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| US11840414B2 |
Roll unwinder, web-fed printing press, and method for operating a roll unwinder
In some examples, a roll unwinder for a flying roll change includes a roll station for receiving a first material roll to be unwound, and a roll station for receiving a second material roll to be unwound after a roll change has occurred. A cut-off tool can sever a first web unwound from the first material roll, and includes a pressing element, to press the web against the outer surface of the second material roll. A supporting device can be transferred from an idle state into a working state in which the supporting device supports the web to be unwound, at least at the time of the severing process. The supporting device supports the web in a web path upstream from the cut-off tool. A receiving unit at a frame that carries the cut-off tool is movably mounted in the stand of the roll unwinder. |
| US11840413B2 |
Roll printer holder
A printer includes: a container configured to contain a roll into which a belt-shaped print medium is wound, the roll being inserted through an opening; a guide configured to guide the roll, the guide being disposed in the container and having a pair of abutting faces that abut on both side faces of the roll; a holding part that is movable between a first position where the holding part protrudes inwardly from the abutting face and a second position where the holding part does not protrude inwardly from the abutting face, the holding part being biased from the second position to the first position and holding the roll rotatably at the first position; and a displacement part configured to be displaced with motion of the holding part. At least a portion of the displacement part is exposed when a user sees the displacement part through the opening, such that the displacement part is recognizably displaced in a different position depending on whether the holding part is at the first position or at the second position. |
| US11840411B2 |
Vision-assisted robotized depalletizer
A vision-assisted robotized depalletizer receives at a pallet station a pallet loaded with products and outputs on a conveyor unitized products aligned in a desired orientation. Such depalletizers include a vision system having one or more image acquisition sensors that are positioned relative to the pallet station so as to have a field of view covering a top portion of the pallet. The sensors send to a controller one or more image of the top portion of the pallet that the controller uses along to determine the position of each product in the top portion of the pallet. The depalletizer further includes a robot equipped with a depalletizing tool that is coupled to the vision system controller for receiving information indicative of the position of each product from the top portion and uses that information to pick and position on the output conveyor each product from the top portion. |
| US11840404B2 |
Roller plate assembly
A roller plate assembly includes a base plate having a plurality of openings distributed along a length and a width of the base plate. The roller plate assembly includes at least two cross supports coupled to the base plate. The roller plate assembly also includes a roller shaft extending at least partially through the at least two cross supports and a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted to the roller shaft. Each roller is disposed within a corresponding one of the plurality of openings and configured to project at least partly over the upper surface of the base plate. The plurality of rollers are configured to allow a package to move across the plurality of rollers from a first edge of the roller plate assembly to a second edge of the roller plate assembly in the length direction of the base plate. |
| US11840403B2 |
Adjustable conveyor belt guiderail and related methods
An apparatus for guiding products along a conveyor in a conveying direction. The apparatus includes a first guiderail for at least partially forming a conveying path for articles on the conveyor. A guiderail adjuster includes a flexible or collapsible support, which make take the form of a linkage, and which provides support for the first guiderail along the conveyor. The flexible or collapsible support is adapted for being extended and retracted along a support rail extending in the conveying direction to selectively position the first guiderail relative to the conveyor, and thereby alter (increase or decrease) the width of the conveying path. Related methods are also disclosed. |
| US11840399B2 |
Gas blanketing management of low-pressure hydrocarbon tanks
A hydrocarbon tank system environment corrosion inhibitor includes use of inert gas, preferably Nitrogen, to blanket ullage and interstice through the tank system. Blanket gas is provided is controller into coupling to access ullages. Blanket gas is provided upon fueling events to stabilize the pressure in the system and prevent entry of atmospheric air and water (vapor). Blanket gas may be continuously run into the ullage and/or other spaces in tank system. A controlled system allows for monitoring of pressures in the tank, and thereby identifies pressure events and even leaks in system due to unusual events, or general loss of pressure. |
| US11840396B2 |
Dog waste bag dispenser system
A dog waste bag dispenser device includes: a frame with a roll opening and an elongated opening, an axle assembly, a lower frame, and a bag clip with a slit; such that the waste bag dispenser device holds a dog waste bag roll, such that the dog waste bag dispenser device enables a user to easily remove a dog waste bag from the dog waste bag roll. The dog waste bag dispenser device also includes an attachment ring, which is configured to attach the dog waste bag dispenser device to an article of clothing or an object for easy portability. |
| US11840393B2 |
Cooler latch
The insulated cooler includes a body, a lid, and at least one latch assembly. The body includes an outer shell, an inner liner disposed therein creating a gap therebetween, and an insulating layer disposed within the gap. The body defines a cavity therein with an opening formed at its upper end. The lid is removably coupled to the body and covers the body's opening. The latch assembly includes an upper component having at least one aperture formed therein, a lower component having at least one opening formed therein, and an intermediate component having a first portion coupled to the upper component and a second portion coupled to the lower component. The intermediate component is fabricated using a thermoplastic rubber. The upper component is coupled to the lid using at least one aperture. The lower component is coupled to a top portion of the outer shell using at least one opening. |
| US11840388B2 |
Multilayered container and inner container
A multilayered container includes an inner container configured to contain content, and an outer container configured to accommodate the inner container. The inner container has a side surface formed with a plurality of folded pleats contractable and expandable in a vertical direction, so that the inner container is shrinkable inside the outer container. The inner container includes a metal layer or an inorganic layer. A discharge mechanism, configured to discharge the content, and including a mechanism configured to prevent air from entering the inner container when discharging the content, is attached to an upper surface of the inner container. |
| US11840386B2 |
Carton and blank therefor
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton comprises a plurality of primary panels including a pair of bottom lap panels (12, 20) secured together to allow the primary panels to form walls of a tubular structure. An upper end closure structure partially closes an end of the tubular structure. The upper end closure structure comprises a lower edge that defines at least in part a window for exposing to view contents (B) of the carton. The upper end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) having a handle opening defined therein and a pair of side end closure flaps (26a, 26b, 34a, 34b). The side end closure flaps comprise an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. The outer surface of each of the side end closure flaps comprises a glue area (G1, G2). |
| US11840382B2 |
Molded dispensing closure with biasing hinge assembly
A closure includes a pivoting closure cap and a closure base configured to more easily align and securely pivot open without uncoupling. In various embodiments, the pivoting closure cap includes a pair of hinge assemblies including hinge pins pivotable between a closed position and an open position where the pivoting closure cap is opened for pouring. The closure base includes a pair of hinge pin receivers with a hinge pin sockets. The hinge pins located and rotatable within the sockets. |
| US11840381B2 |
Child resistant lockable container
A lockable container comprising a sleeve having at least three sidewalls, the sidewalls defining a pocket, the pocket having at least one entrance, and the pocket adapted for receiving and housing a hinged shell, a least one sidewall of the sleeve having a slit; a hinged shell having a lid, a tray hingedly connected to the shell, storage space defined by the tray, and a locking tab disposed on one of the lid or the tray, the hinged shell comprised of a flexible and resilient material; wherein the locking tab is substantially aligned with the slit when the hinged shell is housed within the sleeve, causing the locking tab to protrude through the slit; and wherein the hinged shell is prevented from sliding out of the sleeve unless the locking tab is flexed to disengage the slit. |
| US11840380B2 |
Resealable pouring element for cardboard/plastic composite packages with a tamper-evident seal to indicate the initial opening
Represented and described is a resealable pouring element for cardboard/plastic composite packages, in particular beverage packages, with a base element having a circumferential fastening flange as well as an external thread, with opening means arranged at least in the unopened state of the pouring element in the interior of the base element and with a screw cap with internal thread, wherein the opening means are designed such that when the composite package is initially opened by unscrewing the screw cap by breaking the composite material of the package or a barrier layer located in the base element, a pour opening is created inside the pouring element and wherein at least one tamper-evident seal is arranged between the base element and the screw cap. In order to reduce the assembly effort for such a resealable pouring element, it is provided that an anchor ring is arranged below the screw cap and is connected to the screw cap via a hinge a rotationally fixed manner and in that the tamper-evident seal consists of an indicating element, whose one end is fixedly connected to the anchor ring or the screw cap and in which the other end is connected to the anchor ring by means of a predetermined breaking point in such manner that the predetermined breaking point of at least one mandrel element arranged on the fastening flange is broken when the screw cap is unscrewed and thus indicates to the consumer that an initial opening has already taken place. |
| US11840379B2 |
Tamper-evident box
A locking device for a box includes a first panel defining a locking tab separable from the first panel and comprising a first tab subpanel and a second tab subpanel; the first tab subpanel extending from the first panel and the second tab subpanel extending from the first tab subpanel, the second tab subpanel including a neck and an ear, the ear extending from the neck in a lateral direction of the locking tab; and a second panel defining a locking opening, the locking opening sized to receive and capture the locking tab, the locking tab configured to engage an edge of the locking opening and thereby configured to prevent movement of the locking tab with respect to the locking opening in an opening direction of the locking device. |
| US11840376B2 |
Security container
A security container that can be easily and securely connected to a fixed structure such as, but not limited to, a rod, pole, handle, latch, etc. such that the security container can be securely and easily connected and disconnected from the fixed structure. |
| US11840374B2 |
Container system
Various implementations include a container system that includes a first and second bowl. The first bowl has a resilient wall that is urgable radially outwardly from a resting position to an expanded position. The edge of the resilient wall spaced apart from a first bowl base has a resting perimeter length and an expanded perimeter length. A rigid wall of the second bowl has a first edge spaced apart from a second bowl base and a second edge opposite the rigid wall first edge each have a perimeter length. The perimeter lengths of the rigid wall are both greater than or equal to the resting perimeter length and are less than or equal to the expanded perimeter length. A groove is defined by the resilient wall and/or rigid wall. A protrusion extends along the other of the rigid wall and/or resilient wall. The protrusion is engageable within the groove. |
| US11840372B2 |
Cargo carrier
A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base. |
| US11840371B2 |
Configurable pallet
This disclosure provides a configurable pallet or load-bearing platform, such as a pallet, for supporting goods. The load-bearing platform may include one or more plastic bases having two or more protrusions connected by one or more bridge pieces. The two or more protrusions are spaced apart one or more distances. The load-bearing platform further includes a cardboard base having openings spaced apart an amount wherein the openings are configured to receive the two or more protrusions of the plastic base. A load distribution member may be included and configured to contact at least a portion of the plastic base. The load distribution member may support at least a portion of the goods and distributes at least a portion of the weight of the goods to at least a portion of the plastic base. The size of the cardboard base, as well as other components of the load-bearing platform, in certain implementations, may be customized on demand. |
| US11840365B2 |
Container and method of forming a container
An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having a spout channel extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with a cap having a magnetic top surface, and the spout adapter may be further removably coupled to a lid that may be used as a cup into which a volume of the liquid can be poured. |
| US11840364B2 |
Packaging machine for packaging portioned products which are liquid or pasty in the processing state
A method for packaging products, wherein packaging material web is transported in direction of an upwardly open pair of folding claws, is cut to length while forming a planar blank of the wrapper, and the blank is positioned above the folding claws, wherein the product is metered, the product portion is pre-shaped, and the blank by placing thereon the pre-shaped product portion is folded into the claws while forming the upwardly open wrapper. Thereafter, the upward-projecting lateral longitudinal peripheries of the wrapper are folded inward onto the product portion, whereupon the transverse peripheries of the wrapper which extend perpendicular thereto are folded inward onto the product portion. The lateral longitudinal peripheries and transverse peripheries of the wrapper are folded inward onto the product portion and are simultaneously connected to one another, while the wrapper provided with the product portion is still situated in the pair of folding claws. |
| US11840357B2 |
Method and device for dual-light image integration, and unmanned aerial vehicle
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a dual-light image integration method, a dual-light image integration device and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method includes: receiving first image data from a first image device and second image data from a second image device; separately storing the first image data and the second image data; combining the first image data and the second image data to composite third image data; and transmitting the third image data. According to the present invention, dual-light images are processed by using different data processing methods depending on subsequent operations, which can maintain synchronization of the dual-light images during image transmission while avoiding information loss during image storage, thereby well satisfying user needs. |
| US11840354B2 |
Systems and methods for improved aircraft safety
Methods and system for improved aircraft safety are described herein. A machine learning model may be trained using historical flight data for a number of previously flown flights where an automation function autonomously disengaged. The trained machine learning model may be used to generate probabilistic alert rules. The probabilistic alert rules may be used by a computing device onboard an aircraft to provide contextual information to flight crew relating to engagement status for one or more automation functions of the aircraft. |
| US11840353B2 |
Ram air turbine installation allowing low speed flight
An installation configuration for a ram air turbine on an aircraft arranged to operate during a low speed operation. An example aircraft includes a fuselage and a lifting body connected to the fuselage and configured to provide a lifting force on the fuselage, the lifting body including a suction surface and a pressure surface disposed on opposite sides of the lifting body from each other, the suction surface extending from a leading edge of the lifting body to a trailing edge of the lifting body. A ram air turbine is coupled to the lifting body and configured to move between a retracted position where the ram air turbine is stowed inside the aircraft and an extended position where the ram air turbine is disposed above the suction surface of the lifting body. |
| US11840347B2 |
Assembly comprising a translationally and rotationally immobile link axis, engine attachment or aircraft comprising such an assembly
An assembly including a link axis supported by first and second guiding rings positioned in first and second branches of a clevis, one of the guiding rings including a tubular extension, protruding with respect to an outer face of one of the branches, which has a threaded portion on its outer circumferential face. Complementing this, the assembly includes a nut configured to be screwed onto the threaded portion of the tubular extension and an immobilization system configured to immobilize the nut in translation and/or in rotation, the nut and the link axis being linked by a complete link that is non-removable or that forms a single-piece part. This solution makes it possible to reduce the number of parts forming the assembly. Also provided are an engine attachment and an aircraft including such an assembly. |
| US11840337B2 |
Leading-edge arrangement for an aircraft
A leading-edge arrangement for an aircraft is proposed, comprising a plurality of movable flow bodies, a supply duct, an air transfer duct, and at least one perforated tube. The movable flow bodies are arranged in a consecutive arrangement to form a row with a first end and a second end. The supply duct reaches into an interior of one of the flow bodies at the first end. The air transfer duct connects to the supply duct and extends at least through the interior of the respective flow body in the direction towards the second end. The at least one perforated tube is arranged inside at least one of the flow bodies that directly follows on. The at least one perforated tube is in fluid communication with the transfer duct. The transfer duct is configured to transfer air from the supply duct into the at least one perforated tube. |
| US11840335B2 |
Weapon mountable tactical heads-up display systems and methods
Systems and methods for a weapon mountable tactical heads-up display (HUD) are provided. The HUD may include a 9 degrees of freedom (9DOF) sensor, a target library, and a target finder visualization. The target library may store respective ballistic information for each target of a plurality of targets. The respective ballistic information may include a target vector for each target of the plurality of targets. The target vector may be calculated based on data received from the 9DOF sensor. The target finder visualization may allow a shooter to locate a selected target of the plurality of targets. The target finder visualization may be based on the target vector. |
| US11840332B1 |
Method of making hypersonic leading-edge heat pipe with porous wick
Some variations provide a leading-edge heat pipe comprising: (a) an envelope fabricated from a shell material, wherein the envelope includes at least one edge with a radius of curvature of less than 3 mm, and wherein the envelope includes, or is in thermal communication with, at least one heat-rejection surface; (b) a porous wick fabricated from a ceramic or metallic wick material, wherein the porous wick is configured within a first portion of the interior cavity, wherein at least a portion of the porous wick is adjacent to the inner surface, and wherein the porous wick has a bimodal pore distribution comprising an average capillary-pore size from 0.2 microns to 200 microns and an average high-flow pore size from 100 microns to 2 millimeters (the average high-flow pore size is greater than the average capillary-pore size); and (c) a phase-change heat-transfer material contained within the porous wick. |
| US11840330B2 |
Downstop load sensing system
Embodiments are directed to a tiltrotor aircraft having a wing, a proprotor pivotably mounted on the wing, and a downstop striker attached to the proprotor using a load pin, wherein the load pin is configured to generate an output signal representing a force between the proprotor and the wing. A downstop mounted on the wing is aligned to be in contact with the downstop striker when the proprotor is in a horizontal position. A conversion actuator moves the proprotor between a horizontal position and vertical position. A flight control computer is coupled to the output signal from the load pin and configured to control the conversion actuator, wherein the flight control computer is configured to cause the conversion actuator to increase the force if the force is less than a first selected preload value or to decrease the force if the force is greater than a second selected preload value. |
| US11840323B2 |
Additive manufactured airframe structure having a plurality of reinforcement elements
Additive manufactured airframe structure having a plurality of additive manufactured airframe segments operable to be linked together in an assembled direction. Each of the plurality of additive manufactured airframe segments are separate from one another in an unassembled configuration. Plurality of reinforcement elements operable to be received in a receiving portion of the plurality of airframe segments and extending through the plurality of airframe segments in a normal direction. Receiving portion is located on the interior of a respective one of the plurality of airframe segments. |
| US11840321B2 |
Outboard drive assemblies
An outboard drive assembly for a work boat is provided. In embodiments, an outboard drive assembly includes a lower outdrive assembly including: a housing extending between a first and end a second end and having a motor housed therein; a propeller mounted to the first end of the housing; first and second fins extending horizontally from opposing side portions of the motor housing; a third fin extending vertically from the housing; respective cutting blades attached to respective end portions of each of the first, second and third fins adjacent the propeller; an upper outdrive assembly including mounting brackets configure to connect the upper drive assembly to a deck of a work boat; and a drive arm assembly pivotally mounted to the lower outdrive assembly at a first end of the drive arm assembly and mounted to the upper outdrive assembly at a second end of the drive arm assembly. |
| US11840319B2 |
Actuator for inflation device
An inflation device is provided including a shell, a pin, a restraining element, and a barrier. The shell may be coupled to an inflation canister. The pin is positioned within the shell in order to open a seal of the inflation canister. The restraining element is positioned within the shell and is positioned to prevent the pin from opening the seal of the inflation canister. The restraining element is dissolvable. The barrier is positioned within the shell. The barrier includes a fluid resistant skin and a heating element coupled to the fluid resistant skin. The heating element may open a portion of the barrier responsive to an electrical current running through the heating element. |
| US11840318B2 |
Vessel for farming of marine organisms
A vessel for farming of marine organisms includes several tanks with seawater and the marine organisms that shall be farmed, where the tanks include a farming net cage that holds the marine organisms and where the tanks are open to the surrounding seawater. |
| US11840315B2 |
Gear changer adjustment and device
In an adjustment mode for a derailleur of a bicycle, acceleration values from an accelerometer of the derailleur are sampled as the derailleur moves through sprockets of a rear sprocket assembly. Acceleration signal powers are identified based on the sampled acceleration values, and potential rasping positions are identified based on thresholding of the acceleration signal powers. The identified potential rasping positions are compared to expected rasping positions, and adjustment for the derailleur is set based on a minimum error between the identified potential rasping positions and the expected rasping positions. |
| US11840314B2 |
Multi-sprocket assembly and rear wheel assembly for a bicycle with a derailleur system
A multi-sprocket assembly for a bicycle rear wheel assembly comprising a multi-sprocket arrangement and a locking screw arrangement. The multi-sprocket arrangement is configured to be couplable to a driver of the wheel assembly in a torque-transmitting manner and comprises at least eleven sprockets. The multi-sprocket assembly is configured such that at least two of the smallest sprockets are axially fixed to the driver via the locking screw arrangement. The locking screw arrangement has a shaft portion for receiving at least one sprocket. The shaft portion has an axially outer stop portion at one end region and at least one external thread at an opposite end region. The external thread configured to be screwed into an associated internal thread to fix the locking screw arrangement. The external thread has an outer diameter which is larger than an outer diameter of a shaft portion region that receives the at least one sprocket. |
| US11840313B2 |
Control device for human-powered vehicle and power transmission system
A human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle, a first rotational body, a wheel, a second rotational body, a transmission body that transmits a driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a derailleur configured to operate the transmission body to change a transmission ratio, an electric actuator configured to actuate the derailleur, and a motor configured to drive the transmission body. A control device has an electronic controller configured to control the motor and drive the transmission body upon determining the derailleur has been actuated with the electric actuator to change the transmission ratio and a predetermined condition related to pedaling is satisfied. The electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator so as not to change the transmission ratio until a first condition related to shifting is satisfied in a case where the derailleur is actuated. |
| US11840311B2 |
Human-powered vehicle control device, suspension system, and human-powered vehicle
A control system for a human-powered vehicle includes a suspension device, at least one detector, an electronic controller. The suspension device includes a first suspension and a second suspension. The at least one detector is configured to detect information related to at least two conditions of the human-powered vehicle. The conditions include an operating state of the suspension device, a power input to the human-powered vehicle, a torque of a power transmission component, and a rotating state of the power transmission component. The electronic controller is configured to selectively control the suspension device between a first operating state and a second operating state in accordance with a detection result obtained by the at least one detector. |
| US11840307B2 |
Damping mechanism and vehicle
A damping mechanism and a vehicle are provided. The damping mechanism includes: a spindle; an elastic cushion assembly used to couple the spindle and the vehicle body; a coupling arm having a first end used to be fixedly coupled to an axle of the wheel and a second end pivotally coupled to the spindle; and a locking assembly provided between the coupling arm and the spindle and used to switch the coupling arm and the spindle between at least two locking states and a unlocking state. In the unlocking state, the coupling arm is rotatable, and in the locking states, the coupling arm is locked; in each of the locking states, the coupling arm is in different locking positions relative to the spindle; and when the coupling arm is in different locking positions, the coupling arm is at different angles to a horizontal plane. |
| US11840304B2 |
Suspension handlebar assembly and stem for bicycle
A bicycle handlebar stem or stem/handlebar assembly has an inclined linear travel approximately 45 degrees from horizontal. This inclined path mimics a rider's natural arm inclination and pitching moment. 45 degrees is nearly ideal for most dropped bar road bicycles but different style bicycles may have an ideal angle between 30 and 60 degrees. |
| US11840300B2 |
Vehicle body cover and saddle-type vehicle
There is provided a vehicle body cover that covers front, left, and right sides of a front upper portion of a saddle-type vehicle. A front cover covers the front side of the front upper portion. A pair of side covers respectively cover the left side and the right side of the front upper portion. An inward surface of at least one of the pair of side covers in a vehicle width direction is provided with a harness insertion groove. A wire harness is inserted and positioned in the wire harness groove. |
| US11840297B2 |
Parallel cell based mobility production system
An embodiment parallel cell based mobility production system includes a front serial production line which is composed of one or more cells arranged in series and through which vehicles of various types sequentially pass to be processed, a parallel production line provided with a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix form, and a rear serial production line in which the vehicles of various types passed through the parallel production line are sequentially fed. |
| US11840294B2 |
Regulating device and method for regulating the steering angle of a vehicle
The disclosure relates to a regulating device for regulating the steering angle for a vehicle, comprising a first controller unit with a controller superposed thereon, the controller having a feedback path and a prefilter. The feedback path provides a first adjustment variable based on actual steering angle information which is provided by the first controller unit as an output variable and the prefilter provides a second adjustment variable based on nominal steering angle information. The controller is configured to form input information for the first controller unit based on the first and the second adjustment variables, wherein the feedback path has a first correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The prefilter has a second correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The controller is configured such that at least the controller gain of the first controller unit can be adjusted. |
| US11840293B2 |
Turning system for vehicle
In a turning system for a vehicle, a toe angle change is acquired based on an estimated stroke which is a stroke of a suspension which is estimated based on a moving state of a vehicle and an actual stroke which is an actual stroke of the suspension detected by a stroke sensor, and control of a turning angle of a vehicle wheel is performed based on the acquired toe angle change. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately perform control of a turning angle even in travel. |
| US11840292B2 |
Locking mechanism for self-propelled tandem axle trailer
A trailer for towing by a power vehicle is provided and generally includes a frame and a tandem wheel assembly. The trailer is provided with a drive assembly having a locking mechanism to selectively engage the drive from the motor to the wheels of the trailer. The locking mechanism having a reciprocating pushing member that may push an urging member to act upon a flanged driveshaft to selectively engage a clutch of the drive assembly. |
| US11840291B2 |
Rack-driven power assisted steering apparatus
A steering apparatus with an assistance of a rack-driven power includes a rack bar having an outer circumferential screw groove formed, a ball nut having an inner circumferential screw groove and a pair of first and second ball circulation holes, a nut pulley provided with a space on the inner circumferential surface spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the ball nut and coupled to an end of the ball nut, and a return tube disposed between the outer circumferential surface of the ball nut and the inner circumferential surface of the nut pulley. |
| US11840290B2 |
Electric power steering device
In an electric power steering device in which a control unit and a motor are integrated, when the control unit is housed in a case, although a frame, by which the motor and the control unit are compartmentalized, is required, there have been problems in that the case is deformed by a pressure which influences the case when the frame is provided, and a position accuracy of a shaft center of a rotation shaft of the motor is worsened. Therefore, in order to reduce a deformation of the case, a step portion is provided at an inner wall surface of the case and the frame is contacted to the step portion, and moreover, a connecting portion is provided between an outer circumference portion of the frame and an inner circumference portion of the case, whereby a movement of the frame is restrained. |
| US11840284B2 |
Modular saddle mount with isolator retained in a frame for reducing vibration in heavy equipment cabs
A modular saddle mount retained with isolator in a frame for reducing vibration in heavy equipment cabs preferably includes a heavy equipment modified frame cross member, two modular saddle mounts and at least two vibration isolators. The modified frame cross member includes a frame cross member, two sets of opposed mounting blocks and two cutout filler plates. The two cutout filler plates are secured in first and second cutouts. Each opposed mounting block is secured to an outside of the frame cross member. The modular saddle mount preferably includes a saddle base member and a pair of fastening inserts. A fastening cutout is formed in each end of the saddle base member. The pair of fastening inserts are retained on an inside surface of the saddle base member at opposing ends thereof. At least one isolator opening is formed through the base saddle member to receive a vibration isolator. |
| US11840281B2 |
Rear body structure
A rear vehicle body structure includes a wheel housing including a wheel housing inner panel, a shock absorber mounting bracket mounted on the outside of the wheel housing inner panel, and a wheel housing reinforcement mounted inside the wheel housing inner panel and connected to the shock absorber mounting bracket. |
| US11840279B2 |
Secondary retention devices for retaining a heavy equipment cab on a frame
A secondary retention device includes a bolt inserted through a cab floor and a modular saddle mount. A nut and the bolt retain the cab floor and the modular saddle mount together. A first alternative includes a yoke extending upward from the modular saddle mount, an extension plate extending downward from a bottom of the cab floor and a lock pin. A second alternative includes a bent over edge of the cab floor, a bent-up edge of the modular saddle mount and the lock pin. A third alternative includes a retention plate extending downward from the cab floor, a slot opening formed through a modular saddle mount to receive the retention plate and a fastener. A fourth alternative includes a curved tab extending upward from a modular saddle mount and a slot opening formed through the cab floor to receive the curved tab. |
| US11840277B2 |
Stamped rear frame bolster
A cargo transport rear frame includes a pair of posts, an upper cross member, and a rear bolster. The posts are spaced in a width direction, and extend in a height direction. The upper cross member extends along the width between the posts. The rear bolster extends between lower ends of the posts such that the rear bolster is spaced below the upper cross member. The posts, the upper cross member, and the rear bolster bound the rear cargo opening. The rear bolster has a first side facing in a forward direction, and the rear bolster has a second side facing in a rearward direction to be exposed to a rear side of the cargo transport rear frame. The rear bolster comprises a sheet metal stamping including a base surface and a relief embossed in the rearward direction from the base surface to form a loading dock engagement feature. |
| US11840272B2 |
Frame structure and baby stroller
A frame structure and a baby stroller are provided. The frame structure includes a hand-gripping part; a front leg pivotally connected with the hand-gripping part; a rear leg pivotally connected with the hand-gripping part; a basket tube including two side rods and a rear rod connected with the two side rods, each of the side rods including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally connected to the front leg, and the second end being pivotally connected to the rear leg; a fixing seat slidably disposed on the front leg for connecting the seat bracket to the front leg; a linkage rod having an end pivotally connected to the basket tube, and the other end pivotally connected to the fixing seat. The front leg includes a sliding rail along its longitudinal direction, and the fixing seat includes a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail. |
| US11840269B2 |
Hand truck
Provided is a hand truck comprising a frame having a first end, and a second end configured with a wheel set, and a ledge extending at said second end, wherein one or both of the frame and the ledge is configured with an articulation arrangement for detachably attaching thereto a utility unit, the articulation arrangement extending parallel to a plane of the respective frame or ledge. |
| US11840267B2 |
Control device for railway vehicle
A control device for a railway vehicle includes a housing and a cover covering an opening. The cover is provided with a lock and a restricting member. The restricting member is located in one of a lock permitting position for permitting locking of the cover and a lock restricting position for restricting locking of the cover. The control device further includes an urging member that urges the restricting member to the lock restricting position. When the cover closes the opening, a pushing member pushes the restricting member to the lock permitting position, resulting in permission of locking of the cover. |
| US11840266B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle in response to vehicle instructions from a remote computing system are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes controlling a first autonomous vehicle to provide a vehicle service, the first autonomous vehicle being associated with a first convoy that includes one or more second autonomous vehicles. The method includes receiving one or more communications from a remote computing system associated with a third-party entity, the one or more communications including one or more vehicle instructions. The method includes coordinating with the one or more second autonomous vehicles to determine one or more vehicle actions to perform in response to receiving the one or more vehicle instructions from the third-party entity. The method includes controlling the first autonomous vehicle to implement the one or more vehicle actions. |
| US11840265B1 |
Variable safe steering hands-off time and warning
Techniques are described for providing a hands-off steering wheel detection warning. An example method can include a vehicle computer determining a real-time level of fatigue of a driver of an autonomous vehicle. The method can further include the vehicle computer determining an operating parameter associated with an environment in which the autonomous vehicle is traveling. The method can further include the vehicle computer determining a time interval for providing a hands-off steering wheel detection warning based at least in part on the real-time level of fatigue of the driver, and the operating parameter. The method can further include the vehicle computer identifying a final time interval for providing a hands-off steering wheel detection warning. The method can further include the vehicle computer outputting the hands-off steering wheel detection warning after the final time interval has elapsed. |
| US11840264B2 |
Autonomous driving vehicle system
A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold. |
| US11840263B1 |
Method for controlling an automated driving operation of a vehicle
A method for controlling an automated driving operation of a vehicle involves authorizing the automated driving operation according to a number of predetermined conditions. Traffic information and event information is received by the vehicle. The traffic information contains place- and time-referenced information about a traffic jam on a part of the route lying ahead of the vehicle and the event information contains place- and time-referenced information about an event on the part of the route lying ahead. The traffic information and the event information are evaluated by the vehicle as belonging together if these are close together in terms of place and time. The automated driving operation of the vehicle is not authorized if event information and traffic information is available for a predetermined prediction horizon, but only then if these are evaluated as not belonging together. |
| US11840261B2 |
Ground truth based metrics for evaluation of machine learning based models for predicting attributes of traffic entities for navigating autonomous vehicles
A system uses a machine learning based model to determine attributes describing states of mind and behavior of traffic entities in video frames captured by an autonomous vehicle. The system classifies video frames according to traffic scenarios depicted, where each scenario is associated with a filter based on vehicle attributes, traffic attributes, and road attributes. The system identifies a set of video frames associated with ground truth scenarios for validating the accuracy of the machine learning based model and predicts attributes of traffic entities in the video frames. The system analyzes video frames captured after the set of video frames to determine actual attributes of the traffic entities. Based on a comparison of the predicted attributes and actual attributes, the system determines a likelihood of the machine learning based model making accurate predictions and uses the likelihood to generate a navigation action table for controlling the autonomous vehicle. |
| US11840259B2 |
Method for simulating obstacle in unmanned simulation scene
A method for simulating an obstacle in an unmanned simulation scene includes: for obstacle information in a three-dimensional scene map, determining Gaussian distribution information of obstacle position detected by using a perception algorithm to be tested based on actual perception performance of the perception algorithm; adjusting each position of the simulated obstacle in the initial motion trajectory sequence, such that a position deviation between each adjusted position point in the target motion trajectory sequence and the corresponding position point in the initial motion trajectory sequence follows a Gaussian distribution; and adding the target motion trajectory sequence of the simulated obstacle to the three-dimensional scene map. |
| US11840254B2 |
Vehicle control device, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for automonously driving vehicle
A system for autonomously driving a vehicle along a road segment includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire at least one piece of peripheral object data indicating information about an object disposed around the vehicle from a peripheral monitoring sensor; analyze the peripheral object data to calculate a position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels; determine position coordinates of the vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the peripheral object data and the map data; and change a relative position of the vehicle with respect to an obstacle so as to easily detect the landmark by the peripheral monitoring sensor when the obstacle is disposed within a detection range of the peripheral monitoring sensor. |
| US11840253B1 |
Vision based, in-vehicle, remote command assist
An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data of an area external to a vehicle. The processor may be configured to generate video frames from the pixel data, perform computer vision operations on the video frames to detect objects in the video frames and determine characteristics of the objects, analyze the characteristics of the objects to determine a visually observable status of the objects, perform a comparison of the visually observable status to a remote command and send the remote command if the comparison determines that the visually observable status does not match the remote command. The remote command may be configured to control the visually observable status of the objects. |
| US11840252B2 |
Vehicle communications device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program
A dialog confirmation unit in a vehicle communication device calculates the deceleration of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle speeds, when the vehicle speed at an operation start time and the vehicle speed at a time when a certain time has elapsed since the operation start time have been obtained by a vehicle information acquisition unit. Next, the dialog confirmation unit calculates a change in distance on the basis of distances when a distance information acquisition unit has obtained the distance between the vehicle and an object in front at the operation start time and the distance at the time when a certain time has elapsed since the operation start time. Next, the dialog confirmation unit selects a dialog that corresponds to the deceleration and the change in distance, from among a plurality of dialogs. |
| US11840251B2 |
Image processing device
An image processing device applied to a driving assistance system, which includes: a driving assistance device that detects a relative position of a lane marking with respect to a vehicle and assists a driving of the vehicle based on a detected positional information; and a head-up display device that projects a display image on a projection area arranged on the vehicle to visually recognize a virtual image of the display image, includes: an acquisition device that acquires the positional information; and a generation device that generates the display image including a predetermined display element. The generation device generates the display image to visually recognize the display element at a position associated with the positional information and to visually recognize the display element as a shape inclined toward the vehicle from the lane marking. |
| US11840249B2 |
Method for supporting a driver during a manual parking procedure of a motor vehicle, wherein a first and a second indicator are acquired, parking assistance system, and motor-vehicle
A method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle in a manual parking procedure of the motor vehicle in a surroundings of the motor vehicle, is disclosed. At least one indicator characterizing the parking procedure is acquired and, depending on an evaluation of the indicator, a performance of a parking procedure is recognized and, depending thereon, at least one parking-procedure-specific function of the motor vehicle is activated to support the driver during the parking procedure, wherein a performance of the parking procedure is recognized when at least a first indicator that characterizes the parking procedure in a surroundings-specific manner is acquired and if, after the acquisition of the first indicator, at least one second indicator that characterizes the parking procedure in a motor-vehicle-specific manner is acquired. |
| US11840241B1 |
Adjusting driver assist technology based on vehicle ride height
A system and method for providing calibration data for driver assist systems based on a changed ride height includes receiving sensor data from at least one of a camera, RADAR sensor, ultrasonic sensor, and/or LiDAR sensor of the vehicle, determining that a ride height of the vehicle has changed based on the sensor data, retrieving calibration data for at least one driver assist system based upon the changed ride height; and operating the at least one driver assist system using the retrieved calibration data. |
| US11840237B2 |
Control device and method for controlling a vehicle powertrain to overcome, or avoid, a cog-to-cog condition, computer program, computer-readable medium and vehicle
A control device and a method for controlling a vehicle powertrain to overcome, or avoid, a cog-to-cog condition during gear shifting is provided. The method comprises, when an input shaft of the gearbox is rotating, controlling a synchromesh arrangement so as to induce a difference in rotational speed between a first gear wheel and a first coupling sleeve arranged to lock the first gear wheel to a main shaft of the gearbox by at least partly engaging the first gear wheel or a second gear wheel to the input shaft. Furthermore, a computer program, a computer-readable medium and a vehicle are provided. |
| US11840235B1 |
Electric vehicle and control method thereof
An electric vehicle includes a drive motor configured for generating power required for driving of the vehicle, a twin clutch which may include a first clutch and a second clutch and configured to adjust distribution of the power supplied from the drive motor to a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel of the vehicle through the first clutch corresponding to the first drive wheel and the second clutch corresponding to the second drive wheel, and a controller electrically connected to the twin clutch and configured to, when a control condition for a deceleration turning of the vehicle is satisfied, determine a control torque of the twin clutch as a larger value of an initial torque to prevent slip of the twin clutch and a base torque determined based on output torque of the drive motor, and distribute the control torque to the first clutch and the second clutch depending on a drive mode of the vehicle. |
| US11840233B2 |
Traveling lane estimation apparatus, traveling lane estimation method, and computer-readable non-temporary storage medium storing control program
By a traveling lane estimation apparatus, a traveling lane estimation method, a control program, a computer-readable non-temporary storage medium, a front vehicle is recognized based on a sensing result by a periphery monitoring sensor, a front vehicle traveling trajectory is estimated based on a front vehicle position, map data including lane number information is acquired; a subject vehicle position on a map is identified, an inappropriate traveling trajectory for estimating the subject vehicle traveling lane is determined; and the subject vehicle traveling lane is estimated. |
| US11840218B2 |
Vehicle assistance or control system, as well as its use as guides
The invention relates to a vehicle assistance or control system with a vehicle and with an in particular autonomously drivable offboard obstacle recognition sensor for recognizing obstacles to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an onboard obstacle recognition sensor for recognizing obstacles to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle assistance or control system includes a synchronization circuit for determining the alignment of the offboard obstacle recognition sensor relative to the vehicle, and/or relative to the onboard obstacle recognition sensor depending on an output signal from the offboard obstacle recognition sensor and an output signal from the onboard obstacle recognition sensor. |
| US11840217B2 |
Autonomous drive instruction device and autonomous drive instruction method
An autonomous drive instruction device shortens the time required for vehicles to arrive at a designated location from a parking location in a parking lot without a navigation map. The autonomous drive instruction device includes a travel-direction determiner and an autonomous drive instructor. The travel-direction determiner determines one path as the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the designated location and information on paths in a branch area. The one path corresponds to an extension direction that forms a smaller one of angles formed by extension directions of the paths from the branch area and a designated-location direction from the branch area to the designated location. The autonomous drive instructor outputs instruction information including information on the travel direction to the autonomous drive control device such that the autonomous dive control device controls the vehicle to move in the travel direction by autonomous driving. |
| US11840216B2 |
Parking assist apparatus, parking assist system, and parking assist method
A parking assist apparatus is provided. The parking assist apparatus includes: a parking space recognizer that recognizes a plurality of parking spaces in which a vehicle parks; a parking space candidate calculator that calculates one or more parking space candidates from among the plurality of parking spaces based on an evaluation criterion of a driver and information indicating a route of a moving object around the vehicle; a display controller that displays the one or more parking spaces on a display; and a driving controller that controls driving of the vehicle toward a parking space candidate selected from among the one or more parking space candidates. |
| US11840210B2 |
Vehicle control system
A control device includes an additional deceleration calculation unit that calculates an additional deceleration (G×add) to be applied to the vehicle based on the steering angle, a target control amount calculation unit that calculates the control amount for the vehicle behavior changing device based on the additional deceleration, a rough road level calculation unit that calculates a rough road level of a road based on a wheel speed, and a control amount correction unit that corrects the control amount based on the rough road level, the rough road level calculation unit being configured to correct the wheel speed so as to remove a change thereof caused by the cornering maneuver of the vehicle, and to calculate the rough road level by using the corrected wheel speed. |
| US11840209B2 |
Vehicle crane having hydropneumatic suspension and a braking system comprising at least two braking circuits
A vehicle crane having a hydropneumatic suspension and a braking system including wheel brakes and a first braking circuit assigned to the wheel brakes of at least one vehicle axle and a second braking circuit assigned to the wheel brakes of at least one other vehicle axle. In order to adapt the actuation of the braking system to the weight state, the hydropneumatic suspension is coupled to an automatically load-dependent braking force regulator that is operatively connected to one of the braking circuits or to one of their braking circuit sections such that, on the basis of a weight state signal of the vehicle crane generated from the hydropneumatic suspension, a braking pressure generated inside the braking circuit or braking circuit section coupled to the automatically load-dependent braking force regulator, can be varied with respect to a braking pressure generated simultaneously inside the other braking circuit or braking circuit section. |
| US11840203B2 |
Vehicular washing device
A vehicular washing device includes: a nozzle (4); a flow passage forming body (2) of which an internal space is a flow passage of a fluid; and a valve (21) that has a pressing tube part (22) with an axial direction coinciding with a flow direction of the fluid, is elastically deformable in a direction in which the diameter of the pressing tube part changes, and opens and closes the flow passage according to the state of deformation. A first flow passage (2a) and a second flow passage (2b) are formed as the flow passage on opposite sides of the pressing tube part. A shaft (9) with which the pressing tube part is capable of coming into close contact is located inside the valve. The valve deforms elastically according to the magnitude of the pressure of the first flow passage or the pressure of the second flow passage relative to an atmospheric pressure. |
| US11840201B2 |
Wiper blade with cover
A cover for windshield wiper blades having an elongate body with a central collar and first and second elongate portions extending from the central collar. The first and second elongate portions having outer ends, and the central collar defining an interior passageway having a snap-fit tongue. A channel is disposed along each of the first and second elongate portions extending from the central collar towards the outer ends; and an end retainer or other securing mechanism is located at the outer ends. Also, windshield wiper blades incorporating such covers. |
| US11840199B2 |
Charging facility and control method of charging facility
A control device executes a process including a step of determining whether a first state is established, a step of acquiring an operating state of a wiper of a surrounding vehicle when the first state is determined to be established, a step of determining whether rainfall of which rainfall amount is equal to or more than a predetermined amount is predicted, and a step of executing elevating control when the rainfall of which rainfall amount is equal to or more than the predetermined amount is predicted. |
| US11840194B2 |
Sensor for a vehicle safety device
The invention relates to a sensor (310), in particular for triggering a vehicle safety device (301), having a movable inertia body (350) which is movable relative to a carrier element (340) of the sensor (310), wherein the inertia body (350) is moved by inertia in relation to the carrier element (340) in the event of an abrupt change in speed or an inclination of the sensor (310) beyond a predetermined extent, and is brought from its inoperative position into its triggering position, through which a triggering position of the sensor (310) is brought about.According to the invention, it is provided that the sensor (310) is provided with a deactivation device (700) which is suitable, in its deactivating state, to force the inoperative position of the inertia body (350). |
| US11840192B2 |
Panoramic window safety system and vehicle having the same
A panoramic window safety system applied to a vehicle moves a piston in a piston movement space of a piston carriage by a gas pressure of an inflator located on the bottom portion of a panoramic window space, and switches a wire that forms a side bending arrangement in the panoramic window space into an intermediate linear arrangement by a forward movement of the piston to be stood perpendicular to the panoramic window space to support an airbag covering the panoramic window space, preventing the risk of a passenger leaving when a panoramic window having the size at which the upper body of a passenger is exposed is damaged to meet the North American regulations that prescribe preventing the passenger from leaving. |
| US11840190B1 |
Occupant protection system for vehicle
A vehicle includes an expandable curtain disposed in a roof of the vehicle and is configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. An expandable bladder is configured to inflate at least partially during deployment of the expandable curtain. The expandable bladder includes a neck portion mechanically coupled to the expandable curtain and a head portion extending from the neck portion. |
| US11840189B2 |
Vehicle seat
To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag. |
| US11840187B2 |
Airbag holding cover and vehicle airbag device
A retaining cover that encapsulates a cushion which is stowed in a bulk stowed form in front of the regular seating position of the vehicle having a side surface retaining part wound around a side surface of the cushion in stowed form, a cloth-like part provided in a manner traversing vertically across the upper surface of the cushion in stowed form, and a weak part provided at a prescribed location on the cloth-like part that divides the cloth-like part to an upper piece and lower piece due to the expansion pressure of the cushion. If the cushion expands and deploys with the occupant in close proximity, the upper piece of the cloth-like part is sandwiched in between the cushion and the occupant, such that the upper piece restrains the upward deployment of the cushion. |
| US11840184B2 |
Method for determining a digital assistant for carrying out a vehicle function from a plurality of digital assistants in a vehicle, computer-readable medium, system, and vehicle
A digital assistant is determined from a plurality of digital assistants in a vehicle for performing a vehicle function. A speech message of a vehicle occupant is received via a digital assistant from the plurality of digital assistants in the vehicle. A command of the speech message is ascertained via the digital assistant. An execution authorization of the vehicle occupant is determined for the command of the speech message via the digital assistant. If the vehicle occupant has an execution authorization for the command of the speech message, command of the speech message is executed via the digital assistant in order perform the vehicle function in the vehicle. |
| US11840183B2 |
Switch arrangement and method for controlling a switch arrangement
A switch arrangement for providing alternative distribution paths in a system for distributing electrical power in a vehicle including electrical power supplies and electrical loads. The switch arrangement includes a first switch adapted to be connected to a first electrical element, a second switch adapted to be connected to the first electrical element and a second electrical element, and a third switch adapted to be connected to the electrical element and a third electrical element. Each of the first, second, and third switches is independently controllable, and selective operation of each of the first, second, and third switches to its open or closed state interconnects at least two of the first, second, and third electrical elements to establish one of multiple alternative distribution paths to connect one of the power supplies and one of the loads or to connect two of the power supplies. |
| US11840182B2 |
Vehicle on-board electrical network switch for motor vehicles, on-board electrical network for motor vehicles and method for operating an on-board electrical network switch for motor vehicles
Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch having at least two inputs for a respective one of at least two on-board power supplies, at least one output for a load of the motor vehicle, at least two switches, a first switch being disposed between a first of the inputs and a common node, and a second switch being disposed between a second of the inputs and the common node, and the output being electrically connected to the common node, wherein the switches are formed as semiconductor switches and are respectively connected with their body diodes in forward direction towards the common node, characterized in that a monitoring circuit monitors a first voltage at the first input and/or a second voltage at the second input and/or a voltage at the common node, and in that the monitoring circuit causes an opening signal for simultaneous opening of both switches depending on an amount of at least one of the monitored voltages. |
| US11840181B2 |
In-vehicle communication device and method for starting up in-vehicle device
An in-vehicle communication device and a method for starting up an in-vehicle device are provided. An in-vehicle communication device according to the present embodiment includes: a first processing unit; a second processing unit; and a communication unit. The first processing unit, upon being started up, performs initialization processing thereof. The second processing unit requires a shorter time from start-up until completion of the initialization processing than the first processing unit does. Another in-vehicle device is connected to the communication unit via a communication line, and the communication unit communicates with the other in-vehicle device in accordance with control of the first processing unit and the second processing unit. The second processing unit, after completing the initialization processing thereof, transmits an instruction to start up the other in-vehicle device via the communication unit. |
| US11840179B2 |
Camera/lens mounting platform for vehicle
A Camera/lens mounting platform (also referred to hereafter as the “platform”) for attachment to the window opening in a vehicle door is described. The platform is configurable to clamp to the doors of many, if not most, passenger cars and light duty trucks when a door's window is fully or nearly fully retracted. The platform offers a firm connection to the vehicle door and high stability to minimize blurring of photos and video. |
| US11840172B2 |
Vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a ground illumination module or turn signal indicator that includes at least one light source operable to emit light when electrically powered. A near field communication device communicates utilizing a near field communication (NFC) standard. Responsive to a near field communication-enabled device being present exterior the vehicle, the near field communication device wirelessly receives a communication from the near field communication-enabled device and determines whether the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device. Responsive to determining that the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device, the near field communication device authenticates the near field communication-enabled device as an authorized device for communication with the near field communication device. When the near field communication-enabled device is within a threshold distance to the vehicle, the at least one light source is electrically powered. |
| US11840171B2 |
Light assembly, vehicle design element, rear view device and door finisher
The present disclosure relates to a system comprising a light assembly for a 360° illumination of a design element, in particular configured for a vehicle design element, comprising: one or more light pipes, wherein each light pipe comprises a core, and two or more light pipes and/or two end portions of one light pipe at least partially overlap, providing at least one region of overlap to substantially close a loop; one or more light sources, disposed at least partially within an interior of the system, wherein each light source is configured to emit light based on at least receiving electrical power from an electrical power source, and each light source is arranged adjacent to and directed towards at least one of the one or more light pipes such that the emitted light results in reflected light propagating within the core and diffuse light exiting the one or more light pipes along the same; and a lens substantially enclosing the interior, the one or more light pipes and the one or more light sources, wherein the lens, having an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, is provided with a continuous transparent and/or translucent coating on the outer surface, and with the one or more light sources receiving electrical power from the electrical power source, the continuous transparent and/or translucent coating is at least partially permeable to at least some of the diffuse light which is passed through the lens; wherein the continuous transparent and/or translucent coating depends on at least one characteristic of the one or more light pipes and/or the one or more light sources, and/or the transparent and/or translucent coating comprises a metal, an alloy or a conductive metalloid, preferably providing a chromium or chromium-based reflective coating, to provide a homogenous illumination of a 360° illumination window when the one or more light sources receive electrical power from the electrical power source. |
| US11840170B2 |
Vehicle lamp having two lamp units each having a two light sources and a receiver for detecting an intensity of reflected light
The vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit each including a first light source configured to emit an emission beam (visible light), a second light source configured to emit infrared light for sensing having a peak wavelength different from that of the first light source, and a light receiving unit configured to detect an intensity of reflected light of the infrared light emitted from the second light source. The light distribution control is performed on the light emitted from the first light source in accordance with the intensity of the reflected light detected by the light receiving unit, and the peak wavelength of the light emitted from the second light source of the first lamp unit and the peak wavelength of the light emitted from the second light source of the second lamp unit are different from each other. |
| US11840168B2 |
Rolling truck bed tray
An article of manufacture for providing a rolling truck bed tray with a folding end is disclosed. The article includes a main tray component with a width that fits within the bed of a pickup truck, a folding extension component coupled to the main tray component by one or more hinges, and a plurality of casters coupled to an underside of the main tray component and the underside of the folding extension component. The folding extension component has an open position in which the main tray component and folding extension component are oriented at a common height above the bed of the pickup truck and a closed position in which the folding extension component is oriented on top of the main tray component. |
| US11840164B2 |
Child safety seat
A child safety seat includes a seat shell for receiving a child, an extension member, an extension locking mechanism operable to lock the extension member with respect to the seat shell, and an anti-rebound part. The anti-rebound part can be installed on the extension member or the seat shell. The child safety seat is installable on a vehicle seat in a rear facing position with the anti-rebound part extending at an angle above the extension member and adjacent to a seatback of the vehicle seat. |
| US11840163B2 |
Seat sliding device
A front upper support surface and a rear upper support surface facing an upper surface of a rear end of an operation handle are provided in a lock release lever with a gap between the front upper support surface and the rear upper support surface in the vehicle front-rear direction, and front lower support surfaces are provided below the front upper support surface. An upper rail is provided with a rear lower support surface, which is positioned below a rear upper support surface. A clearance is provided between the front lower support surface and a lower surface of a rear end of the operation handle, and a clearance is provided between the rear lower support surface and the lower surface of the rear end of the operation handle. |
| US11840162B2 |
Vehicle seat slide attachment
The present disclosure relates to a slide comprising a fixed profile and a movable profile mounted on the fixed profile so as to slide in a longitudinal direction, the slide comprising a longitudinal adjustment screw, the fixed profile presenting a bottom having an outer face opposite the adjustment screw, the adjustment screw having one end integral with a support which comprises two longitudinal side walls able to receive the end. The bottom comprises two longitudinal parallel slots, and the bottom and the support each have a hole which are in line with one another and are able to receive an attachment part for attaching the fixed profile to the floor of a vehicle when the side walls are engaged in the slots with the rest of the support facing the outer face. |
| US11840161B2 |
Seat blocking system and method
A seat blocking system can comprise a seat. The seat can include a seat understructure and an overlying seating surface. The seat understructure can form a seat base and a seatback arranged in a seating configuration. The seating surface can be configured to morph between a sittable shape, in which the seating surface is coextensive with the seat understructure, and an unsittable shape, in which the seating surface is expanded over at least a portion of the seat understructure. The seat blocking system can include a seat blocker. The seat blocker can be integrated with the seat. The seat blocker can be operable to morph between a deactivated state, whereby the seat blocker leaves the seat understructure to impart the sittable shape to the seating surface, and an activated state, in which the seat blocker acts on the seating surface to impart the unsittable shape to the seating surface. |
| US11840151B2 |
Device for encapsulating and interrupting the power supply of a battery
A device for encapsulating a battery includes an enclosure including a casing and a cover and forming a housing for receiving the battery, a circuit breaker arranged in the enclosure, and an actuating element of the circuit breaker arranged outside the enclosure or partially outside the enclosure. |
| US11840150B2 |
Systems and methods for power management and control
Systems and methods directed to improved battery management, motor control, energy storage and battery charging. The systems and methods enable vehicle electrification and provides a paradigm changing platform that enables integration of battery management, charging and motor controls with means to manage regenerative braking, traction and handling. In embodiments, systems and methods are directed to a unified modular battery pack system having a cascaded architecture comprising an integrated combination of a networked low voltage converter/controller with peer-to-peer communication capability, embedded ultra-capacitor or other secondary energy storage element, battery management system and serially connected set of individual cells as the fundamental building block. |
| US11840146B2 |
Control method for vehicle, vehicle system, and vehicle controller
In a control method for a vehicle and a vehicle controller that add deceleration to a vehicle so as to control a vehicle posture when a turning operation of a steering system is performed, the deceleration is appropriately set on the basis of an operation of a single pedal. The control method for the vehicle includes: a step of adding the deceleration that corresponds to an accelerator pedal depression amount to a vehicle 1 when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than a specified value A1 that is larger than 0; a step of determining whether the turning operation of the steering system is performed on the basis of a steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor 8; a step of adding the deceleration to the vehicle 1 so as to control the vehicle posture when it is determined that the turning operation of the steering system is performed; and a step of setting the deceleration added to the vehicle to a smaller value when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a first value than when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a second value (>the first value). |
| US11840143B2 |
Cruise control for controlling a straddle-type vehicle during cornering
The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle.In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, an entry of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and the straddle-type vehicle is decelerated at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the entry. |
| US11840141B2 |
Vehicle drive train assembly
A vehicle drive train assembly includes a propeller shaft and a nut. The nut has a first part and a second part. The first part is movable with respect to the propeller between an uninstalled position and an installed position of the nut. The second part is stationary with respect to the propeller shaft in the uninstalled position and the installed position. |
| US11840138B2 |
Temperature control system for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a thermal control system (100) for a vehicle, the thermal control system (100) comprising at least one first heat exchanger (110) and at least one second heat exchanger (120) that are arranged in series, the first heat exchanger (110) extending mainly on a first plane (P1) intersecting a second plane (P2) on which the second heat exchanger (120) mainly extends such that the first heat exchanger (110) is closer to the second heat exchanger (120) at respective first ends (111, 121) of the two heat exchangers (110, 120) and the first heat exchanger (110) is farther away from the second heat exchanger (120) at respective second ends (112, 122) of these two heat exchangers (110, 120). |
| US11840136B2 |
Structural assembly and vehicle having structural assembly
A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a battery structure having a battery frame. The structural assembly includes a vehicle frame and a vehicle body. The vehicle frame has opposed longitudinal rails. The vehicle body is separate from and mounted on the vehicle frame. The vehicle body includes opposed rockers extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each opposed longitudinal rail is located between a respective rocker and the battery frame of the battery structure. |
| US11840129B2 |
Roof system having a wind deflector assembly
A roof system for a vehicle comprises a wind deflector member including a wind deflector body which extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle that is movable between a retracted position below a fixed roof and an extended position at least partly above the fixed roof. Wind deflector arms at the lateral ends of the wind deflector body extend substantially in a rearward direction and are at least rotatably connected to a stationary part. A sealing arrangement comprises a first seal is positioned between the wind deflector body and a panel that seals a gap between an the wind deflector body and the panel in its closed position. The first seal is configured to close a gap between the wind deflector arms and the panel. A second seal is closes a gap between the wind deflector member and the stationary part when the panel is in its closed position. |
| US11840127B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcement member, a latch mechanism and a secondary reinforcement portion. The reinforcement member is installed to an inner door panel of a door structure and extends from a forward area of the door structure to a rearward area of the door structure. The latch mechanism is installed to the rearward area of the inner door panel and is positioned such that a section of a rearward portion of the reinforcement member is outboard and level with a portion of the latch mechanism. The secondary reinforcement portion is fixedly attached to a central area of the reinforcement member spaced apart from a forward area of the inner door panel. In response to an impact event where force is directed to a central area of the door structure, the reinforcement member deforms and contacts the latch mechanism retaining the latch mechanism in the latching orientation. |
| US11840122B2 |
Thermal management system
A thermal management system includes a cooling liquid circulation flow path, a refrigerant circulation flow path and a first heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion. The cooling liquid circulation flow path includes a first heat exchange assembly, a second heat exchange assembly and a first branch. The thermal management system has a heating mode. After passing through the first heat exchange assembly, one path of the cooling liquid flows to the first branch, and another path of the cooling liquid flows to the second heat exchange assembly. The cooling liquid after flowing through the first branch and after flowing through the second heat exchange assembly merge and then flow to the first heat exchange portion. As a result, the number of heat exchangers used by the thermal management system to recover waste heat is reduced. |
| US11840117B2 |
Ramp-equipped vehicle
A ramp-equipped vehicle includes: a vehicle-height adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a vehicle height of a vehicle; a ramp configured to be movable between a deployed state and a stored state, the deployed state being a state where the ramp protrudes outwardly from the vehicle, the stored state being a state where the ramp is stored inside the vehicle; and a camera configured to detect a person coming closer to the vehicle. When the camera detects a person coming closer to a doorway of the vehicle during vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism, the vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism is interrupted. |
| US11840113B2 |
Marker opener
The present disclosure is directed to a marker opening device comprising at least one plug remover, at least one nib remover, and/or at least one cartridge remover. Also provided herein is a method of disassembling a marker using the marker opening device, the disassembly of the marker allowing for separation of the recyclable and non-recyclable components thereof. |
| US11840106B2 |
Sliding board including on its visible face a decorated composite material and associated method
A method for decorating a sliding board including on its visible part, a composite material formed of a fibrous layer coated with hardenable resin, includes preparing a transfer film that includes a face covered with a pattern constituted of an arrangement of grains of at least one type of ink. The ink includes colourants and a crosslinked polymer. The method also includes positioning the face of the transfer film covered with the pattern on all or some of the external surface of the composite material, applying pressure and temperature conditions generating the softening or/then hardening of the resin to as to incrust the grains of the pattern in the superficial layer of the composite material while conserving the arrangement of the grains, and peeling the transfer film. |
| US11840104B2 |
Printing apparatus and control method thereof
A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter. |
| US11840099B2 |
Inkjet print system and inkjet printing method using the same
Disclosed are an inkjet print system and an inkjet printing method using the same. An inkjet print system according to one embodiment of the disclosure may include a stage on which a printing medium is loaded and which moves the printing medium in a first direction, an inkjet head which moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and in which a plurality of nozzles configured to eject an ink on the printing medium are formed, a measurement instrument which moves in the second direction independent of the inkjet head and measures a height for each section of an impacted coating layer on the printing medium, and a processor which allows the nozzles to be opened or closed on the basis of height information of the coating layer. |
| US11840097B2 |
High resolution laser induced forward transfer
In a method and system for laser induced forward transfer (LIFT), energy (E1,E2) is deposited according to a non-Gaussian intensity profile (Ixy) which is spatially tuned across an interface (11xy) of the donor material (11m) to cause the donor material (11m) to be ejected from the donor substrate as an extended jet (Je) momentarily bridging the transfer distance (Zt) between the donor substrate (11) and the acceptor substrate (12) during a transfer period (Tt). A locally increased intensity spike (Is) at a center of the intensity profile (Ixy) causes a relatively thick jet (J1) of donor material to branch into a relatively thin jet (J2) at a branching position (J12) between the donor substrate (11) and acceptor substrate (12). The thick jet (J1) allows a relatively large transfer (Zt) distance while the thin jet (J2) deposits a relatively small droplet (Jd) of donor material (11m). |
| US11840092B2 |
Liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection head includes an ejection-port formed member including liquid ejection ports, a substrate including liquid supply ports for supplying liquid to the ejection ports and a partition between the liquid supply ports, and a substrate supporting member. The liquid supply ports extend along the longitudinal direction of the substrate when viewed from a position facing the main surface of the substrate. The liquid supply ports are arrayed along the lateral direction of the substrate when viewed from the position facing the main surface. The partition includes a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the supporting member and a contact portion that is in contact with the supporting member. Of the liquid supply ports, adjacent liquid supply ports communicate with each other in the lateral direction through a gap between the non-contact portion and the supporting member, and liquid flows through the gap. |
| US11840085B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head includes: a plurality of individual flow channels provided with nozzles; a common supply flow channel through which a liquid is supplied to the plurality of individual flow channels; a common discharge flow channel through which the liquid is discharged from the plurality of individual flow channels; and a bypass flow channel that bypasses the plurality of individual flow channels and causes the common supply flow channel and the common discharge flow channel to communicate with each other. A combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel and is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel. |
| US11840083B2 |
Print module capping station
A single pass inkjet printer that utilizes a modular printing system with one or more self-contained printing modules, where each printing module is easy to remove and replace from a large printing machine, thus resulting in an overall system that is easy to service and maintain. Each module is a self-contained printer including an ink supply, printhead drive electronics, and printhead assembly in order to provide one color or fluid of inkjet printing capability. Each module includes a precise three-point compliant self-aligning mount system to obtain accurate printhead positioning, and a unique integrated printhead tending system that includes a compact movable vacuum knife for cleaning the printheads, and a printhead capping station for sealing and protecting the printheads from the ambient environment when not in use. |
| US11840079B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus and control method thereof
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead in which a plurality of ejection ports that eject ink are formed, a carriage mounted with the printhead and reciprocated in a predetermined direction, a conveyance unit to convey a print medium, a platen to support, at a printing position, the conveyed print medium, and an obtaining unit to obtain information regarding a distance from an ejection port surface of the printhead to the print medium at positions in the predetermined direction. The apparatus controls an ink ejection timing in accordance with the information regarding the obtained distance and information corresponding to the number of passes of printing, which is the number of times of moving the carriage to print the image in a unit area of the print medium. |
| US11840076B2 |
Drive circuit and liquid ejecting apparatus
A level shift circuit that outputs a level shift amplification modulation signal obtained by shifting a potential of an amplification modulation signal output by an amplifier circuit is provided, a potential of a first voltage supplied to one end of a first transistor of the amplifier circuit is larger than a potential of a second voltage supplied to a bootstrap circuit which is a reference of a third voltage supplied to one end of a third transistor included in the level shift circuit, and a second gate driver included in the level shift circuit outputs a third gate signal that switches an operation of the third transistor and a fourth gate signal that switches an operation of a fourth transistor, in a period during which a potential of a drive signal is between the potential of the first voltage and the potential of the second voltage. |
| US11840075B2 |
Emulating parameters of a fluid ejection die
An integrated circuit includes thermal tracking logic, control logic, and an output interface. The thermal tracking logic determines a temperature of a fluid ejection die. The control logic defines an emulated parameter of the fluid ejection die as a function of the temperature of the fluid ejection die. The output interface outputs the emulated parameter to a printer system based on the function and the temperature of the fluid ejection die. |
| US11840073B2 |
Tension adjustments in printers to prevent slipping
In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a first driver roller, and a second drive roller. The printer module includes a single set of print bars. A first side of the single set of print bars is to print on a first side of a continuous web of print media and a second side of the single set of print bars is to print on a second side of the continuous web of print media. The continuous web of print media travels over a common set of idler rollers. The first driver roller is to control an amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on a first side. The second drive roller is to control an amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on a second side. The amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on the second side is greater than the amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on the first side. |
| US11840071B2 |
Cartridge
A cartridge to be installed in a tape printing device includes: a cartridge case having a cartridge-side tape ejection port; a tape path that feeds a printing tape toward the cartridge-side tape ejection port; a platen roller that applies a feeding force to the printing tape; and an electrode part. When seen from a front side in an installation direction of the cartridge, a feeding angle that is an angle formed by a feeding direction of the printing tape at a portion at which the feeding force is applied to the printing tape by the platen roller when the printing tape is fed with respect to a direction in which the electrode part receives a force from a contact terminal part is less than 45°. |
| US11840062B2 |
Three-dimensional object printing method and apparatus
A three-dimensional object printing method includes first operation of concurrently performing ejection of liquid toward a workpiece by a head, emission of energy toward the workpiece by an energy emitter, and movement of the head and the energy emitter with respect to the workpiece by a moving mechanism, and second operation of concurrently performing emission of energy toward the workpiece by the energy emitter and movement of the head and the energy emitter with respect to the workpiece by the moving mechanism, without performing ejection of liquid by the head. A first irradiation distance, which is a distance between the workpiece and an emission face during execution of the first operation, and a second irradiation distance, which is a distance between the workpiece and the emission face during execution of the second operation, are different from each other. |
| US11840059B2 |
Device for measuring a surface of a rotary body or elevations thereof and system
A device for measuring a surface or elevations of the surface of a rotary body provided as a cylinder, a roller, a sleeve, or a plate for a graphic industry machine, includes a first motor for rotating the rotary body about an axis of rotation and a measuring device including at least one radiation source, at least one area scan camera, and at least one computer used to take contactless measurements on the surface which is permanently sticky and/or compressible and/or porous and therefore difficult to measure. The measuring device uses a virtual reference object saved on the computer to determine the concentricity of the rotary body on the basis of the measurement results. A system including the measuring device and a flexographic printing press is also provided. |
| US11840057B2 |
Metal organic framework modifications of structural fibers
A reinforced carbon composite can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate. For example, a reinforced carbon composite can include a first layer, a second layer, and a resin adhered to the first layer and the second layer. The first layer can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate. The second layer can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate. |
| US11840055B2 |
Construction member
A construction member of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a decorative film and a pre-mask: that is laminated to the decorative film and removed alter application of the decorative film is described. The decorative film includes: a transparent resin film having, an embossed first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a printed layer disposed on the second surface of the transparent resin: film; and a colored adhesive layer disposed on or above the printed layer. The pre-mask includes: a support film having a first surface and a second, surface opposite: the first surface; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that has an uneven surface and: is disposed on the first, surface of the support film. The first surface of the transparent resin film of the decorative film and the uneven surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the pre-mask face each other. |
| US11840053B2 |
Skin material and method for producing the same
The method for producing a skin material is a method for producing a skin material having a concave part formed on the front surface side, comprising heat-pressing a raw material between an embossing die and an elastic sheet to form the concave part and, at the same time, forming a convex part on a bottom surface of the concave part. |
| US11840052B2 |
Method for producing a composite component
A method for producing a composite component including a bottom layer, cover layer and honeycomb structure, including applying the honeycomb structure to the bottom layer wherein honeycomb chambers are formed. Honeycomb chambers are filled in a reinforcement region with a granular material and granular material is removed from other honeycomb chambers wherein each honeycomb chamber is filled up to a granular-material filling height and honeycomb chambers outside the reinforcement region are free of granular material. The cover layer is applied to the honeycomb structure wherein the honeycomb chambers are closed. The composite component is heated so the granular material in the honeycomb chambers expands to fill it with granular material and the cover layer, the bottom layer, the honeycomb structure and the expanded granular material harden, the density of the expanded granular material in the honeycomb chambers filled with granular material being dependent on the granular-material filling height. |
| US11840048B2 |
Laminated body and method for manufacturing laminated body
A laminated body includes a glass substrate, an adhesion layer, and a resin layer in this order. The adhesion layer includes a side-contact portion. The side-contact portion is located outside an outer edge of the resin layer in a part of an entire circumferential of the outer edge when observing the laminated body from a normal direction of a surface of the glass substrate, and is in contact with at least a part of a side surface of the resin layer. |
| US11840041B2 |
Compaction system and methods for compacting composite components
Compaction systems and methods of compacting components are provided. In one aspect, a laminate of a component can be laid up on a tool of a compaction system. The laminate defines a cavity. A noodle is positioned relative to or in the cavity. A noodle ring is then positioned relative to the noodle. For instance, the noodle ring can be placed over the noodle. A cross section of the noodle ring can be shaped complementary to a cross section of the noodle. A plunger of the compaction system is moved so that it engages the noodle ring. Particularly, the plunger is moved in such a way that a force is applied on the noodle ring so that the noodle ring compacts the noodle into the cavity. |
| US11840040B2 |
Pressing arrangement and method of cooling article in said arrangement
A pressing arrangement (100) is disclosed. The pressing arrangement (100) comprises a pressure vessel (2) comprising a pressure cylinder (1), a top end closure (3) and a bottom end closure (9), a furnace chamber (18) for heating a pressure medium, a plurality of guiding passages (10, 11, 13), a load compartment (19) configured for holding at least one article to be treated, and at least one flow generator (30, 32) for circulating pressure medium within the pressure vessel. The pressing arrangement further comprises a heat exchanging element (170) arranged in the top end closure or in the bottom end closure. The heat exchanging element comprises at least one passage for allowing a flow of pressure medium through the heat exchanging element, and at least one circuit for allowing a circulation of cooling medium within the at least one circuit for a cooling of the pressure medium. |
| US11840033B2 |
Method for producing contact lenses
The invention provides a method producing contact lenses, comprising the step of: separating the mold into the male and female mold halves, with the silicone hydrogel contact lens adhered on one of the male and female mold halves; cooling the lens-adhere mold half with the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens adhered thereon; bringing a shaped ultrasonic horn in direct contact with at least one area of a non-optical surface of the female mold half or the male mold half having the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached thereon; and applying a ultrasonic vibrational energy to the at least one area of the non-optical surface of the female mold half or the male mold half having the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached thereon so as to separate the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens from the mold half attached thereon. |
| US11840031B2 |
Radiation amount determination for an intended surface property level
According to examples, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to identify an intended surface property level for a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) object, determine an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation onto the surface to obtain the intended surface property level, and output the determined amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation, in which a radiation source is to flash apply the determined amount of radiation onto the surface of the 3D object. |
| US11840027B2 |
Device and method for shaping a blank for the formation of a structural thermoplastic part
A device for shaping a blank for forming a thermoplastic structural part, the blank comprising reinforcing fibres embedded in a thermoplastic matrix, said shaping device comprising a support member for supporting a blank along a longitudinal axis, at least one heating member, at least one inclination member configured to modify the inclination of at least one part of the longitudinal portion of the blank at an angle of inclination that can be parameterised with respect to the horizontal plane in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a movement system from upstream to downstream along the longitudinal axis of the heating member and of the inclination member relative to the support member so as to successively modify the inclination of a part of each longitudinal portion of the blank. |
| US11840026B2 |
Fiber component having fiber rods connected to form a framework
A fiber component has at least three fiber rods which each have fibers extending continuously in the axial direction of the fiber rods, wherein at least two of the three fiber rods each form a support rod and at least one of the three fiber rods forms a connecting rod. The support rods are arranged substantially parallel in the axial direction thereof and spaced from each other. The connecting rod connects the support rods to each other. The connecting rod forms a node point with the support rod in question at each of the connecting points between the connecting rod and the support rods. |
| US11840024B2 |
Sacrificial barriers
A system includes a controller to receive data corresponding to an object or slices of the object to be generated by a 3D printer, wherein the 3D printer includes an array of printhead nozzles to selectively eject a print agent on a layer of build material in a build chamber having a build chamber wall, the array of printhead nozzles spanning substantially the full width of the build chamber and moveable along a length of the build chamber. The controller to generate first print data used to generate layers of the object based on the received object data, and to generate second print data used to generate layers of a sacrificial barrier located between the object and the build chamber wall, the second print data is generated such that different parts of the sacrificial barrier are generated using a different plurality of nozzles of the array of printhead nozzles. |
| US11840021B2 |
Methods and apparatus for additive manufacturing utilizing multifunctional composite materials, and articles made therefrom
A method of depositing a multiphase material. The method includes providing a Continuous Multifunctional Composite (CMC) phase containing at least one continuous element in a polymeric matrix, passing the CMC phase through a feeding system containing a cutting system, producing a predetermined length of the CMC phase, providing a flow a molten polymer such that the molten polymer and the CMC phase are merged into a continuous co-extrusion nozzle so as to produce a co-extruded multiphase material, and depositing the co-extruded multiphase material onto a surface. An apparatus for depositing a multiphase material. The apparatus contains a co-extrusion nozzle, a means to introduce a CMC phase and a molten polymer into the co-extrusion nozzle, such that the molten polymer and the CMC phase are co-extruded and deposited on a surface. An article containing a CMC phase containing continuous elements embedded in a polymer resin forming a multiphase structure. |
| US11840017B2 |
Techniques for releasing parts in additive fabrication and related systems and methods
An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure. |
| US11840016B2 |
Increasing electrical conductivity at selected locations of a 3D object
A device includes a coater, a dispenser, and a treatment portion. The coater is to coat, layer-by-layer, a build material relative to a build pad to form a 3D object. The dispenser is to at least dispense a fluid including a first at least potentially electrically conductive material in at least some selected locations of an external surface of the 3D object. The treatment portion is to treat the 3D object to substantially increase electrically conductivity on the external surface of the 3D object at the at least some selected locations. |
| US11840013B2 |
Graphite materials and devices with surface micro-texturing
Flexible graphite and other graphite materials with surface micro-texturing, and methods and apparatuses for micro-texturing the surface of flexible graphite and other graphite materials are provided. Micro-texturing can be used to modify wettability and/or adhesion characteristics of a flexible graphite surface. Micro-textured flexible graphite materials can be advantageously used in applications where the material is in contact with liquid water or other liquids. |
| US11840008B2 |
Light-transmitting decorated molding article and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a decorated molding article includes forming an all-in-one coating on a substrate and performing a curing step, thereby forming a composite layer structure with a protective effect, a color effect, and a bonding effect. The composite layer structure may form a molded film with better physical properties (e.g., higher hardness, better protection effect, and the like) after the blister molding process. Therefore, the molded film of the embodiments may be applied to a laser engraving process to form a variety of light-transmitting decorated molding articles. |
| US11840007B2 |
Handle-orienting preform feeding mechanism and orienting preform feeding method for a bottle preform with a handle
Provided are a handle-orienting preform feeding mechanism and orienting preform feeding method for a bottle preform with a handle. Under the combined action of the axial rotation of a plastic bottle preform and a handle positioning structure on a preform feeding tray, the handle of the plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle (especially a PET plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle) is positioned so that the plastic bottle preform with an integrated handle enters a heating machine and a bottle blowing machine of the next process according to the predetermined orientation. Accordingly, the wrong orientation of the integrated handle of the plastic bottle preform is avoided so that a mechanical arm can grasp the plastic bottle preform correctly and place the plastic bottle preform at the correct position of a bottle blowing mold. Thus the plastic bottle preform can be blown successfully. |
| US11840000B2 |
Methods of overmolding softer material with harder material and moisture tight container assemblies made by the methods
A method of over-molding materials includes: providing a first material in a groove in a first portion of a mold such that only a single surface of the first material is exposed to a vacant portion of the mold; providing, via an injection molding process, a second material in a liquid form in the vacant portion of the mold adjacent to, and in engagement with, the first material; and allowing the second material to solidify and become directly coupled to the first material, thus forming a single component. During the method, the entire single surface of the first material is flush with a plane defined by outer surface of the first portion of the mold. The second material has one or both of a greater hardness when solidified than the first material and/or a higher melting temperature than the first material. |
| US11839998B2 |
Crack engineering as a new route for the construction of arbitrary hierarchical architectures
Three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical morphologies widely exist in natural and biomimetic materials, which impart preferential functions including liquid and mass transport, energy conversion, and signal transmission for various applications. While notable progress has been made in the design and manufacturing of various hierarchical materials, the state-of-the-art approaches suffer from limited materials selection, high costs, as well as low processing throughput. Herein, by harnessing the configurable elastic crack engineering-controlled formation and configuration of cracks in elastic materials, an effect normally avoided in various industrial processes, the present invention provides a facile and powerful technique to enable the faithful transfer of arbitrary hierarchical structures with broad material compatibility and structural and functional integrity. The present invention provides a cost-effective, large-scale production method of a variety of flexible, inexpensive, and transparent 3D hierarchical and biomimetic materials. |
| US11839997B2 |
Self pressurizing bladder tooling
A method of fabricating a composite structure includes laying at least one composite ply about a bladder, the bladder comprising a phase change material in a first phase having a first volume, positioning an outer mold about the bladder and the at least one composite ply, and curing the at least one composite ply to form the composite structure. Curing causes the phase change material contained within the bladder to change to a second phase to expand from the first volume to a second volume and apply a pressure to an interior surface of the composite ply and press an outer surface of the composite ply against the outer mold to form an interior cavity. The bladder is not removable from the formed interior cavity. |
| US11839992B2 |
Printer waste diverters
A mechanism is described herein to drive slitter and cutter waste in a direction that allows for a more advantageous use of the waste collection bin's volume. The waste drive mechanism allows for at least one armature that drives the waste in a desired direction. The armature is made from a material that is flexible, with a curved shape to allow a pre-loaded force against a contact surface of the waste collection bin. The pre-loaded flexible armature against a contact surface of the collection bin provides sufficient force to drive the waste it in a desired direction, allowing for a more consistent use of the waste collection bin spatial volume. |
| US11839988B2 |
Power operated rotary knife
A power operated rotary knife including an annular rotary knife blade supported for rotation in a blade housing. The rotary knife blade including a body and a blade section extending from the body. The body includes an outer wall including an arcuate surface having an upper region extending from a first upper end portion to a second intermediate portion and a lower region extending from the second intermediate portion to a third lower end portion. A plurality of gear teeth extend downwardly from the upper end of the body, each of the plurality of gear teeth including an outer peripheral face forming a portion of the upper region of the arcuate surface of the outer wall. The body outer wall includes a bearing surface having a lower bearing face in the lower region of the arcuate surface and an upper bearing face in the upper region of the arcuate surface. |
| US11839985B2 |
Control of a robot assembly
A method for the control of a robot assembly having at least one robot. The method includes acquiring pose data from an object arrangement having at least one object, which data has a first time interval; determining modified pose data from the object arrangement, which data has a second time interval that is larger or smaller than the first time interval, or is equal to the first time interval, on the basis of the acquired pose data; and controlling the robot assembly on the basis of said modified pose data. |
| US11839984B2 |
Robotic touch perception
An apparatus such as a robot capable of performing goal oriented tasks may include one or more touch sensors to receive touch perception feedback on the location of objects and structures within an environment. A fusion engine may be configured to combine touch perception data with other types of sensor data such as data received from an image or distance sensor. The apparatus may combine distance sensor data with touch sensor data using inference models such as Bayesian inference. The touch sensor may be mounted onto an adjustable arm of a robot. The apparatus may use the data it has received from both a touch sensor and distance sensor to build a map of its environment and perform goal oriented tasks such as cleaning or moving objects. |
| US11839982B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time control of a robot using a robot animation system
Various systems and methods for controlling a target device are disclosed. For example, a system includes a user computing device including a user interface, a user motion database communicatively coupled to the user computing device, a controller, a controller motion database communicatively coupled to the controller, and a target device communicatively coupled to the controller. The user computing device can be configured to connect the user motion database and the controller motion database to share corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time in response to receiving a sync indication from the user computing device. The target device can be configured to implement the corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time on the target device. |
| US11839980B2 |
Image processing apparatus monitoring target, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor
An image processing apparatus capable of analyzing a cause of an abnormality of a system efficiently. The image processing apparatus includes a monitoring unit and an analysis unit. The monitoring unit monitors a monitoring object to detect occurrence of an abnormality in the monitoring object by applying an image process to a first area in each of images of the monitoring object that are photographed at different time points. The analysis unit analyzes a cause of an abnormality detected by the monitoring unit by applying an image process to a second area that is different from the first area in an image of a time point preceding a time point at which the abnormality is detected. |
| US11839979B2 |
Dual mode free-drive of robot arm
Method and robot arm, where the motor torques of the joint motors of a robot arm are controlled based on a static motor torque indicating the motor torque needed to maintain the robot arm in a static posture, where the static motor torque is adjusted in response to a change in posture of the robot arm caused by an external force different from gravity applied to the robot arm. Further the motor torque of the joint motors is controlled based on an additional motor torque obtained based on a force-torque provided to the robot tool flange, where the force-torque is obtained by a force-torque sensor integrated in the tool flange of the robot arm. |
| US11839973B2 |
Continuum robot control system and continuum robot control method
A kinematic model arithmetic portion calculates a coordinate value (ze1 (θe)) as distance information indicating the distance between a member that serves as a reference surface for the curve shape of a curvable portion and a member in the curvable portion that is closest to the reference surface. A switch determination unit determines based on the coordinate value whether to drive a wire for driving the curvable portion by a drive displacement calculated for the wire along with the coordinate value by the kinematic model arithmetic portion. |
| US11839971B2 |
Teaching control method for robot, robot system, and computer program
A teaching control method includes displaying three or more plurality of teaching points on a display section, acquiring a result of classification processing for classifying the plurality of teaching points into one or more teaching point groups, receiving an operation parameter for each teaching point group, and setting an operation value for each teaching point group using the operation parameter. |
| US11839967B1 |
Tool for marking sheet metal and method of use
A tool for marking sheet metal prior to bending in a bending brake, includes a scale having a first end, an opposite second end, a longitudinal axis, and four faces. Each of the four faces include a plurality of marking stations. A cross member is rotatably connected to the first end of the scale. The cross member has a surface which is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and is configured to abut the edge of the sheet of metal. The tool is positioned at a first location on the sheet of metal and marks are made at the marking stations. The tool is then moved to a second location on the sheet of metal and a second set of marks are made. The two sets of marks are used to align the sheet of metal with the bend line of a bending brake so that accurate bends can be made. |
| US11839966B1 |
Bicycle stand and repair apparatus
A bicycle stand and repair apparatus includes left and right positioning rails and left and right pivotable support bars pivotable through an angle “β” to the left and right positioning rails, with a positionable center guide generally transverse to the left and right positioning rails and connecting same. Front and rear stability bars are fixed to the left and right positioning rails. A slidable tire holder having a tire holder notch, the slidable tire holder transversely connecting the left and right pivotable support bars, the slidable tire holder positionable from distal ends of the left and right pivotable support bars. A repair mount is provided that may be temporarily stowed when the apparatus is in a stowed position or when the apparatus is used as a bicycle rack, and detachable from the stowed position and securable to the slidable tire holder and/or to the left and right pivotable support bars. |
| US11839963B2 |
Power tool including input control device on top portion of housing
Power tool methods and systems are provided for controlling an operating mode of the power tool. A power tool includes a housing having a handle portion and a top portion. An input control device is located on the top portion of the housing for changing an operational mode of the power tool. The plurality of operational modes include at least a forward mode and a reverse mode. A controller includes an electronic processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the electronic processor configure the controller to receive a mode signal from the input control device indicating the selected one of the plurality of operational modes and operate the motor responsive to the mode signal. |
| US11839958B2 |
Tension fed fastener installation tool and related methods of use
An installation tool and related methods are provided. The tool can pull a strip of collated fasteners along a collated fastener path to a guide, where individual fasteners are sequentially separated from the strip and advanced into a workpiece. The tool can include a tension feeder located downstream of the guide. The tension feeder is configured to apply tension to the strip between the guide and a leading end of the strip. The tool can include a driveshaft configured to attach to a conventional drive tool chuck or a drive tool having hexagonal type drive components. The guide can be one piece and replaceable, with a guide body and a guide head. A strip slot can be defined in the same to align a fastener head with a backstop and facilitate entry of a fastener shank in a feed slot. Related methods of use are provided. |
| US11839957B2 |
Intelligent electric tool and control method thereof
An intelligent electric tool includes an output shaft, a motor, a transmission assembly, an adjustment assembly, a detection unit, and a controller. The output shaft outputs torsion. The motor drives the output shaft to rotate. The transmission assembly connects the motor to the output shaft. The adjustment assembly adjusts an operating mode of the intelligent electric tool, where the operating mode includes at least a metal mode. The detection unit detects a current value of the intelligent electric tool in operation. The controller determines a first detection value and a second detection value according to the current value of the intelligent electric tool in operation and control, according to the first detection value and/or the second detection value, the motor to stop rotating to control the intelligent electric tool to stop. |
| US11839955B2 |
Biased pawl ratcheting wrench
A ratchet wrench comprises a handle defining a cavity including a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery thereof, a wheel, a biasing spring ring, and at least one tooth pawl mounted in recesses formed on the outer periphery of the wheel. The wheel is rotatably mounted inside the cavity and the pawls are biased by the spring ring to engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a first direction, and to slide over the teeth engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a direction opposite the first direction. |
| US11839949B2 |
Grinding and polishing device
A grinding and polishing device includes a main body, a grinding disk, a sample disk, a first console, and a second console. The main body includes a support table and a support column. The support table is coupled to the support column. The grinding disk is fixed on the support table and includes a polishing surface. The sample disk is fixed on the support column and configured to hold a preform. The first console is electrically coupled to the sample disk and used for controlling a distance between the preform held by the sample disk and the grinding disk. The second console is electrically coupled to the grinding disk and used for controlling a working state of the grinding disk for grinding and polishing the preform. |
| US11839948B2 |
Polishing apparatus
A polishing apparatus capable of increasing an added value is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes a polishing table configured to support a polishing pad, a top ring configured to press a substrate against the polishing pad, and a liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a liquid onto the polishing pad. The liquid supply mechanism includes a nozzle arm configured to be movable in a radial direction of the polishing table, and a liquid ejection nozzle attached to the nozzle arm. The liquid ejection nozzle is a fan-shaped nozzle having a liquid throttle surface having a tapered shape. |
| US11839947B2 |
Pad-temperature regulating apparatus, and polishing apparatus
A pad-temperature regulating apparatus is disclosed, which includes a heat exchanger capable of being cleaned in a limited space. A pad-temperature regulating apparatus includes a heat exchanger configured to contact a polishing pad to exchange heat with the polishing pad, a moving mechanism configured to move the heat exchanger between a temperature regulating position where the heat exchanger can exchange heat with the polishing pad, and a retreat position located on a side of the polishing pad, and a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the heat exchanger moved to the retreat position. The heat exchanger has an approximate triangular shape in a horizontal cross-section, and a longest side of the heat exchanger faces the polishing pad when the heat exchanger is moved to the retreat position. |
| US11839936B2 |
Sheet for sintering bonding and sheet for sintering bonding with base material
To provide a sheet for sintering bonding and the same with a base material suited for lamination and integration and also suited for realizing satisfactory operational efficiency in a sintering process in a process of producing semiconductor devices that go through sintering bonding of semiconductor chips. A sheet for sintering bonding 10 of the present invention comprises an electrically conductive metal containing sinterable particle and a binder component. In this sheet, the minimum load, reached during an unloading process in load-displacement measurement according to a nanoindentation method, is −100 to −30 μN. Alternatively, the ratio of the minimum load to a maximum load, reached during a load applying process in the above measurement, is −0.2 to −0.06. A sheet body X, a sheet for sintering bonding with a base material of the present invention, has a laminated structure comprising a base material B and the sheet 10. |
| US11839933B2 |
Laser processing apparatus
A laser processing apparatus 3 includes: a laser head H; a head driving mechanism that moves the laser head H above a workpiece W; and a dust collecting box 60 that moves below the workpiece W and follows the laser head H. A non-contact support unit 7 is provided at an opening 61 of the dust collecting box 60, and the non-contact support unit 7 suctions a lower surface of the workpiece W toward a suction surface 71 and supports the workpiece W without bringing the lower surface of the workpiece W and the suction surface 71 into contact with each other. An outer support roller 81 and an inner support roller 82 that are each rotatable about an axis parallel to a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a conveying direction Fy are provided at the opening 61. |
| US11839931B2 |
Laser processing apparatus
A laser beam irradiation unit of a laser processing apparatus includes a first pulsed laser oscillator that oscillates a pulsed laser having a wavelength of 9 to 11 μm and a pulse width of 5 ns or less, a CO2 amplifier that amplifies a pulsed laser beam emitted from the first pulsed laser oscillator, and a condenser that focuses the pulsed laser beam amplified by the CO2 amplifier on a workpiece held on the chuck table. |
| US11839927B2 |
Methods for fabricating strain wave gear flexsplines using metal additive manufacturing
Methods for the fabrication of metal strain wave gear flexsplines using a specialized metal additive manufacturing technique are provided. The method allows the entire flexspline to be metal printed, including all the components: the output surface with mating features, the thin wall of the cup, and the teeth integral to the flexspline. The flexspline may be used directly upon removal from the building tray. |
| US11839926B2 |
Trunnion mounted blade guide
The present invention relates to a blade guide and a blade guide assembly for adjusting an elongate blade of a sawmill, where the blade having a longitudinal axis. The blade guide includes a guide with a blade surface for lateral contact with the blade, a shaft extending from the guide, a shaft block having a bore extending therethrough, the bore dimensioned to slidably receive the shaft therethrough, and a trunnion block pivotably coupled to the shaft block about a pivot. The pivot is orientated generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade, and the trunnion block is adapted to be securable to the sawmill. Thus, pivoting the shaft block and, thereby, the shaft relative to the trunnion block, causes the guide to pivot and angularly adjust the blade about the longitudinal axis. |
| US11839920B2 |
Modular drill and method for using a modular drill
A modular drill including a shank having a shank bore therein, a guide pin tip disposed in the shank bore, a cutting tip, and a connection shaft coupled to the cutting tip, the connection shaft having a connection shaft sidewall and a guide path therein for guiding the guide pin tip therethrough while the connection shaft moves through the shank bore. |
| US11839919B2 |
Spheroidal dehydrogenated metals and metal alloy particles
Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. Dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are prepared using a process including introducing a metal hydride feed material into a plasma torch. The metal hydride feed material is melted within a plasma in order to dehydrogenate and spheroidize the materials, forming dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are then exposed to an inert gas and cooled in order to solidify the particles into dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The particles are cooled within a chamber having an inert gas. |
| US11839917B2 |
Polyscrystalline diamond compact including erosion and corrosion resistant substrate
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts that have a substrate including a cementing constituent constituting less than 13 weight percent (wt %) of the substrate, the cementing constituent including a cobalt alloy having and at least one alloying element, wherein the at least one alloying element constitutes less than 12 wt % of the substrate and wherein the cobalt constitutes less than 12 wt % of the substrate; and methods of making the same. |
| US11839915B2 |
System and method for determining beam power level along an additive deposition path
A laser power control method for additive manufacturing includes a pre-processing component and an intra-processing component. The pre-processing component creates in the system controller a machine code expressed additive-path-with-geometry-metadata that includes a path description. The path description represents the path of the beam source on the build and includes a geometry index for the build. The intra-processing component calculates required power for the beam at intervals and events on the beam path based upon the additive-path-with-geometry-metadata and calculations of the energy balance at the melt pool and the total energy for each point P(s) on the path. |
| US11839914B1 |
Process monitoring and feedback for metal additive manufacturing using powder-bed fusion
A method of metal additive manufacturing includes generating a plurality of laser beams and directing the plurality of laser beams to selected portions of a surface of a powder bed of powdered metal. The method also includes monitoring the powder bed while performing the generating and directing, and adjusting at least one of the generating or directing based on the monitoring. |
| US11839913B2 |
Binder systems
The present disclosure includes binder systems for making foundry articles. The binder systems may comprise a humic substance-containing component that comprise lignite, an isocyanate component, and a catalyst component. The binder systems may be mixed with an aggregate (e.g., sand) for making foundry articles such as molds and cores. Also disclosed herein are methods of making foundry articles using the binder systems. |
| US11839912B2 |
Automobile wheel hub shaping device
The present disclosure discloses an automobile wheel hub shaping device. The automobile wheel hub shaping device includes a clamping part for clamping a wheel hub to be shaped, a first driving mechanism for driving the clamping part to rotate, a shaping roller for shaping the wheel hub to be shaped, and a rack; all the clamping part, the first driving mechanism and the shaping roller are mounted to the rack, the shaping roller is located above the clamping part and is capable of rotating relative to the clamping part; and the clamping part is equipped with a fixing part for fixing the wheel hub to be shaped. |
| US11839911B2 |
Method of manufacturing a perforated sheet, perforated sheet, shaped part and processing device
A method of manufacturing a perforated sheet which has at least one hole. The method includes introducing at least two spaced boreholes into a sheet, the at least two spaced boreholes being formed so that they each pass through a thickness of the sheet, introducing a continuous cut between the at least two spaced boreholes in the sheet, and bending open a section of the sheet which is adjacent to the continuous cut so as to form a hole. |
| US11839910B2 |
Insect-based biowaste processing apparatus
Continuous insect-based biowaste processing apparatus has a tubular drum; a drive for rotatably driving the drum; a shaftless screw conveyor fixedly connected to an inner surface of the drum; circumferentially spaced cantilevered blades that (a) are connected to the inner drum surface and (b) each longitudinally extends throughout the drum; and a mechanism for introducing a conglomerate portion that includes biowaste and insect larvae into the drum interior. The screw conveyor is subdivided into longitudinally spaced chambers for the introduced insect larvae, each of the chambers being defined by two adjacent flights of the screw conveyor and by the blades. The size of the insect larvae progressively increases within a more distally located rearing chamber. Two or more blades firmly hold and unify the conglomerate portion throughout its residing time within the drum interior while being distally conveyed. |
| US11839906B2 |
Ultrasonic treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a treatment tank capable of containing a treatment object and a treatment liquid for immersing the treatment object; and an ultrasonic application mechanism that applies ultrasonic waves to the treatment liquid, wherein the treatment tank has a long axis where cross-sectional shapes are substantially identical to each other, and a wall surface to a scheduled liquid level height line of the treatment liquid is formed by a concave surface, and the ultrasonic application mechanism is installed at a position where an angle θ formed by a normal line of an oscillation surface of ultrasonic waves and the scheduled liquid level line of the treatment liquid is 5° to 80°. |
| US11839905B2 |
Vibrating base assembly for cleaning contact lenses
An integrated and standalone vibrating base assembly for cleaning contact lenses having two selective modes of operation, each mode operably configured to produce different preset vibrational rotations per minute, and comprising a base housing defining a housing cavity, with at least one vibration motor disposed within the housing cavity, electrically coupled to a power source, and operably configured to selectively induce a vibration therefrom with at least one switch coupled to the base housing; and a bottom surface and an upper surface spanning inwardly toward the housing cavity from an upper edge of the base housing to define a concave recess sized to receive two contact lens containers, the upper surface of a friction-inducing, deformable, and polymeric material configured to support two contact lens containers and operably coupled to the at least one vibration motor and to receive a vibration thereon upon activation of the at least one switch. |
| US11839904B2 |
Cleaning apparatus
A cleaning apparatus capable of thoroughly cleaning all parts of a workpiece is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning chamber; a table rotation shaft that rotates about a first axis; a first swivel fitting disposed inside the table rotation shaft; a table on which the cleaning workpiece is placed; a first motor that rotates the table rotation shaft; a propeller shaft that rotates about a second axis that is parallel to the first axis; a second swivel fitting connected to a propeller shaft; and a nozzle that rotates integrally with the second swivel shaft and that ejects a cleaning fluid in a direction different from the second axis toward the cleaning workpiece. |
| US11839900B2 |
Material processing screen plant drive system
A screen drive for a mobile material processing screen which can be at a travel width without having to fold or disable the screen drive. The screen drive system includes a drive motor, which is tucked at least partially under the vibrating screen; a sheave, having a double row ball bearing being supported by a shaft; a belt, coupling sheave and drive motor; a drive shaft coupled to a first universal joint, and a second universal joint, which is coupled to an opposing end of the drive shaft and to sheave. |
| US11839899B2 |
Coating die and coating device
A coating die includes: a first body; a second body; a discharge port; an intermediate member; a first shim to define a first flow passage; a second shim to define a second flow passage; and a confluence passage in which the first flow passage and the second flow passage join together and that communicates with the discharge port. The first shim includes a pair of first arms, and the second shim includes a pair of second arms. Each first arm includes a first female portion and a first male portion. Each second arm includes a second female portion and a second male portion. The first female portion and the second male portion are engaged with each other, and the first male portion and the second female portion are engaged with each other. |
| US11839896B2 |
Caulking finger
A caulking finger includes a handle and a finger portion. The finger portion may be shaped according to a human finger and is elastic. The various curvatures, shapes, and pliable nature of the finger portion allows the caulking finger to press caulk into a seam or joint to a desired finish. |
| US11839893B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A holding mechanism holds a substrate horizontally. A rotation mechanism rotates the holding mechanism holding the substrate. A nozzle supplies a processing liquid to the substrate. A nozzle arm holds the nozzle. An arm actuation mechanism moves the nozzle arm between a processing position overlapping the substrate in plan view and a retracted position displaced from the substrate in plan view. A cup portion is disposed around the holding mechanism, and receives the processing liquid from the substrate. A cup actuation mechanism moves the cup portion up and down between an upper position and a lower position. A first container is fixed to the cup portion to be movable up and down integrally with the cup portion, and can accommodate the nozzle at the retracted position. |
| US11839891B2 |
Protection of aperture plate during aerosol generation
An aerosol delivery system has an aerosol generator with a vibrating aperture plate (10) and an actuator (11, 16, 17, 19), a controller (18, 19). The controller in real time monitors (201) the aerosol generator as it is driven for vibration of the aperture plate, and detects (202) a change in an electrical characteristic in response to a transition from a wet state to a dry state of the aperture plate. It automatically modifies (203, 205, 206), during the transition, operation of the aerosol generator in response to the detected change. The modification includes reducing applied power (203). The controller continues (204) to monitor during the transition, including monitoring the aperture plate for presence of residual liquid on the aperture plate first surface. The controller monitors at a number of drive frequencies and maintains data representing trends in a combination of the electrical characteristic signals at the different frequencies, and identifies a start of a transition if a calculated value rises above a threshold. There is one threshold for triggering a check scan for residual volume and a higher threshold to trigger an immediate shut down. |
| US11839886B2 |
Liquid guiding component and using method and application thereof
The present disclosure provides a liquid guiding component and a using method and application thereof. The liquid guiding component includes a plurality of liquid guiding grooves, each of which includes at least one inlet end, at least one outlet end, and a groove wall connecting the inlet end and the outlet end, the liquid guiding component includes a first side and a second side arranged opposite to each other, each of said inlet ends is arranged as liquid inlet on the first side and each of the outlet ends is arranged as the liquid outlet on the second side, and the liquid guiding grooves are used to transport liquid from the inlet ends to the outlet ends. The liquid guiding component can be used to precisely control the movement direction of the ejected ink. |
| US11839885B2 |
Rotary atomization device
A rotary atomization device includes a housing, a blowing device, a rotating drive device, a rotating shaft, a gas tube and an atomizing structure. The housing has an atomization room and a containing room which are communicated by a gas channel. The blowing device is arranged in the containing room, and the rotating drive device is arranged in the containing room or the atomization room. A drive shaft of the rotating drive device is connected with the rotating shaft connected with the gas tube. One end of the gas tube is arranged in the atomization room and has a gas inlet, and the other end is extended out of the housing and has a gas outlet. The atomizing structure is disposed on the bottom of the atomization room, and the blowing device blows towards the gas channel. The rotary atomization device can realize rotary spraying. |
| US11839883B2 |
Modular cyclone
A cyclone sand separator kit, method, and separator, of which the kit includes a cyclone body having an inlet, a fluid outlet, and a solids outlet, the inlet being configured to receive a mixed fluid including a solid portion and a fluidic portion, the solids outlet being configured to receive the solid portion separated from the fluidic portion, and the fluid outlet being configured to receive the fluidic portion separated from the solids portion. The kit includes a plurality of cyclone inserts configured to be positioned in the cyclone body, at least partially between the inlet and the solids outlet and at least partially between the fluids outlet and the solids outlet. The cyclone inserts each define a vortical section configured to induce inertial separation of the mixed fluid, have different geometries including different inner diameters, lengths, angles, underflow outlet sizes, vortex finder placements, or a combination thereof. |
| US11839880B1 |
Mobile trash compactor and pulverizer
A mobile trash compactor and pulverizer with a light weight compaction roller. The compaction roller has support discs in which a main shaft is supported and between which is mounted an over shaft concentric with the main shaft. An inner drum is mounted on the over shaft and flanking outer drums are mounted on the main shaft with drum support rings. A disc wheel mounted on a disc support ring caps the ends of the main shaft. A reversible drive is attached to the main shaft and another independent reversible drive is attached to the over shaft. The support discs, drum support rings and disc support rings have a rim, spokes and a hub with apertures between the spokes that facilitate maintenance. |
| US11839879B2 |
Hammer
The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer cluster for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. An illustrative embodiment of a hammer cluster may include at least two hammers each having a connection portion, a contact portion, and a neck connecting the contact and connection portions. The connection portions may include a connection aperture with a relief cavity having a tab on either side thereof. A collar having a collar gap defined by two collar edges may be inserted through connection apertures of each hammer. The collar edges may engage the respective tabs such that the hammers and the collar may rotate about a rod positioned within the collar as a singular unit. |
| US11839878B2 |
System and method for sex sorting of mosquitoes
A method for sex sorting of mosquitoes generally comprises the steps of: providing a plate that includes multiple wells, with each of the multiple wells configured to receive a mosquito; filling each of the multiple wells with a predetermined volume of water; placing a mosquito in each of the multiple wells; capturing an image of each mosquito in each of the multiple wells; and analyzing each image to determine if each mosquito is male or female. Mosquitoes have distinct anatomical areas for identification, which are captured in the images and are used to determine if a mosquito is male or female. Furthermore, in some implementations, there is an additional step of exterminating each mosquito that is determined to be female. |
| US11839877B2 |
Preservation tube for sampling swab
The present invention relates to the technical field of sample preservation, and more specifically, to a preservation tube for a sampling swab which includes a tube body. A first cavity for storing a sample releasing agent and a second cavity for placing the sampling swab are provided in the tube body, the first cavity is in communication with the second cavity, and a central axis of the second cavity deviates from a central axis of the tube body. When the present invention is in use, the sampling swab is placed in the second cavity, moved up and down and rotated to elute in the second cavity, and nucleic acid samples of the sampling swab are evenly distributed in the sample releasing agent, and can be used for detection after sucking the sample releasing agent in the first cavity. |
| US11839861B2 |
Sterile chromatography resin and use thereof in manufacturing processes
Provided herein are methods of reducing bioburden of (e.g., sterilizing) a chromatography resin that include exposing a container including a composition including a chromatography resin and at least one antioxidant agent and/or chelator to a dose of gamma-irradiation sufficient to reduce the bioburden of the container and the chromatography resin, where the at least one antioxidant agent and/or chelator are present in an amount sufficient to ameliorate the loss of binding capacity of the chromatography resin after/upon exposure to the dose of gamma-irradiation. Also provided are reduced bioburden chromatography columns including the reduced bioburden chromatography resin, compositions including a chromatography resin and at least one chelator and/or antioxidant agent, methods of performing reduced bioburden column chromatography using one of these reduced bioburden chromatography columns, and integrated, closed, and continuous processes for reduced bioburden manufacturing of a purified recombinant protein. |
| US11839858B1 |
Peracetic acid concentration and monitoring and concentration-based dosing system
A system and related methods for monitoring and dosing peroxycarboxylic acids, particularly peracetic acid, in food processing applications based upon desired concentration of the processing solution. The concentration of the peroxycarboxylic acid measured and additional peroxycarboxylic acid being added to the processing solution if the measured concentration is below a threshold level of the desired concentration, and additional water being added to the processing solution if the measured concentration is above a threshold level of the desired concentration. The system and related methods capable of being used in utilized with either live stream or static, storage tank based systems, to keep the concentration of peroxycarboxylic acid at or near desired concentration levels while experiencing less variation than experienced with conventional flow-based or hand-mixed systems. |
| US11839857B2 |
Filtration membrane bundle, filtration membrane assembly and method of producing the same
The present invention concerns a filtration membrane bundle (30) comprising a plurality of elongated filtration fibers (40) arranged in a spiraled coil (34); and one or more filaments (50) woven around the plurality of elongated filtration fibers (40) binding one or more adjacent elongated filtration fibers (40) at a predetermined and homogeneous spacing (44,48) from one another wherein each elongated filtration fiber (40) is bound to respective adjacent elongated filtration fibers (40) in a co-planar configuration, and wherein the co-planar configuration of filtration fibers (40) are rolled into a coil (34). Furthermore, a filtration membrane assembly comprising the filtration membrane bundle (30) and a housing and method of providing the filtration membrane bundle (30) are disclosed. |
| US11839853B2 |
Osmotic pressure assisted reverse osmosis membrane and module
Membranes and filtration modules for producing a concentrated feed stream and a diluted feed stream during operation in a water purification or wastewater treatment system. Filtration modules are provided that include a semipermeable membrane having a first side and a second side, the first side configured to receive a first feed solution stream from a first feed solution source and the second side configured to receive a second feed solution stream from a second feed solution source. The semipermeable membrane may be configured to operate at a hydrostatic pressure on the second side of the membrane from about 1% to about 40% of the hydrostatic pressure on the first side of the membrane, and may in some cases exhibit a salt rejection of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent during operation. |
| US11839850B2 |
System for the chemical decontamination of corrosive gases
The use of a composition including at least one acido-basic neutralising agent for decontaminating an atmosphere contaminated by a corrosive gas, the acido-basic neutralising agent having at least 2 pKa's and being characterised by: pKa 1≤pKa 2, pKa 1>2, pKa 2<12, 4<½ (pKa 1+pKa 2)<10 pKa 1, representing the smallest of the basic pKa's and pKa 2 representing the largest of the acidic pKa's. Also, a method for decontaminating an atmosphere contaminated by a corrosive gas comprising the spraying of the neutralising agent, and to a decontamination device. |
| US11839846B2 |
High-pressure annular water collector with axial swirl vanes for an air cycle environmental control system
An annular water removal system (AWRS) for an air cycle environmental control system (ECS) includes a line replaceable unit (LRU) configured to output air flow, and a water collector coupled to the LRU. The water collector includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion includes a coalescing unit having a collector inlet to receive the air flow and configured to coalesce moisture from the air flow output from the LRU. The lower portion includes a collection unit in fluid communication with the coalescing unit. The collection unit is configured to collect the moisture coalesced by the coalescing unit. |
| US11839843B2 |
Intermediate cover of a filter housing of a filter for purifying liquid fluids and filter insert, filter and use
An intermediate cover of a filter housing of a filter for purifying liquids can be mounted in the filter housing for separating a filter receiving space for a filter insert from a centrifuge receiving space for a centrifuge separator by a rotary and/or insertion movement relative to an imaginary axis. The intermediate cover is provided with a portion of at least one clean fluid channel forming a fluidic connection between a clean fluid side of the filter insert and a fluid outlet of the filter housing for a purified clean fluid. The filter insert has a connecting device arranged at an axial end face and connectable to the intermediate cover. An outlet opening for purified clean fluid is arranged at the axial end face and corresponds with an inlet opening of the clean fluid channel of the intermediate cover. The outlet opening at least partially forms the connecting device. |
| US11839841B2 |
Online cleaning device and online cleaning method
The present invention discloses a cleaning liquid for a ship ballast water treatment filter, an online cleaning device and an online cleaning method. The online cleaning device comprises a filter cleaning pipeline and a cleaning liquid preparation tank located in the filter cleaning pipeline. The cleaning liquid preparation tank is provided with a cleaning liquid outlet and a cleaning liquid reinjection opening. The filter cleaning pipeline comprises a cleaning liquid injection pipeline located between the cleaning liquid outlet of the cleaning liquid preparation tank and a filter water inlet, and a cleaning liquid reinjection pipeline located between a filter water outlet and a cleaning liquid reinjection opening of the cleaning liquid preparation tank. The cleaning liquid prepared in the cleaning liquid preparation tank is injected into the filter through the cleaning liquid injection pipeline and is re-injected into the cleaning liquid preparation tank through the cleaning liquid reinjection pipeline. |
| US11839840B2 |
Water treatment device
Provided concerns a device for treating water of the kind intended for treating running water from a domestic water supply system or other sources of pressurized water, to obtain filtered or treated water, for example, of drinking water quality. |
| US11839839B2 |
Apparatus and system for filtrating liquid
A filtration apparatus is provided. The filtration apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of filtering sheets. The housing is enclosed by a first end cap and a second end cap. The first end cap includes a liquid inlet, and the second end cap includes a liquid outlet. The plurality of filtering sheets is disposed on an internal sidewall of the housing. A portion of the filtering sheets interlaces with another portion of the filtering sheets to form a winding flow path in the housing. |
| US11839836B2 |
Chromatography plug
Chromatography column components are described. One component, a chromatography plug, can include a body, the body including: a first surface; a second surface opposing the first surface; a passage through the body extending from an opening in the first surface to an opening in the second surface; and a circumferential surface extending from the first surface to the second surface; a plurality of ridges, located on the first surface, wherein each of the plurality of ridges having a first end and an opposed second end, and the first end of each of the plurality of ridges being closer to one another than the second ends of each of the plurality of ridges. In some instances, a bridge can be located between the first ends, the bridge extending into the body. A porous partition can be located on or in the plug. |
| US11839833B2 |
Phytochemical extraction systems, methods, and devices
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for phytochemical extraction. One example extraction system includes two solvent columns, a material column, and a dewaxing column. The solvent columns store and provide solvent for stripping target chemicals from plant material in the material column. The solvent mixed with target chemicals passes into the dewaxing column, where the target chemicals are separated from waxes and lipids. Cooling is applied to elements of the system by way of an open-loop CO2 refrigeration method. Solvent is moved from the solvent columns to the material column by creating a pressure differential between the two solvent columns. |
| US11839830B2 |
Portable electric foam maker
A foam maker has a bucket and a lid. The bucket has an outlet port provided in one of its walls, and a delivery tube connected to the outlet port. The lid includes a lid base and a lid top. The lid base has a frame and a compartment that receives a fan, a motor coupled to the fan, and a fluid inlet port through which foam solution and water can be introduced. The lid top has a water/foam inlet opening that is aligned with the fluid inlet port, and an air inlet port that is positioned adjacent the fan. An air tube is disposed inside the bucket, and has a first end connected to the lid base and communicating with the fan, and an opposite second end having an open distal end that is immersed inside foam solution. The air tube further includes an air chamber positioned adjacent the open distal end. |
| US11839829B2 |
Wearable visualization device with a retractable cover
A wearable visualization device includes a housing, one or more lenses coupled to the housing and configured to display virtual features for visualization by a user of the wearable visualization device, and a cover coupled to the housing and configured to adjust between an extended configuration in which the cover extends over at least a portion of the one or more lenses and a retracted configuration in which the cover does not extend over at least the portion of the one or more lenses. The wearable visualization device also includes a controller and one or more sensors. The controller is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors and to provide control signals to an actuator to adjust the cover between the extended configuration and the retracted configuration based on the sensor data. |
| US11839827B2 |
Interactive toy
A toy having a theme comprises a puzzle including first pieces, second pieces and a frame support. The first pieces are configured to be assembled into a three-dimensional structure. Each of the first pieces includes at least one of a tab and a hole. In particular, the hole is sized and shaped to receive the tab of another one of the pieces. Each of the second pieces are configured to interactively cooperate with the three-dimensional set piece. Each of the first and second pieces also includes a graphic image associated with the theme of the toy. The frame support is substantially flat with a first side having recesses for receiving each of the first and second pieces. The frame support also has a second side, opposite the first side having a graphic image (e.g., representative of a stage) associated with the theme of the toy. |
| US11839823B2 |
Free-in / free-out style game program
A game program instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising: placing a predetermined number of nonplayer characters in a battle space; controlling the battle between the nonplayer character and the playing character in the battle space; rendering the battle state with a virtual camera and displaying on the display; the operations further comprising: counting the number of playing characters placed in the battle space; excluding a defeated nonplayer character from battle when the nonplayer character is defeated; relocating the excluded nonplayer character to the battle space after a predetermined respawn time elapsed; calculating the respawn time according to the counted number of playing characters and controlling the time to reposition the excluded nonplayer character to the battle space based on the respawn time calculated. |
| US11839821B2 |
Racing game operation control method and apparatus, storage medium, and device
This application discloses an operation control method performed at a computer device. The method includes: detecting a target distance between a first virtual object and a second virtual object in a process that a client runs a round of racing game, a position of the first virtual object being located behind a position of the second virtual object, the first virtual object being controlled by the client; triggering an operation instruction when detecting that the target distance is continuously less than or equal to a first distance threshold for a first time threshold, the operation instruction being used for indicating that the first virtual object has satisfied a trigger condition for performing an acceleration operation; and responding to the operation instruction to control the first virtual object to perform the acceleration operation and surpass the second virtual object. |
| US11839820B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating game character model, processor, and terminal
A method and apparatus for generating a game character model, a processor, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: a user map corresponding to a two-dimensional user image to be used is acquired; the user map is mapped to an initial map of a game character to obtain a mapped map of the game character; and the mapped map and a game character grid are fused to generate a game character model. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that face mapping and face fusion provided in the related art are generally applied to two-dimensional face images but cannot be applied to a three-dimensional game environment. |
| US11839816B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling movement of virtual object, terminal, and storage medium
A method for controlling movement of a virtual object in a virtual environment is performed at a terminal. The method includes: obtaining first recorded trajectory information, the first recorded trajectory information being information that is recorded when a first user account of an online gaming application controls a first virtual object to race in a virtual scene and is used for drawing a movement trajectory of the first virtual object; displaying a racing battle interface, the racing battle interface being used for presenting a racing battle including a second virtual object and a third virtual object, the second virtual object being a virtual object controlled by a second user account of the online gaming application, the third virtual object being a virtual object controlled by a computer; and controlling movement of the third virtual object according to the first recorded trajectory information in the racing battle. |
| US11839815B2 |
Adaptive audio mixing
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing adaptive audio mixing are disclosed. A trained neural network dynamically selects and mixes pre-recorded, human-composed music stems that are composed as mutually compatible sets. Stem and track selection, volume mixing, filtering, dynamic compression, acoustical/reverberant characteristics, segues, tempo, beat-matching and crossfading parameters generated by the neural network are inferred from the game scene characteristics and other dynamically changing factors. The trained neural network selects an artist's pre-recorded stems and mixes the stems in real-time in unique ways to dynamically adjust and modify background music based on factors such as game scenario, the unique storyline of the player, scene elements, the player's profile, interest, and performance, adjustments made to game controls (e.g., music volume), number of viewers, received comments, player's popularity, player's native language, player's presence, and/or other factors. The trained neural network creates unique music that dynamically varies according to real-time circumstances. |
| US11839812B2 |
Online gaming platform systems, methods, and apparatus
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed involving an online gaming platform, and in a particular embodiment, to an entertainment and educational system involving a marketplace comprising a plurality of vendors, a plurality of marketplace video games, and a plurality of game configurations; wherein each marketplace video game of the plurality of marketplace video games is available from at least one vendor of the plurality of vendors; wherein each game configuration of the plurality of game configurations is available from at least one vendor of the plurality of vendors for use with or within at least one configurable video game; and wherein each configurable video game is one of the plurality of marketplace video games available on the marketplace, or a third-party video game not available on the marketplace. |
| US11839806B2 |
Pool rack
The present invention is directed to a pool rack for grouping pool balls tightly on a pool table. The frame has walls that may be disassembled and may move between, and exist alternatively in, an extended position that loosely group a set of billiard balls, wherein the rack walls are substantially upstanding and, or a closed position that tightly groups the balls, wherein the rack walls are angled and the frame sits atop the billiard balls. |
| US11839805B2 |
Computer vision and artificial intelligence applications in basketball
Various applications of computer vision and artificial intelligence to basketball practice and game situations are described. |
| US11839804B2 |
Interactive exercise and training system
A punching bag training comprises a flexible housing adapted to be wrapped around a punching bag. The housing supports a strike pad array. Each strike pad in the array comprises a force sensor to detect strikes, together with a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are positioned around the force sensor and that are lit when the user strikes the pad accurately (e.g., within a predetermined strike zone, and within a predetermined time). In addition, each strike pad has associated therewith an extension (or connecting) portion that couples the strike pad to the center portion. The connecting portion advantageously includes a set of LEDs that are selectively lit to telegraph a hit point to the user, namely, the strike pad associated with the connecting portion. The LEDs arranged on the connecting portion serve as a runway with the LEDs being lit progressively from the center portion and outward toward the strike pad to be hit next in a programmed hit sequence. As the user interacts with the system, speed, timing and accuracy preferably are measured to determine a score. The lighting elements are controlled using a controller unit that may be integral with the housing, attached thereto, or coupled to the housing wirelessly. The controller unit outputs one or more programmed hit sequences (i.e., to provide the control signals that activate the LEDs), and to detect and record electrical signals generated by the force sensors as the user strikes the pads. |
| US11839802B2 |
Multi-component golf club head
Embodiments of wood-type club heads comprising one or more components are described herein. The wood-type club head comprises a first, metallic component, and a second, non-metallic component. The first component comprises the load bearing structure that forms the striking face, and portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The second component comprises a lightweight structure that wraps around the first component to form portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The first component comprises the majority of the club head mass and can receive removable weights. The two-component design allows for additional discretionary mass redistribution to improve center of gravity location and moment of inertia. |
| US11839801B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion for striking a golf ball and an enclosed interior cavity. A filler material may be inside the interior cavity and may reinforce the face portion. The filler material may include a low density polymer material to enable discretionary mass placement to other areas of the golf club head to improve certain mass properties of the golf club head. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11839800B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion, a face portion coupled to the body portion, a filler material in an interior cavity of the body portion, a mass portion, a first port connected to the interior cavity, a second port below a horizontal midplane of the body portion and connected to the interior cavity, and a cover portion coupled to the body portion to cover the first port. The second port is configured to receive the mass portion. A distance between the first port and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the second port and the toe portion edge. The second port is substantially larger than the first port. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11839792B2 |
Multifunctional fitness chair
A multifunctional fitness chair includes an underframe, an armrest frame, an upper backrest frame, and a lower backrest frame. The underframe comprises left and right underframes, and underframe fixed shaft, and the armrest frame comprises left and right armrest frames and armrest fixed shaft, the left and right underframes are hinged on the left and right armrest frames, and the extension parts of the left and right armrest frames are correspondingly provided with left and right limiting plates which restrict the upward rotation of the left and right underframes. The upper backrest frame is fixed with an upper backrest shaft bushing, and at least two sets of symmetrically distributed upper backrests are arranged on the upper backrest frame. The lower backrest frame is fixed with a lower backrest shaft bushing, and at least two sets of symmetrically distributed lower backrests are arranged on the lower backrest frame. |
| US11839790B2 |
Sweat grip
A sweat grip comprising a main body with a sweat-absorbent side and a grip side with a higher coefficient of friction than the sweat-absorbent side and having antimicrobial properties. The sweat grip can be wrapped around an object such as the handle of an exercise machine, such that the sweat grip can enhance a user's grip on the object and can at least partially absorb the user's sweat without transferring sweat to the object. |
| US11839788B2 |
Portable anchor apparatus for resistance exercises
The present disclosure provides a portable anchor apparatus comprised of a modular and foldable frame structure which folds down to a compact shape having a storage compartment with a pair of wheels. The apparatus provides a wide variety of horizontal, vertical, and ground level anchor points and has horizontal bars which can be mounted at different vertical heights to suit a user's needs for various exercises. A kit is also provided herein, the kit comprising the anchor apparatus, a resistance band apparatus, and one or more items capable of being stored within the storage compartment. |
| US11839785B2 |
Hydrant monitoring communications hub
A communications hub for a hydrant can include a plug comprising a non-metallic material and configured to be sealably received within a plug bore defined in a flange of a bonnet of the hydrant, the flange separating an interior cavity of the hydrant from a bonnet cavity of the hydrant; a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and an antenna configured for wireless communication with a sensing device located within the interior cavity of the hydrant and in electrical communication with the PCB, the antenna able to receive a wireless signal from the sensing device. |
| US11839784B2 |
Fire suppression system
A fire suppression system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a detection unit for detecting a particular change due to a fire and transmitting a particular change value as a measurement value; a fire extinguishing unit for spraying a fire extinguishing substance; a control unit for receiving the measurement signal and transmitting an execution signal to the fire extinguishing unit; and a management unit enabling a user or a manager to confirm whether or not there is a fire, and for remotely operating the fire extinguishing unit, wherein the control unit transmits a notification signal to the management unit only when a measured measurement data value exceeds a threshold value, and transmits the execution signal only when an operation command is received from the management unit, thereby enhancing convenience and safety and reducing the initial cost. |
| US11839780B1 |
Air purifier and method
A portable air purifier and method includes a collapsible first tube; a perforated firm second tube that houses the first tube; a fan that brings air into a first end of the first tube and pushes the air through the first tube; a multi-part filter arranged in a concentric configuration inside the first tube; an outlet at a second end of the first tube; and a breathing mask coupled to the outlet. The filter filters the air as the air proceeds through the first tube and the outlet discharges filtered air from the first tube to the breathing mask. The first tube and the second tube may be semi-circular to fit around the neck of a user. The filter may be a corrugated filter. The portable air purifier may include a power source electrically connected to the fan. |
| US11839776B2 |
System and method for radiation treatment planning
A method of radiotherapy treatment planning involves dynamic target tracking and beam redirection. A set of 3D images of a patient reflecting a movement of the patient is obtained, and each image is deformably registered with one reference image. The accumulated dose is calculated as the sum of the dose distribution over all phases in dependence of the patient movement and the model of the delivery machine, the dose distribution for each phase being deformed by means of the deformation map for the respective phase, to match the reference image. |
| US11839774B2 |
Phototherapy assistance device, phototherapy system, and phototherapy assistance method
A phototherapy assistance device includes: a connector that is connectable to a balloon detection unit that detects inflation information regarding whether a balloon has been inflated in a body cavity; and one or more processors including hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: detect connection information regarding whether an optical probe to be inserted into the balloon is connected to a light source device; determine whether the optical probe can be inserted on a basis of the inflation information received from the balloon detection unit via the connector, and the connection information; and report a determined determination result. |
| US11839772B2 |
Redundant traces for flexible circuits used in an energy delivery device
Energy delivery devices with a flexible circuit. The energy delivery devices may be used in the treatment of human tissue, and the flexible circuit move or flex during use. The flexible circuit may include an electronic component and a trace connected with the electronic component. The trace may have a plurality of sections that provide parallel current paths over a portion of the trace. Alternatively, the flexible circuit may include a plurality of traces that are connected with the terminal of the electronic component to provide parallel current paths over their entire length to the terminal of the electronic component. These redundant parallel current paths improve device reliability. |
| US11839768B2 |
Methods for reducing the risk of strokes by pharmacotherapy to reduce the number and duration of atrial fibrillations
Disclosed are methods to treat patients with AFib by monitoring their heart rhythm to determine the presence and/or the number of episodes of long duration AFib, and optionally the extent of AFib burden. Patients who meet threshold requirements are qualified for the treatment of AFib with a dosage of budiodarone. Patient monitoring is continued in order confirm that the patient is and remains responsive to budiodarone therapy including dose adjusting the patient to achieve such therapy. Subsequently, monitoring is continued to confirm that the patient remains responsive. These methods allow for treatment of the AFib and, correspondingly, reduce or delay the risk of stroke and/or congestive heart failure in the treated patient. |
| US11839767B2 |
Systems and methods for stimulation of cranial nerves
Neuromodulation of cranial nerves can be used to treat sleep or breathing disorders, among other diseases and disorders. A neuromodulation system can include a housing configured for implantation in an anterior cervical region of a patient, such as at or under a mandible of the patient, such as at least partially in one or more of a submental triangle, a submandibular triangle, and a carotid triangle. The system can include an electrode lead coupled to the housing, and the electrode lead can include an electrode configured to be disposed at or near a cranial nerve target in the patient. The system can be configured to generate electrical neuromodulation signals for delivery to the cranial nerve target using the electrode. |
| US11839766B2 |
Neuromodulation system
A neuromodulation system comprising: at least one input means for inputting patient data into the neuromodulation system; at least one model calculation and building means for building a patient model, the patient model describing the anatomy and/or physiology and/or pathophysiology and the real and/or simulated reaction of the patient on a provided and/or simulated neuromodulation; at least one computation means for using the patient model (M) and calculating the impact of the provided and/or simulated neuromodulation. The present invention further relates to a method for providing neuromodulation. |
| US11839764B2 |
Systems and methods for treating a medical condition with an electrical stimulation treatment regimen
Systems and methods are disclosed that allow a patient to self-treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache and trigeminal neuralgia and the like, by noninvasive electrical stimulation of nerves of the head, particularly supraorbital, supratrochlear, infraorbital, and mental nerves in the vicinity of their foramen or notch. The system comprises a stimulator having one or more electrodes that apply electrical impulses transcutaneously through the patient's skin to the targeted nerve. The stimulator may be coupled to a handheld mobile device, such as a smartphone, for receiving a treatment regimen to treat the medical condition. The system is designed to address problems that arise particularly during self-treatment, when a medical professional is not present. |
| US11839763B2 |
Synergistic muscle activation device
Systems and methods of use for guiding the flow of energy through a subject to stimulate tissue. |
| US11839759B2 |
Systems and methods for managed training and rehabilitation via electrical stimulation
An electrical stimulation training and neuromuscular rehabilitation system including a machine-washable stimulation suit with multiple electrodes to provide controlled stimulation of various muscle groups is provided. The stimulation suit may also include one or more integrated biosensors to provide diagnostic capability in addition to stimulation. The system may also include a software platform executable on a user computing device (such as a tablet) that may facilitate control of the stimulation programs (e.g., intensity level, duration, isolation of individual muscle groups vs. full body stimulation) of one or more stimulation suits by the wearer or a fitness practitioner or trainer and/or that may facilitate intervention by a medical provider through a remote telemedicine platform. |
| US11839756B2 |
Conductive circuit
The invention provides a conductive circuit which may be applied to a garment, for example a garment for the stimulation of pelvic floor muscles. In the illustrated embodiments in the garment comprises a pair of shorts. The shorts are made from stretch fabric comprising a polyamide and are designed to fit closely to the body. The shorts are provided with two legs and a waistband area. The shorts comprise left and right conductive circuits, each of which comprises one or more electrodes formed from a printed conductive layer. |
| US11839754B2 |
Ventricular assist device
Apparatus and methods are described including a tube configured to traverse a subject's aortic valve. A frame is disposed within a portion of the tube, and a plurality of winged projections are coupled to the frame. An impeller is disposed inside the tube, the impeller including proximal and distal bushings, a helical elongate element, and a spring disposed inside of the helical elongate element, the spring defining a lumen therethrough. A film of material is supported between the helical elongate element and the spring. A rigid shaft extends from the proximal bushing to the distal bushing via the lumen defined by the spring. The impeller is rotated, such as to pump blood from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta. Other applications are also described. |
| US11839752B2 |
Hemostasis valve-equipped indwelling needle and indwelling needle assembly
A novel hemostasis valve-equipped indwelling needle that is capable of discharging air in an internal flow path includes a cannula to be inserted percutaneously into a blood vessel on a distal end side thereof, a link connector on a proximal end side thereof, an internal flow path extending from the cannula to the link connector, and a hemostatic valve disposed inside the link connector. An air vent passage that allows the internal flow path to communicate with an external space is formed in the link connector further on the cannula side than the hemostatic valve, and a filter that allows gas to pass through but does not allow liquid to pass through is mounted in a compressed state on the air vent passage. |
| US11839749B2 |
Syringe cap, syringe with needle, and prefilled syringe formulation
Provided is a syringe cap including a projection extending in the circumferential direction of a cap body, wherein the projection includes an apex located radially outward of the cap body from the outer circumferential surface of the cap body, a first inclined surface having a starting end located at the apex and having a terminal end located at a position on the side closer to the proximal end of the cap body than the starting end is, and a second inclined surface having a starting end located at the apex and on the outer circumferential surface of the cap body having a terminal end located at a position on the side closer to the distal end of the cap body than the starting end is, on the outer circumferential surface of the cap body, and the shortest distance from the starting end to the terminal end of the first inclined surface is smaller than the shortest distance from the starting end to the terminal end of the second inclined surface. |
| US11839747B2 |
Syringe with dual nested chambers and method of use
A nested syringe comprising: a first chamber comprising: an inner tube extending from a base of the first chamber and defining a base opening in the base; an adapter tube in fluid communication with the inner tube via the base opening; at least one base port in the base for providing fluid communication between the adaptor tube and a first inner volume of the first chamber; a second chamber, adapted for insertion into the first chamber wherein the second chamber comprises a third port adapted to provide fluid communication between the inner tube and a second inner volume of the second chamber and adapted for preventing fluid communication between the first inner volume and the second inner volume when the second chamber is inserted into the first chamber and the inner tube penetrates the third port; and a plunger, wherein the plunger is adapted for insertion into the second chamber. |
| US11839746B2 |
Adaptable image capture device and system for the secure production of medicinal preparations
A device captures images of a plurality of objects, such as a bottle and a syringe, for the secure production of medicinal preparations. The device includes at least one pair of image capturing cameras, arranged one facing the other; one reflective element for each of the cameras; and the two reflective elements of the same camera pair being arranged between the cameras and each oriented so as to reflect, in the direction of the associated camera, images of a production area of a medicinal preparation. The image capture device additionally includes: a stationary part formed by positioners that are designed to be secured against an enclosure of the medicinal preparation production area, a base which is intended to be secured to the stationary part, and a half-baseplate which is mounted such that it can rotate relative to the base, with the half-baseplate carrying at least one of the cameras. |
| US11839743B2 |
Graphic user interface for automated infusate delivery
Methods, computer-readable medium, and devices that provide a graphic user interface for operating a medical infusion system are described. An exemplary method includes receiving analyte level information for a user; and providing a graphic user interface on a display element that includes an analyte level chart depicting analyte values and an infusate delivery chart. An exemplary chart depicts graphics showing basal amounts of infusate delivered by the system over time, wherein each graphic is illustrated with a dimension indicating an increased, same, or decreased amount relative to an immediately preceding graphic. Further, the exemplary chart depicts indicators showing bolus amounts delivered by the medical infusion system over time, wherein at least a portion of the bolus indicators is illustrated with a dimension not to scale. |
| US11839737B2 |
Self-adjusting IV stand
IV stand assemblies are provided that include a base, a stand, a platform and a motorized pole assembly having a housing, a pole and a drive. The drive moves the pole to extend and retract the pole relative to the housing. A weight measurement assembly measures weight of a fluid within a fluid container hanging from the IV stand assembly. IV stand assemblies with a pulley/belt assembly and methods of operating IV assemblies are also provided. |
| US11839736B2 |
Cassette for a flow control apparatus
A cassette for use with a pumping apparatus having a pumping system for engaging a pump set includes a cassette body configured for releasable attachment to the pumping apparatus to mount the cassette on the pumping apparatus. The cassette body has at least one mounting formation. At least one identification member is mounted on the cassette body by the mounting formation of the cassette body. The identification member and mounting formation are formed to mount the identification member in any one of a plurality of predetermined orientations. Each predetermined orientation indicates a different functional configuration of the pump set. |
| US11839735B2 |
Vascular access device
The device includes a dilator having a valve element configured to at least inhibit fluid flow through the dilator in a distal direction, while not inhibiting the passage of articles (e.g., a guidewire) through the dilator in a proximal direction. |
| US11839729B2 |
Dilation instrument with malleable guide and dilation catheter with integral position sensor
An apparatus includes a handle assembly, a guide tube, and a dilation catheter. The guide tube extends distally from the handle assembly. At least a distal portion of the guide tube is malleable. The dilation catheter is slidably positioned in the guide tube. The dilation catheter includes a distal end, a dilator, and a position sensor. The position sensor is configured to generate a signal indicating a position of the position sensor in three-dimensional space. The dilation catheter is configured to translate relative to the guide tube. |
| US11839727B2 |
Non-occluding balloon for cardiovascular drug delivery
A non-occluding drug-coated balloon catheter device for use in a blood vessel transporting blood comprises a catheter shaft including a guidewire lumen, a fluid lumen and a connector port. A balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and includes an outer envelope surrounding the guidewire lumen in fluid communication with the fluid lumen; a drug coating applied on the exterior surface of the outer envelope; and at least one bypass lumen forming a passage extending from the proximal end of the outer envelope to the distal end of the outer envelope. When the balloon is positioned in a blood vessel and inflated, the exterior surface of the outer envelope presses the drug coating against the blood vessel and the bypass lumen is open between the distal end of the outer envelope and the proximal end of the outer envelope such that blood transport continues through the bypass lumen. |
| US11839720B2 |
Humidification interface arrangements
An apparatus for generating and providing a pressurized breathable gas to a patient's airways includes a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device having an engagement port pneumatically and electrically coupled to the RPT device, and an air delivery tube configured to engage the engagement port so as to pass a flow of breathable gas to a patient interface. The air delivery tube includes electric contacts associated with a heating and/or a sensing arrangement. The air delivery tube includes a locking collar rotatably movable between (1) an unlocked position to allow connection/disconnection of the air delivery tube to/from the engagement port, and (2) a locked position to releasably lock the air delivery tube to the engagement port. The air delivery tube is structured and arranged to, when the locking collar is rotated into the locked position, pneumatically connect to the engagement port and define an operational configuration of the apparatus. |
| US11839716B2 |
Smart oscillating positive expiratory pressure device
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure system including an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device having a chamber, an input component in communication with the chamber, wherein the input component is operative to sense a flow and/or pressure and generate an input signal correlated to the flow or pressure, a processor operative to receive the input signal from the input component and generate an output signal, and an output component operative to receive the output signal, and display an output. |
| US11839713B2 |
Method and apparatus for emulsifying tissue
A method and apparatus that reduces the time and trauma associated with tissue removal procedures such as Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction, which emulsifies and then extracts unwanted adipose from a patient's target zone. Emulsification and suction are optimized and performed in a synchronous manner by a single apparatus to improve the outcome and minimize, if not eliminate, the limitations, risks and complications caused by current state of the art techniques. |
| US11839712B2 |
Implantable fluid management system for treating heart failure
A device and methods for treating renal failure are disclosed. One embodiment of the device is an implantable peritoneal dialysis device. When in use, the device can have a semi-permeable reservoir implanted in the peritoneal cavity. The reservoir can receive blood waste and drain through one or more conduits, via a pump, to the biological bladder. Solids and/or a solution benefiting dialysis can be pumped to the reservoir and/or implanted in the peritoneal cavity. |
| US11839710B2 |
Dialysis machine
A dialysis machine has a balancing system with a balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the balancing system in operation; a water inlet system connected to the balancing system for the supply of fresh dialysis liquid, with the water inlet system having an apparatus for degassing water that is connected to an air separator of the dialysis machine, with a first subsection of the air separator serving as a mixing chamber and being connectable to at least one concentrate source via at least one concentrate line and being in fluid communication with the balancing system via at least one dialysate line, wherein the filling volume of a balancing chamber corresponds to or exceeds the sum of the volume of the mixing chamber and the inner volume of the dialysate line. |
| US11839708B2 |
Linear cardiac assist pulsatile pump
Described herein are pumps that linearly reciprocate to assist with circulating blood within the body of a patient. Red blood cell damage may be avoided or minimized by such linear pump movement. The linearly reciprocating movement may also generate a pulsatile pumping cycle that mimics the natural pumping cycle of the heart. The pumps may be configured to reside at various body locations. For example, the pumps may be situated within the right ventricle, the left ventricle, the ascending aorta, the descending aorta, the thoracic aorta, or the abdominal aorta. In some instances, the pump may reside outside the patient. |
| US11839707B2 |
Breathing mask
A breathing mask which is convenient for enteral nutrition using a nasogastric feeding tube when the mask is in use may be provided. The breathing mask may include at least one nasogastric tube port. The port may allow a nasogastric tube to pass through the mask without substantially affecting the seal or pressure of the mask while accommodating enteral feeding. In addition, the breathing mask may incarnate the human-centered design to reduce discomfort in patients and is favorable for therapy and rehabilitation. |
| US11839704B2 |
Adaptive multivector illumination delivery system
An ultraviolet emitting system for sanitizing a target volume can include a plurality of adjustably positionable light sources having a collapsed position and the expanded position. The light sources of the plurality of adjustably positionable light sources can be configured to emit ultraviolet light in a substantially homogenous irradiance within the target volume in any position between the collapsed position and the expanded position. |
| US11839700B2 |
Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, and method for manufacturing a bio-electrode
The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including: a resin having a urethane bond and a silicone chain in the main chain; and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is a polymer compound having one or more repeating units selected from fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formula (1)-1, fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formula (1)-2, sulfonimide salts shown by the following formula (1)-3, and sulfonamide salts shown by the following formula (1)-4. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light in weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition, and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode |
| US11839698B2 |
Drug composition and coating
According to the invention there is provided inter alia a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue, the device having a solid surfactant-free particulate coating layer applied to a surface of the device, the coating layer comprising a therapeutic agent and at least one non-polymeric organic additive which is hydrolytically stable; wherein at least a proportion of the particulate coating layer comprising the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive melts as a single phase at a lower temperature than the melting point of the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive when in pure form; wherein the therapeutic agent is paclitaxel; and wherein the therapeutic agent, when formulated in the coating layer, is stable to sterilization. |
| US11839695B2 |
Cross-linked protein foams and methods of using thereof a polyvalent cellular scaffold
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition, wherein the composition is a porous scaffold, wherein the pores of the scaffold are from 1 to 500 microns, the composition comprising: a) a cross-linkable protein selected from the group consisting of collagen and gelatin; b) a cross-linker which induces cross-linking of the cross-linkable protein; and c) a liquid. |
| US11839694B2 |
Compositions and methods for promoting hemostasis and other physiological activities
Compositions that include nanoscale structured materials or precursors thereof (e.g., self: assembling peptides) are described. The compositions can include other substances (e.g., a vasoconstrictor). Also described are methods for using the compositions to promote hemostasis, to protect the skin or wounds from contamination, to decontaiminate a site upon removal of previously applied compositions that provided a protective coating, and to inhibit the movement of bodily substances other than blood. The compositions are also useful in isolating tissue, removing tissue, preserving tissue (for, e.g., subsequent transplantation or reattachment), and as bulking, stabilizing or hydrating agents. Medical devices that include the compositions (e.g., a stent or catheter), bandages or other wound dressings, sutures, and kits that include the compositions are also described. |
| US11839693B2 |
Dissolvable nasal sinus sponge
An implantable article comprising a dissolvable sponge derived from the mixture of chitosan, a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharides. The polysaccharides have different number average molecular weight characteristics to enable the control of the mechanical features of the sponge. |
| US11839690B2 |
Wound dressing layer for improved fluid removal
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wound dressing layer. The wound dressing layer may include an open-cell foam. The foam may have a 50% compression force deflection of not more than about 4.8 kPa. The foam may also have a density of at least 24 kg/m3. The foam may exhibit a density increase of a factor of at least 12 at about −75 mmHg. |
| US11839687B2 |
Solid composition
The present invention relates to a solid composition which contains a mixture of liquid oil and solid lipid. The solid lipid acts as a solid carrier vehicle for the oil thereby permitting oils to be provided, at relatively high loading, in solid form. |
| US11839686B2 |
Lipid formulations with viral immunogens
RNA encoding an immunogen is delivered in a liposome for the purposes of immunisation. The liposome includes lipids which have a pKa in the range of 5.0 to 7.6 and, preferably, a tertiary amine. These liposomes can have essentially neutral surface charge at physiological pH and are effective for immunisation. |
| US11839684B2 |
Mucoadhesive pharmaceutical composition and preparation method therefor
Disclosed is a mucoadhesive pharmaceutical composition comprising a poly-ionic complex of chitosan and a polyacrylic acid polymer. As an oral formulation, the composition has the extended retention time in the gastrointestinal tract by its mucoadhesive and swelling properties, which is useful as sustained release formulations, retentive formulations of active ingredients with limited absorption regions, and active ingredients with pH dependent solubility. |
| US11839678B2 |
Compositions, methods, and kits for altering the color of hair
The disclosure relates to hair color bases comprising (a) a surfactant system, (b) an alkaline component, (c) at least one chelating agent, (d) optionally, at least one natural oil, and (e) a solvent system, hair color altering compositions comprising the hair color bases, kits, and methods of altering the color of the hair. |
| US11839677B2 |
Topical antimicrobial composition
Disclosed is a topical composition comprising: (i) an antimicrobial active which is at least one of piroctone, caprylhydroxamic acid, benzohydroxamic acid, or piroctone olamine; and (ii) norbraylin. Also disclosed is a non-therapeutic method of providing topical antimicrobial benefit on a topical surface of a human or animal body comprising a step of applying a safe and effective amount of the topical composition. |
| US11839673B2 |
Compositions, kits, and methods for altering the color of keratinous fibers
The disclosure relates to buffer systems having ammonium hydroxide, ammonium bicarbonate, and optionally monoethanolamine, hair color bases, hair color altering compositions, and kits and methods for altering the color of hair. Hair color bases and hair color altering compositions comprise a buffer system having ammonium hydroxide, ammonium bicarbonate, and optionally monoethanolamine. |
| US11839671B2 |
Oral care compositions comprising tin ions
An oral care composition with tin, polyol with five or more carbon atoms, water, and a pH of greater than 7. An oral care composition with a tin ion source, a fluoride ion source, a polyol with five or more carbon atoms, water, and a pH of greater than 7. Oral care compositions with a high tin ion availability. |
| US11839667B2 |
Oral care article comprising a delivery carrier and solid hydrophilic particles comprising an active agent
An article in form of a strip for use in the oral cavity. The article includes a water insoluble delivery carrier comprising solid hydrophilic particles comprising at least one active agent for oral care, wherein: (i) at least about 20 parts by weight of the solid hydrophilic particles (20) dissolve in about 100 parts by weight of water, and/or (ii) wherein the solid hydrophilic particles (20) swell by at least about 50% in water. The active agent(s) can include bleaching agent(s), antimicrobial agent(s), anti-calculus agent(s), healing agent(s), anti-caries agent(s), dentinal desensitizing agent(s), anesthetic agent(s), antifungal agent(s), coolant(s), anti-inflammatory agent(s), selective H-2 antagonist(s), nutrient(s), erythritol, probiotics, fluoride ion source(s), or combinations thereof. |
| US11839660B2 |
Anti-transferrin receptor antibody and uses thereof
Aspects of the disclosure relate to antibodies that bind to transferrin receptor (e.g., transferrin receptor 1) and complexes comprising the antibody covalently linked to a molecular payload. Methods of using the antibodies are also provided. |
| US11839659B2 |
Proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules (PROTACs) that induce degradation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) protein
Disclosed are proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules (PROTACs) that induce degradation of IDO protein. The disclosed PROTACs typically include a first targeting moiety that binds to IDO (MIDO). The first targeting moiety typically is linked via a bond or a linker (L) to a second targeting moiety that binds to an E3 ubiquitin ligase (ME3). As such, the disclosed PROTACS may be described as having a formula MIDO-L-ME3 or ME3-L-MIDO. |
| US11839652B2 |
Methods and compositions for inducing protective immunity
This application relates to compositions comprising one or more CpG oligodeoxynucleotides complexed to nanoparticles comprising a gemini surfactant and optionally a muco-adhesive polymer, which can be used for intrapulmonary delivery to induce immunity in feed animals, and the methods of making and uses thereof. |
| US11839650B2 |
Universal influenza vaccine targeting virus/host recognition
The present application generally relates to the development of a universal influenza vaccine, or production of antibodies, capable of providing broad protection against various strains of the flu, using an informational spectrum method (ISM) to identify the common structural characteristics of influenza antigens. |
| US11839644B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of cutaneous or muscle incision pain
Disclosed are methods of treating pain in a mammal, which may include the step of administering human growth hormone to a mammal in need thereof The pain treated by the disclosed methods may be of a type caused by inflammation induced mechanical and/or thermal hypersensitivity, and may include, for example, a pain type resulting from one or more conditions selected from peripheral injury pain, post-operative pain, cutaneous inflammation, cutaneous incision, muscle incision, or chronic pain. Disease states in which the disclosed methods may be used include fibromyalgia, sickle cell anemia, epidermolysis bullosa, erythromelalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, or generalized muscle pain. |
| US11839641B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment of lysosomal storage disorders
This application relates to the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders resulting from a deficiency of acid maltase and/or acid α-glucosidase by administering active barley in comminuted form. Also disclosed are methods of replacing acid maltase and/or acid α-glucosidase by administering active barley in comminuted form. Further disclosed are compositions for carrying out these methods. |
| US11839640B2 |
Prebiotic composition and methods for using the same
Prebiotic composition including grape ferment, a first component, and a second component is provided. The first component is lactitol or xylooligosaccharide, and the second component is fructooligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide, or inulin. The first component is different from the second component, and a weight ratio of the grape ferment, the first component and the second component falls within the range of 1-2:1-2:1-2. Based on this, the prebiotic composition prepared by grape ferment can be used to promote intestinal health of a subject in need thereof and enhance antioxidation in the subject. |
| US11839635B1 |
Method against Salmonella typhimurium infection with symbiotic composition
A method against Salmonella typhimurium infection includes using a composition containing cultures of Lactobacillus rhamnosus LRH10 which is deposited at the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen (DSMZ) GmbH under an accession number DSM 32786, Lactobacillus paracasei LPC12 which is deposited at the DSMZ GmbH under an accession number DSM 32785, Lactobacillus fermentum LF26 which is deposited at the DSMZ GmbH under an accession number DSM 32784, Streptococcus thermophilus ST30 which is deposited at the DSMZ GmbH under an accession number DSM 32788, and Lactobacillus helveticus LH43 which is deposited at the DSMZ GmbH under an accession number DSM 32787. |
| US11839634B2 |
Use of a composition comprising microorganisms to increase the intestinal production of butyric acid, folic acid or niacin and/or decrease the intestinal production of succinic acid
The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising bacteria to increase the intestinal production of butyric acid, folic acid or niacin and/or to decrease the intestinal production of succinic acid. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of said composition for the treatment and/or prevention of an intestinal butyrate- and/or succinate-dependent pathological condition. In particular, for the treatment and/or the prevention of intestinal inflammation, diarrhoea, ulcerative colitis or intestinal colopathies. |
| US11839633B2 |
Composition and method of treating gastrointestinal disease with microbial and soy mixture
The composition is an herbal supplement comprised of hydrolyzed whole soybean, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, lactic acid bacteria, the mushroom, Auricularia polytricha, and turmeric. The soybean feeds the bacterial components of the composition to increase their biomass. The Bacillus amyloliquefaciens produces protease and amylase enzymes which hydrolyze the proteins and carbohydrates in the soybean into smaller peptides and oligosaccharides. These smaller nutrients are more easily absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract. The lactic acid bacteria are probiotics which limit the growth of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in the composition thus balancing the gastrointestinal microbiome. The mushroom, Auricularia polytricha enhances blood flow, removes toxins from the bowel, stabilizes the digestive system and enhances digestion. Turmeric is an antioxidant, anti-ulcer, anti-bacteria (including the suppression of Helicobacter pylori bacteria), anti-inflammatory. Methods of using the composition include treatment and prevention of disease of the gastrointestinal tract, the cardiovascular system, and lowering cholesterol. |
| US11839629B2 |
Methods and compositions to modulate hair growth
Embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to inducing hair growth in a subject. Some embodiments include screening for agents to modulate hair growth. |
| US11839628B2 |
Therapeutic detoxification compositions and methods of making and using same
A three component composition for use in the treatment of an autoimmune disease where the first component comprises a bimodal synthetic carbon particle mixture; the second component comprises a bimodal synthetic carbon particle mixture and an anion exchange resin and the third component comprises a bimodal synthetic carbon particle mixture and a cation exchange resin. |
| US11839626B2 |
Composition and kits for inhibition of pathogenic microbial infection and methods of using the same
Antimicrobial polymer coating formulations are prepared that protect biological surfaces by treating, reducing, ameliorating, preventing or inhibiting pathogenic microorganism ingress to a human or animal host, reducing the potential for infection, particularly by necrotizing fasciitis originating microorganisms, through use of a polymer coating barrier containing antimicrobial agents that facilitates sustained release of biocidal agents active against such opportunistic microorganisms. Such formulations are effective for inhibiting microbial ingress pertaining to soft tissue and skin tears, abrasions, punctures and surgical wounds, and can be used as in water environments and as a skin protectant sunscreen and insect repellent. |
| US11839625B2 |
Application of low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid (LMW-HA) fragments
Various pharmaceutical applications of low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid (LMW-HA) fragments include: treating tumors, conjunctival diseases, xerophthalmia, vitreous opacity, myofascitis, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, cerebral infarction, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, periodontal diseases, herpes zoster, burns, pains, pruritus, acute pancreatitis, and postoperative abdominal mucosal adhesions, helping with body recovery after chemotherapy and facial cosmesis, reducing subcutaneous fat etc. Moreover, an injection containing the LMW-HA fragments and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The injection is injected into the subcutaneous fat layer of the abdomen for facial cosmesis and anti-aging. |
| US11839622B1 |
Consumable nutraceutical composition
The present invention relates generally to a composition comprising apigenin, phenylethylamine, nicotinamide mononucleotide and/or nicotinamide riboside, and resveratrol, anthocyanin, and/or pterostilbene and piceatannol. The composition may be provided in the form of a beverage, jell packet, mixable powder, or the like. Alternatively, the composition may be microencapsulated and selectively added to a consumable substance, such as a fluid, jell, or the like. The composition may be used to increase the consumer's levels of energy, alertness, and activate the body's natural chemical that prevent anxiety and depression. Furthermore, the inclusion of apigenin provides additional benefits, namely, inhibiting the increase of proteins such as CD38 that would otherwise affect the levels of NAD+ in the body that help with cellular aging. |
| US11839619B2 |
Methods for treatment of pediatric systemic mastocytosis
Methods for treating pediatric patients with systemic mastocytosis are described by administering midostaurin. |
| US11839618B2 |
Agent for promoting corneal endothelial cell adhesion
The invention provides an agent for promoting adhesion of a corneal endothelial cell, containing a Rho kinase inhibitor, as well as a culture medium for a corneal endothelial cell, a solution for preservation of cornea, and a method of producing a corneal endothelial preparation, which includes culturing the corneal endothelial cell using the aforementioned culture medium. |
| US11839617B2 |
Theramutein modulators
This invention relates to agents that are inhibitors or activators of variant forms of endogenous proteins and novel methods of identifying such variants. Of particular interest are inhibitors and activators of endogenous protein variants, encoded by genes which have mutated, which variants often arise or are at least first identified as having arisen following exposure to a chemical agent which is known to be an inhibitor or activator of the corresponding unmutated endogenous protein. |
| US11839616B2 |
Ocular pharmaceutical compositions
The disclosure provides, inter alia, topical pharmaceutical compositions comprising active agents, methods for increasing tear production using the topical pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating dry eye disorders using the topical pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11839615B2 |
Compounds and methods for treating addiction and related disorders
The present invention relates to adenosine receptor agonist compounds and methods of use thereof for treatment of certain disorders and conditions, for example an addiction or compulsive disorder. Exemplary compounds for use in disclosed methods include: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US11839614B2 |
Methods for treating or mitigating cardiotoxicity characterized by inhibition of adenosine A2 signaling and/or adenosine A2 receptor expression
The disclosure provides methods, treatments and materials for enhancing the effect of an adenosine A2 receptor agonist in the treatment, mitigation or prophylaxis of a disease or condition characterized by inotropic and/or lusitropic dysfunction, and/or enhancing adenosine A2 receptor function in the treatment, mitigation or prophylaxis of a disease or condition characterized by impaired adenosine A2 receptor function, comprising administration of an effective amount of a PDE1 inhibitor to a patient in need thereof, for example a patient suffering from heart failure. |
| US11839610B2 |
Method for inhibiting infection of SARS-CoV-2 in a subject
A method for inhibiting infection of SARS-CoV-2 in a subject is provided, comprising administering an effective amount of plant extract, wherein the plant extract comprises an alcohol extract of the herbal of Menispermaceae, wherein the herbal of Menispermaceae is Stephania cepharantha or Stephania tetrandra. |
| US11839607B2 |
Memantine paroxetine cocrystal salt and its preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and application
A memantine paroxetine cocrystal salt and its preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and application thereof are provided. The cocrystal salt of the invention is memantine paroxetine sulfate hydrate. Its mechanism of action is 5-HT inhibitor and NMDA receptor antagonist. It is a multi-target drug. The preliminary pharmacokinetic experiments showed that the main pharmacokinetic parameters of cocrystal salt and memantine, such as T1/2, Tmax, Cmax and AUC(0-∞), were significantly different. The results also showed that cocrystal salt could improve drug absorption, blood drug concentration, bioavailability and curative effect. This provides a material basis for reducing dosage and adverse drug reactions. In addition to that the cocrystal salt of this invention can be used as a multi-target drug, it can also combine with other drugs of different action mechanisms to form compound preparations or be used in combination, so as to obtain unexpected clinical efficacy. |
| US11839606B2 |
Increasing expression level of apoptosis-related genes by treating a human subject with a nitroxide
Disclosed herein are methods for counteracting age-related decrease in gene expression or treating age-related diseases, for example cancers and autoimmune diseases, caused by decreased expression levels of a gene associated with the apoptosis pathway, using a nitroxide. Further disclosed are methods for treating a human subject in need of an increased expression level of a gene associated with the apoptosis pathway using a nitroxide. |
| US11839602B2 |
Oral cannabinoid product with lipid component
Meltable compositions configured for oral use, the compositions including at least one cannabinoid or cannabimimetic, are provided. The compositions include one or more fillers, typically a sugar alcohol, and a lipid. A method of forming such compositions is also provided. |
| US11839599B2 |
Methods of providing solriamfetol therapy to subjects with impaired renal function
The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse effects associated with solriamfetol ([R]-2-amino-3-phenylpropylcarbamate) therapy in subjects with impaired renal function. In particular, the invention provides an optimized dose escalation scheme for subjects with moderate renal impairment which results in the subjects having increased tolerance to adverse effects associated with the administration of solriamfetol. The invention also provides adjusted dosing for safe therapeutic use of solriamfetol in subjects having severe renal impairment. |
| US11839597B2 |
Modified release gamma-hydroxybutyrate formulations having improved pharmacokinetics
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof. |
| US11839596B2 |
Treatment of vasculopathy with prostacyclin and mesenchymal stem cells
Provided are methods for treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) or a MSC-conditioned culture medium or administering to the subject a MSC or a MSC-conditioned culture medium that has treated with prostacyclin. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for such treatments are also provided. |
| US11839595B2 |
Mirdametinib treatment
The present disclosure relates to a method for treating certain types of tumors or cancers, such as plexiform neurofibromas (PN), plexiform neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1-PN), by orally administering an effective amount of mirdametinib to the patient, where an amount of mirdametinib is administered on the first day of treatment to provide (i) an AUC0-tau less than 400 ng·h/mL, (ii) a Cmax no more than 40 ng/mL, or (iii) both. |
| US11839594B2 |
Eutectic formulations of cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride and amitriptyline hydrochloride
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of manufacturing the same, comprising a eutectic of Cyclobenzaprine HCl and mannitol or Amitriptyline HCl and mannitol. |
| US11839590B2 |
Flurbiprofen axetil emulsion for injection and preparation method thereof
A flurbiprofen axetil emulsion for injection can be prepared by specific stepwise addition of an oil phase to a water phase with shear mixing under the protection of nitrogen gas to obtain an emulsion. The oil phase includes flurbiprofen axetil, an oil phase solvent, an emulsifier, and a stabilizer, and the water phase includes water for injection and/or an osmotic pressure regulator. In the presence of a stabilizer in the oil phase, the emulsion can improve the emulsification effect by using the stepwise emulsifying technique for the oil phase, so that the obtained flurbiprofen axetil emulsion for injection has more uniform particle size, higher drug entrapment efficiency, and better targeting of the drug to the wounded tissue. |
| US11839587B1 |
Systems, devices, and methods for ambulatory respiration assistance
Systems and devices described herein provide respiration assistance to users who have difficulty breathing on their own, and include a cuirass configured to be coupled to a thorax of the user and a ventilator fluidically coupled to the cuirass. The ventilator includes a housing, a pump including an inlet and outlet, a valve, an actuator, and a controller in communication with the actuator. The controller is configured to cause the actuator to: move the valve into a first configuration in which a first flow path of the valve fluidically couples the outlet to the cuirass and a second flow path of the valve fluidically couples the inlet to an external environment during exhalation and move the valve into a second configuration in which the first flow path fluidically couples the inlet to the cuirass and the second flow path fluidically couples the outlet to the internal volume during inhalation. |
| US11839586B2 |
Synchronizing chest compression and ventilation in cardiac resuscitation
Apparatus for automatic delivery of chest compressions and ventilation to a patient. The apparatus includes a chest compressing device configured to deliver compression phases during which pressure is applied to compress the chest and decompression phases during which approximately zero pressure is applied to the chest a ventilator configured to deliver positive, negative, or approximately zero pressure to the airway; control circuitry and processor, wherein the circuitry and processor are configured to cause the chest compressing device to repeatedly deliver a set containing a plurality of systolic flow cycles, each systolic flow cycle including a systolic decompression phase and a systolic compression phase, and at least one diastolic flow cycle interspersed between sets of systolic flow cycles, each diastolic flow cycle including a diastolic decompression phase and a diastolic compression phase, wherein the diastolic decompression phase is substantially longer than the systolic decompression phase. |
| US11839585B2 |
Resuscitation and ventilation asynchrony monitor
Resuscitation and ventilation monitoring devices are provided. A device includes an inlet in fluid communication with airflows exchanged with lungs of a patient and an airflow meter for measuring characteristics of the airflows. A user may provide a controller with patient information, e.g., height, weight, gender, or age, via a measurement selector, enabling the controller to determine acceptable ranges of measured airflow characteristics. The device may determine a current mode of ventilation and associated ventilator settings based on the measured airflow characteristics. The device may also identify and filter out artifacts present in the ventilation signal, and determine whether a respiratory failure phenotype is present in the ventilation. If the current mode of ventilation and associated ventilator settings fall outside an acceptable range, the ventilation is classified as off-target and the controller may cause a sensory alarm to alert the user. The device may suggest a corrective action based on the type of off-target ventilation detected. The device may also continuously analyze ventilation to determine changes in lung compliance over time and to identify pathological changes over time. The device may work within a network of devices and user interfaces via wired or wireless communication, and is not restricted to or dependent on the type of ventilatory device with which a patient is being supported. |
| US11839584B2 |
Modular mobility systems
Provided are modular mobility systems that can be used as gait trainers, wheelchairs, and/or standing aids. Modular mobility systems provided comprise a mobility base, a gait trainer module, a wheelchair module, and/or a standing aid module. Modular mobility systems provided herein are designed to adjust to users of different sizes and of different abilities and/or needs. |
| US11839583B1 |
Apparatus and method for reduction of neurological movement disorder symptoms using wearable device
A multimodal wearable band which uses mechanical vibrations to stimulate sensory neurons in the wrist or ankle in order to reduce the severity of tremors, rigidity, involuntary muscle contractions, and bradykinesia caused by neurological movement disorders and to free users from freezing induced by movement disorders. The device uses sensors to provide output used by a processing unit to determine the optimal stimulation pattern for each user and to determine when stimulation is necessary, and then uses one or more vibration motors to accordingly stimulate the user's neurological pathways to lessen the severity of a user's symptoms. The device can also be adapted to integrate with 3rd party devices. |
| US11839582B2 |
Wearable massager
A massaging device such as a wearable massager may include a moveable cover, a first magnet, a second magnet, a first shell, a second shell, a printed circuit board, a motor, and a battery. The wearable massager may be operated to provide a massaging effect to a wearer of the massager at a desired body part location at a desired time. |
| US11839578B2 |
Bodily waste collection using periodic pressure
Examples relate to devices, systems, and methods for collecting bodily waste as well as separating the liquids from the solids in the bodily waste. The devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein utilize a bodily waste separation device having an at least semi-rigid tray, a lid fluidly sealed to the at least semi-rigid tray, an output manifold fluidly sealed to the at least semi-rigid tray, an intake configured to fluidly connect the interior region of the at least semi-rigid tray to a source outside of the separation device, and a filter disposed between the at least semi-rigid tray and the output manifold. |
| US11839576B2 |
Dynamic rotary locking member
A selectively locking rotational bearing element includes at least one bearing element supporting an outer race for rotational movement and a plurality of locking elements disposed circumferentially about an inner surface of the outer race. An actuator selectively moves the plurality of locking elements into engagement with the outer race to restrict rotational movement of the outer race and selectively move the plurality of locking elements away from engagement with the outer race such that the outer race is free to rotate relative to the locking elements. |
| US11839572B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with adjustable handles
A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. One or more handle assemblies are coupled to the frame to maneuver the patient transport apparatus. The handle assemblies comprise one or more handles to be manipulated by a user. The handles are capable of being adjusted to facilitate maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, such as pushing/pulling the patient transport apparatus along a floor surface, lifting the patient transport apparatus over obstacles, loading the patient transport apparatus into an emergency vehicle, and/or unloading the patient transport apparatus from the emergency vehicle. |
| US11839571B2 |
Ocular implant with stiffness qualities, methods of implantation and system
Described herein are devices and methods for treating eye conditions. Described is an ocular implant including an elongate member having an internal lumen forming a flow pathway, at least one inflow port communicating with the flow pathway, and at least one outflow port communicating with the flow pathway. The elongate member is adapted to be positioned in the eye such that at least one inflow port communicates with the anterior chamber, at least one outflow port communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid pathway between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space when the elongate member is implanted in the eye. The elongate member has a wall material imparting a stiffness to the elongate member. The stiffness is selected such that after implantation the elongate member deforms eye tissue surrounding the suprachoroidal space forming a tented volume. |
| US11839568B2 |
Orthodontic appliance and its manufacturing method thereof
An orthodontic appliance for movably disposed inside dental patient's mouth. The dental patient's mouth has a maxillary dental arch, a mandibular dental arch, and defines a lingual side, a labial side, and a buccal side. The orthodontic appliance has a hard maxillary retainer corresponding to patient's upper jaw, a hard mandibular retainer corresponding to patient's lower jaw, and a soft retainer rigidly attached to the hard maxillary retainer and hard mandibular retainer. The hard maxillary retainer and hard mandibular retainer can be prefabricated according to expected Cusp-to-Fossa Relationship of dental patient, and then be manufactured in an injection mold. The orthodontic appliance can have function to treat teeth deviation, dislocation, malocclusion, or teeth unmatch. |
| US11839558B2 |
Medical device suitable for location in a body lumen
A stent suitable for deployment in a blood vessel to support at least part of an internal wall of the blood vessel comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart annular elements, and a plurality of connecting elements to connect adjacent annular elements. Each connecting element is circumferentially offset from the previous connecting element. Upon application of a load to the stent, the stent moves from an unloaded configuration to a loaded configuration. In the unloaded configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent is straight, and the stent is cylindrically shaped. In the loaded configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent is curved in three-dimensional space, and the stent is helically shaped. |
| US11839557B2 |
Prosthesis system and method for checking the functionality of a prosthesis system
A prosthesis system having at least two sensors, at least one control device, which is coupled to the sensors and processes sensor signals of the sensors, at least one actuator, which is coupled to the control device and can be activated or deactivated on the basis of control signals of the control device, and at least one movably mounted prosthesis component, which can be displaced by the actuator. A standard program, which assigns an actuator action to each sensor independently of the duration and/or intensity of the sensor signal, is stored in the control device or can be called up by the control device. |
| US11839551B2 |
Systems and methods for surgical registration
A system for surgical registration. The system may include at least one computing device in communication with a surgical navigation system and the surgical device. The at least one computing device: a) receiving external bone registration data corresponding to locations on the exterior surface of the femur; b) calculating a first registration transform based on the external bone registration data; c) transforming a first bone removal plan of a surgical plan to the operative coordinate system based on the first registration transform; d) receiving internal bone canal registration data corresponding to at least one of location or orientation data from the inner canal of the femur; e) calculating a second registration transform based on both of the external and internal bone canal bone registration data; and f) transforming a second bone removal plan of the surgical plan to the operative coordinate system based on the second registration transform. |
| US11839547B2 |
System and method for joining boney structures
Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the boney structures which are coupled to the anchors. |
| US11839545B2 |
Method of treating a defective heart valve
A method of treating a defective heart valve includes inserting a delivery catheter through a small incision in a patient's groin, wherein the delivery catheter has a prosthetic device positioned along a distal end. The prosthetic device includes an insert member and an anchoring member. The insert member self-expands to plug gaps between leaflets of the heart valve. The anchoring member is preferably a stent connected to the insert member by at least one elongate member. The stent is deployed within an adjacent blood vessel for anchoring the insert member. After deployment of the prosthetic device, the leaflets of the heart valve form a tight seal against the insert member for preventing regurgitation when the leaflets are closed and wherein blood passes through the insert member when the leaflets are open. |
| US11839544B2 |
Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor
Valve repair devices and systems configured to detect proper valve leaflet insertion. The device/system can have a pair of paddles and a clasp attached to each of the paddles. The clasps may have a fixed arm attached to the paddle, a movable arm connected to the fixed arm that is movable between an open position and a closed position, and an indicator arm connected to at least one of the fixed arm and the movable arm. The indicator arm can move between a first position when not engaged with a leaflet and a second, engaged position when engaged with the leaflet. Movement of the indicator arm from the first position to the second, engaged position indicates capture of a leaflet of the native valve by the pair of paddles. |
| US11839543B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for repairing lumenal systems
The disclosure provides systems and related methods for delivering a prosthesis to a target location. Various embodiments of useful valve prostheses are also disclosed. |
| US11839542B2 |
Ergonomic methods of delivering mitral heart valves
A holder for a prosthetic mitral heart valve that attaches to an inflow end of the valve and includes a simple tensioning mechanism that flexes the heart valve commissure posts inward to help prevent suture looping. The tensioning mechanism may include relatively movable rings of the holder or a generally unitary holder with a tensor, or rotatable knob. Connecting sutures thread through internal passages in the holder and travel in the outflow direction along valve commissure posts, emerging at the post tips and mutually crossing over the outflow side of the valve. A handle attaches off-center on the holder to increase visualization of and access to the heart valve through a central window for enhanced access to the commissure posts and leaflets. The holder is constructed of non-metallic materials so as to avoid interfering with imaging devices, and the handle is ergonomically curved and shaped to facilitate manipulation. |
| US11839538B2 |
Arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve. With the method or the arrangement, leakage or regurgitation between a prosthetic heart valve and the surrounding valve tissue is prevented. In one embodiment, an arrangement for replacement or repair of a native heart valve is provided, which comprises a loop-shaped support 41 and a prosthetic heart valve 70 and wherein an outer segment 32 of the loop-shaped support 41 is positionable towards surrounding valve tissue of a native heart valve and wherein an outer surface 74 of the prosthetic heart valve 70 is positionable towards an inner segment 34 of the loop-shaped support 41 so as to prevent paravalvular leakage or regurgitation between the prosthetic heart valve 70 and the surrounding valve tissue of the native heart valve. |
| US11839536B2 |
Method for patterned plasma-mediated modification of the crystalline lens
A method of treating a cataractous lens of a patient's eye includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form a treatment pattern, delivering the treatment pattern to the lens of the patient's eye to create a plurality of cuts in the form two or more different incisions patterns within the lens to segment the lens tissue into a plurality of patterned pieces, and mechanically breaking the lens into a plurality of pieces along the cuts. A first incision pattern includes two or more crossing cut incision planes. A second incision pattern includes a plurality of laser incision each extending along a first length between a posterior and an anterior surface of the lens capsule. |
| US11839532B2 |
Absorbent article with partially enclosed waist containment member and method of manufacturing thereof
An absorbent article (10, 110) can include a waist containment member (54) with a first longitudinal side edge (72), a second longitudinal side edge (74), a proximal portion (76), an intermediate portion (77), and a distal portion (78). The proximal portion (76) can be coupled to the chassis (11) of the absorbent article (10, 110). The intermediate portion (77) can be free to move independent of the proximal portion (76) and the distal portion (78) and free to move independent of the body facing surface (19) of the chassis (11) to provide a containment pocket (82) for containing body exudates. The distal portion (78) can be disposed underneath the intermediate portion (77) when the absorbent article (10, 110) is in the stretched, laid-flat configuration. The waist containment member (54) can also include a first lateral tack-down region (83a) and a second lateral tack-down region (83b). |
| US11839531B2 |
Nonwoven webs with hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers
A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic. |
| US11839529B2 |
Medical drape with pattern adhesive layers and method of manufacturing same
A medical drape for use with a reduced pressure system for providing reduced pressure to a tissue site is described. In some embodiments, the drape may include a flexible film, and an adhesive layer coupled to the flexible film. The adhesive layer may include a first adhesive disposed on a first portion of the flexible film in a first pattern. The first adhesive can be configured to secure the flexible film proximate to the tissue site. The adhesive layer generally includes a second adhesive disposed on a second portion of the flexible film in a second pattern. The second adhesive can be configured to seal the flexible film proximate to the tissue site. The first pattern and the second pattern are preferably registered so that the first portion and the second portion are offset to cover substantially different portions of the flexible film. |
| US11839527B2 |
Manually-operated negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) bandage with improved pump efficiency, automatic pressure indicator and automatic pressure limiter
A new and improved NPWT bandage which is simple, inexpensive, easy-to-use, small in size (including having a low profile), is atraumatic to the wound during use, has improved pump efficiency, incorporates an automatic pressure indicator for indicating the level of negative pressure created, and provides an automatic pressure limiter for limiting the level of negative pressure created. |
| US11839526B2 |
Flow regulating device in the heart
A blood flow regulator for creating a shunt in the heart, comprising; a proximal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the proximal element; a distal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the distal element; and a third element defining a neck section intermediate the proximal and distal elements and forming a cavity having a diameter no greater than a diameter of each of the distal and proximal elements, wherein said distal element comprises at least one loop of a wire extending radially outwardly from a center of the distal element and returning towards said center of said distal element. |
| US11839524B2 |
Dental interphase with a mode for the reversible fitting of a prosthetic structure to an implant
A dental interphase with a mode for the reversible fitting of a prosthetic structure to a dental implant that includes an expander core (2), an activator screw (3) and a connection element (26), wherein the activator screw (3) incorporates an external thread (31) for being attached to the expander core (2) by screwing onto an internal thread (22) in the area of notches (23) to a specific depth, the connection element being intended for being coupled to the expander core (2) by attaching a coupling area (14) incorporated in a complementary coupling area (24) incorporated in the expander core (2) such that, once the activator screw (3) is inserted into the expander core (2) the attachment of the interphase to the implant (6) may be permanent, or it may be reversible, where it can be taken apart. |
| US11839514B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for guiding collection of ultrasound data
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to displaying indications of anatomical regions that have been imaged and/or that should be imaged next. In some embodiments, ultrasound data collected from a subject by an ultrasound device may be received, an automatic determination may be made that the ultrasound data was collected from a particular anatomical location, and an indication of the anatomical location may be displayed. In some embodiments, a plurality of anatomical locations may be determined for imaging, an anatomical location from among the plurality of anatomical locations may be automatically selected, and an indication of the anatomical location may be displayed. Displaying an indication of an anatomical location may include displaying or modifying a marker on a frame of a video of the subject such that the marker appears in the frame of the video to be located at the anatomical location on the subject. |
| US11839513B2 |
Ultrasound probe with cable retention using elastomeric insert
An ultrasound probe includes a housing configured for handheld operation by a user, a transducer array coupled to the housing and configured to obtain ultrasound data, and a cable coupled to the housing. The cable includes a conduit and a plurality of electrical conductors in communication with the transducer array. The ultrasound probe also includes an elastomeric insert disposed within the housing. The elastomeric insert includes a compressed state and an uncompressed state. The elastomeric insert is in contact with the plurality of electrical conductors such that application of a force on the cable causes the plurality of electrical conductors to compress the elastomeric insert into the compressed state and such that, upon cessation of the force on the cable, the elastomeric insert moves the plurality of electrical conductors while returning to the uncompressed state. Associated methods, devices, and systems are also provided. |
| US11839509B2 |
Ultrasound system and method for interventional device tracking and guidance using information from non-invasive and invasive probes
The present invention relates to an ultrasound system. A first non-invasive ultrasound probe receives first ultrasound data having a first field of view and a second invasive ultrasound probe receives second ultrasound data having a second field of view which is different from the first field of view. A tracking unit determines tracking data including a position and orientation of the first non-invasive ultrasound probe relative to the second invasive ultrasound probe. A registration unit registers the second field of view into the first field of view based on the tracking data. |
| US11839508B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting cavitations using through-transmission alveolar ultrasonography (TAU)
The present invention relates to an apparatus, method and system for detecting and locating dental cavitations in jawbones using Through-Transmission Alveolar Ultrasonography (TAU). The apparatus comprises a measuring unit comprising an ultrasonic transducer and a round ultrasonic receiver. The apparatus is a handhold and is configured to define the geometric position of the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic receiver with respect to each other so as to achieve a high-resolution ultrasound image of the jawbone with minimal errors and in order to improve diagnosis of dental cavitations. |
| US11839503B2 |
Anti-scatter grid for radiation detector
An anti-scatter grid, a detector with such an anti-scatter grid and a radiation imaging system including such a detector with an anti-scatter grid are provided. The anti-scatter grid includes at least one grid wall. The parameters of the grid wall may be adjusted to arrive a uniform scatter-to-primary ratio. The parameters of the grid wall comprise thickness, height, shape, or position of the grid wall, or width of interspace between two grid walls. The detector includes the anti-scatter grid, at least one photosensor, and at least one scintillator. The radiation system includes a radiation generator, a radiation detector with the anti-scatter grid, and a processor. |
| US11839502B2 |
Portable head CT scanner
Imaging systems and methods are provided for scanning a patient's head using a portable CT scanner. An imaging assembly can comprise a portable scan board on which a patient is positioned, and a corresponding portable CT scanner positioned and locked onto the portable scan board. The portable CT scanner and the portable scan board can form a portable CT scanning assembly capable of rotating an X-ray source and corresponding X-ray detector around the patient's head to transmit X-rays through the patient's head at one or more angles, while translating across the portable scan board to scan one or more portions of the patient's head. A composite image reconstructed based on the rotational and translational scanning is generated representing one or more interior aspects of the patient's head. |
| US11839500B2 |
Method for acquiring an X-ray image section by section
A method is for acquiring an X-ray image of a region of interest of an examinee using an X-ray system and a displaceable patient table for positioning the examinee. In an embodiment, the method includes: selecting the region of interest; acquiring, section-by-section, successive image sections in relation to the region of interest, the acquiring, for each successive image section of the successive image sections, including moving the X-ray source and the X-ray detector along a common acquisition direction, moving the patient table counter to the common acquisition direction, determining a respective essentially strip-shaped detection area within the detection zone for a respective image section of the successive image sections, and detecting the respective image section by way of the determined detection area and the X-ray source, to acquire the respective image section; and generating a composite X-ray image of the region of interest from the respective successive image sections. |
| US11839499B2 |
Packaging system with folded sidewalls
A packaging system utilizing a thin, planar sheet of material that is folded to have a base and at least three sidewalls. At least one mounting feature is integrated into at least one sidewall to secure at least one medical device component, wherein the at least one medical device component is mountable onto the at least one sidewall. |
| US11839498B2 |
Robust alarm system
A robust alarm system has an alarm controller adapted to input an alarm trigger and to generate at least one alarm drive signal in response. Alarm subsystems input the alarm drive signal and activate one or more of multiple alarms accordingly. A subsystem function signal provides feedback to the alarm controller as to alarm subsystem integrity. A malfunction indicator is output from the alarm controller in response to a failure within the alarm subsystems. |
| US11839497B2 |
Non-invasive prediction of risk for sudden cardiac death
A method and apparatus for the quantitative determination of an individual's risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) is described. Risk stratification is accomplished (and may have a sensitivity and specificity of greater than about 90%) by determining the presence in any individual being tested for SCD risk of sequences identified herein to correlate quantitatively with SCD risk. Both the number of such sequences present and their alignment scores (similarity) with the SCD risk sequence ensemble are used to calculate quantitative SCD risk. |
| US11839492B2 |
Pressure catheter and guide wire assembly
A catheter and guide wire assembly (10) for measurement of blood pressure in a living body, comprising: a proximal tube (11) having a distal end and a proximal end; a distal tube (12) having a distal end and a proximal end, which is connected to the distal end of the proximal tube (11); a fluid-permeable coil (13) having a distal end and a proximal end, which is connected to the distal end of the distal tube (12); a distal tip (14), in which the distal end of the fluid-permeable coil (13) is secured; and a core wire (16), which is attached in the proximal tube (11) and which extends through a portion of the proximal tube (11), the distal tube (12) and the fluid-permeable coil (13), and is secured in the distal tip (14), wherein the distal end of the proximal tube (11) and the proximal end of the distal tube (12) are connected by a butt joint and wherein the core wire (16) is glued or brazed to the inner wall of the proximal tube (11) at or close to the butt joint. |
| US11839487B2 |
Ophthalmic drug delivery
The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye. |
| US11839483B2 |
Evaluation of dermal filler injections by optical coherence tomography and optical coherence elastography
Methods and systems for providing depth-resolved real-time visual feedback to a physician during cosmetic dermal filler injections with micrometer spatial resolution utilizing a noninvasive optical coherence tomography/elastography, 2D-3D virtual and real time system. This system can be automated to direct proper volumes and viscosity of the necessary injection substances. The methods and systems allow for assessment of the elasticity of the tissue before and after the injection to evaluate the efficacy of the injection, with predetermined virtual results before and matched post injection images. The elasticity assessment method preferably utilizes a focused air-pulse to induce a micrometer scale displacement in the skin and the optical coherence tomography system to image this displacement. By utilizing a model-based reconstruction method, the viscoelasticity of the tissue at a specific measurement position can be obtained and virtual and post injection real time projections can be imaged. |
| US11839480B2 |
Computer implemented method for analyzing electroencephalogram signals
A computer implemented method for analyzing electroencephalogram signals can include a plurality of sensors configured to contact a skull and capture the electroencephalogram signals, one or more computer memory units for storing computer instructions and data, and one or more processors configured to perform the operations of clustering the electroencephalogram signals using at least stored objective data and added subjective data including patient profile data to provide clustered data results and predicting one or more among a medical diagnosis, assessment, plan, necessary forms, or recommendations for follow up based on the clustered data results. |
| US11839479B2 |
True onset identification
Techniques for identifying onset of a cardiac event. Embodiments receive biometric data measured by at least one remote monitoring device, the biometric data comprising an electrocardiogram (ECG) data relating to a patient. It is determined that the ECG data includes a plurality of critical rhythms, and one of the plurality of critical rhythms is identified as an onset event. The ECG data is modified, based on the identified onset event. The modified ECG data facilitates treatment of the patient related to the identified onset event. |
| US11839475B2 |
Methods and magnetic imaging devices to inventory human brain cortical function
Techniques are described for determining cognitive impairment, an example of which includes accessing a set of epochs of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data of responses of a brain of a test patient to a plurality of auditory stimulus events; processing the set of epochs to identify parameter values one or more of which is based on information from the individual epochs without averaging or otherwise collapsing the epoch data. The parameter values are input into a model that is trained based on the parameters to determine whether the test patient is cognitively impaired. |
| US11839472B2 |
Platforms to implement signal detection metrics in adaptive response-deadline procedures
Example systems, methods, and apparatus, including cognitive platforms, are provided for applying signal detection metrics in computer-implemented adaptive response-deadline procedures to data collected based at least in part on user interaction(s) with computerized tasks and/or interferences. The apparatus can include a response classifier for generating a quantifier of the cognitive abilities of an individual. The apparatus also can be configured to adapt the tasks and/or interferences to enhance the individual's cognitive abilities. |
| US11839468B2 |
Component concentration measurement device and component concentration measurement method
A component concentration measuring apparatus includes: a dielectric spectroscopy portion that irradiates a measurement subject with electromagnetic waves and measures a complex permittivity, thereby acquiring a dielectric spectroscopy spectrum; a temperature measurement portion that measures a temperature of the measurement subject; a signal processing portion that corrects the dielectric spectroscopy spectrum according to the temperature measured by the temperature measurement portion; and a calculating portion that applies a calibration model generated in advance from a dielectric spectroscopy spectrum of a sample whose component concentration is known, to the dielectric spectroscopy spectrum corrected by the signal processing portion, thereby calculating a component concentration of the measurement subject. A dielectric spectroscopy sensor that transmits and receives electromagnetic waves and a temperature sensor that outputs a signal that changes in accordance with a temperature are fixed to the measurement probe such that a certain distance is interposed between the sensors. |
| US11839464B2 |
Neurostimulation and monitoring using sensor enabled wound monitoring and therapy apparatus
An apparatus for monitoring neural response and/or providing treatment includes an electrical stimulator configured to apply electrical stimulation, and one or more processors configured to analyze stimulation response. The one or more processors can be further configured to operate the electrical stimulator, adjust the electrical stimulation, and determine one or more wound characteristics based at least in part on at least one of the electrical stimulation or the stimulation response, e.g. a movement of a patient, a color absorption characteristic, or other physiological responses. An indication of the one or more wound characteristics can be provided. |
| US11839462B2 |
Gastrointestinal tract positioning switch, manufacture method thereof and site-specific delivery capsule
The present invention provides a gastrointestinal tract positioning switch, a method of manufacturing the gastrointestinal tract positioning switch and a site-specific delivery capsule. The gastrointestinal tract positioning switch includes a base, a first electrode, a second electrode, a conductive device and a positioning film. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other and fixed on the base. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically connected to the conductive device respectively, and covered by the positioning film. Both the first electrode and the second electrode are an inert electrode, and can be exposed after dissolution or/and degradation of the positioning film in the stomach or intestine. |
| US11839456B2 |
Method for determining maximum value of heart rate data of user pefforming physical activity
The present invention discloses a method for determining a maximum value of a heart rate data of a user performing a physical activity. Acquire first heart rate data in a first duration of the physical activity performed by the user. Acquire motion data in the first duration of the physical activity performed by the user. Calculate second heart rate data based on the motion data in the first duration of the physical activity performed by the user by a mathematical model and estimate the maximum value of the heart rate data of the user based on a comparison between the first first heart rate data and the second heart rate data. |
| US11839450B2 |
Pressure sensor module for wearable applanation tonometer
An interface pressure sensor includes a fluid pressure sensor disposed in a volume defined by a shear wall. The volume is enclosed, and the fluid pressure sensor is encapsulated by, an infill material. The infill material defines a sensing surface that, when pressed, can impart a force that is detectable by the fluid pressure sensor. The interface pressure sensor can be used for applanation tonometry. |
| US11839446B2 |
Wireless patient monitoring system and method
A wireless patient monitoring system includes at least one wireless physiological sensor having a sensing element senses physiological parameter information from a patient. A sensor controller is configured to determine a current parameter value based on the physiological parameter information and to compare the current parameter value to a prior parameter value. Based on the comparison, the sensor controller determines if the current parameter value is redundant of the prior parameter value. If so, then the current parameter value is not transmitted. If the current parameter is not redundant of the prior parameter value, then a wireless transmitter is controlled to wirelessly transmit the current parameter value. |
| US11839440B2 |
Attachment for robotic medical system
A robotic medical system includes a post being substantially vertical and coupled to a base; a robotic drive having a socket for receiving the post; and at least one tapered interface shaped and oriented to engage the socket to prevent rotation of the robotic drive about at least one axis. |
| US11839437B2 |
Surgical instrument mounted display system
A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles. In an example, the processor identifies the intramedullary nail, so as to determine an intramedullary nail identity, and determines the position of the medical imaging device based on a portion of at least two locking holes of the intramedullary nail and based on the intramedullary nail identity. |
| US11839425B2 |
Suction cannula for removal of duct blockage
Technologies are described for an endoscopic duct clearing system. A cannula can be shaped to pass through an endoscope within an esophagus, into a duodenum, and through an incision in a duodenal papilla. A capture basket may be deployed from a distal end of the cannula. A hand control at the proximate end of the cannula may be operable to position the distal end of the cannula from outside the endoscope into proximity of blockage material. A suction line may be coupled from a suction source to the proximate end of the cannula. A suction control may be coupled to the suction source. The suction control may be operable to adjust a level of suction drawn by the suction source through the distal end of the cannula. The suction control may be adjusted to draw the blockage material against or into the cannula for removal from the patient. |
| US11839423B2 |
Ablation catheter designs and methods with enhanced diagnostic capabilities
Electrode assemblies include segmented electrodes disposed on a catheter. The segmented electrodes can be constructed at the tip of the catheter or more proximally located. Tip electrodes can be constructed from an electrically-insulative substrate covered with a conductive material. The conductive material can be deposited on the electrically-insulative substrate to form a single tip electrode or multiple segmented electrodes. In some embodiments the tip electrode can include irrigation flow holes for irrigation. A method of manufacturing a tip electrode comprising a thin layer of conductive material deposited on an electrically-insulative substrate is disclosed. Segmented ring electrodes can be constructed from segmented ring electrodes that can be equally separated around a circumference of a catheter. The segmented ring electrodes can be formed into segmented electrode subassemblies that can then be joined to a catheter shaft. |
| US11839422B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with fluid diverter
An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include a discharge port in communication with a first fluid path, an aspiration port in communication with a second fluid path, a first and second electrode, and a diverter in mechanical communication with the two electrodes. The diverter may receive, on its surface, a fluid emitted by the discharge port, and maintain a contact of the fluid with the first and second electrodes. The diverter may be further configured to prevent an aspiration, by the aspiration port, of the fluid on its surface. An electrosurgical device may include a source port in communication with a first fluid path, an evacuation port in communication with a second fluid path, a first and second electrode, and a housing. The device may include a shaft extending distally from the housing and the end effector as described above. |
| US11839414B1 |
Spinal stability system
A kit for performing a spine stabilization procedure is provided. The kit can include a balloon-tipped cannula having an expandable balloon enclosed by an expandable metal mesh. The balloon-tipped cannula can be configured to pass through a working sleeve and to expand the expandable balloon and expandable metal mesh within a surgical site. The kit can also include a pedicle screw having at least one fenestration or cannulation. The pedicle screw can be configured to be inserted into the surgical site. Related apparatus, systems, kits, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US11839409B2 |
Bone plate, surgical sets and reconstruction sets
A bone plate for reconstruction or trauma treatment of a bone which comprises first and second ends, a first contact surface for contacting and securing on a first region of the bone, and a plurality of receiving mechanism each having at least one opening for receiving at least one securing element. At least two adjacent wings extend at least from the first end of the main section, each has a second contact surface for contacting and securing to a second region of the bone, as well as at least one receiving mechanism having at least one opening for each receiving a securing element. A minimum bending stiffness of the main section, in relation to an axis (x) running perpendicular to the first contact surface, is greater than the minimum bending stiffnesses of the wings, but smaller than the total minimum bending stiffness of all wings extending from the first end. |
| US11839397B2 |
Method of making ultrasonic surgical handpiece assembly
The present disclosure relates to a method of making an ultrasonic surgical handpiece assembly comprising a surgical handpiece for use with an irrigation sleeve and ultrasonic tip. The surgical handpiece may comprise a piezoelectric transducer disposed within a housing and configured to manipulate the ultrasonic tip. One or more lumens and/or a flex circuit including an antenna may be disposed within the surgical handpiece housing. The lumen(s) may be configured to provide irrigation and/or aspiration to the irrigation sleeve and/or ultrasonic tip. The irrigation sleeve may comprise a second antenna configured to communicate with the ultrasonic handpiece antenna. The irrigation sleeve may further comprise and an alignment and/or coupling feature configured to removably secure the irrigation sleeve to the housing and orient the second antenna relative to the ultrasonic handpiece antenna. The irrigation sleeve may further comprise a lumen for supplying irrigation and/or aspiration to the ultrasonic tip. |
| US11839395B2 |
Three-prong laparoscopic grasping device
A three-prong grasper for laparoscopic procedures includes an elongate body having a sleeve with a distal portion, and an end effector supported on the distal portion. The end effector includes a first prong assembly with a first base member and a first prong member pivotally secured to the first base member, a second prong assembly with a second base member and a second prong member pivotally secured to the second base member, and a third prong assembly with a third base member and a third prong member pivotally secured to the third base member. The first, second, and third prong members move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A method of grasping tissue also includes pivoting first, second, and/or third prong members relative to respective first, second, and third base members to cause the grasping of tissue. |
| US11839394B2 |
Reflector for acoustic pressure wave head
The present invention relates to a reflector for an acoustic shock or pressure wave head, wherein the reflector comprises an acoustically reflective surface formed by a body of rotation, said body of rotation being formed by rotation of an elliptical segment about a rotation axis which extends through a focal point of the ellipse and encloses an angle α between 0.1° and 30° with the main axis of the ellipse. |
| US11839391B2 |
Optical emitter housing assembly for intravascular lithotripsy device
A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) within or adjacent to a vessel wall (108A) of a blood vessel (108) within a body (107) of a patient (109) includes an energy source (124), a catheter fluid (132), and an emitter assembly (129). The energy source (124) generates energy. The emitter assembly (129) includes (i) at least a portion of an energy guide (122A) having a guide distal end (122D) that is selectively positioned near the treatment site (106), (ii) a plasma generator (133), and (iii) an emitter housing (260) that is secured to each of the energy guide (122A) and the plasma generator (133) to maintain a relative position between the guide distal end (122D) of the energy guide (122A) and the plasma generator (133). The energy guide (122A) is configured to receive energy from the energy source (124) and direct the energy toward the plasma generator (133) to generate a plasma bubble (134) in the catheter fluid (132). The plasma generator (133) directs energy from the plasma bubble (134) toward the treatment site (106). |
| US11839384B2 |
Position correction method of osteotomy guide tool
A method for correcting position of an osteotomy guide tool is disclosed. A trackable element mounted on the osteotomy guide tool or on the robotic arm tracks the position of the osteotomy guide tool and generates position information of the trackable element. According to the current position and the desired position of the trackable element, a robotic arm drives the osteotomy guide tool and the trackable element to move, until the trackable element is moved to the desired position. This method does not need to consider the absolute position accuracy of the robotic arm, and does not rely on the experience of the surgeon. The tool has several guiding features, which can provide guides for osteotomy operations, so that the same osteotomy guide tool can perform multiple operations of osteotomy and punching, thus greatly reducing the operation time and improving the operation efficiency. |
| US11839377B2 |
Surgical instrument battery pack with voltage polling
A method of operating a medical device comprises electrically connecting a power device to the medical device. The method further comprises sensing at least one characteristic of one of the medical device with the power device. The method further comprises adjusting or maintaining one or more characteristics of an electrical connection feature the power device according to the at least one observed characteristic such that the electrical connection features of the power device and medical device are operationally compatible, and operating the power device according to an operational profile associated with the medical device. |
| US11839375B2 |
Fastener cartridge assembly comprising an anvil and different staple heights
An end effector for a surgical fastening instrument is disclosed. The end effector comprises a frame, a first jaw, and a second iaw. The first iaw comprises a cartridge body, a plurality of fastener cavities defined in the cartridge body, an arcuate row of first fasteners removably stored in the cartridge body, and an arcuate row of second fasteners removably stored in the cartridge body. The second jaw comprises an arcuate anvil configured to deform the first fasteners to a first fired height and the second fasteners to a second fired height. The first fired height is different than the second fired height. The end effector further comprises first fastener-supporting surfaces configured to advance the first fasteners toward the arcuate anvil during a fastener firing stroke and second fastener-supporting surfaces configured to advance the second fasteners toward the arcuate anvil during the fastener firing stroke. |
| US11839373B2 |
Magnet-assisted suture grasper comprising a suture retrieval needle, a retriever body, a grasper wire, a grasper arm, and a grasper magnet
A magnet-assisted suture grasper for grasping a magnetic suture is provided. The magnet-assisted suture grasper includes a suture retrieval needle, a retriever body, a grasper wire, a grasper arm, and a grasper magnet. Translation of the retriever body within a needle lumen of the suture retrieval needle in a first direction causes the grasper arm to move from a first position to a second position, thereby exposing the grasper magnet from the needle lumen and allowing contact between the grasper magnet and a magnetic suture attracted thereto. Translation of the retriever body within the needle lumen in a second direction opposite the first direction causes the grasper arm to move from the second position to the first position, thereby sequestering the grasper magnet and grasping the magnetic suture within the needle lumen. |
| US11839370B2 |
Suturing devices and methods for suturing an opening in the apex of the heart
Apparatuses and methods for closing a transapical opening (9) in a wall of the heart include utilizing a suturing device (100) that is advanced through the transapical opening (9), extending suture arms (110) from a retracted position to an extended position within a ventricle of the heart, extending needles (120) from a retracted position to an extended position through the wall of the heart to engage a plurality of suture portions (52) held by the suture arms (110), retracting the needles through the wall of the heart to draw the suture portions through the wall of the heart, retracting the suture arms, withdrawing the suturing device from the transapical opening, and closing the transapical opening with the suture portions (52). The needles (120) can be deployed from within the transapical opening (9) at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the suturing device or through the exterior wall of the heart parallel to the longitudinal axis of the suturing device. |
| US11839368B2 |
Methods of tissue repair
Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue. |
| US11839361B2 |
Advanced nervous tissue imaging system
A nervous tissue imaging system and a method therefor. The system includes: a housing containing an excitation light source, optically coupled with a source optical train, the excitation light source emits excitation light in a first wavelength range, which can be in a near ultraviolet light range, to illuminate a tissue region of interest including healthy nervous tissue and healthy non-nervous tissue. The excitation light in the first wavelength range causes the healthy nervous tissue, in response to being illuminated with the excitation light, to endogenously autoflouresce and emit first autofluorescence light at a first luminance in a second wavelength range. The healthy non-nervous tissue, in response to being illuminated with the excitation light, either avoids emitting any autofluorescence light in the second wavelength range; or endogenously autoflouresces and emits second autofluorescence light in the second wavelength range at a second luminance that is lower than the first luminance. |
| US11839359B2 |
Endoscope bending section
Endoscope systems with bending sections that can bend in four directions independent of the rotatable viewing configuration of the endoscope systems are provided. Methods of using the endoscope systems in a patient's body are further provided. |
| US11839353B2 |
Medical endoscope device and medical observation system
There is provided a medical endoscope device including: an encoding processing unit configured to compression-encode RAW image data of a medical captured image of an observation target captured by an imaging device that is inserted into a body of a patient and captures an image of an inside of the body; and a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the compression-encoded RAW image data. |
| US11839350B2 |
Ultrasound transducer system for wearable monitoring device
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for providing continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring. A wearable monitoring device includes first and second transducer arrays separated by a fixed distance. Each of the transducer arrays includes a plurality of independent transducer elements for transmitting and receiving ultrasound energy. When a user wears the device, the transducers are positioned near the brachial artery. The device operates to measure the transit time of a cardiac pulse through the brachial artery and across the fixed distance between transducer arrays. The measured pulse transit time may then be used for determining pulse wave velocity and/or blood pressure. |
| US11839346B2 |
Robotic cleaner with dual cleaning rollers
A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening. |
| US11839345B2 |
Robotic cleaner
A robotic cleaner may include a chassis, a single drive wheel rotatably coupled to the chassis, the single drive wheel being configured to rotate about a steering axis and a drive axis, an agitator chamber having an agitator rotatable therein, and a cleaning motor assembly configured to cause the agitator to rotate and further configured to cause air to flow into the agitator chamber. |
| US11839337B2 |
Shower rod assembly
A shower rod assembly comprising a first arm engaged at a proximal end to a first swivel bracket assembly which includes a mounting bracket and a swivel bracket hingedly engaged to the mounting bracket, a second arm engaged to a second swivel bracket assembly which includes a mounting bracket and a swivel bracket hingedly engaged to the mounting bracket, a first attachment end engaged to a distal end of the first arm, first attachment end including a pin sleeve accessible from an outer surface, a second attachment end springingly engaged to a distal end of the second arm, the second attachment end including a coil spring mounted within a spring chamber engaged to the distal end of the second arm, and a pin emanating from an outer surface of the second attachment end where the pin springingly engages the pin sleeve to form a continuous shower rod. |
| US11839336B1 |
Portable toilet and pop-up enclosure
The portable toilet and pop-up enclosure includes a portable toilet and a pop-up enclosure. The portable toilet and pop-up enclosure may be adapted to provide privacy to a child while the child uses the portable toilet by enclosing the portable toilet and the child within the pop-up enclosure. The portable toilet may collect feces and urine for disposal at a later time. The pop-up enclosure may be adapted to block the view of the portable toilet and the child while providing ventilation and access by a parent. Both the portable toilet and the pop-up enclosure may collapse for transportation and/or storage. |
| US11839333B2 |
Bean grinding machine with a quick detachable grinding base
A bean grinding machine with a quick detachable grinding base comprises: a casing; a box body installed within the casing; an upper side the box body having an inlet for receiving external objects to be ground; a lower side of the box body having a lower opening; a grinding disk installed within the box body and between inlet and the lower opening of the box body; the grinding disk being a circular structure with a hollow center portion; an installing unit installed at a lower opening of the box body; and a grinding base installed with a grinding head; the grinding head being positioned within the grinding disk; the grinding base and the grinding head do not rotate; and a gap being formed between grinding teeth of the grinding head and grinding teeth of the grinding disk; and an upper side of the gap is connected to the inlet. |
| US11839330B2 |
Air fryer with rotating pot for robotic and automating food preparation systems
The present invention is to provide a cooking apparatus to operate in an automated/robotic environment containing 2 major sub-units: air fryer hood and a rotating pot wherein the air fryer hood streams high velocity, heated air, circulating it in the cooking pot which is rotated, generating a stirring motion of the food ingredients contained in the pot. The apparatus can be used as a stand alone or incorporated in robotic or automated food preparation systems. The apparatus provides controlled cooking regimes for various recipes and food product requirements and each of the sub-units of the apparatus is independently controlled, enabling turning on and off the sub-unit, adjusting the circulated air, velocity and temperature, adjusting the pot's rotational velocity and direction. |
| US11839329B2 |
Three dimensional induction rethermalizing station and control system
A method of operating a rethermalizing station having an induction coil includes detecting a temperature of a food pan, selecting, based on the temperature of the food pan, a selected mode from a set comprising a low temperature mode, an over temperature mode, and a keep warm mode, and varying, in accordance with the selected mode, an output power of the induction coil by controlling a supply current to the induction coil to vary between a first nonzero current value and a second nonzero current value. |
| US11839328B2 |
Beverage container heating apparatuses and associated methods
Beverage container heating apparatuses and associated methods for using such apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, a flexible band or sleeve is configured to wrap around an exterior surface of a beverage container. The flexible band can include a first layer configured to be positioned in contact with the exterior surface of the beverage container. The first layer comprises a reflective surface facing the beverage container and a heating element configured to provide heat to the exterior surface of the beverage container. The flexible band may also include a second layer adjacent to and covering at least a portion of the first layer. The second layer can include a removable insulation assembly. The flexible band further includes a third layer adjacent to and covering at least a portion of the second layer. The third layer can include various electronic components, such as a control circuitry and a battery. |
| US11839327B2 |
Lid for cooking appliance
The present invention refers a kitchen appliance that includes a lid and a vessel. Handles associated with each of the lid and the vessel include electrical connectors (e.g., a plug, socket) so that when the lid is placed on the vessel, power is provided to the lid via the electrical connectors associated with the lid and vessel, respectively. |
| US11839324B2 |
Tea making appliance with filter assembly
A tea maker includes a brewing unit which defines a vessel having an upper opening with a spout disposed thereon. A lid assembly is removeably received on the upper opening of the vessel and includes a steeping tube. The steeping tube extends downwardly from the lid assembly into the vessel when the lid assembly is received on the upper opening of the vessel. An articulating filter assembly is coupled to the lid assembly and includes a filter plate that is operable between an extended position and a retracted position. The filter plate is configured to contact an inner surface of the vessel when the filter plate is in the extended position. A biasing member is configured to bias the filter plate towards the extended position for filtering a brewed tea mixture as the mixture is poured through the upper opening of the vessel. |
| US11839323B2 |
Set for use in the preparation of a beverage by means of a beverage preparation device
A set (47), for use in the preparation of a beverage by a beverage preparation device, comprising a capsule (2) and an adapter (1). The adapter (1) and the capsule (2) are interconnected in a stand-by position such that the adapter (1) and the capsule (2) can be transferred, from the stand-by position, into an operating position in which the inlet (8) of the adapter (1) is in fluid connection with the substance chamber (49) of the capsule (2). |
| US11839313B2 |
Adjustable baby bouncer
A baby bouncer comprising a telescopic base, a seat, and an insert. The telescopic base comprises an outer shell portion and an inner extending portion located at least partially within the outer shell portion; an adjustable upper support pivotally coupled to the telescopic base; a connection limb having a first end operatively coupled to the adjustable upper support and a second end operatively coupled to the inner extending portion; an actuation pedal for adjusting an angle of the adjustable upper support in relation to the telescopic base; and a safety lock disposed on the telescopic base. The bouncer seat has a receiving area and an attachment pocket. The removable insert is received in the receiving area of the seat and receives an infant. |
| US11839312B2 |
Multifunctional small dining chair
A multifunctional small dining chair includes a front U-shaped support frame, a rear U-shaped support frame, a seat, a backrest, a left armrest, a right armrest and a dining tray. A top of the front U-shaped support frame and a top of the rear U-shaped support frame are arranged in a foldable manner. The seat and the backrest are arranged inside the front U-shaped support frame. The seat and the front U-shaped support frame are arranged in a foldable manner. A bottom end of the backrest and a rear end of the seat are hinged. A rear end of the left armrest and a rear end of the right armrest are connected to an upper front end of the front U-shaped support frame. The dining tray is provided between the left armrest and the right armrest, and the dining tray is rotatable relative to the left or right armrest. |
| US11839302B2 |
Table with floating perimeter support
A banquet table comprises a laminate tabletop with a high-pressure solid composite laminate of paper impregnated with resin. A hoop carries a perimeter of the tabletop and has a perimeter with a size and a shape substantially matching a size and a shape of a perimeter of the tabletop. Elongated runners carry an interior of the tabletop. Legs are coupled to the runners and extend to elevate the tabletop thereon. A polymer trim surrounds the perimeter of the hoop. The trim has a vertical height substantially the same as a vertical thickness of the hoop, with the tabletop extending above a height of the trim so that the tabletop has an exposed perimeter edge. The trim has a horizontal thickness extending laterally beyond the tabletop. |
| US11839298B2 |
Mobile storage system with elevated platform
A movable storage assembly includes a pair of upright frame pieces joined together by a lateral rail. The rail's opposite ends each include a T-shaped upper tab having upward and downward extending portions, and a lower tab with downwardly extending portion. The upper and lower tabs are simultaneously insertable into upper and lower openings along the uprights, and then lowerable so that the downward portions of the upper and lower tabs secure the rail to the uprights. Upward movement of the rail causes the upward portions of the upper tabs of engage the uprights above the upper openings, preventing removal of the upper tabs from the uprights. Optionally, part of a platform is supportable at the rail and cooperates with the upper tabs to prevent removal of the lateral rail from the uprights, even if the downwardly extending portions of the tabs are disengaged from the uprights. |
| US11839291B2 |
Oral care implement
One or more oral care implements and one or more related methods include an outer member, an inner member positioned within at least a portion of the outer member, and a cleaning element extending from the outer member. |
| US11839290B1 |
Handle system for portable electronic device case
Systems and methods involve implementations including a bar member with a first and second end portions, first and second elongated side portions extending between the first and second end portions, an elongated top and bottom portions extending between the first and second end portions, wherein the first and second elongated side portions extend between the elongated top portion and the bottom portion, and a device case with an aperture sized, shaped, and position to couple with the bar member is removably couplable with the device case. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US11839289B2 |
Enclosure for module
A flexible structure for holding an electronics module is disclosed. The flexible structure may comprise various straps and/or an elastomeric enclosure. The flexible structure may include one or more apertures configured to securely hold one or more raised portions of the electronics module. |
| US11839288B2 |
Fastening mechanism
A bag including a body forming a cavity, a flap comprising a first flap end and a second flap end, wherein the first flap end is attached to the body. The bag may also include a cord having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion, wherein the first end is attached to the second flap end, the second end is attached to the second flap end, and the middle portion extends between the first end and the second end. The bag may also include a hook attached to the body at an attachment location, wherein the hook is configured to receive the middle portion of the cord such that the flap is secured to the body at the attachment location and the flap covers the cavity. |
| US11839282B2 |
Split handle, narrow rolling bag
The present invention is directed to a rolling suitcase that is pulled depthwise rather than breadthwise, and incorporates a split handle that separates when the suitcase is to be opened. The split handle may incorporate a locking mechanism that includes a mechanical, magnetic, or other connector for locking and releasing the split handle halves. The suitcase maximizes internal volume by the use of inset wheels and handle extensions, and also provides for protections against many common types of breakage. |
| US11839279B2 |
Magnetically attachable wallet
Accessories that can add new functionality to an electronic device. These accessories can provide additional functionality that allow for the replacement of a physical object that would otherwise be carried in addition to and separate from the electronic device. These accessories can further provide improvements, such as a reduction in size or improvement in functionality over the physical object to be replaced. |
| US11839272B2 |
Slider and slide fastener
In just one separate fastener stringer, a slider stops turning due to collision between a flange of the slider and a fastener element after turning in a direction a connecting pillar of the slider moves away from the fastener element provided in the just one separate fastener stringer. At this time point, an opposed tape side extending toward the flange forms an angle of less than or equal to 45° with respect to a center line of the slider. |
| US11839269B2 |
Adjustment system with improved operation, method for manufacturing one such adjustment system and adjustment method
An adjustment system is configured to adjust the length of a first strap. The adjustment system includes a ring defining a first through hole in a first direction. A pin is fitted movable with respect to the ring. The pin partially obstructs the ring in the first direction so as to divide the first through hole into a second through hole and a third through hole separated from the second through hole by the pin. The adjustment system includes a tab at least partially blanking off the first through hole in the first direction. The tab is arranged at a distance from the pin to define a space for the first strap to pass between the pin and the tab. |
| US11839265B2 |
Detachable lacing apparatus using shoelace loop for footwear
Proposed is a detachable lacing apparatus using a shoelace loop for footwear and, more particularly, to a detachable lacing apparatus using a shoelace loop for footwear, the apparatus including a shoelace length adjuster that is provided with, on one side thereof, a length adjuster detachable part on which a locking groove part is formed, wherein in the locking groove part, a shoelace loop passed through a shoelace hole is fastened to be tightened and untightened according to winding and unwinding of the length adjuster, so that the shoelace length adjuster that a user desires may be customized and easily attached to the user's shoes. |
| US11839264B2 |
Upper for an article of footwear
An article of footwear includes an upper having an enclosure including an adjustment region extending from a first edge to a second edge formed on an opposite side of the adjustment region from the first edge. The upper further includes a cable tensioning guide attached to the enclosure adjacent to the first edge of the adjustment region. The cable tensioning guide includes a first conduit and a second conduit. A cable of the upper includes a tensioning element having a first tensioning segment extending across the adjustment region from the first conduit and a second tensioning segment extending across the adjustment region from the second conduit. The cable further includes a control element having a first control segment connected to the first tensioning segment at the first conduit, and a second control segment connected to the second tensioning segment at the second conduit. |
| US11839248B2 |
Layered thumbhole structure
A sleeve cuff is provided for a sleeve including an anterior patch affixed to the sleeve and covering at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, a distal strap affixed to the sleeve and spanning over at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, and the distal strap overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch to form an aperture for receiving a thumb therethrough. The sleeve cuff has a plurality of configurations, including at least a closed configuration where the aperture is closed and minimizes the wearer's exposure to wind and air elements therethrough, and an opened configuration where the aperture is opened and minimizes the air penetration around the received thumb. |
| US11839243B1 |
Therapeutic shirt with high compression support for improved posture for pregnant women and overweight wearers
A posture support garment includes: a shirt, shoulder band, and waist band. The shirt envelops the wearer's torso and shoulders, and is an elastic material configured to apply a first level of compression. The shoulder band is fixedly secured to the shirt to encircle the left and right shoulders of the shirt and crisscross at a back region, and is made of a first compression material configured to apply a second level of compression. The waist band is formed with a first portion that extends around the back of the wearer's waist and is made of the first compression material to apply the second level of compression, and a second portion that extends around the front of the wearer's waist, and is made of a second compression material configured to apply a third level of compression, where the third level of compression is less than the second level of compression. |
| US11839228B2 |
Sprouted popcorn and method for making sprouted popcorn
Systems and methods for producing sprouted popcorn kernels are provided, which can be popped into sprouted popped popcorn having unique organoleptic qualities. In an embodiment, a system incorporates a germination unit having one or more sensors to track the germination progress of unsprouted popcorn kernels and to automatically transition sprouted popcorn kernels to a drying process to provide dried sprouted popcorn kernels suitable for popping as a ready to eat product or for packaging for consumer popping preparation. The system promotes the preparation of commercial scale sprouted popcorn kernels through tracking of moisture content of the popcorn kernels through one or more processes of sprouted popcorn kernel production. |
| US11839227B2 |
Sweetener composition
The present invention relates to a sweetener composition comprising rebaudioside-M and 1,3-propanediol which may be used in foods or beverages. The composition may also comprise one or more flavourings and/or one or more additives. |
| US11839226B2 |
Method for producing a pea extract
The invention relates to a process for preparing a pea extract comprising fibres, the process comprising the following steps: (a) bringing shelled peas into contact with an aqueous solution in order to form an aqueous composition comprising peas; (b) leaving the peas to hydrate in said aqueous composition for at least 30 minutes and at most 15 hours; (c) grinding said peas in order to as a result obtain ground peas; and (d) fractionating said ground peas in order to obtain at least one pea extract comprising fibres. The invention also relates to a pea extract that can be obtained according to the process of the invention. The invention also relates to an edible composition comprising the pea extract according to the invention. |
| US11839221B2 |
Automated loading station suitable for meat portions and plant for processing said meat portions
An automated loading station for meat portions configured so as to hook, at a hooking area, a meat portion to a sustaining element, which loading station is provided with a movement apparatus for moving the sustaining elements configured so as to move a sustaining element at the hooking area, a conveying apparatus for conveying the meat portions configured so as to convey the meat portion at the hooking area and to align a segment of the meat portion to a plurality of needles of the sustaining element, and a press configured so as to press the meat portion against the needles of the sustaining element positioned in the hooking area to penetrate the meat portion with the needles. |
| US11839215B2 |
Uracil compound and harmful arthropod control composition containing same
A compound represented by the following formula (A) has excellent control efficacy against harmful arthropods. |
| US11839211B2 |
Clethodim compositions and methods of use thereof
The present invention is directed to clethodim compositions comprising crop oil concentrates and an acidifier. The present invention is further directed to methods of controlling weeds comprising mixing clethodim compositions comprising crop oil concentrates and an acidifier with acetochlor to create a tank mix and applying the tank mix to the weeds or an area in need of weed control. |
| US11839204B2 |
Carbon dioxide underwater delivery device and supplementation system
A delivery device and system to supplement CO2 in an underwater environment without the need for electricity or the use of compressed CO2. The device consists of a container containing a biological organism such as mycelium and including an exit portal for CO2 to enter the underwater environment. The device may also incorporate a separation device to delay and control the flow of CO2. The system requires the device to be held in place through a securing point in the underwater environment. The minimum requirements for the device are described, but in certain instances it will be preferably used with a double-bag or an outer shell housing to protect or aesthetically conceal the placement underwater. The use of this device and system to supplement carbon dioxide in water will span many industries and applications. It will assist with mosquito trapping. It will also supplement CO2 in underwater growing environments. |
| US11839202B2 |
Liquid dispenser having container
A liquid dispenser may include a container having an upper opening, a pump provided in the container, a pipe through which liquid discharged from the pump is transferred, a top plate having an upper surface over which liquid flows, a filter assembly provided below the top plate, a base provided below the container, and a thermoelectric element provided in the base to cool the liquid in the container. |
| US11839201B2 |
Open-sea aquaculture system
Open-sea aquaculture systems and methods are provided, which employ a semisubmersible platform with vertical columns, having storage and maintenance facilities for supporting aquaculture. Systems comprise a rigid assembly of aquaculture cages, with vertical cavities having forms configured to receive the corresponding vertical columns of the semisubmersible platform. The rigid assembly is mechanically connected to the semisubmersible platform in operational positions: (i) a raised position in which the rigid assembly encloses the corresponding vertical columns in the vertical cavities to limit a horizontal movement of the rigid assembly, and (ii) a lowered position in which the rigid assembly is below the corresponding vertical columns. Systems further comprise a control unit configured to control the mechanical position control mechanism to lower the rigid assembly upon occurrence of specified rough sea conditions, or whenever needed, and to raise the rigid assembly upon specified conditions. |
| US11839200B2 |
Wet/dry feeder for swine
A hog or swine feeder includes one or more stations for serving a single hog at a time. Each station includes a bowl, with a feed dispenser above the bowl, and a water dispenser below the feed dispenser. The feed and the water dispensers are actuated by the hog on demand. A hopper in the feeder supplies dry feed to the feed dispenser. The hog can select dry feed, wet feed, or drinking water, as needed. |
| US11839199B2 |
Beehive wind shield
A wind shield supported by a beehive bottom board prevents directly impinging wind from creating high-pressure differences across the beehive such as promote excessive ventilation. By providing an entry path that opens upward and follows a twisted path, proper ventilation and access to the beehive by the bees may be maintained. The wind shield may be quickly installed on a variety of beehive designs and easily removed during warm weather. |
| US11839198B2 |
Systems and methods of livestock management
A system and method of livestock management comprising a device disposed in a livestock animal. The device comprises a network interface, a housing defining a cavity, a weighted element, a power supply, a data processing unit, a temperature sensor and an accelerometer. The temperature sensor acquires temperature data of the livestock animal. The accelerometer acquires movement data of the livestock animal. The cavity includes a data processing system having at least one processor and memory. The data processing system is coupled with the power source and communicatively coupled with the temperature sensor and the accelerometer. The data processing system transmits, via the network interface, temperature data and movement data. The cavity includes an activation receiver to receive activation signal to activate the data processing system. A livestock management server receives and analyzes the data, along with any data from any additional data sources, and provides output to a user interface. |
| US11839191B2 |
Soybean cultivar 01230720
A soybean cultivar designated 01230720 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01230720, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01230720, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01230720, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01230720. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01230720. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01230720, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01230720 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11839180B1 |
Power-assisted sweet corn kernel remover
There is disclosed a power-assisted corn kernel remover comprising a rigid frame supporting an annular corn kernel cutter. A powered mechanism mounted above the cutter activates a piston downward to push shucked ears of fresh corn onto the cutter. The cutter is sized and has a sharp cutting edge that severs the corn kernels from the cob as the ear descends. The cob is pushed downward through a passage to a disposal bin, while the kernels are captured by a basket surrounding the cutter. The cutter is formed of spring steel and is loosely held within the frame to allow for some expansion due to different sizes of corncobs. The powered mechanism may be a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly supplied with compressed air and having a control mechanism that permits partial activation. |
| US11839178B2 |
Electric riding lawn mower
An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries. |
| US11839177B2 |
Electric riding lawn mower
An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries. |
| US11839176B2 |
Feeder conveyor variable tensioner
A feeder conveyor system having a frame, an actuator with a fixed element and a moving element, and a telescoping assembly. The telescoping assembly has a first member having a first end connected to an actuator output and a first spring seat, and a second member slidably connected to the first member and having a second end and a second spring seat. The second member is movable relative to the first member between a retracted position in which the second end is relatively close to the first end, and an extended position in which the second end is relatively far from the first end, a spring between the first spring seat and the second spring seat, a linkage between the first member and the second member, and a position sensor connected to the linkage and configured to generate a signal indicating a relative position between the first and second members. |
| US11839174B2 |
Product delivery conduit for an agricultural product hopper assembly
A product delivery conduit for an agricultural product hopper assembly includes an inlet segment and an outlet segment. The inlet segment is configured to receive agricultural product from an inlet conduit, the outlet segment is configured to output the agricultural product to a storage area within a hopper of the agricultural product hopper assembly, the outlet segment is configured to be oriented substantially vertically while the agricultural product hopper assembly is in a working position, the inlet segment and the outlet segment are configured to position an outlet of the product delivery conduit above the storage area while the agricultural product hopper assembly is in a non-working position, and the outlet segment is configured to be oriented downwardly while the agricultural product hopper assembly is in the non-working position to enable the agricultural product to flow into the storage area. |
| US11839172B2 |
Seed trench closing sensors
A trench closing sensor adapted to mount to an agricultural implement to detect whether a seed trench is sufficiently closed with soil to ensure good seed to soil contact. The trench closing sensor may also detect the amount of compaction of the soil over the seed within the seed trench. The trench closing sensor may be in the form of a seed firmer from which a drag wire extends. As the open seed trench and drag wire are covered with soil, instrumentation measures or detects whether the seed trench is being adequately closed with soil by measuring the amount of force required to pull the wire through the soil or by measuring the amount of strain, pulling force or tension in the wire or by measuring the amount of soil pressure acting on the wire. The trench closing sensor may include other sensors for detecting soil characteristics. |
| US11839171B2 |
Seed trench depth detection systems
A row unit downforce system including: a downforce actuator in operational communication with the row unit and constructed and arranged to apply supplemental downforce to the row unit and opening disks; a monitoring system comprising at least one furrow depth sensor constructed and arranged to generate furrow depth values; and a control system module, wherein the control system module is constructed and arranged to generate actuator command signals in response to the furrow depth values. |
| US11844294B2 |
Resistance access memory device and fabricating method of the same
A resistance access memory device includes a first electrode, a resistance change layer, formed on the first electrode, comprising a thin film containing BiX13 and and Bi2X2(3-x), and a second electrode formed on the resistance change layer, where X1 is a halogen element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, and combinations thereof, X2 is a chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and combinations thereof, and x is a real number of 0 or more and less than 3. |
| US11844293B2 |
Physical unclonable function device with phase change
A physical unclonable function device includes alternating regions of programable material and electrically conductive regions. The regions of programable material are configured to switch resistance upon receiving an electric pulse. An electric pulse applied between two outer electrically conductive regions of the alternating regions will switch the resistance of at least one region of programmable material. The alternating regions may include a plurality of the electrically conducting regions and a region of the programable material disposed between each of the plurality of electrically conductive regions. The resistance of each of the regions of programable material is selectively variable in at least a portion thereof as a result of the electric pulse flowing therethrough. The resistance value of the programable material region may be a readable value as a state of the device. The regions of programmable material may be formed of a phase change material or an oxide. |
| US11844291B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first interlayer dielectric layer thereon; a lower metal interconnect layer in the first interlayer dielectric layer; a conductive via disposed on the lower metal interconnect layer; a bottom electrode disposed on the conductive via; a dielectric data storage layer having variable resistance disposed on the bottom electrode; a top electrode disposed on the dielectric data storage layer; and a protective layer covering sidewalls of the top electrode, the dielectric data storage layer, and the bottom electrode. The protective layer includes an annular, upwardly protruding portion around a perimeter of the top electrode. |
| US11844290B2 |
Plasma co-doping to reduce the forming voltage in resistive random access memory (ReRAM) devices
Embodiments of process flows and methods are provided for forming a resistive switching random access memory (ReRAM). More specifically, process flows and methods are provided for reducing the forming voltage needed to form a conductive path in the ReRAM cells. A wide variety of plasma doping processes are used to introduce a plurality of different dopants into a metal-oxide dielectric film. By utilizing at least two different dopants, the plasma doping processes described herein reduce the forming voltage of the subsequently formed ReRAM cell compared to conventional processes that use only one dopant. In some embodiments, the forming voltage may be further reduced by applying a bias power during the plasma doping process, wherein the bias power is preselected to increase the number of ions introduced into the metal-oxide dielectric film during the plasma doping process. |
| US11844288B2 |
In-plane magnetized spin-orbit magnetic device
An in-plane magnetized spin-orbit magnetic device is provided. The in-plane magnetized spin-orbit magnetic device includes a heavy metal layer, an upper electrode and a magnetic tunnel junction. The magnetic tunnel junction is disposed between the heavy metal layer and the upper electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer and a pinned layer. The free layer is disposed on the heavy metal layer, and the free layer has a first film plane area. The pinned layer is disposed on the free layer, and the pinned layer has a second film plane area. There is a preset angle between a long axis direction of a film plane shape of the free layer and a long axis direction of a film plane shape of the pinned layer, and the first film plane area is larger than the second film plane area. |
| US11844285B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction memory cell with a buffer-layer and methods for forming the same
A memory cell structure including a dielectric cap layer disposed over a substrate and a first dielectric layer disposed over the dielectric cap layer. The memory cell structure may further include a buffer layer disposed over the first dielectric layer, a connection via structure embedded in the buffer layer, the first dielectric layer, and the dielectric cap layer. The memory cell structure may further include may further include a bottom electrode disposed on the connection via structure and the buffer layer, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory cell including one or more MTJ layers disposed on the bottom electrode. |
| US11844283B2 |
Method to improve magnetic tunnel junction memory cells by treating native oxide
Methods of forming magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory cells used in a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) array are provided. A pre-clean process is performed to remove a metal oxide layer that may form on the top surface of the bottom electrodes of MTJ memory cells during the time the bottom electrode can be exposed to air prior to depositing MTJ layers. The pre-clean processes may include a remote plasma process wherein the metal oxide reacts with hydrogen radicals generated in the remote plasma. |
| US11844276B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device emitting blue light
The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices comprising a light-emitting layer B comprising a host material HB, a first thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material EB, and a depopulation agent SB. |
| US11844270B2 |
Compound and organic light emitting device including the same
Disclosed is a novel compound and an organic light-emitting device. The novel compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and when the novel compound is used as a material for a hole transport layer of an organic light emitting device, the novel compound allows the device to have lowered drive voltage, and improved efficiency and lifespan characteristics. |
| US11844267B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A neutral compound including a first ligand LA represented by Formula I or Formula II is disclosed. |
| US11844265B2 |
Display device including bonding member
A display device includes a display panel including a front surface and a second surface which is opposite to the front surface; a front laminated structure attached to the front surface of the display panel; and a rear laminated structure attached to the second surface of the display panel. Each of the front laminated structure and the rear laminated structure includes a bonding member, and an average modulus of the bonding member of the front laminated structure is smaller than an average modulus of the bonding member of the rear laminated structure. |
| US11844263B2 |
Display panel having one display region surrounding another displayer region and display device having the same
A display panel is provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a first display region and a second display region, and a first substrate including a first base substrate. The first display region includes: a plurality of organic light-emitting elements on the first base substrate, a first sub-display region and a second sub-display region. The first sub-display region includes a plurality of first sub-light-transmitting holes. The plurality of first sub-light-transmitting holes do not overlap the plurality of organic light-emitting elements along a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first base substrate, and the plurality of first sub-light-transmitting holes are non-rectangular. The second sub-display region includes a plurality of second sub-light-transmitting holes. The plurality of second sub-light-transmitting holes do not overlap the plurality of organic light-emitting elements along a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first base substrate, and the plurality of second sub-light-transmitting holes are non-rectangular. |
| US11844261B2 |
OLED display panel and electronic device
The present application provides an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and an electronic device. A projection of a touch electrode of the OLED display panel projected on a base substrate is at least partially overlapped with a projection of a support pillar projected on the base substrate. The support pillar includes at least one side surface. An angle between an upper top surface of the support pillar is less than or equal to 90 degrees, and/or an angle between the side surface and a lower bottom surface of the support pillar is greater than or equal to 90 degrees. A common electrode layer is disconnected at the support pillar. Accordingly, the present application improves a report rate for touch control and enhances touch sensitivity of the OLED display panel. |
| US11844260B2 |
Display device comprising thin glass layer
The thickness of a display device including a touch sensor is reduced. Alternatively, the thickness of a display device having high display quality is reduced. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing a display device with high mass productivity is provided. Alternatively, a display device having high reliability is provided. Stacked substrates in each of which a sufficiently thin substrate and a relatively thick support substrate are stacked are used as substrates. One surface of the thin substrate of one of the stacked substrates is provided with a layer including a touch sensor, and one surface of the thin substrate of the other stacked substrate is provided with a layer including a display element. After the two stacked substrates are attached to each other so that the touch sensor and the display element face each other, the support substrate and the thin substrate of each stacked substrate are separated from each other. |
| US11844256B2 |
Display device including third conductive layer directly contacting first conductive layer and second conductive layer
A display device includes a base substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, an active layer disposed on the buffer layer, a first gate insulation layer disposed on the active layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first gate insulation layer and which is a single-layer including an aluminum alloy, a second gate insulation layer disposed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the second gate insulation layer and which is a single-layer including an aluminum alloy, an insulation interlayer disposed on the second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer disposed on the insulation interlayer, directly contacting the first conductive layer through a first gate contact hole defined in the insulation interlayer and the second gate insulation layer, and directly contacting the second conductive layer through a second gate contact hole defined in the insulation interlayer. |
| US11844255B2 |
Display device having a second electrode layer connected to an auxiliary electrode layer, display panel and manufacturing method thereof
A display panel includes a substrate, a pad, an auxiliary electrode layer, a data line layer, a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. The pad is disposed on a side of the substrate and located in the peripheral area. The auxiliary electrode layer is disposed on the same side of the substrate as the pad; the data line layer is disposed on a same layer as the auxiliary electrode layer; the first electrode layer is disposed on a side of the auxiliary electrode layer facing away from the substrate; the light emitting layer is disposed on a side of the first electrode layer facing away from the substrate; and the second electrode layer is disposed on a side of the light emitting layer facing away from the substrate and connected to the auxiliary electrode layer. |
| US11844254B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an opening area formed in a display area and a non-display area surrounding the opening area, wherein the display area includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of lines connected to the plurality of pixels, the non-display area includes a connection member connected to at least one of the plurality of lines of the display area, and the connection member is disposed in a different layer from the connected line and is electrically connected to the line by a via-electrode. |
| US11844253B2 |
Display panel, display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a gate driving circuit including a first transistor; a base substrate; a functional layer located on a side of the base substrate, a material of the functional layer is a thermal conductive material, and the functional layer includes a first functional portion; an active layer located on a side of the functional layer away from the base substrate, the active layer includes a first active portion including at least one first active sub-portion which is configured to form a channel region of the first transistor; a second conductive layer located on a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, the second conductive layer includes a first conductive portion connected to the first functional portion through a first via hole. |
| US11844251B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate. Each sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel. The compensation sub-circuit of the first sub-pixel includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a connection portion between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first drive electrode of the light-emitting element of the first sub-pixel includes a first main body portion including a first side parallel to a certain direction, and a first protruding portion protruding from the first side of the first main body portion. The first protruding portion at least partially overlaps with the connection portion of the compensation sub-circuit of the first sub-pixel in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. The light-emitting element of the first sub-pixel is configured to emit green light. |
| US11844249B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
A display device includes a base substrate including a rigid material, a plurality of pixels disposed on a display area of the base substrate, a vertical conductive member disposed through the display area of the base substrate, a first transfer wiring electrically contacting the vertical conductive member and extending in a horizontal direction, and an under-panel driver disposed under the base substrate and electrically connected to the vertical conductive member. |
| US11844245B2 |
Display device having power line
The disclosure provides a display device, including a substrate, a plurality of power lines and a pixel define layer. The plurality of power lines disposed on the substrate. The pixel define layer is disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel define layer includes a first opening region and a second opening region. In a top view, the first opening region is adjacent to the second opening region, the first opening region overlaps a first power line of the plurality of power lines to define a first overlapping area, the second opening region overlaps a second power line of the plurality of power lines to define a second overlapping area, and the first overlapping area is different from the second overlapping area. |
| US11844241B2 |
Display device having a power supply electrode layer including a plurality of holes
A display device including: a substrate; a plurality of display elements defining a display area on the substrate and each including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; a power supply wiring disposed outside the display area; an organic insulating layer on the power supply wiring and having an opening exposing the power supply wiring; a power supply electrode layer partially disposed on the organic insulating layer and including a plurality of holes over the organic insulating layer. A first portion of the power supply electrode layer overlaps the power supply wiring and a second portion of the power supply electrode layer overlaps the opposite electrode; a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other and respectively covering at least some of the plurality of holes; and an encapsulation layer covering the plurality of display elements. |
| US11844227B2 |
Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device
A thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, an electronic device are provided, which includes: a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, a first electrode and a second electrode are on a base substrate, the active layer made of a one-dimensional semiconductor nano material includes a first electrode region, a second electrode region, a first channel region, a second channel region; the first electrode region and the second electrode region are in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode respectively, the first channel region is directly connected with the first channel region and the second channel region respectively, the second channel region is a first doped region and between the first electrode region and the second electrode region; an energy level of the second channel region is different from that of the first channel region corresponding to the energy level of the second channel region. |
| US11844226B2 |
FeRAM with laminated ferroelectric film and method forming same
A method includes forming a bottom electrode layer, and depositing a first ferroelectric layer over the bottom electrode layer. The first ferroelectric layer is amorphous. A second ferroelectric layer is deposited over the first ferroelectric layer, and the second ferroelectric layer has a polycrystalline structure. The method further includes depositing a third ferroelectric layer over the second ferroelectric layer, with the third ferroelectric layer being amorphous, depositing a top electrode layer over the third ferroelectric layer, and patterning the top electrode layer, the third ferroelectric layer, the second ferroelectric layer, the first ferroelectric layer, and the bottom electrode layer to form a Ferroelectric Random Access Memory cell. |
| US11844225B1 |
Dual hydrogen barrier layer for memory devices integrated with low density film for logic structures and methods of fabrication
A device includes, in a first region, a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, where the electrode structure includes a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer and a first conductive fill material. A memory device including a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material is on the electrode structure. A second dielectric includes an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material laterally surrounds the memory device. A via electrode including a second conductive hydrogen barrier material is on at least a portion of the memory device. A second region includes a conductive interconnect structure embedded within a less than 90% film density material. |
| US11844218B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor storage device and method of manufacturing the same
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has a plurality of memory strings to each of which a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells are connected in series. Each of the memory strings includes first semiconductor layers each having a pair of columnar portions extending in a vertical direction with respect to a substrate and a coupling portion formed to couple the lower ends of the pair of columnar portions; a charge storage layer formed to surround the side surfaces of the columnar portions; and first conductive layers formed to surround the side surfaces of the columnar portions and the charge storage layer. The first conductive layers function as gate electrodes of the memory cells. |
| US11844215B2 |
Three-dimensional flash memory device supporting bulk erase operation and manufacturing method therefor
Provided are a three-dimensional flash memory device supporting a bulk erase operation and a method of manufacturing the three-dimensional flash memory device. The three-dimensional flash memory device supporting a bulk erase operation includes: a string including a channel layer extending in one direction and a plurality of electrode layers stacked vertically with respect to the channel layer; an upper wiring layer on the string; at least one intermediate wiring layer arranged between the plurality of electrode layers through the channel layer in an intermediate region of the string; a lower wiring layer under the string; and at least one connector arranged in the at least one intermediate wiring layer and connecting, to each other, at least two channel layers divided by the at least one intermediate wiring layer. |
| US11844204B2 |
Process for preparing a channel region of a thin-film transistor in a 3-dimensional thin-film transistor array
A process includes (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a planar surface; (b) forming a plurality of thin-film layers above the planar surface of the semiconductor substrate, one on top of another, including among the thin-film layers first and second isolation layers, wherein a significantly greater concentration of a first dopant specie is provided in the first isolation layer than in the second isolation layer; (c) etching along a direction substantially orthogonal to the planar surface through the thin-films to create a trench having sidewalls that expose the thin-film layers; (d) depositing conformally a semiconductor material on the sidewalls of the trench; (e) annealing the first isolation layer at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined duration such that the first isolation layer act as a source of the first dopant specie which dopes a portion of the semiconductor material adjacent the first isolation layer; and (f) selectively etching the semiconductor material to remove the doped portion of the semiconductor material without removing the remainder of the semiconductor material. |
| US11844200B2 |
Electromagnetic interference shielding in recesses of electronic modules
An electronic module having at least two electronic components mounted on a substrate. The electronic components are covered by a dielectric material. The dielectric material has a recess between adjacent electronic components. The surface of the recess facing at least one electronic component is coated with a conductive layer while the opposite surface to that coated recess surface is substantially free of a conductive layer. Also disclosed is a process for making the above-specified electronic module. |
| US11844198B2 |
Power module
A power module includes at least one power semiconductor element between first and second conductive layers, a first cooling member on the first conductive layer, a second cooling member under the second conductive layer, and at least one snubber capacitor between the first and second conductive layers. Each snubber capacitor has a capacitor core between first and second electrodes and first and second transition layers. The first transition layer is between the first conductive layer and the first electrode and the second transition layer is between the second electrode and the second conductive layer, or the first transition layer is between the first electrode and the capacitor core and the second transition layer is between the capacitor core and the second electrode. The first and second transition layers are conductive. A thermal expansion coefficient of the transition layers is between thermal expansion coefficients of adjacent elements of the snubber capacitor. |
| US11844186B2 |
Modular edge storage devices with high speed interconnects
A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit. |
| US11844185B2 |
Bearing wall electrical equipment
The invention relates to an electrical equipment, in particular for electrical or hybrid vehicles, comprising a casing, said casing comprising a casing element comprising a side wall and defining an inner space. The side wall of the casing element comprises a material offset towards the inner space thereof forming a zone for connecting the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the electrical energy source such that said material offset overlaps the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor only making visible, from the outside of said side wall, the positive visible terminal and the negative visible terminal. |
| US11844184B2 |
Information processing system
An information processing system includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a functional module in the housing, and a module fixing device in the housing. The functional module is inserted into the circuit board. The module fixing device is connected to the functional module and is connected to the circuit board. The module fixing device comprises a clamping member and an elastic member. The clamping member is movably connected to the circuit board in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, the clamping member comprises a first clamping portion to clamp the functional module. The elastic member is connected to the clamping member, the elastic member is deformable in the first direction to drive the clamping member to move in the first direction to clamp the functional module. |
| US11844183B2 |
Low profile computer support
Low-profile computer supports include features to reduce the thickness and improve the portability or storage capability of a computer system while it is disassembled, packaged, shipped, or moved. Some computer systems have a computing device and a dock device that can be stored and moved separately or that can store or support accessories associated with the computer system. Some computer systems have a movable stand configured to transition between a collapsed state and a deployed or standing state. Some stands include handles or grips for moving the computer systems while collapsed. Other computer systems include handles or grips to provide areas to more easily carry the computer systems. The handles or grips can have features such as a flexible material to hide or mask their appearance on the computer system. |
| US11844182B2 |
Exterior display system for presenting visual media
An exterior display system can be configured and arranged around a structure. The exterior display system includes a mechanical supporting structure configured and arranged about the exterior surface of the structure. This mechanical supporting structure can include various supporting structures and/or mounting structures which are configured and arranged to form a mechanical lattice framework. An electronic visual display device can be connected to the mechanical lattice framework to form the exterior display system. The electronic visual display device can include multiple electronic visual display panels which are connected to the mechanical lattice framework. Each of these multiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LED disc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one or more rows and/or a series of one or more columns. |
| US11844181B2 |
Composite frame structure, electronic device, and method for manufacturing the composite frame structure
A composite frame structure includes a metal frame and a plastic frame. The metal frame is formed by enclosing a plurality of metal sheets. The plastic frame is combined with an inner surface of the metal frame, the plastic frame has an integrally formed structure. An electronic device having the composite frame structure and a method for manufacturing the composite frame structure are provided. |
| US11844180B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a housing and a board, a controller, and a semiconductor memory component. The housing includes a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion. The first wall portion and the second wall portion are separatable from each other. The third wall portion and the fourth wall portion are separatable from each other. |
| US11844174B2 |
Electronic substrate
An electronic board includes: a board including an upper surface ground on an upper surface; at least one first land formed on the upper surface and connected to a first signal line; at least one second land formed on the upper surface and connected to a second signal line; at least one third land disposed on the upper surface between the first land and the second land and connected to the upper surface ground; and at least one fourth land disposed on the upper surface on a side opposite to the third land and connected to the upper surface ground, the first land being interposed between the third land and the fourth land. |
| US11844171B2 |
Method for the detection of at least one loading parameter of a closed space by a detection device, training method, computer program, computer-readable data carrier, and detection device
A method of sensing at least one load parameter of a closed chamber by a sensing device by means of electromagnetic radiation is described, in which measurements of at least one measured variable are used. A first measurement is carried out when there is a first spatial distribution of the electric field generated by the electromagnetic radiation. At least a second measurement is carried out when there is a second spatial distribution of the electric field generated by the electromagnetic radiation, which differs from the first spatial distribution of the electric field. |
| US11844170B2 |
Heater using microwave energy
The present invention is a heater or heating device that uses microwave energy to generate heat quickly. The heater generates heat quickly by forcing air over microwave-heated oil or non-freeze liquid. As a non-limiting embodiment, the heater preferably includes most or all of the following components: an outer casing or housing, at least one air intake vent, a magnetron, a microwave emitter, a wave scatterer, at least one fluid holder, fluid, a capacitor, a transformer, a microwave containment casing, and a perforated microwave guard. As another non-limiting embodiment, the heater preferably includes most or all of following components: an outer casing or housing, a cooling fan, a magnetron, a microwave emitter, a wave scatterer, at least one non-freeze liquid holder, non-freeze liquid, a capacitor, a transformer, a microwave containment casing, a glass tube, a metal tube, a fan coil, a pump, a reservoir and expansion tank, and a fill plug. |
| US11844168B2 |
Inductive heating device, aerosol-delivery system comprising an inductive heating device, and method of operating same
An inductive heating device heats an aerosol-forming substrate including a susceptor. The device includes a device housing, a DC power source for providing a DC supply voltage and a DC current, power supply electronics including a DC/AC converter, the DC/AC converter including an LC load network including a series connection of a capacitor and an inductor having an ohmic resistance, a cavity in the device housing for accommodating a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate to inductively couple the inductor of the LC load network to the susceptor. The inductor is embedded in the device housing at a proximal end of the device housing to surround the cavity which is also arranged at the proximal end of the device housing. A microcontroller determines from the DC supply voltage and the DC current an apparent ohmic resistance, and from the apparent ohmic resistance the temperature of the susceptor. |
| US11844166B2 |
Lighting relay panel features for improved safety and reliability
A lighting relay panel may include lower-cost features or components related to improved safety and reliability. In some cases, the relay panel includes a power supply capable of protecting the panel from high-voltage and high-current transients. A microcontroller may determine a power interruption based on a zero-cross signal received from the power supply, and may also configure latching relays during the interruption. In some implementations, the relay panel includes a relay sense circuit that is capable of receiving actuation signals from multiple relays connected to different phases of a power signal, and the microcontroller may synchronize or repeat the actuations based on a signal from the relay sense circuit. The microcontroller may generate relay addresses based on the relay positions within the relay panel. In some cases, the relay panel may include isolation circuits that are capable of providing an isolated control signal having an improved voltage range. |
| US11844164B2 |
Edge-based system architecture for building-scale interactive lighting
Disclosed are edge-based methods and systems for providing a user control over interactive lighting installations. An edge server may be co-located with a lighting installation, and the edge server may receive a message from a cloud layer. The message may contain user-issued commands regarding lighting behaviors that are to be performed by the lighting installation. The edge server may interpret each command, translate it into instructions that can be understood by the lighting installation, and send those instructions to the lighting installation to direct the lighting installation to execute the lighting behavior specified by the command. The edge server may utilize a buffer to organize these generated instructions and enable the instructions to be continuously streamed to the lighting installation. |
| US11844157B2 |
Current control circuitry
The present disclosure relates to current control circuitry for controlling a current through a load, the current control circuitry comprising: amplifier circuitry; reference voltage generator circuitry configured to supply a fixed reference voltage to a first input of the amplifier circuitry; an output stage comprising: a control terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier circuitry; a current input terminal configured to be coupled to the load; a current output terminal; a clock-controlled variable resistance coupled to the current output terminal of the output stage, wherein a resistance of the variable resistance is based on a digital code input to the variable resistance; and a feedback path between the current output terminal of the output stage and a second terminal of the amplifier circuitry for providing a feedback voltage to a second input of the amplifier circuitry. |
| US11844156B1 |
LED illumination device and color temperature switching method thereof
An LED illumination device and a color temperature switching method thereof are provided. The LED illumination device includes a bridge rectifier chip, a microcontroller module, a first semiconductor switch module, a second semiconductor switch module, a first current limiting module, a second current limiting module, and a first light-emitting module and a second light-emitting module. The microcontroller module includes a microcontroller chip. The first semiconductor switch module includes a first semiconductor switch chip for receiving a first pulse width modulation signal output from the microcontroller chip. The second semiconductor switch module includes a second semiconductor switch chip for receiving a second pulse width modulation signal output from the microcontroller chip. When the AC power is supplied to the LED illumination device, the first and the second semiconductor switch modules are turned on and maintained within a predetermined turn-on percentage range without being completely turned off. |
| US11844155B2 |
Load control device for high-efficiency loads
A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may comprise a thyristor, a gate current path, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control the gate current path to conduct a pulse of gate current through a gate terminal of the thyristor to render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half-cycle of the AC power source. The control circuit may operate in a first gate drive mode in which the control circuit renders the gate current path non-conductive after a pulse time period from the firing time. The control circuit may operate in a second gate drive mode in which the control circuit maintains the gate current path conductive after the pulse time period during the half-cycle. |
| US11844154B2 |
Lamp for photochemical reactor with light-emitting diodes
A lamp for a photochemical reactor, including: a support member made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 100W/mK at 20° C. and including at least one channel configured to contain a coolant fluid; at least one printed circuit mounted on the support member; and at least one light-emitting diode mounted on the printed circuit. A photochemical reactor including such a lamp, and a method for preparing a cycloalkanone oxime or a lactam using such a lamp. |
| US11844137B2 |
Method and apparatus for retransmitting uplink data configured in discontinuous reception in a wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system, which is provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. The embodiment of the disclosure relates to an uplink data retransmission method. In addition, the embodiment of the disclosure relates to a method for adjusting time synchronization of an uplink. |
| US11844136B2 |
Discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method and device
A discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method includes: receiving a wake-up parameter associated with a wake-up message configured by a base station for a terminal, wherein the wake-up message is configured to instruct the terminal to detect whether the wake-up message is received within each DRX cycle; in response to that the wake-up message is detected within a current DRX cycle, entering a continuous active period at an end of the current DRX cycle; and when the continuous active period ends, entering a target DRX cycle according to the wake-up parameter, wherein the target DRX cycle is a first DRX cycle or a second DRX cycle, and a duration of the first DRX cycle is longer than a duration of the second DRX cycle. |
| US11844132B2 |
User plane early data transmission (EDT) message 4 (MSG4) loss
Technology is disclosed for an evolved node B (eNB) operable for early data transmission (EDT) in a user plane (UP) in a cellular internet of things (CIoT) evolved 5 packet system (EPS) network. The eNB can be configured to encode, at the eNB for transmission to a user equipment (UE), a message 4 (Msg4) including a resume identifier (ID) and a next-hop chaining count (NCC). The eNB can be configured to determine, at the eNB, a delivery status of the Msg4 to the UE. The eNB can be configured to encode, at the eNB for transmission to a previous eNB of the UE, one or more of an EDT failure 10 indicator or the resume ID. |
| US11844127B2 |
Methods and apparatus for assessing a cable connection
Apparatus and methods for testing a cable connection in order to determine whether the cable connection can adequately support delivery of one or more services delivered from a service provider infrastructure. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus are adapted to detect RF signals on a coaxial cable connection or outlet within a premises, evaluate the signals, and determine the readiness status thereof based on the evaluation. In one variant, an algorithm is used for the evaluation of the RF signals, and is dependent on at least a geographical location of the cable outlet being tested. The algorithm evaluates a list of prospective RF channels for signal strength so as to correlate or exclude any signals present from one or more types of sources (e.g., OTA broadcasts, satellite service providers, etc.). |
| US11844124B2 |
Communication method for wireless device, wireless device and computer readable storage medium
A communication method for a wireless device, a wireless device and a computer readable storage medium are provided to reduce power consumption of a master device in the wireless device and balance power consumptions of the master device and a slave device. The communication method for a wireless device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: alternately serving, by the master device and the slave device of the wireless device, as a responder, and sending, by the responder, a response message to the terminal via the first Bluetooth link. The response message indicates a result of receiving the Bluetooth data by the wireless device. |
| US11844121B2 |
Wireless connection establishment method, apparatus, device, and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a wireless connection establishment method, an apparatus, a device and a storage media, which is applied to artificial intelligence, Internet of Vehicles and intelligent transportation technologies in the field of computer technology. A specific implementation scheme is as follows: by before establishing a WiFi direct connection between a car machine apparatus and a terminal device, a Bluetooth communication connection between the two is established firstly, the car machine apparatus provides parameter information required to establish the WiFi direct connection with the car machine apparatus to the terminal device through the Bluetooth communication connection, then the terminal device can automatically send a WiFi direct connection request to the car machine apparatus based on the parameter information, and the car machine apparatus device establishes the WiFi direct connection with the terminal device in response to the WiFi direct connection request initiated by the terminal device. |
| US11844120B2 |
Methods and apparatus for determining physical cell identification
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving a layer 1 signaling or a layer 2 signaling indicating a subset of a plurality of physical cell identifications (PCIs) associated with a plurality of serving cells in the network, establishing a plurality of communication channels with one or more of transmission-reception points (TRPs), wherein each TRP of the one or more TRPs comprises a corresponding PCI of the plurality of PCIs, and determining one or more PCIs of the plurality of PCIs used as one or more default input cell identifications (IDs) associated with a plurality of physical processings, when no explicit configured input ID is signaled to the UE associated with the plurality of physical processings. |
| US11844110B2 |
Terminal, radio communication method, and base station for transmission or reception of an uplink channel or an uplink signal
A terminal, as disclosed, includes a receiver that receives information about transmission conditions for an uplink (UL) channel or for a UL signal. The terminal further includes a processor that, when dual connectivity using a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology is configured and when a cell using frequency division duplexing (FDD) is configured for the first radio access technology, controls a transmission of the UL channel or of the UL signal in the cell using the FDD, based on the information about the transmission conditions and a UL or downlink (DL) configuration. A radio communication method and a base station are disclosed as well. |
| US11844109B2 |
Controlling AUL transmissions when coexisting with scheduled UEs
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for restricting autonomous uplink transmissions by a wireless device in a wireless communication system such that wireless devices performing autonomous uplink transmissions can coexist with wireless devices performing scheduled uplink transmissions in a cell requiring Listen-Before-Talk (LBT). In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a radio access node, an indication of which subframes belong to a same channel occupancy within a cell that requires LBT and restricting performance of autonomous uplink transmissions by the wireless device based on the indication of which subframes belong to the same channel occupancy. By restricting autonomous uplink transmissions in this manner, the wireless device can coexist with scheduled wireless devices in the same cell. |
| US11844107B2 |
Method and apparatus for initial access block on stand-alone NR unlicensed spectrum
A UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to identify a DTTC including at least one of a first periodicity, a duration of a first transmission window, or a first timing offset of the first transmission window, wherein the DTTC is identified for the DSCH or RLM in a serving cell, and identify a DMTC including at least one of a second periodicity, a duration of a second transmission window, or a second timing offset of the second transmission window, wherein the DMTC is identified for RRM measurement based on the DSCH. The UE further comprises a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive, from a BS, at least one DSCH from a set of DSCH over unlicensed downlink channels based on the identified DTTC, wherein the received at least one DSCH includes a SS/PBCH block. |
| US11844104B2 |
Cancellation order for scheduled uplink repetitive transmissions with different priorities
This disclosure relates to collision resolution for overlapping uplink transmissions, and includes a method and apparatus for identifying a plurality of scheduled uplink transmissions that overlap in at least a first slot and a second slot, wherein the plurality of uplink transmissions comprises a high priority uplink transmission scheduled for repetitive transmission across at least a first slot and a second slot and further comprises one or more uplink transmissions scheduled in the first slot and two or more uplink transmissions scheduled in the second slot, wherein the two or more uplink transmissions scheduled in the second slot comprise at least a first low priority uplink transmission and a second high priority uplink transmission; and performing a first collision resolution procedure in the first slot and performing a second collision resolution procedure in the second slot, the second collision resolution procedure being independent of the first collision resolution procedure. |
| US11844098B2 |
Methods and apparatus for managing downlink channels and/or bandwidth in wireless sytems
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for managing downlink channels and/or bandwidth in wireless systems. An exemplary method wireless communications method embodiments includes the steps of: monitoring, by a wireless base station, a downlink channel utilization rate of data transmissions from the wireless base station to a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device on a downlink shared channel to detect a first condition; and upon detecting, by the wireless base station, that the first condition exists, switching from operating in a first wireless base station mode of operation to operating in a second wireless base station mode of operation, said switching from operating in a first mode of operation to operating in a second mode of operation including switching from using a downlink control channel for transmitting downlink control information to the first CPE device to using the downlink control channel for transmitting user data. |
| US11844096B2 |
Sidelink DRX operation based on resource allocation
A method and apparatus for Sidelink (SL) Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation based on resource allocation is provided. A first wireless device, e.g., receiving user equipment (RX UE), monitors first Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) transmissions from a second wireless device, e.g., transmitting UE (TX UE), in a Sidelink (SL) active time for SL Discontinuous Reception (DRX). The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, an indication to reselection of sidelink resources, and adjusts the SL active time based on the indication. The first wireless device monitors second PSCCH transmissions from the second wireless device in the adjusted SL active time. |
| US11844093B2 |
Method and device for reselecting sidelink resources in NR V2X
Provided is a method for a first device to perform sidelink communication with a second device. The method comprises: determining a first resource for a first sidelink transmission; receiving, from a third device, a SCI including information related to a second resource for a second sidelink transmission; determining to reselect the first resource, based on overlap of the first resource and the second resource and a relationship between a first priority value of the first sidelink transmission and a second priority value of the second sidelink transmission satisfying a pre-configured condition; and transmitting, to the second device, a first PSCCH related to the first sidelink transmission or a first PSSCH related to the first PSCCH, based on a third resource determined by reselecting the first resource, wherein the pre-configured condition includes a condition in which the first priority value is greater than the second priority value. |
| US11844092B2 |
Search space determining method and wireless apparatus
This application discloses a search space determining method of a wireless apparatus, relates to the field of communications technologies, and is used to resolve a problem that an existing search space determining method cannot be applied to a future evolved network. The method includes: obtaining a second parameter, and a first parameter corresponding to a control resource set, where the first parameter is a positive integer not equal to 39827, 39829, and 65537, and the second parameter is equal to 65537 or is a prime number not equal to 65537; and determining a search space of the control resource set based on the first parameter and the second parameter. This application is applicable to a search space determining process. |
| US11844091B2 |
Communication device and method for wireless communications
A communication device and a method to suspend monitoring of a first radio access network (RAN) on a frequency band shared with a second RAN, comprising receiving a signal from the second RAN on the frequency band; decoding the received signal; identifying a duration during which the second RAN occupies the frequency band based on the decoded signal; and suspending monitoring of the control channel of the first RAN on the frequency band for at least the identified duration. |
| US11844087B2 |
Efficient system information request method and apparatus of terminal in next generation mobile communication system
The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The disclosure relates to a technology about system information request-related operations of a terminal and a base station. |
| US11844084B2 |
Coverage enhancement
The present disclosure proposes various methods for improving coverage. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when an unavailable resource exists in a resource set configured for repeated transmission of a physical uplink channel, the UE may determine a resource capable of actually performing repeated transmission of a physical uplink channel within the resource set. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal receives the TPC command within the resource corresponding to the DMRS bundle, the terminal may, perform power control based on the TPC command after the resource. |
| US11844083B2 |
Flexible control information reporting
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for flexible control information reporting within a wireless communication network by mapping a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to respective locations in a payload format of an uplink control channel. In response to receiving a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected HARQ processes, the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes may be included in the respective locations of the payload of a current uplink control channel based on the mapping. A remaining portion of the payload of the current uplink control channel may be flexibly utilized for other control information. |
| US11844082B2 |
Method for signaling control information, and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the invention relates to a method for a terminal to transmit a UCI in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor, wherein the method involves the steps of: forming a first cell group having a PCell; forming a second cell group having one or more SCells; receiving one or more data in the second cell group; and transmitting HARQ-ACK information on the one or more data through a PUCCH, wherein, when the first and second cell groups are managed by an identical base station, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the PCell, and, when the first and second cell groups are managed by different base stations, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the second cell group. |
| US11844079B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data unit in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) by a transmission end in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes receiving an uplink (UL) grant from a network; when the UL grant can accommodate all of pending data for a first logical channel but is not sufficient to additionally accommodate a buffer status report (BSR), including the pending data for the first logical channel to the PDU with canceling the BSR; and transmitting the PDU to the network, wherein the UL grant cannot additionally accommodate all of pending data for a second logical channel. |
| US11844076B2 |
Techniques for multiplexing remote UE RRC messages in a wireless communication system
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a relay user equipment (UE) from a remote UE, a remote UE radio resource control (RRC) message for establishing a relayed communication between the remote UE and a network entity via the relay UE; determining, by the relay UE, remote UE information associated with the remote UE for establishing a remote UE communication context between the relay UE and the network entity based on the remote UE RRC message; and transmitting, by the relay UE to the network entity, the remote UE RRC message and the remote UE information. |
| US11844071B2 |
Rule based hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier sharing for multiple semi persistently scheduled configurations
Techniques and apparatus for avoiding hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier (ID) conflicts in scenarios where multiple semi persistently scheduled (SPS) configurations share the same pool of HARQ process IDs are provided. One technique involves receiving an indication of SPS configurations, where each SPS configuration allocates a set of SPS occasions for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions. A conflict is detected between a first HARQ process ID associated with a first SPS occasion of a first SPS configuration and a second HARQ process ID associated with a second SPS occasion of a second SPS configuration, where the first SPS occasion occurs prior to the second SPS occasion. At least one action to resolve the conflict is taken based on predetermined rule(s), in response to detecting the conflict. |
| US11844070B2 |
Data transmission method, device, and system, and storage medium
Embodiments relate to the internet of things communications field, and provide a data transmission method, device, and system, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a first parameter, a second parameter, a first gap threshold, and a second gap threshold; determining, based on the first parameter and the first gap threshold, whether a gap exists in transmission on a downlink control channel; sending downlink control information through the downlink control channel based on a determining result; determining, based on the second parameter and the second gap threshold, whether a gap exists in transmission on a downlink data channel; and sending a transport block through the downlink data channel based on a determining result. |
| US11844068B2 |
Techniques for dynamic indication of frequency hopping for physical uplink control channel and demodulation reference signal bundling of physical uplink control channel
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) indicating a configuration for one or more of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling that is to be used for channel estimation by the base station for a first group of physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) or frequency hopping for a second group of PUCCHs. The apparatus may transmit, to the base station, one or more PUCCHs based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11844065B2 |
Sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) operations
Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes determining a configuration associated with sidelink for at least one communication; monitoring for at least one SCI after entering a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) on phase based on the configuration; receiving, from one or more other UEs, the at least one SCI during the sidelink DRX on phase for at least one communication; and determining an extension to the sidelink DRX on phase based on the at least one SCI scheduling at least one first resource for one or more transmissions. |
| US11844062B2 |
Local interference management in an integrated access backhaul network
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a child node of a parent node in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network may determine communication information that includes one or more of a schedule or a configuration for a communication to be transmitted by the child node. The child node may be an IAB node, and the parent node may be an IAB donor or an intervening IAB node between the IAB node and an IAB donor. The child node may transmit the communication information to the parent node via a wireless backhaul link between the child node and the parent node. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11844061B2 |
Coexistence of different radio access technologies or services on a same carrier
A method of a user equipment (UE) operating with a new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT). The method comprises receiving synchronization signals and a master information block (MIB) in a first bandwidth (BW) and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a second BW, wherein the second BW is indicated by an offset in the MIB relative to the first BW and the PDCCH conveys a downlink control information (DCI) format that configures a reception of a first system information block (SIB). |
| US11844060B2 |
Multi-link network coordination
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a central entity may determine a set of schedulable resources for a plurality of links associated with a plurality of nodes of a multi-link network; and may provide scheduling information to the plurality of nodes to schedule communication on the plurality of links based at least in part on determining the set of schedulable resources. In some aspects, a node of a network may determine an extended slot format indicator for the node based at least in part on a received extended slot format indicator of a parent node of the node and a received null adjust request from a child node of the node; may provide the determined extended slot format indicator to the child node; and may provide the received null adjust request to the parent node. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11844058B2 |
Apparatus and method of wireless communication of same
A user equipment and a method of wireless communication of the same are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information of a scheduled mode sidelink resource pool from a base station, the configuration information from the base station comprising at least one of a resource reservation interval, or a length of contiguous sub-channels, and performing sensing in the scheduled mode sidelink resource pool and reporting the sensing result, wherein the sensing result is associated with a set of available resources of the scheduled mode sidelink resource pool. |
| US11844057B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wireless data traffic management in wireline backhaul systems
Methods and apparatus for enhancing performance of a wireline communication network backhaul for wireless nodes based on data traffic and node characterization. In one embodiment, the node comprises a small-cell or other wireless base station (e.g., one utilizing unlicensed or quasi-licensed spectrum such as CBRS or C-Band) that is backhauled by a DOCSIS system within a managed HFC network, and the methods and apparatus utilize such factors as traffic load, geographic or topological location, node technology type, and user device profile for each node to determine scheduling of traffic over the wireline transmission medium used for the delivery of services. In another embodiment, the foregoing factors can be weighted for further determination related to an assignment of the time slots or other resources for the delivery of services. |
| US11844050B2 |
Installation and activation of RF communication devices for wireless networks
An application for a user such as a professional installer and/or a customer to install and activate an RF communication device at a user's location such a customer's premises. The application provides for automating at least a portion of the actions necessary to install the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices; and subsequently activate wireless RF communication between the RF communication device and a remote base station associated with a wireless carrier. Also, video presentations along with written tutorials, manuals, and instructions, may be provided to answer questions and provide directions to the user in the installation and/or activation process for the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices. |
| US11844048B2 |
To reduce power consumption for all types of terminal device
A method of operating a terminal device and a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the method comprises: establishing first wake-up signalling configuration information for a first network access node; establishing second wake-up signalling configuration information for a second network access node; and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the first network access node in accordance with the first wake-up signalling format and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the second network access node in accordance with the second wake-up signalling format, and seeking to decode a subsequent paging message in response to detecting wake-up signalling in accordance with either the first wake-up signalling format or the second wake-up signalling format. |
| US11844041B2 |
Method and apparatus for fingerprinting positioning
A method implemented at a location server is proposed. The method comprises: deciding inter-frequency measurement information for positioning a user equipment, UE, wherein the inter-frequency measurement information comprises at least one frequency other than a frequency of a serving cell of the UE; sending a first measurement request containing the inter-frequency measurement information to an access node of the serving cell; receiving a first measurement result from the access node; and determining a position of the UE based on the measurement result. |
| US11844038B2 |
Synchronization of wireless network nodes for efficient communications
In examples, an electronic device comprises a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to synchronize a clock of the electronic device to a clock of another electronic device using elapsed time indications in multiple packets received from the another electronic device via the transceiver. The processor is configured to transmit a packet via the transceiver using the synchronized clock of the electronic device. |
| US11844034B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in frequency-asynchronous non-orthogonal multiple access system
The disclosure relates to post-4th generation (4G) communication systems, such as 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G), which support a higher data rate than the long term evolution (LTE) or 4G communication systems. A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a frequency-asynchronous non-orthogonal multiple access (FA-NOMA) communication system are provided. The method for transmitting a signal by a base station in an FA-NOMA system includes determining a frequency offset to be applied to a first signal transmitted to a first user equipment (UE) based on a second signal transmitted to a second UE, determining information for interference caused by the frequency offset, determining at least one pre-processing factor for the first UE based on the information for the interference, and transmitting a third signal including at least one first pilot to the first UE using the at least one pre-processing factor. The second signal includes at least one second pilot. |
| US11844033B2 |
Managing potential collision between uplink transmission and synchronization signal block (SSB)
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for detecting a potential collision between a scheduled uplink transmission and a synchronization signal block (SSB) and transmitting the scheduled uplink transmission. For example, in cases of inter-cell multi-transmission and reception points (multi-TRP), a user equipment (UE) may not be capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving on the multiple serving cells. A first serving cell may indicate to the UE of SSB indices that are actually transmitted for a second serving cell. If there is a slot collision between one of the SSB to be transmitted and a scheduled uplink transmission, the UE may not be able to handle such collision. The present disclosure provides techniques for detecting a potential collision between a scheduled uplink transmission and one of the SSBs and transmitting the scheduled uplink transmission when one or more conditions are met. |
| US11844022B2 |
Systems for wireless personal area networks signal transmission and methods of use thereof
Systems and methods of use thereof for interconnecting a plurality of different electromechanical systems within an environment via Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN), such as Bluetooth Low Energy®. The system may include a primary system configured to include at least two states each corresponding to a signal, such as a 12V representing the ‘on’ state and a 0V signal to the ‘off’ state. The primary subsystem may include a signal determination device configured to determine the state of the primary subsystem and produce the corresponding signal, wherein the associated first communication device may transmit the produced signal over a WPAN to the second communication device associated with the accessory system. The accessory system may further include an accessory operation device configured to cause or inhibit a state change of the accessory subsystem based on the signal received by the second communication device. |
| US11844021B2 |
Enhanced wake-up signal handling
According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one indication that the user equipment is allowed to skip paging monitoring after a paging message is successfully decoded. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, that the user equipment can end paging monitoring based upon received wake-up signaling configuration data. The method may further include entering, by the user equipment, an extended discontinuous reception sleep mode. |
| US11844019B2 |
Electronic systems and electronic devices
An electronic system electronic device includes: an internal battery, an external battery, a memory and a plurality of function modules. The internal battery is configured to generate a first power signal. The external battery is configured to be separated from the electronic device, and to generate a second power signal. The memory is configured to operate based on the first power signal. The plurality of function modules are configured to operate based on the second power signal. |
| US11844018B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing service in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for replacement of a DNN and/or S-NSSAI in a wireless communication system is provided. |