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| US11396894B2 |
Hydraulic shield support system and pressure intensifier
In a hydraulic shield support system, a plurality of pressure intensifiers are respectively provided for a plurality of hydraulic props. Each pressure intensifier is operated to increase a system pressure to an increased pressure for supplying fluid at the increased pressure to a pressure chamber of the associated hydraulic prop. The plurality of pressure sensors measure the pressures of the fluid supplied to the respective hydraulic props. A control unit sets a plurality of desired pressures for the plurality of hydraulic props, and stops operation of the respective pressure intensifiers when the set desired pressure has been reached. |
| US11396893B2 |
Tank for a hydraulic unit
A hydraulic unit includes a tank configured to be filled with a hydraulic fluid. The tank has at least one inflow connection and at least one outflow connection. A flow guide for the hydraulic fluid is formed between the inflow connection and the outflow connection. The flow guide is configured to have at least two 180° flow arcs configured to cool and calm the hydraulic fluid and to avoid dead zones. |
| US11396886B2 |
Casing for preventing distortion and pump including the same
Various pumps capable of preventing distortion are disclosed. A casing of the pump comprises a metal member configured to have at least two sub metal members and a body. Here, the sub metal members are included in the body, and the body is formed of plastic. |
| US11396885B2 |
Screw systems
A screw system including a plurality of segmented blades. Each blade segment of the plurality of blade segments including a mounting portion and a vane portion. The mounting portion, having a helical length, for removably attaching the blade segment. The vane portion extending from the mounting portion along the helical length thereof. The vane portion having a front surface that is not parallel to a back surface from the mounting portion to a tip of the blade segment, along the helical length. |
| US11396881B2 |
Bladeless fan and air outlet cylinder thereof
An air outlet cylinder of a bladeless fan is provided, having an air cylinder and a nozzle; the air cylinder is provided with an air inlet for receiving airflows, and an internal channel; the front-end sidewall of the air cylinder is provided with an opening extending longitudinally therethrough; the inner wall surface at each of two sides of the opening in the air cylinder is separately provided with a limiting groove extending longitudinally therethrough; the nozzle has a mouth part embedded in the opening, and two airflow guiding parts respectively embedded in the corresponding limiting grooves; multiple air outlet slits are longitudinally spaced on the mouth part; airflows received in the internal channel are sprayed from the air outlet slits. A bladeless fan having the air outlet cylinder is also provided. |
| US11396876B2 |
Control device, control system, control method, recording medium and machine learning device
A control device that controls a target vacuum pump including a motor, including: a decision unit that decides, using at least one of target state quantities at a time of a past stop process of the target vacuum pump or another vacuum pump wherein the target state quantities are state quantities which fluctuate in accordance with a load at a time of a process of stopping a vacuum pump, a normal fluctuation range or a normal time fluctuation behavior of the target state quantity at the time of the stop process; and a control unit that controls the motor, wherein the control unit compares the target state quantity at the time of the process of stopping the target vacuum pump with the normal fluctuation range or the normal time fluctuation behavior, and changes a method of controlling the motor during the stop process depending on the comparison result. |
| US11396875B2 |
Dry vacuum pump and method for controlling a synchronous motor of a vacuum pump
A dry vacuum pump is provided, including two shafts, respectively supporting at least one pumping rotor being configured to synchronously rotate in reverse in order to convey a gas to be pumped from an intake of the dry vacuum pump to an outlet; and a synchronous motor configured to rotate one shaft of the two shafts, the synchronous motor including a rotor coupled to the shaft, a first stator with windings arranged around the rotor, and at least one second stator with windings arranged around the rotor, the windings of the stators being configured to be supplied individually or simultaneously in order to adapt a power of the synchronous motor to a pumping load. A method for controlling a synchronous motor of a vacuum pump is also provided. |
| US11396873B2 |
Scroll compressor comprising a valve provided on a fixed scroll that opens at a certain pressure
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a scroll compressor. The scroll compressor includes: a fixed scroll having an end plate and a fixed scroll wrap extending from the end plate; an orbiting scroll having an orbiting scroll wrap, the orbiting scroll wrap being engaged with the fixed scroll wrap to form a plurality of compression chambers for compressing a medium; a channel formed in the end plate of the fixed scroll, the channel leading to one compression chamber of the plurality of compression chambers; and a valve provided on the end plate of the fixed scroll, and configured to open when a pressure in the one compression chamber is higher than a predetermined pressure threshold so as to allow the medium in the one compression chamber to flow out of the one compression chamber through the channel. The scroll compressor according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, can improve the performance of the scroll compressor. |
| US11396871B1 |
Displacement pump mounting and retention
A pump rod has a head extending from a neck, and the head is received within a drive slot of a drive link. The head includes a projection, and has an area smaller than an area of the head. The projection contacts an inner surface of the drive slot. The drive link may include a projection aligned with a centerline of the drive link. The drive link projection contacts a head of the pump rod. The projections provide a reduced contact area between the pump rod and the drive link, thereby reducing any side-loading on the pump rod and increasing a lifespan of the wear parts. |
| US11396868B2 |
Linear actuator pumping system
A pumping system utilizes a linear actuator to move a shaft attached to two pistons within cylinders to pump a working fluid. A housing is designed with coolant passageways and one-way valves such that movement of the shaft also pumps coolant past cooling fins and over a motor. The shaft is formed of several sections joined by couplers which slide within a bore of the housing. The couplers have a non-round shape and the bore has a complimentary non-round cross section such that rotation of the shaft is prevented. |
| US11396867B2 |
DC voltage air conditioning compressor drive unit
The invention relates to a Direct Current (DC) air conditioning compressor drive unit for use in both buildings and in vehicle installations. Energy savings can be demonstrated in the automotive industry when compared to the current status of known DC air conditioning drive units and in particular those relying on direct or pulley drive. More particularly, when coupled to DC battery and inverter technology for air conditioning purposes within domestic housing, commercial and industrial buildings, it can provide extreme energy savings. Preferably, the purpose of this innovation is to enhance the viability and energy savings opportunities of using DC power in air conditioning if used in conjunction with smart compressor technology. |
| US11396863B2 |
Messaging to indicate tonal noise
A method of monitoring wind turbine emission of tonal noise is provided. The method comprises receiving a noise notification as a message from a third party, determining a time associated with the message, and acquiring sensor data from a sensor, with the sensor data being indicative of an operating parameter of a wind turbine. The method further comprises correlating the noise notification with the acquired sensor data based on the time associated with the message. |
| US11396859B2 |
Turbine blade assembly
A turbine system includes a shaft extending along an axis. A first spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A second spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A third spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A turbine blade is attached to the second end of the first spoke, the second end of the second spoke, and the second end of the third spoke. The turbine blade extends continuously circumferentially about the axis. The turbine blade is spaced a distance apart from the axis and in non-contact with the shaft. |
| US11396858B2 |
Wind-wave complementary energy integrated system based on fixed foundation and power generation and transmission method thereof
The wind-wave complementary energy integrated system based on fixed foundation and generation and transmission method thereof pertains to the field of ocean renewable energy utilization, solving the problem of combining the wind and wave energy in a support structure, including a wind turbine, a tower, a wave energy device and a single pile foundation, the wind turbine is connected to the tower, and the single pile foundation is at the bottom of the tower, the single pile foundation is connected to the seabed, and the wave energy device is mounted on the tower near the sea surface. The effect is the renewable energy utilization rate and the energy conversion rate are effectively improved, thus reducing the cost to a certain extent and having high utility. |
| US11396853B2 |
Exhaust valve, exhaust valve assembly and exhaust valve system for two-stroke internal combustion engines, two-stroke internal combustion engine having same and method for cleaning an exhaust valve
A two-stroke internal combustion engine has an engine block having a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cylinder block defines a cylinder, an exhaust passage, and an exhaust valve passage. The engine also has a piston, an exhaust valve actuator operatively connected to at least one of the cylinder block and the cylinder head, and a reciprocating exhaust valve disposed at least in part in the exhaust valve passage. The exhaust valve has a shaft operatively connected to a valve actuator, and a blade connected to the shaft. A channel is defined along a face of the blade. The channel and a wall of the exhaust valve passage together define at least in part a valve passage. The valve passage permits flow of exhaust gas along the face of the blade. A width of the valve passage is at least a third of a width of the blade. |
| US11396848B2 |
Modulating fuel for a turbine engine
A fuel supply system for a turbine engine that provides a modulated thrust control malfunction accommodation (TCMA). The fuel supply system can include a fuel line that fluidly connects a fuel tank and the turbine engine. A fuel pump and a fuel metering valve can be fluidly connected to the fuel line. A bypass line can fluidly connect to the fuel line. Flow through the bypass line can be controlled using a bypass valve and a balancing pressure valve. The TCMA can then modulate the fuel flow using the valves. |
| US11396838B2 |
Systems and methods for diagnosis of NOx storage catalyst
Systems, apparatuses, and methods include an upstream exhaust analysis circuit structured to determine a characteristic of an exhaust gas stream entering a nitrous oxide (NOx) storage catalyst; a prediction circuit structured to predict a downstream NOx concentration of an exhaust gas stream exiting the NOx storage catalyst based on a model of a NOx storage capacity or a dynamic response of the NOx storage catalyst; a downstream exhaust analysis circuit structured to determine a downstream NOx concentration of the exhaust gas stream exiting the NOx storage catalyst; and a comparison circuit structured to compare the predicted downstream NOx concentration to the determined downstream NOx concentration, and determine a health of the NOx storage catalyst based on the comparison. |
| US11396837B2 |
Exhaust gas cleaning catalyst
The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate, in which the catalyst coating layer has an upstream-side coating layer formed from the upstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in an exhaust gas flow direction and a downstream-side coating layer formed from the downstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in the exhaust gas flow direction, when the upstream-side coating layer and the downstream-side coating layer overlap each other, the upstream-side coating layer is disposed on the downstream-side coating layer, and the upstream-side coating layer contains a catalytic metal and a ZrO2—CeO2 composite oxide in which Fe forms a solid solution. |
| US11396836B1 |
Reductant dosing control system
Systems and methods for controlling a dosing of reductant for an internal combustion engine system including a catalyst are disclosed. The method includes measuring a value indicative of inlet temperature of the catalyst. When the inlet temperature is less than or equal to a first threshold, the method includes adjusting the dosing of reductant according to a first process. When the inlet temperature is greater than the first threshold, the method includes adjusting the dosing of reductant according to a second process, the second process being different than the first process. |
| US11396835B2 |
Electrically heated catalytic device
An electrically heated catalytic device includes a carrier that supports a catalyst, a surface electrode provided on an outer circumferential surface of the carrier, and metal electrodes arranged side by side on the surface electrode. The surface electrode includes an arrangement region where the metal electrodes are arranged and a non-arrangement region where the metal electrodes are not arranged. The metal electrodes are spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the carrier in the arrangement region. The non-arrangement region is adjacent to the arrangement region in the axial direction of the carrier. An electrical resistance of the non-arrangement region is higher than an electrical resistance of the arrangement region in the surface electrode. |
| US11396834B2 |
Blow-by gas discharging device
This blow-by gas discharging device is provided with: a blow-by gas pipe 23 that extends from the upper end height position to the lower end height position of an internal combustion engine 1 and that has an outlet 33 exposed to outside air and opened to the atmosphere; a heating chamber 24 that is provided to the midway of the blow-by gas pipe, and formed in a flywheel housing 10 of the internal combustion engine so as to heat a blow-by gas; and a drain mechanism that is provided to the heating chamber so as to discharge oil accumulated in the heating chamber. |
| US11396833B2 |
Oil storage and filtration system
An oil storage and filtration system for an engine unit includes an on/off valve that defines an operating phase when receiving supply air and in an on position and a standby phase when in an off position or not receiving the supply air. The system also includes a fill/drain valve that defines a drain state and a fill state which respectively correspond to emptying and filling oil from/into the engine unit. The system also includes a control valve, a pressure/vacuum valve, and a storage tank. The storage tank stores oil in a pressurized condition during the fill state, a vacuum condition during the drain state, and an atmospheric condition during the standby phase. The also includes a vacuum generator in fluid communication with the storage tank during the drain state and fluidly isolated from the storage tank during the fill state. |
| US11396831B2 |
Advance locked spool valve pump phaser with hydraulic detent valve
A phaser which has three camshaft start positions at start-up during cranking before the engine can fire. By having three possible start positions of the phaser, there is an increase in flexibility of the cam position at startup during cranking. The three start positions can also be achieved in open loop, reducing the complexity of the control system needed at cranking. |
| US11396830B2 |
Oil control assembly and engine system for variable valve actuation
An engine system and valvetrain can comprise a rocker shaft combined with a first block, a first cylinder deactivation oil control valve in the first block, a second cylinder deactivation oil control valve in the first block. Also, a second block can be combined with the rocker shaft with a third cylinder deactivation oil control valve and an early exhaust valve opening oil control valve in the second block. The rocker shaft can comprise oil infeeds and oil outfeeds configured for supplying hydraulic pressure to the first and second blocks, the blocks can distribute the pressure to the control valves, and the blocks can return pressure to the rocker shaft. Intake and exhaust rocker arms can receive the returned pressure to actuate valves, and the rockers arms can be arranged line-to-line with no overlap during motion. |
| US11396828B2 |
Heat and power cogeneration system
Techniques for cogeneration of heat and power are disclosed. A cogeneration system includes: a conduit loop configured to carry a working fluid using a Rankine cycle; a valve system disposed along the conduit loop, including valves configured to manage flow of the working fluid through a chamber; a backflow vapor line disposed along the conduit loop, configured to direct working fluid in a gaseous state to the chamber, such that the working fluid in the gaseous state displaces working fluid in a liquid state in the chamber and the working fluid in the liquid state advances through the conduit loop without requiring a mechanical pump; and a heat exchanger disposed along the conduit loop, configured to extract heat from the working fluid and direct the heat to a practical use. |
| US11396823B2 |
System and method for monitoring temperature of a gas turbine engine
A method and system for monitoring a temperature of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises obtaining individual sensor readings from functioning temperature sensors of a sensor array, where a number of the functioning temperature sensors is less than a total number of temperature sensors in the sensor array; applying correction factors to the individual sensor readings of the functioning temperature sensors based on deviations of the individual sensor readings from a total average temperature of all the temperature sensors in the array, to obtain corrected individual sensor readings; and determining a corrected total average temperature as a sum of the corrected individual sensor readings divided by the number of functioning temperature sensors. |
| US11396820B2 |
Hybridization of fibers of the fibrous reinforcement of a fan blade
The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement Obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. According to the invention, the fibrous reinforcement comprises a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge, and the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprise first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands. |
| US11396815B1 |
Structure for trailing edge portion of rotor blade and method of manufacturing the structure
A structure for a trailing edge portion of a rotor blade, wherein the rotor blade has a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed upper and lower airfoil profiles each beginning at the leading edge and terminating at the trailing edge. The structure includes an inner core having a generally caret-shaped cross-sectional profile and upper and lower skins adhered to the inner core. The upper and lower skins have respective first and second portions adhered to the inner core, and respective third portions which are adhered to each other and which extend aftward to proximate the trailing edge. An upper pocket is defined by the second and third upper skin portions and the upper airfoil profile, and a lower pocket is defined by the second and third lower skin portions and the lower airfoil profile. The upper and lower pockets are filled with a fairing compound and/or an expandable adhesive. |
| US11396814B2 |
Multi-piece mandrel for CMC components
A mandrel for a molding process. The mandrel includes a first portion that has a first draft surface and a second draft surface. A second portion and a third portion are included. The second portion has a third draft surface and the third portion has a fourth draft surface wherein the first draft surface engages the third draft surface and the second draft surface engages the fourth draft surface. A channel extends along a length of the mandrel at an interface between the first, second, and third portions such that the second portion does not contact the third portion. |
| US11396811B2 |
Variable lubricant vane pump
A vane pump for providing a pressurized lubricant includes a static pump housing defining an inlet and an outlet, a shiftable control ring with at least one slide support surface, a pump rotor with rotor vanes which rotate within the control ring, and metal slide support pad(s). The control ring shifts with respect to the pump rotor to vary an eccentricity and to thereby control a volumetric pump performance. The pump housing comprises a static control ring housing body which radially surrounds and supports the control ring, and two static pump housing lids which axially support the control ring housing body and the control ring. The control ring housing body is made of plastic. The metal slide support pad(s) is fixed to the static control ring housing body and, together with the at least one slide support surface, provides a friction bearing for the control ring. |
| US11396809B2 |
In-situ reservoir fluid analysis system
The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods to perform in-situ analysis of reservoir fluids. In some embodiments, the system includes a first vial containing a first insulating cylinder having a first internal cavity for storing electrolytes, a capillary tube, and a first sealable end having a first seal that prevents the electrolytes that are stored in the first internal cavity from flowing through the first sealable end while the first seal remains intact. The system also includes a second vial containing a second insulating cylinder having a second internal cavity for receiving the electrolytes that are stored in the first insulating cylinder, and a second sealable end having a second seal. The system further includes a tube positioned between the first vial and the second vial, where the tube provides at least one fluid flow path between the first vial and the second vial. |
| US11396806B2 |
Downhole signal compression and surface reconstruction
An apparatus includes a subsurface sensor for use in a borehole to provide a subsurface measurement series, a subsurface processor to receive the subsurface measurement series, and a machine-readable medium. The machine-readable medium has program code to cause the apparatus to obtain the subsurface measurement series and generate an atom combination based on the subsurface measurement series using the subsurface processor, wherein the atom combination comprises a subset of atoms from a dictionary. The code also has instructions to generate a set of characterizing values and transmit the set of characterizing values to a different physical location, wherein the set of characterizing values comprises an atom identifier and at least one corresponding atom weight for at least one atom from the atom combination. |
| US11396805B2 |
Method and system for monitoring and controlling fluid movement through a wellbore
A method for moving fluid through a pipe in a wellbore includes placing at least two different fluids in the pipe and in an annular space between the pipe and the wellbore. Fluid is pumped into the pipe at a rate to achieve a desired set of conditions. Using a predetermined volume distribution of the annular space, an axial position of each of the at least two fluids in the annular space during the pumping the displacement fluid is calculated. |
| US11396801B2 |
Displaying steering response with uncertainty in a heat map ellipse
A computer-implemented method including receiving a steering command identifying a tool face orientation in which the steering command is expected to produce an intended steering response of an intended drilling trajectory. The method further includes receiving an actual steering response result of the steering command in which the actual steering response result identifies an actual drilling trajectory. The method further includes storing a dataset comparing the actual steering response result in relation to the intended steering response, determining an uncertainty level of the tool face orientation based on the stored dataset, and outputting a visual representation of steering response with the uncertainty level. |
| US11396800B2 |
Time-dependent spatial distribution of multiple proppant types or sizes in a fracture network
A hydraulic fracturing flow simulation method includes identifying one or more reservoir layers contacted by a wellbore, the reservoir layers including a network of fractures. The method further includes determining a current network state that includes flow parameter values at discrete points arranged one-dimensionally along the wellbore and at discrete points arranged one-dimensionally along each fracture, the flow parameter values including concentrations of multiple proppant types or sizes. The method further includes constructing a set of linear equations for deriving a subsequent network state from the current network state while accounting for interaction and settling of the multiple proppant types or sizes. The method further includes repeatedly solving the set of linear equations to obtain a sequence of subsequent network states. The method further includes displaying the time-dependent spatial distribution. |
| US11396799B2 |
Hot swappable fracturing pump system
A method, apparatus, and system according to which a swap adapter is connected to a swap station while a discharge manifold is pressurized by at least a first fracturing pump, said discharge manifold being adapted to communicate pressurized fluid to an oil and gas wellbore. The swap adapter is connected to a second fracturing pump via a first suction conduit and a first discharge conduit. The swap station is connected to a suction manifold via a second suction conduit. The swap station is connected to the discharge manifold via a second discharge conduit. After connecting the swap adapter to the swap station, and while the discharge manifold remains pressurized by at least the first fracturing pump: fluid is drawn from the suction manifold using the second fracturing pump; and pressurized fluid is discharged into the discharge manifold using the second fracturing pump. |
| US11396790B2 |
System and method of treating a subterranean formation with a diverting composition
A system and method for treating a subterranean formation. The method may include utilizing a diluted stream and a high-loading stream which are combined to form a diverting composition. The diverting composition may then be injected into a wellbore. The system may include devices to prepare the diluted stream and high-loading stream, combine the streams, and introduce the combined stream into the wellbore. |
| US11396787B2 |
Downhole tool with ball-in-place setting assembly and asymmetric sleeve
A downhole tool system includes a downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a body having a bore formed axially-therethrough. An inner surface of the body defines an asymmetric shoulder. The downhole tool also includes an upper cone configured to be received within the bore of the body from an upper axial end of the body. The upper cone is configured to move within the body in a first direction from the upper axial end toward the shoulder in response to actuation by a setting assembly, which forces at least a portion of the body radially-outward. |
| US11396781B2 |
Diverter for drilling operation
A diverter assembly may include a diverter body assembly. The diverter body assembly may also include a diverter body, the diverter body fluidly coupled to the annulus of a wellbore via a casing or riser, and the diverter body including one or more diverter outlet ports fluidly coupled to the annulus of the wellbore. The diverter body assembly may also include an upper packer assembly. The upper packer assembly may include a packer sleeve, the packer sleeve mechanically coupled to the diverter body. The packer sleeve may include one or more breach lock slots. The upper packer assembly may also include an upper packer body having one or more packer breach lock tabs engaged with the breach lock slots of the packer sleeve. The diverter assembly may also include a diverter support housing, the diverter support housing coupled to the diverter body assembly. |
| US11396780B2 |
Wrench for use with making and breaking a drill string
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wrench for loosening or tightening a threaded joint of two drill-string components. The wrench is mountable on a drill assembly. The wrench comprises: a jaw assembly with opposing jaws for engaging the drill-string component therebetween; a first actuator for actuating the pair of opposing jaws between an engaged position and a disengaged position; a second actuator configured to pivot the jaw assembly and configured for applying a torque when engaged with the drill-string component; a third actuator configured to extend and retract the jaw assembly in a first plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drill assembly when the wrench is mounted on the drill assembly; and a fourth actuator for actuating the wrench in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to drilling systems comprising the wrench. |
| US11396774B2 |
Steering actuation mechanism
Steering mechanisms for use in RSS systems may be devoid of an elastomeric piston seal. Pistons of the steering mechanisms have a convex cross-section that permit the piston to pivot along with a steering pad while moving laterally or radially along a piston axis defined by a piston bore. Hydraulic pressure may be maintained as the pad is extended since a limited gap size between the piston and the bore may be maintained throughout the motion of the pistons. The pistons may be retained to the steering pad in a T-slot and may be elongated in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the piston bore. A groove may be provided around the piston for a receiving a back-up seal therein. The back-up seal may include wear resistant balls embedded in a matrix, and balls may be preloaded to serve as flow restrictors even when worn. |
| US11396773B2 |
Limit stop assembly for an architectural-structure covering
A limit stop assembly for setting a travel limit position of a covering of an architectural-structure covering is disclosed. The limit stop assembly including a first state of operation and a second state of operation. The limit stop assembly being transitioned from the first state of operation to the second state of operation by moving the covering from a first position towards a second position. Transitioning the limit stop assembly from the first state of operation to the second state of operation automatically sets the travel limit of the covering for the second position. In one example of an embodiment, the limit stop assembly includes a screw shaft, a limit nut threadably received on the screw shaft, a hub, and a collar selectively movable between first and second collar positions. |
| US11396758B2 |
Panel
Panel comprising a horizontally and a vertically active locking system, so that two such floor panels can be connected by means of a downward movement. The vertically active locking system comprises a locking element formed by an insert, formed by a coextruded strip. This comprises a blocking body, a securing section and a bending zone. The blocking body is substantially made of a first polymer; the bending zone is substantially made of a second polymer. The blocking body is substantially or entirely made of a mixture of the first polymer and the second polymer, or the bending zone is substantially or entirely made of a mixture of the second polymer and the first polymer. |
| US11396755B2 |
Handrail system for ramp assembly and handrail adaptor having angled interface
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a handrail system for a ramp assembly, the handrail system includes first and second handrail posts oriented substantially perpendicular to a ground surface, a handrail portion having first and second ends extending between the first and second handrail posts, wherein the handrail portion is substantially parallel to a ramping surface ramping from a first elevation to a second elevation at a grade, and first and second interfaces at the first and second ends of the handrail portion for interfacing with the first and second handrail posts. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, an adaptor is configured for a handrail portion. |
| US11396749B2 |
Exterior wall system
An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building. |
| US11396748B2 |
Special T-shaped column shear wall module, shear wall and construction method thereof
A T-shaped shear wall module including a straight pattern plate, two L-shaped pattern plates with a same structure, and connectors. Each of the two L-shaped pattern plates includes a first pattern plate and a second pattern plate which are perpendicular to each other. In a direction perpendicular to the straight pattern plate, the two first pattern plates are arranged in parallel to each other and both extend in a direction away from the straight pattern plate, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between two first pattern plates. Along a direction parallel to the straight pattern plate, two second pattern plates are coplanar and extend in opposite directions, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between the straight pattern plate and the two second pattern plates. The present application also provides a shear wall and a construction method thereof. |
| US11396747B1 |
Framing systems and brackets therefor
A bracket for hanging a joist with respect to a vertical surface includes a brace having a top, an opposed bottom, a front, and an opposed back. An extends from the back of the brace, proximate the top. A boom, proximate the bottom, extends from the back of the brace to a flange, and a gap is defined between the ear and the flange. The ear and the flange are independently poseable with respect to the brace. |
| US11396736B2 |
Control system for a work machine
A control system is disclosed. The control system may include a first input component to control a lean angle of at least one set of wheels of a machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the lean angle. The control system may include a second input component to control an articulation angle of an articulated joint of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the articulation angle. The control system may include a third input component to control a rotation angle of an implement of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the rotation angle. |
| US11396725B2 |
Deflecting member for making fibrous structures
A method of making deflection members is disclosed. The deflection members are 3D objects that include cross-linkable polymers and are printed directly onto permeable materials utilizing at least two different printer settings. |
| US11396723B2 |
Washing machine and control method of the same
Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of appropriately identifying the presence or absence of waterproof clothing. The washing machine includes a cabinet, an outer tub elastically supported on the inside of the cabinet, an inner tub rotatably provided inside of the water tub, a motor configured to rotate the inner tub, a vibration sensor provided in the outer tub, a rotation sensor provided in the motor; and a at least one processor electrically connected to the vibration sensor, the rotation sensor and the motor and configured to control a rotation speed of the motor based on a vibration of the outer tub detected by the vibration sensor and a rotation of the motor detected by the rotation sensor. |
| US11396721B2 |
Hybrid standing sit-down quilting apparatus
Presented is an method and apparatus. An exemplary method includes securing a moveable support surface in a first position adjacent to a sewing head having a reciprocating needle, and moving the support surface to a second position to define a working window adjacent to the sewing head. The method further includes moving the sewing head within the working window relative to the support surface in the second position. |
| US11396715B2 |
Nitrogen containing single crystal diamond materials optimized for magnetometry applications
A single crystal diamond material comprising: neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV0); negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV−); and single substitutional nitrogen defects (Ns) which transfer their charge to the neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV0) to convert them into the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV), characterized in that the single crystal diamond material has a magnetometry figure of merit (FOM) of at least 2, wherein the magnetometry figure of merit is defined by (I) where R is a ratio of concentrations of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects to neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects ([NV−]/[NV0]), [NV−] is the concentration of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects measured in parts-per-million (ppm) atoms of the single crystal diamond material, [NV0] is a concentration of neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects measured in parts-per-million (ppm) atoms of the single crystal diamond material, and T2′ is a decoherence time of the NV− defects, where T2′ is T2* for DC magnetometry or T2 for AC magnetometry. |
| US11396704B2 |
Substrate holder and film forming apparatus
A substrate holder according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a stage made of a dielectric material and configured to support a substrate; an attraction electrode provided in the stage and configured to electrostatically attract the substrate; and a heater configured to heat the stage. By applying a DC voltage to the attraction electrode, the substrate is electrostatically attached to a surface of the stage by a Johnsen-Rahbek force. The stage comprises an annular close contact area with which the substrate comes into close contact at a position corresponding to an outer periphery of the substrate on the surface of the stage; and a groove provided in an annular shape in a portion outside the close contact area, and a conductive deposition film formed by the raw material gas is accumulated in the groove. |
| US11396701B2 |
Passivation against vapor deposition
Passivation layers to inhibit vapor deposition can be used on reactor surfaces to minimize deposits while depositing on a substrate housed therein, or on particular substrate surfaces, such as metallic surfaces on semiconductor substrates to facilitate selective deposition on adjacent dielectric surfaces. Passivation agents that are smaller than typical self-assembled monolayer precursors can have hydrophobic or non-reactive ends and facilitate more dense passivation layers more quickly than self-assembled monolayers, particularly over complex three-dimensional structures. |
| US11396697B2 |
Device for separating a structured layer on a substrate, and method for setting up the device
A device for depositing a layer on a substrate, while a mask is placed on the substrate, includes an adjustment device for adjusting the position of a mask carrier with respect to a support frame. The adjustment device has, on the support frame, an adjustment lever that is mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation of a pivot bearing and that has a first and second arm. The second arm acts on the mask carrier, and a control rod that can be vertically displaced by an actuator acts on the first arm. For a vertical adjustment device, the second arm and the first arm extend in a horizontal direction, in which the second arm acts on a push rod that is connected to the mask carrier. For a horizontal adjustment device, the second arm extends in a vertical direction and the first arm extends in a horizontal direction. |
| US11396696B2 |
Method for continuous coating of metal foils and wires by high-quality graphene
A continuous method for preparing a metal substrate having a graphene-comprising coating, the method including providing a metal substrate, continuously advancing the metal substrate into and through a processing chamber, the processing chamber having one or more heating elements, providing electromagnetic radiation to the metal substrate via the one or more heating elements to heat the metal substrate, wherein heating the metal substrates forms a molten metal layer on a top surface of the metal substrate, contacting the molten metal layer with a carbon source gas to form a graphene-comprising coating substantially covering the molten metal layer of the top surface of the metal substrate, solidifying the molten metal layer, and advancing the metal substrate having the graphene-comprising coating out of the processing chamber. |
| US11396695B2 |
Electromagnetic module for physical vapor deposition
Sputtering systems and methods are provided. In an embodiment, a sputtering system includes a chamber configured to receive a substrate, a sputtering target positioned within the chamber, and an electromagnet array over the sputtering target. The electromagnet array includes a plurality of electromagnets. |
| US11396694B2 |
Evaporation crucible and evaporation apparatus
The present application discloses an evaporation crucible including a crucible body and a plurality of nozzles connected to the crucible body. Each of the plurality of nozzles has an opening on a side distal to the crucible body. The plurality of nozzles include a first nozzle on a first edge of the plurality of nozzles. The first nozzle has a first height relative to a surface of the crucible body on a side proximal to the first edge greater than a second height relative to the surface of the crucible body on a side distal to the first edge. |
| US11396691B2 |
Alloy-plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance and high surface quality
Provided is an alloy-plated steel material that can be used in home appliances, automobiles, and construction materials and the like and, more particularly, to an alloy-plated steel material having excellent corrosion resistance and high surface quality. |
| US11396688B2 |
Cutting elements, and related structures and earth-boring tools
A method of forming a supporting substrate for a cutting element comprises forming a precursor composition comprising discrete WC particles, a binding agent, and discrete particles comprising Co, one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn, and one or more of C and W. The precursor composition is subjected to a consolidation process to form a consolidated structure including WC particles dispersed in a homogenized binder comprising Co, W, C, and one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn. A method of forming a cutting element, a cutting element, a related structure, and an earth-boring tool are also described. |
| US11396681B2 |
Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing thereof
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes C: 0 to 0.0050 mass %, Si: 0.50 to 2.70 mass %, Mn: 0.10 to 3.00 mass %, Al: 1.00 to 2.70 mass %, and P: 0.050 to 0.100 mass %. In the non-oriented electrical steel sheet, Al/(Si+Al+0.5×Mn) is 0.50 to 0.83, Si+Al/2+Mn/4+5×P is 1.28 to 3.90, Si+Al+0.5×Mn is 4.0 to 7.0, the ratio of the intensity of {100} plane I{100} to the intensity of {111} plane I{111} is 0.50 to 1.40, the specific resistance is 60.0×10−8 Ω·m or higher at room temperature, and the thickness is 0.05 mm to 0.40 mm. |
| US11396678B2 |
Breast and ovarian cancer methylation markers and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are methods and kits for identifying a subject as having breast cancer. Also provided herein are methods and kits for determining the prognosis of a subject having breast cancer and for determining the progression of breast cancer in a subject. |
| US11396677B2 |
Chemical methods for producing tagged nucleotides
This disclosure provides systems and methods for attaching nanopore-detectable tags to nucleotides. The disclosure also provides methods for sequencing nucleic acids using the disclosed tagged nucleotides. |
| US11396676B2 |
Sequencing and analysis of exosome associated nucleic acids
The invention provides a series of steps that prepare nucleic acids (RNA and/or DNA) isolated from extracellular vesicles for sequencing. This enables a wide diversity of RNAs and/or DNAs, to be efficiently detected. These can then be used to identify various attributes such as gene expression, alternative splicing, and the detection of both somatic and germline mutations including single nucleotide variants (SNV) and structural variations (insertions/deletions, fusions, inversions). |
| US11396674B2 |
Multiplex nucleic acid amplification and library preparation
Processes and kits for preparing a plurality of multiplex amplification products for targeted next generation-sequencing providing reduced background noise. |
| US11396673B2 |
Closed nucleic acid structures
The invention provides compositions and methods for making closed nucleic acid structures in which one or both strands are continuous. The closed nucleic acid structures can be used as sequencing templates among other applications. |
| US11396672B2 |
Composition and methods for detecting adenosine modifications
The current disclosure relates to methods, compositions and kits for detecting modified adenosine in a target RNA molecule. Aspects relate to a method for detecting modified adenosine in a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) comprising contacting the target RNA with an adenosine deaminase enzyme (adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific) to generate a target RNA with deaminated adenosines and sequencing the target RNA with deaminated adenosines; wherein the modified adenosine is detected when the nucleotide sequence is adenosine. |
| US11396671B2 |
Sequential co-culturing method for producing a vitamin- and protein-rich food product
The present invention relates to a method for producing a vitamin- and protein-rich product, to a food product containing the vitamin- and protein-rich product, and to a nutrient medium appropriate for said method on the basis of agricultural tributaries or food tributaries. |
| US11396666B2 |
Method for producing (1R,3R)-3-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexan-1-ol and intermediate thereof
A method for producing a compound represented by formula (3) including bringing a carbon-carbon double bond reductase, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell, and a carbonyl reductase, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell into contact with a compound represented by formula (1) to obtain a compound represented by formula (3): |
| US11396663B2 |
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 8 sequences, vectors containing same, and uses therefor
Sequences of a serotype 8 adeno-associated virus and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. |
| US11396660B2 |
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US11396659B2 |
Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modified phenotype characteristics in plants
Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels. |
| US11396654B2 |
Neutral nanotransporters
Neutral lipid formulations for nucleic acid delivery are provided according to the invention. The neutral lipid formulations include hydrophobically modified polynucleotides and fat mixtures. Methods of using the neutral lipid formulations are also provided. |
| US11396653B2 |
System for the biocontrol of disease-transmitting mosquitoes and their eggs using horizontally transferable symbiotic bacteria to deliver pathogen specific interfering RNA polynucleotides
The inventive technology relates to novel paratransgenic strategies for the control of pathogens. The inventive technology may specifically include a novel paratransgenic system configured to deliver one or more inhibitory RNA molecules to pathogen/disease-transmitting organisms. In a preferred embodiment, the invention may include one or more genetically engineered symbiotic bacteria configured to persist throughout the life-cycle of a mosquito and deliver one or more interfering RNA molecules to pathogen/disease-transmitting mosquitoes. |
| US11396648B2 |
Stable protease variants
The present invention relates to a protease variant which is at least 90% identical to the full length amino acid sequence of a Kumamolisin AS backbone as set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs 1-3, while maintaining proteolytic activity, or a fragment, fraction or shuffled variant thereof maintaining proteolytic activity, which protease variant demonstrates altered or improved stability compared to the Kumamolisin AS wildtype as set forth in SEQ ID NO 4, or the Kumamolisin AS backbone as set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs 1-3. |
| US11396645B2 |
Cultivation of human noroviruses
Embodiments of the disclosure concern systems, methods, and/or compositions for cultivation of mammalian viruses, including at least human noroviruses and sapoviruses within the Caliciviridae family of viruses. The ex vivo culture systems include intestinal enteroids in combination with bile or a functionally active fraction or component thereof. In specific embodiments, the culture system is utilized to test inactivation compounds for therapeutic or environmental efficacy and to test contaminated comestibles and/or environmental entities for determination of the presence of infectious virus. Furthermore, antiviral compositions may be tested using systems of the disclosure, including drugs, small molecule inhibitors, and biologics such as neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. |
| US11396641B2 |
Viscoelastic, solid surfactant composition
A viscoelastic, solid surfactant composition, containing, (i) a total amount of 0.1 to 70 wt % of at least one surfactant, (ii) a total amount of more than 1 wt % of at least one benzylidene alditol compound of formula (I), and (iii) water, is a readily soluble, aesthetically pleasing and storage-stable form of a solid composition for providing surfactant-containing liquors. |
| US11396640B2 |
Surfactant system
The invention relates to a surfactant composition comprising a primary surfactant of sulfonated methyl ester (SME) of a fatty acid having a chain length of 16 to 18 carbon atoms (C16-C18); a secondary surfactant having a carbon chain length shorter than that of the primary surfactant; a non-ionic co-surfactant; a hydrotrope; and a solvent. The secondary surfactant can be a SME of a fatty acid having a chain length of 12 to 14 carbon atoms (C12-C14) or sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES). The invention also relates to use of said surfactant composition as a surfactant system in a detergent. |
| US11396637B2 |
Amine-functionalized organosilane/organophosphate combination systems as EP agents / corrosion inhibitors in compositions for treating metal surfaces
A composition treating a metal surface, especially a metalworking fluid, includes the reaction product of at least one amine-functionalized organosilane and at least one organophosphate and/or at least one oligomer or polymer of the reaction product, wherein the molar ratio of the amino group/s of the at least one amine-functionalized and of the at least one organophosphate is 1.0:0.4 to 1.0:1.2, and wherein the at least one amine-functionalized organosilane is linked to the at least one organophosphate by at least one phosphoric acid/amine salt bond. Also described herein is method for producing such a composition, the use of the composition, and a method for treating a metal surface. |
| US11396629B2 |
Quinone methide and ammonium salt antipolymerant composition and method
Described are compositions and methods for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition a quinone methide polymerization retarder and an ammonium salt. In a mixture, the ammonium salt improves the efficacy of the quinone methide polymerization retarder and provides greater antipolymerant activity. In turn, the mixture reduces or prevents apparatus fouling and improves the purity of monomer streams. |
| US11396626B2 |
Surfactant-free light-selective core-shell particles, related methods and related applications
A method for preparing a light sensitive particle that uses at least one metal precursor material and at least one dopant precursor material mixed in solution absent a surfactant. Upon an optional adjustment of pH to about 3 to about 6, a light-sensitive particle comprising a metal-dopant material may be formed and separated from the solution. The light-sensitive particle may comprise a Q-dot particle. Also described are the particles themselves. |
| US11396625B2 |
Coated proppant and methods of making and use thereof
Methods for producing proppants with a fluorinated polyurethane proppant coating are provided. The methods include coating the proppant particles with a strengthening agent, a strengthening agent, and a resin to produce proppants with fluorinated polyurethane proppant coating. Additionally, a proppant comprising a proppant particle and a fluorinated polyurethane proppant coating is provided. The fluorinated polyurethane proppant coating includes a strengthening agent, a strengthening agent, and a resin. The fluorinated polyurethane proppant coating coats the proppant particle. Additionally, a method for increasing a rate of hydrocarbon production from a subsurface formation through the use of the proppants is provided. |
| US11396624B2 |
Nanogels for delayed gelation
The instant application relates to nanogels or compositions that hold multivalent metal ions until some level of nanogel degradation has occurred, then slowly release the multivalent metal ions for gelation with carboxylate containing polymers. Compositions comprising such nanogels, together with polymers that can be crosslinked with multivalent metal ions, allow the deployment of such mixtures in various applications, and greatly increased gelation times. |
| US11396621B1 |
Pressure-bearing plugging composition, pressure-bearing plugging slurry and preparation method and use thereof
The present discloses a pressure-bearing plugging composition comprising 1-7 parts by weight bentonite, 0.1-1.5 parts by weight deformation material, 8-18 parts by weight filling material and 4-12 parts by weight modified bridging material, based on 100 parts by weight of water; the modified bridging material comprises a core, and a coating layer coated on an outer surface of the core, and a paraffin layer disposed between the core and the coating layer; the core is made of a water-absorbing material, and the coating layer is formed by bonding rigid particles and an adhesive. |
| US11396619B2 |
Phase-change material and method for producing same
A method for producing a form-stable phase-change material includes freezing a slurry of solid and solvent to provide a frozen slurry, exposing the frozen slurry to conditions causing sublimation of the frozen solvent to remove solvent and provide a body having vacancies therein, sintering the body to provide a scaffold, and adding a molten phase-change material to the scaffold to provide the form-stable phase-change material. The same scaffold when ground acts as a phase-change nucleating aid. |
| US11396616B2 |
Liquid curable silicone adhesive composition, cured product thereof, and use thereof
A liquid curable silicone adhesive composition is provided. The composition is generally storage stable as a one-part composition at room temperature, can primarily cure at room temperature in the presence of moisture, and can secondarily cure at high temperatures, and can form a strong adhesive layer on a substrate or member. The liquid curable silicone adhesive composition comprises: a curable reactive organopolysiloxane which has a radical reactive group and a condensation reactive group in the same molecule or throughout the mixture; a condensation reaction catalyst; an organic peroxide; an adhesion imparting agent; and a crosslinkable silane. Herein, regarding the storage modulus (G′1) of a cured product obtained by primarily curing the composition in the presence of moisture approximately at room temperature, along with the storage elastic modulus (G′2) of a cured pro duct obtained by curing the composition, the increase rate (Δ) of the storage elastic modulus is at least 50%. |
| US11396614B2 |
Void-containing layer, laminate, method for producing void-containing layer, optical member, and optical apparatus
The present invention provides a void-containing layer in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive or an adhesive is less likely penetrated into voids. The void-containing layer of the present invention includes: nanoparticles, surfaces of which are modified with a compound having a surface orientation, wherein the void-containing layer has a void fraction of 35 vol %. |
| US11396608B2 |
Compositions for removing support material from a 3D-printed object and methods of making thereof
Described are finishing solutions for removing support material and finishing 3D-printed objects. The finishing solution may contain a base (e.g., an aqueous base), an optional first caustic agent, an optional second caustic agent, an optional third caustic agent, an optional emulsifier, a polyol, a first antifoaming agent, an optional second antifoaming agent, and water. Also described are methods of using the finishing solution described herein. |
| US11396605B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger is provided that is operated in a cooling operation mode in which a region to be heat-exchanged is cooled by the heat exchanger or in a drying operation mode in which the heat exchanger is supplied with wind from a blowing fan. The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe, a cooling fin coupled to the refrigerant pipe, and a hydrophilic coating coated on a surface of the refrigerant pipe or the cooling fin. The hydrophilic coating includes a first type transition metal oxide which becomes acidic by reacting with moisture formed on the refrigerant pipe or the cooling fin to have antimicrobial activity when the heat exchanger is operated in the cooling operation mode, and a second type transition metal oxide or a post-transition metal oxide which has antimicrobial activity when the heat exchanger is operated in the drying operation mode. |
| US11396604B1 |
Self-repairing polymeric coatings
A coating composition may include a polymeric binder and bacteria that exhibit biologically induced mineralization (BIM) or biologically controlled mineralization (BCM) of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the presence of environmental calcium. The bacteria may exhibit BIM or BCM of CaCO3 using the ChaA antiporter protein. The coating formulations may be used to form coatings that exhibit self-healing properties in response to damage, such as a cut, tear, puncture, abrasion, or the like. For example, in response to being exposed to the damage, the bacteria may utilize nutrients, a calcium source, and water to cause precipitation of CaCO3 at the site of the damage. The nutrients, the calcium source, and the water may be provided as part of the coating formulation, as part of another layer of a coating system, from an external source (e.g., an applied spray or wash), or combinations thereof. |
| US11396601B2 |
Method for producing a silane, method for modifying a silica with the silane, and modified silica
The invention relates to a process for preparing a silane, to a process for modifying a silica with the silane, and to a modified silica.The process for preparing a silane of the formula I) comprises at least the following steps: a) providing a substance (R1)oSi—R2—HNC(═O)NH-A-NH2; b) providing a substance HOC(═O)-A-S2-A-C(═O)OH; c) activating the substance from step b) through reaction with oxalyl chloride to form ClC(═O)-A-S2-A-C(═O)Cl; d) reacting at least two equivalents of the substance from step a) with one equivalent of the substance from step a), thereby obtaining a silane of the formula I); e) optionally purifying the silane of the formula I) obtained in step d) (R1)oSi—R2—HNC(═O)NH-A-HNC(═O)-A-Sk-A-C(═O)NH-A-NHC(═O)—R2—Si(R1), I) wherein the groups A within a molecule may be identical or different and are aromatic groups. |
| US11396600B2 |
Rigid and ductile polyamide-based transparent composition and use thereof
The invention relates to the use of at least one impact modifier having a refractive index IR1 in a polyamide matrix consisting of a mixture of amorphous polyamide and semicrystalline polyamide, said matrix having a refractive index IR2, the difference in absolute value of IR1-IR2 not exceeding 0.006, to produce a transparent composition having a fatigue strength, under the fatigue test referred to as notched “Ross-Flex”, greater than 50 000 at −10° C. |
| US11396595B2 |
Vinylidene chloride copolymer composition for barrier film
The present disclosure is directed to a composition comprising (a) a vinylidene chloride/methyl acrylate interpolymer having greater than 6 wt % methyl acrylate mer units in the interpolymer, (b) greater than 6 wt % of an epoxy plasticizer; and (c) less than 4 wt % of an acrylate polymer. The composition exhibits a crystallization time greater than 25 minutes to crystallization at 35° C. Films made from the present composition show improved processability and find advantageous application as permeable barrier film for food packaging, for specialty food packaging, and for gassy cheese. |
| US11396593B2 |
Foamable polypropylene compositions
The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition, an injection molded article comprising the polypropylene composition, a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition as well as the use of a polypropylene homopolymer (H-PP1) for reducing the 5stiffness reduction factor of a foamed injection molded article by at least 40 as determined by the difference of the flexural modulus measured according to ISO 178 of the non-foamed and foamed injection molded article and compared to an article comprising the same amount of a polypropylene which has been polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst. |
| US11396590B2 |
Pneumatic tire
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, including a tread containing a tread rubber composition, the tread rubber composition containing a rubber component including 30% by mass or more of a styrene-butadiene rubber, the tread rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component: 80 to 150 parts by mass of silica; 0.1 to 3.0 parts by mass of a tetrazine compound of formula (1); and 50 parts by mass or less of a hydrocarbon resin having a SP value of 7.5 to 10.5, the styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 23% by mass or higher. |
| US11396583B2 |
Process for the preparation of a polythioethersulfide
Process for the production of a liquid mercapto-terminated polythioethersulfide comprising the step of reacting, at a temperature in the range 0-100° C. and in the presence of a catalyst: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (i) dimercapto-dioxa-alkanes (DMDAs) and (ii) glycol di(mercapto carboxylic acid ester)s (GDMEs), at least one dimercapto-dialkyl sulfide (DMDS) at least one di-epoxide, and optionally at least one branching agent selected from compounds having at least three terminal groups selected from epoxy and mercapto groups, wherein the molar ratio (DMDA+GDME)/DMDS is in the range 1.1-4.0. |
| US11396582B2 |
Polyamic acid, polyimide film and fabrication method of the polyimide film
A polyamic acid according to an embodiment is formed by a polymerization reaction of a dianhydride compound, a first diamine compound represented by the following Formula 1, and a second diamine compound, which is different from the first diamine compound. A polyimide film derived from the polyamic acid may exhibit excellent heat resistance and improved optical properties: |
| US11396581B2 |
Oxyalkylated polybenzoxazine emulsion breakers
A demulsifier composition comprises an oxyalkylated polybenzoxazine having repeating units of Formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen, a C1-30 alkyl, a C3-30 cycloalkyl, a C6-30 aryl, a C7-30 alkylarylene, a C7-30 arylalkyl, a C5-30 heteroaryl, or a C3-30 heterocycloalkyl; R2 is a C1-30 alkyl, a C3-30 cycloalkyl, a C6-30 aryl, a C7-30 alkylarylene, a C7-30 arylalkyl, a C5-30 heteroaryl, or a C3-30 heterocycloalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or a C1-10 alkyl; each occurrence of R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1-5 alkyl; and p is at least 1. |
| US11396577B2 |
Polyester film and method for reproducing polyester container using same
Embodiments relate to a polyester-based film and a process for regenerating a polyester-based container using the same, which not only solve the environmental problems by enhancing the recyclability of polyester-based containers but also are capable of enhancing the quality, yield, and productivity. When the polyester-based film is cut into a size of 1 cm in width and 1 cm in length, immersed in an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) having a concentration of 1% by weight, and stirred for 15 minutes at 85° C. at a speed of 240 m/minute, the average particle size of the component of the printing layer separated from the base layer satisfies 15 μm or more. Thus, it is possible to enhance the quality of the regenerated polyester-based chips produced from the polyester-based container provided with the polyester-based film. |
| US11396575B2 |
Polyester polyol, thermoplastic polyurethane and article thereof
The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) having a glass transition temperature between an ambient temperature and normal body temperature, wherein the TPU contains dicarboxyphenyl polyester structure represented by Formula 1 or 10-(2,3-dicarboxypropyl)-9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide n(DOPO-ITA) polyester structure represented by Formula 2.The present invention also provides a polyester polyol containing DOPO-ITA polyester structure represented by Formula 2, a molar percentage of the 10-(2,3-dicarboxypropyl)-9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-oxide polyester structure in the whole polyester polyol ranges from 30% to 70%.The present invention further provides an article thereof. in Formula 1, R is C2 to C8 alkylene group or CH2CH2OCH2CH2; in Formula 2, R is C2 to C8 alkylene group or CH2CH2OCH2CH2. |
| US11396571B2 |
Polymers including galactose based blocks and uses thereof
Block copolymers that include one or more galactose based blocks and one or more cationic blocks; polyplexes including disclosed block copolymers and one or more nucleic acids; and methods of delivering a nucleic acid to a cell which can include delivering a polyplex to the cell. |
| US11396569B2 |
Rubber composition
A rubber composition based at least on a functional elastomer and a reinforcing filler which comprises a carbon black is provided. The functional elastomer is a diene elastomer which comprises diene units in the cis-1,4 configuration and pendant groups of formula (I). The Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 symbols, which are identical or different, represent an atom or a group of atoms, and at least one of the symbols denotes an attachment to a diene unit of the elastomer. The diene units in the cis-1,4 configuration represent at least 90 mol % of the diene units of the functional elastomer, and the carbon black represents more than 50% by weight of the reinforcing filler. |
| US11396568B2 |
Curable composition, film, cured product, and medical member
A curable composition contains a betaine monomer having a predetermined structure and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylamide compound having a predetermined structure. |
| US11396566B2 |
Fluorescent resin particles and use thereof
Fluorescent resin particles which comprise a water-soluble fluorescent dye and a polymer made from a monomer mixture. |
| US11396559B2 |
Amylopectin-based cyclic glucan and method for processing the same
The present disclosure discloses an amylopectin-based cyclic glucan and the processing method for the same, and belongs to the technical field of food processing. The present disclosure uses a starch as a raw material, prepares an amylopectin-based cyclic glucan through sugar chain degradation grading and glycosidase-catalyzed trans-glycoside technology, and can be used as a steady-state carrier material for food active factors. The method of the disclosure has advantages of green environmental protection, high processing yield and low cost. The prepared product has high branching degree, special large ring structure and good water solubility, and can be used for steady-state delivery and active protection of natural functional substances, involving nutritional food, medicine, daily chemicals and other fields. |
| US11396556B2 |
Express humanization of antibodies
The disclosure provides a method for generation of humanized full length antibodies in mammalian cells. A library of humanized variants is provided with high, validated human framework diversity without requiring back-mutations to retain original affinity. Synthetic CDR encoding fragment libraries derived from a template antibody are ligated to human framework region encoding fragments from a human framework pool limited only to germline sequences from a functionally expressed antibodies. The vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding HC framework region 4. No CDR grafting or phage display is required. |
| US11396553B2 |
Bispecific anti-CD37 antibodies, monoclonal anti-CD37 antibodies and methods of use thereof
CD37-specific bispecific antibody molecules binding to different epitopes of the human CD37 antigen which bispecific antibody molecules have enhanced Fc-Fc interactions upon binding to CD37 on the cell surface. The invention also relates to the monoclonal parental antibodies from which the first or the second binding region of the bispecific antibody molecules is obtained. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these molecules and the treatment of cancer and other diseases using these compositions. |
| US11396550B2 |
Methods of treating comprising administering anti-OX40L antibodies
The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods. |
| US11396547B2 |
Anti-EGFR and anti-CD3 bispecific antibody and uses thereof
An anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and anti-Cluster-of-Differentiation (CD3) bispecific antibody and uses thereof are provided. The bispecific antibody can specifically bind to antigen epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on tumor cell surface and antigen CD3 molecule on immune cell surface. The single-chain antibody (ScFv) of an anti-CD3 antibody is located at the C terminal of the constant region of the anti-EGFR antibody. Further provided are a preparation method of the bispecific antibody and clinical applications of the bispecific antibody. The bispecific antibody has high affinity, and is used for treating tumor diseases caused by high expression or abnormal expression of the EGFR and other diseases caused by other overexpression of the EGFR. |
| US11396546B2 |
Anti-Sortilin antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, affinity-matured, humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a Sortilin protein, e.g., human Sortilin or mammalian Sortilin, and have improved and/or enhanced functional characteristics, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof. |
| US11396535B2 |
Cyclic peptide analogs of melanocortin and amanitin and methods of making such
The invention described herein is based in part on the discovery of a protein/peptide crosslink, which introduces fluorescent properties, and which has been applied to synthesize analogues of melanocortin and amanitin as choice peptides to be explored in the context of isoindole peptides. Without limitation, it is expected that those trained in the art of peptide synthesis and stapling would appreciate the consequences of this invention such that other peptides of varied length can be similarly constrained by isoindole staples as featured herein. |
| US11396532B2 |
Targeted modified TNF family members
The present invention relates to a modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily, with reduced activity to its receptor, wherein said modified cytokine is specifically delivered to target cells. Preferably, said modified cytokine is a single chain variant of the TNF superfamily, even more preferably, one or more of the chains can-y one or more mutations, resulting in a low affinity to the receptor, wherein said mutant cytokine is specifically delivered to target cells. The targeting is realized by fusion of the modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily to a targeting moiety, preferably an antibody or antibody-like molecule. The invention relates further to the use of such targeted modified cytokine of the TNF superfamily to treat diseases. |
| US11396531B2 |
Antimicrobial peptides comprising epsilon lysine residues
The present disclosure relates to a peptide comprising at least five amino acid residues, wherein at least one amino acid residue is modified to an epsilon-lysine, delta-ornithine, gamma-2,4-diaminobutyric acid, beta-2,3-diaminopropionic acid, with the peptide also comprising at least one non-epsilon lysine, non-delta-ornithine, non-gamma-2,4-diaminobutyric acid or non-beta-2,3-diaminopropionic acid, and wherein the peptide displays a reduced or no cytotoxicity when compared to an equivalent non-modified peptide. In a preferred embodiment, the modifications are to the melittin or mastoparan B peptides, and comprise the substitution of at least one a-lysine residue for an ε-lysine residue, and the modified peptides display antimicrobial activity. The present disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions, kits, ophthalmic preparations comprising the modified antimicrobial peptides and use of the modified antimicrobial peptides in methods of inhibiting growth of microorganisms, methods of managing microbial colonization, methods of treating proliferative disease, and methods of treating inflammation. The present disclosure also relates to a method of improving the therapeutic index (safety) of an isolated peptide comprising the aforementioned modification. |
| US11396526B2 |
Process technology for biological product manufacturing and downstream purification
Provided herein are, inter alia, biological manufacturing and downstream purification processes. |
| US11396524B2 |
Hydrate crystal of 3′,3′-cGAMP
Among commonly known 3′,3′-cGAMP is a lyophilized product. The lyophilized product needs a lyophilizer during the manufacture. This, itself, causes a limitation in scale-up for mass production. Thus, it has been desired to develop and obtain a large amount of their crystals in a simple manner without using a special apparatus such as a lyophilizer. In addition, conventionally known lyophilized products or ethanol precipitates are highly hygroscopic. Hence, the present invention addresses the problem of providing an easy-to-handle crystal with excellent shelf life. A hydrate crystal of 3′,3′-cGAMP according to the invention may be either a crystal of alkali metal salt or a crystal of free acid. Either is less hygroscopic than existing powder. Thus, each is easy to handle in various purposes and is thus useful as a pharmaceutical raw material or the like. |
| US11396520B2 |
Synthesis of the organoarsenical antibiotic arsinothricin and derivatives thereof
The subject invention provides methods and procedures for synthesis and/or semi-synthesis of the novel antibiotic arsinothricin (AST) and derivatives. Arsinothricin (AST), a new broad-spectrum organoarsenical antibiotic, is a non-proteinogenic analog of glutamate that effectively inhibits glutamine synthetase. The subject invention provides chemical synthesis of an intermediate in the pathway of AST synthesis, hydroxyarsinothricin (AST-OH), which can be converted to AST by enzymatic methylation catalyzed by the ArsM As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase. The methods provide a source of the novel antibiotic that will be required for future clinical trials. The subject invention also provides AST derivatives as a new class of antibiotics. |
| US11396514B2 |
Substituted guanidine compounds
The present invention provides a compound of general formula (I) (wherein X is as described in the present description and claims), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing that compound. |
| US11396513B2 |
Compositions for activating pyruvate kinase
Compositions for the activation of PKR are provided, as well as therapeutic administration of the compositions for the treatment of pyruvate kinase-related medical conditions, such as pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD). |
| US11396510B2 |
GABAA receptor ligand
The present invention relates to 2-(3-(3-(2,4-dimethoxypyrimidin-5-yl)phenyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-6-yl)propan-2-ol, which is useful as a GABA receptor modulator. In one embodiment, said compound is useful in the treatment of pain, neuropathic pain and/or itch. |
| US11396504B2 |
Alkoxybenzo-five-membered (six-membered) heterocyclic amine compound and pharmaceutical use thereof
Alkoxybenzeno five- or six-member heterocyclic amines compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions are used as the active ingredients, and their application in drugs which can prevent and cure diseases caused by abnormal increasing of SM. These diseases caused by abnormal increasing of SM include atherosclerosis, type II diabetes, fatty liver, obesity, metabolic syndromes, enteritis and other inflammatory diseases. |
| US11396501B2 |
Heteroaryl compounds as CXCR4 inhibitors, composition and method using the same
The present disclosure provides heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, arising from or related to the CXCR4 pathway. |
| US11396499B2 |
Lysosomal acid lipase assay
Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) substrates, assays for lysosomal acid lipase using the substrates, and methods for diagnosing diseases and conditions attributable to lysosomal acid lipase deficiency. |
| US11396493B2 |
Amorphous pyrrolidine derivative as PPAR agonist and preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to an amorphous pyrrolidine derivative as a PPAR agonist and a preparation method thereof. |
| US11396492B2 |
Direct oxidative amination of hydrocarbons
Provided is a process for converting a hydrocarbon comprising at least one C—H bond to a nitrogen-functionalized product. The process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon and (i) an oxidizing electrophile comprising (a) a main group element or transition metal in oxidized form and (b) at least one nitrogen-containing ligand, or (ii) an oxidant and a reduced form of an oxidizing electrophile comprising (a) a main group element or transition metal and (b) at least one nitrogen-containing ligand, in a solvent to provide the nitrogen-functionalized product and an electrophile reduction product. Further provided is an oxidizing composition comprising the oxidizing electrophile with at least one nitrogen-containing ligand and a non-oxidizable liquid. |
| US11396490B2 |
Method for preparing contrast agent iomeprol
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an X-ray contrast agent iomeprol and, more specifically, to a method for preparing iomeprol by adding an inorganic base, an inorganic chloride, a solvent, etc. to 5-(2-hydroxyacetamido)-N,N′-bis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalamide (1b) to cause N-methylation reaction, thereby enabling easy separation and removal of inorganic salts generated during the reaction, without treatment with an ion exchange resin, while reducing the conventional production time, and minimization of the amount of reaction impurities. |
| US11396486B2 |
Compound containing unsaturated double bond, oxygen absorbent using same and resin composition
An unsaturated double bond-containing compound represented by the general formula (I) or the general formula (II), an oxygen absorbent containing the compound, and a resin composition. |
| US11396483B2 |
Systems and methods for producing a carbon composite material
A carbon/carbon brake disk is provided. The carbon/carbon brake disk may comprise a carbon fiber, wherein the carbon fiber is formed into a fibrous network, wherein the fibrous network comprises carbon deposited therein. The carbon fiber may undergo a FHT process, wherein micro-cracks are disposed in the carbon fiber. In various embodiments, the micro-cracks may be at least partially filled with un-heat-treated carbon via a final CVD process, wherein the final CVD process is performed at a temperature in the range of up to about 1,000° C. (1,832° F.) for a duration in the range from about 20 hours to about 100 hours. In various embodiments, the un-heat-treated carbon may be configured to prevent oxygen, moisture, and/or oxidation protection systems (OPS) chemicals from penetrating the carbon/carbon brake disk. In various embodiments, the final CVI/CVD process may be configured to increase the wear life of the carbon/carbon brake disk. |
| US11396464B2 |
Residential water treatment and recycle system
Water treatment structures may have at least a first geotextile fabric layer; a second geotextile fabric layer; a third geotextile fabric layer; a first filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the first and second geotextile fabric layers; and a second filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the second and third geotextile fabric layers, wherein the geotextile fabric layers and the filler layers are within a housing, and wherein the structure is configured such that contaminated water proceeds sequentially through the first geotextile fabric layer, the first filler layer, the second geotextile fabric layer, the second filler layer, and the third geotextile fabric layer. Methods of treating wastewater may involve passing wastewater, after optional oxygenating and pre-filtering, through such alternating layers of geotextile, preferably nonwoven, and polymer particles. |
| US11396459B2 |
Portable water bottle having a UV light sterilization module
A portable water bottle includes a water bottle body having water stored therein; and a sterilizing module for irradiating the inside of the water bottle body with sterilizing ultraviolet rays. The sterilizing module further includes a housing having an ultraviolet outlet through which the sterilizing ultraviolet rays pass; a light source module for emitting the sterilizing ultraviolet rays; and a power storage member for supplying power to the light source module. |
| US11396457B2 |
Ultraviolet treatment method and system
A process of dissolving into to-be-treated water a peroxodisulfate and metal ions other than ions of alkali metals is performed by pouring equipment. An ultraviolet irradiation apparatus performs a process of treating the to-be-treated water, having the peroxodisulfate and the metal ions other than ions of alkali metals dissolved therein, with ultraviolet rays. By performing UV treatment on the to-be-treated water having the peroxodisulfate and metal ions dissolved therein, the inventive method and system achieve improved TOC decomposing performance and thus can particularly decompose a urea component in an efficient manner. Further, the to-be-treated water may be treated with an ion-exchange resin at a subsequent stage in such a manner that organic acids contained in the to-be-treated water having been subjected to the UV treatment are adsorbed to the ion exchange-resin, with the advantageous result that the concentration of TOC present in the to-be-treated water can be reduced. |
| US11396451B2 |
Tungsten carbide powder and production method therefor
A tungsten carbide powder contains tungsten carbide as a main component and chromium, in which, when mass concentrations of tungsten and chromium are measured at 100 or more analysis points randomly selected from a field of view of SEM observation of the tungsten carbide powder, a standard deviation σ of distribution of the ratio by percentage of the concentration of chromium to the total concentration of tungsten and chromium is 0.5 or less. |
| US11396449B2 |
Method for checking a sensor value of a MEMS sensor
A method is provided for checking a sensor value of a MEMS sensor. In the process, an output signal of the MEMS sensor is detected and the sensor value is ascertained as a function of the output signal. In addition, frequency components of the output signal are examined and a determination is made as to whether the ascertained sensor value is reliable or unreliable as a function of the examination of the frequency components. If the sensor value is determined to be unreliable, the sensor value is discarded or provided with a lower weighting, or a warning it output relating to the unreliability of the sensor value or an item of information about the unreliability of the sensor value is stored. |
| US11396442B2 |
Low cost roped jump lift concept
A jumping elevator system and a jumping method used in construction process of building. The jumping method includes preliminarily positioning and mounting, by means of a temporary working platform at a first height, a guide rail on the hoistway substantially corresponding to the first height; removing the temporary working platform from the position, corresponding to the first height, of the hoistway; lifting, by use of a lifting assembly, a jumping platform from a second height to a third height, wherein the third height is greater than the second height and less than or equal to the first height; and lifting, by use of the lifting assembly, the elevator car to extend its traveling distance in the hoistway, and operating, during lifting of the elevator car, on the top of the elevator car for reinforcing the mount of the guide rail. |
| US11396431B2 |
Robotic manipulation of objects for grip adjustment
Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for adjusting a grip on an object held by a gripper of a robotic system. The gripper manipulates the object to bring a portion of the object into contact with a supporting surface underlying the object, and the gripper undergoes one or more displacements relative the object to apply frictional pushes to the object while the object is held stationary against the supporting surface. The gripper maintains contact with the object during the one or more displacements, and the one or more displacements are at least partially directed towards the supporting surface. According to some aspects, such manipulation strategies provide a functionality of fixturing an object for regripping without requiring customized fixture hardware. |
| US11396428B2 |
Flexible automated sorting and transport arrangement
A disclosed system for transporting items to destination locations, for example when receiving inventory at large retail locations, includes a conveyor assembly comprising a plurality of docking locations; an item identifier operable to read identification data; an orchestrator operable to, based at least on the identification data, pair items with transporter solutions; and a sorting controller operable to, based at least on the identification data and the pairings, route items to specific docking locations where transporter solutions are docked. Transporter solutions may include autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) that bid on delivery tasks and can adjust shelf height in order to facilitate loading and unloading. The AGVs can thus provide an effectively seamless conveyor solution—either rollers on the conveyor surface move items or rollers on the underside of the AGV move the AGV with the items. |
| US11396424B2 |
Handling robot
A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame. |
| US11396423B2 |
Trash container with induction actuated cover and adjustable detection distance arrangement and its controlling method
A trash can includes an induction actuated cover being actuated to move between an closed position and an opened position in response to an object, an actuation module being activated at one of an operation mode and a setting mode, and an adjustable detection distance arrangement. At the operation mode, the induction actuated cover is moved from the closes position to the opened position when the object is detected above an induction window within a detection range at a preset detection distance. The adjustable detection distance arrangement is arranged to store a desired detection distance at the setting mode. The desired detection distance is selectively adjusted from the induction window and is defined as a distance of the object placed above the induction window. The desired detection distance is stored to replace the preset detection distance for actuating the induction actuated cover at the operation mode. |
| US11396422B2 |
Silo dynamic vibration attenuation system and method
Provided is a dynamic vibration attenuation system 10 for a granular material silo 8. The system 10 comprises a sensor arrangement 12, a processor 16, and a damping arrangement 24. The sensor arrangement 12 is configured for operatively sensing, over a period comprising a plurality of instances of time, a displacement of the silo 8, a weight of granular material in the silo 8, and a flow rate of granular material discharged from the silo 8. The processor 16 is arranged in signal communication with the sensor arrangement 12 and is configured to calculate, at each instance of time, a resultant dynamic force from the sensed displacement, weight and flow rate. System 10 further includes damping arrangement 24 which is operatively responsive to the processor 16 and is configured to dynamically dampen the resultant dynamic force in order to maintain vibration amplitudes in the silo structure 9 below a user-selectable threshold. |
| US11396421B2 |
Insulated tank for storing flammable and combustible liquids
An insulated tank for storing flammable and combustible liquid comprises an outer containment tank and an inner storage tank that defines a reservoir for storing flammable and combustible liquid. The inner storage tank is received within the outer containment tank such that a space is defined between the walls of the inner storage tank and the walls of the outer containment tank. The space contains one or more perlite boards to insulate the inner tank. |
| US11396419B1 |
Cold steel slurry box device
This invention is directed toward a self-contained heated portable vacuum slurry box which is manufactured from steel rated for cold temperatures. The slurry box generally includes a vacuum tank, a structure attached to the tank, a mechanical bay containing a power unit, and a tailgate, a The invention herein utilizes a selection of steel that allows for a vacuum slurry box to function in the cold environmental conditions. |
| US11396418B2 |
High efficiency automated pharmaceutical dispenser
A system, method and corresponding apparatus are provided for packaging, storing, tracking, and dispensing pharmaceuticals in unit doses in a highly efficient manner. In particular, a method of packaging pharmaceuticals within a ribbon having a plurality of adjacent segments each containing a unit dose of a pharmaceutical and having associated data indicia for efficient and uniform transport, tracking, storage and dispensing is provided. Pharmaceuticals are loaded into an automated dispenser that is networked with computers for accepting prescriptions and dispensing pharmaceutical accordingly. |
| US11396414B2 |
Closure member for a food container
A closure member for a food container including a multilayer laminate having a first layer of material at least partly light-permeable, a second layer of plastic material, a third layer of repositionable adhesive material interposed between the first and the second layer, at least one inner weakening line obtained on the second layer and extending according to a predetermined geometry defining, in use, an access gap to the container, at least one outer weakening line, obtained on the second layer, proximal to the peripheral edge with respect to the inner weakening line at least at the hand gripping portion, wherein the second layer has a predetermined graphic pattern printed or realised on at least one of its faces. |
| US11396413B2 |
One or more blister packages containing active material and methods of making and using same
A blister pack having a backing having a first side and an opposing second side. Each of the first and second side is flat or planar. The blister pack can also include a cover having a first side and an opposing second side. At least a portion of the second side of the cover is adhered to the first side of the backing to form a sealed package for containing product. The cover can include at least one blister. The blister pack can also include an active member positioned within each blister. Each active member can be in the form of a ring with an opening extending therethrough or a depression formed therein. |
| US11396412B2 |
Adhesive patch and method of use in a packaging system
An adhesive patch and method of use thereof for forming a plurality of stackable items into a vertically stacked load are described. The method may include delivering an aligned stack of items positioned on a pallet for eventual transportation while minimizing the misalignment of the stackable items. |
| US11396411B2 |
Child resistant paperboard box
A paperboard box configured in a child-resistant manner includes a paperboard tray, and includes a paperboard over-sleeve that is closed at one end and open at the opposite end, where the paperboard tray is housed within the paperboard over-sleeve, the paperboard tray and the paperboard over-sleeve are locked together by interlocking tabs and where one tab is located on the inside of the paperboard over-sleeve and another tab is located on the outside of the paperboard tray, whereby these two interlocking tabs engage with each other and prevent the paperboard box from being opened through normal force when attempting to slide the paperboard tray out from the end of the paperboard over-sleeve. |
| US11396407B2 |
Container lid with push button and linearly translating locking mechanism
A container lid can include: a body having an opening formed therethrough and a thread pattern formed thereon for mating the container lid to a container; a cap rotatably coupled to the body, the cap configured to rotate between a sealed position in which the cap seals the opening and a released position in which the cap does not seal the opening; a button disposed on the body, the button configured to release the cap from the sealed position, causing rotation of the cap to the released position, upon activation of the button; and a locking mechanism operably coupled to the button, the locking mechanism configured to linearly translate in a horizontal direction with respect to the body between a locked position in which the locking mechanism prevents the activation of the button and an unlocked position in which the locking mechanism allows the activation of the button. |
| US11396405B2 |
Packaging, especially for food
A packaging, especially for food, including a cardboard shell and a cover placed thereon in the closed state and which engages over the outside of an upper edge of the shell. Inwardly protruding nubs arranged at at least two opposing side walls of the cover interact with retaining elements at associated side walls of the shell. The side walls having the retaining elements each have a wall portion which is connected to the bottom of the shell by a bend, a first reinforcing portion connected to the upper end of the wall portion by a bend, a second reinforcing portion connected to the first reinforcing portion by a bend and an adhesive-secured portion connected to the second reinforcing portion by a bend and which is adhesively bonded to the outer side of the wall portion. A sub-portion of the wall portion that lies above the adhesive-secured portion, and the first and second reinforcing portions delimit a triangular channel. The retaining elements are formed by edges of openings in or by downwardly directed outer surfaces of the second reinforcing portions. |
| US11396404B2 |
Elastic drawstring trash bag
The present invention relates to polymeric bags, particularly polymeric drawstring trash bags. The present invention comprises a trash bag having an elastic drawstring. The elastic drawstring trash bag features an integrated short seal comprising an inner seal, an outer seal, and an intermediate seal. The integrated short seal functions to reduce the upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, while the elastic drawstring utilized with the bag provides a bag that allows the bag to fit snugly on many common trash receptacles. |
| US11396403B2 |
Method for forming a folded bag and bag formed thereby
A folded bag comprising a front side, a rear side, and left and right sides connecting the front and rear sides, each side having a top edge and a bottom edge; a plurality of left simple gussets and a plurality of right simple gussets formed in each of the left and right bag sides, respectively, wherein each simple gusset includes first and second outwardly-extending wings formed by respective first and second outwardly-extending folds and separated by an inwardly-extending fold; and a bottom edge seal subsuming all of the bottom edges such that the simple gussets are restrained from unfolding at the bottom edge seal and are unrestrained from unfolding along the top edges of the front, rear, and left and right sides. One or more of the simple gussets may be converted to a compound gusset by additional longitudinal folding, thus reducing further the folded width of the bag. |
| US11396402B2 |
Method for manufacturing a plastic fabric-film composite product, plastic fabric-film composite and packaging bag comprising a plastic fabric-film composite
A method for manufacturing a plastic fabric-film composite product includes forming an extruded-film web with at least one sealing layer by film extrusion in such a way that the sealing layer is located on a first side of the extruded-film web and then, feeding and laminating a plastic-fabric web made of film-strip fabric and the prefabricated extruded-film strip with one another to form a composite web. The composite web is formed in such a way that a second side of the extruded-film web faces a first side of the plastic-fabric web. |
| US11396401B2 |
Container with fill gauge
A container to hold contents therein is described with a gauge to indicate the level of contents in the container. The container can be a prescription container to store capsules, tablets, pills and the like. A label is affixed outside the container and is substantially opaque such that the interior is not visible through the label. The label including a vertical, transparent viewing window to see past the label, through the container wall to view the contents therein. The label includes indicia and indicators adjacent the window to indicate a time remaining for the supply of contents in the container or other characteristics of the contents. The time remaining can be calculated by the container volume and characteristics of the contents. |
| US11396400B2 |
Bucket with external organizer
An integrally formed bucket and external organizer is provided. A bucket is provided having a tubular sidewall with an open upper end and a closed bottom end. An integrally formed brim connects to an outside surface of the tubular sidewall proximate to the open upper end. The brim extends radially outward from the tubular sidewall to an external or exterior edge. The brim includes a plurality of apertures that extend though its surface (e.g., between an interior edge attached to the tubular sidewall and the exterior edge). Such apertures may support various items (e.g., tools, fishing gear, etc.). |
| US11396397B2 |
Retail packaging for angular brush
Packaging for protecting a brush comprises a box and a brush. The brush has bristles forming a particular shape, and the box defines a nose with a corresponding shape for accommodating the bristles without bending or impacting the bristles, whereby the brush holds its form while packaged. The brush preferably is an angular brush. The box includes a lid by which the brush is secured, with a handle of the brush extending through an opening in the lid. |
| US11396393B2 |
Box packing device
A box packing device includes a push-in mechanism, a retention mechanism, a guide, and a control unit. The push-in mechanism pushes, into a box that is in a state in which an opening thereof faces sideways, the article through the opening. The retention mechanism retains the box that is in a state in which the opening faces sideways and lowers the box after the article have been pushed into the box by the push-in mechanism. The guide opposes the opening and is configured to prevent the article from falling out from the opening of the box that has been lowered by the retention mechanism. The control unit temporarily increases the distance between the box and the guide after the article have been pushed into the box by the push-in mechanism. |
| US11396391B2 |
Cable bundle binder
Disclosed is an automated module for binding a cable bundle, including eight parts arranged in two halves and having an opening or closing movement around a cable bundle, a lacing tape being pushed between the parts, once the automated module is closed, to form around the cable bundle a first knot or clove hitch followed by a second safety knot as a double knot on the former, before exiting the automated module, followed by a guide releasing movement, tightening the respective knots in the listed order, cutting the ends of the lacing tape and opening the automated module to remove the cable bundle. |
| US11396390B2 |
Filling apparatus
Provided is a filling apparatus including: a conveyor line configured to intermittently convey spout-equipped bags, which are suspended so that spouts protruding from one side of the spout-equipped bags, the bags being flat, are located on an upper side and the bags are located on a lower side, in a width direction of the suspended spout-equipped bags on a movement straight line; a printing apparatus disposed in the middle of the conveyor line and configured to print manufacturing information on the suspended spout-equipped bags; and nozzles configured to fill the suspended spout-equipped bags with a liquid material through the spouts. The conveyor line is further configured to convey the spout-equipped bags so that fronts of the spout-equipped bags directly face the printing apparatus. |
| US11396387B2 |
Method for verifying the presence of equipment on board an aircraft, and associated device
The present invention relates to a method for verifying the presence of equipment (E) on board an aircraft, the method comprising the following steps:—during a flight of the aircraft, implementing (102) radio communication tests by means of a device (2) on board the aircraft so as to determine an in-flight list of equipment consisting of any equipment having a quality of radio link with the radio communication device (2) higher than a first predetermined quality threshold;—after the flight, implementing (104) radio communication tests by means of the device (2) so as to determine a post-flight list of equipment consisting of any equipment having a quality of radio link with the radio communication device (2) higher than a second predetermined threshold after the flight;—generating (108) an alert when an item of equipment is present on the in-flight list and absent from the post-flight list. |
| US11396385B2 |
Method and apparatus for remote optical measurement of the position of a surface
Systems and methods for optically measuring a position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position. The system is a wireless network comprising a centrally located data acquisition computer and a multiplicity of remotely located sensor modules mounted at different locations within wireless communication range of a central receiver. Each sensor module is mounted to a clamp that is made specific to a control surface location and embedded with an RFID tag to denote clamp location. The optical components of the sensor modules are selected to enable indication of the linear position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position and then broadcast the measurement results. The broadcast results are received by the central receiver and processed by the data acquisition computer, which hosts human interface software that displays measurement data. |
| US11396384B2 |
Cradle assembly for supporting a door for uninstalling or installing to an aircraft, and arrangements and methods for the same
Cradle assemblies for supporting a door for uninstalling and/or installing the door to a fuselage of an aircraft, and arrangements and methods for the same are provided. In one example, a cradle assembly includes a first contoured board and a second contoured board that is spaced apart from the first contoured board. The first and second contoured boards are cooperatively configured to support outer sections of a first door. A third contoured board is configured to be selectively positioned adjacent to and extending higher than the first contoured board to support a first outer section of a second door that has a different outer shape than the first door. The third contoured board is contoured to substantially match the first outer section of the second door. The cradle assembly is configured to be positioned proximate to the fuselage. |
| US11396381B2 |
Aircraft lamp that changes irradiation direction
An aircraft lamp includes a variable lamp unit in which an irradiation direction of light by a light source changes; a behavior detection unit that detects behavior of an airframe; and a controller that controls the irradiation direction of the light by the variable lamp unit based on a detection result of the behavior of the airframe. |
| US11396375B2 |
Modular unmanned aerial system
A modular unmanned aerial system includes a chassis for attaching components of the modular unmanned aerial system and one or more rotary wings. Each of the one or more rotary wings is drivable by a respective motor. A central controller is provided for controlling operation of the modular unmanned aerial system. A modular interface portion attached to the chassis and adapted for removably mounting one or more modular devices. |
| US11396370B2 |
Coaxial rotor systems for VTOL aircraft
A coaxial rotor system for a rotorcraft includes a mast, a top rotor assembly and a bottom rotor assembly. The top rotor assembly is coupled to the distal end of the mast. The bottom rotor assembly includes a motor configured to provide rotational energy to the mast, thereby rotating the top rotor assembly. The bottom rotor assembly experiences a torque reaction force responsive to the motor rotating the mast such that the top and bottom rotor assemblies counter rotate. |
| US11396368B2 |
Airplane wing
The invention relates to a wing for an airplane having at least two winglets, wherein a local angle of attack at the upstream winglet shall be reduced by a passive elastic morphing in heavy load conditions and wherein stall shall occur for the downstream winglet, then. Both serves for limiting and reducing the forces and torques produced by the winglets. |
| US11396367B2 |
Vortex reduction apparatus for use with airfoils
Vortex reduction apparatus for use with airfoils are disclosed. An example vortex reduction apparatus includes a housing to couple to a tip of an airfoil. The housing defines a volute fluid flow passageway between an inlet and an outlet. The volute fluid flow passageway is structured to induce a rotational fluid flow in a first rotational direction opposite a second rotational direction of a shed vortex induced at the tip of the airfoil during flight. |
| US11396366B2 |
Active laminar flow control structural plenums fastened
An active laminar flow control arrangement may comprise a modular arrangement comprising a plurality of frames and cover panels coupled to an outer skin having a plurality of hat stiffeners and stringers. A first cover panel may be coupled between a first frame and a first hat stiffener. A second cover panel may be coupled between a second frame and a second hat stiffener. A third cover panel may be coupled between the first cover panel and the second cover panel. The cover panels may enclose associated plenums whereby a flow of air is pumped into the arrangement for maintaining a laminar flow across an aerodynamic surface of the outer skin. |
| US11396365B2 |
Drag recovery scheme using boundary layer ingestion
Technologies are described herein for a drag recovery scheme using a boundary layer bypass duct system. In some examples, boundary layer air is routed around the intake of one or more of the engines and reintroduced aft of the engine fan in the nozzle duct in a mixer-ejector scheme. Mixer-ejectors mix the boundary layer flow to increase mass flow. |
| US11396362B2 |
Rudder and brake pedal assembly
An airplane rudder and brake pedal assembly includes a rudder arm assembly having one rudder arm with first upper and lower arm portions, and another rudder arm with second upper and lower arm portions. The rudder arm assembly is assembled to a beam at an intersection of the first upper and lower arm portions, and an intersection of the second upper and lower arm portions. The first and second rudder arms are configured to rotate about the beam at the intersection. The rotation of the first and second rudder arms is configured to adjust control surfaces that control a yaw axis of the airplane. A brake pedal is attached to the first and second lower arm portions. Rotation of the brake pedal brakes the airplane. A rotary sensor is assembled to the brake pedal and the lower arm portion, and configured to determine an extent of the brake pedal rotation. |
| US11396360B2 |
Rotor or propeller blade with dynamically variable within each revolution fluid dynamic properties
A blade for cycloidal rotor or propeller is provided with means to dynamically change within each revolution: its relative pivot point location along chord, extend or retract trailing edge, make actuated or passive turns of trailing edge flap, dynamically control stiffness of at least the flexible trailing edge, open or close strips covering much of blade surface area to allow flow through the blade. These features will enable the control system to continually adjust each blade to its immediate operating environment along the orbit. |
| US11396357B2 |
Aircraft security door and method and apparatus for security door handling
The present disclosure provides an aircraft security door as well as methods, systems and apparatus for handling an aircraft security door. In one implementation, a method for installing an aircraft security door onto an aircraft is disclosed. The method includes transferring the aircraft security door to an aircraft service stair, supporting the aircraft security door by a bridge crane coupled to the aircraft service stair, positioning the aircraft service stair in proximity to a fuselage of the aircraft adjacent to an opening in the fuselage, positioning the aircraft security door relative to the opening using the bridge crane, and securing the aircraft security door to the opening. |
| US11396356B2 |
Method and apparatus for lighter-than-air airship with improved structure and delivery system
A lighter-than-air airship has an exoskeleton constructed of spokes and hubs to create a set of connected hexagrams comprised of isosceles triangles wherein the spokes flex and vary in length to produce the slope of said airship's surface. In one embodiment, the exoskeleton connects to a nose cone that includes a cockpit cabin for controlling the airship's operation from a single location that can be physically separated from the exoskeleton in response to catastrophic events and for autonomous and/or remotely piloted operation. An improved means is also provided for landing and unloading cargo, and through use of unmanned aerial vehicles in another embodiment, the airship is configured for remote pickup, transport, delivery and return of payloads such as packages. In yet another embodiment, the airship provides a communications platform for beam form transmission and satellite signal relay, including in combination with the foregoing disclosed attributes. |
| US11396355B2 |
Bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat
A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat includes a horizontal neck portion, an upper mounting support portion, a support plate portion that extends downward from the upper mounting support portion, and an enclosure portion. The support plate portion and the rear of the upper mounting support portion form a transom-facing surface in a plane that is generally at a right angle relative to a horizontal plane, within a small range of angles. The transom-facing surface can angled to match the angle of the transom of a boat to which the thruster bracket is mounted. A thruster can be mounted to the thruster bracket at a level where the thruster will be out of the water when the boat is moving fast and up on plane, and will be in the water when the boat is moving very slow. |
| US11396352B2 |
Methods and apparatus for measuring and monitoring an anchoring operation
Novel techniques and equipment for anchoring a boat include sensing and measuring the real time rate and length of rode release based on detecting real time changes in the angular position of a windlass by computer vision using a portable computing device. Rode release is also detected using novel methods based on sensing sound, rode chain movement, and sensing acceleration and/or motion. The apparatus can include software operable to provide safe anchoring based on monitoring real times values of the rate and length of rode release, comparing these values to the speed and position of the boat, and providing local and remote status and alarm information to crew members. |
| US11396350B2 |
Water and land-based modular system for environmentally versatile housing, shelter and commercial use
A sustainable floating and land application community based on a mass-produced modular, pre-fabricated kit of parts referred to as floating modular units (FMU) or land module units (LMU). Both modular units are designed to allow for various needs while remaining simple to deliver and assemble by hand in remote destinations prone to volatile shifts in water levels and currents. Both floating and land module units can be erected for use on land and bodies of water. |
| US11396345B1 |
Removable toe clip for bicycle pedal
A toe clip includes a seat body, a toe clip and an adapter. The seat body has a top side, a bottom side and adapter fixing holes. The top side has a toe clip connecting portion and toe clip fixing holes. The bottom side has an adapter connecting portion. The toe clip includes a clip body and a washer. The clip body includes a mount plate and a clip. The mount plate has long holes. The washer has through holes. The through holes, the long holes and the toe clip fixing holes are separately passed by screws to fasten the toe clip onto the seat body. The adapter is used for connecting the seat body to the pedal and is formed with passing holes. The passing holes and the adapter fixing holes are separately passed by screws to fasten the adapter to the seat body. |
| US11396343B2 |
Operating device for human-powered vehicle
An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member extends in a longitudinal direction. The base member includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion has a coupling surface configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion includes a pommel portion and an end surface extending from the pommel portion. The end surface is arranged on a reverse side of the coupling surface in the longitudinal direction. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The operating member extends from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion in an extending direction. The indicator is configured to indicate information relating to the human-powered vehicle. The indicator is provided to the end surface. |
| US11396342B2 |
Front suspension of the telescopic type with anti-dive effect
A front suspension (4) of the telescopic type with anti-dive effect, comprising at least one sheath (32) and at least one stem (36), housed and guided telescopically inside said sheath (32) according to a direction of the fork axis Z-Z, the suspension (4) comprising a foot (44) associated to the sheath (32) or to the stem (36) that rotatably supports a wheel spindle (44) of an associable front wheel (12) defining a rotation axis X-X, a braking device (52) for the associable front wheel (12), having a support (56) rotatably mounted with respect to the wheel spindle (44) so as to be able to oscillate about the rotation axis X-X. Between the support (56) of the braking device (52) and the foot (44) of the suspension (4) are interposed transfer means (64) of the braking force, exerted by the braking device (52), on an element (32, 36) between the sheath (32) and the stem (36) that does not support the foot (44). Said transfer means (64) comprise a cam (68) hinged to the foot (44) in a first hinge point (72), kinematically connected to the braking means, and mechanically connected to a portion of the suspension (4) integral with the element (32, 36) between the sheath (32) and the stem (36) that does not support (56) the foot (44) so as to transfer thereto, in the direction of the fork axis Z-Z, a part of the braking force. |
| US11396340B2 |
Two wheel electric motorized cycle frame incorporating a case-free battery
The present utility model discloses a two wheel electric motorized cycle frame incorporating a case-free battery, including a frame main body with a battery containment framework disposed on the frame main body. The battery is contained by the battery containment framework. At least one side of the framework is removable to facilitate replacing the battery, and partition boards are inserted in the framework to separate out a protective cavity for electrical connections. According to the present utility model, the battery is placed in the battery containment framework, so that a battery case is omitted. The battery is safely fixed in the framework, and one side of the framework is removable to facilitate replacing the battery. Furthermore, the partition boards are disposed in the framework to separate out the protective cavity for electrical connections of battery cables, thereby solving the problem that the battery cables are exposed to the outside and cannot be effectively accommodated due to replacement of an enclosed battery case with an open framework. |
| US11396335B2 |
Spoiler flutter countermeasure devices and control logic for active aerodynamic systems of motor vehicles
Presented are flutter countermeasure devices and control logic for active aerodynamic systems, methods for making/using such active aero systems, and vehicles equipped with spoiler flutter countermeasure devices for increasing downforce and decreasing drag. A method of operating an active aerodynamic system of a motor vehicle includes detecting, via a system controller based on sensor data received from one or more sensing devices, a flutter excitation experienced by a spoiler of the active aero system during operation of the motor vehicle. The controller determines a harmonic oscillation amplitude of the flutter excitation experienced by the spoiler, and then determines if this harmonic oscillation amplitude exceeds a vehicle-calibrated threshold amplitude. If so, the system controller determines a damping force sufficient to mitigate or eliminate the harmonic oscillation amplitude. The controller then commands a flutter countermeasure device operatively attached to the spoiler to generate the damping force and thereby mitigate the flutter excitation. |
| US11396333B2 |
Body of vehicle
A body of a vehicle may include: a floor panel including a panel consisting of a single plate; a pair of rockers extending along both of side edges of the floor panel, respectively; an indoor floor crossmember protruding upward from the floor panel and connecting the rockers to each other; an outdoor floor crossmember protruding downward from the floor panel, connecting the rockers to each other, and located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember; and a unit component located below the floor panel. The unit component may extend from a position located frontward of the indoor floor crossmember to a position that is located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember and frontward of the outdoor floor crossmember. A portion of the floor panel that is within a range surrounded by the pair of rockers, the indoor crossmember, and the outdoor crossmember may consist of the panel. |
| US11396332B2 |
Front body structure of vehicle
A front body structure of a vehicle includes a pair of left and right hinge pillars, a pair of left and right front suspension dampers that are provided in desired positions on an inner side in a vehicle width direction of the hinge pillars and on a vehicle front side of the hinge pillars, a pair of left and right suspension housings that have damper mount parts, and a pair of left and right apron reinforcements to which upper ends of the suspension housings are joined. The apron reinforcements are formed in shapes extending substantially linearly from the rear ends thereof toward the vehicle front side and an inner side in the vehicle width direction through an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the damper mount parts in plan view. |
| US11396331B2 |
Front end structure for vehicle
A front end structure for a vehicle includes: a pair of front side members; a front bumper beam located in front of the pair of front side members; a pair of bumper beam extensions respectively extending from both ends of the front bumper beam toward both sides of the vehicle; and a pair of catching members attached to the pair of front side members, respectively. In particular, each bumper beam extension is curved toward the rear of the vehicle, and each catching member protrudes from a corresponding front side member toward the bumper beam extension. |
| US11396326B2 |
Autonomous vehicle having independent steering
A terminal tractor includes four independently steerable wheels, each with their own dedicated drive motor and each with their own dedicated steering device. The terminal tractor includes a controller operable to provide input commands to the drive motors and to the steering devices to operate the terminal tractor. The terminal tractor also includes a fifth wheel coupling which includes a lifting mechanism capable of raising and lowering the fifth wheel coupling a in single vertical direction. |
| US11396323B2 |
Electro-hydraulic steering control system
A steering system for a work vehicle having a steerable wheel. The steering system includes a steering input device configured to provide a first steering input and a second steering input to move the steerable wheel. A pilot system is operatively connected to the steering input device and includes a first pilot line operatively connected to the first steering input and a second pilot line operatively connected to the second steering input. A piloted system is operatively connected to the pilot system and includes a direction control valve operatively connected to each of the first and second pilot lines and to a steering cylinder. The steering cylinder is coupled to the steerable wheel. The direction control valve responds to each of the pressure signals of the first and second pilot lines to adjust the position of the steering cylinder which in turn moves the steerable wheel. |
| US11396321B2 |
Steering device
A steering device includes a rack shaft, a pair of tie rods, a rack housing portion, a pinion gear at one end of the rack housing portion, a first supporting portion to support the one end of the rack housing portion, and a second supporting portion to support the other end of the rack housing portion. The second supporting portion is movable in an axial direction of the rack housing portion from a proper position where the second supporting portion fixes the rack housing portion by being mounted on the vehicle body to an escaping position on the side of the pinion gear. The escaping position is a position where a distance from a tip of the tie rod on the other end of the rack housing portion to the second supporting portion is equal to or longer than twice the length of the tie rod. |
| US11396315B1 |
Collapsible cart
The present invention discloses a collapsible cart with a base panel and basket support frame. Two hinge mounts extend from the base frame and a hinge pin extends from each hinge mount. The basket support frame has two support beams that are slidably and rotatable mounted on the hinge pins. Each hinge mount forms a receiving space that can receive and block rotation of each support beam. A cable made of flexible material mounts between the two support beams. When a downward or upward force is exerted on the cable, each end of the cable pulls the support beams towards each other along the longitudinal axis of the hinge pin causing the support beams to move into a position which is clear of the receiving space and allows rotation around the hinge pins towards the base panel and into a collapsed position. |
| US11396314B2 |
Motorized robotic walker guided by an image processing system for human walking assistance
A motorized robotic walker is capable of moving automatically with the user through an algorithmic process using a 3D camera image processing system. The image processing system can measure relative motion of the user versus the robotic walker and a microprocessor can generate PWM signal to drive motors of the robotic walker so that the robotic walker can follow the user's motion automatically and provide assistance if needed. |
| US11396310B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle controller device and vehicle control method
A vehicle control system that sets a preliminary destination or a preliminary destination area toward which a vehicle heads in an autonomously driven state; that causes the vehicle to travel in the autonomously driven state to the preliminary destination or the preliminary destination area set by the preliminary destination/area setting section; that acquires position information for the vehicle; and that switches a driving state of the vehicle from the autonomously driven state to a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state when the vehicle has been detected to have arrived at the preliminary destination or in the preliminary destination area based on the position information. |
| US11396309B2 |
Management of vehicle sensors and responses to sensor data
A system for controlling vehicle sensors includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing a sensor control module including instructions that control processor(s) to, if the vehicle is not moving, and responsive to occurrence of an event, control operation of at least one radar sensor to scan the vehicle occupant compartment at a first scanning rate. Responsive to an occurrence of another event following commencement of scanning at the first scanning rate, the processor(s) control operation of the at least one radar sensor to scan the occupant compartment at a second scanning rate different from the first scanning rate. After passage of a predetermined time period after commencement of scanning at the second scanning rate, it is determined whether a living object resides in the occupant compartment. If no living object resides in the occupant compartment, radar scanning of the occupant compartment is discontinued. |
| US11396306B2 |
Driver alert systems and control logic with powertrain potential energy indications in electric-drive vehicles
Presented are driver alert systems with control logic for powertrain energy tracking and reporting, methods for making/using such systems, and electric-drive vehicles with alert systems for providing driver cues to indicate real-time potential energy buildup in the powertrain. A method of operating a driver alert system for an electric-drive vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving a selection of a powertrain operating mode. Responsive to the received selection, the vehicle controller determines a buildup of output torque generated via an electric traction motor for an impending vehicle maneuver associated with the selected powertrain operating mode. The controller accesses a memory-stored, torque-based lookup table to retrieve an output level calibrated to an in-vehicle sensory output device and corresponding to an output torque value for the determined torque buildup. The controller then commands the sensory output device to generate a driver-perceptible visible, audible, and/or tactile cue based on the retrieved output level. |
| US11396297B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and program
A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of an own vehicle; a determiner configured to determine whether a condition for lane changing of the own vehicle from an own lane to an adjacent lane is satisfied based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; and a traveling controller configured to control steering and a deceleration or acceleration speed of the own vehicle and perform lane-changing control to change the own lane to the adjacent lane when the determiner determines that the condition is satisfied. The lane-changing control is inhibited when a speed of the own vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined speed. |
| US11396293B2 |
Driving support control device
Disclosed is a driving support control device (ECU) 10 capable of controlling a vehicle 1 in accordance with any one selected from plural driving support modes by a driver. The driving support control device 10 is configured to temporally repeatedly calculate a target traveling course (R1 to R3) along which the vehicle 1 should travel, and to, in a given one (preceding vehicle following mode) of the driving support modes, execute control of causing the vehicle 1 to travel on and along the target traveling course, wherein the driving support control device 10 is operable, in a situation where a current position of the vehicle 1 deviates beyond a given distance dth laterally from the target traveling course, to, even when the driver selects the given driving support mode, prohibit transition to the given driving support mode. |
| US11396292B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for transmitting vehicle data
Systems and methods for platooning vehicles are described. In some aspects, vehicles use sensors to determine a gap between each other. In response to the gap increasing beyond a threshold amount, and a threshold amount of torque being commanded by each of the vehicles, reducing the amount of torque being commanded by the front vehicle. The gap may be determined at least in part by sensors such as a radar, a lidar, and/or a camera. These sensors may be mounted on either a rear vehicle in the platoon, or a front vehicle in the platoon. |
| US11396286B2 |
Hybrid-vehicle system
A hybrid-vehicle system includes an internal combustion engine configured to deliver a first rotational torque to a crankshaft. The first rotational torque is a maximum torque deliverable by the internal combustion engine. The hybrid-vehicle system also includes a transmission selectively rotatably coupled to the crankshaft, and an assembly including an electric machine rotatably coupled to the transmission and configured to deliver a second rotational torque directly to the transmission. The assembly also includes a one-way clutch configured to rotationally couple the crankshaft and the transmission. The assembly further includes a friction clutch moveable between an engaged state where the crankshaft and the transmission are rotationally coupled, and a disengaged state where the crankshaft and the transmission are rotationally decoupled. The friction clutch is further defined as a latching friction clutch. |
| US11396285B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring brake wear
A system for determining brake wear based on hydraulic fluid volume may comprise a brake actuator and a fluid supply line fluidly coupled to the brake actuator. The brake actuator may include a brake ram configured to translate in response to changes in fluid pressure in the brake actuator. A piston may be fluidly coupled between a first portion of the fluid supply line and a second portion of the fluid supply line. The piston may include a cylinder and a ram configured to translate within the cylinder. A first sensor may be operably coupled to the piston. |
| US11396279B2 |
Emergency stop system for a vehicle
An emergency stop system for transferring an at least semi-autonomously operable vehicle into a safe state includes an actuating device configured to output an actuating signal, a control device configured to receive the actuating signal and to output a control signal, and an emergency braking device configured to actively brake the vehicle. The emergency braking device is configured to actuate a braking system provided in the vehicle based on the output control signal and based on a predetermined operating mode in order to generate a braking force for decelerating the vehicle. |
| US11396278B2 |
Master brake cylinder for a hydraulic vehicle brake system
A hydraulic block of a slip regulation system of a hydraulic external force vehicle brake system that has a master brake cylinder bore and forms a master brake cylinder. In order to prevent a hard impact of a master brake cylinder piston on an end stop when the master brake cylinder is released, in particular when there is a sudden release, for example when the driver's foot slips off the brake pedal, the present invention provides a hydraulic return flow damper that is integrated in the master brake cylinder piston. |
| US11396272B2 |
Child safety seat alarm system
A child safety seat alarm system includes a child safety seat, an alarming mechanism, a detection mechanism, a trigger mechanism and a driving portion. The detection mechanism is configured to detect whether both states of the alarming mechanism and the detection mechanism meet a predetermined criterion. The trigger mechanism is switchable between an open state and a closed state. The detection mechanism is in a non-working state when the trigger mechanism is in the open state. The detection mechanism is in a working state when the trigger mechanism is in the closed state. When the child is seated in the child safety seat, the driving portion is operated to switch the trigger mechanism from the open state to the closed state so as to switch the detection mechanism to the working state. When the detection mechanism detects the states of the alarming mechanism and the detection mechanism meet the predetermined criterion, the alarming mechanism outputs an alarm signal for alarming. The child safety seat alarm system can remind a user whether or not a child is left in a car, this would prevent a dangerous scenario that the child is left in the car. |
| US11396269B2 |
Curtain airbag assemblies for utility vehicles
An inflatable airbag assembly for a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) that includes an airtight housing to be mounted to a vehicle structure of the UTV, an inflator to generate inflation gas, and an inflatable airbag cushion disposed within the airtight housing that is in fluid communication with the inflator to receive the inflation gas and deploy from a packaged configuration within the airtight housing to a deployed configuration to protect an occupant of the UTV during a collision event. The UTV may comprise a plurality of inflatable airbag assemblies disposed in various locations on the UTV to help keep passengers and their appendages in the UTV. |
| US11396268B1 |
Seatback-mounted rear airbag assemblies
A seatback-mounted rear airbag assembly is disclosed wherein the airbag assembly is mounted forward of an occupant of a rearward vehicle seating position and disposed at least partially within a seatback of a vehicle seating position forward of the occupant. The airbag assembly is disposed partially within the seatback and partially within a headrest whereby a lower attachment and an upper attachment of an inflatable airbag cushion couple the inflatable airbag cushion at multiple points to properly disposed the inflatable airbag cushion forward of the occupant. |
| US11396264B2 |
Powerfold actuator for exterior mirror
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head pivotally mounted at a mounting arm configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a reflective element. A powerfold actuator is operable to pivot the mirror head relative to the mounting arm between at least a folded position and a drive position. The powerfold actuator includes a primary detent that is engaged to maintain the mirror head at the drive position when the mirror head is pivoted via the actuator to the drive position. The powerfold actuator includes a secondary detent. Following pivoting via the powerfold actuator of the mirror head to the folded position, when the mirror head is manually pivoted from the folded position to the drive position, the primary detent is disengaged and the secondary detent is engaged to maintain the mirror head at the drive position. |
| US11396262B2 |
Saddle type vehicle
An invention is a saddle type vehicle comprising a lighting device, and an operator configured to perform a driving operation of a direction indicator, characterized in that the lighting device is configured to irradiate a part of a road surface on a front to lateral side of the saddle type vehicle in accordance with input of an operation of showing an intention of route change to the operator by a driver of the saddle type vehicle. |
| US11396261B2 |
Steering wheel
A steering wheel for vehicle having a steering column includes a steering wheel main body and a horn control assembly. The steering wheel main body includes a pressing portion, a handle and at least one connection portion. The handle is disposed around the pressing portion. The connection portion connects the handle to the pressing portion. The horn control assembly includes a pressure sensing module, a control module and a horn. The pressure sensing module is disposed at the pressing portion for sensing the pressed status of the pressing portion and outputting a pressure sensing signal. The control module is configured to have preset pressure ranges and connected to the pressure sensing module. The preset pressure ranges correspond to multiple volume levels of the horn. The control module receives the pressure sensing signal and compares it with the preset pressure ranges to control the volume of the horn to sound. |
| US11396260B2 |
Illumination lamp
An illumination lamp includes: a frame-shaped body provided with a first guide portion; and a function portion provided with a light emitting portion emitting light and a first guided portion. The first guided portion is engaged with the first guide portion in a state where the function portion is installed in the frame-shaped body, so that a change in the posture of the function portion with respect to the frame-shaped body is regulated around a predetermined axis. |
| US11396249B2 |
Ventilation mat
A ventilation mat according to the present invention includes: a ventilation mat body; and an ventilation guide with a fan attachment hole provided at one end thereof, and the other end of the ventilation guide being connected to a connection hole provided on a side surface of the ventilation mat body, in which the ventilation mat body includes: a first base material having an air-permeable three-dimensional structure; an air-permeable cover configured to cover a surface of the first first base material; a side barrier configured to cover an outer periphery of the first base material other than the connection hole, the side barrier having an air permeability lower than that of the air-permeable cover; and an opening surface that is surrounded by the side barrier and exposes the first base material. |
| US11396248B2 |
Anchor attachment detection sensors
An anchor attachment detection sensor for a vehicle including an anchor including an anchor attachment loop bar; a slide mount defining an opening, wherein the slide mount is positioned aft of the anchor attachment loop bar; a slide positioned in the opening of the slide mount, a plate secured to a first end of the slide, a spring, wherein the spring biases the plate against the anchor attachment loop bar; and a sensing device configured to transmit a control signal having a value, wherein the value of the control signal is based on a displacement of a portion of the slide. |
| US11396239B2 |
Coil device for a motor vehicle, in particular for an automobile
A coil device for a motor vehicle has a housing which has a receiving area, at least one secondary coil which is arranged in the receiving area for inductively transmitting electric energy in order to charge an energy storage unit of the motor vehicle, and at least one ferrite element which is arranged in the housing for conducting at least one magnetic field in order to inductively transmit the electric energy. The ferrite element has at least two ferrite regions that are at least partly mutually spaced by at least one through-opening which is arranged between the ferrite regions and in which a support structure is at least partly arranged that is made of a fiber composite material and has ferrite elements received in the fiber composite material, wherein opposing housing elements of the housing are supported against each other via said support structure. |
| US11396238B2 |
Motor vehicle on-board power system for an electrically driven vehicle, and method for operating a motor vehicle on-board power system
A motor vehicle on-board power system with a power converter, windings, an electric machine and a delta switch group is described. The electric machine is connected to the power converter, wherein a DC external connection is provided. The delta switch group connects the windings in a delta configuration. At least one switch of the delta switch group also connects at least one alternating current connection of the power converter to the DC external connection. A configuration controller actuates the delta switch group and has, on the one hand, the function of actuating the delta switch group in the closed state or open state within a driving state, according to a configuration specification. When energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, at least one switch of the delta switch group is actuated by the configuration controller according to a closed switching state. In addition, an associated method is described. |
| US11396237B2 |
Battery assembly stabilization mechanism
A mechanical stabilization system for a battery assembly is disclosed. The system includes an actuator and a stabilizer that are configured to work in concert. The actuator and stabilizer are disposed in a housing of the battery assembly. The system may be implemented by depression of the actuator disposed in the housing, which causes the stabilizer to retract a support post into the housing. The depression can occur during a docking operation of the battery assembly with a lift mechanism for an electric vehicle. When the actuator is released, the support post automatically reverts to its previous, deployed state. The support post is configured to maintain the battery assembly in a stable configuration when the battery assembly is separated from the electric vehicle. |
| US11396236B2 |
Electric vehicle control device
An electric vehicle control device includes a plurality of drive control systems that controls travelling of an electric vehicle. Each of the drive control systems includes an induction motor, an inverter that drives the induction motor, and a controller that controls the inverter. Each of the controllers of the plurality of drive control systems includes a miswiring detector that calculates a torque estimation value on a basis of motor currents and voltage command values and detects miswiring between the induction motor and the inverter on a basis of the calculated torque estimation value and the torque command value. |
| US11396234B2 |
Battery system for an electric vehicle, method for operating a battery system, and electric vehicle
A battery system for an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle includes a plurality of serially interconnected battery modules, each battery module having at least two battery cells interconnected in parallel, a master control unit for supervising the battery modules, and a slave control unit for supervising the battery modules. A master supervision unit having master sensors for detecting measured values of the battery cells and of the battery module and a slave supervision unit having slave sensors for detecting measured values of the battery cells and of the battery module are assigned to each battery module. The master supervision units communicate with the master control unit, the slave supervision units communicate with the slave control unit, and the master control unit communicates with the slave control unit. |
| US11396232B2 |
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and head-up display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method and a head-up display apparatus. The vehicle control device includes: an extraction circuit used to extract brain wave signals of a user; and a control circuit used to determine whether the user is in an unsafe driving state according to the brain wave signals, and perform at least one of operations including issuing a warning reminder and controlling vehicle deceleration when determining that the user is in the unsafe driving state. |
| US11396231B2 |
Drivetrain overload protection for work vehicles using power boost
Overload protection systems and methods are provided for controlling the amount of energy delivered to the drivetrain of work vehicles including axles, transmission, and other components thereof including for vehicles using power boost. A sensor in operative communication with a primary power equipment unit driving a transmission of a work vehicle generates a torque signal representative of torque delivered to the transmission by the primary power equipment unit. The overload protection method and system uses the torque signal to control the torque delivered to the transmission of a work vehicle by the primary power equipment unit. |
| US11396230B2 |
Integrated fill system and method
An integrated fill system is provided for a vehicle. The integrated fill system can include a receptacle, a cap that mates with the receptacle, and a fill line that is in fluid communication between the receptacle and a container. The integrated fill system can further include a valve between an opening on an end of the container and an end of the fill line to allow one-way fluid communication for entry of compressed material into the container. The integrated fill system can further include a draw line on an opposite end of the container to maintain separate lines for filling and drawing compressed material into/from the container. |
| US11396226B2 |
Hybrid module having a rotary feedthrough
A hybrid module for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a dual clutch which has a first sub-clutch and a second sub-clutch for selectively transmitting torque from a first drive unit to a drive shaft. The hybrid module further includes a disconnect clutch for coupling a second drive unit and for transmitting torque from the second drive unit to the drive shaft. At least one rotary feedthrough is provided which is configured on one hand for conveying actuating oil, which is designed for actuation of the disconnect clutch, or on the other hand for conveying cooling oil, which is designed for cooling the disconnect clutch and/or the dual clutch. |
| US11396223B2 |
Wind deflector assembly
The wind deflector assembly moves between a retracted position below the roof opening and an extended position above and comprises a member extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle and is connected with an end to an elongated member and with an end to a stationary part. A pair of arms are connected to the stationary part by slidable hinges. The assembly is biased by a spring in a rearward longitudinal direction. The spring is connected to a second end of the arm. A biasing device urges the arm towards the extended position. The biasing device comprises first and second legs. The first leg loads the assembly between the arm and the stationary part so as to urge the arm towards the extended position. The second leg engages with and extends substantially along the arm. A second end of the first leg is pivotally connected to the stationary part. |
| US11396220B2 |
Visor
A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. |
| US11396214B2 |
Electric suspension device
Provided is an electric suspension device including an electromagnetic actuator that is provided between a body and wheel of a vehicle and generates damping force for damping vibration of the body. It includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information on the vehicle's sprung speed, pitch rate, and roll rate; a bounce target value computation unit that computes a bounce target value for controlling the vehicle's bounce orientation based on the sprung speed; a pitch target value computation unit that computes a pitch target value for controlling the vehicle's pitch orientation based on the pitch rate; a roll target value computation unit that computes a roll target value for controlling the vehicle's roll orientation based on the roll rate; and a driving control unit that controls driving of the actuator with a control target load which is based on a sum of the bounce, pitch, and roll target values. |
| US11396204B2 |
Flexible hubcap for a vehicle wheel having a floating seat
A hubcap for a wheel with a floating tire seat, the wheel having a rim comprising a tire seat extended axially outwards by a flange, the tire seat being radially floating, comprises a central edge and an exterior periphery, in which the central edge comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the central edge is connected to the exterior periphery by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge. |
| US11396203B2 |
Knock type writing tool
A knock type writing tool is provided, in which an appropriate amount of air can be taken in depending on an amount of a thermochromic ink discharged from a pen tip, so that the thermochromic ink can be smoothly discharged from the pen tip, and in which a writing body can rotate surely in conjunction with a rotation of a rotating member. An air hole 63a and a plurality of projection pieces 63b are provided at a rear end portion of a writing body 6. A front surface of a projection and retraction rotating member 7 is provided with a plurality of abutment parts 73, on which respective rear ends of the plurality of projection pieces 63b are to abut, and with a plurality of protrusion parts 72, each of which is formed between the plurality of abutment parts 73 and protruded more forward than the plurality of abutment parts 73. The protrusion parts 72 are respectively inserted in gaps 63c between the projection pieces 63b. An axial length of each projection piece 63b is longer than an axial length of each protrusion part 72, so that a portion of the gap 63c is left more forward than a front end of each protrusion part 72. |
| US11396186B2 |
Tank
A tank includes: a wall separating a liquid storage chamber, which stores a liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming part, from an outside; an inlet penetrating the wall; and a liquid outflow part which allows the liquid to flow to the outside of the liquid storage chamber. The wall includes a view wall, which extends upward and downward and allows a user to visually check a liquid level in the liquid storage chamber, and a bottom wall, which defines an inner bottom surface of the liquid storage chamber by being connected to the view wall. The inner bottom surface of the bottom wall includes an inclined part which extends from at least a part of the view wall to incline downward in a direction away from the view wall. |
| US11396182B2 |
Printing method and printing apparatus
In a printing method, is obtained position information of an invisible region invisible from outside, out of the printing surface of the packaging base material. Then a flushing process in which ink is ejected the ink toward the invisible region from the nozzle based on the position information is performed. Therefore, printing for packaging pouch can be satisfactorily performed on the packaging base material without impairing the design quality of the packaging pouch manufactured by applying the bag making process to the packaging base material. |
| US11396181B2 |
Liquid ejecting system and maintenance method for liquid ejecting system
A liquid ejecting system includes: a transport portion that transports a medium in a transport direction in a state in which the medium is supported on a medium supporting surface; a liquid ejecting portion that performs printing by moving in a scanning direction and ejecting a liquid from a nozzle with respect to the medium supported on the medium supporting surface; a designation portion for an operator to designate a designation range within a scanning area, the scanning area being configured to face the liquid ejecting portion that moves in the scanning direction and to include the medium and the medium supporting surface; and a control portion that sets a flushing area based on the designated designation range and performs a flushing operation of ejecting the liquid from the nozzle to the flushing area as a maintenance operation of the liquid ejecting portion. |
| US11396175B2 |
Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object
A method for producing a three-dimensional object by layer-wise applying and selectively solidifying a building material in powder form includes the steps of applying a layer of the building material over a working plane and selectively solidifying the layer at positions that correspond to a cross-section of the object to be produced by introducing energy and repeating the steps of applying and selectively solidifying until the object is completed. By doing so, the application step is carried out such that the application device moves at least twice over an area to be coated without an intermediate irradiation, and the step of selectively solidifying is carried out with an irradiation device that emits a radiation suited to solidify the building material. |
| US11396171B2 |
High pressure decorative laminate having a top layer of energy cured acrylated urethane polymer
A laminate lay-up includes a coated decorative paper layer having a decorative paper layer with a textured coating layer applied thereto. The textured coating layer is comprised of a UV curable coating composition. The laminate lay-up also includes a decorative layer and a core layer. |
| US11396170B2 |
Compostable laminate structure
A compostable laminate for food wrap and method for making same. The wrap can include a first layer of paper material, a second layer of paper material, and a series of coatings between the paper materials. The coatings include a first flood coating having water and/or barrier properties, a second flood coating having water and/or oil barrier properties, and a third coating that only partially covers the second flood coating. None of the first, second and third coatings comprise a thermoplastic or polyolefin, and are made substantially from one or more biodegradable and/or compostable materials. |
| US11396166B2 |
Method for manufacturing a plate shaped product and plate shaped product manufactured thereby
A method is presented for manufacturing a plate shaped product, comprising the steps of manufacturing a first intermediate product which comprises at least, successively, a carrier, a plastic printing layer, a decorative print layer and a plastic protective layer, by using a multiple coating process, manufacturing a second intermediate product which comprises at least one plastic layer, by using at least a calendering process, and combining the first and second intermediate products by laminating, such that the second intermediate product is attached to the first intermediate product. Further a plate shaped product is provided which is manufactured using said method. |
| US11396165B2 |
Multilayer film
Embodiments provide a multilayer film in which: a first acrylic resin layer (α1), an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β), and a second acrylic resin layer (α2) are directly laminated in the stated order; the aromatic polycarbonate resin constituting the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β) is a product of ester exchange between a polycarbonic acid ester of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a low-crystalline or amorphous aromatic polyester; and the relationships (Tβ−Tα1)≤30 and (Tβ−Tα2)≤30 (where Tα1 is the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin constituting the first acrylic resin layer (α1), Tα2 is the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin constituting the second acrylic resin layer (α2), Tβ is the glass transition temperature of the aromatic polycarbonate resin constituting the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β), and all of the temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius) are satisfied. The glass transition temperature of the aromatic polycarbonate resin should be 100-140° C. |
| US11396164B2 |
Electronic component and method of manufacturing electronic component
An electronic component includes a ceramic element, glass-containing Au layers formed on both surfaces of the ceramic element, and an Au—Sn alloy layer formed on at least one of the glass-containing Au layers; the electronic component further includes a pure-Au layer between the glass-containing Au layer and the Au—Sn alloy layer; furthermore, the Au—Sn alloy layer has an Au—Sn eutectic structure. |
| US11396159B2 |
Lofty fibrous trim part
Trim part for a vehicle, comprising at least a fibrous layer comprising of thermoplastic bicomponent filaments or staple fibers, consisting of a first polymer forming the sheath of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber and a second polymer forming the core of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber and whereby the fibrous layer is consolidated by heating thereby melting the sheath polymer forming binding points between the filaments or staple fibers, characterized in that at least the sheath of the bicomponent filament or staple fiber comprises a shrinkage reducing additive being at least a polysiloxane, preferably a polydimethylsiloxane. |
| US11396158B2 |
Quantum dot films, lighting devices, and lighting methods
Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices. |
| US11396156B2 |
Patterned structured transfer tape
Organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices are disclosed that include a first layer; a backfill layer having a structured first side and a second side; a planarization layer having a structured first side and a second side; and a second layer; wherein the second side of the backfill layer is coincident with and adjacent to the first layer, the second side of the planarization layer is coincident with and adjacent to the second layer, the structured first side of the backfill layer and structured first side of the planarization layer form a structured interface, the refractive index of the backfill later is index matched to the first layer, and the refractive index of the planarization layer is index matched to the second layer. |
| US11396154B2 |
Modular wind turbine blade and associated method of manufacture
A method of making a modular wind turbine blade is described. The modular blade comprises first and second blade modules connected together by a scarf joint between tapered spar caps of the respective blade modules. According to the method, first and second blade modules are laid up in the same mould assembly. A separating layer is arranged between the layups of the first and second module in a joint region of the mould. The separating layer has a thickness corresponding to a required bond thickness in the scarf joint when the modules are bonded together. |
| US11396151B2 |
Apparatus and process for building tyres for vehicle wheels
The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels, wherein sidewalls (11) are applied on opposite sides of a carcass sleeve (12) placed on a shaping drum (13). The application of the sidewalls (11) comprises: arranging each sidewall (11) as a ring around application levers (24) of a respective support (18), making an axial appendage (35) of the sidewall (11) protrude axially beyond the free ends (25) of the respective application levers (24); radially opening the free ends (25) of the application levers (24) of each support (18) so as to make the respective sidewall (11) radially expand; axially approaching the free ends (25) of the application levers (24) to the respective half-drum (17) up to engaging the axial appendage (35) with the carcass sleeve (12) and radially opening the free ends (25) of the application levers (24) to adhere the sidewalls against the carcass sleeve (12). |
| US11396150B2 |
Tire preparation for adhesive using laser ablation system and method
A system for preparing an interior surface of a tire for an adhesive includes a turntable configured to remove a layer of material from the tire, and a manipulator operable to move and rotate the tire. The turntable includes a platform rotatable about a first axis. An ablation module is disposed within the platform and includes one or more lasers each configured to emit a laser beam for removing the layer of material from the tire. A plurality of guide rollers extend from the platform and are operable between a retracted position and an extended position to selectively secure the tire to the platform. An exhaust system is disposed adjacent to the one or more lasers. |
| US11396141B2 |
Repair patch, method for molding repair patch, and method for repairing composite material
A repair patch is for a composite material to repair a part to be repaired which is a repair target of the composite material. The patch includes a patch main body that is formed by laminating a plurality of fiber reinforced preforms in a thickness direction, and has a bonding surface to be bonded to the part to be repaired; and a removal layer that is provided on the bonding surface to be peelable off from the patch main body. The bonding surface includes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the thickness direction of the patch main body. The removal layer includes a processed portion that causes the removal layer to have a shape complementary to a shape of the inclined surface of the patch main body. |
| US11396138B2 |
Traction element made of fiber reinforced plastic
A tension member with at least one loop made from fiber-reinforced plastic, which tension member has a plurality of fibers that run substantially parallel to each other, so that the loop is formed by the plurality of fibers, wherein a first group of fibers is turned over along the loop in a first turning direction, while a second group of fibers is turned over along the loop in a second turning direction, which is opposed to the first turning direction. Some of the turned-over fibers of both groups end in a different distance from the vertex of the loop than others of the turned-over fibers, so that a cross-section of the tension member that results from the respective number of fibers that run approximately parallel to each other outside the turning-over area of the fibers approximately continuously decreases until it reaches the cross-section size of the tension member. |
| US11396137B2 |
Rotary device for welding a continuous web
A rotary device for welding a continuous web includes a rotary element, support elements for supporting the web, supported by the rotary element, and a plurality of welding units for welding the web. Each welding unit passes from a non-operating position to an operating position and vice versa, and includes a first movement device for commanding a relative rotation of an anvil element relative to a welding tip and a second movement device for moving the anvil element relative to the welding tip such that a contact surface of the anvil element and a contact surface of the welding tip make contact with a portion of the web in a zone between them, and vice versa. First and second drive mechanisms drive the first and second movement devices. The first and second drive mechanisms are configured to vary a positioning of the welding tip relative to the axis. |
| US11396136B2 |
3D printing support structures incorporating sacrificial materials
The present teachings according to various embodiments provides a support material for 3D printing. The support material includes poly(alkylene carbonate) having a decomposition temperature of from 100° C. to about 300° C. |
| US11396133B2 |
Techniques for directing light from a movable stage in additive fabrication and related systems and methods
Techniques for directing light from a movable stage in an additive fabrication device are provided. According to some aspects, the movable stage may include a parabolic mirror onto which light may be directed at various different incident angles to produce light along different positions along an axis. In some cases, this axis may be perpendicular to a direction of motion of the movable stage. |
| US11396123B2 |
Liquid container manufacturing method
A liquid container manufacturing method includes: a nozzle fitting step of fitting a blow nozzle into a mouth of a preform; a liquid replacing step of replacing the air in the preform with a liquid by supplying a predetermined amount of liquid from a liquid supply port to the preform with a discharge port open; and a liquid blow molding step of molding the preform into a liquid container by supplying a pressurized liquid from the liquid supply port into the preform after the discharge port is closed. |
| US11396117B2 |
Method of manufacturing footwear
A method of manufacturing a footwear sole component is provided including projecting elongated pins into a mold cavity in the shape of the footwear sole component and partially filled with an expandable material including multiple unexpanded beads, and introducing steam into the cavity through ports defined by one or more cavity walls and through the pins in an internal region of the expandable material, to expand both exterior beads and interior beads in the internal region a predetermined amount. With the elongated pins, the interior beads can be expanded more, less and/or the same amount as exterior beads to provide particular physical characteristics to the component. For example, the interior beads can be fully expanded to a similar density as exterior beads, or expanded less to provide more density and rigidity in the internal region, or expanded more to provide less density and rigidity in the internal region. |
| US11396110B2 |
Simulated bog-down system and method for power tools
Simulated bog-down system and method for power tools. One power tool according to an example embodiment includes a power source and a motor selectively coupled to the power source. The motor includes a rotor and stator windings. The power tool includes an actuator configured to generate a drive request signal and a power switching network configured to selectively couple the power source to the stator windings of the motor. The power tool includes an electronic processor coupled to the power source, the actuator, and the power switching network. The electronic processor is configured to detect a load on the power tool and compare the load to a threshold. The electronic processor is configured to determine that the load is greater than the threshold, and to control the power switching network to simulate bog-down in response to determining that the load is greater than the threshold. |
| US11396109B2 |
Processing apparatus
A processing apparatus includes a cutting blade mounted on a spindle, the cutting blade having a cutting edge for cutting a workpiece held on a holding table, a measuring portion for measuring an edge projection amount of the cutting edge at a predetermined frequency, and a data processing portion. The data processing portion includes a lower limit recording portion for recording a lower limit of the edge projection amount of the cutting edge as an allowable limit for use of the cutting blade, a storing portion for storing blade information including the edge projection amount measured by the measuring portion and a cutting distance traveled by the cutting blade at the time of measurement of the edge projection amount. |
| US11396108B2 |
Apparatuses for cutting food products and methods for operating the same
Methods and apparatuses for cutting food products. The apparatus includes an annular-shaped cutting head having at least a first mounting frame surrounding a central axis of the cutting head and a plurality of cutting tools arranged around the central axis of the cutting head and pivotably coupled to the first mounting frame such that each cutting tool has a pivot axis. The method includes deflecting each cutting tool about its pivot axis by engaging first portions of the cutting tools in proximity to the first mounting frame to deflect the first portions a first radial deflection distance relative to the central axis and engaging second portions of the cutting tools to deflect the second portions a second radial deflection distance relative to the central axis. The first and second radial deflection distances can be adjusted individually or in unison. |
| US11396106B2 |
Hair cutting device adapted for cutting one's own hair
A hair cutting device adapted for cutting one's own hair comprises a comb piece having teeth with smooth comb edges near open ends and sharp cutting edges near closed ends, a moving cutting arm with sharp cutting teeth in contact and rough alignment with the sharp cutting edges of the comb piece, capable of reciprocating sideways back and forth and cutting hair in conjunction with the sharp cutting edges of the comb piece, and a hair guard in close proximity along their lengths. The hair guard can be lowered to expose the sharp cutting edges of the comb piece and moving cutting arm to cut hair or raised above the sharp cutting edges to work as a comb. |
| US11396105B2 |
Sensor module for a robot
A sensor module is provided for adding functionality to a robot. The sensor module is attached between the robot tool flange and the end effector. Additional interchangeable modules may also be provided between the tool flange and the end effector. The sensor module includes a sensor for monitoring a condition near the end effector. An output port of the module transmits sensor data to a processor outside of the sensor module for further processing. |
| US11396104B2 |
Artificial epidermis structure
An artificial epidermis structure capable of using a gel substance to adjust a frictional property with high precision is provided. When a front surface of a lid member comes into contact with a target object and pressure acts on the lid member, a part of the gel substance can escape into a space that is formed by concave portions on a front surface of a gel substance. Therefore, reduction in a repulsion force of the gel substance is achieved. Accordingly, the pressure can be appropriately transmitted to the gel substance via the lid member, and convex portions of the gel substance can be caused to easily bulge out over the front surface of the lid member via holes of the lid member. |
| US11396103B2 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating a tool to control in-grasp sliding of an object held by the tool
A tool control system may include: a tactile sensor configured to, when a tool holds a target object and slides the target object downward across the tool, obtain tactile sensing data from the tool; one or more memories configured to store a target velocity and computer-readable instructions; and one or more processors configured execute the computer-readable instructions to: receive the tactile sensing data from the tactile sensor; estimate a velocity of the target object based on the tactile sensing data, by using one or more neural networks that are trained based on a training image of an sample object captured while the sample object is sliding down; and generate a control parameter of the tool based on the estimated velocity and the target velocity. |
| US11396102B2 |
Robots, methods, computer programs and computer-readable media
A robot comprises a first part and a second part moveable relative to the first part. The robot operates in an audio output mode in which the first and second parts are in a first configuration relative to each other and in which the robot outputs audio from an array of speakers using an audio output technique. The robot operates in a user interaction mode in which the first and second parts are in a second, different configuration relative to each other and in which the robot interacts with a user. The robot is configured to change from the audio output mode to the user interaction mode in response to the robot detecting a trigger event. Changing from the audio output mode to the user interaction mode comprises causing the first part to lift up relative to the second part. |
| US11396101B2 |
Operating system, control device, and computer program product
An operating system according to an embodiment includes a target surface detection unit, a position calculation unit, a direction calculation unit, and a movement control unit. The target surface detection unit detects a target surface of a target object from a depth image obtained by a depth sensor. The position calculation unit calculates a first position for the detected target surface. The direction calculation unit calculates a first direction for the detected target surface. The movement control unit controls an actuator so as to reduce a positional deviation between a second position fixed with respect to the movable member and the first position and to reduce a directional deviation between a second direction fixed with respect to the movable member and the first direction. |
| US11396100B2 |
Robot calibration for AR and digital twin
A method and system for calibration of an augmented reality (AR) device's position and orientation based on a robot's positional configuration. A conventional visual calibration target is not required for AR device calibration. Instead, the robot itself, in any pose, is used as a three dimensional (3D) calibration target. The AR system is provided with a CAD model of the entire robot to use as a reference frame, and 3D models of the individual robot arms are combined into a single object model based on joint positions known from the robot controller. The 3D surface model of the entire robot in the current pose is then used for visual calibration of the AR system by analyzing images from the AR device camera in comparison to the surface model of the robot in the current pose. The technique is applicable to initial AR device calibration and to ongoing device tracking. |
| US11396090B2 |
Screw depth adjuster for driving screw to certain depth and method for driving screw to certain depth by using the same
A screw depth adjuster used for driving screws to the required depth is revealed. Users can control the depth of the screw being driven to workpiece/material by the screw depth adjuster. The screw depth adjuster includes a rod assembled with a control member, a driving member and a flared sleeve. The control member abutting against and assembled with the driving member is used for locking the driving member so that the driving member is unable to move. The flared sleeve is driven by the driving member mounted therein to to move forward or backward on the rod. Users determine the longitudinal movement of the driving member according to the depth of the screw required so that the screw will not be driven beyond the depth required in the workpiece. Thereby dents formed on the surface of the workpiece can be minimized. |
| US11396089B2 |
Anti-slip fastener remover tool
An anti-slip fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body, a plurality of paired engagement features, and an intersection point. The plurality of paired engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener head is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The plurality of paired engagement features, wherein each paired engagement feature is offset by 30 degrees, comprises a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature each comprises a bracing section, a cavity section, and a connector section that are adjacently connected to each other. The cavity section of the first engagement feature is adjacently connected to the cavity section of the second engagement feature. The bracing sections of the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are oppositely positioned of each other about the cavity sections of the first and second engagement features. |
| US11396083B2 |
Polishing liquid supply device
Provided is technical means capable of supplying a polishing liquid having a uniform slurry flow rate to a CMP polishing device. There is a blending flow channel 40 communicating with a flow channel in which a slurry, ultra-pure water, a chemical, and hydrogen peroxide water are transferred. In this blending flow channel 40, a plurality of types of liquids are blended, and the blended liquid is supplied to the CMP polishing device 8 as a plurality of polishing liquid. A blending tank 52A storing the polishing liquid obtained by blending the liquids is included. A flow channel reaching the CMP polishing device 8 is a circulation flow channel that returns to the blending tank 52A via a branching point 17A from the blending tank 52A toward the CMP polishing device 8. |
| US11396082B2 |
Substrate holding device and substrate processing apparatus including the same
There is provided a device and method for accurately positioning a substrate on a stage by a simple method using power of a movement mechanism provided for a movable stage. A substrate holding device for holding a substrate is provided. The substrate holding device includes a substrate stage for supporting the substrate, a stage drive mechanism for causing the substrate stage to move, positioning pin for positioning the substrate on the substrate stage, first urging members each urging the positioning pin, and a stopper member capable of applying a force against the urging member to the positioning pin. The positioning pin is configured to move together with the substrate stage by the stage drive mechanism. The positioning pin moving together with the substrate stage allows the substrate to be positioned on the substrate stage. |
| US11396080B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus having scraping fixture
Embodiments of apparatus and method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) are disclosed. In an example, an apparatus for CMP includes a platen, a slurry supply, and at least one scraping fixture. The platen is configured to rotate a pad thereon about a central axis of the pad. The slurry supply is configured to supply a slurry onto the pad while the pad rotates. The at least one scraping fixture is configured to scrape the slurry off the pad when the slurry travels a distance between the slurry supply and the at least one scraping fixture in a circumferential direction of the pad as the pad rotates. |
| US11396078B2 |
Grinder
Vibrations and a reaction force transferred to an operator are effectively reduced to improve usability and operability. A grinder includes an inner housing accommodating a motor, a final output shaft located in front of the motor, a connecting shaft parallel to the final output shaft, a front elastic member located in front of the connecting shaft, and an outer housing enclosing the inner housing and holding, with the connecting shaft and the front elastic member in between, the inner housing in a relatively rotatable manner. |
| US11396076B2 |
Modular automated table-top production pod
The invention is a modular table-top automation apparatus, or for short, a tac, a word derived from an acronym for a table-top automation center, of which, this is the first. Employing integrated mechanical and electronic systems, a tac is a flexible, programmable apparatus, readily reconfigurable, which can be used as either a stand-alone unit, or as a cell within a configuration of other tacs or machines. The tac can utilize various purchasable application devices, mounted on one or two horizontal carriage rail assemblies, which extend past both sides of a frame containing a central work area, giving it a unique ability to load, position, perform numerous operations and unload a wide variety of small parts or assemblies. By combining with optional rotary magazines positioned on both sides of the frame, the tac can be set-up as a fully automatic “load and walk-away” production center. |
| US11396073B2 |
Control device for machine tool
To provide a control device for a machine tool capable of performing thread cutting while reducing the load on the machine tool from the oscillating operation, without extending the cycle time, and capable of reliably shredding chips in a case of performing the non-oscillating operation in the present pass after the oscillating operation in the previous pass. A control device for a machine tool includes: an oscillating operation execution determination unit that determines whether to execute an oscillating operation that causes the cutting tool to oscillate in the radial direction of the workpiece; an oscillation command generation unit that generates an oscillation command of the oscillating operation based on a determination result; a control unit that superimposes the oscillation command on a position command of the feed axis to generate a drive command. The oscillating operation execution determination unit determines to intermittently execute the oscillating operation, and the oscillation command generation unit generates an oscillation command so that a non-oscillating cutting portion of a present pass includes a portion at which oscillating cutting was performed in a previous pass, or so that an oscillating cutting portion of the present pass includes a portion at which non-oscillating cutting was performed in the previous pass. |
| US11396068B2 |
Method for producing a rotating disk for a turbomachine
The present invention is directed to a method for producing a rotating disk for a turbomachine, forming blade root uptakes on a plurality of circumferential positions, for which, in each case, an axially extending profile groove that is bounded circumferentially by inner wall surfaces of the rotating disk is introduced on a respective circumferential position, in which production method, initially first profile grooves are introduced in a disk on first circumferential positions, and subsequently, a second profile groove is introduced in the disk on a second circumferential position located circumferentially between the first profile grooves. |
| US11396063B2 |
Systems and methods for in process heating for direct energy deposition applications
A system used to additively manufacture an object layer-by-layer using direct energy deposition (DED) includes a base where the object is formed, a depositor configured to deposit material layer-by-layer on the base or a previously deposited layer of the object, an energy source configured to selectively direct an energized beam at the material to fuse a new layer of the material to a previously formed layer, and a heating element in contact with at least a portion of the base and configured to supply heat to the base. |
| US11396061B2 |
Laser welding apparatus and laser welding method
A laser welding apparatus includes: a laser oscillator configured to emit a laser beam toward a welding portion of a welded material; an optical interferometer configured to generate an interference signal that indicates an intensity of an interference beam of a measurement beam reflected by the welding portion and a reference beam; and a derivation unit configured to generate, based on the interference signal, two-dimensional tomographic image data indicating a correlation among a distance in a proceeding direction of welding of the welding portion, a depth of the welding, and an intensity of the interference signal, to extract specified depth tomographic image data within a specified range from the two-dimensional tomographic image data, and to derive a depth for each distance based on the intensity of the interference signal in the specified depth tomographic image data. |
| US11396060B2 |
Holding jig and holding jig set for double-acting friction stir spot welding, double-acting friction stir spot welding device, and double-acting friction stir spot welding method
In a double-acting friction stir spot welding device or a double-acting friction stir spot welding method, a pin member and a cylindrical shoulder member that rotates around the axis of the pin member are used as rotary tools, and a clamp member that has a cylindrical shape positioned so as to surround the outside of the shoulder member and is configured to press a workpiece from an obverse surface with an annular pressing surface of the distal end is used as a holding jig. The clamp member has an inclined surface that is adjacent to the inner edge portion of the pressing surface and inclined so as to reduce the inner diameter of the clamp member toward the back side as viewed from the pressing surface. |
| US11396056B2 |
Hob peeling method and cutting tool for producing at least partially rounded tooth tips
A method for providing teeth on working gears by cutting, wherein the working gear and the cutting tool are driven in rotation at a predetermined speed ratio along axes oriented at an intersection angle. The flanks of the cutting teeth form edges having flank cutting sections arranged on the edges of a gap between two adjacent teeth and extend along a first contour line, and which as a result of an advance in the direction of the working gear engage in a cutting manner to produce teeth having a flank contour predetermined by the shape of the cutting edge. Each of the flank cutting sections is adjoined by a tip cutting section which extends along a second contour line in the region of the base of the cutting tooth gap, wherein the second contour line is curved such that at least partially rounded tooth tips are produced on the teeth. |
| US11396055B2 |
Reciprocating tool
A reciprocating tool easily supplies a lubricant, such as grease (lubricating oil), to a mechanism for reciprocating a slider, and prevents a lack of lubricant. A reciprocating saw as a reciprocating tool includes a motor, a reciprocating conversion mechanism that converts rotation of the motor to reciprocation, a slider connected to the reciprocating conversion mechanism and being reciprocable, and a slider guide that supports the slider in a reciprocable manner and includes a lubricant-passage member in contact with the slider to allow passage of at least part of a lubricant through the lubricant-passage member, and a lubricant reservoir located adjacent to the lubricant-passage member to store the lubricant. |
| US11396050B2 |
Parting blade and tool holder therefor
A tool holder including a tool shank and a tool head connected to the tool shank. The tool head comprising an insert seat or a blade pocket. Adjacent to at least a portion of a shank side surface there is a reinforcement portion connecting the shank side surface and the tool head. |
| US11396049B2 |
Turning tool
An indexable cutting insert for a cutting tool for material processing machines has a first axis of symmetry, at least one fastening bore passing through the indexable cutting insert parallel or coaxially to this first axis, two groups of main cutting edges, secondary cutting edges and cutting corners having a second axis of symmetry rotationally symmetrically opposite one another. At least the main cutting edges enclose an acute cutting edge angle with a plane oriented orthogonally to the first axis of symmetry. A cutting insert holder holds and fixes an indexable cutting insert. A recess for receiving the indexable cutting insert is on an elongated base body with polygonal cross-section. A support surface for supporting the indexable cutting insert is rotated about the base-body longitudinal axis and tilted about a second axis, a line of intersection between the rotated support surface and a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. |
| US11396046B2 |
Methods for additively manufacturing components with reduced build failures caused by temperature variations
A method for additively manufacturing a component includes receiving, via an additive manufacturing system, a geometry of the component and melting and fusing, via an energy beam of the additive manufacturing system, material layer by layer atop a build platform according to the geometry so as to build up a plurality of layers that form the component. The method also includes determining a surface area change from one of the plurality of layers to the next based on the geometry. Further, the method includes temporarily discontinuing melting and fusing of the material by the energy beam between building of one or more of the plurality of layers so as to provide a delay after building one or more of the plurality of layers when the surface area change is above a predetermined threshold. As such, the delay allows for one or more previously built layers to at least partially cool so as to eliminate and/or reduce build failures from occurring in the final component. |
| US11396044B2 |
Density enhancement methods and compositions
The present invention relates to granular composite density enhancement, and related methods and compositions. The application where the properties are valuable include but are not limited to: 1) additive manufacturing (“3D printing”) involving metallic, ceramic, cermet, polymer, plastic, or other dry or solvent-suspended powders or gels, 2) concrete materials, 3) solid propellant materials, 4) cermet materials, 5) granular armors, 6) glass-metal and glass-plastic mixtures, and 7) ceramics comprising (or manufactured using) granular composites. |
| US11396039B2 |
Fastening system and fastening method
A fastening system includes a plurality of fasteners having different sizes, and is provided with a pressurizing pump which pressurizes a fluid to a prescribed pressure, a plurality of pressurizing units which each have a pressure receiving surface, are each disposed in a position capable of pressurizing each respective fastener, and which receive the fluid on the pressure receiving surface to pressurize each fastener. A supply system includes a base end connected to the pressurizing pump and a plurality of branch ends connected to each pressurizing unit, which branches from the base end toward the branch ends, and which is capable of supplying the fluid from the base end throughout the branch ends. Each pressure receiving surface has an individual pressure receiving surface area corresponding to the corresponding size, and the fluid is supplied at the prescribed pressure from the base end throughout the pressure receiving surfaces. |
| US11396037B2 |
Method for joining heat transfer plates of a plate heat exchanger
A method for joining heat transfer plates, comprising: applying a melting depressant composition on individual application areas of a first metal sheet, each application area comprising a mid-section and two end-sections; pressing ridges and grooves in the metal sheet, the ridges extending in a direction that extends between the end-sections of the application areas, such that the application areas are located on top of the ridges; bringing the metal sheet into contact with a second, pressed metal sheet, such that contact points are formed where the mid-sections of the application areas re located; heating the sheets until melted metal is formed at the application areas where the melting depressant composition is applied; and allowing the melted metal to solidify such that a joint is obtained at the contact points. |
| US11396035B2 |
MRI magnet room cleaning system
A cleaner system for an MRI magnet room. The system includes a base vacuum and/or steam unit configured to supply vacuum and/or steam, the unit disposed outside the MRI magnet room. A hand-held or portable dispensing unit is substantially free of magnetic material so that it is safe to use inside the magnet room. A tubing system for conveying vacuum and/or steam from the base unit to the handheld unit, the tubing system including a magnet room portion configured for disposition inside the magnet room and free of magnetic material. A communication link is configured to communicate control signals generated by user manipulation of a control panel to the base unit. |
| US11396031B2 |
Driver circuitry
Driver circuitry for driving an electromechanical load with a drive output signal based on a digital reference signal at a first sample rate, the drive output signal inducing a first electrical quantity at the electromechanical load, the driver circuitry comprising: a function block configured, based on said first electrical quantity, to digitally determine at a second sample rate higher than the first sample rate an adjustment signal indicative of a second electrical quantity which would be induced at a target output impedance of the driver circuitry due to said first electrical quantity; and a driver configured to generate the drive output signal based on the reference signal and the adjustment signal to cause the drive output signal to behave as if an output impedance of the driver circuitry has been adjusted to comprise the target output impedance, wherein the first electrical quantity is a current and the second electrical quantity is a voltage, or vice versa. |
| US11396029B2 |
Valve and system for application of a covering product including such a valve
A valve including a body having an inner central orifice and a chamber, a piston formed by a rod and by a head mounted in the chamber, the rod extending outside the body and moving in a bore of an application system. The valve includes a first sealing device around the rod on one side of the valve where the rod extends outside the body, part of the chamber being filled with a pressurized control fluid to obtain movement of the piston against the force of a spring housed in the body. The valve includes a second sealing device around the rod, between the first sealing device and the chamber. The valve includes a vent duct in the rod that communicates with the inner central orifice between the first and second sealing devices and emerges in the open air or in part of the chamber communicating with the open air. |
| US11396026B2 |
Centrifugal separator having energy consumption reducing devices
The invention relates to a centrifugal separator comprising a casing which delimits and seals off a space in which a rotor is arranged. The rotor forms a separation space which is sealed or isolated from the space, and in which separation space centrifugal separation of a higher density and a lower density component from a fluid takes place. An inlet extends into the rotor for introducing fluid to the separation space, and a first outlet extends from the rotor for discharge of a component separated from the fluid. The space is connected to a pump device which is arranged to remove gas, thereby maintaining negative pressure in said space. The rotor comprises at least one second outlet extending from the separation space to the space for discharge of at least one higher density component separated from the fluid. The invention also relates to a method in such a centrifugal separator. |
| US11396023B1 |
Dual cutter assembly and submersible shredder pump having a dual cutter assembly
A cutter assembly and high volume submersible shredder pump. These are for reducing the size of solids within a liquid which is to be pumped by chopping, grinding, shredding or cutting. An improvement over prior designs employs a cutting assembly and an associated shredder pump, wherein the cutting assembly has a centrally positioned dual sided plate cutter which engages first and second rotary cutters on alternate sides of a centrally positioned dual sided plate cutter. In operation the waste water contents have a much finer grind which improves efficient removal and reduces the likelihood of shredder pump clogging. The cutter assembly is adapted for mounting to an intake opening of a stationary volute, associated with a shredder pump. As a result, many more cutting surfaces are provided which more effectively and quickly shred the solid materials within the liquid to be expelled. |
| US11396022B2 |
Mono roller grinding mill
A crushing mill with a single roller inside a driven cylindrical shell inner surface, both with horizontal and parallel but offset axes is disclosed. In some embodiments, the roller has protrusions such that as the roller and shell rotate rock or other material may be crushed between the shell and the roller, respectively. In some embodiments, the shell and the roller each have surface protrusions such that rock or other materials may be crushed between the shell and the roller as they rotate. In some embodiments the shell and the roller operate at differential speeds with respect to each other to induce shear forces on the material to be crushed. |
| US11396018B2 |
Fluid handling device and fluid handling system
A fluid handling device has an introduction port, a first flow channel which is connected to the introduction port and in which a droplet can move when a fluid including the droplet is caused to flow therein, a first chamber for capturing the droplet moving through the first flow channel, and a second chamber through which the droplet captured by the first chamber can move via the first flow channel. The liquid handling device is capable of switching between a first state in which a droplet moving through the first flow channel is captured by the first chamber, and a second state in which the droplet captured by the first chamber moves to the second chamber via the first flow channel. |
| US11396016B2 |
System and method for a biomimetic fluid processing
A system and method are provided for harvesting target biological substances. The system includes a substrate and a first and second channel formed in the substrate. The channels longitudinally extending substantially parallel to each other. A series of gaps extend from the first channel to the second channel to create a fluid communication path passing between a series of columns with the columns being longitudinally separated by a predetermined separation distance. The system also includes a first source configured to selectively introduce into the first channel a first biological composition at a first channel flow rate and a second source configured to selectively introduce into the second channel a second biological composition at a second channel flow rate. The sources are configured to create a differential between the first and second channel flow rates to generate physiological shear rates along the second channel that are bounded within a predetermined range. |
| US11396014B2 |
Microfluidic movement control method utilizing light
A microfluidic movement control method utilizing light, a device, and a microtubule actuator (2). The microtubule actuator (2) is prepared by utilizing a light-induced deformed smart polymer material. The smart polymer material forms, by an exciting beam, asymmetrical deformation, and is induced to produce a capillary action to drive a microfluid movement. The embodiment can drive microfluids having various polarities and compositions, and can drive creep of the microfluid, and can even drive the microfluid to generate a 3D movement trail. The embodiment has found a wide range of potential applications in controllable microfluidic transport, micro-reaction systems, micro-mechanic systems, IC laboratories, and others. |
| US11396009B2 |
Honeycomb structure
A honeycomb structure including a honeycomb having porous partition walls extending between inflow and outflow end faces to define cells, an outermost peripheral wall, and a pair of electrodes disposed on a side surface of the honeycomb. Each electrode is formed in a strip shape extending in a direction of the cells. In a cross section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cells, one electrode is disposed on a side opposed to the other electrode. The honeycomb has an outer peripheral region including the outer peripheral wall, a central region, and an intermediate region. An average electric resistivity A of a material constituted of the outer peripheral region, an average electric resistivity B of a material constituted of the central region and an average electric resistivity of C of a material constituted of the intermediate region satisfy the relationship: A≤B |
| US11396008B2 |
Catalytic system, and process for removing heteroatomic compounds from hydrocarbon streams
The present invention describes an extractive oxidation process for removing contaminants from hydrocarbon streams using an ionic liquid combined with an organometallic ionic complex of iron(II), which comprises a complex of iron(II) cation with an ionophilic binder, catalyst of iron(II) with ionophilic binder in its molecular structure, oxidation of which is performed with an oxidizing agent and is catalysed by the organometallic iron(II) complex present in the phase of the ionic liquid.Besides maintaining its characteristics of selective solvent of oxidizing compounds, the ionic liquid combined with the organometallic complex of iron(II) with catalytic ionophilic binder of the oxidizing agent, stimulating the reactive phenomenon taking place in the ionic liquid phase, with the effect that the iron remains stable in the ionic liquid phase, without being leached into the oily phase. This measure results in a considerable improvement in removal of the heteroatoms from the hydrocarbon medium. |
| US11396007B2 |
Catalyst supports—composition and process of manufacture
A catalyst support comprising at least 95% silicon carbide, having surface areas of ≤10 m2/g and pore volumes of ≤1 cc/g. A method of producing a catalyst support, the method including mixing SiC particles of 0.1-20 microns, SiO2 and carbonaceous materials to form an extrusion, under inert atmospheres, heating the extrusion at temperatures of greater than 1400° C., and removing residual carbon from the heated support under temperatures below 1000° C. A catalyst on a carrier, comprising a carrier support having at least about 95% SiC, with a silver solution impregnated thereon comprising silver oxide, ethylenediamine, oxalic acid, monoethanolamine and cesium hydroxide. A process for oxidation reactions (e.g., for the production of ethylene oxide, or oxidation reactions using propane or methane), or for endothermic reactions (e.g., dehydrogenation of paraffins, of ethyl benzene, or cracking and hydrocracking hydrocarbons). |
| US11396006B2 |
Nickel-containing catalyst composition having enhanced acidity for bi-reforming processes
Modified red mud catalyst compositions, methods for production, and methods of use in bi-reforming, the composition comprising: red mud material produced from an alumina extraction process from bauxite ore; and nickel oxide, the nickel oxide present at between about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the modified red mud catalyst composition. |
| US11396005B2 |
Catalyst support comprising homogeneously distributed titanium dioxide and method for production
The present invention relates a method of making a catalyst support comprising at least homogeneously distributed titanium dioxide and alumina and to a catalyst support obtained according to this method. |
| US11396001B2 |
Hybrid microcapsules
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of formaldehyde-free organic-inorganic microcapsules, comprising a hydrophobic active ingredient-based core, preferably a perfume or a flavour, and a shell comprising inorganic particles consisting of non-chemically surface modified inorganic particles. Microcapsules obtained by said process are also an object of the invention. Consumer products comprising said capsules, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of home care or personal care products, are also part of the invention. |
| US11395999B2 |
Method for producing liposome and apparatus for producing liposome
Disclosed herein are a method for producing a liposome which is capable of reducing the facility costs and also capable of rapid desolvation, and an apparatus for producing a liposome which is for use in the above-mentioned method. Provided is a method for producing a liposome, including a stirring step of stirring a mixed liquid containing an oil phase in which at least one lipid is dissolved in an organic solvent and a water phase, and an evaporating step of evaporating an organic solvent from the mixed liquid, in which the condensed organic solvent is removed by passing a gas having a temperature not higher than the dew point of the solvent in the evaporating step. |
| US11395998B2 |
Loading and unloading of material containers
A site may require that multiple containers, such as bulk material containers, may be utilized to provide a required composition or mixture of materials at a required discharge rate. An arrangement of four or more containers on a frame disposed on a support platform where two faces of each container proximate or adjacent to a face of two other containers to form a rectangle provides a configuration that allows for safe and efficient removal and replacement of containers A rotary table coupled to a motor disposed on the support platform rotates the frame such that each container transitions to different positions. The containers discharge material through an opening of support platform. Containers may be retrieved from one position and replaced at another position or retrieved and replaced from a single position. Such a configuration allows for multiple transport devices to operate without interfering with the operations of each other. |
| US11395996B2 |
Immersion mixer with trigger manipulable from multiple grasping locations
An immersion mixer includes: a housing; a drive motor residing within the housing; a shaft attached to the motor and configured to rotate relative to the housing; blades attached to and rotatable with the shaft; a handle attached to the housing, the handle including a first segment and a second segment attached to the first segment and to the housing; and a trigger attached to the handle and operatively associated with the motor. The trigger includes a first segment that is generally parallel with the first segment of the handle and a second segment that is generally parallel with the second segment of the handle. Engagement by a user of either the first segment of the trigger or the second segment of the trigger causes the drive motor to rotate the shaft and blades. |
| US11395993B2 |
Processing liquid generation method, processing liquid generation mechanism, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and semiconductor manufacturing method
A droplet dispersion mechanism performs a first droplet generation process of supplying gas to a chemical liquid, and dispersing the chemical liquid into droplets to acquire chemical liquid droplets. A droplet dispersion mechanism performs a second droplet generation process of supplying gas to a chemical liquid, and dispersing the chemical liquid into droplets to acquire chemical liquid droplets. A droplet mixing mechanism performs a droplet mixing process of mixing the chemical liquid droplets and the chemical liquid droplets to acquire a processing liquid in a form of droplets. A discharge nozzle performs a discharge process of externally discharging the processing liquid received from the droplet mixing mechanism. |
| US11395983B2 |
Apparatus and method for separating solids from a solids laden drilling fluid
An apparatus for separating solids from solids laden drilling fluid is provided. The apparatus includes a shale shaker and a screen assembly. The shale shaker includes a base and a basket isolated from the base, a flow tray arranged in the basket for directing screened drilling fluid. The screen assembly includes at least one layer of screening material, a screen support having a perimeter with at least one support point within the perimeter, wherein the flow tray includes at least one raised portion to support the screen assembly. In some versions the shale shaker has a basket having side supports and at least one intermediate support arranged between the side supports. The screen assembly includes a screen support supporting at least one layer of screening material. |
| US11395982B1 |
Ultra low power acoustic separation
Energy-efficient separation of particulates from fluids is based on determining particulate mass removal as a function of applied energy. Energy-efficient ultrasonic field powers and exposure durations are applied to a particulate containing fluid, and particles removed. In some cases, ultrasonic exposures are selected that provide the maximum particulate removal per applied energy. |
| US11395978B1 |
Projectile launching devices, assemblies, and related methods
Devices, assemblies and methods are described for launching a projectile. A launching device includes a support extending along a first plane and having an outward surface and an inward surface spaced from the outward surface, the inward surface defining a space. The launching device further includes first and second elastic members extending between opposing first and second elastic member ends, respectively. The first and second elastic member ends are coupled to the support with the first elastic member ends spaced from each other and the second elastic member ends spaced from each other. The launching device further includes a handle grip coupled to the support and extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. |
| US11395976B2 |
Ride with rotating lift
A ride system for an amusement park includes a plurality of rooms stacked atop one another and a ride vehicle. A method to transport the ride vehicle from a first room to a second room includes withdrawing the ride vehicle from the first room, changing the vertical height of the ride vehicle, rotating the ride vehicle, and inserting the ride vehicle into the second room. |
| US11395967B2 |
Selective indication of off-screen object presence
Systems, methods, and media are provided for the selective indication of the presence of off-screen objects in the shared gaming environment of a multiplayer game played on a mobile device. The shared gaming environment can include a game space and a plurality of objects located at various places of the game space. The player may view a portion of the game space via a screen view presented by the mobile device. The screen view can be bordered by a frame area that includes a portion of the game space that is outside of the screen view. Based on a predetermined rule set, the presence of an object that is located within the frame area can be selectively indicated within the screen view by a visual indicator, such as an icon. The visual indicator can be assembled from a library of elements to visually communicate contextually relevant information to the player. |
| US11395966B2 |
Generating game configurations
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating game configurations are presented. For example, a system may receive a game configuration request message from a client device being operated by a player playing a virtual game. The game configuration request message may be sent, for example, in response to the player initiating a new game of the virtual game. The system may then select a game configuration based at least in part on historical performance data associated with the selected game configuration. The historical performance data may accumulate performance data from a group of players that previously played the virtual game using the selected game configuration. The system then communicates the selected game configuration to the client device. The player may play the virtual game using the selected game configuration as the initial game configuration for the virtual game. |
| US11395964B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, storage medium and information processing method
A non-limiting example game system that functions as a non-limiting example information processing system includes a game apparatus, and an input device and a television are connected to this game apparatus. When inputting a personal identification number (Pin) in an input screen displayed on the television using an analog stick in a state not showing input contents, sizes of input areas that are set corresponding to respective directions of the analog stick are changed according to whether a numeral of a correct answer is an odd number or an even number. When the numeral of the correct answer is an odd number, the input areas to which the odd numbers are assigned are made large, and when the numeral of the correct answer is an even number, the input areas to which the even numbers are assigned are made large. |
| US11395962B2 |
Virtual reality controller
A virtual reality (VR) controller includes a handle, a side housing, and a switch. The side housing has a fixed portion and a flexible portion. The fixed portion is fixed to the handle, and a contour of the side housing extending toward the handle conforms to a shape of a palm. The switch is disposed between the handle and the side housing. The flexible portion is deformed to trigger the switch when the handle and the side housing are held and a force is applied to the flexible portion relative to the handle. In other words, the flexible portion abutting against the palm is deformed to trigger the switch when the handle and the side housing are held and a force is applied, relative to the flexible portion, to one side of the handle far away from the flexible portion. |
| US11395958B2 |
Game object randomization apparatus for electronic gaming machine
An improved system, apparatus and method for flipping gaming objects, such as dice, in a random, reliable manner. An object flipping platform can be contained within a container associated with an electronic gaming machine. The container can be at least partially transparent so that users (e.g., game players) are able to view the objects flipping. The object flipping platform can be used to flip objects (e.g., dice) from one side to an opposite side, and vice versa. |
| US11395957B2 |
Three dimensional letters word game components and game methods of play
A game apparatus and game methods of play that provide mental exercises to increase the level of abstract thinking to create 3-D objects from universally accepted 2-D flat patterns. Since we read and write on 2-D surfaces, the shapes we associate most with a 2-D environment are alphanumeric characters. Combining letters and numbers in a 3-D environment creates challenging exercises for visualizing 3-D shapes. The competitive games involve a series of 3-D manipulative modules. Play of the games involves scoring points for creating and/or discerning words made up of letters recognized from the 3-D manipulative modules. The games are for multiple players and can also be implemented electronically and online. |
| US11395953B2 |
Enhanced infrared hockey puck and goal detection system
Methods, systems, and techniques for automatically detecting and tracking hockey goal events during hockey play are provided. Example embodiments provide an Automated Hockey Goal Detection System or goal detection system, which enables goal events during hockey play to be automatically and immediately detected and notifications generated therefor and for automatically tracking and communicating attributes of such events such as puck speed and location. Automated event information may be automatically recorded and/or communicated to other devices, such as a remote computing device, to analyze player or game effectiveness. An example goal detection system utilizes an infrared transmitting hockey puck and an infrared sensing goal frame with one or more sets of multiple infrared sensors arranged around the perimeter of the goal frame. The goal frame may include a control unit that determines the location and speed of the puck within the goal frame by evaluation of the active sensors. |
| US11395937B2 |
Foot and leg stretching device
A stretching device includes a heel platform sized and shaped to support a heel of a foot of a person thereon. The stretching device also includes a ball platform sized and shaped to support a ball of a foot of a person thereon. The ball platform is angularly offset relative to the heel platform. The stretching device includes one or more connection members connecting the heel platform to the ball platform. The stretching device includes an extension slot connected to the ball platform. The stretching device includes a stretching device extension. The stretching device extension includes an extension platform arranged coplanar with the ball platform. The stretching device extension includes an extension insert arranged within and selectively removable from the extension slot. |
| US11395936B1 |
Exercise machine carriage handle system
An exercise machine carriage handle system for providing handles for an exerciser to grasp with their hands thereby expanding the type of exercises that may be performed. The exercise machine carriage handle system generally includes a frame having a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, and a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side. The first handle and second handle are adapted for grasping with a first hand and a second hand respectively of a user during the performance of an exercise on the exercise machine. |
| US11395931B2 |
Method of and system network for managing the application of fire and smoke inhibiting compositions on ground surfaces before the incidence of wild-fires, and also thereafter, upon smoldering ambers and ashes to reduce smoke and suppress fire re-ignition
A method of and wireless mobile information network for managing the application of a clean fire and smoke inhibiting slurry composition containing clean fire inhibiting chemicals, and cellulose or wood fiber, mixed with water and other additives, on surfaces including ground surfaces in advance of wild fire, to blanket grounds from wildfire ignition, and also application over smoldering ambers and ashes to prevent re-ignition while reducing (i) the use of significant amounts of water, (ii) the production of toxic run off water, and (iii) toxic smoke. |
| US11395930B2 |
Device, method and system for implementing a physical area network for detecting effects of the sun
Nano-node sunscreen described herein enables significantly improved health monitoring and treatment of sun-related issues by utilizing internal (in-body) mechanisms and information and external mechanisms and information. |
| US11395929B2 |
Method and apparatus to deliver therapeutic radiation to a patient
These teachings serve to facilitate radiating a treatment target in a patient during a radiation treatment session with a radiation treatment platform having a moving source of radiation and using an optimized radiation treatment plan. These teachings in particular provide for configuring the radiation treatment platform in a half-fan trajectory arrangement. These teachings then provide for beginning the radiation treatment session with the source of radiation in a first location and an isocenter for the treatment target in a first position. Then, during the radiation treatment session, these teachings provide for moving the source of radiation from that first location in synchronization with moving the isocenter from the aforementioned first position. |
| US11395928B2 |
Systems and methods for CT imaging in image-guided radiotherapy
A system and method for image-guided radiotherapy are provided. The system may include a treatment assembly and an imaging assembly. The treatment assembly may include a first radiation source configured to deliver a treatment beam. The treatment assembly may have a treatment region relating to an object. The imaging assembly may include a second radiation source and a radiation detector. The second radiation source may be configured to deliver an imaging beam, and the radiation detector may be configured to detect at least a portion of the imaging beam. The imaging assembly may have an imaging region relating to the object. The first radiation source may be rotatable in a first plane, and the second radiation source may be rotatable in a second plane different from the first plane, such that the treatment region and the imaging region at least partially overlap. |
| US11395918B2 |
Devices, and systems for remotely monitoring and treating wounds or wound infections
Devices and methods for remotely monitoring and treating wounds or wound infections are disclosed. A device can include a multi-layered, flexible substrate having a dressing layer positioned on a wound side of the substrate, and a flexible printed circuit board layer positioned on an electronics side of the substrate that is opposite the wound side of the dressing layer. A plurality of electrodes can be electrically coupled to the flexible printed circuit board. A plurality of temperature sensors can be electrically coupled to the flexible printed circuit board. Systems including the described devices are also disclosed. |
| US11395917B2 |
Neurostimulation using AC and/or DC stimulation pulses
Neurostimulation is performed using electrical AC and/or DC stimulation pulses. Brain and/or spinal cord stimulation of a patient is achieved using an implanted neurostimulation device. Neurostimulation is performed using AC and/or DC stimulation pulses combined with a safe operation in DC mode by discharging build-up loads at the interfaces of the electrodes through short circuiting such stimulation electrodes with a counter electrode, for example a common ground electrode. |
| US11395913B2 |
ECAP recording method and cochlea implant system
A method and a system for measuring a main electrically evoked compound action potential is described. The system may comprise a cochlea implant system which includes an electrode array, and where the electrode array includes at least a stimulator electrode, a first recording electrode and a second recording electrode, and where the first recording electrode is arranged closer to the stimulator electrode than the second recording electrode, a processor electrically in communication with the cochlea implant system. The processor may be configured to apply a stimulation including a first primary stimulation paradigm to the stimulator electrode and to receive a first primary cochlea response signal recorded by the first recording electrode while applying the stimulation, and to receive a first secondary cochlea response signal recorded by the second recording electrode, and determine the main electrically evoked compound action potential based on a difference between the first primary cochlea response signal and the first secondary cochlea response signal. |
| US11395911B2 |
Skin treatment needle with energy uniformity corrugations and skin treatment device
Disclosed is a skin treatment needle by which energy is supplied into skin tissue to increase the speed of skin regeneration. The skin treatment needle includes a needle body that is formed of a conductive material and inserted into skin, starting from a front end thereof. A region of an outer circumferential surface of the needle body includes a conductive portion which is a region inducing an electric field different from those formed at other portions of the needle body, and the conductive portion includes a plurality of corrugations to cause an electric field formed via the conductive portion to have a uniform distribution without being biased and concentrated to a side. |
| US11395909B2 |
Injection port dressing assembly
An injection port dressing assembly for covering an injection port in a patient includes a dressing that is positionable around an injection port in a patient to inhibit bacteria from accessing the injection port. The dressing has a tube opening therein to accommodate an injection tube from the injection port. A dome is provided and the dome is coupled to the dressing to cover the injection port when the dressing is placed on the patient. The dome is comprised of a translucent material to facilitate the injection port to be visible through the dome. An adhesive layer is coupled to the dressing to adhesively engage the patient's skin. |
| US11395906B2 |
Combined sinuplasty and seeker instrument with navigation and illumination modalities
An instrument includes a handle assembly, a shaft, a dilation catheter, and a position sensor. The shaft extends distally from the handle assembly. The shaft includes a distal end that is configured to be introduced into an anatomical passageway within a head of a human. The dilation catheter includes an expandable dilator and is configured to advance distally relative to the shaft. The position sensor is configured to generate signals indicating a position of the position sensor within the head. The position sensor is configured to advance distally between at least first and second positions. The position sensor is disposed adjacent the distal end of the shaft in the first position, and is configured to be carried further distally by the dilation catheter to the second position. In the second position, the position sensor is separated a distance from the distal end of the shaft. |
| US11395903B2 |
Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method
An intravascular access system for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature through an access sheath. The system includes an aspiration or support catheter having a flexible, distal luminal portion having an inner diameter defining a lumen extending between a proximal opening at a proximal end of the luminal portion and a distal opening at a distal end of the luminal portion. The catheter has a rigid spine coupled to at least the proximal end of the luminal portion and extending proximally therefrom. The system includes a dilator having a flexible, distal dilator portion sized to be received within the lumen of the luminal portion. Associated systems, devices, and methods of use are also described. |
| US11395902B2 |
System and method for waking a user up with a stimulus of varying intensity
A system for waking a user up by a stimulus, wherein the stimulus is adapted to vary according to an intensity curve. A user interface is adapted to receive user preferences, such as a desired wake-up time and a preference indicator. The preference indicator indicates whether the user prefers to be more alert after waking up or to have a longer sleep. An alarm is used for providing a stimulus to the user and a processor is used for determining a stimulus intensity curve for the alarm. Determining the stimulus intensity curve is based on at least the user preferences. |
| US11395900B2 |
Transportable device, system and method for providing a cooled, oxygen-containing gas flow
The present disclosure relates to a transportable device for providing a cooled, oxygen-containing gas flow for supplying to a body of mammal via the respiratory tract, in particular a human being, in order to lower the body temperature. The device comprises a storage device comprising at least one fluid reservoir and at least one heat exchanger, wherein the storage device is designed to store an oxygen-containing fluid in the fluid reservoir and for providing a discharge flow of the oxygen-containing fluid. The heat exchanger is designed to cool the provided discharge flow by transferring heat to a cooling stream of a stored fluid and provided by the storage device, and a cooled, oxygen-containing gas flow for supplying to the body emerges from the heat exchanger. |
| US11395894B2 |
Breathing assistance apparatus
In one embodiment, a nasal cannula is shaped to fit within a user's nares, where the nasal cannula includes at least one prong allowing high flow delivery of humidified gases and creates positive airway pressure in the patient's airway. The prongs have angled ends such that, in use, gases flowing through the prongs are directed to the user's nasal passages. The nasal cannula body is partially swivelling and preferably has a ball joint connector. In another embodiment the nasal cannula may have at least one flared end prong that preferably seals within a patient's nare. |
| US11395893B2 |
Mask system with snap-fit shroud
A shroud for a mask system includes a retaining portion structured to retain a frame, a pair of upper headgear connectors each including an elongated arm and a slot at the free end of the arm adapted to receive a headgear strap, and a pair of lower headgear connectors each adapted to attach to a headgear strap. The retaining portion, the upper headgear connectors, and the lower headgear connectors are integrally formed as a one piece structure. |
| US11395886B2 |
Capacitive single plate bubble detector
A single plate capacitive bubble detection sensor. The detector may employ a single active plate. A parasitic capacitance of the active plate relative to the environment may be monitored without reference to any particular ground source. In this regard, highly sensitive measurements may be made of a tube disposed adjacent to the active plate to detect, for example, the presence of air, liquid, or a change between liquid and air in the tube. |
| US11395880B2 |
Electronic drug delivery device
A drug delivery device includes a housing, a drug delivery assembly disposed within the housing along a longitudinal axis, and a cap defining a shell. At least one electronic component, a power source, and a switch assembly are at least partially disposed in and coupled to the cap. The switch assembly is movable along a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery assembly to cause the power source to provide power to the electronic component. The device further includes an activation mechanism at least partially disposed in the cap. Upon urging the cap along the longitudinal axis in a direction away from the housing, the activation mechanism engages the switch assembly and causes the switch assembly to move, thereby causing the power source to provide power to the at least one electronic component. |
| US11395876B2 |
Sterile pump module for an infusion pump
A pump module for an infusion pump includes a plunger-cylinder unit that can be coupled to the infusion pump in order to deliver fluid from a fluid feed line into a fluid drain line to a patient. The plunger-cylinder unit has a delivery chamber that is fluidically connected to the fluid feed line and the fluid drain line. The delivery chamber is delimited by the cylinder (14). The plunger can be moved linearly/back and forth in the axial direction. A plunger seal seals the plunger in relation to the cylinder. The section of the wall of the cylinder, over which the plunger seal passes during the back-and-forth motion of the plunger, is sealed in a sterile manner in relation to the surroundings. |
| US11395875B2 |
User interface improvements for medical devices
A method and system is disclosed for operating a medical device with or without a cassette in place. A method is disclosed for adding additional VTBI to an ongoing infusion without stopping the infusion and with maintaining the infusion parameters. A method and system is disclosed for changing the CCA without having to interrupt or completely stop an ongoing infusion. Quick titration buttons are provided to allow improved navigation between various delivery display screens. |
| US11395872B2 |
Sustained variable negative pressure wound treatment and method of controlling same
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing reduced or negative pressure, and more particularly cyclical reduced pressure, to treat a wound. The system can include a wound dressing, a fluid collection container, a suction source, filters, and conduits. In addition, the system can include a control device and sensors. The sensors may be configured to monitor certain physiological conditions of a patient such as temperature, pressure, blood flow, blood oxygen saturation, pulse, cardiac cycle, and the like. Application of cyclical reduced pressure between two or more values below atmospheric pressure may be synchronized with the physiological conditions monitored by the sensors. Certain embodiments of the system utilize an air reservoir and one or more valves and pressure sensors or gauges to allow for rapid cycling of the level of reduced pressure within the wound dressing between two or more reduced pressure values. |
| US11395871B2 |
External female catheter system with integrated suction regulator
A system and method for automatically removing by suction urine voided by a female. The system includes an integrated external catheter and suction regulator unit. The external catheter is applied at the female's urethra opening to receive urine voided by the female. The suction regulator is connected to a receptacle for collecting the urine and is operative to regulate suction applied to the canister from a hospitals' suction line to a regulated value which is applied the external female catheter, whereupon urine from the external female catheter is carried by the regulated suction through the suction regulator and into the receptacle. The external catheter includes an internal suction tube and an external removable and replaceable liquid permeable cover located on the internal suction tube. The external catheter is malleable so that it can be conformed to the anatomy of the female. |
| US11395868B2 |
Dialysis prescription optimization for decreased arrhythmias
Systems and methods are provided for determining an estimated risk of arrhythmia during or after dialysis based on changes in serum potassium concentration of a patient and an amount of fluid removed from the patient during dialysis. The systems and methods allow for a determination of a risk that arrhythmia will occur due to the changes in potassium and fluid volume of a patient during dialysis, and for optimizing a dialysis prescription in order to minimize the risk of arrhythmia. |
| US11395867B2 |
Degradable removable implant for the sustained release of an active compound
A degradable, removable, pharmaceutical implant for the sustained release of one or more drugs in a subject, wherein the pharmaceutical implant is composed of a tube comprising an outer wall made of a degradable polymer completely surrounding a cavity, wherein the outer wall has a plurality of openings and wherein the cavity contains one or more sets of micro-particles, which micro-particles contain an active agent or a combination of two or more active agents, and wherein the size of the microparticles is selected such that the majority of the microparticles cannot pass through the openings. |
| US11395866B2 |
Generating arterial endothelial cell-seeded vascular grafts
Provided herein are human arterial endothelial cell-seeded polymeric vascular grafts suitable for replacing or bypassing natural blood vessels and exhibiting increased long term patency rates and reduced leukocyte adhesion relative to grafts comprising venous endothelial cells. Methods for generating the human arterial endothelial cell-seeded vascular grafts and therapeutic uses of the same are also described. |
| US11395863B2 |
Modification method for sheet-shaped cell culture
A method is disclosed for modifying a sheet-shaped cell culture containing at least two types of cells. The method includes soaking the sheet-shaped cell culture in a low nutrient isotonic solution; and changing a content ratio of the at least two cell types constituting the sheet-shaped cell culture. |
| US11395857B2 |
Radiolabeled melanocortin 1 receptor-specific alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogues for imaging or therapy
A compound is provided comprising a melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) targeting peptide (MC1RTP), a radiolabeling group, and a linker joining the MC1RTP to the radio labeling group. The MC1RTP is linear or cyclized, and comprises a sequence of Formula I or Formula II: Xaa1-Xaa2a-Xaa3-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa6-Xaa7a (I) or Xaa1-Xaa2b-Xaa3-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa6-Xaa7b (II). Xaa1 is L-/D-Nle, L-/D-Nle, L-/D-Ala, L-/D-Leu, L-/D-Ile, D-Ile, L-/D-Cys, L-/D-Met, L-/D-Phe, L-/D-Trp, L-/D-Val, L-/D-Nal, L-/D-2-Nal, Gly, L-/D-α-aminobutryic acid, L-/D-norvaline, or L-/D-homonorleucine. Xaa2a and Xaa7b are L-/D-Cys, L-/D-Asp, L-/D-Glu, L-/D-2-Aad, L-/D-3-Aad, L-/D-Pra, L-/D-Hpg, or L-/D-Bpg. Xaa2b and Xaa7a are L-/D-Cys, L-/D-Lys, L-/D-Orn, L-/D-Dab, L-/D-Dap, L-/D-Lys(N3), L-/D-Orn(N3), L-/D-Dab(N3), L-/D-Dap(N3), L-/D-2-(5′-azidopentyl)alanine, or L-/D-2-(6′-azidohexyl)alanine. Xaa3 is L-/D-His, Pro, beta-(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-L-alanine, beta-(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-D-alanine, 1,2,4-triazole-3-alanine, or 1,2,4-triazole-3-D-alanine. Xaa4 is L-/D-Phe, L-/D-2-Nal, L-/D-Phe(4-F), L-/D-Phe(4-Cl), L-/D-Phe(4-Br), L-/D-Phe(4-I), L-/D-Phe(4-NH2), or L-/D-Phe(4-NO2). Xaa5 is L-/D-Arg, L-/D-hArg), Leu, L-/D-Agb, or L-/D-Agp. Xaa6 is L-/D-Trp, L-/D-Phe, L-/D-Trp(5-Br), L-/D-Trp(5-OCH3), L-/D-Trp(6-F), L-/D-Trp(5-OH) or L-/D-Trp(CHO). One or more amino acid residues of the MC1RTP is alpha N-methylated, wherein 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Xaa3, Xaa5, Xaa6 and Xaa7a is alpha N-methylated or wherein 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Xaa3, Xaa5, Xaa6 and Xaa7b is alpha N-methylated. The linker comprises an albumin-binding group. |
| US11395855B2 |
Exon skipping oligomer conjugates for muscular dystrophy
Antisense oligomer conjugates complementary to a selected target site in the human dystrophin gene to induce exon 53 skipping are described. |
| US11395851B2 |
Epstein-Barr virus nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using same
Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleotide sequences that encode a consensus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antigen. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against EBV are disclosed. Method of treating infection by EBV and methods of treating or preventing a disease or disorder associated with EBV are disclosed. Modified consensus EBV antigens are disclosed. |
| US11395845B2 |
Method for treating cancer
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating prostate cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a vasopressin analogue. |
| US11395836B2 |
Cancer antigen specific cytotoxic T cell
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising cancer antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells; the pharmaceutical composition comprises about 7×106 cells/mL or more, and of the about 7×106 cells/mL, about 90% or more are CD8+ T cells. |
| US11395830B2 |
Methods for treating pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
Provided herein are methods for treating a pulmonary infection in a patient in need thereof, for example, a nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection for at least one treatment cycle. The method comprises administering to the lungs of the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a liposomal complexed aminoglycoside comprising a lipid component comprising electrically neutral lipids and an aminoglycoside. Administration comprises aerosolizing the pharmaceutical composition to provide an aerosolized pharmaceutical composition comprising a mixture of free aminoglycoside and liposomal complexed aminoglycoside, and administering the aerosolized pharmaceutical composition via a nebulizer to the lungs of the patient. The methods provided herein result in a change from baseline on the semi-quantitative scale for mycobacterial culture for a treated patient, and/or NTM culture conversion to negative during or after the administration period. |
| US11395828B2 |
Spironolactone aqueous compositions
Disclosed herein is a stable, ready-to-use liquid formulation comprising spironolactone and its method of use. |
| US11395827B2 |
Oil-in-water emulsion of mometasone and propylene glycol
Novel pharmaceutical compositions of mometasone or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivate thereof in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, notably a cream. The composition has excellent stability and therapeutic effect. The compositions contain mometasone in micronised form, propylene glycol and water and the weight ratio between the propylene glycol and water contained in the oil-in-water emulsion is from 1:1 to about 1:3. |
| US11395820B2 |
Small molecules against cereblon to enhance effector t cell function
Disclosed are small molecules against cereblon to enhance effector T cell function. Methods of making these molecules and methods of using them to treat various disease states are also disclosed. |
| US11395819B1 |
Antiviral and virucidal lung nebulizer compositions and related treatment methods
Compositions for treatment or prevention of viral infections, such as influenza A and B, coronaviruses, including but not limited to COVID-19 and any variant thereof, and rhinoviruses, along with related treatment methods. Certain compositions according to preferred embodiments may comprise chlorpheniramine and albuterol administered by inhalation in nebulized form. |
| US11395817B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment of epileptic disorders
Use of allosteric modulators and/or gaboxadol for the treatment of epileptic disorders in a subject in need thereof. |
| US11395815B2 |
Compound for treating osteoarthritis
The present invention relates to a compound for treating or preventing osteoarthritis. The compound relieves the joint pain, inhibits and attenuates the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis in mouse model. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound for treating or preventing osteoarthritis. The present invention further provides a method for treating or preventing osteoarthritis by administrating to the patient in need thereof with the pharmaceutical composition. |
| US11395814B2 |
Compounds and forms of treatment for female sexual disorders
The invention provides safe and efficacious treatments for Female Sexual Disorders, genitopelvic pain/penetration disorders; vulvovaginal atrophy, vestibulodynia, dyspareunia, sexual interest/arousal disorder, low female libido, and female orgasmic disorder. |
| US11395810B2 |
Memory in subjects with mini-mental state examination of 24-26
The invention thus pertains to the use of a composition comprising: (a) uridine or uridine phosphate; and (b) docosahexaenoic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid, for improving memory and/or the treatment or prevention of impaired memory function, in a subject with a mini-mental state examination of 24-26, wherein said composition is enterally administered to the subject. In the MMSE test, any score of 27 or higher (out of 30) is effectively normal. In the patients with dementia, 20-26 indicates mild dementia, 10-19 moderate dementia, and below 10 severe dementia. It was the present inventors' belief that within the group of 20-26, the memory impairment in the sub-group of 24-26 may even be reversible, as the pathological pathways have just started to develop. In this group of subjects the pathological pathways have just started to develop. Clinical studies show excellent results for this subgroup. |
| US11395808B2 |
Delayed release pharmaceutical formulations comprising valproic acid, and uses thereof
There is provided herein a pharmaceutical formulation having one or more component comprising valproic acid (VPA) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and one or more secondary acid, and optionally comprising one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. There is also provided uses of such formulations. |
| US11395804B2 |
Hydrophilic nanostructured membrane active antimicrobials with high activity, selectivity and biodegradability
The present invention includes compositions and methods of making hydrophilic nanostructured antibiotics (i.e. nanoantibiotics), including nanoantibiotics that use environmentally degradable biomolecules as the backbone building blocks, wherein the backbone building blocks can include spherical backbones such as sucroses, cyclodextrins, glycogens, and phytoglycogen with different diameters, or rod-like backbone building blocks such as dextrins, amyloses, and celluloses with different lengths. These hydrophilic nanoantibiotics with well-defined sizes and shapes can selectively disrupt bacterial membranes (i.e., serve as membrane-active antimicrobials) while being benign to mammalian cells. Depending on the size and shape difference of the hydrophilic nanoantibiotics, they can also selectively kill one type of bacteria (e.g., gram-negative) over another type (e.g., gram-positive). The environmentally degradable nanoantibiotics will have built-in dismantling “switches” to dismantle and become antimicrobial inactive in responsive to environmental stimuli once released into natural habitat, hence greatly reducing the possibility of developing bacteria resistance. |
| US11395801B2 |
Modified release compositions of a gamma-hydroxybutyric acid derivative
Pharmaceutical granulations having a functional coating surrounding a core containing 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid are disclosed. The functional coatings provide for immediate release or modified release of 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid. The pharmaceutical granulations can be used in oral pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11395799B2 |
Preparation and storage of liposomal RNA formulations suitable for therapy
The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing RNA lipoplex particles for delivery of RNA to target tissues after parenteral administration, in particular after intravenous administration, and compositions comprising such RNA lipoplex particles. The present disclosure also relates to methods which allow preparing RNA lipoplex particles in an industrial GMP-compliant manner. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for storing RNA lipoplex particles without substantial loss of the product quality and, in particular, without substantial loss of RNA activity. |
| US11395796B2 |
Anti-CD37 immunoconjugate and anti-CD20 antibody combinations
Methods of administering immunoconjugates that bind to CD37 (e.g., IMGN529) in combination with antibodies that bind to CD20 are provided. The methods comprise administering an anti-CD37 immunoconjugate (e.g., IMGN529) and an anti-CD20 antibody to a person in need thereof, for example, a cancer patient. |
| US11395795B2 |
Aqueous cosmetic composition comprising alkylcellulose
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least water, at least alkylcellulose, at least a first nonvolatile oil chosen from silicone oils and/or fluoro oils, and at least a second hydrocarbon-based nonvolatile oil chosen from C10-C26 alcohols, preferably monoalcohols; monoesters, dieters or triesters of a C2-C8 monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid and of a C2-C8 alcohol, which are optionally hydroxylated; and polyesters of a C2-C8 polyol and of one or more C2-C8 carboxylic acids. |
| US11395792B2 |
Oral care composition
An oral care composition including an amphoteric surfactant or betaine, a copolymer, and an orally acceptable cationic antibacterial agent; and methods of using the oral care composition. |
| US11395791B2 |
Methods of inducing sIgA and mucin 5b in the oral cavity
Methods of increasing sIgA and mucin 5B levels in an individual's oral cavity are disclosed. The methods comprise applying to the individual's oral cavity in an amount effective to increase sIgA and mucin 5B levels in the individual's oral cavity, an oral care composition comprising: zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and optionally, an organic acid buffer system. |
| US11395790B2 |
Organic hydroperoxide reduction in perfumery raw materials
The aspects presented herein provide methods and compositions for the reduction of the peroxide value of perfume ingredients, formulated perfumes, formulated body care products, formulated skin care products, formulated homecare products, essential oils, food raw materials, formulated food products, and natural extracts. |
| US11395788B2 |
Feeding device
A breastfeeding device is disclosed comprising a liquid pouch assembly, a silicone housing, a silicone areola, and an adjustable strap. The liquid pouch assembly comprises a nipple removably coupled to an amorphous liquid bag. The silicone housing comprises a silicone cup and a rear silicone component attached to one another and forming an interior cavity. An entrance to the cavity is formed at the top of the silicone cup and the rear silicone component, and the liquid pouch assembly is insertable through the entrance. The silicone cup includes a central hole. The nipple of the liquid pouch assembly is insertable into the central hole and protrudes through the central hole while the amorphous liquid bag remains within the interior cavity. The silicone areola is external to the silicone housing, and the silicone areola is removably coupled to the nipple and concentric with the central hole of the silicone cup. |
| US11395787B2 |
Medication reminder system
A medication reminder system includes a container and a reminder ring. The container includes a plurality of protuberances located along the neck area of which creates a groove between each protuberance and the container includes indicia. The indicia are time indicators located at a rotational position along a circumference of the shoulder area. The ring is rotatably engaged to the neck area of the container to indicate a time for a next medication dosage. The ring has a plurality of internal locking members which each rotationally engage at least one of the plurality of protuberances to lock the ring in a desired rotated position. The ring has at least one external member which points to indicia located at a shoulder area of the container. |
| US11395783B2 |
Patient support apparatus with load cell assemblies
A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support deck and a base to support the patient support deck from a ground surface, with a first frame assembly comprising a plurality of wheels to facilitate movement of the base, and a second frame assembly with one or more lift arms coupling the base to the second frame assembly. A load cell assembly to sense weight applied to the first frame assembly by the second frame assembly comprises a load cell support assembly coupled to the first frame assembly, and a load cell element coupled to the second frame assembly and mounted onto the load cell support assembly such that the second frame assembly is movable with respect to the first frame assembly along two axes of translation and is pivotable with respect to the first frame assembly about three axes of rotation. |
| US11395779B2 |
Patient support apparatus having removable litter and base with foot deck section
A patient support apparatus comprises a litter and a base configured to receive and support the litter when the litter is docked to the base in a docked state. A foot end extension is coupled to a foot end of an intermediate frame of the base, with the foot end extension defining an extended position wherein at least a portion of the foot end extension extends outwardly beyond the foot end of the litter in a direction opposite the head end of the intermediate frame when the litter and base are in the docked state. The foot end extension includes a top surface that is axially aligned with a substantially flat configuration of the litter in the extended position. The foot end extension can be fixedly coupled in the extended position or movably coupled to the intermediate frame and movable between the extended position and a non-extended position. |
| US11395778B2 |
Seat base assembly of a vehicle
A modified OEM vehicle having an interior for accommodating a passenger in a wheelchair including a floor base assembly, a seat, and a seat base assembly operatively connected to the seat. The seat base assembly includes a lower seat base assembly configured to be coupled to the floor base assembly, an upper seat base assembly pivotably coupled to the lower seat base assembly, and an actuator coupled to the lower seat base assembly and to the upper seat assembly. The actuator includes a retracted position in which the seat is located in a seated position and an extended position in which the seat is located in a tilted position, wherein the tilted position of the seat provides additional space for the wheelchair within the interior of the vehicle. |
| US11395777B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with controllable auxiliary wheel assembly
A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient over a surface. The patient transport apparatus has support wheels coupled to a base and swivelable about swivel axes. An auxiliary wheel assembly is coupled to the base and includes an auxiliary wheel configured to move between a plurality of wheel positions, and an actuator operably coupled to the auxiliary wheel to move the auxiliary wheel between the plurality of wheel positions. A sensing system with a sensor is provided to detect a motion condition of the patient transport apparatus. A controller is coupled to the sensing system and to the actuator, and is configured to drive the actuator to move the auxiliary wheel between the plurality of wheel positions based on the motion condition of the patient transport apparatus. |
| US11395775B1 |
Pad storage and dispensing device
A pad storage and dispensing device for individually dispensing pads from a tube includes a tube, which has opposed ends that are closed. A plurality of pads is positioned in the tube. A pair of perforation lines and a pair of voids are positioned in the tube. The perforation lines are parallel and are perpendicular to the opposed ends. Each void extends from a respective opposing end of the pair of perforation lines. The voids and the perforation lines define a panel. A user can insert a digit of their hand into a void to separate the panel from the tube, which defines an opening. A sheet engaged to an inner surface of the tube extends across the opening. The user can insert digits of their hand into a slit, which is positioned in the sheet, to grasp and to pull a pad to remove the pad from the tube. |
| US11395770B2 |
Tampon press jaws
An apparatus for manufacturing an intravaginal tampon for feminine hygiene includes a tampon press having a plurality of elongate press dies disposed about central press axis to form a press cavity and a cylindrical carrier having a diameter less than that of the predetermined finished diameter. The elongate press dies include a plurality of longitudinal penetrating dies, each having a pressing face notch disposed proximate a first end thereof and an end notch disposed on an edge perpendicular to the pressing face at the opposite second end thereof that cooperate with corresponding notches in an adjacent penetrating die. |
| US11395768B2 |
Composite dressings for improved granulation and reduced maceration with negative-pressure treatment
Dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure and methods of using the dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure, which may comprise a dressing having at least three layers assembled in a stacked relationship. The first layer may comprise or consist essentially of a polymer film having a plurality of fluid restrictions that are normally unstrained or closed. The second layer may comprise a manifold, and the third layer may comprise or consist essentially of a polymer drape. A fourth layer, which may be coupled to the first layer opposite the second layer, may comprise or consist essentially of a silicone gel having a plurality of apertures. In some examples, the plurality of apertures in the fourth layer may be registered with the fluid restrictions of the first layer. |
| US11395760B2 |
Tissue treatment methods
Methods are provided herein for affecting a region of a subject's body, comprising exposing the region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool subcutaneous adipose tissue in said region; and increasing the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue by exposing the tissue to an energy source. Methods are also provided for treating subcutaneous adipose tissue in a region of a subject's body, comprising exposing said region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool said tissue; and exposing the tissue to an energy source to increase the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue, thereby stimulating reperfusion in, and/or causing an ischemia-reperfusion injury to, the cooled tissue. |
| US11395759B2 |
Method and apparatus pertaining to securement of a personal patient warming apparatus
A personal patient warming apparatus includes a blanket having at least one pneumatic pathway formed therethrough and a plurality of orifices formed through at least one side thereof through which warmed air can exit to warm a patient. The blanket further includes a first portion configured to cover a first appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient and a second portion configured to cover a second appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient. Both the first portion and the second portion each include at least one tear line configured to form, when torn, an opening in the blanket through which at least one of the patient's appendages and an operating room table appendage board is disposed when disposing the blanket over the patient. |
| US11395758B2 |
Pessary for transvaginal haemostasis
Disclosed is a pessary for transvaginal haemostasis, wherein the radial dimension of a balloon body can be changed to form a relatively large pressure on a vaginal wall, therefore achieving the effect of high-pressure haemostasis. The pessary for transvaginal haemostasis comprises: the balloon body, being made of an expandable material, the balloon body having a cavity, the cavity having a filling hole so that a fluid can be filled into or drawn out of the cavity through the filling hole, the balloon body having a first end and a second end, the balloon body having at least one hollow passage, the passage running through the first end and the second end of the balloon body and not being in communication with the cavity, an outer surface of the balloon body having at least one channel, and the channel also running through the first end and the second end of the balloon body; and a support body having a coupling end and a support end, the coupling end being coupled to the second end of the balloon body, the support body having a through hole in communication with the passage, and the peripheral surface of the support body having at least one recessed portion corresponding to the channel. |
| US11395754B2 |
Wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning or bending over
Wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning or bending over, said structure comprising a frame having a chest support, pivoting arrangements for pivoting the support structure in correspondence with the leaning or bending or the human body, an elongated stay connected to said chest support, a lumbar support, connected to said pivoting arrangements, and arranged for bearing upon a lumbar area of said human body, and a thigh support, connected to said pivoting arrangements, and arranged for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area of said human body. The wearable support structure comprises a connecting device for detachably connecting at least one of: said thigh support to said pivoting arrangements; said elongated stay to said chest support; and said elongated stay to said pivoting arrangements. |
| US11395743B1 |
Externally driven expandable interbody and related methods
An expandable implant having superior and inferior endplates is disclosed. The superior endplate includes a first inside surface having a crossbar extending in the widthwise direction. The inferior endplate includes a second inside surface having a medial support structure, a threaded core, and a receiving cavity. A threaded locking screw may be disposed in the threaded core, and a proximal saddle may be disposed in the receiving cavity. In various embodiments, in a locked position, a relative position of the inferior endplate with respect to the superior endplate is fixed, and the threaded locking screw directly contacts, pushes, applies a force against, and/or compresses, the proximal saddle, the proximal saddle directly contacts, pushes, applies a force against, and/or compresses the crossbar, the crossbar directly contacts, pushes, applies a force against, and/or compresses the distal saddle, and the distal saddle directly contacts and is engaged against the second interior distal wall. |
| US11395742B2 |
Method and device for joint replacement
A joint replacement device is provided that includes an inner surface configured to accommodate at least one of a portion of an outer surface of a femoral head of a femur and a prosthetic secured to the femoral head, an outer surface configured to accommodate at least one of a portion of an outer surface of an acetabulum socket and a prosthetic secured to a pelvis, wherein the inner surface and outer surface each have a circular curvilinear shape and together include an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter, and wherein the inner perimeter is joined to the outer perimeter to form a posterior limb and an anterior limb, and further including, a posterior portion, an anterior portion, and a superior portion formed from the inner surface and the outer surface; wherein the superior portion further includes a posterior superior portion and an anterior superior portion. |
| US11395740B2 |
Methods of modifying the porous surface of implants
Methods are provided for modifying a porous surface of an implantable medical device by subjecting the porous surface to a modified micro-arc oxidation process to improve the ability of the medical device to resist microbial growth, to improve the ability of the medical device to adsorb a bioactive agent or a therapeutic agent, and to improve tissue in-growth and tissue on-growth of the implantable medical device. |
| US11395731B2 |
Microanchors for knotless tissue repair
A knotless anchor for attachment of tissue to bone includes a rigid anchor body and a suture extending there from. The suture is hollow and includes a fixed limb portion secured to the rigid anchor body. A soft suture tunnel extends in a longitudinal direction through the fixed limb portion of the suture. A free suture limb is passed through the tissue, back to the anchor, and through the soft suture tunnel, thereby creating a closable suture loop around the tissue. Tension applied to the free suture limb closes the suture loop, and approximates the tissue to the anchor body. When the anchor is deployed in a bone hole, external features of the anchor body grip the walls of the bone hole and simultaneously compress the suture, thereby preventing tissue pull-out. Anchor assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are also disclosed. |
| US11395724B2 |
System and methods for closing a fascial opening
A system and method for closing a fascial opening is disclosed. The system may include a strap that may be locked into each of a pair of anchors placed anterior to a muscle and on opposite sides of a fascial opening, one or more delivery tubes for delivering the anchors, and a needle for pulling the strap into each anchor. The method may include the steps of placing a dilating port through a skin incision, inserting an anchor through the dilating port, placing a strap into the body cavity, whereupon the strap may be pulled through the anchor. A second anchor may be placed on the contralateral side of the defect so that the strap may be pulled through the second anchor and cinched tightly closing the defect. The anchors may have a locking aperture that engages with the strap. |
| US11395722B2 |
Partial or total prosthesis
The invention relates to a milling block (1) for producing partial or total prostheses, comprising a prosthesis base (3) to be processed according to the shape of the jaw, on which synthetically moulded teeth (5), preferably a full set of teeth, are provided, a milling block system consisting of a first milling block for the upper set of teeth and a second milling block for the lower set of teeth, and a method for producing partial or total prostheses. |
| US11395720B2 |
Self ligating orthodontic bracket with coplanar spring
An orthodontic self-ligating bracket for orthodontic treatment of maloccluded teeth is provided that includes a bracket body and a bracket door including a coplanar spring. The bracket body has a base that is contoured to attach to a surface of a tooth, a archwire slot on the top side of the bracket body extending in a mesiodistal direction and configured to releasably retain an archwire, and a bracket groove on the top side of the bracket body extending in an occlusogingival direction towards the archwire slot. The coplanar spring includes a spring body and one or more legs that deflect in direction generally coplanar with a plane of motion of the bracket door. The one or more legs interact with one or more depressions in the bracket body to move and retain the bracket door on the bracket body. |
| US11395717B2 |
Visualization of clinical orthodontic assets and occlusion contact shape
Methods of representing user edits or modifications of a treatment plan for a dental apparatus (e.g., one or a series of aligners) by managing an original clinical data set and a set of modifications of the clinical data set. Also described herein are methods of displaying, condensing, storing and reconstructing collision regions between two or more teeth. |
| US11395715B2 |
Methods and systems for generating and using 3D images in surgical settings
Disclosed herein in a method and system for creating and utilizing a virtual-three dimensional image in a real-world environment to guide medical procedures. The process may include receiving image data related to a patient and creating and displaying a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data, wherein creating a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data. Exemplary methods include organizing image data in a unique manner and utilizing subvolume skipping techniques allowing for more efficient accurate rendering of holographic images. |
| US11395714B2 |
Medical illuminator with variable polarization
A device for variable polarization by an illumination device for illuminating organic tissue. The device includes a first set of one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs), a first polarizer arranged to polarize light emitted from the first set of LEDs in a first polarization direction, a second set of one or more LEDs, a second polarizer arranged to polarize light emitted from the second set of LEDs in a second polarization direction. A lens is arranged to collect light from organic tissue illuminated by the first and/or second sets of LEDs including a viewing polarizer arranged to polarize the light collected from the organic tissue in the second polarization direction. A signal generator is operable to signal one or more drivers for driving one of the first and second sets according a signal value and driving the other of the first and second sets according to an inverse value thereof. |
| US11395713B2 |
Illuminated cannula
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for illuminating an interior portion of an eye are disclosed herein. In an exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for use in ophthalmic surgery. The apparatus may include a light guide including an optical fiber, a transition region, and a light sleeve. The transition region may be disposed between the optical fiber and the light sleeve for transmission of light from the optical fiber to the light sleeve such that the light sleeve is operable to emit the light at a distal end of the light sleeve. |
| US11395706B2 |
Surgical robot platform
A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an end effector element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The robot system includes a robot base having a display, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, wherein movement of the robot arm is electronically controlled by the robot base. The end-effector is coupled to the robot arm, containing one or more end-effector tracking markers. The system also includes a plurality of dynamic reference bases (DRB) attached to multiple patient fixture instruments, wherein the plurality of dynamic reference bases include one or more tracking markers indicating a position of the patient fixture instrument in a navigational space. The system also includes a first camera system and a second camera system, the first and second camera systems being able to detect a plurality of tracking markers. |
| US11395704B2 |
Systems and methods for guiding tissue resection
A method for guiding resection of local tissue from a patient includes generating at least one image of the patient, automatically determining a plurality of surgical guidance cues indicating three-dimensional spatial properties associated with the local tissue, and generating a visualization of the surgical guidance cues relative to the surface. A system for generating surgical guidance cues for resection of a local tissue from a patient includes a location module for processing at least one image of the patient to determine three-dimensional spatial properties of the local tissue, and a surgical cue generator for generating the surgical guidance cues based upon the three-dimensional spatial properties. A patient-specific locator form for guiding resection of local tissue from a patient includes a locator form surface matching surface of the patient, and a plurality of features indicating a plurality of surgical guidance cues, respectively. |
| US11395702B2 |
Navigation system
The invention relates to a navigation system for navigating an interventional device (11) like a catheter and an interventional system comprising the navigation system. A position and shape determining unit (13) determines and stores a first position and shape of the interventional device within a living being (9) during a first interventional procedure like a first chemoembolization session and determines a second position and shape of an interventional device within the living being during a subsequent second interventional procedure like a second chemoembolization session. During the second interventional procedure the interventional device is navigated based on the stored first position and shape and based on the second position and shape. This allows considering during the second interventional procedure the path of the interventional device used during the first interventional procedure. In particular, this allows navigating the interventional device along the same path during the first and second interventional procedures. |
| US11395701B1 |
Method of selecting a specific surgical device for preoperative planning
An interactive placement of a digital representation of a surgical device is described. Integration of the digital representation of the surgical device with the 3D medical image facilitates pre-operative surgical planning and surgical device selection. Location indicators, annotations, and registration markers may be overlaid on selected volume images. |
| US11395696B2 |
Radiofrequency ablation probe with directional cooling for lesion size control
A cooled radiofrequency ablation system including a probe assembly having a proximal region, a distal tip region, and a shaft is provided. First and second internal cooling fluid tubes extend from the proximal region and are positioned inside a cavity defined by the shaft. The distal tip region includes a conductive portion for delivering energy to a target location within tissue. The system also includes a radiofrequency generator for delivering energy to the target location and a cooling fluid reservoir and a bidirectional pump assembly for circulating a cooling fluid from the reservoir through the first internal cooling fluid tube then the second internal cooling fluid tube when the pump operates in a first direction or through the second internal cooling fluid tube then the first internal cooling fluid tube when the pump operates in a second direction to form lesions of different sizes at the target location. |
| US11395692B2 |
Methods and apparatus for pumping coolant to an energy delivery device
Apparatus and methods for delivering coolant to an energy delivery device used to treat tissue with electromagnetic energy. A cooling system includes a pump that is configured to pump a coolant to the energy delivery device. |
| US11395691B2 |
Alignment guide apparatus, methods and systems
The present invention discloses an alignment guide apparatus, system, and method. The alignment guide apparatus includes a body, a fixation insert, a guide pin, and a screw. The body may include an arm with a first end and a second end, an attachment portion at the first end, and an alignment portion at the second end. The fixation insert may be configured to pass through the attachment portion and the guide pin may be configured to pass through the alignment portion. The screw may be configured to engage the guide pin. The alignment system may include a bone plate, an alignment guide, a screw, at least one first fastener, and at least one second fastener. A method for moving a joint is also disclosed. |
| US11395690B2 |
Cannulated t-handle driver
A driver assembly with a rotatable and interchangeable cannulated driver shaft for drilling a variety of fasteners. The driver assembly includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end with a first channel extending from the distal end into the elongated body and a second channel extending from a first side of the elongated body into the elongated body. The driver assembly also includes a locking mechanism connected within the elongated body. The locking mechanism is rotatable between a first configuration and a second configuration. A cannulated driver shaft is removably attached to the locking mechanism and is rotatable between the first configuration and the second configuration via the locking mechanism. |
| US11395688B2 |
Tool for crimping orthopedic cable
A crimping tool for crimping a crimp onto a cable includes a crimping unit, a housing unit, and a tensioning unit. The crimping unit includes an inner crimping tube having a distal end configured to receive the cable; and an outer crimping tube mounted around the inner crimping tube. The housing unit is configured to receive the outer crimping tube, and includes a housing having an open lower portion; a trigger-handle; and a first hinge connecting the trigger-handle to the housing. The tensioning unit is mounted to the housing, and is configured to apply tension to the cable. The trigger-handle releasably engages the open lower portion of the housing by rotation about the first hinge; and the outer crimping tube is configured to move in an axial direction relative to the inner crimping tube to crimp the cable when actuated by the trigger-handle. |
| US11395686B2 |
Bone fixation plate and method of using thereof
The disclosure provides a fixation device for internal fixation of an osteotomy below the tibial tuberosity. The fixation plate including a top-end portion including three pinholes, three screw holes, and a first Combi hole; a bottom-end portion including a second Combi hole, two screw holes, and one pinhole; and a connection portion connecting the top-end portion to the bottom-end portion. The top-end portion is capable of fixating the portion of the tibia above a cut of the osteotomy, and the bottom-end portion is capable of fixating the portion of the tibia below the cut. |
| US11395683B2 |
Surgical connection device and surgical connection system
A surgical connection device for connecting two rod elements in one or more relative orientation includes a main body with receiving openings. The rod elements can be fixed to the main body by fixing elements. At least one receiving opening has an aperture at a receiving opening edge, through which aperture a rod element can be inserted into the receiving opening transversely to the orientation of the receiving opening. A connection system includes a surgical connection device and two or more rod elements. |
| US11395682B2 |
Composite material spinal implant
A pedicle screw implant construct kit, comprising at least one pedicle screw, at least one collar comprising a recess for receiving a rod, the collar configured to be coupled to a head of the pedicle screw, an elongated rod for connecting the collar to one more additional collars to couple between the pedicle screw and one or more additional screws, and a locking ring sized to be positioned over at least a distal portion of the collar to restrain relative movement of the screw head and rod by exerting radial compression force onto the collar. In some embodiments, the components of the kit are comprised of carbon reinforced composite material, optionally with no radiation blocking material. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, the kit includes two locking rings on a collar, optionally both below the rod. |
| US11395679B2 |
External fixation strut
Embodiments of the invention include an external fixation system that includes at least one external fixation strut that is both acutely adjustable and precisely adjustable and related methods of adjustment. Acute adjustment may be accomplished using one or more mobile jaws that may be engaged with or disengage from a threaded rod of each external fixation strut. Precise adjustment of each external fixation strut may be accomplished after releasing a lock biased toward a locked position. When each external fixation struts lock is released, a portion of each of the precise adjustment mechanism of each external fixation strut may be activated to increase and decrease the length of each of the at least one external fixation struts. |
| US11395678B2 |
System and method for pelvic floor procedures
A delivery device for tissue anchor delivery is provided. The delivery device includes a first flexible tube having a rigid distal portion attachable to a tissue anchor, a second flexible tube coaxially disposed around the first tube and a tubular sheath covering the second flexible tube. Also provided is a system which includes an imaging device coupler reversibly attached to the delivery device through guides. |
| US11395672B2 |
Apparatus and method for manipulating stomach tissue and treating gastroesophageal reflux disease
Stomach tissue is manipulated to form, for example, a restored flap of a gastroesophageal flap valve. The manipulation includes gripping stomach tissue from within the stomach while the stomach is inflated to promote visualization and stabilization of the gripped stomach tissue. Once the stomach tissue is gripped, the stomach is deflated and pulled into a mold. The molded tissue is then fastened with at least one fastener. The stomach is inflated to a first pressure during visualization and then to a second higher pressure during the stomach tissue gripping. |
| US11395667B2 |
Clot retrieval system for removing occlusive clot from a blood vessel
A clot capture catheter comprises an elongate tubular shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and an inflatable expansile member at the distal end. The expansile member is inflatable from a collapsed delivery configuration to an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the expansile member extends to define a funnel shape having an enlarged distal clot entry mouth at the distal-most end of the catheter. In the expanded configuration, the expansile member may extend distally beyond the distalmost tip of the shaft. The expansile member may be integral with the distal tip of the catheter shaft. |
| US11395662B2 |
Barrel inflatable belt
An inflatable belt 100 for use in a BFR system with an outer belt material 102 hermetically sealed to an inner belt material 101 along a perimeter, thereby forming at least one inflatable chamber 103, the inflatable chamber having an input port 104 for accepting a gas into the chamber, the inflatable belt further comprising a first fastening means 110 in communication with the outer belt material, for attaching to a second fastening means 111 in communication with the outer belt material, thereby locking a circumference of the inflatable belt, when wrapped around a user's limb. |
| US11395660B2 |
Stackable ligation clip
A ligation clip includes a first beam that supports a first alignment member and a second beam that supports a second alignment member. The first and second alignment members receive distal end portions of first and second beam portions of a second ligation clip when the ligation clips are stacked within a multi-fire clip applier to provide stability to the clip stack. |
| US11395653B2 |
Surgical stapling device with impedance sensor
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly including a jaw assembly and an impedance assembly. The jaw assembly includes an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly. The tool assembly supports an impedance assembly for measuring the impedance of tissue grasped within the jaw assembly. |
| US11395650B2 |
Systems for securing sutures
Described herein are systems and methods for securing sutures that obviate the need for tying knots. Disclosed suture clips can comprise a first part and a second part that are attachable together to secure one or more sutures in a suture engagement region between the first and second parts. The first and second parts can include locking projections and slots at opposing ends of the suture engagement region to align the two parts, contain sutures, and/or secure the clip onto sutures. When the first and second parts are attached together, first engagement features of the first part inter-engage with second engagement features of the second part to grip and secure sutures within suture engagement region. An exemplary delivery device holds a plurality of such suture clips in an elongated shaft portion and deploys the clips successively to sutures via actuation of a handle portion. |
| US11395648B2 |
Plication lock delivery system and method of use thereof
A plication lock delivery system that enables a suture lock assembly to be delivered percutaneously. The plication lock delivery system comprises a lock assembly that secures sutures in place, a control assembly that allows a clinician to engage a suture to a suture lock assembly, apply tension to the sutures to cause tissue plication, and deploy the lock assembly, and a catheter assembly. This plication lock delivery system can be used to repair mitral regurgitation percutaneously or in an open-heart surgery. |
| US11395647B2 |
Suture anchor construct and deployment device
A soft suture anchor construct is provided for placement in or against tissue or bone. The anchor includes an all-suture anchor having two ends positioned in a first direction in a pre-deployment configuration. In a deployed configuration, the two ends are positioned in a second direction different from the first direction. The suture anchor construct also includes a filament passing through the anchor at a plurality of passing locations, where the filament changes direction at least once along the direction of the longitudinal axis of the anchor and forms at least one slack line. In the pre-deployment configuration, the filament extends a first length between adjacent passing locations, and in the deployed configuration, the filament extends a second length between adjacent passing locations. The second length is shorter than the first length. The suture anchor construct may be deployed in a bone hole with an inserter, anchor driver, or other deployment device. |
| US11395642B2 |
Method and system for non-contact bio-signal detection using ultrasound signals in which magnitude and phase signals are obtained from in-phase and quadrature baseband signals
This disclosure relates generally to bio-signal detection, and more particularly to method and system for non-contact bio-signal detection using ultrasound signals. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring an in-phase I(t) baseband signal and a quadrature Q(t) baseband signal associated with an ultrasound signal directed from the sensor assembly towards the target. Magnitude and phase signals are calculated from the in-phase and quadrature baseband signals, and are filtered by passing through a band pass filter associated with a predefined frequency range to obtain filtered magnitude and phase signals. Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) of the filtered magnitude and phase signals is performed to identify frequency of dominant peaks of spectrum of the magnitude and phase signals in the ultrasound signal. Value of the bio-signal associated with the target is determined based on weighted values of the frequency of the dominant peaks of the magnitude and phase signals. |
| US11395641B2 |
Ultrasonic imaging device and imaging method thereof
An ultrasonic imaging device includes an ultrasonic generating unit and an ultrasonic imaging processing unit. The ultrasonic generating unit repeatedly turns on N of M ultrasonic array elements of the ultrasonic probe multiple times as a group of array elements for linear scanning, and each scan is to emit an ultrasonic signal by each group of array elements and receive an echo signal of the ultrasonic signal. The ultrasonic imaging processing unit extracts a central echo signal from the echo signal in each scan to form a channel signal, and according to the arrival time of the echo signals, each central echo signal in the channel signal is delayed and summed to generate a modified channel signal. The modified channel signal is subjected to image synthesis process to obtain an ultrasonic image. |
| US11395639B2 |
Systems and methods for gel management
Arrangements described herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing gel on a subject to provide gel on a first area of the subject, including controlling a transducer to move to a second area of the subject and controlling the transducer to move the gel to the first area from the second area. |
| US11395629B2 |
Detection device for placement in contact with the eye of a user
A device for placement in contact with an eye of a user. The device includes at least one detector for measuring at least one property, and a signal processor for determining, based on the at least one property, whether the eye of the user is closed. |
| US11395628B2 |
Method of providing service based on biometric information and wearable electronic device
A method and apparatus provides a service based on biometric information. A bioelectrical impedance of a user is measured at a first time point to obtain a first value representing biometric information of the user. At least one processor predicts the biometric information of the user at a third time point subsequent to the first time point to obtain a third value, based on the first value representing biometric information of the user at the first time point and a second value representing the biometric information at a second time point prior to the first time point. The processor calculates a difference between a fourth value representing a target related to the biometric information of the user, input by the user in advance, and the third value. Information regarding a health management service is output based on the difference between the fourth value and the third value. |
| US11395627B2 |
Causing a changed breathing sequence based on media content
An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a first time when it is predicted that a first media content will be rendered to the user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming the first media content; and causing at least one stimulus to be provided to the user, the at least one stimulus configured to cause a changed breathing sequence instead of the predicted breathing sequence, wherein the desired breathing phase in the changed breathing sequence is temporally shifted towards the first time as compared to the desired breathing phase in the predicted breathing sequence. |
| US11395624B2 |
Monitoring systems and methods for monitoring a condition of a patient
Monitoring system configured to provide a health chart on an operator display. The health chart includes a plurality of indicators that identify patient parameters. The plurality of indicators form a column that extends parallel to a first axis. The health chart also includes linear projections that are aligned with respective indicators and extend parallel to a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The linear projections represent values of the patient parameters that correspond to the respective indicators. The values are determined by the physiological data obtained from corresponding sensors. The patient monitoring system is configured to determine lengths of the linear projections based on the physiological data. The lengths extend from proximal ends of the linear projections to distal ends of the linear projections. The distal ends move parallel to the second axis toward or away from the respective indicators to change the length. |
| US11395622B2 |
Footwear system for ulcer or pre-ulcer detection
A footwear system having a plurality of temperature sensors determines the emergence of an ulcer or pre-ulcer on a person's foot. After the plurality of temperature sensors generate a plurality of discrete temperature data values, the system and method form a temperature map representing substantially the actual geometric shape of at least a portion of the foot, and the distribution of temperatures of the at least a portion of the foot. Next, the method and system determine whether the temperature map presents at least one of a plurality of prescribed patterns, and produces output information indicating an emergence of an ulcer or a pre-ulcer on a given portion on the foot. The output information is produced as a function of whether the temperature map is determined to present the at least one of the plurality of prescribed patterns. |
| US11395617B2 |
Method and an apparatus of actively sensing neuronal firing frequency at a functional site in a brain
The present application provides a method and an apparatus of actively sensing a neuronal firing frequency at a functional site in a brain, the method comprising: generating a varying electromagnetic field and acting a near field of the generated electromagnetic field on a targeted brain functional site; sensing the alteration of the electromagnetic field at the targeted brain functional site; and determining a variation frequency of the alteration of the electromagnetic field at the targeted brain functional site as the neuronal firing frequency at the targeted brain functional site. |
| US11395614B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices relating to open microfluidic channels
Various collection devices, systems and methods relating to the use of devices with open microfluidic channels disposed within a housing defining a lumen. These devices make use of microneedles passed through apertures to induce fluid flow into microfluidic channel networks for collection and analysis. The device can be actuated via button when placed on the skin of a patient to collect a fluid sample, such as a blood draw. |
| US11395613B2 |
Manual flow regulation for blood collection
A specimen collection assembly including a flow control member for adjustably altering a flow path is disclosed. In one configuration, the flow control member defines a regulation channel in fluid communication with a lumen of a cannula, wherein the flow control member is configured to adjustably alter an effective flow distance between the lumen of the cannula and an interior of an evacuated collection container. In another configuration, the flow control member is positioned to vary an effective cross-sectional area of at least one of an inlet port and an outlet port adapted to be in fluid communication with the lumen and the evacuated collection container. |
| US11395612B2 |
Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling
An apparatus includes a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume and has an inlet port that can be fluidically coupled to a patient and an outlet port. The fluid reservoir is disposed in the inner volume to receive and isolate a first volume of a bodily-fluid. The flow control mechanism is rotatable in the housing from a first configuration, in which a first lumen places the inlet port is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a second configuration, in which a second lumen places the inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet port. The actuator is configured to create a negative pressure in the fluid reservoir and is configured to rotate the flow control mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration after the first volume of bodily-fluid is received in the fluid reservoir. |
| US11395609B2 |
Semiconductor device and sensor module
A sensor module includes a ring-shaped member; and a semiconductor device that is provided on the ring-shaped member. The semiconductor device includes: a wiring substrate that has flexibility; and electronic components that are mounted on the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate has component mounting regions, wherein at least one electronic component is mounted in each of the component mounting regions, and component non-mounting regions, wherein no electronic component is mounted in each of the component non-mounting regions. The component mounting regions and the component non-mounting regions are provided alternately in a longitudinal direction of the wiring substrate. The component non-mounting regions are curved along an outer circumferential direction of the ring-shaped member. |
| US11395606B2 |
Detecting hidden hearing loss
Non-invasive methods of detecting hidden hearing loss (cochlear synaptopathy) based on detection of an abnormal ratio of Summating Potential (SP)/Action Potential (AP) (SP/AP) Ratios. |
| US11395601B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an identifying unit, and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires volume data indicating the state of a three-dimensional region including a mass portion and a plurality of blood vessels derived from the mass portion in a subject. The identifying unit specifies a region corresponding to the mass portion and the blood vessels in the volume data as a region of interest. The identifying unit identifies the mass portion and each of the blood vessels in the region of interest. The display controller assigns a different display mode to at least one of the mass portion and the blood vessels. |
| US11395599B2 |
Methods and systems for obtaining physiologic information
The present invention discloses methods suitable for obtaining information related to at least one physiologic parameter of a person belonging to the group comprising respiration rate, heart rate, respiration rate variability, heart rate variability, temporal characteristics of at least a part of a heartbeat, and temporal characteristics of at least a part of a respiration cycle in a non-contact fashion. The present invention also discloses systems suitable for obtaining information related to at least one physiologic parameter of a person belonging to said group of physiologic parameters in a non-contact fashion. |
| US11395598B2 |
Pulse wave detection device and biological information measuring device
A pulse wave detector includes a body portion; a band which is wound around a wrist while the band is engaged with the body portion; a first engaging portion with which a basal end portion in a longitudinal direction of the band is engaged; a second engaging portion with which an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the band is engaged while the band is folded back; and an engagement member which causes a tip end portion in the longitudinal direction of the band to be engaged with the basal end portion or the first end portion while the basal end portion and the tip end portion overlap with each other. A tip end of the tip end portion is directed from an opposed surface of the body portion to the wrist to an opposite surface of the body portion. |
| US11395597B2 |
System and method for evaluating blood flow in a vessel
A system for evaluating blood flow in a vessel of a patient includes a catheter containing a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor and configured to simultaneously measure pressure data within a vessel on either side of a stenosis. Pressure data generated by the catheter includes a first series of pressure measurements from the first pressure sensor a second series of pressure measurements from the second pressure sensor. The system further includes an FFR calculation module executable on one or more processors and configured to calculate a stability index for each of two or more portions of the pressure data, wherein each stability index indicates at least one of heart rate stability and catheter stability for the respective portion of the pressure data. An optimal time window is identified based on the stability indexes for calculation of fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on the pressure data. An FFR value is then calculated based on the pressure data in the optimal time window. |
| US11395593B2 |
Device, system and method for detecting irregularities in soft tissue
According to some embodiments there is provided a wearable device for breast screening, comprising: at least one breast-contacting member shaped to contact a surface of a breast, the member comprising an array of force applying units and an array of sensors configured for sensing at least one parameter in response to force applied by the force applying units; the force applying units and the sensors disposed on or within the breast-contacting member and positioned to contact a surface of the breast; a memory storing one or more patterns suitable to detect a lump underlying the surface; wherein the pattern comprises a sequence of forces that vary spatially and/or vary in time; a controller configured for: reading data from the memory to control application of force; communicating with the sensors to receive signals associated with the at least one parameter sensed in response to the application of force; and to process the received signals to detect a lump. |
| US11395592B2 |
Optical imaging device and cap
The present invention provides a removable optical imaging device cap for use with a near infrared (NIR) light optical imaging device for detecting intracranial hematoma. |
| US11395584B2 |
Surgical retractors
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for surgically manipulating tissue. In general, the methods and devices can include an elongate retractor shaft having a distal retractor tip that is configured to manipulate tissue, for example the tip can be configured to separate muscle and nerve fibers surrounding a vertebra. The elongate retractor shaft can include an illumination source such that at least a portion of the surgical field is illuminated by the device when the device is used in the body. A sensor can also or alternatively be included on the elongate retractor shaft, for example on the blunt retraction tip, such that the sensor can monitor physiological parameters of the tissue in or adjacent to the surgical field. |
| US11395579B2 |
Portable endoscope with disposable steerable cannula
A handheld endoscope has a disposable, single-use portion that includes a fluid hub, cannula, distal tip and is steerable by the operator though actuation of one or two levers. The endoscope also includes re-usable portion that has a handle and display module. The distal tip includes LED illumination and an imaging module that feeds live video to the display module that is rotatable to allow viewing by the operator and others. The single-use and re-usable portions mate and un-mate with each other via physically separated mechanical and electrical connectors. The single use portion can include grasper device that can be actuated by an operator using an actuation tab. |
| US11395578B2 |
Optical system for rigid endoscope and rigid endoscope
An optical system for rigid endoscope includes an objective optical system, an eyepiece optical system, and a relay optical system which is disposed between the objective optical system and the eyepiece optical system. The objective optical system includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power. The following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: −3<(RL1i+RL1o)/(RL1i−RL1o)<−1.3 (1) 30<νdL1 (2) where, RL1o denotes a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens, RL1i denotes a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens, and νdL1 denotes Abbe number for the first lens. |
| US11395568B2 |
Multifunctional cleaning device
A multifunctional cleaning device includes a main body, a telescopic tube body, a cleaning head set and a control unit. Multiple drive units are mounted on one side of the main body. The main body has a detection unit for detecting cleaning range and path. The telescopic tube body is telescopically connected with the main body. The telescopic tube body has a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are respectively connected with the main body and the cleaning head set in communication therewith. The control unit is disposed in the main body to execute system control and judge received signals so as to give commands to the drive units for controlling the move of the main body. |
| US11395567B2 |
Automatic drop-down dispenser
An apparatus for dispensing consumable material can include a housing, first and second support frames, a mandrel, and a lever. The mandrel can be movably mounted to the support frames between upper and lower positions and configured to hold upper and lower rolls. In some embodiments, when the mandrel is in the upper position, only the lower roll is accessible, and when the mandrel is in the lower position, both of the upper and lower rolls are accessible. The lever can be operatively connected to the first support frame and moveable between first and second positions. In some embodiments, when in the first position, a portion of the lever presents a physical interference that inhibits the mandrel from moving from the upper position to the lower position and, when moved to the second position, the physical interference is removed, thereby allowing the mandrel to move. |
| US11395564B1 |
Expanding infant bathtub
An expanding bathtub of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a base, two side walls, and two end walls. Each of the two side walls and the base includes an accordion structure such that the expanding bathtub is expandable between a first, horizontally-compressed configuration and a second, horizontally-expanded configuration. A plurality of sealable and unsealable plugs are located within the side walls, the end walls, and/or the base. Each of the accordion structures, side walls, and end walls is removably connected to various adjacent components of the expanding bathtub. |
| US11395557B2 |
Apparatus and method for preparing a beverage and system comprising the apparatus and an exchangeable capsule
An apparatus for preparing a quantity of beverage suitable for consumption, includes a first and a second brew chamber part to form a brew chamber for holding an exchangeable capsule as well as a fluid dispensing device for supplying an amount of fluid, such as water, under pressure to the exchangeable capsule. The first and the second brew chamber part are movable relative to each other between a first relative position, and a second relative position. The first relative position defines an open state in which the capsule can be inserted into the brew chamber. The second relative position defines a closed state allowing the brew chamber to enclose the capsule. A first biasing member biases the capsule towards the second brew chamber part. A second biasing biases the first brew chamber part and the second brew chamber part towards each other. The first biasing member has a higher stiffness than the second biasing member. Also a system is provided comprising the apparatus as well as at least one capsule to be used by the apparatus. |
| US11395556B2 |
Apparatus for automatic and fast cooking of food
Apparatus for automatic and fast cooking of food comprising: a base structure (12) in the form of a vessel open at the top housing a vertical pressure cooker (10); said apparatus comprises a solenoid (13) positioned close to said cooker; said solenoid is positioned below the cooker and beside the cooker covering a height ranging from 50% to 70% of the total height of the cooker starting from the bottom; said solenoid is made of coils with variable pitch widening from bottom to top; said pressure cooker (10) comprises: a lid (15) having a closing system; a pressure release valve (30); a temperature measurement system (70-76); where said cooker operates at a temperature higher than 140° C. |
| US11395554B2 |
Sleeping bag system with rigid frame
A sleeping bag body includes one or more sleeves along a perimeter of the sleeping bag body and a plurality of poles that interconnect to form a frame. The frame is positioned within the one or more sleeves of the bag body to prevent a twisting movement of the bag body during use. |
| US11395549B2 |
Drive mechanism
A drive mechanism for an article of adjustable furniture, the drive mechanism having support sections, the support sections including a first support section and a second support section, an actuator mechanism, and at least one connecting mechanism, the at least one connecting mechanism includes a first arm pivotally connected to the first support section, and a second arm pivotally connected to the second support section, the first arm being pivotally connected to the second arm, in which the actuator mechanism is drivingly connected to the second support section to effect concertina-like movement between the first arm and the second arm to move the second support section relative to the first support section. |
| US11395543B2 |
Reconfigurable work station, work space, and work space system
A reconfigurable work station includes a work surface supported atop a pedestal and base. A linkage arm is affixed to the base or pedestal at a first end and pivotally connected to a fixed member at a second end. The work station can pivot, with the linkage arm, about the fixed member to be selectively positioned in multiple positions. The pedestal may be height adjustable and the work surface may be rotatable atop the pedestal. Alternatively, the work station can include two pedestals and the linkage arm can be rotatably connected to one of the pedestals to rotate the work station, as well as to pivot the work station about the fixed member. A work space includes the work station and at least one wall panel, and a work space system includes multiple work spaces. Work stations within respective work spaces can be selectively positioned in focused or collaborative configurations. |
| US11395542B2 |
Smart desk and chair
A smart desk and chair includes a desk having at least one lift arm that is expandable and retractable for adjusting the height of a desk surface and a chair having a sensor included inside a chair seat where the sensor detects the presence or absence of a user seated in the chair. A controller in the desk controls the position of the at least one lift arm in the desk. The desk and chair are connected wirelessly enabling the desk surface to be automatically raised or lowered in relation to the floor depending on the standing or seated position of the user. |
| US11395540B1 |
Rail-mounted tabletop
The rail-mounted tabletop is a table. The rail-mounted tabletop is configured for use with a fence. The fence incorporates a rail, a plurality of pickets and posts, and a supporting surface. The plurality of pickets and posts elevate the rail above the supporting surface. The plurality of pickets and posts forms the load path that transfers the load of the rail-mounted tabletop to the supporting surface. The rail-mounted tabletop is suspended from the rail of the fence. The rail-mounted tabletop is a table incorporates a counter plate, a bracing plate and a rail hook. The supporting plate and the rail hook attach to the counter plate. The counter plate forms a horizontally oriented supporting surface. The rail hook suspends the counter plate and the bracing plate from the rail. The bracing plate braces the counter plate against the plurality of pickets and posts. |
| US11395539B2 |
Hair brushing device
A hair brushing device comprises a housing and a brush, the brush body is formed from a rigid plastics material and is capable of being mounted, in a least two different positions, to allow variation in the functionality of a device of the type of the invention. |
| US11395536B2 |
Golf bag strap systems and methods to manufacture golf bag strap systems
Golf bag strap systems and methods to manufacture the same are generally described herein. In one example a strap system may include a strap connector having a body portion, a plurality of slots in the body portion, and a plurality of ports extending orthogonally into the plurality of slots. The strap connector may include a plurality of self-adjusting strap fitments pivotally coupled to the strap connector. Each of the plurality of self-adjusting strap fitments may independently self-pivot relative to the strap connector. Other examples may be described and claimed. |
| US11395535B2 |
Keyed refillable cosmetic dispenser
A keyed refillable cosmetic dispenser for a stick cosmetic. The cosmetic dispenser has a cosmetic insert cartridge and a dispenser base with a matching key pattern combination. The insert cartridge has an inner body with a key pattern, an elevator cup, and a rotary extension and retraction mechanism for the elevator cup and a retained cosmetic. The key pattern of the insert cartridge can be a keyway in a keyway member of the inner body, and the key pattern of the dispenser base can be formed on a central column that forms a key member. The key patterns can be patterns of surface deviations, such as ridges and channels, that intermesh when the cosmetic insert cartridge is received by the dispenser base to produce a rotary driving engagement therebetween. A line of keyed cosmetic dispensers can be established by plural cosmetic dispensers with different key pattern combinations. |
| US11395534B2 |
Handheld treatment apparatus with nozzle sealing assembly
An apparatus for treating human skin includes an outer housing including a graspable portion, an applicator head and a cartridge connected to the applicator head. The cartridge includes a nozzle located in the applicator head. An image capture device captures images of the human skin through an opening in the applicator head. A processor analyzes the images of the human skin to identify skin deviations. A sealing assembly includes a support portion and a resiliently deformable sealing element supported by the support portion at a location within the applicator head. The sealing assembly has a closed configuration where the sealing element is sealed against the nozzle and an open configuration where the sealing element is removed outward away from the nozzle in a composition delivery direction to expose the nozzle for operation. |
| US11395533B2 |
Jewelry box
A jewelry box includes a lower box component; a diamond supported on the lower box component and having a blue fluorescence; an upper box component hinged to the lower box component for swinging between an opened position and a closed position, the upper box component being coupled to the lower box component at the closed position for covering the diamond, the upper box component exposing the diamond at the opened position; and a light source supported on the lower part or the upper part, the light source emitting an ultraviolet radiation toward the diamond when the upper box component is moved from the closed position. This provides a jewelry box causing a most dramatic impression within an observer of the jewelry box. |
| US11395526B1 |
Shoe insert
One or more embodiments of a shoe insert are disclosed. A shoe insert includes a body sized and arranged to fit in the toe box of a shoe while not preventing a foot of a wearer from being inserted into the toe box of the shoe if the body is inserted in the toe box of the shoe. The body may include a top portion and side portions. The top portion may extend primarily horizontally. The side portions may extend primarily vertically. The side portions may include a left side portion and a right side portion with the top portion between the left side portion and the right side portion. |
| US11395524B2 |
Strobel for an article of footwear and method of manufacturing
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes a strobel having a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The strobel may define a forefoot through hole in the forefoot region and a heel through hole in the heel region. The shape, the position, or both the shape and the position of the forefoot through hole and the heel through hole may be based on a foot pressure map. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprises securing a midsole to a strobel, wherein the strobel has a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region, the strobel defines a forefoot through hole in the forefoot region and a heel through hole in the heel region, and the shape and/or position of the forefoot through hole and the heel through hole are based on a foot pressure map. |
| US11395520B2 |
Gamer hoodie
A hooded garment can include a torso section extending from a waist region to a neck region, where the torso section includes a chest region and a back region. The hooded garment includes a hood extending upward from the neck region and having a front opening, a right sleeve extending from a right shoulder region of the right torso region and having a first wrist opening, and a left sleeve extending from a left shoulder region of the left torso region and having a second wrist opening. |
| US11395519B2 |
Powered garments, portable devices controlling powered garments, chargers for powered garments, enclosures for storing powered garments, and interconnections of powered garments
In selected examples, a clothes storage system includes a garment holder designed to receive and store at least one garment, an electromagnetic radiator attached to the garment holder, power circuitry configured to provide electrical drive to the electromagnetic radiator to cause the electromagnetic radiator to radiate radio frequency (RF) power, and a data interface configured to establish short range wireless communication links. The garment holder may be, e.g., a clothes hanger, a garment bag, a travel garment bag, or a walled enclosure such as a closet in a dwelling or an office. The data interface may be a short range RF transceiver, e.g., a Bluetooth® transceiver. The radiated RF power is received by the powered garments in/on the garment holder and converted into DC charging power used to recharge batteries of the powered garments. The data interface may allow the powered garments to communicate with external networks, e.g., the Internet. |
| US11395516B2 |
Sensory apparel
According to some embodiments, a garment includes an outer layer including a front half and a rear half and an inner layer disposed between the front half and the rear half. One or more openings allow access to an area defined between the front half and the inner layer. A plurality of sensory objects may be affixed to the inner layer and disposed in the area defined between the front half and the inner layer. |
| US11395515B2 |
Aerosol generating device with air flow detection
There is provided a method of detecting a plurality of user puffs at an aerosol-generating system including a heater, a controller, and a solid aerosol-forming substrate, the method including: heating, by the heater, the solid aerosol-forming substrate over a period containing the plurality of user puffs; and detecting, by the controller, each of the user puffs based on an electrical resistance of the heater over the period. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system for detecting a plurality of user puffs, the system including: a heater; a solid aerosol-forming substrate; and a controller configured to: cause the heater to heat the solid aerosol-forming substrate over a period containing the plurality of user puffs, and detect each of the user puffs based on an electrical resistance of the heater over the period. |
| US11395511B2 |
Smoking stent for cigar or filterless cigarette
A smoking stent that is inserted into a wrapped smoking product to create a smoking assembly. The presence of the stent prevents the end of the wrapped smoking product from losing integrity when made wet by the mouth. The stent device has a tubular body that defines a central conduit. Side openings are disposed along the tubular body that provide access to the central conduit. The stent device is inserted within the mouth end of the wrapped smoking product so that the central conduit of the tubular body extends into the fill. When the wrapped smoking product is lighted, the smoke is drawn out of the wrapped smoking device through the central conduit of the stent device. |
| US11395510B2 |
Aerosol delivery device with rotatable enclosure for cartridge
The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a holder for use with a removable substrate cartridge. In one implementation, the holder may include a main body having a mouthend and a rotating end portion. The main body may define a receiving compartment configured to receive at least a portion of the cartridge proximate a distal end of the main body. The main body may further define an aerosol passage extending from the receiving portion through the mouthend. The rotating end portion may be configured to rotate to and from an open position, in which the rotating end portion is turned outward so as to provide access to the receiving compartment, and a use position, in which the rotating end portion is turned inward so as to cover the heat source of an inserted cartridge. |
| US11395507B2 |
Filter for an e-vaping device, e-vaping device with the filter, and method of forming the filter
The filter includes a contained filter material with one or more portions of a filter material. The one or more portions define interstices running through a longitudinal length of the contained filter material. The interstices allow an airflow to pass through the longitudinal length of the contained filter material. A consumable substance is infused within the filter material. The consumable substance includes nicotine, a flavorant, a pre-vapor formulation, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof. |
| US11395505B2 |
Rod forming apparatus
An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone). |
| US11395502B2 |
Formulation for iron supplements
An iron supplement nutritional formulation for infants and adults is provided using a non-nutritive sweetener including an extract from monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) in combination with a polysaccharide iron complex. The formulation improves the taste and palatability of the supplement, thereby increasing the dosage accuracy within children and infants who tend to spit out or regurgitate other forms of polysaccharide iron complexes. |
| US11395497B2 |
Device for baking dough-based food products, net and method for baking such products
A device includes a carriage and an oven including a baking chamber, a plurality of stacked baking soles and elements for heating the soles. The device includes a plurality of nets made of a heat-resistant flexible material and at least one cell for receiving the food products. The carriage is arranged for inserting the nets into the oven, for withdrawing same and for positioning same opposite a sole. The device includes elements for vertically moving the soles and/or the nets relative to each other to place the soles and nets in an active position in which the bottom of the cells of a net is in contact with the baking sole located opposite and is capable of deformation upon contact with the sole so as to bake the products by induction, and in a passive position, in which the bottom of the cells is separated from the sole located opposite. |
| US11395495B2 |
Liquid Schoenocaulon extract
The present invention is directed to methods of producing liquid sabadilla extract. The invention also relates to methods for controlling pests by application of liquid sabadilla seed extract to pests' environment or to pests. |
| US11395490B2 |
Herbicidal composition
A herbicidal composition comprising; (A) 3-[[[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyra-zol-4-yl]methyl]-sulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-isoxazole, or a herbicidally effective salt; and (B) a second herbicide selected from; (B1) 4-hydroxy-3-[[2-[(2-methoxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinyl]carbonyl]-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-en-2-one, (B2) tembotrione, and (B3) topramezone, or their herbicidally effective salts. |
| US11395485B2 |
Liquid-fertilizer ready formulations of bifenthrin
Insecticidal compositions suitable for use in preparation of insecticidal liquid fertilizers are disclosed. The compositions include bifenthrin, a polymeric dispersant, a suspension agent, a freeze-thaw stabilizer, and optionally a preservative. |
| US11395484B2 |
Manufacture and use of agricultural spray adjuvants for hard water conditions
The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of pesticides or agricultural spray adjuvants that counteracts the effects of hard water cat ions on anionic pesticides when applied in water spray solutions. The disclosed agricultural spray adjuvants include glyphosate compositions comprising a strong mineral acid, such as sulfuric acid, and a polyamine surfactant, such as tallow amine or coco amine. |
| US11395483B1 |
Ice fishing hole chamferer and method
The present invention provides an ice fishing hole chamferer 10 with an elongated shaft 20 for inserting into an ice fishing hole 160 having a top end 60 and a submerged end 30 with an axle 40 and an axis 50, and a propeller 90 having a cutter side 96 with at least one cutter 94 and a thrust side 98 configured for propelling water, said propeller having a hub 80 for connecting to the axle and at least two radiating propeller blades 92, wherein the propeller blades are hinged to the hub to move between a narrow closed position less than the diameter of the ice fishing hole 160 and situated along the axis of the elongated shaft and an extended open position greater than the diameter of the ice fishing hole and angled for chamfering the bottom 162 of the ice fishing hole at a chamfering angle 128, and a propelling means 70, 110, 100 for rotating the propeller, wherein the propeller revolves about the axis and the propeller blades are configured to centrifugally extend to the extended open position and thrust upwardly to engage the at least one cutter against the bottom 162 of the ice fishing hole when the propelling means is activated. The invention also provides a method for using an ice fishing hole chamferer 10 by drilling an ice fishing hole 160, inserting the ice fishing hole chamferer into the hole, rotating the elongated shaft 20 of the chamferer to revolve a collapsible propeller 90 around the axis 50 and centrifugally extend the collapsible propeller from a narrow closed position to an extended open position angled for chamfering the bottom of the ice fishing hole 162. |
| US11395481B1 |
Hand-held device for powering the rewinding of a fishing reel
A hand-held device for powering the rewinding of a fishing reel which includes a housing having an interior compartment. The spool support shaft of the fishing reel has a gear mounted thereon after the crank handle thereof has been removed. A rechargeable DC battery is mounted in the interior compartment. A DC motor is positioned in the interior compartment and is electrically operated by the DC battery. The DC motor has a drive shaft which is rotatable in a single direction. The drive shaft has a gear mounted thereon. The gear on the spool support shaft may be connected to the gear on the drive shaft of the motor whereby the spool may be rotated to rewind the fishing line onto the spool. |
| US11395480B2 |
Fishing reel
[Problem] To provide a fishing reel including a controller capable of maintaining a low power consumption state based on the rotation state of a spool and the state of a clutch.[Solution] A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a spool, a power supply, a controller, a clutch, and a clutch state detector, wherein the controller is configured to switch between a first state of high power consumption and a second state of lower power consumption than the first state, and to switch from the second state to the first state when the clutch detector detects the off-state of the clutch. |
| US11395478B2 |
Markers for determining the biological age of a dog
A method for determining the biological age or pace of aging of an adult dog, said method comprising determining the levels of one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of (1) blood globulin levels, (2) blood total protein, (3) blood alkaline phosphatase, (4) blood platelet count, (5) blood mean corpuscular volume or (6) urine specific gravity, comparing the results with values obtained from healthy dogs of a known age and of a similar category (toy, small, medium, large or giant). Kits, systems and/or computer media for carrying out the method form further aspects of the invention. |
| US11395476B2 |
Animal feed dispenser
An animal feed dispenser, in particular for horses, comprising a downwardly open, substantially vertically oriented tube with at least one filling opening for animal feed that is arranged in the upper portion of the tube. At least two elastic cables which project through in the interior transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube are arranged above one another, wherein a clearance remains above each cable and in each case allows only the reception of an individual portion unit of the animal feed, and wherein each cable is connected to an end of an associated pulling element which is guided outwardly substantially normal to the respective elastic cable via an opening in the tube wall, wherein a biting element is fastened to the end of the pulling element that is situated outside the tube. |
| US11395473B2 |
Lantana variety ‘LANZ0026’
A Lantana plant designated ‘LANZ0026’ is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of Lantana ‘LANZ0026’, plants of Lantana ‘LANZ0026’, to plant parts of Lantana ‘LANZ0026’, and methods for producing a Lantana plant produced by crossing Lantana ‘LANZ0026’ with itself or with another Lantana variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a Lantana plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic Lantana plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to Lantana varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from Lantana ‘LANZ0026’, methods for producing other Lantana lines or plant parts derived from Lantana ‘LANZ0026’, and the Lantana plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid Lantana seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing Lantana ‘LANZ0026’ with another Lantana variety. |
| US11395471B2 |
Tomato hybrid T311457R
The invention provides tomato hybrid T311457R or line L1OTEN014 and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the tomato plants of the invention with themselves or another tomato plant. The invention also provides tomato plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. |
| US11395467B2 |
Soybean variety
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1561364, CL1561493, ES1667863, CL1564075, CL1564132, CL1564454, and CL1564197 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1561364, CL1561493, ES1667863, CL1564075, CL1564132, CL1564454, and CL1564197 and to the seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny of each or any of these cultivars, and methods of using CL1561364, CL1561493, ES1667863, CL1564075, CL1564132, CL1564454, and/or CL1564197 in a breeding program. |
| US11395463B2 |
Greenhouse screen
A greenhouse screen comprising strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product is disclosed. At least some of the strips comprise a film material in the form of a single- or multilayer polyester film wherein the film contains at least 1.0 wt.-% SiO2 and a maximum of 2.5 wt.-% SiO2, and has a spreading factor of at least 2 and not more than 8. The greenhouse screen as disclosed herein has a reduced flammability and light scattering properties particularly suited for greenhouse applications. |
| US11395458B1 |
Lawn tractor with electronic drive and control system
A drive and control system for a utility vehicle includes a CAN-Bus network and a vehicle control module operable to communicate signals to and from one or more components via the CAN-Bus network. The system includes first and second electric actuators with first and second electronic drive modules, respectively. The system includes a steering and drive input device and a steering and drive sensor module operable to post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive input command. The vehicle control module processes the steering and drive input command and post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive output command. The first and second electronic drive modules process and convert the steering and drive output command to appropriate first and second actuator commands to drive the first and second electric actuators to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the utility vehicle. |
| US11395452B2 |
Method of mitigating compaction and a compaction mitigation system
In accordance with an example embodiment, a compaction mitigation system for a work area and a method of mitigating compaction in a work area are provided. The method includes determining a compaction map of the work area having compaction data associated with a plurality of reference points, passing a work tool through the work area at the plurality of reference points, and adjusting the work tool at the plurality of reference points based on the compaction data. |