed herein is a combination of a robotic arm including an ultrasonic knife implement and a vision system for varying the cut path based on the shape and size of the poultry item. The combination as claimed including the ultrasonic knife can perform a meat cut while penetrating the meat with less force than the typical penetration that occurs when using a traditional knife.
US11992923B2
A fastener-driving tool includes a housing and a workpiece-contacting element movable between a rest position and an activated position. The tool also includes a trigger connected to the housing and movable between a rest position and an activated position, a control valve including an actuating pin, an actuation lever movably connected to the trigger and movable between a rest position and an actuating position adjacent to the actuating pin, and a trigger control mechanism associated with the actuation lever and configured for moving and holding the actuation lever in the actuating position. In a powered mode, the trigger control mechanism causes the-actuation lever to move and remain in the actuating position such that the tool is actuated each time the workpiece-contacting element contacts a workpiece and moves to the activated position causing the actuation lever to contact the actuating pin and initiate an actuation of the tool.
US11992920B2
An electric tool to restrain stress concentration is provided. The electric tool includes a housing (7, 8), a motor (2), an anvil (5, 105), and an impact mechanism (4). The motor is accommodated in the housing and rotatable. The anvil supported by the housing and rotatable about an axis (A). The impact mechanism is configured to convert a rotational force generated by the motor into a rotational impact force about the axis, and to apply the rotational impact force to the anvil. The anvil includes a base portion (51), an end bit attachment portion (80, 180), and a connecting portion (90, 190). The base portion is rotatably supported by the housing. An end bit is attachable to the end bit attachment portion. The end bit attachment portion has a flat surface portion. The connecting portion integrally connects together the base portion and the end bit attachment portion. The connecting portion has a diameter gradually reduced in a direction from the base portion toward the end bit attachment portion. The connecting portion is formed with a recessed portion (93, 94, 193A, 193B, 194). The connecting portion has an outer peripheral surface portion where the recessed portion is formed. The recessed portion is recessed, in an axial direction from the end bit attachment portion toward the base portion, from a point where the recessed portion is connected to the outer peripheral surface portion in a cross-section taken along a plane parallel to the flat surface portion and passing through the recessed portion.
US11992913B2
A workpiece support device includes a shaft rotatable about a shaft rotation axis of the shaft, a first support, a first reciprocating mechanism, and a first connecting rod having one end and another end. The shaft extends along a longitudinal direction of a workpiece. The first support includes a first support roller that is rotatable about a first roller rotation axis orthogonal to the shaft rotation axis and that is configured to contact the workpiece to support the workpiece. The first reciprocating mechanism has one end connected to the first support and is configured to reciprocate in a first expansion-contraction axis direction. The one end of the first connecting rod is rotatably connected to the first support. The another end of the first connecting rod is connected to the shaft such that the another end of the first connecting rod is rotatable together with the shaft.
US11992909B2
According to one implementation, an attachment for a machining apparatus includes: a copying guide in a machining apparatus side and an air supply passage. The copying guide has a through hole for passing a tool through. The copying guide is contacted to a copying mold placed in a workpiece side. The copying guide is attached to a spindle holding and rotating the tool. The air supply passage is adapted to supply air ejected toward the workpiece side through a clearance between the tool and the through hole.
US11992908B2
An extraction apparatus (20) for a cutting machine (10). The extraction apparatus (20) comprises first and second portions (21, 22) rotatable one relative to the other for angular movement between two opposed positions. A slidable coupling (27) defines a fluid flow path (29) for fluid communication between the first and second portions (21, 22) during said angular movement between the two opposed positions, whereby fluid can flow from the interior (45) of the first portion (21) into the second portion (22). The slidable coupling (27) comprises first and second coupling sections (61, 62) slidable one with respect to the other. The second coupling section (62) is hollow to define an open interior (63). The first coupling section (61) defines a duct (65) opening onto the interior (63) of the second coupling section (62), whereby the duct (65) and the interior (63) of the second coupling section (62) cooperate to define the fluid flow path (29).
US11992906B2
A machine tool including a base, a slider that is supported to be linearly movable in a direction with respect to the base, a ball screw configured to cause the slider to linearly move with respect to the base, and a chain-like carrier used for wiring a movable wire body between the base and the slider. The carrier is disposed between the base and the slider and curved in a U-shape around an axis extending in a direction in which the base and the slider are apart from each other, one end of the carrier is fixed to the slider and an other end of the carrier is fixed to the base, and a curved portion of the carrier, which is curved in the U-shape, is disposed at a position where the curved portion crosses an extension line of an axis of the ball screw.
US11992904B1
A welding device and a short-circuit welding method uses successive welding cycles having respective arc and short-circuit phases. The method includes: conveying a welding wire from a workpiece, bringing the wire to a final rearward speed in a first rearward conveying phase and then conveying it at that speed until a second rearward conveying phase where the rearward speed is reduced; and conveying the wire toward the workpiece, the welding wire being brought to a final forward speed in a first forward conveying phase and being conveyed at that speed until the beginning of a second forward conveying phase where the forward speed is reduced. The first duration is adapted using a feedforward control and/or feedback control such that the welding wire does not exceed a specified reduced rearward speed in the second rearward conveying phase at the point in time at which the short-circuit is interrupted.
US11992901B1
The present application relates to the technical field of welding materials, and particularly to a lead-free and halogen-free solder paste, including a solder alloy powder and a welding flux with a mass ratio of 85-90:10-15, the solder alloy powder is Sn-2.5Be-0.8Ag-0.5Cu alloy powder, and the welding flux includes the following components: itaconic acid, succinic acid, a surfactant, a thixotropic agent, modified rosin, a composite solvent, a corrosion inhibitor, and an acrylic type activator. Its preparation method includes the following steps: mixing the modified rosin, the composite solvent and the corrosion inhibitor, heating under stirring, cooling, adding itaconic acid, succinic acid and the acrylic type activator under stirring, cooling, adding the thixotropic agent for emulsification dispersion, adding the surfactant under stirring, grinding to obtain a welding flux after cooling, and stirring the solder alloy powder and the welding flux under vacuum to obtain the solder paste.
US11992880B1
It has been unexpected found that the sound dampening characteristics of powder metal parts can be dramatically improved by incorporating coarse graphite into the part. This is beneficial in applications where parts to generate noise during operation, such as in gears, rotors and sprockets. Surprisingly, the incorporation of the coarse graphite into such parts does not significantly compromise the strength, durability, wear characteristics, or service life of the part. Such parts can also be manufactured to a high level of tolerance and with good uniformity. Such parts are comprised of a sintered powder metal composition which includes 0.1 weight percent to 5 weight percent of a coarse graphite having a particle size wherein at least at least 30 percent of the coarse graphite will not pass through a 325 mesh screen.
US11992876B2
An energy coupling device for coupling energy into molten metal. The energy coupling device includes a cavitation source which supplies energy through a cooling medium and through a receptor in contact with the molten metal. The cavitation source includes a probe disposed in a cooling channel. The probe has at least one injection port for injection of a cooling medium between a bottom of the probe and the receptor. The probe under operation produces cavitations in the cooling medium. The cavitations are directed through the cooling medium to the receptor.
US11992873B2
A method for manufacturing a structure from a granular material, called sand, in particular a mold. A layer of sand is deposited. The layer of sand is selectively agglomerated by spraying, using a spray nozzle, an inorganic binder having an M2SiO3 type (meta)silicate dissolved in a solvent. Prior to the spraying, the inorganic binder is heated to a temperature to confer on it a viscosity less than 0.2 Pa·s. A device for implementing the method is provided.
US11992869B2
A method for producing an arm structure in which the arm structure is produced by: forming an arm precursor member having an external shape of the arm structure by, in a state in which a die is closed with a metal pipe member being disposed in a cavity thereof, pressurizing the pipe member with liquid supplied to an inside thereof to cause an external surface of the thus expanded pipe member to be pressed against an inner surface of the cavity; and forming a flange portion to be attached to a driven body by machining at least an end of the formed arm precursor member.
US11992866B2
In a method for the online determination of at least one rolling parameter when rolling a rolling material rolled along a rolling line in a rolling mill including at least two rolls on a roll stand, the rolling material is guided past or through at least one measuring device during the rolling, which interacts with a rolling material variable of the rolling material, the rolling material variable being changeable along the length of the rolling material, and outputs a measurement signal, wherein: (i) the measurement signal is transferred into the frequency space, and the rolling parameter is determined from the measurement signal transferred into the frequency space, and/or (ii) a frequency inherent in the change of the rolling material variable is determined from the measurement signal, and the rolling parameter is determined on the basis of the determined frequency.
US11992865B2
A base reformer assembly, and/or a base reformer roller die unit, includes a generally toroid chuck, a roller die, and a roller die unit actuating assembly. The roller die is movably disposed within the chuck. The roller die unit actuating assembly is structured to actuate the roller die. The roller die unit actuating assembly is operatively coupled to the roller die. Further, all elements of the roller die unit actuating assembly have a robust cross-sectional area.
US11992859B2
Disclosed herein is a system for slurry coating leveling. The system includes a guide frame and a scrapper apparatus coupled to the guide frame. The scrapper apparatus includes a plurality of scrapper fingers aligned substantially parallel to each other. The system also includes a contour guide coupled to the scrapper fingers. The contour guide is configured to guide movement of the scrapper fingers across a surface of a component having a slurry coating. The scrapper fingers conform to a contour profile of the surface to level the slurry coating on the surface of the component.
US11992852B2
The present invention discloses a process and device for preparing laser PVC. The device includes an upper transmission roller, a support mechanism, a spraying mechanism, an impurity removal mechanism, and a lower transmission roller; the upper transmission roller is disposed above the lower transmission roller, and the two are configured to implement delivery of a PVC film at a station for preparing a laser layer by spraying; the support mechanism is disposed between the upper transmission roller and the lower transmission roller and is in contact with a back surface of the PVC film, and the spraying mechanism is disposed opposite to the support mechanism; and a curing mechanism is disposed in a fitting manner at the coating position; and the impurity removal mechanism is disposed at a front end of the spraying mechanism.
US11992850B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a showerhead having a head portion; a handle extending from the head portion, the handle having an inlet disposed at an end of the handle opposite the head portion and a first channel extending through the handle; a faceplate disposed at a first side of the head portion; a plurality of nozzles extending through the faceplate; at least one first nozzle disposed in the head portion separate from the faceplate; a second nozzle adjacent to the at least one first nozzle; and a flow director having a second channel fluidly coupled to the first channel and moveable between a first position, a second position, and a third position to selectively direct a flow of water through a corresponding one of the plurality of nozzles, the at least one first nozzle, or the second nozzle.
US11992848B2
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber having a cyclone axis of rotation and an openable portion wherein the openable portion is rotatably mounted about an opening axis that is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation.
US11992837B2
A method for fabricating a fluidic device includes depositing a sacrificial material on a pillar array arranged on a substrate. The method also includes removing a portion of the sacrificial material. The method further includes depositing a sealing layer on the pillar array to form a sealed fluidic cavity.
US11992833B2
A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip having a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end is disclosed. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip, and at the distal end a dispense aperture. The pipette tip extension further has an inner cavity, a distance element connected to the inner side of the exterior wall, and a constriction element.
US11992827B2
The present disclosure provides msect-4 molecular sieves with OFF and ERI topologies, a preparation method therefor, and applications thereof. An eight-membered ring small pore molecular sieve used as a raw material is dispersed in an aqueous phase. Following that, caustic potash, an aluminum source, and an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA) are added. The pH value is then adjusted to be greater than 10, and a silicon source is introduced to attain the desired silicon-aluminum ratio, followed by stirring reaction, aging, crystallization, filtration, washing, ammonia exchange reaction, drying, and calcination. The msect-4 molecular sieves with OFF and ERI topologies, the preparation method therefor, and applications exhibit excellent hydrothermal stability, a plurality of adsorption sites exposed by a regular bone-like structure, and a large specific surface area. Consequently, this molecular sieves find applicability across various technical fields including selective catalytic reduction, passive adsorption, and catalytic cracking, and has broad application prospects.
US11992826B2
A process for rejuvenating an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a hydrodesulfurization process of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut, where the at least partially spent catalyst result is from a fresh catalyst a metal from group VIII, a metal from group VIb, and an oxide support, where the process includes a) regenerating the at least partially spent catalyst in an oxygen-containing gas stream at a temperature between 350° C. and 550° C., b) the regenerated catalyst is brought into contact with an impregnation solution containing a compound containing a metal from group VIb, the molar ratio of the metal from group VIb added per metal from group VIb already present in the regenerated catalyst being between 0.15 and 2.5 mol/mol, c) a drying stage is carried out at a temperature of less than 200° C., and the use of the rejuvenated catalyst in a hydrodesulfurization process.
US11992825B2
The present invention relates to an adsorption medium including polymeric space elements which have been bonded to the surface of the chromatography matrix, and polymer chains containing chromatographically active centers, wherein the polymer chains have been bonded to the polymeric spacer elements, as well as to a method for the production thereof, and to the use of the adsorption medium for the purification of biomolecules.
US11992808B2
A membrane distillation module includes a housing having a hot inlet for receiving a hot feed and a hot outlet for expelling the hot feed; a porous membrane located inside the housing and having an outside surface that defines an enclosure, the outside surface being configured to contact the hot feed, wherein the porous membrane is configured to prevent the hot feed from passing from outside the porous membrane to an inside of the enclosure; and a non-porous conduit located inside the enclosure, the non-porous conduit having an inlet for receiving a cold feed and an outlet for expelling the cold feed.
US11992803B2
Membranes used in membrane separation technologies change over time due to changes in physical characteristics of the membrane. Predicting remaining useful lifetime of a membrane is performed by fitting an evolution model of the membrane to real-time performance characteristics recorded for the membrane and by comparing later performance characteristics of the membrane to the evolution model. Updating an evolution model during membrane operation improves estimates of remaining useful membrane lifetime and allows for accurate estimates of estimated membrane end-of-life.
US11992800B2
A filtration system includes an air cleaner housing and a filter element. The air cleaner housing includes a base and a removable cover. At least one of the base or the cover defines a cavity and a protrusion extending into the cavity. The filter element is disposed within the cavity. The filter element includes a plurality of media blocks each including a pleated filter media. The plurality of media blocks are arranged in arch shapes of approximately equal inner radii. The plurality of media blocks are coupled to each other along opposing edges that extend along a pleat direction of the pleated filter media. The media blocks together define at least one void that extends along the protrusion. The protrusion occupies a portion of the void.
US11992794B2
A method of plugging a honeycomb body is disclosed herein, the method comprising: applying a mask layer to a honeycomb body comprising a plurality of channels; forming a plurality of holes in the mask layer such that the plurality of holes are aligned with the plurality of channels; positioning a nozzle defining an opening proximate the mask layer; moving at least one of the nozzle and the honeycomb body relative to one another; and passing a plugging cement through the opening defined by the nozzle against the mask layer such that the plugging cement passes through the plurality of holes in the mask layer and enters the plurality of channels of the honeycomb body.
US11992785B1
A construction set includes one or more hubs and a plurality of tubular struts. Some of the hubs include a central aperture to receive a length of a tubular strut. Some of the hubs include one or more strut coupler prongs arranged radially about the central aperture. Some of the hubs include a central slot adapted to receive a portion of another hub such that the connected hubs are secured at right angles relative to one another.
US11992773B2
Techniques for creating more compelling augmented reality environments, and other computer-assisted experiences, are provided. In some embodiments, an augmented reality system, including a computer hardware- and software-based control system, controls a specialized headset and an array of sensors and actuators to produce an augmented environment with compelling display and social interaction features. In some embodiments, the augmented reality system creates and provides enhanced data access, permissions and experiences for users, based on different ratings of interactions between users. In some embodiments, a first such rating sets a level of access to gameplay leading to a second such rating. In some such embodiments, one user's experience related to another user is modified aesthetically, haptically or otherwise, depending on the levels granted by another user, among other factors.
US11992772B1
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for contextual matchmaking. The method includes receiving player information for a plurality of players, the player information for each player comprising at least one of player statistics, player tendencies, and player preferences. The method also includes generating player archetypes for each of the plurality of players based on the player information, each of the player archetypes comprising at least one premier scenario. The method also includes matching the players based on the player archetypes. The method also includes generating in-game objectives based on the player archetypes.
US11992769B2
Techniques including data collection, organization and usage are provided, including in connection with computer-based gaming. Methods and systems are provided for establishing a set of data chronicling at least a portion of a duration of a computer-based gaming event that includes at least one user engaging in gaming using a computer or a computer-based device. Event data is obtained for chronicling chronologically ordered in-game events. Hardware and software related data is obtained that relates to the computer or the computer-based device and is relevant to the chronicling of the portion of the gaming event. Utilizing a distributed ledger technology or blockchain, the event data and the hardware and software related data are recorded in establishing the set of data chronicling at least a portion of the duration of the gaming event.
US11992768B2
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced pose generation based on generative modeling. An example method includes accessing an autoencoder trained based on poses of real-world persons, each pose being defined based on location information associated with joints, with the autoencoder being trained to map an input pose to a feature encoding associated with a latent feature space. Information identifying, at least, a first pose and a second pose associated with a character configured for inclusion in an in-game world is obtained via user input, with each of the poses being defined based on location information associated with the joints and with the joints being included on a skeleton associated with the character. Feature encodings associated with the first pose and the second pose are generated based on the autoencoder. Output poses are generated based on transition information associated with the first pose and the second pose.
US11992766B2
At least one memory device of the game system that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: control a motion of a user object based on first performance information, control a motion of an opponent object based on second performance information, modify performance change information associated with a target area in the virtual space based on a change command from the user or the opponent, change the first performance information in a case where the user object is located in the target area based on the performance change information associated with the target area, and change the second performance information in a case where the opponent object is located in the target area based on the performance change information associated with the target area.
US11992764B2
A game program causes a computer to set, if it is determined that a point based on a first action of the character of each of an own player and another player is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a specific period from a time when an instruction to input a second action has been first accepted from the own player or the other player as a cooperation accepting period, to accept the instruction to input the second action up to a maximum number of times set for each cooperation player from a cooperation player other than the player who has instructed input of the second action, among the own player and the other player, during the cooperation accepting period, and to vary an effect of the second action in accordance with the number of times of the instruction to input the second action.
US11992751B2
A method including receiving at least one of touch data or force data representing a touch input received at the controller, determining one or more model(s), generating image data using the one or more models, the image data representing at least a hand gesture corresponding to the touch input received at the controller, and transmitting the image data to a virtual reality (VR) environment for display.
US11992748B2
A spring or alternative elastic, resilient, compressible media cassette for a touring-style ski binding, such as used in alpine touring or telemark skiing. The touring ski binding slip differential cassette provides the skier with variety of tuning options to manually adjust binding size, stiffness, and range of motion. Manual adjustment of binding size, stiffness, and range of motion enhances the touring ski binding ease of use, adjustability, and overall capabilities, further progressing the touring ski binding. In addition, the slip differential cassette provides the touring skier with cassette presets that match each skier to a predetermined binding size, stiffness, and range of motion based on skier weight and ability.
US11992741B2
The present invention relates to a method for training of neuromuscular functions using a gait trainer comprising an electrical motor, a weight sensor and a cable and a gait trainer therefore. The method may comprise an act of determining a counterbalance weight to be applied to the cable by the electrical motor and an act of measuring with the weight sensor an actual applied weight to the cable by the patient, wherein a drive direction of the electrical motor is determined based on comparing the counterbalance weight with the measuring of the actual applied weight to the cable by the patient. The gait trainer may comprise a hoist system with a rotatable cable drum and a cable to wind or rewind the cable around a rotatable cable drum in accordance with the drive direction set, based on the compared counterbalance weight with the measuring of the actual applied weight to the cable by the patient. The gait trainer may further comprise an electrical motor adapted for axial engagement with the rotatable cable drum and adapted to drive the rotatable cable drum in a drive direction. The gait trainer may further comprise a weight sensor, a control unit, a processor and a motor controller. The hoist system may be freely suspended by the weight sensor.
US11992729B2
A patient can undergo physical therapy to rehabilitate a musculoskeletal condition. The success of the rehabilitation relies in part on whether the patient uses an exercise band with the correct resistance for their condition. In order to select the correct resistance, a controller can instruct the patient to perform a directed movement with an exercise band, receive exercise data from at least one sensor (e.g., a camera, like a front-facing camera, that records the patient, a plurality of sensors on or near the patient's skin, etc.) as the subject performs the directed movement, and calculate a pull force exerted by the patient on the exercise band based on at least a portion of the exercise data. The adequacy of an exercise with the exercise band for the patient is determined based on the pull force can be determined based on the calculated pull force.
US11992728B2
Systems and methods for identifying golf equipment. The system may include one or more performance tracking devices, such as an optical sensor system or a radar sensor system for tracking at least one of a golf club swing or a golf ball flight. The system also may include at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations. The operations include receiving current dynamic input for a golf shot from a golfer and current static input for the golfer. The operations also include executing a trained machine-learning model based on the received current dynamic input and current static input to generate predicted golf club properties and/or predicted golf ball properties for the golfer. The predicted golf club properties and/or predicted golf ball properties are displayed on a connected display.
US11992724B1
A pair of cable handles having a removable ergonomic grip disposed about a threaded tube and end caps. A metallic hemi-spherical cable connector is secured within one of the end caps. The pair of cable handles includes a central shaft that is assembled during manufacture by sliding the central shaft through a rigid inner section, applying, or sliding the rigid inner section through the removable ergonomic grip and then applying a lower cap of the end caps by use of interior threaded female section. Additionally, the lower cap provides for a protruding edge that a user's hand bears against which also enhances the grip and allows for an application of more force.
US11992714B2
A firestop device includes a collar to be mounted to a surface at wall penetration of a plastic pipe. The collar includes a first collar half and a second collar half, having corresponding end portions which are connected to each other. A fire resistant foldable cap is circumferentially connected to the collar for closing off the penetration location when the pipe is collapsed. In case of a fire an actuation assembly moves the fire resistant foldable cap over the penetration location to close it off. The collar is a fold-out collar in which said corresponding ends of the first and second collar halves are hingedly connected to each other to be moveable from a folded state, in which the second collar half substantially overlaps the first collar half, to a folded out state, in which the first collar half and the second collar half form a ring shaped collar.
US11992712B2
An apparatus and an associated method relates to a directionally polarized deceleration module (PDM) include a shuttle (125) fixedly coupled to a spring-biased spool (120) rotatable coupled to a module housing (115), a dynamic braking member (DBM) (130) and the shuttle (125) configured to travel inside a channel anchored to the module housing (115). A tether may be anchored on a proximal end to the spool (120). As the tether is retracted, the DBM (130) may be pushed by an angled distal-end of the shuttle (125). The DBM (130) may be forced between the angled distal-end of the shuttle (125) and an inner channel wall, providing motional resistance to the tether. As the tether is extracted, the DBM (130) may be pushed substantially normal to a proximal-end of the shuttle (125), providing minimal motional resistance to the tether. Various PDMs may decelerate safety lanyards in one direction to substantially avoid tangling and/or damage.
US11992705B2
A computer-implemented method of performing a radiation therapy process includes: while a patient is disposed in a first position and maintains a first inspiration level, acquiring a set of projection images of a target volume associated with the patient; based on a treatment planning digital volume associated with the radiation therapy process and the set of projection images, generating a synthetic digital volume that includes the target volume; based on a treatment plan associated with the treatment planning digital volume and on the synthetic digital volume, generating a modified treatment fraction; and while the patient remains in the first position and maintains at least the first inspiration level, performing the modified treatment fraction.
US11992697B2
A method for treating a diseased site in a human or animal body is provided which includes injecting in a diseased site one or more phosphors which are capable of emitting ultraviolet or visible light into the body; infusing the diseased site with a photoactivatable drug; applying an initiation energy from an initiation energy source comprising an x-ray, gamma ray, or electron source to thereby initiate emission of ultraviolet or visible light into the body; and controlling a dose of the initiation energy with a processor to produce (i) a cytotoxicity inside the diseased site of greater than 20% or (ii) a day-25 stable tumor volume, wherein the processor is programmed to apply the initiation energy in a pulsed manner, wherein the initiation energy is delivered in either (i) a radiograph mode, or (ii) a pulsed fluoroscopy mode.
US11992694B2
A photonic integrated circuit, PIC, comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers on a substrate, the plurality of semiconductor layers forming a PIN or PN doping structure, the PIC comprising a waveguide arranged for conducting light waves; an optical element connected to the waveguide, wherein the optical element, in operation, is in reverse-bias mode, and wherein the optical element comprises a contact layer arranged for connecting to a voltage source; wherein the waveguide comprises conducting contacts proximal to the optical element, and wherein the PIC further comprises at least one isolation section arranged in between the optical element and the conducting contacts. Corresponding methods of operation of such a PIC are also presented herein.
US11992692B2
This document describes an automated external defibrillator comprising a control configured to switch between a pediatric operating mode and an adult operating mode, wherein each operating mode comprises a mode-specific energy configuration and a mode-specific user configuration; an indicator configured to provide an indication of the operating mode in use during a resuscitation process; one or more processors configured to switch to the mode-specific energy configuration and the mode-specific user configuration upon a change of operating mode between the pediatric operating mode and the adult operating mode such that the automated external defibrillator delivers a defibrillating shock to a patient based on the mode-specific energy configuration; and an interface of the automated external defibrillator provides resuscitation instructions to a user based on the mode-specific user configuration.
US11992685B2
There is provided a neurostimulator and method for delivering to a subject a stimulation in response to a predicted or detected condition. The neurostimulator including: a power circuit for providing electrical power to the neurostimulator; a recording array having a plurality of electrodes for recording a plurality of neurophysiological signals corresponding to a plurality of sites of the subject; a signal processor configured to: determine a phase synchrony among the neurophysiological signals; and associate selected phase synchrony calculations with the prediction or detection of a neurological or neurophysiological condition; and one or more stimulators for delivering to the subject a stimulation in response to the predicted or detected condition.
US11992684B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for planning and/or providing neuromodulation One example system includes a stimulation related basic data storage module for storing stimulation related basic data, a stimulation related response data storage module for storing the stimulation related response data, a transfer module configured such that the stimulation related basic data are linked with and/or translated into the response data and/or artificial response data created by the transfer module, wherein the data generated by the transfer module are transfer data, the transfer data comprising link data and/or translation data and/or artificial response data, mapping module configured and arranged such that based on the stimulation related basic data and stimulation related response data and the transfer data a digital characteristic map is generated, and an analysis module configured and arranged such that the digital characteristic map is analyzed automatically.
US11992683B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and apparatus for measuring a bioimpedance and performing an electrical stimulation, the method including generating a first current corresponding to a first high-frequency, generating a second current corresponding to a second high-frequency, generating a low-frequency current based on a beat phenomenon of the first current and the second current, and calculating an impedance of a target part based on a voltage induced to the target part by a high-frequency current corresponding to at least one of the first current and the second current and the low-frequency current.
US11992679B2
A monitoring system may include a processor and display system for displaying results from the monitoring. A user may be in a sterile field away from the processor and display system and selected input devices. A controller may be physically connected to the monitoring system from the sterile field to allow the user to control the monitoring system.
US11992672B2
The present disclosure relates to a mask pad having EMS electrode pads. Each electrode of the EMS electrode pad may be provided to correspond to the shape and size of the divided area according to the virtual line. The mask pad according to the present invention may minimize the edge current effect by the shape of the electrode to which electric energy is applied. In addition, energy transfer efficiency may be improved by capacitive coupling between the electrode and the skin. In addition, due to the coating of the electrode, a rate of contact with an affected part may be increased so that current may be applied evenly to each part.
US11992671B2
The present disclosure is in the field of sleep and respiratory care. In particular, the present disclosure provides means and methods for decreasing the respiratory effort of a sleeping subject. The present disclosure also provides means and methods for treating the snoring of a sleeping subject.
US11992667B2
The present invention provides a curved needle design which deflects to an advantageous angle when inserted within the medial posterior soft tissue of the patient lower jaw. The deflected needle tip is more perpendicular to the vertical wall of the posterior ramus and promotes the needle tip contacting bone proximate to the inferior alveolar nerve prior to injection of anesthetic. The needle design also improves the tactile feedback to the dental practitioner as the needle penetrates tissue and contacts bone.
US11992666B2
A single-use needle cover configured to obscure, protect, or hide at least a portion of a needle from view before, during, and/or after an injection and/or aspiration procedure is disclosed. In some embodiments, the cover includes a housing at least partially containing the needle and configured to couple to a syringe, wherein the housing includes an axis and a guide member. In some embodiments, a sleeve has a plurality of tracks configured to slidingly receive the guide member, wherein the sleeve is configured to retract, extend, and rotate with respect to the housing. In some embodiments, after the sleeve has been retracted and extended one time, a first locking member inhibits further retraction of the sleeve and a second locking member inhibits rotation of the sleeve.
US11992654B2
An exemplary syringe adapter for coupling with a syringe may include a housing. A needle-free connector may be disposed in the housing. A communication member may be in slidable engagement with the housing. The communication member may be slidable, with respect to the housing, between an unactuated state and an actuated state of the syringe adapter. A cannula may extend from the communication. In the unactuated state, the cannula may be retracted within the needle-free connector. In the actuated state, the cannula may protrude through and axially beyond the needle-free connector.
US11992653B2
Disclosed are examples for a system for drug delivery and components thereof. The system may include an on-body pump device and a secondary unit. The on-body pump device may include a reservoir and a fluid pathway. The reservoir may be configured to hold a liquid drug. The secondary unit may be removably coupled to the on-body pump device. The secondary unit may be configured to receive a prefilled cartridge containing a liquid drug, expel the liquid drug from the prefilled cartridge, and deliver the liquid drug to the reservoir of the on-body pump device via the fluid pathway. Examples of variations to the secondary unit are also disclosed.
US11992648B2
An IV-line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output from other IV lines with their fluid sources and outputs. The IV-line identification system includes an optical member affixed along a longitudinal length of an elongated member that transmits light when a light source provides a light to the optical member.
US11992641B2
An electric tattoo machine drive that can be fully controlled electronically using audio technology. An electric tattoo machine drive that can be adjusted hands free or manually by a simple tone generator application on a mobile device. An electric tattoo machine drive able to function in any manner desired by the operator. An electric tattoo machine drive capable of running needle cartridges with a coil machine. A tattoo machine drive able to fit the demands of all users with only one machine. One electric tattoo machine drive to rule them all.
US11992640B2
A device comprising a housing having a handle end and a treatment end. The treatment end is configured to provide an antimicrobial treatment and a heat treatment. The treatment end comprises an applicator having an applicator surface for providing at least the heat treatment. The device includes a heat generation unit configured to heat the applicator surface in use, a source of antimicrobial agent, and a control unit operatively connected to at least the heat generation unit for controlling the heat generation unit. The device can be a hand-held device and used to apply topical treatment to a treatment area of a subject.
US11992630B2
Devices and methods are provided to facilitate self-catheterization of a urethra. In an exemplary embodiment, the device includes an elongate anchor member comprising a proximal end and a rounded distal end to facilitate insertion into a user's vagina, a bridge extending laterally from an intermediate location of the anchor member, a guide on the bridge spaced apart from the anchor member such that the guide is aligned with the user's urethra, the guide including a passage therethrough sized to receive a urinary catheter therethrough, and a handle on the proximal end of the anchor member to facilitate manipulation by the user and consistent, accurate alignment of the guide.
US11992625B2
In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body that includes an inner liner, and outer jacket, and a structural support member positioned between at least a portion of the inner liner and the outer jacket. The outer jacket includes a plurality of outer jacket segments in which each outer jacket segment of the plurality is longitudinally adjacent to another outer jacket segment of the plurality. The structural support member includes a first section having a first density, a second section distal to the first section and having a second density, and a third section distal to the second section and having a third density, such that the second density being higher than the first and third densities. The second section of the structural support member is longitudinally aligned with a junction between two outer jacket segments of the plurality of outer jacket segments.
US11992623B2
A handheld electronic device is actuated by a user to energize selected colored lights and vibrations according to predetermined intensities and patterns that are associated with predetermined breathing patterns. The handheld electronic device uses multiple haptic inputs that engage associated sensory receptors of a person, namely, visual sensations, vibration sensations, and smell, a.k.a. aroma therapy.
US11992621B2
A ventilator system comprising: a ventilator having a first side provided with a first port; a humidifier having a second side engaging with the ventilator and provided with a second port; and a connection device provided on the first side of the ventilator or the second side of the humidifier and used to connect the first port of the ventilator with the second port of the humidifier. The connection device comprises: a first port, a second port and an airflow channel connecting the first port with the second port, wherein when the humidifier is separated from the ventilator, the connection device is capable of rotating from a connection position connecting the first port and the second port to a closed position for preventing foreign objects from falling into the first port and the second port. The ventilator system resolves issues of foreign objects falling into connection ports of a ventilator.
US11992619B2
A passive valve for use as a fixed leak valve. The valve includes a body having an internal chamber, first and second body ports in fluid communication with the chamber with the first port configured for fluid communication with a patient connection and the second body port configured for fluid communication with a ventilator, a body passageway in fluid communication with the chamber and with ambient air exterior of the body, and a check valve seal positioned to seal the body passageway to permit the flow of gas within the chamber through the body passageway to the exterior of the body and to prevent the flow of ambient air exterior of the body through the body passageway into the chamber. In alternative embodiments, the valve is incorporated into the patient connection or constructed as a separate part connectable to the patient connection.
US11992611B2
A respiratory device includes a blower having an inlet and an outlet, a patient interface, and a valve including a valve member that is rotatable from a first position to a second position. The outlet of the blower is coupled to the patient interface so that positive pressure is provided to a patient's airway via the patient interface when the valve member is in the first position. The inlet of the blower is coupled to the patient interface so that negative pressure is provided to the patient's airway via the patient interface when the valve member is in the second position. The valve member is rotatably oscillated back and forth when the valve member is in the first position and when the valve member is in the second position so that oscillations in the positive pressure and negative pressure, respectively, are provided to the patient's airway.
US11992604B2
The present invention provides methods and a BFS/FFS device for delivering either one or more substances within at least one body cavity, characterized by a vial comprising Vsub [ml] of said substances; said vial from a pierceable container, a blow-fill-seal and a form-fill-seal, having fluid inlet and a fluid discharging outlet of diameter D [mm], configured for placement in proximity to said body cavity; said fluid inlet configured by means of size and shape to interface in a sealable manner a puncturing member, configured to, upon coupling to said fluid inlet, piercing the same, thereby providing said substances in a fluid communication, via a valve, with a chamber configured to accept pressurized fluid at volume VPF [ml] and pressure PPF [barg]; said valve is commutable from an CLOSE to an OPEN CONFIGURATION within a short period of time, <500 milliseconds (dT); at said OPEN CONFIGURATION, said pressurized fluid flows from said chamber, via said fluid inlet, entrains said substances by one erupts via said fluid discharging outlet to within said body cavity.
US11992597B2
According to an aspect there is provided a method for automatic maintenance of a dialysis system. The dialysis system includes a plurality of filter sections where each filter section includes a blood flow channel, a dialysate flow channel, and a membrane separating the blood flow channel from the dialysate flow channel and having a plurality of pores through which substances are exchanged between a blood flow in the blood flow channel and a dialysate flow in the dialysate flow channel. The method includes determining, for each filter section of the plurality of filter sections, whether a maintenance criterion is fulfilled. The method also includes triggering a maintenance event for a filter section of the plurality of filter sections for which the maintenance criterion is fulfilled. The method also includes executing the maintenance event and optionally administering a thrombolytic agent to the blood flow channel of the filter section.
US11992582B2
The invention concerns an intraocular lens implant for placement into an intracapsular space of a lens capsule of an eye and a composition, kit and methods related to the lens implant. The lens implant is designed for a placement into a posterior portion of the intracapsular space after removal of a native lens body and has a convex posterior surface. The lens implant is formed of one part and is manufactured from a suitable transparent non-structural cellular material. This keeps an anterior portion of the intracapsular space free of the implant which is dimensioned to comprise at most 40% of a volume of the native lens body.
US11992581B2
Provided are gene-activated materials comprising a scaffold and at least one nucleic acid molecule which may be chemical bound together or in which the at least one nucleic acid is not bound but coated on a surface of the scaffold. Methods for regenerating bone using these gene-activated materials are also provided.
US11992578B2
A zirconia material manufacturing method includes: dispersing hydroxyapatite powder in water to prepare a slurry having a hydroxyapatite powder concentration of 1%; and dipping zirconia in the slurry to form, on the zirconia, a coating layer containing hydroxyapatite.
US11992575B2
Liquid embolic preparations and medical treatment methods of using those preparations are described. In some embodiments, the preparations or solutions can transition from a liquid to a solid for use in the embolization. The preparations can include biocompatible polymers with covalently bound radioactive iodine isotopes.
US11992557B2
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one lipid-based particle encapsulating a proteolytic enzyme and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the proteolytic enzyme comprises at least 75% proteolytically active enzyme are provided. Methods of using same and producing same are also provided.
US11992555B2
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US11992545B2
Aqueous cosmetic compositions comprising at least 20% by weight of an aqueous component and a lipophilic component characterized in that the lipophilic component comprises at least one ester selected from neopentylglycol dipelargonate, glycerol tripelargonate, pentaerythritol tetrapelargonate or mixtures thereof.
US11992533B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treatment of an HLA-B27-associated autoimmune inflammatory disorder by administration of nucleic acid encoding HSP90 or an active fragment thereof.
US11992532B2
Disclosed herein are PEG-DPCA conjugates having multiple hydrophobic DPCA groups at one or both terminal ends of a PEG compound and compositions thereof and methods of using thereof for tissue regeneration and/or cellular repair (e.g., wound healing).
US11992525B2
The present disclosure relates to a chimeric influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptide, comprising one or more stem domain sequence, each having at least 60% homology with a stem domain consensus sequence of H1 subtype HA (H1 HA) and/or H5 subtype HA (H5 HA), fused with one or more globular head domain sequence, each having at least 60% homology with a globular head domain consensus sequence of H1 subtype HA (H1 HA) or H5 subtype HA (H5 HA).
US11992523B2
The invention features compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of one or more strains of Chikungunya virus, as well as other alphavirus-mediated diseases.
US11992519B2
A chimeric antigen receptor is disclosed that includes: (a) an scFv comprising a light chain variable domain (VL) and a heavy chain variable domain (VH), wherein the scFv specifically binds to CCR4; (b) a hinge and transmembrane domain from CD8; (c) an intracellular 4-1BB signaling domain; and (d) an intracellular CD3 zeta signaling domain, wherein (a)-(d) are in N to C terminal order. Uses of the chimeric antigen receptor, such as for treating a malignancy, are also disclosed.
US11992515B2
The invention is directed to a method for diagnosing and treating a pulmonary lung disease by detecting a mutant S100A3 protein associated with pulmonary lung disease and by treating a subject with a functional S100A3 protein.
US11992512B2
The invention provides a composition and method for treating dyspepsia with asafoetida and milk thistle extract. A method of making the inventive composition is contemplated.
US11992511B2
Human-derived probiotic strains Lactobacillus paracasei KBL382, Lactobacillus paracasei KBL384 and Lactobacillus paracasei KBL385 are described, as well as uses of the strains for improving intestinal health and treating or preventing intestinal diseases. The strains have excellent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory functions, superb strengthening effects on tight junctions of the intestinal tract wall, suppress enteritis-induced weight loss and colon length reduction, thereby exhibiting therapeutic effects for enteritis, and significantly alleviate the symptoms of atopic dermatitis. The strains can be used as probiotic material for enhancing anti-inflammatory effects, strengthening immunity, improving intestinal health functions, and alleviating allergic diseases.
US11992501B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain nonabsorbable compositions and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons, the conjugate base of a strong acid and/or a strong acid from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.
US11992500B2
Described herein is a method for treating an autoimmune disease in a patient including administering to the patient in need thereof, a pharmaceutically effective amount of an epigenetic enzyme inhibitor.
US11992492B2
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cellular senescence-associated diseases comprising homoharringtonine as an active ingredient, and it was confirmed that the composition comprising homoharringtonine as an active ingredient exhibits a senolytics effect of selectively killing aging-induced fibroblasts and renal tubular cells, whereas aging-induced vascular endothelial cells and epithelial melanocytes and retinal pigmented epithelial cells, and exhibits a senomorphics effect of restoring the function and morphology of cells, and thus the homoharringtonine acts differently depending on the type of cells to effectively prevent or treat senile eye disease, tissue fibrosis disease, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, degenerative brain disease, chronic skin damage, obesity and diabetes caused by cellular aging and can be provided as a composition for whitening skin and life extension.
US11992489B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
US11992486B2
Disclosed are methods of treating prostate cancer by administering niraparib to a human in need thereof.
US11992480B2
A method for altering the PK profile of a pharmaceutical formulation containing a PDE-4 inhibitor, such as roflumilast, to reduce the spike in Cmax. The spike in Cmax is reduced by topically administering the PDE-4 inhibitor in combination with one or more phosphate ester surfactants. Reducing the spike in Cmax will reduce gastrointestinal side effects and result in better patient compliance.
US11992474B2
The present application relates to compositions for treatment of eye disorders, particularly for treatment of dry eye disease (DED) and meibomianitis, wherein the composition comprises very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Further, the invention provides a method for treatment of DED and meibomianitis of a subject, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from natural oils. The compositions for use are suitable for oral and local applications.
US11992473B2
Compositions including metabolites that are small molecules, and salts and derivatives thereof, and methods for treatment or prophylaxis of conditions related to the quality of aging are provided, including compositions and methods for treating conditions that negatively impact longevity and the quality of aging, including inflammation, anemia, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, liver disease, iron overload, impaired skin integrity, wound healing, scarring, pain, allergies, sleep disorders and problems, and gastrointestinal disorders and problems.
US11992464B2
A flow selector valve assembly for an enteral feeding pump system (i.e., an enteral feeding pump system including a fluid delivery set with first and second feeding tubes, an enteral feeding pump and a pinching mechanism for regulating the flow of nutrient formula or water out of the first and second feeding tubes), and a twin port adapter for use in the valve assembly. The twin port adapter includes a body configured to receive the first and second feeding tubes therein, and a feeding tube guide rotatably connected to the body and configured to secure the first and second feeding tubes within the body.
US11992452B2
A device for the non-invasive treatment of muscular and neuromuscular pathologies by applying a succession of mechanical-sound waves to a muscle.
US11992442B2
A surgical head fixation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a head holder for holding the head of a patient; an articulated link unit which supports the head holder and which is composed of a plurality of link sections; and a support base unit which has a support shaft supporting the articulated link unit and which is to be detachably mounted to an operating table on which the patient is to be placed. The articulated link unit includes at least one link-shaped clamping operation unit which constitutes a link section(s) and which has an operating lever. The link-shaped clamping operation unit has, as pivot axes, at least a first axis and a second axis which are parallel to the support shaft, and a third axis extending in the axial direction of the link-shaped clamping operation unit. The state of the link-shaped clamping operation unit can be switched, through the operation of the operating lever, between three modes: a clamped state in which a pivoting movement on the first axis and a pivoting movement on the second axis are simultaneously locked, an unclamped state in which a pivoting movement on the third axis becomes possible, and a ready-to-clamp state which is an intermediate state between the unclamped state and the clamped state and in which the pivoting movement on the third axis is locked, while the pivoting movement on the first axis and the pivoting movement on the second axis are unlocked.
US11992438B2
An ophthalmic device (1) for treating eye tissue (6) using laser pulses comprises a projection optical unit (12) for focussed projection of the laser pulses and a scanning device (2), with a movable mirror (20), arranged downstream from the projection optical unit (12), for deflecting the laser pulses projected by the projection optical unit (12) in at least one deflection direction. The ophthalmic device (1) moreover comprises a drive system (200) configured to displace the mirror (20) in parallel. The parallel displacement of the mirror (20) renders it possible to displace the focus of deflected laser pulses in the projection direction and therefore correct image field curvatures caused by the scanning device (2) arranged downstream from the projection optical unit (12) and, for example, image the deflected laser pulses in focus onto a plane.
US11992430B2
An accessory device and an immobilization system including the device are provided for positioning at least a portion of a patient's body relative to an immobilization device including a low temperature thermoplastic sheet. The accessory device may include a patient fixation portion and a lock portion. The patient fixation portion is attached to or inserted in the patient during use. The lock portion may extend distally from the patient fixation portion generally along a lock portion axis. The lock portion includes a shape, surface feature, or configuration, such that the low temperature thermoplastic sheet may be conformed to the outer surface of the lock portion of the accessory device, such that unintended separation of the accessory device from the low temperature thermoplastic sheet is prevented. Methods of forming the accessory device and immobilization system are also provided.
US11992419B2
A spinal implant is provided including an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface and a back surface, two side surfaces extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, the two side surfaces extending between the front surface and the back surface and an opening positioned closer to the back surface than the front surface. The opening is provided to contain graft material that spans between a cortical rim of the upper vertebral body and the cortical rim of the lower vertebral body. The method includes packing the opening with graft material, wherein the graft material spans between the decorticated cortical rim of the upper vertebral body and the decorticated cortical rim of the lower vertebral body.
US11992415B2
The invention relates to a glenoid (shoulder socket) implant prosthesis, a humeral implant prosthesis, devices for implanting glenoid and humeral implant prostheses, and less invasive methods of their use for the treatment of an injured or damaged shoulder.
US11992408B2
The biocompatible lattice structures disclosed herein with an increased or optimized lucency are prepared according to multiple methods of design disclosed herein. The methods allow for the design of a metallic material with sufficient strength for use in an implant and that remains radiolucent for x-ray imaging.
US11992402B2
A method of endovascularly delivering and implanting a medical assembly for minimally invasively implanting an atrial sealing skirt in the heart at an atrial sealing skirt deployment site, sealing the top brim against a respective atrial floor of the heart, and anchoring the atrial sealing skirt on an intracardiac wall at an implantation site and tethering the anchor and the sealing skirt.
US11992398B2
A catheter device for transvascular delivery of a medical device to a cardiac valve region of a patient comprises an elongate sheath with a first lumen, a distal end for positioning at a heart valve, a second lumen that extends parallel to or in the sheath, and an expandable embolic protection filter. The filter is arranged to extend from an orifice of the second lumen and, in the expanded, covers ostia of the side branch vessels in the aortic arch.
US11992385B1
An orthodontic appliance includes a portion made of a shape memory alloy having a base alloy composition of at least two different metallic elements and a treated region having an alloy composition that is depleted in at least one of the metallic elements. The base alloy may include a nickel titanium alloy (NiTi), a copper chromium nickel titanium alloy (CuCrNiTi), or a copper aluminum nickel (CuAlNi) alloy. The treated region may be depleted in at least one of copper, aluminum, nickel, and titanium relative to the base alloy composition by exposing the base alloy to a source of energy. The base alloy composition has a first austenitic finish temperature and the treated region has an austenitic finish temperature that may be different than the first austenitic finish temperature. The treated region may form a part of an archwire, a stop, a hook, a crown, a band, or an orthodontic bracket.
US11992368B2
An endoscope connector includes: a metal member that is exposed to an outside of the endoscope connector and electrically connected to an endoscopic examination apparatus; an exterior member formed of a resin material; and an elastic member that is exposed to the outside, the elastic member being configured to close a gap between the exterior member and the metal member.
US11992357B2
Transport system with curved tracks for multiple pulsed X-ray source-in-motion tomosynthesis imaging
A transport system with curved track pair is constructed for multiple pulsed X-ray source-in-motion to perform fast digital tomosynthesis imaging. It includes a curved rigid track pair with predetermined curvature, a primary motor stage car loaded with X-ray sources and wheels loaded with tension or compression springs. The car is driven by primary motor mounted at base frame and an engaged gear mounted at the car. The car can carry heavy loads, travel with high precision and high repeatability at all installation orientations while motion vibration is minimal. It is also scalable to have a larger radius. Track angle span usually can be from about ten degrees to about 170 degrees. During imaging acquisition, X-ray sources can sweep precisely from one location to another. The car has enough clearance to move in its path without rubbing wheels on tracks. Better than 0.2 mm overall spatial precision can be achieved with the digital tomosynthesis imaging.
US11992353B2
Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method includes processing acquired projection data of a monitoring area of a subject to measure a contrast signal of a contrast agent delivered to the subject, determining a hemodynamic marker of the subject based on the contrast signal, generating a scan prescription based on the determined hemodynamic marker of the subject, and performing a multi-phase contrast scan according to the scan prescription.
US11992349B2
A system for constructing fluoroscopic-based three-dimensional volumetric data of a target area within a patient from two-dimensional fluoroscopic images including a structure of markers, a fluoroscopic imaging device configured to acquire a sequence of images of the target area and of the structure of markers, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to estimate a pose of the fluoroscopic imaging device for at least a plurality of images of the sequence of images based on detection of a possible and most probable projection of the structure of markers as a whole on each image of the plurality of images. The computing device is further configured to construct fluoroscopic-based three-dimensional volumetric data of the target area based on the estimated poses of the fluoroscopic imaging device.
US11992346B2
Remote patient management involves receiving an enrollment request to enroll a patient, identification of vitals of the patient to be measured based on the enrollment request, providing an equipment request indicating the vitals of the patient to be measured, receiving equipment information corresponding to one or more health measurement devices for measuring the vitals of the patient, and associating the patient with the equipment information corresponding to the one or more health measurement devices. In addition, a user device establishes communication with a health measurement device and determines whether it is associated with the patient, and if so, receives measurements from the health measurement device and provides the measurements to a healthcare management server. Otherwise, if not associated with the patient, no measurements are received from the health measurement device.
US11992340B2
A wellness evaluation system may determine, based on data generated by a first set of sensors powered by one or more batteries of one or more ear-wearable devices, that a user of the one or more ear-wearable devices is currently in an environment that includes human-directed communication signals. If so, a second set of sensors may be activated such that the one or more batteries provides an increased amount of power to the second set of sensors. Furthermore, the wellness evaluation system may determine based on data generated by the second set of sensors, whether the user has satisfied a target level of a wellness measure. If the user has not satisfied the target level of the wellness measure, the wellness evaluation system may perform an action to encourage the user to perform one or more activities to increase an achieved level of the wellness measure.
US11992336B2
An apparatus for generating biofeedback, in particular during a relaxation exercise for lowering blood pressure, comprises at least one interface for receiving a pulse wave signal that represents a pressure pulse or volume pulse of a pulse wave in a blood circulation system as a function of time and an ECG signal. The apparatus comprises an evaluation device that is configured to determine a pulse transit time on the basis of the pulse wave signal and the ECG signal, perform an evaluation of a pulse wave form of the pulse wave signal and generate the biofeedback depending on the pulse transit time and/or the evaluation of the pulse wave form. The apparatus comprises an output interface for providing the biofeedback.
US11992333B2
A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.
US11992328B2
A single breast pump device (1) is adapted to enable realization of at least two batches (A, B) of breast milk as a direct result of a single pumping session to be performed on at least one user's breast, which batches (A, B) are different as far as the value of at least one quality parameter of the breast milk is concerned. The single breast pump device (1) comprises a detection unit (50) for performing real-time detection of the at least one quality parameter in a flow of breast milk and outputting a detection signal representing an actual value of the at least one quality parameter, and further comprises a controller (70) for receiving the detection signal from the detection unit (50) and using the signal in a process of determining an appropriate setting of the single breast pump device (1) as far as the choice of a destination position of the milk is concerned. A double breast pump device (2) is also disclosed.
US11992321B2
A catheter adapted for mapping and/or ablation in the atria has a basket-shaped electrode array with two or more location sensors with a deflectable expander. The catheter comprises a catheter body, a basket electrode assembly at a distal end of the catheter body, and a control handle at a proximal end of the catheter body. The basket electrode assembly has a plurality of electrode-carrying spines and an expander that is adapted for longitudinal movement relative to the catheter body for expanding and collapsing the assembly via a proximal end portion extending past the control handle that can be pushed or pulled by a user. The expander is also adapted for deflection in responsive to an actuator on the control handle that allows a user to control at least one puller wire extending through the catheter body and the expander.
US11992316B2
This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for assessment of sustained visual attention of a target. The conventional methods utilize various markers for assessment of attention, however, blink rate variability (BRV) series signal is not explored yet. In an embodiment, the disclosed method utilizes BRV series signal for assessing sustained visual attention of a target. A gaze data of the target is recorded using an eye tracker and a set of uniformly sampled BRV series signal is reconstructed from each of the BRV series. One or more frequency domain features, including pareto frequency, are extracted from the set of uniformly sampled BRV series signal. The values of frequency domain features extracted from the set of BRV series signals are compared with corresponding threshold values to determine visual sustained attention of the target.
US11992315B2
A blood sampling device (1) comprising a housing (10) and a lancet (50). The housing has a fixed abutment surface for holdingly engaging the lancet in a rearward primed position. The blood sampling device further comprises a trigger (22) moveable from a rest position to a fire position to release the lancet for forward movement, wherein the trigger deflects the lancet body in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing such that the lancet body may move forwardly past the fixed abutment surface.
US11992306B2
Systems and methods to are disclosed to determine a sleep disordered breathing parameter of a patient, including receiving respiration information of the patient and temperature information of the patient and to determine the sleep disordered breathing parameter of the patient using the received respiration information and temperature information of the patient.
US11992300B2
A device for monitoring a health parameter of a person is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate including at least one transmit component and multiple receive components, at least one transmit antenna configured to transmit millimeter range radio waves over a 3D space below the skin surface of a person, and multiple receive antennas configured to receive radio waves, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes circuits for processing signals received on the multiple receive antennas, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes at least one output configured to output a signal that corresponds to a health parameter of a person in response to received radio waves, and wherein the at least one transmit antenna is collocated with the at least one transmit component and the multiple receive antennas are collocated with respective ones of the multiple receive components.
US11992295B2
Devices used to sense physiologic blood parameters are disclosed. The devices may be configured to sense at least two physiologic blood parameters at substantially a common site of an extracorporeal perfusion circuit. The devices may include a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor may be in direct contact with the blood.
US11992293B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US11992287B2
An articulable medical device includes a link, a transfer member, a tool member, and a non-drive wire. The tool member has a base portion movably coupled to the transfer member, and a contact portion configured to engage a target tissue. The transfer member is rotatably coupled to the link to rotate with the tool member relative to the link from a first orientation to a second orientation. The non-drive wire has a first end portion coupled to an energy source, a second end portion coupled to the tool member contact portion, and a central portion between the first and second end portions that includes a transition portion disposed within a cavity defined within the base portion of the tool member, a distal portion of the link, or the transfer member, which has a compact first configuration in the first orientation and an expanded second configuration in the second orientation.
US11992284B2
The present invention relates to a method of adjusting control commands for moving a medical camera connected to a motorized support structure, wherein the adjustment is based on images provided by the camera. Based on a comparison of at least two images provided by the camera, an actual motion of the camera is determined and compared with an intended motion defined by a control command forwarded to the motorized support structure. In case a deviation between the intended motion and the actual motion is determined, a correction is applied to the control command such that the actual motion of the camera coincides with the intended motion.
US11992281B2
A bifurcated navigation control system defines a path whereby a manipulator cart is to navigate from an initial location to a target location. The system directs the manipulator cart to navigate, in a first bifurcated navigation control mode associated with a primary control interface that facilitates both operator control of steering and propulsion, along at least part of a first portion of the path from the initial to an intermediate location. The system further directs the manipulator cart to navigate, in a second bifurcated navigation control mode associated with a secondary control interface that facilitates operator control of propulsion but not steering, along at least part of a second portion of the path from the intermediate to the target location. In the first and second bifurcated navigation control modes, the system autonomously controls the steering of the manipulator cart while allowing operator control of the propulsion of the manipulator cart.
US11992270B2
Systems and methods for planning and performing image free implant revision surgery are discussed. For example, a method for generating a revision plan can include collecting pre-defined parameters characterizing a target bone, generating a 3D model, collecting a plurality of surface points, and generating a reshaped 3D model. Generating the 3D model of the target bone can be based on a first portion of the pre-defined parameters. Generating the reshaped 3D model can be done based on the plurality of surface points collected from a portion of the surface of the target bone.
US11992269B2
Systems and methods for planning and performing image free implant revision surgery are discussed. For example, a method for generating a revision plan can include collecting pre-defined parameters characterizing a target bone, generating a 3D model, collecting a plurality of surface points, and generating a reshaped 3D model. Generating the 3D model of the target bone can be based on a first portion of the pre-defined parameters. Generating the reshaped 3D model can be done based on the plurality of surface points collected from a portion of the surface of the target bone.
US11992266B2
A method of generating three dimensional shapes for a cornea and lens of an eye, the method including illuminating an eye with multiple sections of light and obtaining multiple sectional images of said eye based on said multiple sections of light. For each one of the obtained multiple sectional images, the following processes are performed: a) automatically identifying arcs, in two-dimensional space, corresponding to anterior and posterior corneal and lens surfaces of the eye by image analysis and curve fitting of the one of the obtained multiple sectional images; and b) determining an intersection of lines ray traced back from the identified arcs in two-dimensional space with a known position of a section of space containing the section of light that generated the one of the obtained multiple sectional images, wherein the determined intersection defines a three-dimensional arc curve. The method further including reconstructing three-dimensional shapes of the anterior and posterior cornea surfaces and the anterior and posterior lens surfaces based on fitting the three-dimensional arc curve to a three-dimensional shape.
US11992263B2
A hair cutting device for cutting hair on a body of a subject includes a light source for generating laser light at one or more specific wavelengths corresponding to wavelengths absorbed by one or more chromophores in hair; and a cutting element that has an optical waveguide that is coupled to the light source to receive laser light. A portion of a side wall of the optical waveguide forms a cutting face for contacting hair where, at least at the cutting face, the optical waveguide has a refractive index that is equal to or lower than the refractive index of hair and higher than the refractive index of skin.
US11992261B2
An instrument includes a body having an interior conduit and a conductor extending within the interior conduit. A shaft extends distally out of the body and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A sliding conductor extends within the shaft and a contact portion of the sliding conductor extends between the conductor of the body and an exterior portion of the shaft. An end portion of the contact portion is at least partially disposed within an opening of the shaft. A locking mechanism that selectively secures the shaft in the retracted and extended positions includes a locking nut that is selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and compression flanges with contact pads that flex toward the shaft when the locking nut is in a locked position to secure the shaft in the extended or retracted positions.
US11992259B2
A medical instrument includes a shaft, multiple flexible spines and multiple electrodes. The shaft is configured for insertion into a body of a patient. The multiple flexible spines have respective first ends that are connected to a distal end of the shaft and respective second ends that are free-standing and unanchored. The spines are bent proximally such that the second ends are more proximal than the first ends. Each of the flexible spines includes a tensile layer configured to cause the flexible spine to bend proximally. The multiple electrodes are disposed over the flexible spines.
US11992258B2
A needle electrode deployment shaft includes a central member and a plurality of needle electrodes. The central member has a plurality of needle advancement channels formed therein. The needle electrodes are disposed within the advancement channels and each advancement channel terminates in a ramp portion which deflects the needles radially outwardly as they are axially advanced. The ramps may be spirally or acutely configured in order to increase the distance through which the needles may be bent as they are axially advanced. Additionally, the central member may have a radially reduced distal tip in order to decrease tissue insertion forces.
US11992256B2
An electrosurgical device is provided. The electrosurgical device can include an elongated member configured to be attached to an elongated shaft of an endoscope, the elongated member including a distal portion that, when axially extended beyond a distal end of the shaft, bends toward a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The electrosurgical device can include an electrode exposed at the distal portion of the elongated member. The electrosurgical device can include an electrical interconnect coupling the electrode to an electrosurgical energy connection at a proximal portion of the elongated member.
US11992252B2
Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially ulna head stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The bone plate defines a plurality of through holes extending through the elongated portion. A plurality of fasteners are configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and configured to secure the bone plate to the bone. The proximal end of the elongate portion has an arcuate configuration.
US11992251B2
A medial plate for treating fractures along a clavicle, comprising a plate body including a longitudinal component extending from a first end to a second end and an extension extending from the second end, the second end configured to be mounted over a medial head, a first set of variable angle holes extending through a portion of the longitudinal component including the second end of the longitudinal component and the extension, each of the first set of variable angle holes extending through the plate body along a central axis so that a bone screw is insertable therethrough at a user-selected angle relative to the central axis, and a plurality of combination holes extending through the longitudinal component, each of the plurality of combination holes includes a first portion configured to receive a bone screw at a user-selected angle and a second portion configured to receive a compression screw.
US11992250B2
An improved tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate is contoured in its proximal head portion to more closely resemble the structure of the tibial bone segment that is cut and rotated during the procedure. The plate also preferably has screw holes in the proximal head portion that are machined through the pre-contoured proximal head portion and are designed to angle the screw in a targeted screw path with respect to the osteotomy.
US11992236B2
This application is directed to a medical instrument with a hollow shaft, an actuating unit at the proximal end and an instrument tip with an instrument at the distal end, the instrument actuated via an actuating element, the element being in connection with the actuating unit and the instrument tip being pivotable relative to the shaft via a joint mechanism; the joint mechanism having pivoting members with proximal-side drive via steering wires such that movement of the proximal-side drive causes movement of the distal-side pivoting members and pivoting of the instrument tip; and a trigger mechanism with which the steering wires can be brought into a relaxed state that releases the articulation of the instrument tip. In order for the medical instrument to be cleaned and ensure that the medical instrument is safely removed even if the proximal-side drive fails, the trigger mechanism is a purely mechanical trigger mechanism.
US11992235B2
A surgical system used to determine the presence of a vessel within a region (102) proximate to a working end (104) of a surgical instrument (106) includes at least one light emitter (110) disposed at the working end (104) of the surgical instrument (106), and at least one light sensor (112) disposed at the working end (104) of the surgical instrument (106) and configured to receive light emitted from the at least one light emitter (110) and reflected from the region (102), the at least one light sensor (112) adapted to generate a signal comprising a first pulsatile component and a second non-pulsatile component. The system also includes a controller (114) coupled to the at least one light sensor (112), the controller (114) comprising a splitter (116) to separate the first pulsatile component from the second non-pulsatile component and an analyzer (118) to determine the presence of the vessel within the region (102) proximate to the working end (104) of the surgical instrument (106) based on the first pulsatile component.
US11992231B2
A soft tissue and bone repair system and corresponding method are provided which are particularly useful for labral repairs in the human shoulder. The system comprises at least two guide cannulae capable of being introduced into an anatomical structure of a human body at different entry points for repair of a tear in soft tissue. A pulling line can be passed within the anatomical structure between the guide cannulae. A guide device may be attached to the pulling line and inserted into one of the guide cannula. The guide device is capable of delivering a drilling device into the anatomical structure. The pulling line is capable of being pulled to move an end of the guide device from a one location to another within the anatomical structure to position the drilling device on a desired drilling path to access the tear in soft tissue.
US11992226B2
The invention provides a surgical apparatus for performing a controlled resection of the neck of a femur during a hip replacement procedure, the surgical apparatus comprising: a body portion. The body portion comprises a frame that is mountable on a femoral head of the femur to position the body portion with respect to a centre of the femoral head. The body portion also includes a resection guide for indicating a position of a resection plane on the femoral neck, and an arm extending from the frame and including markings for reading off a femoral head offset. The apparatus also includes a connector for mounting the body portion on an intramedullary rod located in an intramedullary canal of the femur, and for slidably receiving the arm. The connector includes a pointer. The femoral head offset is indicated by reading the position of the pointer relative to the markings on the arm.
US11992225B2
An improved type of tourniquet is disclosed herein. The tourniquet includes an elongated elastomeric body and potentially a buckle. The buckle is secured to the tourniquet via a looped portion formed by the elongated elastomeric body looping backwards onto itself. The looped portion passes through an opening of the buckle to secure the buckle to the tourniquet. The tourniquet also includes an integrated spike. The integrated spike comprises a base and a shaft. A width of the base is wider than a width of the shaft, and a length of the shaft is greater than three times a thickness of the elongated elastomeric body. The length of the shaft is sufficient to enable the spike to pass through the elongated elastomeric body at least three times. The base and a portion of the shaft can be embedded within the molded section.
US11992219B2
Disclosed is a false lumen closure assembly for closing a false lumen in a body vessel including a compressed false lumen occluder, a carrier catheter and a retractable sheath. The compressed false lumen occluder includes a stent graft including at least one occlusive barrier across the stent graft to occlude blood flow through an interior of the stent graft. The carrier catheter carries the false lumen occluder and extends from a proximal end proximal of the false lumen occluder to a distal end distal of the false lumen occluder, and passes the false lumen occluder exteriorly of the stent graft. The compressed false lumen occluder and at least part of the carrier catheter are disposed in a lumen of the retractable sheath.
US11992211B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are described for closing the base of a left atrial appendage or other tissue structure. A tissue closure device comprises a pair of legs having compliant surfaces for engaging against opposite sides of the tissue structure. A plurality of axially spaced-apart tissue-penetrating fasteners are delivered from one leg to the other to pierce the intervening tissue and hold the closure device in place on the tissue structure.
US11992203B2
A toggle-type suture anchor that incorporates individual suture tensioning and locking without knot tying. The anchor includes an elongate toggle body having a working suture pre-threaded into a first passage and back up and out a second passage with a length running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. A locking suture loop is pre-threaded into a third passage between the first and second passage and includes a collapsible loop that encircles a portion of the length of suture running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. With the loop open, the working suture can slide through the anchor, however, when the loop is closed the working suture is locked in position to retain tension on the working suture. The anchor can be utilized in a pre-strung connected array of anchors.
US11992195B2
Shaped liver biopsy sheaths and methods for transfemoral transcaval liver access are disclosed.
US11992191B2
A medical assembly comprising a first imaging device comprising a first handle and a first shaft extending distally from the first handle, a second imaging device comprising a second handle and a second shaft extending distally from the second handle, and an imaging unit, wherein the first imaging device further comprises a first imager at a distal end of the first shaft, a first cable extending from the first handle for connection to the imaging unit, and a first connector, wherein the second imaging device further comprises a second imager at a distal end of the second shaft and a second connector, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to connect, thereby transmitting imaging data from the second imager to the imaging unit via the first cable.
US11992189B2
An endoscope includes: a first bending wire that is connected with a first connection part of a bending portion of an insertion portion inserted into a subject and bends the entire bending portion in a first bending direction by pulling; a second bending wire that is connected with a second connection part of the bending portion positioned on a proximal end side of the first connection part and bends a proximal end side part of the bending portion on the proximal end side of the second connection part in the first bending direction by pulling; an operation lever that pulls the first bending wire to the proximal end side; an operation lever that pulls the second bending wire to the proximal end side; and a coil pipe into which the first and second bending wires are inserted at a position on the proximal end side of the bending portion.
US11992182B2
A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
US11992181B2
A medical device operable to obtain images of an internal cavity of a patient, including a handle; a flexible tube; a front end cap housing a camera assembly; a bending section extending from the flexible tube and including a proximal end segment and a distal end segment; a peripheral wall having an inner surface defining an internal space and including a cavity extending radially outwardly from the inner surface; a member having an outer surface and positioned at least partly in the internal space with the cavity overlapping the outer surface; and a protrusion of a hardened adhesive bonded to the outer surface of the member and extending into the cavity of the peripheral wall, wherein the member is one of, and the peripheral wall is comprised by another of, the flexible tube, the proximal end segment, the distal end segment, or the front end cap.
US11992179B2
A power supply apparatus for an endoscope includes a plurality of power supply circuits, a plurality of power changeover switches, and a power control circuit. The power control circuit performs an operation to determine, when one power changeover switch provided on one power supply line connecting one power supply circuit of the plurality of power supply circuits and one electronic part of the plurality of electronic parts in each order of the power-on sequence is set to off, whether an output voltage of the one power supply circuit is normal or not and an operation to start a supply of one drive voltage required to drive the one electronic part according to a judgement result that the output voltage of the one power supply circuit is normal.
US11992174B2
An environmental control unit comprises a housing, a vacuum cleaner, a filtration unit, and a blower. The vacuum cleaner is positioned in the housing and is configured to receive a tool contaminant stream produced by at least one tool. The vacuum cleaner filters particulate matter from the tool contaminant stream, thereby producing a filtered air stream. The filtration unit is also positioned within the housing and comprises at least one filter. The blower is positioned within the housing downstream of the filtration unit. The blower is configured to create negative air pressure within the second compartment to draw an area contaminant stream from an exterior of the environmental control unit into the housing. A second blower may also be present. The blower draws the filtered air stream and the area contaminant stream through the at least one filter in the filtration unit to produce a filtered mixture stream.
US11992173B2
A floor-cleaning appliance has a housing movable in a working direction, forming a chamber, and having a downwardly directed intake opening extending in the working direction and in a transverse direction crosswise thereto. A front deflector and a rear deflector are provided in the opening with the latter spaced rearward in the working direction from the former. A flexible cleaning element is spanned over the deflectors and engageable with a floor surface below the housing.
US11992168B2
To achieve the objects described above, the cleaner according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a main body forming an airflow path through which air is sucked and exhausted; a dust separation unit disposed in the airflow path and configured to separate dust from air; a fan module disposed in the airflow path and configured to move the air in the airflow path; and a noise control module including a speaker and a detection unit detecting noise or vibration, and configured to cause an output of the speaker to be reduced a level of the noise of at least one frequency range of 1500 Hz or less the noise generated when the fan module is operated, based on the detection signal of the detection unit. wherein the main body includes an exhaust outlet through which air in the airflow path is exhausted and a sound outlet through which the sound of the speaker is exhausted, wherein the exhaust outlet and the sound outlet look the same direction relative to the main body.
US11992156B2
A system for automating the removal of cooking racks or trays laden with food items. The automatic rack lifting system includes a fryer assembly having a frypot and a liftable traveler assembly with a removable rack carrier or cooking carriage that carries a plurality of removable cooking baskets for food into and out of the cooking medium or oil disposed within the frypot. The system may further include lift arms removably secured to an actuation support structure. The automatic rack lifting system comprises a lift system for automated (e.g. under software program control) or manually controlled automatic lifting of a cooking carriage.
US11992154B2
A cooking device has improved operator interface features, including a counterbalance mechanism operable to retain an upper platen in predetermined open and closed positions, and a non-stick sheet retention feature designed to prevent sagging of a Teflon or other non-stick sheet of material at an upper cooking surface.
US11992150B2
An apparatus estimates a property of an ingredient of a beverage based on photograph data of the ingredient of the beverage. An apparatus obtains photograph data of an ingredient of a beverage used for preparation of the beverage, and estimates a property of the ingredient of the beverage based on the obtained photograph data.
US11992147B2
The machine (10) comprises a brewing chamber (23) adapted to receive a capsule (1) and a duct (33) for supplying water to the brewing chamber (23), as well as a duct (51) for dispensing beverage from the brewing chamber (23). The machine (10) further comprises a rotation device (3) adapted to rotate the capsule (10).
US11992138B1
A telescoping rail and clamping system for a food, beverage, or payment service window is disclosed herein. The telescoping rail and clamping system includes a tray with one or more features for holding one or more food, beverage, and/or payment items; at least one telescoping rail member coupled to the tray, the at least one telescoping rail member configured to enable the tray to be displaced a variable distance into and out of an opening of a food, beverage, or payment service window; and a base coupled to the at least one telescoping rail member, the base including a clamping device configured to attach the base to one or more building elements proximate to the food, beverage, or payment service window.
US11992131B2
An adjustable seat assembly may have a seat back that is configurable in a fore position or a stern-facing seat, an aft position for a bow-facing seat, and a pillow position which facilitates a user laying down across the stern-facing seat. In addition, the seat back may be placed in a stowed position in which the seat back is absent from both the bow-facing and stern-facing seats, such that the seats cooperate to provide a planar support surface along an aft-to-fore extent of the seat assembly. The seat back may be adjustable by hand without tools, such that a user may easily reconfigure the seat assembly to sit facing the bow, to sit facing the stern, or to lie down.
US11992124B2
A range limiter to secure or position a adjustable height, foldable table at a particular height. A two-way spring-loaded plunger is positioned at the end of a leg for engagement with a stop component. The stop component is affixed to the bottom of the table top. When the leg is in a storage position, the plunger is pushed outward preventing the table leg from opening too far. The two springs have different forces or strengths associated with them. An extension section of the leg pushes against a heavy spring when the table is collapsed, thereby pushing the plunger outward. A light spring keeps the plunger withdrawn when the leg is extended.
US11992120B2
An adjustable free-standing shelving unit with horizontal shelf support beams suitable for holding one or more wire deck panels, which are detachably mounted to vertical corner posts by way of a unique combination of shoulder bolts, attached to the horizontal support beams, and keyhole slots in the vertical corner posts. In some embodiments, shoulder bolts having a head with a wrench receiving surface, an unthreaded shoulder, and a threaded shank are attached to the horizontal support beams using hex nuts. The keyhole slots, which are formed in each of the angled flat sides of the L-shaped vertical corner posts, are sized so that the heads of the shoulder bolts can be inserted into the wide upper openings of the keyhole and then pushed downwardly so that the unthreaded shoulders of the bolts will slide into the low slots.
US11992111B2
A hair clip includes a first clamping body having a first base portion and a first clamping portion, a second clamping body having a second base portion and a second clamping portion, and a joint by which the first base portion and the second base portion are coupled to one another along a swivel axis. An elastic element forces the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion into a combined position. A first actuator is arranged on the first base portion for moving the first clamping portion relative to the second clamping portion from the combined position into a spread position. Further, the first base portion includes a receptacle for receiving an element of the first actuator so that the first actuator is movable through the receptacle relative to the first base portion from a first position into a second position relative to the first base portion.
US11992107B2
A packaging device and a refill device, wherein the packaging device comprises a first case cap, a first case body and a lifting mechanism; the first case body has a first end and a second end, and the first case cap is snap-fitted on the first end of the first case body; the lifting mechanism comprises a base and a lifting platform, wherein the base and the lifting platform are movably connected, the base is arranged at the second end of the first case body, and the lifting platform is arranged in the first case body; and the lifting platform can move close to or away from the base, and the lifting mechanism is detachably connected to the first case body.
US11992103B2
A container device that has an outer shell with an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism can include magnetic strips that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening.
US11992098B2
The present invention provides a resin molded body with a hook-and-loop fastener excellent in engaging force, and a method for producing the same. In addition, the present invention provides a method for fixing a ceiling material for automobiles to a vehicle body, which has an adhesive force for a long period of time even under high temperature or low temperature conditions, is excellent in productivity, and does not cause a problem such as falling of a male-type engaging element even when a hot melt adhesive is used. A resin molded body with a hook-and-loop fastener, which is formed by integrating a non-foamed resin molded body and a male-type molded hook-and-loop fastener, wherein the male-type molded hook-and-loop fastener has at least a base plate, a plurality of male-type engaging elements rising from a front surface of the base plate, and a plurality of embedded elements rising from a back surface of the base plate, wherein a resin constituting the male-type molded hook-and-loop fastener is at least one selected from polyester elastomer and polyamide, and the resin molded body and the male-type molded hook-and-loop fastener are integrated by embedding at least a part of the embedded elements in the resin molded body.
US11992095B2
An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot of a wearer and a sole structure fixedly attached to the upper, the sole structure including a ground-contacting outer member and a removable midsole. The footwear may further include a motorized tensioning system including a power source, a control unit, a tensile member, and a motorized tightening device, the motorized tightening device being attached to an outer surface of the upper, and the tightening device being configured to apply tension in the tensile member to adjust the size of an internal void defined by the article of footwear. In addition, the power source and the control unit of the tensioning system may be configured to be removably disposed in the removable midsole.
US11992091B2
An upper for an article of footwear includes a first material defining a void operable to selectively receive a foot. The first material includes an outer surface. The upper also includes a first edge at least partially circumscribing the void at an uppermost extremity of the upper and a second edge disposed at a lowermost extremity of the upper. The upper further includes a first biasing member (i) disposed at the outer surface of the upper, (ii) attached to the first material, and (iii) spaced apart from the first edge and the second edge. The first biasing member is operable to exert a biasing force on the first material to bias the first edge away from the second edge.
US11992089B1
A shoe comprises a sole having an upper surface with an outer edge and a lower surface. There is a top member having a distal front end portion, a proximal heel end portion, a lateral side and a medial side, the top member and sole defining a space therebetween to receive a foot. The top member further has a foot opening, a lower connective edge, a fold back portion, and a fixed portion. A single fastening means is provided in the form of one continuous zipper fastener in the top member. The top member has multiple expandable vent areas formed from a stretchable material in the top member allowing the top member to adjust in size to accommodate foot braces of many sizes and shapes.
US11992087B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a heel region, a forefoot region, and a midfoot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region. The sole structure also includes a fluid-filled chamber including a first barrier layer cooperating with a second barrier layer to define a first segment extending along a medial side of the sole structure within the heel region, a second segment extending from the medial side in the forefoot region to a lateral side in the heel region and along a lateral side of the sole structure within the heel region, and a web area disposed between and connecting the first segment and the second segment. The first barrier layer being attached to the second barrier layer within the web area.
US11992082B2
An article of footwear including an upper, a sole attached to the upper, where the sole has a medial side and a lateral side, and a through-hole extending between the medial side and the lateral side, and a plurality of support members in the through-hole, where at least two of support members are a different size.
US11992078B2
The present description provides components that allow a respiratory protection device to be secured in a position of use by attachment with a headwear suspension. In some exemplary embodiments, a harness adapter is positioned along a strap of a headwear suspension and includes a harness attachment element that may releasably attach to a strap component of a respiratory harness assembly.
US11992077B2
A chin cup has a hard outer cup and a soft inner cup that may be removable from the outer cup. The inner cup has a peripheral edge extending beyond the edges of the outer cup. Strap guides that allow a strap to slide through. A one size fits all design includes a central indentation that extends upward toward a top central portion of the cups as well as a central narrowing longitudinally of the cups. Aligned vent holes between the cups let the user's chin breathe. The cups have an arcuate longitudinal arch shape. The chin cup includes a boss and hole design that has mushroom caps that prevents the separation of the cups when not in use, the soft inner cup imbedded in the hard outer cup.
US11992075B2
Interactive therapeutic devices for wear on a head of a user are provided herein, along with kits including the interactive therapeutic device and an activity book, and methods of using the devices and kits. Contemplated devices comprise a set of attachment points that removably couple with a set of patches via fastener components. The patches can include various types of patches that provide different benefits to the wearer, including style, a scent, a noise, a tactile sensation, protection, and/or the ability to better communicate a feeling and/or a need.
US11992073B2
Aspects herein relate to a garment that comprises a first knit textile comprising a cell configuration having a knitted perimeter portion and a knitted central portion that is integrally knitted with and enclosed within the knitted perimeter portion. The knitted perimeter portion comprises a first percentage by weight of a first yarn type and a second yarn type. The knitted central portion comprises only the second yarn type. The knitted textile further comprises a second knit textile that is integrally knit with the first knit textile and comprises a plurality of linear knit portions. A first linear knit portion comprises a first percentage by weight of the first yarn type and a second linear knit portion comprises solely the second yarn type. The first linear knit portion of the plurality of linear portions is directly interlooped with a second leaner knit portion.
US11992058B2
A liquid supply system for use with an aerosol-generating device, the liquid supply system comprising a liquid retention material (136), a liquid flow channel extending from the liquid retention material and a barrier (125) disposed in the liquid flow channel, the barrier having a threshold temperature between 60° C. and 120° C., wherein the barrier is impermeable to liquid below its threshold temperature and the barrier becomes reversibly permeable to liquid above the threshold temperature.
US11992056B2
Provided is an apparatus for generating an aerosol by induction heating, the apparatus including: at least one susceptor formed in an elongated structure extending in a longitudinal direction of a cigarette to be accommodated in the apparatus, and arranged to be inserted into the cigarette to heat the cigarette; an ejector including an accommodating space for accommodating the cigarette, and an opening formed at one end of the accommodating space so that the cigarette is inserted in the accommodating space, wherein the at least one susceptor is arranged opposite the one end in the accommodating space, and the ejector is detached from and attached to the apparatus together with the at least one susceptor; and a coil arranged to surround the ejector along the longitudinal direction when the ejector is coupled to the apparatus, and configured to apply an alternating magnetic field to the at least one susceptor so that the at least one susceptor generates heat.
US11992040B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a tube filter production device including a tube filter exterior forming case into which one or more filter tows are introduced and from which a tubular rod formed from the one or more filter tows is discharged, a tube filter forming bar extending in an inner region of the tube filter exterior forming case in order to form a hollow of the tubular rod, and a steam chamber having at least one steam nozzle in communication with the inner region of the tube filter exterior forming case and configured to supply steam to the one or more filter tows through the steam nozzle, wherein the tube filter forming bar has a duct extending in a longitudinal direction of the tube filter forming bar and a flavoring nozzle formed in a downstream end region of the tube filter forming bar to deliver a flavoring liquid or a moisturizing liquid supplied through the duct to the hollow of the tubular rod.
US11992026B2
Provided is an appliance for preparing frozen or semi-frozen aerated edible products of the kind that undergo at least a partial phase change during preparation including ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt, soft-serve ice cream, slushes, shakes, blended frozen coffee drinks etc., particularly such an appliance intended for home use, offices, or for small businesses.
US11992023B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a fermented milk soft cheese product including the steps of a) Providing a first milk base, b) Optionally subjecting the first milk base to a concentration step to obtain a concentrated first milk base, c) Adding a first starter culture including at least one EPS producing lactic acid bacterium strain, d) Fermenting the concentrated first milk base for a period of time until a target pH is reached to obtain an EPS-containing fermented milk composition, e) Mixing the EPS-containing fermented milk composition with one or more other ingredients, if any, selected from the group consisting of a milk fat composition, a second fermented milk composition and one or more additives, to obtain a fermented milk mixture, and f) Subjecting the fermented milk mixture to heat treatment to obtain a fermented milk soft cheese product.
US11992017B2
A batter injector for dispensing a layer of batter rotatable about a pivot point includes a main body defining a batter reservoir, an input port defined by an opening the main body in communication with the batter reservoir to receive batter in to the batter reservoir, a plurality of openings on an injector end of the main body in communication with the batter reservoir, and one or more valves controlling the opening and closing of the openings. An injera maker includes a frame, a controller, a cooking module, a reservoir module and a batter injector module. The cooking module includes a heating element and a closeable lid. The reservoir module includes a main reservoir tank and a valve to selectively permit flow through a conduit. The batter injector module has a plurality of openings.
US11992007B2
An aqueous formulation that reduces the damage caused by spring frosts in plants having: (a) 0.001-2% by weight PVA micro/nanoparticles having a molecular weight of 10,000-100,000 g/mol and 1-20% acetate groups; (b) 0.0001-0.4% by weight stabilising agents; (c) 0.0005-0.05% by weight category IV adjuvants; (d) 0.00025-4% by weight emulsifier; (e) 0.003-6% by weight sodium hydroxide; and (f) 0.0065-13% by weight hydrochloric acid at 37% weight/weight and 1.18 g/mL density; a process for producing the aqueous formulation, and to uses.
US11992005B2
A spray system and method for testing the flow rate of individual nozzles in the spray system are disclosed. The spray system can include a spray tank for holding a fluid to be sprayed, a pump in fluid communication with the spray tank, a manifold in fluid communication with the pump, a plurality of spray nozzles in fluid communication with the manifold, a main flow meter located in a first branch line in fluid communication with the pump and the manifold, a nozzle check flow meter located in a second branch line in fluid communication with the pump and the manifold, and a valve assembly for operating the spray system between a normal operation mode and a nozzle test mode, wherein in the normal operation mode, the valve assembly directs flow to the main flow meter, wherein in the nozzle test mode, the valve assembly directs flow to the nozzle check flow meter.
US11992002B1
The present invention is a decoy system that simulates waterfowl taking off and landing with an actuator that rotates a crossbeam in an oscillating manner. The crossbeam is pivotally connected through a hinge to a support beam and holds waterfowl decoys on opposite sides of the hinge, thereby raising and lowering the decoys in a teetering motion. The crossbeam can be unitary or may be formed by a pair of arm sections that are connected by a bracket. The support beam has a telescoping section that retracts and extends relative to a fixed section and has a set of legs at the base of the support beam. A pair of stops limits the extent to which the crossbeam can rotate relative to the hinge, thereby limiting the range of travel for the distal ends of the arm section.
US11992001B2
A textured window film has a prismatic effect that allows a substantial amount of incoming light to pass through a window while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images. The result is a window film that is brighter and more vibrant while also providing visual privacy. The textured window film can therefore better simulate real textured and colored glass.
US11991998B2
The reel seat for mounting a dual-bearing reel on an upper side of a rod main body of a fishing rod extends in a front-rear direction in a plan view of the reel seat. The reel seat includes a reel foot mounting part on the upper side for mounting a reel foot of the dual-bearing reel such that a handle of the dual-bearing reel is located on a first side in a right-left direction in the plan view. The reel seat also includes a support wall for supporting a palm of a hand when palming the reel seat such that the support wall provided on a second side opposite to the first side in the right-left direction, the support wall protruding to the upper side on the second side of the reel seat.
US11991987B1
A portable pet waste collection device which overcomes issues involved with collecting and carrying pet waste when a refuse container is not close by. An expandable waste container is coupled to a bag dispenser from which a user obtains a bag prior to collection. The waste container can be kept in a collapsed state prior to collection, and expanded for receiving a bag of waste. The device conveniently retains the waste bags until proper disposal facilities are available.
US11991985B2
A quiet and compact device for touchless cleaning and drying of a pet animal's paws by positioning the pet animal in the device and causing the device to either force air over or suck air away from a pet animal's paws. A device with a form factor convenient for using to clean the paws of pet animals, e.g. domesticated quadruped animals.
US11991984B2
A storage tray for clipper and trimmer cutting blades for use in pet grooming. The storage tray is securable to a vertical arm of a conventional pet grooming table allowing the table top to remain obstacle free. The storage tray includes a fan for faster heat dissipation from heated cutting blades. In addition, or as an alternative, marble surfaces are used for the storage tray slanted surfaces to enhance heat dissipation. An extension tray can be coupled to the storage tray with receptacles for scissors, clippers and a cell phone.
US11991974B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011167. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011167, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011167 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011167.
US11991973B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011164. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011164, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011164 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011164.
US11991960B2
Irrigation bag for irrigation of primarily fully-grown, mature and collection trees, which contains at least one non-pressurized filling opening (3) and/or at least one filling opening (4) with pressure filling fitting, and it also contains in the lower part simple openings (21) for discharging liquid and/or waterproof seams and/or dripper (22) and/or connecting piece (23) with dripping hose connection (24), and the volume of the bag is up to 4000 litres. Irrigation bag assembly, where at least one bag (1) contains at least one non-pressurized filling opening (3) and/or at least one filling opening (4) with pressure filling fitting, and the bags (1) are connected via a connecting hose (51) connected with openings (4) and/or connected with connecting elements (5). Tree irrigation method using bags or bag assembly where the bag (1) or bag assembly (1) is placed as close to the tree canopy dripline (103) at least partly on permeable subsoil (104).
US11991959B2
A work implement for a work vehicle includes a boom having a chassis attachment end and an arm attachment end, an arm including a boom attachment end and a tool attachment end, and a work tool coupled to the tool attachment end of the arm. The boom attachment end is pivotally coupled to the arm attachment end of the boom. At least one of the boom and the arm includes a first portion and a second portion movably coupled to the first portion between a first orientation with respect to the first portion and a second orientation with respect to the first portion. At least one fastener is coupled between the first and second portions to selectively secure the second portion in the first orientation and the second orientation with respect to the first portion.
US11991958B2
A mistie detection system comprising a baler configured to form bales from crop material. The baler includes a least one baling chamber configured to compress crop material into bales and at least one knotter assembly configured to tie securement lines around the bales. The system additionally includes one or more image sensors mounted to the baler and configured to monitor one or more of the knotter assembly, the securement lines, and the bales. The system further includes a control system configured to receive image data from the image sensors to determine if a mistie event has occurred.
US11991957B2
A method of controlling a wrap system of a round baler includes determining a current characteristic of a supply roll of wrap material related to a current weight of the supply roll, and controlling rotation of a pair of spool rollers based on the current characteristic of the supply roll. As the current characteristic indicates a decrease in weight, the rotation of the pair of spool rollers is controlled to achieve a desired acceleration rate of the spool rollers, such that a leading edge of the wrap material is ejected from a nip formed between the pair of spool rollers at an ejection trajectory that is within an allowable angular range relative to a tangent of the nip, so that the leading edge of the wrap material passes through an access and into a baling chamber of the round baler.
US11991956B2
A baler includes a near-infrared testing system configured to receive near-infrared radiation reflected by plant material in a bale and to analyze the near-infrared radiation and generate evaluation data reflecting one or more properties of the plant material. The near-infrared testing system is calibrated using a calibration sample at a calibration temperature. A temperature sensor measures a sample temperature of a crop sample of the plant material and a temperature alteration mechanism adjusts the sample temperature of the crop sample so that the sample temperature matches the calibration temperature of the calibration sample before the near-infrared testing system receives the near-infrared radiation reflected by the plant material. A computer receives and combine the evaluation data of the plant material to produce overall evaluation data reflecting one or more overall properties for the at least one bale of the plurality of bales, and assign the overall evaluation data to the bale.
US11991949B2
A soil apparatus (e.g., seed firmer) having a locking system is described herein. In one embodiment, the soil apparatus includes a lower base portion for engaging in soil of an agricultural field, an upper base portion, and a neck portion having protrusions to insert into the lower base portion of a base and then lock when a region of the upper base portion is inserted into the lower base portion and this region of the upper base portion presses the protrusions to lock the neck portion to the upper base portion.
US11991946B2
Implementations are disclosed for adaptively adjusting various parameters of equipment in unpredictable terrain, such as agricultural fields. In various implementations, edge computing device(s) may obtain a first image captured by vision sensor(s) transported across an agricultural field by a vehicle. The first image may depict plant(s) growing in the agricultural area. The edge computing device(s) may process the first image based on a machine learning model to generate agricultural inference(s) about the plant(s) growing in the agricultural area. The edge computing device(s) may determine a quality metric for the agricultural inference(s). While the vehicle continues to travel across the agricultural field, and based on the quality metric: the edge computing device(s) may trigger one or more hardware adjustments to one or more of the vision sensors, or one or more adjustments in an operation of the vehicle.
US11991944B2
There is provided a computer vision monitoring system and method for use in agriculture. The system has a frame; a battery mounted to the frame and providing electrical power; a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor mounted to the frame; a camera mounted to the frame; an enclosure mounted to the frame, the enclosure housing a processing structure. The processing structure executes instructions such as capturing point data from the LiDAR sensor; capturing image data from the camera; generating a 3D color-assigned cloud point data set from the image data and the point data; and determining crop characteristic data. The method involves similar steps as executed by the processing structure.
US11991940B2
A method for detecting real lateral locations of target plants includes: recording an image of a ground area at a camera; detecting a target plant in the image; accessing a lateral pixel location of the target plant in the image; for each tool module in a set of tool modules arranged behind the camera and in contact with a plant bed: recording an extension distance of the tool module; and recording a lateral position of the tool module relative to the camera; estimating a depth profile of the plant bed proximal the target plant based on the extension distance and the lateral position of each tool module; estimating a lateral location of the target plant based on the lateral pixel location of the target plant and the depth profile of the plant bed surface proximal the target plant; and driving a tool module to a lateral position aligned with the lateral location of the target plant.
US11997913B2
A deposition mask for making a display device, the deposition mask includes: a frame including a first opening; a first member disposed above the first opening of the frame and including a first portion surrounding at least one second opening and a second portion disposed in the second opening and physically separated from the first portion; and a second member disposed on the first member and including a first connecting portion connected to the frame and a second mesh portion overlapping the second portion.
US11997907B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a pixel circuit, an insulating layer including a contact hole, a lower electrode connected to the pixel circuit via the contact hole, an upper electrode, an organic layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a rib formed of an inorganic material and including an aperture, and a partition above the rib. The organic layer includes a first organic layer in contact with the lower electrode via the aperture and a second organic layer located on the partition and spaced apart from the first organic layer. The partition overlaps an entire of the contact hole in plan view.
US11997906B2
A light emitting display device comprises a substrate having subpixel areas, a plurality of first electrodes, each of the first electrodes in a corresponding one of the subpixel areas, a bank covering an edge portion of each of the first electrodes, the bank, a disconnection portion disposed at boundary areas between the subpixel areas, an undercut area in the disconnection portion, the undercut area formed under an end of the bank that extends past an end of a first electrode from the plurality of first electrodes, a light emitting element layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion disposed on the first electrode, the bank, and electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second portion disposed in the disconnection portion but is not electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second electrode on the light emitting element layer.
US11997905B2
An organic light emitting diode display including a first electrode, a pixel defining layer positioned on the first electrode and including a first opening having a first polygonal shape opening the first electrode, and a first organic emission layer positioned on the pixel defining layer through the first electrode corresponding to the first opening and including a first chamfer adjacent to a corner of the first opening.
US11997901B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display substrate on which a plurality of pad terminals is disposed, and a driving unit having a plurality of driving terminals electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals. Each of the plurality of pad terminals includes a stepped groove that faces a corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals or each of the plurality of pad terminals includes an opening hole that faces the corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals.
US11997899B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a pixel driving method, a display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuitry, a first energy storage circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry, a data writing circuitry and a compensation circuitry. The data writing circuitry is configured to write a data voltage into a first end of the first energy storage circuitry under the control of a gate driving signal provided by a gate line. The compensation circuitry is configured to control a control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically coupled to a second end of the driving circuitry under the control of a compensation control signal. The driving circuitry is configured to generate a driving current for driving the light-emitting element under the control of a potential at its control end.
US11997897B2
A display substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region. At least multiple sub-pixels are arranged in the display region. At least one sub-pixel includes a pixel driving circuit arranged on an underlay substrate and a light emitting element connected with the pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit is connected with a first initial signal line. The first initial signal line is arranged to provide a first initial voltage to the light emitting element under the control of the pixel driving circuit. A first power line and a signal connection line are arranged in the peripheral region. The first initial signal line is connected with the first power line through the signal connection line in the peripheral region.
US11997890B2
A display substrate includes a base, a voltage signal line, a driving circuit structure, a cathode overlapping layer and a cathode layer. The voltage signal line is located in the non-display region and is arranged around the display region. The driving circuit structure is located in the non-display region, and is located at a side of the voltage signal line proximate to the display region in a first direction. The cathode overlapping layer is located in the non-display region and is arranged around the display region. At least a part of a surface of a first portion of the cathode overlapping layer proximate to the base is in electrical contact with a corresponding part of the voltage signal line. An orthographic projection of a second portion of the cathode overlapping layer on the base at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the driving circuit structure on the base.
US11997872B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and manufacturing method thereof are provided. A light convergence layer is disposed between an encapsulation layer and a color filter layer in the OLED display panel, and a light divergence layer is disposed between the color filter layer and a cover plate. Through converging light by the light convergence layer, more light passes through the color filter layer. The light passing through the color filter layer is then diverged by the light divergence layer, thereby increasing brightness and chromaticity of the OLED display panel.
US11997868B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a cover plate, a first adhesive layer, a glass layer, a second adhesive layer, and a buffer layer. The first adhesive layer, the glass layer, and the second adhesive layer are sequentially disposed on a side of the cover plate. The glass layer is made of reinforced ultra-thin glass. Peripheral edges of the glass layer are indented with respect to peripheral edges of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer to form an indented region. The buffer layer is disposed in the indented region.
US11997867B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements that is provided on the first substrate, a second substrate that is provided so as to face a plurality of the light emitting elements, a wall portion that is provided on the first substrate, surrounds an effective pixel area, and supports the second substrate, and a filling resin layer with which a space surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the wall portion is filled.
US11997860B2
Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency and a low drive voltage. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer which contains a phosphorescent compound and a material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence between a pair of electrodes, wherein a peak of a fluorescence spectrum and/or a peak of a phosphorescence spectrum of the material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence overlap(s) with a lowest-energy-side absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound, and wherein the phosphorescent compound exhibits phosphorescence in the light-emitting layer by voltage application between the pair of electrodes.
US11997855B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a memory device. In some embodiments, the memory device has a substrate and a lower interconnect metal line disposed over the substrate. The memory device also has a selector channel disposed over the lower interconnect metal line and a selector gate electrode wrapping around a sidewall of the selector channel and separating from the selector channel by a selector gate dielectric. The memory device also has a memory cell disposed over and electrically connected to the selector channel and an upper interconnect metal line disposed over the memory cell. By placing the selector within the back-end interconnect structure, front-end space is saved, and more integration flexibility is provided.
US11997854B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes: receiving a substrate; forming a transistor surrounded by a dielectric layer over the substrate, wherein the dielectric layer includes a through hole, and the transistor is formed in the through hole; forming a gate contact in the through hole to electrically connect the transistor; forming a ferroelectric layer over the gate contact in the through hole; forming an insulating layer conformal to and over the dielectric layer and the ferroelectric layer; removing a portion of the insulating layer to form a spacer in the through hole and over the ferroelectric layer; and forming a top electrode over the ferroelectric layer and between the spacer.
US11997847B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a TFT having a gate electrode with a gate length determined by a spacer. Embodiments may include a gate electrode above a substrate, a channel layer above the gate electrode, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a spacer above the channel layer. The drain electrode may be separated from the source electrode by the spacer. The drain electrode and the source electrode may have different widths or include different materials. Furthermore, the spacer may overlap with the gate electrode, hence the gate length of the gate electrode may be determined by the spacer width. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11997840B2
An electronic device includes a printed board having an electronic part mounted on a surface thereof and a shield member arranged so as to be opposite to the surface of the printed board and to cover the electronic part. The shield member has a protruding portion that extends to the outer side beyond one end of the printed board as viewed in top plan, and the protruding portion is bent to the printed board side and has a tip end extending at least to a position opposite to a side face of the printed board.
US11997835B2
The present disclosure provides a cooling system. The cooling system includes: a first set of fans mounted on an inward-facing side of an air inlet on an outer shell of a case; a second set of fans mounted on an inward-facing side of an air outlet on the outer shell of the case, for generating, in cooperation with the first set of fans, a high-pressure airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a first heat sink connected to heat generating component in the case, for absorbing heat from the heat generating component and transferring the absorbed heat to a second heat sink; and the second heat sink mounted on an inward-facing side of the second set of fans and cooled by the high-pressure airflow.
US11997831B2
A connector assembly may include a plate to be attached to a server chassis of an electronic rack; a connection module; and a moveable alignment module having a guiding structure and configured to be coupled to the plate via the connection module. The moveable alignment module may house one or more fluid blind mate connectors that fluidly connect to one or more cold plates that are thermally coupled to one or more electronic server components of the server chassis. The connection module may enable the moveable alignment module to be moveable when the guiding structure engages a distribution manifold of the electronic rack to align and couple the one or more fluid blind mate connectors to either at least one of a supply line connector or a return line connector of the distribution manifold, thereby enabling fluid communication between the server chassis and the distribution manifold.
US11997826B2
An immersion-cooling container for single-phase liquid dielectric immersion cooling. The container has a tank and a liner, which mate together to form a sealed inflow channel and one or more sealed outflow channels. The liner and the support base comprise one or more vents to permit passage of dielectric liquid to envelop and cool equipment disposed inside the container. The liner sidewalls have corrugations that define one or more flow channels that promote passage of the liquid coolant from the container and into the outflow channels, thereby enabling continuous circulation of the dielectric liquid.
US11997818B2
An interconnection system for a rack of a system of an aircraft is provided. The rack includes at least one shelf with at least one frame adapted to receive an electronic device, the interconnection system comprising a rear panel, consisting of a printed circuit, the rear panel comprising as many coupling fittings as connectors of the shelf, each coupling fitting being connected to a connector, at least one interface for connecting a lateral panel consisting of an electronic circuit board, the lateral panel comprising: an interface for connecting the rear panel and connectors allowing a connection to the system of the aircraft, the printed circuit of the rear panel allowing a set of predefined electrical links between the connectors and the interface, the electronic circuit board of the lateral panel allowing a set of electrical links to be set up between the interface and the connectors to the system of the aircraft.
US11997802B2
The present disclosure relates to an inverter module which can be coupled to another inverter module, the inverter module comprising: a main PCB having a main substrate on which a plurality of circuits are printed; a plurality of sub-PCBs coupled to the main PCB and each having one end exposed through the main PCB; and a case for receiving the main PCB and the sub-PCBs, wherein when the inverter module is coupled to another inverter module, the ends of the sub-PCBs exposed to the outside of the case are coupled to the another adjacent inverter module. According to the present disclosure, a plurality of inverter modules can be connected and used as one inverter system, and thus an inverter system having a required capacity can be easily implemented.
US11997801B2
A printed circuit board includes: a core portion including a cavity in one surface thereof; first and second penetration holes disposed in a bottom surface of the cavity and penetrating through the core portion; an electronic component disposed in the cavity; and an insulating material filling the cavity and each of the first and second penetration holes, wherein a sidewall of the cavity is higher than the electronic component.
US11997800B2
A method is provided for modifying a via from a PCB including a plurality of subassemblies comprising a plurality of layers. The method may include drilling a via of the PCB to form a through-hole to remove an unwanted material in the via of the PCB. The method may also include depositing a carbon-based material over an inner wall of the through-hole. The method may further include back drilling a first portion of the through-hole by a drill from the top of the PCB to form a first blind via. The method may also include selectively plating a conductive material over the carbon-based material to form a plated through-hole.
US11997794B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes: a display substrate having a non-display side, a first driver being provided at the non-display side of the display substrate; a touch module comprising a touch layer and a touch flexible circuit board connected with the touch layer, the touch flexible circuit board comprising a flat portion located at a side of the second portion away from the first portion and a second bent portion for connecting the touch layer and the flat portion; and a supporting wall between the flat portion of the touch flexible circuit board and the second portion of the display substrate, and the supporting wall is located on at least one side of the first driver in a direction parallel to the flat portion of the touch flexible circuit board.
US11997791B2
An electronic component includes an electronic element and an interposer board. The electronic element includes a multilayer body and external electrodes at multilayer body end surfaces and connected to internal electrode layers. The interposer board includes board end surfaces, board side surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces, and board main surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces and the board side surfaces. One of the board main surfaces is in a vicinity of the electronic element and is joined with one of the multilayer body main surfaces in a vicinity of the interposer board. The interposer board is an alumina board. A maximum length of the interposer board is smaller than a length of the electronic element. A width of the interposer board is smaller than a width of the electronic element.
US11997781B2
This document describes a thermal-control system that may be integrated into a mesh network device and associated mesh network devices. The thermal-control system, which may include a heat sink, multiple heat spreaders, and a heat shield, is such that heat originating from IC devices populating a printed circuit board of the mesh network device may be transferred to a housing component of the mesh network device for external dissipation to maintain a desired thermal profile of the mesh network device.
US11997776B2
A heat diffuser for use with an electrically-operated aerosol-generating device is configured to be removably coupled to the aerosol-generating device. The heat diffuser includes a non-combustible porous body configured to absorb heat from an electric heating element. The porous body is formed from a heat storage material such that, in use, air drawn through the porous body is heated by the heat absorbed by and stored in the porous body. Example embodiments also provide heated aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating system, both comprising the heat diffuser.
US11997774B2
A system for mimicking daylight in a space by using one or more light sources (11,12) having a redirectable light output is configured to determine a daylight-mimicking light output direction (51,52) for the light output in the space based on a time of day, determine an estimated or detected position of an object, person (59) or animal in the space, determine an adjusted light output direction (51,53) for the one or more light sources in dependence on the daylight-mimicking light output direction and the estimated or detected position, and control the one or more light sources to render the light output in the adjusted light output direction.
US11997773B2
A Light Emitting Diode, LED, based current splitter for splitting an LED current between a plurality of LED channels, wherein said current splitter comprises at least two in series connected LED circuits, wherein each LED circuit comprises a first branch (B1.1, B2.1) comprising at least one LED, a second branch (B1.2, B2.2) connected in parallel over said first branch (B1.1, B2.1) and comprising at least one LED and a branch switch (W1, W3) connected in series with said at least one LED, wherein a forward voltage of said at least one LED in said second branch (B1.2, B2.2) is lower than a forward voltage of said at least one LED in said first branch (B1.1, B2.1) and a third branch (B1.3, B2.3) connected in parallel over said first and second branch (B1.2, B2.2) and comprising a shunt switch (W2, W4) for shunting said first branch (B1.1, B2.1) and said second branch (B1.2, B2.2).
US11997772B2
System and method for controlling a bleeder current to increase a power factor of an LED lighting system without any TRIAC dimmer. For example, the system for controlling a bleeder current to increase a power factor of an LED lighting system without any TRIAC dimmer includes: a first current controller configured to receive a rectified voltage generated by a rectifier that directly receives an AC input voltage without through any TRIAC dimmer; and a second current controller configured to: control a light emitting diode current flowing through one or more light emitting diodes that receive the rectified voltage not clipped by any TRIAC dimmer; and generate a sensing voltage based at least in part upon the light emitting diode current, the sensing voltage representing the light emitting diode current in magnitude.
US11997761B2
A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.
US11997760B2
The invention provides a method of transferring resource control unit operational control functionality within a single frequency network, in which multiple transmission points transmit identical downlink data packets in a synchronized manner, from a first node to a second node, the method comprising receiving at a resource control unit a set of resource control information from at least one candidate node; determining using the resource control information a suitability of the at least one candidate node to be the second node; and initiating transfer of the resource control unit operational control functionality from the first node to the second node.
US11997759B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for automated sensor integration and data collection. One method includes managing, by a platform server, a sensor library that includes sensor information for a plurality of sensors, receiving, by the platform server, from a user, a selection of a sensor from the sensor library and a selection of an associated datum, generating, by the platform server, a configuration based on the selected sensor and the associated datum, communicating, by the platform server, the configuration to a computing device over a wireless link, receiving, by the computing device, the configuration, updating, by the computing device, with the configuration, and transmitting and receiving, by the computing device, data with the selected sensor based on the configuration.
US11997758B2
A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a command for activating or deactivating one or more duplication transmission by using a bitmap field, each the one or more duplication transmission corresponding to each of one or more packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entities or each of one or more radio bearers, and a processor circuitry configured to control to activate or deactivate the one or more duplication transmission according to the command, and wherein one bit or a plurality of bits in the bitmap field correspond(s) to one of the PDCP entities or the radio bearers, an i-th bit or an i-th pair of bits in the bitmap field correspond(s) to an i-th packet data convergence protocol entity in the PDCP entities.
US11997754B2
The present disclosure relates to power indication methods and apparatus. In one example method, a terminal generates antenna transmit capability information, where the antenna transmit capability information is used to indicate whether a maximum transmit power value of each transmit antenna port of the terminal reaches a preset power value, or the antenna transmit capability information is used to indicate a maximum transmit power value of each transmit antenna port of the terminal. Then, the terminal sends the antenna transmit capability information to a network device.
US11997748B1
Methods and systems for MT (mobile terminated) call recovery in an IP multimedia system (IMS) network are discussed herein. A method according to an implementation comprises receiving, via a network, a request to establish a call session with a user equipment (UE); sending, to a first serving call session control function (S-CSCF), a first invite associated with the request; determining that no response is received from the first S-CSCF after a pre-set time period; sending, to a second S-CSCF, a second invite associated with the request, causing the second S-CSCF to perform actions including: obtaining an authentication to establish the call session; and sending, to a proxy call session control function (P-CSCF) of the UE, a third invite associated with the request; and receiving, via the network, a confirmation that the call session with the UE is established.
US11997744B2
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of a first UE comprises: receiving, from a second UE, a first PSCCH and a first PSSCH, wherein the first PSCCH and the first PSSCH include SCI comprising a source ID, a destination ID, and SL DRX time information indicating when the first UE monitors or skips at least one of a second PSCCH and a second PSSCH for the SL DRX operation; configuring SL DRX timers per pair of the source ID and the destination ID; configuring a value of at least one of the SL DRX timers based on information of the SCI; and receiving the at least one of the second PSCCH and the second PSSCH based on the SL DRX timers when the SL DRX operation is applied to a SL communication identified by the pair of the source ID and destination ID.
US11997728B1
A signal sensing and classification system, including: a detection module for obtaining a spectrum of signals; a separation module for extracting a signal from the spectrum of signals; and a multi-task learning (MTL) module for performing a plurality of tasks in parallel on the extracted signal using an MTL neural network model; the plurality of tasks including at least two of: determining a signal class of the extracted signal; determining a modulation class of the extracted signal; and determining at least one signal descriptor of the extracted signal. Additional tasks may include, for example, radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting on the extracted signal to identify an RF device that produced the extracted signal. Other classification and regression tasks may also be performed by the MTL neural network model.
US11997725B2
This application provides a satellite communication device and method, the method including obtaining ephemeris information of a satellite in a satellite network, the ephemeris information of the satellite in the satellite network including one or more a beam parameter of the satellite in the satellite network, a physical resource of the satellite in the satellite network, or scheduling information of the satellite in the satellite network, generating a first message based on the ephemeris information of the satellite in the satellite network, where the first message includes ephemeris information of one or more satellites that serve a terminal device, and sending the first message when the terminal device performs random access, to implement communication between the terminal device and the one or more satellites.
US11997716B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for a wireless communication system, and a method and a storage medium. Described are various embodiments concerning resource configuration, resources access, and sending control. In one embodiment, an electronic device for a terminal side in a wireless communication system comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive resource configuration information by means of at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling and physical layer signaling, wherein the resource configuration information indicates a resource allocated in an unlicensed band for the terminal to perform uplink transmission. The resource comprises one or more resources, and the resource configuration information comprising information of one or more offset points indicating positions of the one or more resources.
US11997706B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for receiving, from a user equipment (UE) configured to process a first priority channel using a first monitoring span based on the first priority channel during one or more time periods, at least one parameter indicating a minimum amount of time required by the UE to process the first priority channel using a second monitoring span based on the first priority channel and a second priority channel. The one or more time periods are based on minimum processing capabilities of the UE. Based on the at least one parameter, the UE is caused to be reconfigured with at least one time offset to increase at least one time period of the one or more time periods for processing the first priority channel.
US11997705B2
Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and a terminal for performing same, the method being performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and comprising the steps of: triggering a buffer status report (BSR); triggering a scheduling request (SR) for the BSR; transmitting a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including the BSR before the transmission of the SR; and determining whether the triggered SR is cancelled on the basis of information about a logic channel corresponding to the SR and logic channel information about the MAC PDU.
US11997690B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information message scheduling a downlink transmission that comprises a zero-power reference signal for the UE to use for rate matching during the downlink transmission. The UE may receive a signal triggering transmission of an aperiodic reference signal during the downlink transmission. The UE may determine whether the UE supports search space sharing. The UE may perform, upon determining that the UE supports search space sharing, rate matching around the aperiodic reference signal.
US11997689B2
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node is configured to communicate with a wireless device, WD, the network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to participate in in-band signaling carrying control information and corresponding payload in a physical channel (e.g., shared physical channel) where, optionally, the control information is associated with a granularity in indicating at least one group of Code Blocks, CBG.
US11997678B2
A method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method for receiving data by means of a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving setting information related to one or more control resources which are set to a first set or a second set of control resources, respectively; receiving a first physical control channel and a second physical control channel based on the setting information; receiving a first physical data channel based on the first set of control resources associated with the control resource which receives the first physical control channel; and receiving a second physical data channel based on the second set of control resources associated with the control resource which receives the second physical control channel, wherein each of the first physical data channel and the second physical data channel may be scrambled based on different initial values.
US11997669B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a base station including a configuration for communicating with the base station, and the base station may transmit an RRC reconfiguration complete message to the base station (e.g., in response to the RRC reconfiguration message). The UE may then apply the configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message for communicating with the base station after transmitting the RRC reconfiguration complete message. That is, the UE may delay application of the configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message until after the UE transmits the RRC reconfiguration complete message. Using these techniques, ambiguity between the base station and the UE on when the configuration is applied by the UE may be minimized, resulting in improved throughput and reduced latency in a wireless communications system.
US11997666B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for communication. A method comprises determining, at a first device, a first parameter for determination of a sequence group index based on at least one of the following: a second parameter indicating an identity associated with a physical channel between the first device and a second device, a third parameter indicating a scrambling identity, and a fourth parameter indicating a cell identity; determining the sequence group index based on the first parameter; generating, at least based on the sequence group index, a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) sequence to be transmitted to the second device; and transmitting the generated DMRS sequence to the second device over the physical channel. Embodiments of the present disclosure can enable DMRS transmission with low Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) and high flexibility.
US11997664B2
Discussed is wireless communication that includes beam failure detection and recovery for high priority or broadcast CORESETs performed in wireless communication systems to effectuate an overall improvement in wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile device may monitor one or more first reference signals associated with wireless communication performed using one or more first reception beams. The mobile device may also monitor one or more second reference signals associated with wireless communication performed using one or more second reception beams. The mobile device may detect a failure in wireless communication performed using the one or more first reception beams based, at least in part, on the monitoring of the one or more first reference signals. The mobile device may also initiate a beam failure recovery procedure for the one or more first reception beams upon detecting the failure in wireless communication performed using the one or more first reception beams.
US11997662B2
A wireless network environment includes a communication management resource that manages allocation of wireless channels in a network environment. The communication management resource assigns a first wireless channel for use by first wireless communication equipment in a network environment. In response to receiving a request to swap the first wireless channel for a different wireless channel, the communication management resource allocates a second wireless channel as a swap for the first wireless channel. In furtherance of the swap, the communication management resource then notifies the first wireless communication equipment to use the second wireless channel as a substitute to the first wireless channel.
US11997654B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for sidelink groupcast communication. A method for operating a transmitting terminal comprises the steps of: transmitting an SS/PBCH block for sidelink communication in all directions by using a beam sweeping method; receiving, from a plurality of receiving terminals, first feedback information about the SS/PBCH block; and transmitting a sidelink channel in a specific direction by using beams of the transmitting terminal that are determined on the basis of the first feedback information. Therefore, communication system performance can be improved.
US11997642B2
A method and device are disclosed for a relay User Equipment (UE) to support UE-to-Network relay communication with a remote UE. In one embodiment, the method includes the relay UE connecting with a network node. The method further includes the relay UE receiving a first paging message or information for the remote UE from the network node on a dedicated downlink channel or a paging channel. The method also includes the relay UE transmitting a second paging message or information to the remote UE in response to reception of the first paging message or information for the remote UE, wherein the second paging message or information is generated based on the first paging message or information.
US11997632B2
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wireless device is configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: receive an indication, adjust a transmit timing based at least on the indication, and optionally transmit signals based at least on the adjusted transmit timing.
US11997622B2
A self-synchronization sensor system is provided. A self-synchronization sensor system for tracking fast moving assets comprising a plurality of beacons with known coordinates in a tunnel communicating with said plurality of beacons periodically during a synchronization interval and adjusting a beacon interval for each of said plurality of beacons such that one or more beacon messages are transmitted in short time intervals to the plurality of beacons in close proximity. The synchronization interval comprising a plurality of time slots, a first beacon from the plurality of beacons assigned a first time slot from the plurality of time slots within the synchronization interval and launches an origin and a progression of time slot allocation of the plurality of time slots from the origin based on the communication between the plurality of beacons.
US11997620B2
An apparatus of an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the LAB node for inter-IAB node discovery and measurements within an IAB network, the processing circuitry is to encode a first synchronization signal block (SSB-A) for transmission to an access UE using a first frequency resource from a synchronization raster set of frequency resources. A second SSB (SSB-B) is encoded for transmission to a second IAB node using a second frequency resource from an off-raster set of frequency resources. The off-raster set is non-overlapping with the synchronization raster set of frequency resources and the SSB-B being time-division multiplexed with the SSB-A. A measurement report from the second IAB node is decoded. The measurement report is based on the SSB-B and associated with a backhaul link between the IAB node and the second IAB node.
US11997603B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and apparatus for monitoring wakeup signal and method and apparatus for securing unicast V2X communication are provided.
US11997594B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically selecting a dual connectivity anchor node for a user device. It is determined that the user device is located in an area having two or more nodes that are able to provide coverage to the user device in the area. From broadcast messages, it is determined whether each of the two or more nodes has a CDRX mode enabled or disabled. Then, a QCI is determined for the user device. Based on whether the each of the two or more nodes has the CDRX mode enabled and the QCI for the user device, one of the two or more nodes is selected as the dual connectivity anchor node for the user device.
US11997592B2
A method for selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) at a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network entity, a list of PLMN identifiers, attempting to register the UE with a network using at least one PLMN identifier from the list of PLMN identifiers, and if the attempt to register with the network is successful, performing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) registration to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Sub-system (IMS) associated to the PLMN identifier.
US11997586B2
The present disclosure proposes solutions for monitoring, controlling and enforcement the number of the UEs per Network Slice quota in roaming. It proposes new Network Slice Quota (NSQ) service and service operations for Network Slice quota subscription, monitoring, update and notification in both, the home network and in the visiting network.
US11997581B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to enabling direct wireless device-to-device communication between sleepy end devices (SEDs) of a mesh (e.g., Thread®) network. A router may forward packets between end devices of the mesh network. However, if the router is not available, SEDs may not be able to communicate with each other using a mesh protocol. Embodiments presented herein enable end devices of the mesh network to communicate directly, without a router. Some embodiments are directed to changing a role of an end device to temporarily act as a router for a particular target end device. The role change may be based on a trigger event and may be temporary until a target action is performed by the target end device. In some embodiments, the end devices continue to operate as SEDs and use coordinated sampled listening techniques to communicate via the mesh protocol.
US11997575B2
A network device serving two or more networks using periodic times slots for transmission events is configured to determine that one of the periodic time slots on one of the networks has or soon will collide with one of the periodic time slots on the other network by processing time stamps for events on each network. Either of the periodic time slots may be occasionally shifted by a time shift amount to avoid a collision between the periodic time slots on each network. Shifting the periodic time slots may be performed by transmitting a Bluetooth connection parameter update packet.
US11997574B2
Systems and methods for a micro-service data gateway are provided. In some embodiments, the micro-service data gateway comprises at least a micro-service data reflector and a micro-service data synthesizer. The data reflector operates to serve cached micro-service data in response to UE micro-service data requests. The reflector receives requests for micro-service data available from at least one data source exposed by a network exposure function (NEF) of a network operator core, retrieves the micro-service data from a data cache comprising at least a subset of micro-service data available from the data source, and provides the micro-service data to a requestor of the micro-service data. The synthesizer operates to ensure that the cache of micro-service data available to the reflector is fresh and updated. The micro-service data gateway may be positioned near the UE at a network edge of the core network and/or in part implemented within the UE.
US11997572B2
A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current GPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
US11997568B2
A method of managing access to a push-to-talk-over-cellular (POC) talkgroup may include providing a control device configured to manage a first talkgroup, granting a first non-subscriber device access to the first talkgroup, and transmitting, from the control device to the first non-subscriber device, a first communication including a link to download a POC software application configured to access the first talkgroup. A method of managing access to a push-to-talk-over-cellular (POC) talkgroup may alternatively include providing a control device configured to manage a first talkgroup, providing a first subscriber device, transmitting, from the first subscriber device to the control device, first non-subscriber contact information associated with a first non-subscriber device, and granting the first non-subscriber device access to the first talkgroup.
US11997564B2
Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.
US11997550B2
A method of performing a conditional handover by a UE may include: receiving an RRC message associated with the conditional handover; performing a first conditional handover to a first candidate cell among a plurality of candidate cells based on the RRC message; and in a case where the first conditional handover is successful, performing a random access to the first candidate cell, and in a case where the first conditional handover fails, when a second candidate cell that meets a condition exists, performing a second conditional handover to the second candidate cell.
US11997540B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that the UE is connected to a wireless network on a first carrier frequency in a first frequency range that is associated with a lower data rate than a second carrier frequency in a second frequency range. In some aspects, the first frequency range may be associated with a first version of a radio access technology (RAT) and the second frequency range may be associated with a second version of the RAT. The UE may determine a bandwidth metric associated with the first carrier frequency in the first frequency range. The UE may display a first visual indicator associated with the first version of the RAT or a second visual indicator associated with the second version of the RAT based on the bandwidth metric. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11997538B2
A communication method enables a base station to allocate a radio resource to a data packet of a time sensitive networking (TSN) network in a scenario in which the TSN network transmits the data packet through a 5G network. The method includes: obtaining, by an access network device, a first traffic pattern, and allocating a radio resource to a first traffic based on the first traffic pattern. The first traffic pattern includes time information of the first traffic with respect to a first clock. The first clock is a clock used by a first network. The access network device belongs to the first network. The time information includes a time point and/or a period at/in which a data packet of the first traffic arrives at the first network.
US11997537B2
A method and system for controlling data split of a dual-connected user equipment device (UE) when the UE has at least two co-existing air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node. An example method includes (i) comparing an aggregate frequency bandwidth of the first air-interface connection with an aggregate frequency bandwidth of the second air-interface connection, (ii) based at least on the comparing, establishing a split ratio that defines a distribution of data flow of the UE between at least the first air-interface connection and the second air-interface connection, and (iii) based on the establishing, causing the established split ratio to be applied. Further the method could include using the comparison as a basis to set one of the UE's air-interface connections as the UE's primary uplink path.
US11997533B2
This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at a modem, comprising receiving, via an interface with a host, an internet protocol (IP) packet including a first transport protocol header and a first IP header. The IP packet has a size greater than a maximum transport unit (MTU) size allowable for each packet transmitted over a communication link. The modem segments the IP packet into a plurality of segments based on a segment size indicated by a segmentation policy. Each segment includes a respective derived segment transport protocol header and a respective derived segment IP header derived from the IP packet. Each of these derived headers includes at least one field based on the segmentation policy, and each of the segment transport protocol headers includes a checksum for the respective segment. Additionally, the modem transmits the plurality of segments over the communication link.
US11997525B2
An example method may include determining a multi-user packet error rate associated with communications from a client device to a host device, the multi-user packet error rate based on a number of packets in a multi-user communication frame with an error. The method may also include sending a trigger from the host device to the client device to communicate via a second multi-user communication frame, the trigger identifying a transfer rate based on the multi-user packet error rate.
US11997523B2
Various examples pertaining to efficient trigger-based (TB) multi-user (MU) uplink (UL) transmissions in wireless local area networks (WLANs) are described. A stations (STA) receives a trigger frame from an access point (AP), with the trigger frame assigning one or more resource units (RUs) corresponding to one or more subchannels of a plurality of subchannels. The STA then performs a transmission using the assigned one or more RUs responsive to receiving the trigger frame. In an event that at least one subchannel of the plurality of subchannels is detected as being busy, the one or more subchannels may include a subset (e.g., some but not all) of the plurality of subchannels.
US11997514B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a UE capability for PDCCH monitoring. The apparatus may configure, based on the UE capability for PDCCH monitoring, first MOs of a USS set to align with second MOs of a CSS set. The apparatus may monitor, based on the configuration, for a plurality of PDCCHs during PDCCH MOs. The PDCCH MOs may correspond to the first MOs or the second MOs. The first MOs of the USS set may be adjusted dynamically to be in same slots as the second MOs of the CSS set or to be within a predefined range of the second MOs of the CSS set.
US11997508B2
A processing system may obtain usage volume information for endpoint devices for at least one cell site of a cellular network, determine at least one earning value of the at least one cell site based upon a summation of an earning metric of each of the endpoint devices for the at least one cell site, the earning metric comprising for each of the endpoint devices in a given time period: a total earning for the cellular network from the endpoint device times a ratio of the usage volume via the at least one cell site divided by the total usage volume via the cellular network, train a prediction model to predict an earning value of a new cell site, based upon geospatial features of the at least one cell site as predictor factors, and determine a predicted earning value of the new cell site via the prediction model.
US11997497B2
Satellite access to a PLMN with a Fifth Generation (5G) core network (5GCN) is supported by a serving satellite NodeB (gNB). The gNB determines or verifies the country in which a user equipment (UE) is located to ensure that the UE is located in the same country as the PLMN. The gNB may determine the country of the UE based on UE measurements from broadcast satellite signals and a positioning ID (PID) broadcast for each radio cell. The PID frequently changes to prevent spoofing. The gNB may use multiple UE measurements from a moving radio cell over a period of time to generate a more accurate location for the UE. The gNB may indicate to a 5GCN whether the country of the UE has been verified. The 5GCN will determine the location and country of the UE if the gNB indicates that the country is not fully verified.
US11997493B2
A computer-implemented method to generate a hotspot confidence score for a hotspot in a network graph includes, receiving input data, wherein the input data includes a plurality of messages, each message containing a set of message data. The method further includes generating, based on the plurality of messages, a network graph. The method also includes identifying, in the network graph, a first hotspot. The method includes compiling a set of hotspot characteristics for the first hotspot. The method further includes receiving, in response to identifying the first hotspot, a first user feedback. The method also includes, generating, by a learning model, a hotspot confidence score for the first hotspot; and outputting the hotspot confidence score.
US11997492B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver and at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to transmit a registration request message or a service request message including primary information and secondary information to an access and mobility management function (AMF), the primary information may be plain information, and the secondary information may be encrypted information.
US11997487B2
A method for authentication for wireless power transfer which comprises: receiving an initial certificate signed using a private key associated with an intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificate; determining that the intermediate CA certificate is revoked; determining if a replacement certificate for the initial certificate exists; and if a replacement certificate for the initial certificate exists, trusting a wireless power transfer device associated with the initial certificate.
US11997482B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications. According to certain aspects, a method that may be performed by an access point (AP) includes outputting, for transmission to an access point (AP), a request to associate with the AP, wherein the request is encrypted with a first set of one or more keys; obtaining, from the AP, a response to the request; decrypting the response, based on the first set of keys, to obtain a second set of one or more keys; and using the second set of keys for secure data exchange with the AP.
US11997480B2
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.
US11997479B2
A method for key derivation for non-3GPP access. The method includes determining a particular non-3GPP access type, wherein the particular non-3GPP access type is one of N different particular non-3GPP access types (N>1), and each one of the N particular non-3GPP access types is associated with a unique access type distinguisher value. The method also includes generating (s604) a first access network key using a key derivation function and the unique access type distinguisher value with which the determined particular non-3GPP access type is associated, thereby generating a first access network key for the particular non-3GPP access type.
US11997473B2
System and method for projecting audio signals to an operator of a teleoperational surgical system to convey spatial orientation associated with the audio signals to the operator. Characteristics of the audio signals such as direction and volume may be selected to give the impression that the remote operator is positioned locally next to the patient. Characteristics of the audio signals may also be modified to provide spatial translations between actual locations of audio sources within a physical audio environment and simulations locations of the audio sources with a virtual audio environment.
US11997469B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for encoding audio encounter information of a reference audio acquisition device of a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system, thus defining encoded reference audio encounter information. Location information may be estimated, via a machine vision system, for an acoustic source within an acoustic environment. One or more acoustic relative transfer functions may be selected from a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions for the plurality of audio acquisition devices of the audio recording system based upon, at least in part, the location information. The encoded reference audio encounter information and a representation of the selected one or more acoustic relative transfer function may be transmitted.
US11997468B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device, a processing method, a reproducing method, and a program capable of performing appropriate processing. A processing device according to the present embodiment includes: an envelope computation unit computing an envelope for a frequency response of a sound pickup signal; a scale conversion unit generating scale converted data by performing scale conversion and data interpolation on frequency data of the envelope; a normalization factor computation unit dividing the scale converted data into a plurality of frequency bands, obtaining a characteristic value for each frequency band, and computing a normalization factor, based on the characteristic values; and a normalization unit, using the normalization factor, normalizing the sound pickup signal in the time domain.
US11997465B2
A speaker device is provided. The speaker device includes a frame, a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit. The vibration unit and the magnetic circuit unit are fixed to the frame. The magnetic circuit unit is configured to drive the vibration unit to vibrate to produce sound. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke. The yoke and the frame are spaced to form a leakage port. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm, a voice coil, and an elastic support assembly. The auxiliary diaphragm has one end fixed to the frame and the other end connected to the voice coil. The auxiliary diaphragm is provided with multiple vents spaced and penetrating the auxiliary diaphragm. The present disclosure can increase the circulation of gases above and below the auxiliary diaphragm, so that a side leakage effect of the speaker device is improved, thereby improving acoustic performance of the speaker device.
US11997463B1
A method performed by a programmed processor, the method including receiving an input noise signal, generating, using a machine learning model that has an input based on the input noise signal, a mono audio signal that includes a sound and a spatial parameter for the mono audio signal, and generating spatial audio data by spatially encoding the mono audio signal according to the spatial parameter.
US11997458B2
The present invention is directed to a hearing aid which includes a lateral ear canal assembly and a medial ear canal assembly. In embodiments of the invention the medial ear canal assembly may include smart circuitry adapted to control parameters and outputs of the medial ear canal assembly. In embodiments of the invention various methods and circuitry are described, wherein the methods and circuitry are adapted to improve the performance and efficiency of the hearing aid.
US11997451B2
Provided is an acoustic device, having front and rear surfaces. The acoustic device includes: an enclosure housing being a metal housing; an acoustic component mounted in the enclosure housing, the acoustic component and the enclosure housing cooperate to form front and rear sound cavities, and the front sound cavity is communicated with the sound outlet; an isolation component mounted in the rear sound cavity, the isolation component and the enclosure housing enclose to form a filling cavity configured to be filled with a sound-absorbing material; and at least one buffer attached to an inner surface of the enclosure housing defining the filling cavity, the buffer is configured to reduce noise generated from collision of the sound-absorbing material with the enclosure housing. The acoustic device can reduce collision of the sound-absorbing material with the metallic enclosure housing, thereby reducing noise generated, so as to improve acoustic performance.
US11997447B2
An earpiece includes a housing including a sound output channel operatively coupled to a speaker formed within the housing. An ear canal feedback channel is formed extending alongside the sound output channel and operatively coupled to a microphone formed within the housing and a DSP operatively coupled to the microphone, the DSP including a voice activity detection module to detect a microphone audio data stream and discern between host audio data stream of audio played by the speaker and external ear canal noise captured in the microphone audio data stream at the microphone at the ear canal feedback channel. An audio processor receives the detected external ear canal noise and generate audio data descriptive of an opposite waveform to the detected external ear canal noise to playback and reduce the detected external ear canal noise.
US11997445B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a first electronic device: receiving, from an input sensor of the first electronic device, a predetermined input, where the predetermined input corresponds to a request to wirelessly connect the first electronic device to one or more second electronic devices within a communication range of a transceiver of the first electronic device, wirelessly connecting, using the transceiver of the first electronic device responsive to receiving the predetermined input, to the one or more second electronic devices using a communications profile associated with each of the one or more second electronic devices, where the communications profile includes one or more parameters for verifying to connect the first electronic device and the one or more second electronic devices, and redirecting a live audio communication between the first electronic device and a control device to the one or more second electronic devices.
US11997442B2
An open-ear headphone with an acoustic module that is configured to be located at least in part in a concha of an outer ear of a user. The acoustic module includes an acoustic transducer, and a sound-emitting opening that is configured to emit sound produced by the acoustic transducer. A battery housing is configured to be located behind the outer ear and contains a battery power source. A compliant connecting portion couples the battery housing to the acoustic module. The connecting position enables displacement of the battery housing relative to the acoustic module.
US11997439B2
Systems and methods for crash determination in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor and a memory storing a crash determination application, wherein the processor, on reading the crash determination application, is directed to obtain sensor data from at least one sensor installed in a vehicle, calculate peak resultant data based on the sensor data, where the peak resultant data describes the acceleration of the vehicle over a first time period, generate crash score data based on the peak resultant data and a set of crash curve data for the vehicle, where the crash score data describes the likelihood that the vehicle was involved in a crash based on the characteristics of the vehicle and the sensor data, and provide the obtained sensor data when the crash score data exceeds a crash threshold to a remote server system.
US11997438B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. For example, such technology is usable for IoT data control. In one example of the technology, a declarative data request is received. The declarative data request is a request for data from multiple IoT devices. The declarative data request is translated into a plurality of individual requests. Destination IoT devices associated with the plurality of individual requests are identified. The plurality of individual requests to the destination IoT devices are sent. IoT data is received from the destination IoT devices based on the plurality of individual requests. The declarative data request is responded to based on the received IoT data.
US11997431B2
An illumination device with projector includes a projector having a projection optical system, a projector holding section configured to hold the projector, a stand part to be coupled to the projector holding section, and a shade which is configured to cover a periphery of the projector holding section, and is provided with a projection opening through which projection light emitted from the projector is transmitted. The projector holding section is provided with an angle adjustment mechanism for changing a tilt angle of the projector centering on an end portion at an exit side of the projector.
US11997428B2
A system for controlling the display of at least first and second images captured by respective first and second imaging devices, the control system including one or more controllers, the control system receives a first data stream including first image data representing a first image captured by a first imaging device, receive a second data stream comprising second image data representing a second image captured by a second imaging device, process the first image data and the second image data to generate first analytics image data and second analytics image data, the first analytics image data corresponding to the first image and the second analytics image data corresponding to the second image, receive an input selecting one of the first image and the second image for display and processing the corresponding one of the first image data and the second image data to generate viewer image data.
US11997424B2
Provided herein are system, apparatus, device, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for streaming a video chat from a mobile device on a display device. In a given embodiment, a first mobile device and second video device can communicate audio and video data to one another, via a video chat. The incoming audio and video data for the first mobile device can be streamed to and output by an external display device. The streaming request is generated in response to the first mobile device coupling with a rotating base, controlled by the first mobile device.
US11997418B2
An indirect viewing system for a vehicle has at least one image capture device (2) having an image sensor (3) for continuously taking images at a first frame rate, an image memory (4) that temporarily stores images for processing that is temporally after the images are captured, and an image processing device (6) adapted to continuously compute at least one new image from at least two successively taken images, the computed new images having a second frame rate different from the first frame rate, and an image output device (5) for outputting the continuously computed new images at the second frame rate.
US11997406B2
The pixel region includes a first phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the first side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer in a first side region of the first side, and a second phase difference pixel group including a plurality of the phase difference pixels of which the second side of the photoelectric conversion element is blocked by the light blocking layer. The first phase difference pixel group includes a first A pixel and a first B pixel in which a light blocking area of the photoelectric conversion element using the light blocking layer is smaller than that of the first A pixel. The controller performs addition readout processing in which at least one of a pixel signal of the first A pixel or a pixel signal of the first B pixel is weighted in accordance with optical characteristics of the imaging lens.
US11997405B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera with an image sensor including a plurality of image pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, for converting light incident on a plurality of micro-lenses into an electrical signal, performing a first correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the first direction based on the electrical signal, and outputting image data including a first phase difference correlation calculation value, an ISP configured to perform a second correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the second direction using phase difference information about the image data, and a driver configured to adjust a focus of the camera based on the first phase difference correlation calculation value for the first direction and a second phase difference correlation calculation value for the second direction.
US11997404B2
A column circuit for single-ended to fully differential conversion includes capacitors for sampling a pixel signal level, and capacitors for sampling a pixel reset level; and switches for connecting capacitors for sampling the pixel signal level and capacitors for sampling the pixel reset level in opposite polarity, thereby realizing symmetrical differential signals on two output nodes. A method is provided for single-ended to fully differential conversion, and a use of the column circuit for single-ended to fully differential conversion.
US11997392B2
A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board electrically connected with an imager circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. The vehicular camera module includes a housing having an upper cover and a lower cover that are joined together. Electronic circuitry disposed at a main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. The electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an electrical connector configured for electrical connection to a connector of a vehicular wire harness. With the imager operated to capture image data, captured image data is provided via a flexible ribbon cable to the electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board. The imager is disposed within a rear portion of the housing and is not accommodated within a front portion of the housing.
US11997386B2
An embodiment comprises: an image sensor; a moving part including a lens and disposed on the image sensor; a fixed part; an elastic member connecting the fixed part and the moving part; and a control part which obtains a correction value for compensating for the amount of tilt of the moving part when the moving part is tilted due to gravity, and uses the correction value to control the movement of the moving part.
US11997375B2
An image correction method for correcting multiple original images captured under illumination by multiple different light source colors in generating a composite image by superposing the original images, includes obtaining a correction amount for correcting a position of a fiducial mark recognized from a reference image of a specific light source color in reference images of the multiple different light source colors; obtaining correction amounts for correcting positions of the fiducial mark recognized from the reference images of other light source colors than a specific light source color to the reference position in the reference image of the specific light source color; and when the original images are captured, correcting collectively distortion aberration and chromatic aberration of the original images of the multiple different light source colors using the correction amounts associated with the multiple different light source colors.
