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US11203635B2	Antibody binding a linear epitope of human P53 and diagnostic applications thereof The invention relates to an anti-human p53 antibody suitable for specifically binding a linear epitope which is exposed only in a conformationally altered isoform of the characteristic p53 protein of patients with Alzheimer's disease or prone to develop Alzheimer's disease or cognitive impairment during ageing. Methods and diagnostic and prognostic kits are also described.
US11203633B2	Polynucleotides encoding antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind pseudomonas perv This disclosure relates to polynucleotides encoding antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to Pseudomonas PcrV as well as vectors and host cells comprising the same.
US11203628B2	CD200 mutants and its uses The invention relates generally to mutant CD200 proteins which bind with greater affinity to the CD200 receptor than wild-type CD200, in particular the invention relates to a mutated CD200 protein comprising a mutation at amino acid residue position 130 and/or 131. This invention also relates to a fusion protein comprising the protein as defined herein fused to a non-CD200 protein encoding portion via an optional linker portion, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein as defined herein and uses thereof.
US11203626B2	Methods of producing aggregate-free monomeric diphtheria toxin fusion proteins and therapeutic uses The present invention is a DNA expression vector comprising: a toxP; a mutant toxO that blocks Fe-mediated regulation of gene expression; and a DNA sequence encoding a protein, wherein the toxP and the mutant toxO regulate expression of the DNA segment encoding the protein. It is preferred that DNA expression vectors of the present invention include DNA sequences encoding a signal peptide so that a protein expressed is attached to the signal peptide prior to processing. Novel proteins are produced off of the DNA expression vector of the present invention.
US11203624B2	Method for treating myelofibrosis comprising administering a transforming growth factor beta type II receptor antagonist In part, the present disclosure relates methods for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a myeloproliferative disorder (e.g., polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis) or one or more complications of a myeloproliferative disorder. The present disclosure further relates methods for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a Janus kinase-associated disorder or one or more complications of a Janus kinase-associated disorder. In certain aspects the disclosure provides TβRII antagonists for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a myeloproliferative disorder (e.g., polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis) or a Janus kinase-associated disorder or one or more complications of a myeloproliferative disorder or a Janus kinase-associated disorder.
US11203623B2	Engineered opsonin for pathogen detection and treatment The present invention provides for engineered molecular opsonins that may be used to bind biological pathogens or identify subclasses or specific pathogen species for use in devices and systems for treatment and diagnosis of patients with infectious diseases, blood-borne infections or sepsis. An aspect of the invention provides for mannose-binding lectin (MBL), which is an abundant natural serum protein that is part of the innate immune system. The ability of this protein lectin to bind to surface molecules on virtually all classes of biopathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans) make engineered forms of MBL extremely useful in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases and sepsis.
US11203619B2	Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11203618B2	Campylobacter immunogenic compositions and uses thereof The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions against Campylobacter and methods for using the immunogenic composition to generate an immune response against Campylobacter and/or reduce intestinal colonization by Campylobacter.
US11203613B2	Peptidomimetic proteasome inhibitors The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula (I) and Formula (I′): where the substituents R, R1, R3 R4, R′, W, X, Y, Z, k, and m are as defined herein and where the substituents R, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, and m are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of bacterial infections, parasite infections, fungal infections, cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, inflammatory disorders, or muscular dystrophy or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.
US11203609B2	Metal complexes Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards metal complexes that can be utilized to form polymers. As an example, the present disclosure provides a metal complex of Formula I: wherein each Me represents methyl.
US11203608B2	Platinum-containing compounds, and related compositions and uses thereof Platinum-containing compounds are generally described. For example, compounds of Formula (II) are generally described. Inventive compositions and uses thereof are also described. For example, methods of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (II) are generally described.
US11203607B2	Organometallic compound, organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound, and diagnostic composition including the organometallic compound An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US11203603B2	Carbonate-containing silane compound and making method Provided is a carbonate-containing silane compound having a characteristic structure that at least two silicon atoms are linked by a carbon chain. The silane compound is chemically stable. When used as an additive to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, the silane compound does not jeopardize the safety of lithium ion secondary batteries.
US11203602B2	Thioester prodrugs of macrocycles as inhibitors of histone deacetylases The present invention provides a novel macrocyclic prodrug compound of general Formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), and a method for treating diseases mediated by HDAC enzymes by administering a compound of Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, A and Z are defined herein.
US11203600B2	Kinase inhibitors and uses thereof The present disclosure relates generally to compounds and compositions, intermediates, processes for their preparation, and their use as kinase inhibitors.
US11203597B2	Crystalline spirocyclic compound, a dosage form containing, a method for using in treatment of disease, and a method for recrystallizing There is a crystalline compound of (S)-ethyl 8-(2-amino-6-((R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane-3-carboxylate that exhibits an XRPD pattern having a characteristic peak at 19.05±0.20 (° 2θ). There is also a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound. There is also a dosage form containing the crystalline compound and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. There is also a method for crystallizing/recrystallizing the compound. There is also a method for treating or preventing a disease with the compound.
US11203591B2	Substituted 6-azabenzimidazole compounds The present disclosure relates generally to certain 6-azabenzimidazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of making and using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein may be used for the treatment or prevention of diseases, disorders, or infections modifiable by hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) inhibitors, such as HBV, HIV, cancer, and/or a hyper-proliferative disease.
US11203588B2	Anti-cancer and splice modulating compounds and methods There are provided inter alia stable anti-cancer compounds and splice modulators and methods of synthesis and use thereof.
US11203587B2	Thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist compounds Provided herein are compounds, preferably thyroid hormone receptor beta (THR beta) agonist compounds, compositions thereof, methods of their preparation, and methods of agonizing THR beta and methods for treating disorders mediated by THR beta.
US11203586B2	Iridinesulfonamide compound and use method thereof An iridinesulfonamide compound having isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) inhibitory activity, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates thereof, a pharmaceutical composition, as well as use of the compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates thereof, and the pharmaceutical composition thereof in treating IDH1 mutation induced cancer.
US11203583B2	Prodrug and profluorescent compounds for selective mitochondrial imaging and therapeutic targeting The present invention relates to the use of prodrugs susceptible to nitroreductase (NTR) activation. In particular, provided herein are mitochondria-targeting prodrug compounds and probes, including profluorescent near-infrared (NIR) probes and non-fluorescent prodrugs, as well as to methods of using said prodrug compounds and probes for imaging mitochondria and for mitochondria-specific delivery of therapeutic agents.
US11203581B2	Highly purified pharmaceutical grade tasimelteon A process for preparing a batch of highly purified, pharmaceutical grade tasimelteon comprises analyzing a batch of tasimelteon synthesized under GMP conditions for the presence of one or more identified impurities.
US11203579B2	Compounds and compositions for treating conditions associated with NLRP activity In one aspect, compounds of Formula AA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are featured. The variables shown in Formula AA are as defined in the claims. The compounds of formula AA are NLRP3 activity modulators and, as such, can be used in the treatment of metabolic disorders (e.g. Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, obesity or gout), a disease of the central nervous system (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Parkinson's disease), lung disease (e.g. asthma, COPD or pulmonary idiopathic fibrosis), liver disease (e.g. NASH syndrome, viral hepatitis or cirrhosis), pancreatic disease (e.g. acute pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis), kidney disease (e.g. acute kidney injury or chronic kidney injury), intestinal disease (e.g. Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis), skin disease (e.g. psoriasis), musculoskeletal disease (e.g. scleroderma), a vessel disorder (e.g. giant cell arteritis), a disorder of the bones (e.g. osteoarthritis, osteoporosis or osteopetrosis disorders), eye disease (e.g. glaucoma or macular degeneration), a disease caused by viral infection (e.g. HIV or AIDS), an autoimmune disease (e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Autoimmune Thyroiditis), cancer or aging.
US11203577B2	Sulfonyl-structure-containing triazinone derivatives, their preparation methods and their uses in insect killing and/or bacterium killing The present invention belongs to the technical field of pesticides, particularly relates to sulfonyl-structure-containing triazinone derivatives, their preparation methods, and their uses in insect killing and/or bacterium killing. The sulfonyl-structure-containing triazinone derivatives are compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib). The sulfonyl-structure-containing triazinone derivatives provided in the present invention exhibit outstanding insecticidal activity as well as bactericidal activity.
US11203573B2	N-alkylation of acridans The present invention provides compounds used in the synthesis of chemiluminescent acridinium compounds and methods of producing these compounds. Specifically, methods are provided for the N-alkylation of acridan compounds using alkylating reagents. Typically, these alkylating reagents comprise a protected sulfonate group protected with an acid-labile protecting group.
US11203572B2	Substituted benzamides and methods of use thereof The invention provides compounds having the general formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables RA, RAA, subscript n, ring A, X2, L, subscript m, X1, ring B, R1, and RN have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
US11203567B2	Polymerizable triptycene derivative compound, and polymer compound including same as constituent component It is an objective of the present invention to provide a novel polymerizable triptycene derivative and a polymer compound as constituent component thereof that has a structure in which three benzene rings arranged at the axis formed by barrelene of the triptycene skeleton can rotate evenly and that has hydrophilicity imparted to it as compared to any of the prior art triptycene derivatives and is thus highly useful in functional materials.The above objective is achieved by the polymerizable triptycene derivative and a polymer compound as constituent component thereof having substituents with an unsaturated bonding functional group at position 9 and/or position 10 of the triptycene skeleton, the polymerizable triptycene derivative having two carboxyl groups and the polymerizable triptycene derivative having one carboxyl group and one amino group.
US11203564B2	Routing of purified aromatic carboxylic acid filter rinse for energy optimization A process for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid is provided. The process comprises purifying a crude aromatic carboxylic acid in a purification zone to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; crystallizing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid in a crystallization zone to form a solid/liquid mixture comprising purified aromatic carboxylic acid solids; filtering the solid/liquid mixture through a filter member of a rotary pressure filter apparatus to form a filter cake comprising the purified aromatic carboxylic acid solids; removing the filter cake from the filter member; rinsing the filter member to produce a filter rinse product, wherein the filter rinse product comprises purified aromatic carboxylic acid; and directing at least a portion of the filter rinse product downstream of the purification zone for recycle to the rotary pressure filter apparatus.
US11203560B2	Process scheme to improve divalent metal salts removal from mono ethylene glycol (MEG) A MEG reclamation process includes the step of increasing above 2,000 ppm the divalent metal salts concentration of a rich (wet) MEG feed stream flowing into a precipitator. The increasing step includes routing a salts-saturated MEG slipstream from the flash separator it to the precipitator. The slipstream may be mixed with a fresh water feed stream, a portion of the rich MEG feed stream, or some combination of the two. The rich MEG feed stream also may be split into two streams, with a portion of the stream being heated and routed to the flash separator and the other portion being combined as above with the removed slipstream. The process can be performed on the slipstream after dilution and prior to entering the precipitator or after being loaded into the precipitator. Removal of the insoluble salts may be done in either a batch or continuous mode.
US11203559B2	Chemical processes and systems that include the combustion of supplemental fuels According to one or more embodiments presently disclosed, a method for processing a chemical stream may include contacting a feed stream with a catalyst in a reactor portion of a reactor system that includes a reactor portion and a catalyst processing portion. Contacting the feed stream with the catalyst may cause a reaction forming an effluent. The method may include separating the effluent stream from the catalyst, passing the catalyst to the catalyst processing portion, and processing the catalyst in the catalyst processing portion. Processing the catalyst may include passing the catalyst to a combustor, combusting a supplemental fuel stream in the combustor to heat the catalyst, and treating the heated catalyst with an oxygen-containing gas. The supplemental fuel stream may include at least 1 mol % of one or more hydrocarbons, and a weight ratio of catalyst to hydrocarbons in the combustor may be at least 300:1.
US11203555B2	Blasting agent The present invention provides a method of stabilizing a nitrate-based explosive through the use of a NOx scavenger. The present invention further provides a blasting agent including ammonium nitrate and a NOx scavenger. The present invention further provides for a method of blasting adapted for use in reactive and/or elevated temperature ground.
US11203554B2	Anticaking agent for hygroscopic fertilizer An anticaking agent having a coating and a mineral matrix of a coarse mineral and a fine mineral is described. A method of making the anticaking agent is disclosed, as well as a method of applying the anticaking agent to a hygroscopic fertilizer to reduce caking in high temperature and high humidity environments. The coarse mineral may be a diatomaceous earth.
US11203552B2	Ceramic material and method of preparing the same A ceramic material, including: BaWO4-xM2CO3-yBaO-zB2O3-wSiO2, where x=0-0.2 mole, y=0-0.05 mole, z=0-0.2 mole, w=0-0.1 mole, M represents an alkali metal ion selected from Li+, K+, Na+, and x, y, z, and w are not zero at the same time.
US11203549B2	Chemically temperable glass sheet The invention relates to a glass sheet having a glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 60≤SiO2≤78%; 5≤Na2O≤20%; 0.9
US11203548B2	Optical glass, optical element composed of optical glass, optical system interchangeable lens, and optical device An optical glass includes, in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of La3+, Y3+, and Gd3+ components falling within a range of from 5% to 65% and a total amount of Zr4+, Hf4+, and Ta5+ components failing within a range of from 5% to 65%, and a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below is satisfied. (La3++Y3++Gd3+)×(Zr4+ Hf4++Ta3+)≥400(%)2.
US11203546B2	Glass flakes and resin composition Glass flakes of the present invention have an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 15 μm and an average thickness of 0.1 to 2 μm. The glass flakes have a particle size distribution in which the particle diameter at 99% of the cumulative volume from the smaller particle diameter is 45 μm or less, and the maximum particle diameter of the glass flakes is 62 μm or less.
US11203543B1	Zero liquid discharge recycling system for PCB FAB, general metal finishing, and chemical milling A method, system and composition is described for treating waste generated from manufacturing operations including at least one of Printed Circuit Boards Fabrication (PCB FAB), General Metal Finishing (GMF), semiconductors manufacturing, chemical milling, and Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD). The method, system and composition are used to create zero liquid discharge recycling.
US11203541B2	Partial nitrification-denitrification coupled two-stage autotrophic denitrification advanced nitrogen removal method An advanced nitrogen removal method using partial nitrification-denitrification coupled two-stage autotrophic denitrification. Sewage is introduced into a first pool for partial nitrification-denitrification treatment, and then introduced into a first regulating reservoir. Dissolved oxygen content in the first pool is kept at 0.4-0.6 mg/L. Water is discharged when a molar ratio of nitrite nitrogen to ammonia nitrogen in the first regulating reservoir is 1.0-1.3:1. Effluent in the regulating reservoir is introduced into a second pool for anaerobic ammonia oxidation treatment, and then introduced into a second regulating reservoir. In the second pool, pH is 7.0-7.4, a temperature is 22-28° C. Effluent in the second regulating reservoir and sulfides are introduced into a third pool for denitrification treatment. Water is discharged. In the third pool, pH is 7.5-8.0, a temperature is 28-32° C., a mass ratio of sulfur to nitrogen is 1.9-2.0:1.
US11203534B2	Method, system and apparatus for treatment of fluids This invention is directed to a method, system and apparatus for the treatment fluids. An apparatus for the treatment of a fluid comprises a fluid chamber and at least one ultraviolet light unit arranged at a periphery of the fluid chamber. The at least one ultraviolet light unit comprises at least one ultraviolet light emitting diode and an ultraviolet light directing element. The ultraviolet light directing element is configured to collimate at least a portion of the light emitted from the at least one ultraviolet light emitting diode in use such that the ultraviolet light rays emitted from each ultraviolet light unit are parallel in a first plane. Also described is a method for the cooling a light emitting diode in a fluid treatment system.
US11203531B2	Method for inhibiting extractant degradation of DSX process through manganese extraction control Provided is a method for inhibiting extractant degradation in the DSX process through the manganese extraction control, the method comprising: (a) stirring DSX solvent and DSX feed solution, which is a solution containing a valuable metal from which iron has been removed in an agitator, in which soda ash (Na2CO3) is further added to maintain a constant pH; and (b) scrubbing the manganese from the DSX solvent, extracted in step (a).
US11203530B2	Method for producing hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide The present invention provides a method capable of producing hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide having a small thickness and a small variation in the particle size. The present invention relates to a method for producing hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide, the method including: a step (1) of preparing a slurry mixture containing starting particulate zinc oxide, a zinc acetate solution, and a chloride; and a step (2) of heat aging the slurry mixture obtained in the step (1) at 60° C. to 100° C.
US11203529B2	Sealed reactor method for forming graphene Methods of forming graphene may include reacting a dispersed mixture, comprising fly ash, a charged heteroaromatic compound, particularly a pyridinium compound, such as a 1-(4-pyridyl)-pyridinium salt, and a solvent, particularly an alcohol, such as ethanol, with a polymeric oxidizing agent, preferably polymer-supported pyridinium chlorochromate, to form a second mixture; and contacting the second mixture at a temperature of 120 to 180° C. with a gas stream comprising at least 0.1 vol. % CH4 and at least 10 vol. % H2 to form graphene on the fly ash. Methods of managing waste may comprise using fly ash waste to produce graphene. Devices for implementing such methods may involve steel cylindrical reaction vessels including a cover through which a valve-stoppable pipe is fed, which reaction vessel is at least partially surrounded by a heating device, and suitable for handling solvent and fly ash, as well as for receiving gas inflow through the pipe.
US11203526B2	Reprogrammable quantum processor architecture incorporating quantum error correction A novel and useful quantum computing machine architecture that includes a classic computing core as well as a quantum computing core. A programmable pattern generator executes sequences of instructions that control the quantum core. In accordance with the sequences, a pulse generator functions to generate the control signals that are input to the quantum core to perform quantum operations. A partial readout of the quantum state in the quantum core is generated that is subsequently re-injected back into the quantum core to extend decoherence time. Access gates control movement of quantum particles in the quantum core. Errors are corrected from the partial readout before being re-injected back into the quantum core. Internal and external calibration loops calculate error syndromes and calibrate the control pulses input to the quantum core. Control of the quantum core is provided from an external support unit via the pattern generator or can be retrieved from classic memory where sequences of commands for the quantum core are stored a priori in the memory. A cryostat unit functions to provide several temperatures to the quantum machine including a temperature to cool the quantum computing core to approximately 4 Kelvin.
US11203525B2	Method of controlling the placement of micro-objects Disclosed are methods and systems of controlling the placement of micro-objects on the surface of a micro-assembler. Control patterns may be used to cause phototransistors or electrodes of the micro-assembler to generate dielectrophoretic (DEP) and electrophoretic (EP) forces which may be used to manipulate, move, position, or orient one or more micro-objects on the surface of the micro-assembler. A set of micro-object may be analyzed. Geometric properties of the set of micro-objects may be identified. The set of micro-objects may be divided into multiple sub-sets of micro-objects based on the one or more geometric properties and one or more control patterns.
US11203520B2	Pressurized liquid fill gun apparatus and method of use Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a fill gun apparatus for interconnection of a pump truck and a pressurized liquid delivery system. The fill gun apparatus can be easily attached and detached from an inlet port to deliver a pressurized fluid, for improved delivery, increased efficiency, increased safety, and decreased waste.
US11203518B2	Spill containment system A containment sump has a primary container and a secondary container which extends only partway up the outer wall of the primary container. This “low-rise” secondary container, in certain embodiments, cooperates with the primary container to create a hermetically sealed interstitial space encompassing the bottom of the primary container, including the lower portion of the upright containment wall and the container bottom. In alternative embodiments, the secondary container is a subassembly forming an interstitial space and joined as a subassembly to the primary container. More particularly, the upper end of the interstitial space may be below pipe or other conduit penetrations through the sidewall of the primary container. At the same time, any leak which may develop over the service life of the containment sump would be contained and detected within the bottom of the primary and/or secondary containers. Therefore, the present system combines the low cost and high reliability associated with single-wall penetrations through containment sump walls, while also offering the high level of environmental protection associated with double-wall spill containment.
US11203515B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for dispensing beverages using alcoholic concentrates A beverage dispenser includes a gas infusion device that receives a base fluid and a gas and dispenses a gas infused liquid, a ratio pump that receives the gas infused liquid and a concentrate from a concentrate source and dispenses a predetermined ratio of the gas infused liquid and the concentrate, and a mixing chamber that mixes the predetermined ratio of the gas infused liquid and the concentrate to form a reconstituted beverage. An insulated enclosure has an interior space in which the ratio pump and the mixing chamber are positioned. A cooling heat exchanger is positioned in the insulated enclosure, and a first refrigeration system circulates a cooling media through the cooling heat exchanger to thereby cool the interior space to a suitable temperature such that the gas infused liquid and the concentrate dispensed from the ratio pump and the mixing chamber are cooled to the suitable temperature.
US11203514B2	Aseptic filling system An aseptic filling system includes a heat sterilizer and a filler. The heat sterilizer has a heating unit, a holding tube, a first stage cooling unit and a second stage cooling unit. A circulation line composed of a heating-water line and a cooling-water line is connected to the heating unit and the first stage cooling unit. A connection line is connected to the cooling-water line, and aseptic cooling water in the cooling-water line is sent to the filler through the connection line.
US11203510B2	Electrohydraulic damper for elevator system A frictional damper for an elevator system includes one or more friction pads configured to move between a first position, and a second position defined by engagement of the one or more friction pads to the guide rail. An actuation unit urges the one or more friction pads into and out of engagement with the guide rail. The actuation unit includes a hydraulic actuator operably connected to the one or more friction pads to urge movement of the one or more friction pads into and out of engagement with the guide rail via hydraulic fluid pressure. The hydraulic actuator includes a hydraulic cylinder containing a volume of hydraulic fluid and a hydraulic piston located in the hydraulic cylinder and operably connected to the one or more friction pads. An electromagnetic actuator selectably urges hydraulic fluid to apply a force to the hydraulic piston, urging the movement of the friction pads.
US11203508B2	Method and device for swiveling a bobbin in a winding device A winding device and associated method for swiveling a bobbin in the winding device during an interruption of a winding operation are provided, wherein the bobbin rests on a backing roller and is formed on a bobbin tube onto which a thread is wound. The bobbin tube is rotatably held between holders on two retaining arms mounted on a common swivel arm having a swivel axis. With force measurement unit, one of intrinsic weight of the bobbin or a force effect that acts on the retaining arms due to contact of the bobbin with the backing roller is measured. A manual force is transmitted into at least one of the retaining arms in a force direction that is determined by evaluating the force measurement unit. With a drive that is operably configured with the swivel arm, the swivel arm is swiveled in the force direction.
US11203506B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system In order to enable a sheet end portion to be properly guided to a nip portion in performing folding processing a plurality of times, provided are a transport path including a guide face to guide a transported sheet, a rotating body pair which nips the sheet transported to the transport path by a nip portion to rotate, a folding blade that pushes the sheet to the nip portion of the rotating body pair, and a blade guide member including a guide portion for pushing one end of the sheet to the nip portion when the folding blade pushes the sheet to the nip portion, and a shift section that shifts the folding blade and the blade guide member in a push direction for pushing to the nip portion and in a return direction opposite to the push direction.
US11203503B2	Sheet discharging device, method of controlling sheet discharging device, processing device, and recording system A sheet discharging device includes: a medium supporting portion configured to support a transported medium, the medium supporting portion being configured to swing; a stacking portion which is provided vertically below the medium supporting portion and on which the medium dropped from the medium supporting portion is stacked, the stacking portion being configured to move up and down; and a detecting portion that detects swinging of the medium supporting portion, in which the detecting portion detects the swinging of the medium supporting portion when the medium on the rising stacking portion comes into contact with a lower surface of the medium supporting portion.
US11203498B2	Medium feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus A medium feeding apparatus includes a mounting section on which a medium to be fed is mounted, a feeding roller configured to feed the medium mounted on the mounting section, a separation roller configured to nip and separate the medium with the feeding roller therebetween, and a regulation section disposed downstream of the nipping position between the feeding roller and the separation roller, the regulation section being configured to regulate the contact of the medium to be fed and the separation roller by coming into contact with the medium from the side of the separation roller.
US11203492B2	Case reorientation system and method A case orienting system comprising a frame having a reference datum a traverse transport pivotally coupled to the frame about a traverse pivot axis, the traverse transport including a substantially continuous movable platform configured to support and transport at least one case in a case traverse direction along a traverse axis. The substantially continuous movable platform pivots about the traverse pivot axis to orient the case traverse direction to another traverse direction and a bias support disposed adjacent to and opposing the traverse transport and being movably coupled to the frame to move relative to the frame in opposition to the traverse transport, the bias support being configured to engage and seat against a seating surface of the at least one case to support the at least one case in a first orientation relative to the reference datum.
US11203491B1	Active safety systems for item sortation equipment Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for active safety systems for item sortation equipment. In one embodiment, an example system for an item sortation machine may include a first camera configured to image a first exterior portion of the item sortation machine, memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to detect a human present at a first location in the first exterior portion, and determine, using the first location, a first portion of an aisle of the item sortation machine to designate a restricted travel zone. Shuttles of the item sortation machine in the restricted travel zone may be prevented from movement. The system may determine that a first shuttle of the item sortation machine is in the restricted travel zone, and may cause the first shuttle to be paused.
US11203490B1	Torsion weldment for a telescopic boom of a material conveyor apparatus A weldment structure for reinforcing a boom of a material conveyor apparatus includes a pair of elongate rigid members having an overall length with cut ends, a set of cross members sharing an overall length with cut ends, the cross members fixed orthogonally to the elongate rigid members functioning to hold the rigid members apart and parallel and at the same edge alignment, and a set of cross support brackets fixed to the cross members and to the elongate rigid members, the cross support brackets each supporting at least a return roller bracket assembly and a pair of opposing belt guides.
US11203488B2	Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium A substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of placement parts on which a substrate container is placed, a driving part configured to move the plurality of placement parts, a transport mechanism configured to load the substrate container into one of the plurality of placement parts and to unload the substrate container from one of the plurality of placement parts, and a controller configured to control the driving part and the transport mechanism so that by raising or lowering the transport mechanism while keeping a support of the transport mechanism unmoved in an initial position, the substrate container is delivered from one of the plurality of placement parts to the support of the transport mechanism, and the substrate container is delivered from the support of the transport mechanism to one of the plurality of placement parts.
US11203486B2	Order fulfillment system An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.
US11203484B2	Flat-packing machine for innerspring units A flat-packing machine for producing a package of compressed innerspring units (10) comprises a press device having a first pressing tool (210) and a second pressing tool (220). The press device is configured to compress an innerspring unit (10) between the first pressing tool (210) and the second pressing tool (220) while one of the first pressing tool (210) and the second pressing tool (220) holds one or more further previously compressed innerspring units (10) in a compressed state.
US11203483B2	Discharge container, customized discharge system having discharge container, and discharge control method in discharge container A discharge container 1 includes a container body having a discharge face 13, on which a discharge hole 15 is formed, a cylinder part including a discharge space 2 in communication with the discharge hole 15 inside the container body, a piston 3 movable between a first position and a second position, the second position being farther than the first position from the discharge face in the discharge space 2, and a plurality of storage portions 5a to 5e for storing contents, wherein a plurality of inlet holes respectively corresponding to the plurality of storage portions 5a to 5e are formed in an inner wall of the discharge space 2, wherein, when the piston 3 is at the second position, the plurality of inlet holes 22a to 22e communicate with the discharge space 2 between a top face of the piston 3 and the discharge face, and the contents are ready to flow into the discharge space 2 from the plurality of inlet holes 22a to 22e, and wherein, when the piston 3 is at the first position, the plurality of inlet holes 22a to 22e are closed by the piston 3.
US11203480B2	Instant mixing container and product Disclosed are an instant mixing container. The container includes a main container and an inner container fitted inside the main container. A mutually isolated outer storage chamber and inner storage chamber are provided inside the main container and the inner container respectively. An opening is provided on the inner container, and when the opening is pressed, impacted or pulled by an external force and opens, the outer storage chamber and the inner storage chamber are in communication. The container can instantly mix two or more materials, several different materials are respectively filled to constitute an integrally formed product, and the container is convenient to use, is able to keep the materials for a long time, and has an anti-counterfeiting function.
US11203479B2	Collapsible container including troughs A collapsible container includes a base having a base wall with a plurality of support surfaces separated by a longitudinal drainage channel and a plurality of lateral drainage channels intersecting the longitudinal drainage channel. The drainage channels are lower than the support surfaces. The base wall does not include any openings therethrough, so the drainage channels retain fluid leaking from products or packages in the container. The base may further include a plurality of troughs proximate edges of the base. The plurality of troughs are lower than the drainage channels. Walls are pivotably mounted to the base and are pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position.
US11203477B2	Integrated package opening feature A package is described that includes a laminate structure with a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is adjacent a compartment of the package and includes a predefined cut through which access is provided to the contents of the package. The second layer includes an integrated pull strip that is at least partially defined by a line of weakness formed in the second layer. The pull strip overlies the predefined cut and is configured to be separated from a remainder of the second layer by a user. In this way, separation of the pull strip from the package (e.g., as the pull strip is peeled away from the package) may serve to expose the predefined cut and allows the first and second edges to be moved apart to provide access to the compartment and the contents stored therein via the predefined cut.
US11203476B2	Product package, display card, clip and blank therefor Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a product carrier, clip and a blank for forming the product carrier. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a display card and a clip. An article is mounted to the display card by the clip. The display card comprises a front panel and a rear panel. The clip comprises a front wall and opposed side walls. The clip together with at least one of the front and rear panels forms a tubular structure for receiving a part of the article. The article comprises at least one limb. The article is mounted to the display card by the at least one limb which extends through the tubular structure.
US11203472B2	Dispensing device for a drink bottle A formulation dispensing device can include a cartridge receptacle to accommodate and/or secure a beverage ingredient cartridge and permit contents within the cartridge to flow into a bottle or beverage container. Additionally, a formulation dispensing device can include a drink through valve that can permit mixed contents from a beverage container to flow through the drink through valve and be consumed. For example, the formulation dispensing device can include ingredients that can be added to a range of different drinks, including sports drinks, dietary drinks, and as a critical life supporting drinks in humanitarian situations. The formulation dispensing device can also include a lid configured to pivot between open and closed positions and can seal the dispensing device which allows the beverage container to be inverted during consumption without leakage through the first aperture.
US11203471B2	Pill bottle with removable pill container cap A method and system to provide a pill bottle with a removable pill cap case. A bottle cap has a hollow area which receives the removable pill cap case which fits (snaps) into the bottle cap. The removable pill cap case has a flip-top lid which can open and close and enable pills to be placed therein. As such, a user can open the pill bottle, place one or more of the pills inside the removable pill cap case, close the removable pill cap case, and then carry the removable pill cap case around with him/her without having the carry the entire pill bottle.
US11203469B1	Liquid containers having a vent structure promoting improved liquid dispensing Disclosed herein are embodiments of liquid dispensing container preferably configured as portable, handheld liquid dispensing containers. These liquid dispensing containers possesses a vent structure that provides improved liquid dispensing along with simplified vent construction and container integration. In these regards, these liquid dispensing containers advantageously overcome one or more shortcomings associated conventional liquid dispensing containers and other types of containers.
US11203467B2	Assembly and method for delivery of micro-volume droplets from a squeeze bottle A method and assembly for attaching to a container and configured to reduce the volume of a droplet of fluid ejected from the container wherein the assembly is securable to the container without alteration of the container and wherein the volume of the droplet is reduced on a microliter scale. The assembly comprises a base for securing a neck of the container; a tip for securing over a dispensing outlet of the container; and optionally a cap for securing over the tip and connecting to the base.
US11203463B2	Child-resistant reclosable bags The present disclosure relates to plastic or polymeric container (100) with reclosable zippers or reclosures (10) which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper or reclosure (10) including a tab (18) with a tab track (29) that engages with an opposite track (46) on an opposite profile. A user disengages the tab track (29) from the opposite track (46), typically by peeling, in order to open the remainder of the zipper or reclosure (10).
US11203460B2	Multi-carton container A multi-carton container can be separated into a first carton and a second carton. The top wall of each of the first carton and the second carton can be at least partially connected to each other along a line of weakness. Side walls of each of the first carton and the second carton can also be at least partially connected to each other along lines of weakness.
US11203456B2	Labeling machine A labeling machine includes a base structure which rotatably supports a conveyance carousel for the containers to be labeled and at least one protection structure which can move, with respect to the base structure, from an active condition, in which it prevents access from the outside to at least one portion of the conveyance carousel, to an inactive condition, in which it allows access from the outside to the at least one portion of the conveyance carousel, and vice versa; the protection structure includes a supporting framework for components of the protection structure, which includes a profiled bar having an arc-like extension around the axis of the conveyance carousel, which is arranged above the base structure and forms at least one engagement seat for elements for fixing to the supporting framework at least one of the components.
US11203452B2	Size reduction of mailers A system includes a forming funnel, a cutting element, and a fusing device. The forming funnel has divergent surfaces arranged to receive a mailer in an insertion direction between the divergent surfaces. The forming funnel includes a slot that constrains the mailer after the mailer is inserted between the divergent surfaces. The cutting element cuts off a portion of the mailer and to forms a cut end of the mailer as the mailer is moved through the slot in a sliding direction. The fusing device applies pressure to an exterior of the cut end of the mailer and applies heat to the cut end of the mailer as the mailer is moved through the slot. The pressure and the heat applied by the fusing device cause portions of the cut end to fuse together to close the mailer.
US11203451B2	Multifunction cap replacement module A multifunction cap replacement module includes a cap rotation module supporter and at least one cap rotation module. The cap rotation module is mounted to the cap rotation module supporter, and the cap rotation module includes a first cap rotation device and a second cap rotation device. The first cap rotation device is configured to open one sealing cap of at least one chemical drum and extract a chemical liquid from the chemical drum, and the second cap rotation device is configured to open another one sealing cap of the chemical drum and allow the chemical liquid to flow back to the chemical drum.
US11203450B2	Cover tape feeder for a tape-and-reel system A tape-and-reel system for processing components is disclosed. In the embodiment, the tape-and-reel system includes a first carrier tape reel for holding unloaded carrier tape, a component loading system for loading components into pockets of the unloaded carrier tape, an air-guided cover tape feeder through which cover tape travels, an alignment tool for guiding the cover tape into alignment with the loaded carrier tape and adhering the cover tape to the loaded carrier tape to secure the components into the loaded carrier tape, and a second carrier tape reel for holding the loaded carrier tape.
US11203446B2	Method for fault diagnosis of aero-engine sensor and actuator based on LFT The present invention discloses a method for fault diagnosis of the sensors and actuators of an aero-engine based on LFT, and belongs to the field of fault diagnosis of aero-engines. The method comprises: establishing an aero-engine state space model using a combination of a small perturbation method and a linear fitting method; establishing an affine parameter-dependent linear-parameter-varying (LPV) model of the aero-engine based on the model; converting the LPV model of the aero-engine having perturbation signals and sensor and actuator fault signals into a linear fractional transformation (LFT) structure to obtain an synthesis framework of an LPV fault estimator; solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to obtain the solution conditions of the fault estimator; and designing the fault estimator in combination with the LFT structure to realize fault diagnosis of the sensors and actuators of an aero-engine.
US11203445B2	Data- and model-driven inspection of autonomous aircraft using an unmanned aerial vehicle Pre-flight and episodic aircraft inspections to ensure operational safety and effectiveness are made faster, less costly and more effective by utilizing mobile model and data-driven sensor platforms inspecting known-state target vehicles. For autonomous aircraft, an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle (I-UAV) containing sensors inspects a utility unmanned aerial vehicle (U-UAV). Failure and system models of the U-UAV and the flight history of the U-UAV carried in the sensor data captured by the U-UAV's aircraft health management system are combined to guide the I-UAV to appropriately attend to the systems of the U-UAV and to drive the U-UAV systems into target states that will reveal otherwise hidden or latent failures.
US11203444B2	Arm removal system An arm removal system for removing an arm. The system includes an anvil, and a removal assembly with at least two jackscrews. The arm has an extension radially extending from the arm and an arm outer surface. The arm is disposed within a wedge shaped collet that is disposed within a socket in an aircraft with an aircraft outer surface. The removal assembly includes an extension engaging surface and threaded jackscrew holes for accepting the jackscrews, such that when the jackscrews are tightened within the jackscrew holes, the jackscrews apply force on the anvil and the aircraft outer surface in the direction away from the removal assembly such that the arm is eventually removed entirely from the aircraft.
US11203440B2	System for integrated engine and flight control An aircraft control system may include an engine control subsystem, a flight control subsystem, a processor, and a tangible, non-transitory memory. The tangible, non-transitory memory may be configured to communicate with the processor, and the tangible, non-transitory memory may have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the aircraft control system to perform various operations. The various operations may include controlling, by the processor, the engine control subsystem and controlling, by the processor, the flight control subsystem. That is, a single processor (or a single set of processors) may control both the engine control subsystem and the flight control subsystem.
US11203438B1	System and method for deicing An anti-ice system includes an anti-ice element and an electronic processing system. The electronic processing system is configured to determine an icing condition encounter prior to an aircraft entering a region of the icing condition and provide a control signal for causing the anti-ice element to heat a surface or device of the aircraft before the aircraft enters the region.
US11203437B2	Assembly and method for conditioning engine-heated air onboard an aircraft Apparatus and method for conditioning engine-heated air onboard an aircraft including a heat exchanger (140) at least partially disposed in a pylon structure (118) for supporting an engine (134) of the aircraft. The pylon heat exchanger (140) extracts heat from a flow (156) of engine-heated air. A flow (142) of ambient air is provided to the pylon heat exchanger (140) from a ram air inlet (150).
US11203435B2	Fastening system for fastening fixtures in a vehicle A fastening system for a vehicle has a rail with a flange, which has a bearing surface, and a crosspiece, which bears the flange, also has an accommodating device, arranged on the crosspiece and has an accommodating bore, arranged parallel to the flange and runs through the crosspiece, further has a barrel nut having a longitudinal axis and a bore, which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, and additionally has a securing device. The flange has a flange opening directed towards the bore. The position of the bore in the nut is aligned with the flange opening when the nut is in the bore. The securing device fixes the nut along the longitudinal axis in the bore. The securing device or the shape of the nut and/or of the bore fix the nut in a rotationally fixed manner in the bore.
US11203432B2	Smart service trolley and trolley support system A trolley support system (100) includes at least one intelligent trolley (102) designed for use onboard passenger transportation vehicles such as aircraft. The trolley (102) includes a housing (106) with an internal compartment (108) and a door (110) that provides selective access to the internal compartment. The door is movable between a closed position and an unclosed position. The trolley also includes a control sensor (116) that configured to detect at least one characteristic of the trolley and a visual indicator (122) configured to emit a visual transmission based on the at least one detected characteristic. A trolley node (104) having a controller may be included with the trolley and may be communicatively coupled to the control sensor and the visual indicator.
US11203428B2	Removable aerial application system A removable aerial application system and a method of installing the removable aerial application system in an aircraft such as a helicopter. In one embodiment, a removable aerial application system for an aircraft comprises: a tank insertable into a cabin of the aircraft; a first delivery conduit and a second delivery conduit, the first and second delivery conduits being in communication with the tank and extending aftward beneath a fuselage of the aircraft, a first auger within the first delivery conduit and a second auger within the second delivery conduit; a collector assembly defining a chamber, each of the first and second delivery conduits being in communication with the chamber; a distribution system coupled to the collector assembly; and a hydraulic system in mechanical communication with each of the first and second augers.
US11203425B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes obtaining, from a user device, flight operation information describing an inspection of a vertical structure to be performed, the flight operation information including locations of one or more safe locations for vertical inspection. A location of the UAV is determined to correspond to a first safe location for vertical inspection. A first inspection of the structure is performed is performed at the first safe location, the first inspection including activating cameras. A second safe location is traveled to, and a second inspection of the structure is performed. Information associated with the inspection is provided to the user device.
US11203422B2	Rotor assembly for a rotorcraft with torque controlled collective pitch A rotor assembly for a rotorcraft, comprising a rotor shaft, a torque transmission unit that is non-rotatably mounted to the rotor shaft, a rotor hub that is rotatably mounted to the rotor shaft via an associated angular displacement enabling component, and at least two rotor blades that are connected to the rotor hub, wherein the torque transmission unit is coupled to the at least two rotor blades on a rotor assembly outflow side via a pitch control unit, wherein the pitch control unit transmits to the at least two rotor blades torque that is applied from the rotor shaft to the torque transmission unit, and wherein the pitch control unit increases a respective pitch angle of the at least two rotor blades if the torque is increased.
US11203420B2	System and method for controlling engine speed in multi-engine aircraft Method and system for controlling engine speed in a multi-engine aircraft, comprising monitoring a request for a first engine and a second engine to generate a given thrust and determining a corresponding engine speed for the first engine and the second engine in accordance with the given thrust. When the corresponding engine speed is outside of a selected speed range, a first engine speed and a second engine speed are allowed to track the corresponding engine speed. When the corresponding engine speed is within the selected speed range, a transition of the first engine speed and the second engine speed through the selected speed range is staggered by allowing one of the first engine speed and the second engine speed to transition through the selected speed range while holding the other of the first engine speed and the second engine speed outside of the selected speed range.
US11203419B2	Device for regulating a setpoint for a speed of rotation of a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a device, and an associated method of regulation A regulator device for regulating a control setpoint for a speed of rotation, written NR, for at least one main rotor of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft including at least one measurement member for taking measurements representative of a current vertical elevation of the rotorcraft relative to a reference level Ref; and measurement means serving to measure at least one vertical component of a travel speed of the rotorcraft relative to the air surrounding the rotorcraft, the regulator device for regulating the control setpoint of the speed including management means for automatically controlling the control setpoint for the speed in accordance with at least two predetermined control relationships that are distinct from each other.
US11203416B2	Systems and methods for variable gap wireless power and communication Systems and methods for tuning power transmission circuits may sweep a power frequency applied to a transmission coil across a plurality of frequencies. The transmission coil may be inductively coupled to a receiving coil and separated from the receiving coil by an air gap. A current and/or voltage at the transmission coil may be measured in response to the power frequency being at each frequency of the plurality of frequencies. A transmission frequency may be selected based at least in part on the measured current and/or the measured voltage.
US11203414B2	Controlling an aircraft based on detecting and mitigating fatiguing conditions and aircraft damage conditions A computer-implemented method and system for controlling an aircraft based on detecting and mitigating fatiguing conditions and aircraft damage conditions is disclosed. According to one example, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a processing system, a health condition of a component of the aircraft. The method further includes determining, by the processing system, whether the health condition is one of a fatigue condition or a damage condition. The method further includes implementing, by the processing system, a first action based at least in part on determining that the health condition is a fatigue condition to mitigate the fatigue condition. The method further includes implementing, by the processing system, a second action based at least in part on determining that the health condition is a damage condition to mitigate the damage condition.
US11203412B2	Fan-in-wing aerial vehicle and method for controlling posture thereof A fan-in-wing aerial vehicle according to an embodiment may comprise: a fuselage; main wings expending from both sides of the fuselage in the span direction; rotors rotatably mounted inside the main wings, respectively; and opening/closing portions installed on the main wings such that the same can be opened/closed and thereby expose the rotors to the outside or conceal the rotors from the outside, respectively.
US11203409B2	Geometric morphing wing with adaptive corrugated structure An airfoil member includes an airfoil skin, a trailing edge member, a spar member extending in a lateral direction within the airfoil skin, and an airfoil member morphing device configured to modify a shape of the airfoil skin. The device includes at least one motor or actuator, an airfoil skin support sheet attached to the spar member and corrugated to define alternating upper and lower lines of contact with inner surfaces of the rearward upper skin and rearward lower skin. Actuating bands extend from the spar member through alternating upward and downward sections of the airfoil skin support sheet and are operably connected to the at least one motor or actuator. The airfoil member morphing device is configured to independently adjust a camber, twist, and chord length of the airfoil member.
US11203408B2	Control surface of flying object, and flying object The control surface according to the present invention controls an attitude of a flying object, and includes a skin covering an internal space and a lattice structure supporting the skin in the internal space. The lattice structure has mechanical strength that is changeable in one or both of a surface length direction and a surface width direction. For example, the mechanical strength at a root of the control surface in the surface length direction may be made larger than the mechanical strength of other regions in the surface length direction, or the mechanical strength at a front edge and a rear edge in the surface width direction may be made larger than the mechanical strength of other regions in the surface width direction.
US11203404B2	Composite toughening using three dimensional printed thermoplastic pins A composite article including a plurality of layers each comprising bundles of fibers separated by spaces; pins bonded to a side of at least one of bundles and extending or built through the spaces between the layers; and a resin combined with the layers and the pin. The pins form a physical barrier preventing or reducing propagation of cracks in an x-y plane of the composite article.
US11203402B2	Envelope film suspenders for high-altitude balloons A high altitude or stratospheric balloon system may include a balloon envelope including envelope film, at least one tendon, and a suspender. The suspender may have a first end attached to the envelope film. The suspender is arranged to stretch such that the first end moves towards an equator of the balloon envelope as the balloon envelope pressurizes in order to control movement of the envelope film relative to the tendon and towards the equator as the balloon pressurizes.
US11203401B1	Multi-speed transmissions for marine propulsion devices A transmission for an outboard motor, the transmission having an input shaft with an input gear non-rotatably fixed thereto and rotatable by an engine. A countershaft has a countershaft driven gear and a reverse driving gear non-rotatably fixed thereto, where the countershaft driven gear meshes with the input gear. An output shaft has first and second driven gears non-rotatably fixed thereto. First and second driving gears mesh with the first and second driven gears, a reverse idler gear meshes with the reverse driving gear, and a reverse driven gear meshes with the reverse idler gear. First and second clutches selectively rotate the first and second driving gears with the countershaft in first and second modes at first and second speeds in forward rotation, respectively, and a reverse clutch selectively rotates the output shaft with the reverse driven gear in a reverse mode with reverse rotation.
US11203397B2	Dinghy made from separate floating elements A dinghy constructed of two separable sections, being a front and a rear section, and a connection means adapted to join the two sections together. The front section has a rear bulkhead, the rear section has a front bulkhead the connection means integral with the bulkheads. One of the bulkheads includes cylindrical sleeves, the other bulkhead cylindrical rods adapted to engage the sleeves to thereby connect the dinghy together.
US11203395B2	Bicycle sprocket and bicycle sprocket assembly A method of making a bicycle sprocket having a rotational center axis basically includes providing an annular portion and forming a first tooth and a second tooth. The annular portion is made of a base material and has a plurality of teeth. At least one of the teeth is processed to form a first tooth, and at least one other of the teeth is processed to form a second tooth. The first tooth has a first axial chain engaging width that is smaller than a first axial spacing of an outer link of a bicycle chain and larger than a second axial spacing of an inner link that is coupled to an outer link. The second tooth is formed to have a second axial chain engaging width that is smaller than the second axial spacing. The second tooth is formed by deforming the base material.
US11203394B2	Bicycle hydraulic device A bicycle hydraulic device is basically provided with a base member, a piston, a guide rod and a guide rod seal ring. The base member includes a main body having a cylinder bore and a guide bore. The piston is movably disposed in the cylinder bore. The guide rod is coupled to the piston to move the piston. The guide rod is movably disposed in the guide bore. The guide rod seal ring is disposed on the guide rod and in sliding contact with the guide bore.
US11203393B2	Personal mobility device and method for controlling a personal mobility device A personal mobility and a controlling method adjusting speed based on shape information of the handle are provided. The personal mobility includes a power device, a braking device, and a handle. The handle includes a plurality of axes provided to be movable and a deformable cover surrounding the plurality of axes. A detector detects movement of each of the plurality of axes and a controller operates the power device and the braking device based on a positional relationship between the plurality of axes according to the movement of each of the plurality of axes.
US11203387B2	Bicycle seat post isolator A bicycle seat post isolator assembly constructed to be fixedly engaged in a seat post receiving opening in a bicycle frame. A seat post gripper includes an elongated inner tubular body with an outer elastomeric layer/covering, inserted into the opening to receive a seat post coaxially therein. The layer/covering is positioned between the body and the bicycle frame. A retaining structure designed to be fixed adjacent an edge of the seat post receiving opening with a portion extending into the opening to only engage portions of the outer elastomeric layer/covering of the seat post gripper so as to lock the seat post gripper in the seat post receiving opening, whereby the layer/covering of the gripper is positioned between the body of the gripper with the seat post inserted coaxially into the gripper and the bicycle frame.
US11203385B1	Slip detection for robotic locomotion An example method may include i) determining a first distance between a pair of feet of a robot at a first time, where the pair of feet is in contact with a ground surface; ii) determining a second distance between the pair of feet of the robot at a second time, where the pair of feet remains in contact with the ground surface from the first time to the second time; iii) comparing a difference between the determined first and second distances to a threshold difference; iv) determining that the difference between determined first and second distances exceeds the threshold difference; and v) based on the determination that the difference between the determined first and second distances exceeds the threshold difference, causing the robot to react.
US11203384B2	Spare tire mounting structure A spare tire mounting structure includes: a well portion in a rear floor panel of a vehicle body; a jack device which is detachably mounted within the well portion, and is raised or lowered within the well portion; a plurality of support bars mounted across the well portion; and a mounting bracket coupled to the plurality of support bars, wherein a spare tire is detachably mounted on the mounting bracket by a clamp, and is supported by the jack device.
US11203383B2	Operator station suspension system A suspension system for an operator station of a vehicle having a chassis includes a subframe structure positioned between the operator station and the chassis. The subframe structure includes a plurality of mounting pads configured to support the operator station. A plurality of suspension assemblies are connected between the chassis and the subframe structure near each of the mounting pads. A first lateral rod is connected between the subframe structure near one of the mounting pads and the chassis. A first longitudinal rod is connected between the subframe structure near one of the mounting pads and the chassis. A stabilizer bar is connected between the subframe structure at two locations and the chassis. A roll control bar is connected between the subframe structure at two locations and the chassis.
US11203380B2	Steering assistance device and steering assistance method In a steering assistance device 1, a steering control unit 74 causes a first auxiliary unit 14 to generate torque with reducing by a predetermined amount and causes a second auxiliary unit 20 to generate torque equal to or less than the decreased predetermined amount, in a case where the first auxiliary unit 14 is able to generate a steering assistance force such that a steering angle of a vehicle can reach a target steering angle determined according to curvature so as to make the vehicle travel in the center of a lane.
US11203376B2	Carriage for driving a vehicle steering system allowing a displacement of a cover part identical to the displacement of a movable tube during a depth setting and during an accident A drive carriage of a vehicle steering system positioned between a movable tube and a drive member, having an attachment zone intended to cooperate with the movable tube, the attachment zone making a fixation of the movable tube on the drive carriage when a force exerted on the attachment zone is below a first predetermined threshold and a movement of the movable tube relative to the drive carriage when the force exerted on the attachment zone exceeds the first predetermined threshold, the drive carriage comprises a coupling zone intended to cooperate with a cover part making the fixation of the cover part on the drive carriage when a force exerted on the coupling zone is below a second predetermined threshold and a movement of the cover part relative to the drive carriage when the force exerted on the second coupling zone exceeds the second predetermined threshold.
US11203375B2	Adjustment bushing, steering column and vehicle The present application relates to an adjustment bushing, a steering column and a vehicle. The adjustment bushing comprises: a frame provided with a linear track that allows an adjusting bolt to slide left and right; and damping structures respectively disposed near both ends of the linear track and including convex hulls extending from upper and lower inner sides of the frame into the linear track, wherein, when the adjusting bolt slides to both ends of the linear track to extreme positions of the linear track, the convex hulls are squeezed between the adjusting bolt and the frame to play a damping role. The adjustment bushing can rebound after the endurance adjustment, has excellent noise reduction and energy absorption effect, and improves the durability and service life of the adjustment bushing.
US11203373B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle A vehicle steering column includes a support unit and by which an actuator unit is held in which a steering spindle is mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis. An adjustment drive is disposed between the support unit and the actuator unit and by which the actuator unit is adjustable. The adjustment drive has a threaded spindle which engages in a spindle nut and has a spindle axis. The spindle nut and the spindle are drivable by a servomotor to rotate in a mutually relative manner. The servomotor has a motor shaft which is coupled to a drive gear which is rotatable about a drive axis and which operatively engages with an output gear which is rotatable about the spindle axis and is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the spindle nut or the threaded spindle. The drive axis and the spindle axis are disposed mutually parallel.
US11203372B2	Steering wheel assembly A steering wheel assembly includes a steering rim and a steering housing connected to the steering rim. The steering wheel assembly also includes at least one pressure sensitive component disposed within the steering housing. The at least one pressure sensitive component generates electric signals in response to force applied on the steering housing. The at least one pressure sensitive component may include any one of at least one piezoelectric switch, a piezoelectric sensor, and a capacitive array. Further, at least one pressure sensitive component may provide a haptic feedback. Additionally, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed within the steering housing is electrically connected to the at least one pressure sensitive component. The PCB includes a controller that determines a user input or a gesture made by a user on the steering housing based on the electric signals received from the at least one pressure sensitive component.
US11203368B2	Railway turnout control method and system A railway turnout control method comprises: constructing a data space corresponding to a railway turnout area (101); adding a virtual railway turnout, in the data space, to an area in which a target turnback stopping point is located (102); adding the virtual railway turnout to a railway turnout list corresponding to a route along which a train drives into the area (103); and not releasing claim of the virtual railway turnout when the train stops at the turnback stopping point (104); Also provided is a railway turnout control system. The method and system can solve problems of deadlock of a turnback area and insufficient safety protection of crossed routes.
US11203360B2	Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and program There is provided a vehicle control system including a driving assistance controller configured to execute driving assistance of a vehicle at a plurality of different degrees, an information output configured to output information, and an output controller configured to control the information output so that information indicating a target to be monitored or operated by an occupant required for the occupant is output on the basis of a change in a degree of driving assistance of the driving assistance controller.
US11203359B2	Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium A vehicle control system includes: a recognition unit (16, 321, or 322) recognizing a surrounding status of a vehicle; a control unit (200 or 300) executing driving support for the vehicle by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognition unit; a reception unit (40 or 80) receiving an instruction relating to the driving support from a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an inhibition unit (130) inhibiting inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support using the control unit in a case in which a surrounding status of the vehicle is a predetermined surrounding status, or the predetermined surrounding status in the future is predicted in a case in which an instruction for inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support is received by the reception unit.
US11203353B2	Steering control system, steering system, car, steering control method and recording medium A steering control system includes: a deviation amount detection unit configured to detect a deviation amount of a car that travels on a track, from a reference traveling path of the car in a width direction of the track; a roll or lateral direction vibration amount detection unit configured to detect a roll or lateral direction vibration amount of the car; and a feedback control unit configured to perform feedback control of steering of the car so as to reduce the deviation amount and the roll or lateral direction vibration amount. The feedback control unit is configured to output a steering command value in which a specified frequency to be reduced is suppressed.
US11203349B2	Velocity calculation apparatus, control method, program and storage medium If a controller determines the calculation of a measured vehicle body velocity is possible, the controller calculates the measured vehicle body velocity as an estimated vehicle body velocity to conduct update processing for a K table and an AB table. If the controller determines the calculation of the measured vehicle body velocity is impossible, the controller extracts a conversion coefficient from the K table based on a detected running state while extracting a sensitivity coefficient and an offset coefficient from the AB table based on the temperature by a temperature sensor. The vehicle mounted apparatus calculates an axle pulse-based vehicle body velocity from the extracted conversion coefficient while calculating an acceleration-based vehicle body velocity from the extracted sensitivity coefficient and offset coefficient. The vehicle mounted apparatus calculates the estimated vehicle body velocity by weighting the calculation values of the axle pulse-based vehicle body velocity and the acceleration-based vehicle body velocity.
US11203348B2	System and method for predicting and interpreting driving behavior A system for predicting and interpreting driving behavior of a vehicle includes a first edge computing device that can acquire spatial-temporal data for the vehicle from one or more sensors that are part of traffic infrastructure. The first edge computing device includes a processor and instructions executable by the processor that execute unsupervised deep learning methods on the data from the sensors to cluster the data into segments and integrate a language model with the deep learning method to output driving behavior in a natural language. The instructions further include normalizing the data, processing the data with a first artificial neural network (ANN) to output a first vector, processing the clustered data segments with a second ANN to output a second vector, concatenating the vectors into a single vector, and processing the single vector with a third ANN to output a predicted driving behavior of the vehicle.
US11203341B2	Method to control a road vehicle for the execution of a standing start A method to control a road vehicle for the execution of a standing start; the control method comprises the steps of: engaging a gear in a transmission while a corresponding clutch is open; progressively closing the clutch causing the clutch to transmit a torque that causes the rotation of at least a pair of drive wheels; determining a target slip of the drive wheels; cyclically determining a real slip of the of the drive wheels; and continuously modulating the torque transmitted by the clutch during the closing of the clutch based of a difference between the target slip of the drive wheels and the real slip of the of the drive wheels.
US11203337B2	Vehicle with autonomous driving capability The invention relates to a vehicle (100) with autonomous driving capability, wherein the autonomous vehicle (100) is adapted for at least two different driving modes comprising a first driving mode configured for a first type of autonomous driving and a second driving mode configured for the autonomous vehicle being guided by a pilot vehicle (200) in such a manner that the autonomous vehicle follows the pilot vehicle.
US11203335B2	Collision avoidance apparatus and collision avoidance method The present disclosure provides a collision avoidance apparatus including: a first detector configured to detect another vehicle information including a longitudinal velocity and a lateral velocity of another vehicle, and distance information including a longitudinal distance and a lateral distance from another vehicle; a second detector configured to detect subject vehicle information including a velocity and a yaw rate of the subject vehicle; a calculator configured to determine whether steering avoidance is executable, on the basis of the another vehicle information, the subject vehicle information, and the distance information, and when steering avoidance is executable, calculate steering avoidance information on steering avoidance of the subject vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the subject vehicle to travel according to the steering avoidance information. Therefore, it is possible to prevent execution of steering avoidance in a case where steering avoidance is not needed or is inexecutable, and safer steering avoidance can be performed.
US11203331B2	Vehicle braking device A hydraulic circuit comprises: a first pressure-boosting flow path that connects a first main flow path and a first wheel cylinder; a first pressure-boosting valve that is disposed in the first pressure-boosting flow path and that opens in a non-energized state; a first pressure-reducing flow path that connects the first wheel cylinder and a reservoir; a first pressure-reducing valve that is disposed in the first pressure-reducing flow path and that closes in a non-energized state; a second pressure-boosting flow path; a second pressure-boosting valve; a second pressure-reducing flow path; and a second pressure-reducing valve. A control unit comprises: a first drive circuit that controls the first pressure-reducing valve; and a second drive circuit that is separate from the first drive circuit and that controls the second pressure-reducing valve.
US11203328B2	Vehicle drying assembly A vehicle drying assembly has a frame defining a path for movement of a vehicle through the drying assembly and a side brush rotatable about a generally horizontal axis. The side brush includes brush segments that extend radially from the axis to contact a side of the vehicle in a direction generally normal to the path, as the first side brush rotates about its generally horizontal axis. The side brush is mounted at a defined height above the ground and at a distance relative to the vehicle along the path, so as to define a no-contact region on the side of the vehicle in which the side brush does not contact the vehicle as the side brush rotates and the vehicle moves through the drying assembly.
US11203324B2	Systems and methods for remotely locking and unlocking vehicle accessory locks Systems and methods for remotely locking and unlocking vehicle accessory locks of vehicle accessories positioned on a vehicle are disclosed. The vehicle includes main doors with locks that are remotely lockable and unlockable using main door lock actuators. Vehicle includes a vehicle controller that receives a user signal from a user, first determines a main door actuation command based on the first signal, and first transmits, based on the main door actuation command, a first actuation command signal to the main door lock actuators. The system includes accessory lock actuator(s) operably coupled to the accessory lock(s), accessory lock controller(s) operably coupled to the accessory lock actuator(s), and a gateway controller operably coupled to the vehicle controller. Gateway controller second determines an accessory lock actuation command based on the first actuation command signal, and second transmits, based on the accessory lock actuation command, a gateway signal to the accessory lock controller.
US11203323B2	Process for detection of a portable user device in a predetermined zone on the inside of or on the outside of a vehicle by ultra high frequency, associated detection device and associated user device A process for detecting a portable user device in a predetermined zone on the inside or outside of a vehicle by a detection device onboard the vehicle. The high-frequency, BLE type communication includes a first signaling mode and a second communication mode, the first mode including: positioning the portable device at a predetermined fixed distance from the detection device, transmitting a signal by the detection device with predetermined transmission power on a channel. As long as the detection device is receiving a response signal from the portable device, repeating transmission of the signal at the same transmission power on other channels, otherwise, repeating transmission of the signal on a channel with reduced transmission power, and if the detection device no longer receives a response signal, comparing the transmission power to a predetermined threshold transmission power, and applying a correction to the transmission power during the second mode.
US11203320B2	Airbag device for passenger seat An airbag uses a rear surface side when inflated as an occupant protection section. The occupant protection section includes a frontal collision restriction surface, oblique collision restriction surfaces on left and right sides of the frontal collision restriction surface, and restriction recessed portions between the frontal collision restriction surface and each oblique collision restriction surface. A recessed portion tether links a tip end side of a recess of the restriction recessed portions and a front end side of the airbag to each other to the inside thereof, and when inflated, at the time of dividing the region into two in the left-right direction around the vicinity of the attachment center to the storage part, provides a remote side region on a side away from a driver seat and a driver seat side region. The capacity of the remote side region is smaller than the driver seat side region.
US11203319B2	Airbag inflation restraint with releasable extension An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first panel, a second panel, and an inflation chamber between the first panel and the second panel. The assembly includes an inflation restraint exterior to the inflation chamber. The inflation restraint includes a first end fixed to the first panel and a second end fixed to the second panel. The inflation restraint includes a releasable extension between the first end and the second end. The releasable extension is movable from an unreleased position to a released position as the airbag inflates to the inflated position.
US11203316B2	Apparatus and method for incident response An incident response system for a vehicle, the incident response system comprising: incident detection means, exterior audio detection means, communication means and control means. The incident detection means detects an event indicative of a vehicle incident. The exterior audio detection means detects audio exterior to the vehicle. The communication means operatively supports an audio communication channel with a remote communication means. The control means is arranged to control the communication means in dependence on the detection of an event indicative of a vehicle incident, to establish an audio communication channel between the vehicle and the remote communication means. The control means is operable to cause selective transmission of the audio detected exterior to the vehicle to the remote communication means over the established audio communication channel.
US11203314B2	Automatic accident detection A method, apparatus and product for automatic accident detection. The method comprising: obtaining readings from a mobile device of a user carried thereby and not affixed to a vehicle in which the user is riding; determining, based on the readings obtained from the mobile device, that the user is riding in the vehicle; obtaining data from the mobile device of the user; and determining automatically, based on the data obtained from the mobile device, that the vehicle was involved in an accident.
US11203311B2	Steering device for vessels and vessel A steering device includes a sensor and a rotor, each of which rotates together with a steering wheel around a rotational axis, and a stator whose position in a circumferential direction is stationary. The steering device includes a harness that connects a target component and the sensor together, a first fastener that fixes the harness to the rotor, and a second fastener that fixes the harness to the stator. An intermediate portion between the first fastener and the second fastener in the harness includes a first extension and a second extension each of which extends along the circumferential direction and a connector that connects the first extension and the second extension together.
US11203310B2	Electrical terminal stabilizer An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical terminal that is mounted to a support structure. The assembly also includes a stabilizer that has a slot that receives a free end of the electrical terminal. The assembly further includes a first spring that operatively supports the stabilizer relative to support structure. The first spring biases the stabilizer away from the support structure to a pre-staged position. The first spring is configured to flex from the pre-staged position to an assembled connector position in which more of the free end protrudes through the slot than in the pre-staged position. The first spring extends from each of opposing sides of a first post which is arranged at a first lateral edge of the stabilizer. A second post and a second spring are arranged at a second lateral edge of the stabilizer opposite the first lateral edge.
US11203308B2	Wire harness routing device and slide wiring device A wire harness routing device 11 includes a wire harness 15, a case 16 in which the wire harness 15 is accommodated and which has an opening 30 through which the wire harness 15 can be led out of or into the case, a protector 21 attached to the wire harness 15 that is led out through the opening 30, and an engagement means 22 configured to disengageably engage the case 16 and the protector 21 with each other.
US11203306B2	Dashboard attachment device A dashboard attachment device is disclosed for mounting an electronic device within a vehicle. The dashboard attachment device is installed between at least two interior surfaces of a vehicle (e.g., a windshield and a dashboard). The dashboard attachment device may have a wedge shape to fit the intersection between the two interior surfaces. A beam or arm extends away from a base portion of the dashboard attachment device to a mount portion. The mount portion may be used to mount an electronic device that may include one or more sensors directed to the vehicle's environment and/or to position the electronic device in the vehicle operator's field of view to aid the operator (e.g., with navigation). The mount may be interchangeable subject to the interface to the electronic device. The dashboard attachment device may include an adherence point to secure the dashboard attachment device to one or both of the interior surfaces. The shape of the dashboard attachment device may be tapered to minimize its weight and profile. The dashboard attachment device may include cable routing facilities to route a cable between the electronic device to the vehicle's electrical or computer systems.
US11203305B2	Integrated multi-purpose perception housing An integrated housing assembly can be mounted on a roof of a vehicle, such as a semi-trailer truck. The integrated housing assembly includes a main enclosure that includes four sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel. One of the four sides is a front panel that is inclined towards the ground. The main enclosure includes one or more cavities. A front panel of the integrated housing assembly includes one or more openings to allow cameras or sensors to be placed within the one or more cavities and behind the one or more opening. The cameras or sensors cameras can be clamped at a downward angle within multiple lock apparatus. The angled front panel and the inclined cameras or sensors within the lock apparatus allow the cameras or sensors to obtain images or sensor data from one or more regions of interest at some distance from the front of the vehicle.
US11203304B2	Radio mount A radio mount includes a front wall; a rear wall; a bottom wall extending between a lower edge of the front wall to a lower edge of the rear wall; a left wall extending between a left edge of the front wall to a left edge of the rear wall; and a right wall extending between the right edge of the front wall to a right edge of the rear wall. An upper edge of the left wall and an upper edge of the right wall has an arcuate shape sized to conform to a portion of a windshield frame of a vehicle. The front wall defines an opening sized to provide access to a radio mounted within the radio mount. The front wall and rear wall may be angled with respect to the bottom wall. The front wall defines a central portion and two lateral portions for receiving switches.
US11203302B2	Vehicle carrier box The present disclosure relates to a vehicle carrier box having a lid and a base. The carrier box has first and second longitudinal sides and first and second transverse sides. The lid and the base are connected by a first and a second lid lifter, the first lid lifter being arranged at the first transverse side and the second lid lifter being arranged at the second transverse side. Moreover, the first lid lifter includes a first pivotable link arm connecting the lid to the base, and the second lid lifter comprises a second pivotable link arm connecting the lid to the base, the first and second lid lifters furthermore including an equalization arrangement for equalization of the forces exerted by the first and second lid lifters on the lid upon opening of the lid.
US11203301B2	Accessory pocket with resilient arm A vehicle accessory has an arm extending from a pocket. The arm preferably has sides which can flex and then push outwardly to assist in mechanical retention between seats of a vehicle to locate the pocket in front of a seat. The pocket may have at least three sides extending upwardly relative to a bottom, if not more, and accessory may be manufactured from a single planar sheet bent to shape.
US11203292B2	Vehicle and control method for the same A vehicle is provided to include a bio-signal sensor that detects a bio-signal of a user, a display device that displays an image and a controller that determines at least one of a positivity of the user or change amount of the positivity of the user based on the detected bio-signal. The controller accumulates a positivity index when at least one of the positivity or change amount of the positivity is equal to or greater than a predetermined positivity or a predetermined change amount of the positivity and transmit a control signal to the display device to display the accumulated positivity index.
US11203291B2	Controller and control system An electronic controller and a control system are provided that allow the rider to comfortably ride a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller includes at least one processor configured to control a notification device based on environmental information related to a surrounding environment of a human-powered vehicle.
US11203288B2	Lighting control device and method of vehicular lamp, and vehicular lamp system A lighting control device is capable of further enhancing the impression of direction indication due to the movement of light when performing sequential winker control. The lighting control device performs lighting control of a vehicular lamp including a plurality of light-emitting parts, and includes processor circuitry configured to perform controls to repeat a lighting cycle including turning on the plurality of light-emitting parts that have been turned off and maintaining a lighting state of all the light emitting parts, then sequentially dimming at least two or more of the light-emitting parts in a predetermined direction with a time difference, and thereafter turning off the plurality of light-emitting parts and maintaining a lights-out state of all the light-emitting parts.
US11203287B2	Camera-based automatic turn signal deactivation In some embodiments of the present disclosure, techniques are provided for automatic turn signal deactivation in a vehicle with a trailer. The vehicle includes a camera monitoring system that provides video images for display devices that replace traditional side view mirrors. In some embodiments, video information is obtained from the camera monitoring system and is used to determine an angle of the trailer. Upon activation of a turn signal indicator, the video information is used to detect departure of the trailer angle from a centered region and the subsequent return of the trailer angle to the centered region in order to automatically deactivate the turn signal indicator.
US11203285B2	Low profile rear lamp applique assembly A rear liftgate assembly with at least one rear lamp applique assembly and process for manufacturing same. The lamp applique assembly includes a rear lamp applique housing with at least one attachment surface for attaching to an outer panel of the liftgate assembly. A plurality of integrated snap attachment features are provided to connect the lamp applique assembly to the outer panel, thereby eliminating additional bonding and fasteners. A self-sealing wire harness connected accepts an integrated lamp connector, thereby eliminating the need for access openings, to further minimize water intrusion, and eliminate gaskets.
US11203284B2	Road working machine with egress lighting system A road working machine includes an operator's station that is adapted to be occupied by an operator of the road working machine. The road working machine also includes a controller and a safety light circuit that is operatively attached to the controller. The safety light circuit includes a plurality of downwardly directed safety lights that are located so as to provide lighted egress from the operator's station.
US11203283B2	Headlight apparatus A headlight apparatus configured to irradiate illumination light onto a road surface on which a vehicle travels includes a visible radiation lighting unit and a projector lens. The visible radiation lighting unit generates illumination light. The projector lens is provided on an optical axis of the visible radiation lighting unit, and is configured to distribute and project the illumination light irradiated from the visible radiation lighting unit. The visible radiation lighting unit has an LED, a liquid crystal display panel, and a shutter. The LED emits light. The liquid crystal display panel controls light distribution of the illumination light emitted from the LED. The shutter is provided between the liquid crystal display panel and the projector lens, and is configured to shield the liquid crystal display panel from solar light that enters through the projector lens.
US11203281B1	Visible light manipulating emblem for a vehicle An emblem for a vehicle comprises: (a) a light source configured to emit visible light; (b) a cover assembly disposed over the light source, the cover assembly having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a transparent portion that is transparent to the visible light, the visible light being incident to the inner surface, and the visible light that the light source emits transmitting through the transparent portion out of the outer surface to an external environment beyond the emblem; and (c) one or more surface relief patterns disposed on the cover assembly, the one or more surface relief patterns configured to manipulate (i) the visible light that the light source emits, (ii) visible light from the external environment, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).
US11203278B2	Collapsible travel support device This invention relates in general to supports and in particular to collapsible portable travel supports for use in conjunction with a seat during travel. The support device has a main body of flexible material and a self-deploying support structure has a plurality of hollow sections having a slip joint connection and a chord secured to opposing ends of the structure and passing longitudinally through all sections. The self-deploying support structure is transformable between storage and deployed configurations where the slip joint connections of each section are mated to form a unitary structure. An attachment mechanism associated with the body attaches the body to the self-deploying support structure. The main body and self-deploying support structure are configured to form a self-supporting structure spaced apart from the seat in use and from a structure in front of the seat supporting the user.
US11203277B1	Ventilation apparatus for vehicle seat A ventilation apparatus may include a vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat is configured by a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein the seat back is configured by a metal frame, a back board, and a skirt to eject air to the vehicle seat using a cushion duct and a back duct which are varied in length by a connection duct without a change in cross-sectional area of an internal passage through which air passes along the movement of the seat cushion therein, and the back duct and the cushion duct are connected to the skirt by a fixing means while a portion of the back duct and a portion of the cushion duct are covered by the connection duct.
US11203274B2	Electrically driven vehicle A vehicle includes an inverter, a first battery, a first power line, a second battery, a second power line, and a voltage converter. Ranges of use with respect to open circuit voltages of the first battery and the second battery do not overlap each other, and ranges of use with respect to closed circuit voltages of the first and the second batteries overlap each other. When a regenerative power output from the inverter to the first power line is supplied to the second power line via the voltage converter, and the second battery is charged, an ECU calculates a maximum regenerative power with respect to the regenerative power output from the inverter to the first power line based on the open circuit voltage of the first battery and controls the inverter and the voltage converter such that the regenerative power does not exceed the maximum regenerative power.
US11203272B2	Vehicle power supply system A vehicle power supply system includes two drive motors, a first power line to which a first inverter and a first battery are connected, a second power line to which a second inverter and a second battery are connected, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between these power lines, and a charging and discharging control device that controls charging and discharging of the batteries by operating the inverters and the voltage converter. In a case where a second SOC is equal to or greater than a second normal upper limit, the charging and discharging control device discharges power from the second battery to the second power line, and discharges a shortage of power from the first battery through the voltage converter to the second power line, wherein the shortage of power is obtained by excluding power discharged by the second battery from power required in the second power line.
US11203268B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a charging station A method and associated system for selecting a charging station for a subject vehicle is described, and includes determining a state of charge of an on-vehicle DC power source arranged to supply electric power to a propulsion system for the subject vehicle. A travel route to a destination point is determined, and locations of a plurality of charging stations proximal to the travel route are identified. Desired states and corresponding weighting factors for a plurality of user-selectable parameters are determined, and a sorting routine is executed to rank the plurality of charging stations proximal to the travel route based upon the desired states and corresponding weighting factors for the plurality of user-selectable parameters and the state of charge of the on-vehicle DC power source. One of the charging stations is selected based upon the ranking, and a charging reservation is scheduled.
US11203267B2	Dual-voltage charging station and method A dual-voltage charging station system for an alternating current (“AC”) power supply and a mobile platform having a charging port includes a charge coupler, an AC-to-DC conversion stage, a cable, and a controller. The charge coupler has AC pins and direct current (“DC”) pins configured to engage with respective AC and DC receptacles of the charging port. The conversion stage is connected to the charge coupler and the AC power supply, converts the supply voltage to a DC charging voltage, and relays an appropriate AC or DC accessory voltage. The cable connects to the charge coupler such that the AC pins receive the accessory voltage and the DC pins receive the DC charging voltage. The controller simultaneously delivers the accessory voltage and the DC voltage to the mobile platform via the AC pins and the DC pins, respectively.
US11203266B2	Battery station management system including server for generating monitoring screen showing state information of battery exchange devices and battery devices in each battery station and battery station management method The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.
US11203264B2	Charging socket for an electrically driven vehicle Charging socket for an electrically driven vehicle, having a main body with at least one contact section having electrical contacts for receiving in an interlocking manner a mating contact section of a charging plug having electrical mating contacts for forming an electrical charging connection between the electrical contacts and the electrical mating contacts, wherein the main body has at least one heating element for heating the at least one contact section.
US11203263B2	System with a high-voltage battery and a coupling device, motor vehicle, and method for operating a coupling device A system with a high-voltage battery and a coupling device that couples the high-voltage battery to a high-voltage onboard power supply system of a motor vehicle. The coupling device couples a positive pole and a negative pole with corresponding phases of the high-voltage power supply system. The coupling device includes a current measurement device that measures the current flowing between a first electrically conductive connection and a first interface and/or the current flowing between a second electrically conductive connection and a second interface, an actuating device, and at least one first semiconductor switch, as well as at least one second semiconductor switch, which is coupled between the second electrically conductive connection and the second interface. The first semiconductor switch includes a first control electrode and the second semiconductor switch includes a second control electrode, which are coupled to the actuating device.
US11203260B2	Clutch device and drivetrain comprising such a clutch device A clutch device includes a clutch input hub which is connectable to a drive unit (24), a clutch output hub which is connectable to an electric machine and/or to a transmission, a clutch via which the clutch input hub can be selectively brought into rotary driving connection with the clutch output hub, and an actuating piston for hydraulically actuating the clutch, a chamber to which fluid may be applied being assigned to said actuating piston, wherein fluid can be applied to the chamber via a first rotary feedthrough between a stationary component and the clutch input hub and via a second rotary feedthrough between the clutch input hub and the clutch output hub. The first rotary feedthrough and the second rotary feedthrough are designed on the side of clutch input hub facing outward in radial direction. A drivetrain having the clutch device is also included.
US11203258B2	High voltage battery unit for vehicle and underbody of vehicle An active air curtain apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a duct that is formed with a suction port, a discharge port, and an air flow path from the section port to the discharge port and that is mounted to the inner surface of a bumper of the vehicle. A flap having a plate shape is operated by being supported and guided by the duct and is configured to open and close the discharge port.
US11203254B2	Frameless window regulator rail with over-molded functional edge A window regulator module for a motor vehicle includes a pair of window regulator rails operably coupled to one another via at least one cable wrapped about pulleys on the window regulator rails. Each window regulator rail has a body extending lengthwise between opposite ends. The body has a main body portion and a guide edge along which a lifter travels upwardly and downwardly. The main body portion is plastic and the guide edge is metal. The metal guide edge provides the window regulator module with increased stiffness and increased cross-vehicle stability to a window carried by the lifters.
US11203253B2	Work vehicle having a movable lower shield of a windshield In a work vehicle, a windshield provided at a front portion of a vehicle body includes an upper shield disposed upwardly of a hood and a lower shield that can be disposed at a position closing a gap formed between a lower end of the upper shield and an upper face of the hood. There is provided a support unit configured to support the lower shield vertically movably to be capable of selectively disposing the lower shield at the closing position for closing the gap and an opening position for opening the gap.
US11203249B2	Temperature control system with thermoelectric device Certain disclosed embodiments pertain to controlling temperature in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. For example, a temperature control system (TCS) can include an air channel configured to deliver airflow to the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The TCS can include a one thermal energy source and a heat transfer device connected to the air channel. A first fluid circuit can circulate coolant to the thermal energy source and a thermoelectric device (TED). A second fluid circuit can circulate coolant to the TED and the heat transfer device. A bypass circuit can connect the thermal energy source to the heat transfer device. An actuator can cause coolant to circulate selectively in either the bypass circuit or the first fluid circuit and the second fluid circuit. A control device can operate the actuator when it is determined that the thermal energy source is ready to provide heat to the airflow.
US11203248B2	Vehicle seat with cooling fluidflow A seating assembly includes a seating surface extending over at least one of a seat and a seatback. The seating assembly also includes a fluid mover and a fluid transfer member including a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion. The fluid inlet portion is coupled to the fluid mover, and the fluid outlet portion is proximate the seating surface. The fluid mover is selectively operable to release a pressurized fluid through the tube so that the release of the pressurized fluid at the outlet cools a seating assembly occupant.
US11203247B2	Thermal regulation system provided with Peltier cell for electric drive vehicles A thermal regulation system for an electric drive vehicle has two loop circuits provided with respective pumps, for circulating heat transfer fluid, and with respective heat exchangers for cooling the heat transfer fluid. A battery pack and an electric/electronic drive unit are arranged in parallel with each other in the first and second loop circuit respectively, so that they are cooled by the heat transfer fluid at flow rates which are different from each other, when the two circuits form a single cooling circuit. At least one Peltier cell is arranged along the first loop circuit to heat the heat transfer fluid circulating towards the battery pack.
US11203244B2	Damping control apparatus for vehicle A damping control apparatus includes a control device for controlling actuators that generate forces acting between a vehicle body and wheels. The control device stores a single wheel model of a vehicle including a skyhook device having a damper, a spring and an inerter. The control device calculates a product of an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor and an equivalent mass of the inerter, a product of a once integrated value of the acceleration and a damping coefficient of the damper, a product of a twice integrated value of the acceleration and, a spring constant of the spring as target damping forces to be applied to a sprung mass, and controls the actuators based on target generative forces based on the target damping forces.
US11203241B2	Chassis for a utility vehicle The invention relates to a chassis for a utility vehicle, having a first J chassis element extending transversely with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction and a second chassis element (5) fixed to the outer side thereof, wherein the second chassis element (5) is supported against the outer side of the first chassis element via at least one roughened supporting area (11, 12). In order to avoid relative movements between the chassis elements connected by clamping forces in a utility vehicle chassis, the roughening comprises a surface structure produced by machining the supporting area (11, 12) in a blasting process and preferably a laser beam process. The invention further relates to specific individual parts of such a chassis, specifically an axle shell, an axle guide (5), and a brake carrier.
US11203238B2	Lockable recovery device for vehicle A lockable tow device for a vehicle includes a main portion defining a hook or shackle and a connector portion extending from the main portion and forming a receptacle. A pin is received in the receptacle, the pin forming a wrist joint of the tow device. An integral lock has a locked position that prevents removal of the pin and an unlocked position that enables removal of the pin, and can be spaced from the pin.
US11203237B2	Assembly for a tire inflation system An assembly for a tire inflation system includes a ring portion. The ring portion has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first projection and a second projection each extend from the inner surface. A valve assembly is connected to the ring portion and disposed in from the outer surface.
US11203230B2	Caster wheel support assembly for a wheelchair and wheelchair comprising the same The caster wheel support assembly has a first section securable to a frame member of a wheelchair and a second section holding a swivel member coupled to a caster wheel. The caster wheel support assembly has a holding member designed as a collet configured to hold a first portion of the swivel member which extends along a first axis. A second portion of the swivel member, which is coupled to the caster wheel, extends away from the first portion along a second axis which forms an angle relative to the first axis. The first portion of the swivel member is supported by the holding member to selectively allow rotation thereof relative to the holding member about the first axis, causing adjustment of a camber of the caster wheel. The collet is configured to selectively prevent or permit rotation of the swivel member relative to the holding member.
US11203228B2	Lug nut holder and method of use An apparatus and method for holding a lug nut. The apparatus includes a base (150), a barrel (140), a lug nut engagement assembly (130), a plunger and a cam guide (170). The barrel (140) is coupled with the base (152) in a manner allowing the barrel (140) to move upwardly or downwardly within the base (150). The barrel (140) has an internal cam track portion (145). The lug nut engagement assembly (130) includes retractable fingers (132). The lug nut engagement assembly (130) is removeably affixed to the barrel (140). The plunger (160) is disposed within a portion of the lug nut engagement assembly (130), the barrel (140) and the cam guide (170). The plunger (160) has a tip for engagement with the retractable fingers (132). The cam guide (170) is disposed and moveable within a bottom portion of the barrel (140). The cam guide (170) has longitudinal rails (172) for engagement with the internal cam track (145) of the barrel (140).
US11203223B2	Reel-to-reel chalk line An apparatus and method for a reel-to-reel chalk line comprising a first housing comprising a first reel, a first rotatable crank mechanism connected to the first reel, and a first chalk bin comprising apertures for allowing the passage of a continuous impregnable chalk line. The apparatus further comprises an opposed second housing comprising a second rotatable reel, a second crank mechanism connected to the second reel, and a second chalk bin comprising apertures for allowing passage of the continuous impregnable chalk line. The continuous impregnable chalk line is reeled about the first and second reels as the respective crank mechanisms are alternately rotated forward and backward. The chalk may include a variety of substances including powders, reactive powders, liquids, dyes, glass, minerals, plastics, ceramics, metals, and fibers. The continuous chalk line may comprise interconnected impregnable chalk lines joined by mechanical or chemical means forming the continuous impregnable chalk line.
US11203221B1	Label book containing printed store labels for use along a retail shelf edge Embodiments of a store label booklet include a plurality of sheets stacked one on top of the other and connected to a binding that spans an entire thickness of the booklet, each sheet including a planar array of store labels. No release coating is used. When each store label or row is removed from the book, a liner strip remains connected to the binder and a portion of the adhesive lying opposite the liner strip is exposed for application of the label to a retail shelf edge. Each store label may differ in orientation, size, or style and may contain different product information. Location information may be located on a binding of the booklet, on the label, or on both the binding and the label. The store labels may be printed in a predetermined order.
US11203220B2	Ink, printing apparatus, printing method, manufacturing method for shaped object, and thermal expansion sheet An ink for forming a photothermal conversion layer used to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet to swell. The ink includes an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of the infrared light spectrum than in the visible light spectrum.
US11203216B2	Stamp with pivotable stamping insert and exchangeable ink cartridge The technology is relates to a stamp with a pivotable stamping insert. The stamp includes a top part with a pair of side faces; a bottom part; a receiving device for an exchangeable ink cartridge with pad having grip elements and a stamping insert with a text plate positioned in the bottom part. The stamping insert is configured to move in a vertical direction from a resting position into a stamping position for producing a stamp impression by the text plate by means of a reversing mechanism. The reversing mechanism includes a reversing opening on a rear side of the top part for the stamping insert, and on each side face of the pair of side faces there is one grip opening for reaching through to the bottom part to the grip elements of the exchangeable ink cartridge with pad.
US11203213B2	Inkjet printing device and print-medium heating method of inkjet printing device An inkjet printing device including a transporter that transports a print medium, a printer that discharges ink droplets onto the print medium and a heat roller that includes a peripheral surface with which the print medium comes into contact after printing is provided. The peripheral surface of the heat roller includes a paper contact region and a non-paper region. The device further includes a first heater for the paper region, a second heater for the non-paper region, a target temperature setter that provides a target temperature at the paper region side, and a sensor that measures the temperature at the paper region side. The target temperature and a sensor output are referenced when heating by the first heater is performed, to judge whether supplementary heating of the paper region by the second heater is necessary. If supplementary heating is necessary, the second heater is driven by a drive signal having an intensity that corresponds to a deficient heat amount equivalent value in the paper region.
US11203212B2	Wide format staggered single pass printing apparatus The disclosed embodiments relate to a wide format single pass printing apparatus. The printing apparatus can include multiple print housings configured to receive print beams with print heads configured to print onto a substrate. The print housings can be horizontally adjacent to one another relative to a horizontal plane. The print housings can also be oriented opposite to one another. The print beams can be inserted and/or removed from each print housing from opposing ends, allowing for greater ease of access to the print beams.
US11203210B2	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.
US11203209B2	Electronic device, operation method and recording medium An electronic device includes a moving body, first and second sensors, and a processor. The first sensor detects the moving body passing a reference position while moving along a first axis. The second sensor outputs a second phase signal of a second phase according to the moving body moving along the first axis, wherein the second phase is shifted from a first phase. In a setting mode, the processor stores information data indicating a level of the second phase signal at a time when the first sensor detects the reference position. In an operation control mode, the processor sets, as a position pertaining to an origin on the first axis, a position of an earliest edge of the first phase after the second phase signal switches from a level identical with the level stored in the setting mode to a different level after the first sensor detects the reference position.
US11203207B2	Techniques for manufacturing thin films with improved homogeneity and print speed Improved manufacturing using a printer that deposits a liquid to fabricate a layer having specified thickness includes automated adjustment or print parameters based on ink or substrate characteristics which have been specifically measured or estimated. In one embodiment, ink spreading characteristics are used to select droplet size used to produce a particular layer, and/or to select a specific baseline volume/area or droplet density that is then scaled and/or adjusted to provide for layer homogeneity. In a second embodiment, expected per-droplet particulars are used to interleave droplets in order to carefully control melding of deposited droplets, and so assist with layer homogeneity. The liquid layer is then cured or baked to provide for a permanent structure.
US11203201B2	Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and recording medium An image recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected, a memory, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the recording head and the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: determine, for each of the plurality of nozzles, whether a position of the corresponding nozzle is a position to eject ink; determine whether a successive ejection operation is necessary for a nozzle out of the plurality of nozzles, whose position is determined as the position to eject ink; and cause ink to be successively ejected at the position to eject ink at a predetermined successive ejection frequency from the nozzle that is determined to have the necessity of the successive ejection operation.
US11203200B2	Printing apparatus, control method of printing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program A printer includes: a transport belt; a print head that has a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink, a carriage that mounts the print head thereon, a sensor that detects a non-printable area of the print medium where the print medium placed on the transport belt and the print head are capable of coming into contact with each other; and a control section that performs printing by the print head by dividing the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of nozzle groups in the transport direction, and the control section prints an image indicated by image data assigned to one nozzle group by the other nozzle group different from the one nozzle group, in printing with respect to an adjacent area which is an area of which a length in the transport direction corresponds to a length of a nozzle row in the transport direction of the print head.
US11203197B2	Pneumatically clamping adapter sleeve Described herein is an adapter sleeve for adapting the internal diameter of cylindrical hollow cylinders to the external diameter of a cylindrical roller, comprising a sleeve body with (as viewed from the inside to the outside) a deformable base sleeve, optionally an intermediate layer and a top layer. The adapter sleeve furthermore contains a first gas distribution system and a second gas distribution system, which are connected to a gas inlet. The first gas distribution system is connected to at least one first gas outlet, which opens on an outer lateral surface of the adapter sleeve. The second gas distribution system has a cavity, which is designed, when supplied with a pressurized gas, to transmit pressure from the inside to the deformable base sleeve in such a way that the internal diameter of the sleeve body is reduced, at least in a partial region of the adapter sleeve, by a deformation of the base sleeve.
US11203195B2	Inflatable pneumatic stencil clamp A clamping system for clamping a printing screen frame within a printing machine that uses at least one inflatable bladder to effect clamping. The system may be modular, so that bladders and/or extending inserts may be exchanged, replaced or incorporated as required.
US11203188B2	Multilayered polymeric film Disclosed are compositions and methods for creating a textured or patterned surface on elastomeric extruded film.
US11203185B2	Partially-fluorinated silane bonding agent Articles comprising a fluoropolymer-containing composition bonded to a silicone polymer-containing composition are described, where at least one of the compositions comprise a partially-fluorinated silane bonding agent. Methods of preparing such articles, and exemplary articles such as fuel hoses are also described.
US11203184B2	Illumination device and vehicle glass utilization method A lighting device includes a light source configure to irradiate excitation light and a vehicle glass configured to emit visible light through incident radiation of the excitation light, in which the vehicle glass is configured to emit the visible light synchronously in an area of 30% or more by irradiation with the excitation light.
US11203183B2	Single and multi-layer, flat glass-sensor structures A single and multi-layer flat glass-sensor structure and method of making the flat glass-sensor structure. The flat glass sensor structure comprises at least one flat glass layer, a sensor and a heater. The flat glass layer has a plurality of cutouts that are configured to “suspend” the sensor on top of or in plane with the flat glass layer. The sensor is an electrochemical wafer with at least one sensory element and flat glass connectors. Each flat glass connector is in minimal contact with at least one sensory sub-area. The heater is a resistive heating element that is on top of or in plane with the flat glass layer configured to heat the sensor. The flat glass connectors are configured to provide support for electrical leads to the heater and membrane. The flat glass connectors are also configured to provide temperature insulation of the suspended sensor.
US11203181B2	Barrier film-containing format and the use thereof for pre-applied underfill film for 3D TSV packages Provided herein are stabilized underfill film-containing assemblies which extend the work-life of underfill films. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, there are also provided stabilized underfill film-containing assemblies which extend the shelf-life of underfill films. In certain aspects of the present invention, there are also provided methods for extending the work-life of underfill films. In another aspect of the present invention, there are also provided methods for extending the shelf-life of underfill films.
US11203179B2	Scratch-resistant and optically transparent materials and articles Embodiments of a scratch-resistant and optically transparent material comprising silicon, aluminum, nitrogen, and optionally oxygen are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the material exhibits an extinction coefficient (k) at a wavelength of 400 nm of less than about 1×10−3, and an average transmittance of about 80% or greater, over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 380 nm to about 780 nm, as measured through the material having a thickness of about 0.4 micrometer. In one or more embodiments, the material comprises an intrinsic maximum hardness of about 12 GPa or greater as measured on a major surface of the material having a thickness of about 400 by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test along an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater, low compressive stress and low roughness (Ra). Articles and devices incorporating the material are also disclosed.
US11203176B2	Multi-layer plies for improved composite performance A ply for fabricating composite material includes a first tow of a plurality of fibers, which are spread in a direction along a width of a cross section of the ply, wherein a first sheet of enhanced performance material overlies the first tow. A second tow of a plurality of fibers, which are spread in the direction along the width of the cross section of the ply, overlies the first sheet of the enhanced performance material. Another tow of a plurality of fibers, which are spread in the direction along the width of the cross section of the ply, are positioned against and laterally extend from the first tow, the second tow and the first sheet of enhanced performance material.
US11203169B2	Method and moulding system for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object via a feedback system for controlling resin flow rate A method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), wherein fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity comprising a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining an outer surface of the object, is described. One or more pressure sensors are connected to resin inlets of the VARTM system. A control unit is used for controlling a polymer supply unit based on measured resin pressure and is adapted to adjusting a resin flow rate, if pressure measured by the pressure sensors is below a lower threshold level or above a higher threshold level.
US11203168B2	Method of manufacturing cross-corrugated support structures A method of manufacturing cross-corrugated support structures is provided. A mold having a molding surface with a first plurality and a second plurality of corrugations therein is used to introduce corrugations into a flexible, carbonaceous sheet. Cross-corrugations are introduced into the sheet by placing the sheet onto the molding surface, encapsulating the sheet to form a vacuum chamber, and evacuating the vacuum chamber of air. As air is evacuated from the vacuum chamber, the sheet is drawn upon the molding surface causing the sheet to conform to the shape of the molding surface. Thermosetting resin is infused into the sheet and cured causing the sheet to rigidly retain the shape of the molding surface. The sheet is further reinforced by securing at least one support member to the sheet using thermosetting resin.
US11203165B2	Methods and apparatus for embedding a wire intermittently A wire embedding system and methods are presented. A wire is embedded in a substrate at predetermined locations in a series of sequential embedding instances using heat and pressure. The heat and pressure are removed from the wire in between the series of sequential embedding instances.
US11203159B2	Three-dimensional object production method and three-dimensional object production device A three-dimensional object production method according to the disclosure includes a step of allocating one of regions in a nozzle row (22) that is different from each other to each of pixel groups (25A, 25B) divided into a predetermined number n (n being an integer ≥2) of groups among pixel rows constituting the unit layer (25), and a step of forming the pixel rows by nozzles (21) included in each region forming one pixel group (25A, 25B).
US11203156B2	Methods and systems for photo-curing photo-sensitive material for printing and other applications Methods and systems for forming objects through photo-curing of a liquid resin in a tank by selective exposure (through a mask) to radiation, in which during printing operations the liquid resin in the tank is displaced relative to the build area along an axis orthogonal to that along which the object is extracted from the liquid resin in the tank. A volume of the photo-curing liquid resin may be cycled through a cooling arrangement by being extracted from the tank, cooled, and then reintroduced into the tank as printing of the object is taking place. The mask is preferably one in which charged colorant particles are dispersed in an optically transparent fluid within a plurality of bi-state cells.
US11203147B2	Apparatus and methods for selective thermoforming Apparatus and methods of forming selected portions of integral sheets of material are disclosed. Unformed portions of the sheets may remain undistorted during the forming process, allowing them to contain text, art work, or other desired information without material risk of the information being degraded or becoming unintelligible during the forming process. This result may be accomplished, moreover, with less trim than usually occurs in conventional forming processes.
US11203145B2	Photoelastic characterization of residual stresses and stress distributions in injection molded preforms and stretch blow-molded bottle This disclosure provides new methods to characterize and relate residual stress and orientation imparted to the injection molded polymeric preform with orientation and residual stress in the resulting blow molded bottle. The method developed allows one to define and map the coupled thermal stress histories of both processes to define applicable preferred mutual processing windows for both preform and bottle molding processes. Stretch blow-molding parameters are developed using the disclosed method.
US11203141B1	Single-cavity multi-runner applied to oriented arrangement extrusion molding equipment of graphene fibers A single-cavity multi-runner applied to oriented arrangement extrusion molding equipment of graphene fibers includes a first extrusion cavity, the first extrusion cavity includes a first inlet and a first outlet arranged opposite to each other; a first molding cavity, the first molding cavity is arranged in an inclined manner, a second inlet is arranged at the high position end, a second outlet is arranged at the low position end of the first molding cavity, and the second inlet is connected to the first outlet; flow channels, the flow channels are formed by dividing the first molding cavity using baffle plates arranged horizontally and along the flowing direction of a heat-conducting mixture; a second molding cavity, the second molding cavity includes a third inlet and a third outlet arranged opposite to each other, the third inlet is connected to the outflow end of the flow channels.
US11203139B2	Medical device with overmolded adhesive patch and method for making same An adhesive patch is secured to an infusion set, patch pump or other on-body medical device by an overmolding process during manufacture of the medical device, or during manufacture of a portion of the medical device, without the need for a separate adhesive. This provides a more secure connection between the patch and the medical device, and reduces the required number of adhesive layers from two (skin attachment side and device attachment side) to one (skin attachment side only), thereby simplifying the design and manufacture of the patch.
US11203133B2	Method and apparatus for polymer drying using inert gas Method and apparatus for drying granular resin material by heating compressed air to a temperature prescribed for gas separation membrane operation, presenting the heated compressed air to a membrane separating out oxygen-size and smaller molecules to provide a stream of gas molecules of at least nitrogen-size at a pressure substantially that of the compressed air, heating the stream of gas molecules of at least nitrogen-size to a temperature at which dew point of the stream is no higher than −40 degrees F., and introducing the heated stream of gas molecules into a chamber for upward flow to atmosphere through granular resin material in the chamber.
US11203132B2	Method and system for forming composites There is provided a method and system for forming a composite material. The method includes: combining a first component element with a second component element to form a composite mixture; subjecting the composite mixture to a first force to in order to form ligaments and disperse the first component element and second component element in relation to each other, wherein the first force is a mechanical force, subjecting the ligaments to at least one second force in order to form attenuated ligaments and further disperse the first component element and second component element in relation to each other, wherein the at least one second force imparts both shear flow deformation and extensional flow deformation to the ligaments to form the attenuated ligaments; and collecting the attenuated ligaments. There is also provided a composite material prepared using the method described above.
US11203127B2	Rotary-type cutting implement A cutting implement including an annular blade defining a central blade aperture and a circular cutting edge. The annular blade is rotatably mounted in a handle covering a covered arc segment of the blade while allowing an outer arc segment of the blade to protrude from the handle. The device may be held through the use of a palm grip wherein some of the fingers of the user are inserted through the blade aperture and press the handle against the palm of the hand. A mechanism may be provided for selectively restraining the rotation of the blade relative to the handle.
US11203126B2	Shaving and grooming apparatus A shaving and grooming apparatus includes a handle and a cartridge attached to the handle. A plurality of upper blades are positioned in the cartridge, where at least some of the plurality of upper blades include curved tips with a curvature that sufficient to prevent the curved tips from contact a cutting surface during use. A plurality of lower blades is positioned adjacent to the plurality of upper blades in the cartridge, where at least some of the plurality of lower blades comprises curved tips with a curvature that sufficient to prevent the curved tips from contact a cutting surface during cutting. At least one of the plurality of upper and the plurality of lower blades has a thickness and flexibility that results in deflection during cutting that increases effectiveness of cutting action. A drive motor moves the plurality of upper blades relative to the plurality of lower blades.
US11203123B2	Methods and systems for combined negative pressure and electroadhesion-based manipulation in manufacturing Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology, either as a sole modality of handling such materials or in concert with vacuum for the pick up and release of materials, respectively.
US11203114B2	Manipulator A manipulator includes an elongated portion; a bending portion coupled to a distal end of the elongated portion, the bending portion being formed by articulating a plurality of segment pieces; an end effector coupled to a distal end of the bending portion; an actuator coupled to a proximal end of the elongated portion; a first wire coupled to between the actuator and the end effector, the first wire being configured to actuate the end effector; and a second wire coupled to between the actuator and the bending portion, the second wire being configured to actuate the bending portion. Each of the plurality of segment pieces is configured to be articulated so as to be twisted with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the bending portion, and the first wire is configured to be inserted into the plurality of segment pieces so as to form a substantially twisted path.
US11203104B2	Indirect firing fastening tool, a propelling member and a fastener supporting such member for the tool, and a setting method for a fastener A fastener assembly includes an elongated fastener body with a head end part. A propelling member supported on the fastener body, wherein the propelling member has a lengthened shape, wherein a portion of the lengthened shape extends around the head end part of the fastener body. A method of propelling the fastener assembly is also provided.
US11203101B1	Torque structure A torque structure includes a first body set, and a second body set. The second body set has a torque slip function. The second body set includes a second body, a drive head, a resisting module, a plurality of balls, and a mounting ring. The second body is provided with a third receiving recess and a plurality of ball slots. The drive head is connected with the second body. The resisting module is received in the third receiving recess and includes a first abutting element. The mounting ring is mounted on the second body and has an interior provided with a fourth receiving recess. The balls are received in the ball slots and located between the first abutting element and the fourth receiving recess.
US11203099B2	Multiple-slope or multiple-offset tool mechanism Use of multiple-slope and/or multiple-offset mechanism or equivalent to address the issues with current mechanical clickers that have single-slope spring mechanism. The varying-slope can be a continuously varying-slope non-linear spring, or a combination of discretely varying multiple-slope springs. This inventior is useful for clicker type torque wrenches, clicker type torque screw drivers, beam type torque wrenches, beam type torque screw drivers and shock absorbers. The present invention is equally applicable to clickers that click in both the CW (clockwise) and CCW (counterclockwise) directions or clickers that click only in one direction. The invention is generally characterized by placing a non-linear spring or combination of springs in the tool body to achieve multiple slope operation rather than using one single slope spring.
US11203095B2	Flexible sanding device for cylinder rock specimen A rock sanding device includes a base, a bottom sanding plate, an adjustable connecting rod, an elastic loader, a connector, a side sanding brush, a top sanding plate, an inner rod, a prong and a drill rod. The top of the drill rod is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft of the external water drilling rig and the external water drilling rig has a water inlet joint to introduce water into the drill rod. The inner rod and drill rod are connected and fixed coaxially, and the bottom of the drill rod is symmetrically welded with four prongs. The rock specimen is placed in the center of the side sanding brush. The top sanding plate and the bottom sanding plate are provided in the top side and bottom side of the rock specimen, respectively.
US11203092B2	Method for fabricating vacuum fixturing using granular media A method for fabricating vacuum tooling is disclosed using porous granular media. A sheet of steel webbing is affixed to a frame. A plurality of layers of fiberglass is affixed to the webbing. A vacuum port is installed through the webbing and plurality of layers of fiberglass. A granular media is mixed with epoxy to form a granular mixture. The granular mixture is layered over the plurality of layers of fiberglass to form a flat surface and machined for uniformity before sealing.
US11203091B2	Five axis machine tool A machine tool has at least 5. A tool holder assembly permits a tool holder spindle to be displaced relative to the frame along a first axis of translation and along a second axis of translation perpendicular to the first axis of translation and implementing slides in a plane forming an angle of between +40° and +50° relative to the first axis of translation. A part holder assembly permits a part to be displaced along a third axis of translation perpendicular to the other axes of translation, about a first axis of rotation parallel to the third axis of translation and about a second axis of rotation perpendicular to the first axis of rotation. The length of the precision path connecting the part to the tool via the frame and the assemblies of the machine is less than 1600 mm.
US11203086B2	Laser welding method and laser welding device A laser welding method includes a pretreatment process and a welding process. At least one metal member of the plurality of metal members is formed from a metal-plated steel plate in which a base metal has been covered with a coating material that has a melting point lower than the base metal. In the pretreatment process, with the position of the first metal member in the in-plane direction fixed, processing is performed from the front surface of the first metal member to form on the back surface, a protrusion that bulges from the back surface. Then, in the welding process, the first metal member in which a protrusion has been formed is superposed on a second metal member with the protrusion therebetween while maintaining the position in the in-plane direction, and laser light is irradiated on the superposed region to weld the plurality of metal members to each other.
US11203085B2	Method and apparatus for laser welding A device and associated method for joining, via a laser welder, a first workpiece to a second workpiece is described. This includes arranging the first and second workpieces in a stack, including overlapping a portion of the first workpiece with a portion of the second workpiece. The laser welder generates a first laser beam and coincidentally controls the laser welder to traverse a desired weld path that is disposed on the top surface of the first workpiece. The laser devices generates a second laser beam and coincidentally controls the laser welder to traverse the desired weld path. Generating, via the laser welder, the first laser beam includes operating the laser welder at a pulsed operation and at a first power level. Generating, via the laser welder, the second laser beam includes operating the laser welder at a continuous operation and at a second power level.
US11203081B2	Removal device of welding electrode tip A removal device of a welding electrode tip includes a first insertion piece and a second insertion piece that are inserted into a space formed between an end surface of a large diameter portion of a shank and an end surface of the welding electrode tip, each of the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece having a wedge shape having a thickness that increases from a front end to a back portion in an insertion direction, wherein the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece have a thickness by overlap of the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece, and the thickness changes from a thickness smaller than a length of the space to a thickness larger than the length of the space according to an overlap amount in the space.
US11203079B2	Method and end assembly for welding device An end assembly for use with a welding device having a chamber between the diffuser sleeve and the insert which allows for cooling the insert and for controlling the flow of gas through the end assembly. Some of the components of the end assembly such as the contact tip, insert and gooseneck are constructed of a conductive material which are securely held together in contact by a diffuser sleeve constructed of a dissimilar material. The end assembly provides better conductivity of the current through the end assembly for use of less energy during welding.
US11203077B2	Apparatus for controlling AC weld current by means of an arc igniter My invention is an improvement to a welding arc igniter. My invention periodically disables the arc igniter for one or more AC half-cycles.When the igniter skips an AC half-cycle, the welding arc may not ignite, so average weld heat is reduced.AC weld heat can be adjusted in real time, by varying the fraction of AC half-cycles that are skipped.AC polarity balance can be adjusted in real time, by preferentially skipping the electrode-positive or electrode-negative half-cycles.
US11203072B2	Tooth formations and arrangement for a saw blade A saw blade can include a blade body having a cutting edge defined by multiple teeth. The teeth can be disposed in a repeating pattern including a raker tooth, a first set tooth having a light offset to a right side of the blade body, a second set tooth having a heavy offset to the left side of the blade body, a second raker tooth, a third set tooth having a light offset to the left side, and a fourth set tooth having a heavy offset to the right side of the blade body. Each tooth can include a tip, rake face, gullet having a gullet depth, and one or more clearance surfaces. The pitch distance and gullet depth of the heavy offset teeth can be less than the pitch distances and gullet depths of the remaining teeth to provide an increased amount of strength for the heavy offset teeth.
US11203065B2	Method for manufacturing three-dimensional shaped object There is provided a more efficient method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object. The method of the present invention comprises a successive formation of a plurality of solidified layers through a light beam irradiation, wherein the solidified layers are provided by a hybrid of combined systems of an after irradiation system and a simultaneous irradiation system, the after irradiation system being such that the light beam irradiation is performed after a formation of a powder layer, the simultaneous irradiation system being such that the light beam irradiation is performed while a raw material is supplied.
US11203064B2	Section replacement of a turbine airfoil with a metallic braze presintered preform A method of repairing an airfoil is provided. The method includes providing an airfoil with a damaged section and removing the damaged section by machining or cutting an upper section of the airfoil. A replacement section is configured to mate with an upper surface of the airfoil. A presintered preform is provided to join the airfoil and the replacement sections through a resistance brazing process. The presintered preform is configured to mate with the upper surface of the airfoil and a lower surface of the replacement section and inserted between this upper surface and lower surface, creating a stacked airfoil comprising three mated sections in abutting contact. The stacked airfoil is resistance brazed such that only the braze material of the presintered preform melts and the upper surface of the airfoil and the lower surface of the replacement section remain below the grain boundary temperature of the material of the airfoil.
US11203063B2	Crack-free fabrication of near net shape powder-based metallic parts Crack-free powder-based, near net shaped parts are fabricated using a die assembly and cold isostatic pressing. Soft materials are introduced on both sides of die components in order to balance compression loads applied to the die component, and thereby avoid deformation of the die component.
US11203052B2	Forging and inclined window hole punching composite die A forging and inclined window hole punching composite die includes an upper die holder, a connection sleeve, an upper die sliding sleeve, a pressure plate, inclined window puncher pins, a center puncher pin, first connection screw rods, first springs, second connection screw rods, second springs, hydraulic assistant systems, a lower die and a bottom plate. Bottom surface of the pressure plate of the composite die is a plane to avoid deformation of a front molding surface. Hydraulic power is added to the inclined window puncher pins to increase the pressure for punching inclined holes, avoid quality problems and increase a demolding force. A multi-split synchronous hydraulic device may well realize synchronization of the plurality of inclined window puncher pins.
US11203049B2	Apparatus for flatting, punching or stamping An apparatus (2) for flatting, punching or stamping a material (40) introduced into the apparatus (2), said apparatus (2) comprising a first cylinder (14) provided with an outer layer configured for flatting, punching or stamping the material (40); a back-pressure cylinder (16) extending parallel to the first cylinder (14) and an adjustment mechanism (22, 22′, 28, 28′, 34, 34′, 36) for adjusting the distance between the first cylinder (14) and the back-pressure cylinder (16). The adjustment mechanism (22, 22′, 28, 28′, 34, 34′, 36) comprises a first contact member (22) and preferably a second contact member (22′) brought into contact with the bottom portion (circumference) of the first cylinder (14). The contact member(s) (22, 22′) are mounted on a structure (34, 34′) being movably mounted relative to the back-pressure cylinder (16).
US11203046B2	Cleaning and sanitizing apparatus for handheld devices A cleaning and sanitizing apparatus for handheld devices may comprise a cuboid-shaped unit body having a top end and a base end, a slot opening, a user interface and microcontroller system for governing the individual components of the said cleaning and sanitizing apparatus for handheld devices, a gripping and carriage apparatus, a removeable cleaning solution reservoir, a pump and sprayer apparatus for dispensing cleaning solution, a moveable cleaning roller apparatus for cleaning the surfaces of handheld devices as such devices are lowered into and raised from the said unit body, and an irradiation chamber located at the base of the cuboid shaped body including at least one germicidal ultraviolet lamp array housed inside the said unit body. The apparatus may further comprise a wireless induction charging module configured to charge a handheld device while the handheld device is within the enclosure or compartment.
US11203044B2	Beneficiation of values from ores with a heap leach process This invention relates to a process for recovering value metals from sulphide ore, including steps of crushing ore in a primary crusher (14) to a size of about 40 cm and less, passing the crushed ore through one or more of the following pre-beneficiation processes such as bulk sorting (16) and screening (20) followed by coarse floatation (46/50), or gravity separation or magnetic separation. A waste stream (54) from the pre-beneficiation process/es with a particle size greater than 100 μm is stacked in a heap (26) and subjected to a heap leach. This integrated process utilises the pre-beneficiation techniques best suited to the characteristics of a particular orebody; and during the pre-beneficiation simultaneously creating a low grade stream that yields significantly higher recoveries than achievable by normal heap leaching of low grade run of mine ore.
US11203038B2	UV curing device with divided UV reflecting mirrors The present invention relates to a curing device for applying UV radiation to substrates, comprising at least one radiation source, at least one reflector member surrounding the radiation source, at least two divided dichroic mirror members opposite to the radiation source, which largely transmit the VIS & IR content of the radiation source and keep it away from the processing zone and at the same time largely reflect the UV content of the radiation source in the direction of the processing zone, at least one optical disk member that separates the cooling gas flow in the exposure device from the processing zone, and which is characterized in that the at least two divided dichroic mirror members are arranged in such a manner that they are separate from one another and offset from one another in the direction of the main beam and are displaced parallel to the main beam and thus opaque to the main beam, so that cooling gas can flow out through the openings created, but intensity loss of the UV radiation does not occur.
US11203033B2	Essential oil diffuser Methods and devices for atomizing a fragrant liquid are disclosed. A reservoir receives a volume of a base liquid. One or more drops of a substance are added to the base liquid to form a volume of an aromatic liquid. A vaporizer atomizes the aromatic liquid, forming a mist that is emitted from the device. The device allows a user to customize the blend of substances that are used to form the aromatic liquid.
US11203029B2	Mold paint-spraying device A mold paint-spraying device includes a frame and a mold fixed to the frame. A motor is fixed to the frame, an output end of the motor is fixedly connected to a mounting rack, a servo motor and a linear guide rail are fixedly connected to the mounting rack, a rail slide is arranged on the linear guide rail, a screw nut is fixed on the rail slide, a spray gun is fixed on the screw nut, and an output end of the servo motor is connected with a screw matching the screw nut.
US11203027B2	Lower gas flow injection system and method for additive manufacturing system An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a housing defining a chamber, a build platform disposed in the chamber at a first elevation, and a lower gas inlet disposed at a second elevation and configured to supply a lower gas flow. The AM system includes a contoured surface extending between the lower gas inlet and the build platform to direct the lower gas flow from the second elevation at the lower gas inlet to the first elevation at the build platform, where the contoured surface discharges the lower gas flow in a direction substantially parallel to the build platform. The AM system also includes one or more gas delivery devices coupled to the lower gas inlet to regulate one or more flow characteristics of the lower gas flow, and a gas outlet configured to discharge the lower gas flow.
US11203025B2	Electrospinning devices and systems and methods thereof A portable, hand-held electrospinning or electrospraying device and system, method, and portions thereof are described. Such device can be for electrospinning or electrospraying a predetermined solution toward a deposit surface. The device can have a durable portion, a semi-durable portion, and a consumable portion. The consumable portion can be received and held by the semi-durable portion, and the semi-durable portion holding the consumable portion can be removably coupled to the durable portion.
US11203024B2	Liquid atomization device and air cleaner using same A liquid atomization device includes: an inlet; an outlet; and a liquid atomization chamber. The liquid atomization chamber is provided in an air passage between the inlet and the outlet. The liquid atomization chamber includes a rotary shaft, a pumping pipe, a collision wall, a reservoir, and a drain port. The rotary shaft is rotated by a rotary motor and is disposed in the vertical direction. The pumping pipe includes a lower portion having a pumping port and an upper portion fixed to the rotary shaft, and is rotated in coordination with rotation of the rotary shaft to pump up water through the pumping port and centrifugally discharge the water. The pumping pipe generates, inside the pumping pipe, a whirlpool in the water in the reservoir by the rotation, and forms, at the center of the whirlpool, a void providing communication between the pumping port and the drain port.
US11203020B2	Comminuting device A comminuting device for solids-conducting liquids includes a housing with an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a housing interior extending from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, a first comminuting shaft extending through the housing interior and arranged to rotate about a first comminuting axis. A second comminuting shaft extends through the housing interior and is arranged to rotate about a second comminuting axis. A screening device has a screening wall comprising a plurality of slots arranged in the housing interior adjacent to the first comminuting shaft. A clearing device has a plurality of clearing elements which can be moved relative to the screening wall along a movement path and which extend through the plurality of slots starting from a clearing shaft arranged on one side of the filter wall to at least one portion of the movement path.
US11203019B2	Method and system for temperature monitoring of a biochemical reaction vessel Embodiments include a reaction vessel having a first reaction chamber filled with a first material; a first light absorbing region adhered to an interior-facing surface of the first reaction chamber; a second reaction chamber filled with a second material; a second light absorbing region adhered to an interior-facing surface of the second reaction chamber; a temperature sensor disposed within the second reaction chamber; and one or more energy sources configured to direct light at the first light absorbing region and the second light absorbing region. A processor may be employed to determine a first temperature of the first material from a second temperature of the second material measured by the temperature sensor. Methods of manufacturing such a reaction vessel are also disclosed.
US11203009B2	Manganese oxide based catalyst and catalyst device for the removal of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds Disclosed herein are a catalyst composition, catalyst devices, and methods for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. The catalyst composition including manganese oxide, optionally one or more of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, iron, binder, an inorganic oxide, or carbon.
US11203000B2	Mixing element for container assemblies A container assembly with improved mixing dynamics for mixing substances in preparation for injection by an injection device or for the dispersion of additives in the collection and analysis of biological samples is disclosed. In one configuration, the container assembly includes a first mixing element protruding into an interior of a container. With the container rotated about its longitudinal axis, the first mixing element forms at least one vortex which effectuates mixing of a first substance provided within the container interior and a second substance provided within the container interior.
US11202999B1	Stirring system and method of use A stirring system for a bucket having a sidewall configured to form an inner cavity for containing liquid therein. The system a lid having a center hole extending through the thickness of the lid; a shaft extending from a first end to a second end, the shaft is configured to extend through the center hold of the lid and into the inner cavity; a quick-release device secured to the first end of the shaft; an upper perforated stirring paddle rigidly attached to and extending from the shaft; a middle perforated stirring paddle rigidly attached to and extending form the shaft, the middle perforated stirring paddle is configured to extend in a first plane parallel to the upper perforated stirring paddle; and a lower perforated stirring paddle secured to the second end of the shaft and extending along a second plane, the lower perforated stirring paddle having a first length equal to a second length of the upper perforated stirring paddle plus a third length of the middle perforated stirring paddle.
US11202995B2	Supported carbon molecular sieve membranes and method to form them A supported carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane is made by contacting a film of a carbon forming polymer on a polymer textile to form a laminate. The laminate is then heated to a temperature for a time under an atmosphere sufficient to carbonize the film and polymer textile to form the supported CMS membrane. The supported CMS membrane formed is a laminate having a carbon separating layer graphitically bonded to a carbon textile, wherein the carbon separating layer is a continuous film. The supported CMS membranes are particularly useful for separating gases such as olefins from their corresponding paraffins.
US11202991B2	Exhaust gas purifying catalyst This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is provided with a substrate 10 and a catalyst layer 20 formed on a surface of the substrate 10. The catalyst layer 20 contains zeolite particles 22 that support a metal, and a rare earth element-containing compound 24 that contains a rare earth element. The rare earth element-containing compound 24 is added in such an amount that the molar ratio of the rare earth element relative to Si contained in the zeolite 22 is 0.001 to 0.014 in terms of oxides.
US11202986B2	Plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane and preparation method thereof A plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane for gas separation and producing method are disclosed. The plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane may include a soft segment, a hard segment and a chain extender. The soft segment may include a polyol compound and the hard segment may include a diisocyanate. The plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane may be a cross-linked polyurethane membrane.
US11202983B2	Devices, systems and methods for flux removal from furnace process gas System and methods for solder flux removal from a gas stream is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes: a scrubber chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet through which the gas stream is introduced into and withdrawn from the scrubber chamber; at least one rinse agent delivery mechanism for introducing a rinse agent into the scrubber chamber for contact with the gas stream, the rinse agent being at a temperature for condensing a first portion of the flux from the gas stream; a condenser portion of the scrubber chamber containing the rinse agent for receiving the gas stream, the rinse agent being at a temperature for condensing a second portion of the flux in the gas stream; and a condensed flux removal apparatus adapted for removal from the scrubber chamber of at least a portion of the rinse agent and the flux which has condensed.
US11202980B2	Filter container attachment and detachment system A filter attachment and detachment apparatus removably attaching a filter container containing a filter, as a part of a filtration apparatus that filters fluid with the filter, includes a first mounting protrusion at one end of the filter container to protrude from the filter container, the first mounting protrusion including a flow path in fluid communication with the filter inside the filter container, a rotation element to which a first flow path for the fluid is connected, the rotation element including an opening groove configured to receive the first mounting protrusion, and a first mounting protrusion holding part configured to rotatably hold the rotation element. The first mounting protrusion holding part includes an inner periphery surface and a notch communicating with an outer side of the inner periphery surface, where in a state where the first mounting protrusion is inserted into the opening groove through the notch, by rotating the rotation element, the first mounting protrusion is bound between the inner periphery surface of the first mounting protrusion holding part and the rotation element.
US11202979B2	Device for reducing pressure fluctuation of pressure filter frame and pressure filter A device for reducing pressure fluctuation of a pressure filter frame and a pressure filter. The device includes a pressure filter frame that is a cylindrical housing. An inner wall of the pressure filter frame is further provided with a buffer plate. A plurality of openings are provided in the buffer plate. A gap is remained between the buffer plate and the inner wall of the pressure filter frame. A plurality of supporting posts are disposed in the gap, which fixedly connect the inner wall of the pressure filter frame with the buffer plate.
US11202975B2	Flat filter for water treatment, and filter module for water treatment using same A flat filter for water treatment is provided. The flat filter for water treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: filtration members formed in the shape of a plate having a predetermined area; support frames, which are coupled to the rim sides of the filtration members so as to support the filtration members, and have channels into/in which filtered water produced through the filtration members flows and moves; and gap adjustment members coupled to the support frames so as to adjust the gap between the filtration members adjacent to one another.
US11202973B2	Method for extracting water-soluble compounds from microalgae and/or cyanobacteria The present invention relates to the field of upgrading biomass, in particular algal biomass, and more specifically the present invention relates to a method for extracting water-soluble compounds from microalgae and/or cyanobacteria, as well as the product obtained by this method and the uses of same, in particular in the food industry or as food supplements.
US11202972B2	Automatic tritium extraction device and method for environmental monitoring An automatic tritium extraction device for environmental monitoring comprises a distillation chamber, a temperature control unit, a condensation unit and an auxiliary condensation unit. The distillation chamber is connected to a first pump, a second pump and a third pump. A delivery pipe comprises a first vertical pipe, a second vertical pipe and an oblique pipe which inclines upwards from the distillation chamber to the condensation unit. An automatic tritium extraction method for environmental monitoring comprises the following steps: 1) cleaning of a distillation chamber; 2) distillation rising; 3) distillation; 4) condensation; 5) discharging samples out of the distillation chamber. By the adoption of the automatic tritium extraction device and method for environmental monitoring, fully-automatic distillation and condensation of environmental tritium samples, automatic cleaning of the distillation chamber, and automatic and accurate addition of required agents are realized, and fully-automatic acquisition, preparation, distillation, purification, measurement and analysis of environmental tritium can be completed; and manual intervention is reduced, so that monitoring results are more accurate, and labor costs are saved.
US11202970B2	Throwing toy with contact connector head A throwing toy that can simulate the throwing of a weapon. The throwing toy has a head and a handle that are molded from a soft polymeric foam. Reinforcement elements can be molded into the foam to provide structural integrity. The head of the toy has a face surface, a rear surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The handle extends from the bottom surface of the head. When the throwing toy is thrown toward a target, one of the surfaces of the head is likely to impact the target. Contact connectors, such as suction cups, are affixed to at least one of the surfaces of the head. The contact connectors are set at different positions and preferably at different angles to provide contact attachments across a wide range of contact angles.
US11202968B1	Hand toy device A hand toy device is described that when manipulated, emits a distinct sound and provides a tactile response. The hand toy device includes a cover over a pan containing a granular and/or other sound-generating material, a plunger movable to contact and displace the sound-generating material, and a biasing member configured to bias the plunger away from the sound-generating material.
US11202966B2	Sculpture device mountable to electronic device having built-in camera A sculpture device has a base, a figurine, a control element, a cover, and a device attachment clip. The control element has a magnetic mechanism for moving the figurine along an upper surface of the base in correspondence with movement of the control element along a lower surface of the base. The cover is coupled to the base and encloses a device interior of the sculpture device. The device attachment clip is coupled to the cover and has a through-hole or a sculpture lens. The device attachment clip removably attaches the sculpture device to an electronic device in a manner such that the through-hole or the sculpture lens is aligned with a camera lens of the electronic device allowing an operator to view the figurine and the device interior on a display screen of the electronic device when the camera is activated.
US11202960B2	Game controller A game controller includes a case comprising a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, a left side, a left shoulder portion, a left handle portion, a right side, a right shoulder portion, a right handle portion, and a middle portion; and a plurality of touch controls comprising a first touch control disposed on said left shoulder portion, a second touch control disposed on said right shoulder portion, a third touch control disposed on said left handle portion, and a fourth touch control disposed on said right handle portion, wherein at least two of the touch controls are configured to distinguish a touch of multiple independent fingers each touch being configured to initiate a command.
US11202959B2	Systems and methods of displaying or arranging presented game content based on a combination condition with a selected game or stage In order to select a content to be used in a specified game or game stage from a plurality of contents, a selection image including a plurality of contents is displayed in which possessed contents and unpossessed contents not possessed by a user are visually distinguishable, and at least a display form or display position of each content is varied based on parameters set for a combination of the content and the specified game or game stage, and at least one is selected from the plurality of contents displayed in the selection image.
US11202956B2	Trick scooter A trick scooter comprising a base plate, a support member, comprising a first end and a second end, a handle, comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the handle is attached to the second end of the support member. Furthermore, the base plate is manufactured of elastic and flexible material. Such a trick scooter is advantageous as it is lightweight, easy and safe to handle and does not damage the surroundings or cause injury to people nearby.
US11202953B2	Method and system for determining ball positions and first downs in a football game A method and system for use in the game of football to determine ball placement and position, as well as first down demarcations, is described, with various embodiments configured to track the location of a football to determine its position on the field and to determine and display the first down demarcation on the field. Certain embodiments employ software to assist in performing placement determinations, distance determinations, track movement of the ball, first down markers, as well as light emitting modules along a track that extends parallel to the field.
US11202949B2	Molded hockey puck with electronic signal transmitter core A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in light pipes enclosed within cavities in the subcomponents that extend to outer surfaces of the hockey puck components. The puck includes two subcomponents that are attached via complimentary sets of concentrically arranged wedges.
US11202944B1	Laser-contrasted golf club head and manufacturing process A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The toe region includes a second plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the toe region, a width-intersection coverage of the toe region, and a surface-area coverage of the toe region. The heel region includes a third plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the heel region, a width-intersection coverage of the heel region, and a surface-area coverage of the heel region.
US11202942B1	Sports ball with controllable trajectory This invention provides sports ball having asymmetrical traction and/or asymmetrical surface structure. The asymmetrical traction is useful for differentially controlling ball spin and trajectory height as the ball is projected from a pitching machine. The asymmetrical surface structure is useful for differentially controlling the lateral component of the ball's trajectory. Optionally, the ball is a pitching machine ball. The method also provides a method of projecting the ball from a pitching machine.
US11202941B2	Sport ball and casing defining a major channel and a minor channel A sport ball includes a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels and defines a cavity. The casing includes at least a first panel having (a) a first layer positioned to form a portion of an exterior surface of the sport ball, (b) a second layer disposed adjacent to the first layer, and (c) a third layer disposed adjacent to the second layer. The first panel defines a first indentation and a second indentation spaced apart from the first indentation. The first indentation has a first depth and the second indentation has a second depth that is less than the first depth. The first depth is from 0.5 times to 4 times larger than the second depth. The sport ball also includes a bladder disposed within the cavity.
US11202940B2	Two layer recreational air-tight object having a patterned illuminated surface Systems, apparatus, and methods related to recreational balls with illuminated surfaces are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an air-tight object having an outer layer and an inner layer. The opacity of the outer layer is greater than the opacity of the inner layer. The outer layer defines an aperture. Additionally, a light module is configured to send light from an interior of the air-tight object through the aperture of the outer layer.
US11202931B2	Aquatic exercise device An aquatic exercise device is disclosed, able to exert omnidirectional uniform water resistance while exercising, so that equal force is required to move it in any direction. The water resistance of the device according to the invention can be adjusted in a quick and measured way. This device can be operated with one hand and can be brought close to the body of exerciser.
US11202930B2	Installed fire extinguishing equipment with extinguishing-launching part-unit A fire extinguishing equipment including an extinguishing-launching part-unit and a pressure-resistant storage body with an internal space housing a fire extinguishing material. A transport pipe is connected to the internal space to transport the fire extinguishing material to a use location. An extinguishing part-unit is connected to the external end of the transport pipe and includes one or more event-detecting part-units, which are connected to the extinguishing-launching part-unit. The extinguishing-launching part-unit is supplemented with a separation fitting disposed within the transport pipe, separated from a transport regulation fitting also disposed within the transport pipe. A reference pressure supply part-unit is within the transport pipe between the separation fitting and the transport regulation fitting. Each of the transport regulation fitting and the separation fitting includes a clamping housing and a rupture disc fixed therein, which rupture upon detection of a fire to dispense the fire extinguishing material.
US11202928B2	Fire extinguisher cover for electric vehicle Disclosed is a fire extinguisher cover for covering over a motor vehicle, the battery of which has caught fire. The cover comprises a sheet for covering over the vehicle, the sheet comprising an opening disposed thereon, and a casing assembly comprising a plurality of spaced apart casings and a drawstring running through the plurality of casings. The drawstring is arranged to be tightened to achieve a tight abutment between the casing assembly, the ground and the vehicle tires when the vehicle is covered by the sheet, and the fire-extinguishing fluid is run through the at least one opening to be fill up between the vehicle and the sheet resulting in said fluid reaching the battery for extinguishing the fire emanating therefrom.
US11202927B2	Installed fire extinguishing equipment with improved characteristics A fire extinguishing equipment with improved characteristics which includes a pressure-resistant storage body with an internal space that houses a fire extinguishing composition. A monitoring unit is connected to the storage body to measure and regulate one or more physical characteristics. At least one discharge outlet is in communication with the internal space of the storage body and is configured to discharge the fire-extinguishing composition from the internal space to a use location. A charging inlet is disposed within the storage body and is configured to fill the internal space with the fire-extinguishing composition. An extinguishing-launching part-unit is inserted into a pipe section between the use location and the discharge outlet.
US11202926B2	Fire monitoring Tools for fire monitoring are presented. One method includes an operation for accessing values of features for monitoring a fire in a region. The features include satellite images at a first resolution, vegetation information, and weather data. Further, each satellite image includes first cells associated with the geographical region and the first resolution defines a first size of each first cell. The method further includes generating a map of the geographical region comprising a plurality of second cells having a second size, which is smaller than the first size. Additionally, the method includes operations for estimating, using a machine-learning model, probability values for the second cells in the map based on the features, each probability value indicating if the second cell contains an active fire, and for updating the map based on the probability values for the second cells. The map is presented in a user interface.
US11202923B2	Mobile radiation oncology coach system with internal and/or external shielding for same A mobile radiation oncology coach system is disclosed. The mobile radiation oncology coach system comprise a trailer having a control console area and a treatment area, the treatment area is equipped with a medical treatment facility. The mobile radiation oncology coach system further comprise an internal shielding provided between the control console area and the treatment area. The mobile radiation oncology coach system further comprise an external shielding provided at the outside of the trailer.
US11202921B2	Infant phototherapy device, method of use, and kit therefor A phototherapy device, a kit containing such a phototherapy device, and a method for treating a patient with a phototherapy device, the phototherapy device containing a housing, an emission portion, and a light tube, the housing containing a light source that emits light at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to about 550 nm, and may contain a light shield proximal to the light source, the emission portion being distal form the housing and connected thereto via a light tube which contains an optical fibre, and a mesh that may enclose the optical fibre and may allow a limited amount of light to leak from the optical fibre to the outside environment.
US11202914B2	Passive propagation fractal antenna for intrabody transmissions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless signal transmission are described. A fractal antenna may be utilized to wirelessly communicate with a transmitter implanted within or located external to the patient. The fractal antenna may be implanted within the patient and may be coupled with a lead also implanted within the patient. The characteristics of the fractal antenna may allow for enhanced data transmission between the antenna and the transmitter while reducing the need for implanted wires to connect the transmitter and leads.
US11202912B2	Posture-based control of electrical stimulation therapy Devices, systems, and techniques are described for selecting an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) growth curve based on a posture of a patient. The ECAP growth curve defines a relationship between a parameter defining delivery of stimulation pulses delivered to the patient and a parameter of an ECAP signal of a nerve of a patient elicited by a stimulation pulse. In one example, a medical device detects a posture of a patient and selects an ECAP growth curve corresponding to the detected posture. The medical device selects, based on the ECAP growth curve corresponding to the detected posture and a characteristic of a detected ECAP signal, a value for a parameter for defining delivery of the stimulation pulses to the patient and controls delivery of the stimulation pulses according to the selected value for the parameter.
US11202906B2	Skin treatment device and method for delivery of an active ingredient into the human skin by means of iontophoresis, using an array of electrodes A skin treatment device, adapted for delivery of an active ingredient into the human skin by means of iontophoresis, the device having electrodes to establish an electric field on the human skin, wherein the device includes an array of n electrodes with at least a first and a second electrode.
US11202904B2	Positioning methods for intravascular electrode arrays for neuromodulation A method for positioning an electrode array of a neuromodulation catheter at a target circumferential position along a posterior wall of a blood vessel. The method includes advancing the catheter to a target longitudinal position within the blood vessel and positioning the array within the blood vessel so as to minimize interference by CRM leads or coils in the blood vessel during therapeutic delivery of energy using the array.
US11202903B2	Systems for electrical stimulation Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In certain embodiments, the self-righting article a tissue-interfacing components. In some embodiments, each tissue-interfacing component may comprise an electrically-conductive portion configured for electrical communication with tissue and an insulative portion configured to not be in electrical communication with tissue.
US11202901B2	Heart pump with passive purge system A heart pump assembly includes an elongate catheter with a proximal portion and a distal portion, a rotor at the distal portion of the elongate catheter, a driveshaft, and a bearing. The rotor can include an impeller blade shaped to induce fluid flow in a first axial direction. The drive shaft may be coupled to or integrally formed with a proximal end of the rotor and can include a pump element formed in a surface of the drive shaft. The bearing can include a bore into which the drive shaft extends. The pump element is shaped so as to induce fluid flow through the bore in a second axial direction which can be the same or opposite to the first axial direction.
US11202893B2	Braided drainage catheter A drainage catheter may include a polymeric tubular member and a braided reinforcement that is disposed about the polymeric tubular member. The braided reinforcement may include a repeating braid pattern that extends over a first portion of a length of the drainage catheter and a modified braid pattern that extends over a second portion of the length of the drainage catheter, the modified braid pattern providing a region without any braid filaments. The drainage catheter may include a drainage hole that extends through the polymeric tubular member within the region without any braid filaments.
US11202892B2	Balloon catheter having a retractable sheath An intravascular balloon catheter device for treating various size stenosed regions within a blood vessel is provided. A clamp located within a body of a handle assembly is movable between a clamped and unclamped position by way of a button. When clamped, an outer member is secured relative to a sheath to as to expose a portion of a balloon located on a distal end of the outer member. The portion of the balloon remaining within the sheath is restricted from inflation beyond the sheath.
US11202891B2	Reinforced balloon catheter A balloon catheter is described, having a reinforced, co-axial, duel lumen design. At least one of the lumens is formed of a multilayer, tubular element in which one of the layers functions, in part, to provide radial reinforcement to the tubular element.
US11202889B2	Peri-vascular tissue ablation catheter with support structures An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
US11202873B2	Enhanced performance verification port for therapeutic gas delivery Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system. The therapeutic gas delivery system controller of the system includes a processor that executes an algorithm to calculate the run-time-to-empty from the data received from the gas pressure sensor, temperature sensor, flow controller and flow sensor, and directs the result to the display.
US11202868B2	Safety needle assembly The present invention is directed to a safety needle assembly having the high safety and high operability, comprising: a hub; a cannula; a collar; a protector; and a sheath. The sheath includes an opening of housing the cannula; a cannula fixing part of locking the cannula housed in the opening; an attachment part of rotatably supporting the sheath attached to the hub or the collar; and a protrusive stopper which a user pushes by a finger to pivot the sheath thereby to house the cannula in the opening of the sheath. Herein, the stopper is arranged at a vicinity of a central portion of the sheath in a longitudinal direction at the opposite side of the aperture of the opening, or arranged at a portion closer to a distal end side than the central portion of the sheath.
US11202867B2	Activation assembly for a medicament delivery device An activation assembly for a medicament delivery device is presented having a delivery member cover provided with legs and configured to be biased in a proximal direction, a movable sleeve configured to be received between the legs, and an activation sleeve configured to be biased in the proximal direction, wherein the delivery member cover is configured to be moved in an axial direction between a first position and a second position, wherein movement of the delivery member cover from the first position to the second position causes movement of the movable sleeve from a first movable sleeve position to a second movable sleeve position. The delivery member cover axially displaces the activation sleeve in a distal direction when the delivery member cover moves towards the second position, thereby causing a first actuation of a sensor. The activation sleeve is configured to move in the proximal direction when the delivery member cover returns from the second position to the first position, thereby providing a second actuation of the sensor.
US11202863B2	Method and apparatus for injecting a neurotoxin into a localized area A syringe assembly for administration of a neurotoxin, the syringe assembly comprising: a syringe comprising: a clear syringe barrel with dosage markings completely encircling the clear syringe barrel; and a plunger having a plunger body and a clear inverted plunger tip; and a needle assembly comprising a needle and a sealing hub for removably attaching the needle assembly to the syringe, wherein the needle is approximately 0.15 inches to approximately 0.3 inches in length and has a gauge of approximately 27 gauge to approximately 35 gauge.
US11202859B2	Cassette with free flow prevention for infusion pump A cassette with free flow prevention for use with an ambulatory pump. The cassette includes a free flow prevention clamp and a housing. The free flow prevention clamp includes a clamping section having a first side and a second side, a first elongate section extending from the first side, and a second elongate section extending from the second side. The housing supports the free flow prevention clamp and defines a channel for receiving a tube. The elongate sections extend parallel to the channel and the clamping section extends across the channel. The free flow prevention clamp is configurable within the housing in an open condition that allows fluid flow through the tube when force is applied to one of the elongate sections and in a closed condition that prevents fluid flow through the tube when the force is removed from the elongate sections.
US11202858B2	Vertical assembly of PCB An electronic injector including a needle insertion assembly configured to move a needle in an insertion direction from a first needle position where the needle is above the surface of a patient's skin to a second needle position where the needle pierces the patient's skin. The injector further includes a member mechanically coupled to the needle and configured to move when the needle. The injector further includes an optical detector having a generally planar detection surface and configured to detect movement of the member based on a change in a transverse projection of the member onto the detection surface and output a signal based on the change in the transverse projection. Additional, a processor is configured to determine the position of the needle based on the output signal, and the transverse projection of the member changes when the needle moves.
US11202855B2	Methods for removal of toxins from blood using an extracorporeal circuit comprised of a hollow-fiber filter module and polymer sorbent in combination This invention discloses methods for reducing physiologic molecules in abnormal levels and/or exogenous toxins in blood from blood by way of an extracorporeal circuit comprising a hollow-fiber filter module and polymer sorbent in combination.
US11202852B2	Biomaterials for neuronal implants and use of said biomaterials in the diagnosis and therapy of neuronal diseases The present invention relates to a neural implant comprising a biomaterial having an outer surface with a stochastic nanoroughness (Rq), and the application of said stochastic nanoroughness in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a neurological disorder, such as, for example, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, glioblastoma and/or for disrupting and/or preventing glial scars in the context of mammalian mechanosensing ion channels selected from the family of PIEZO-1 and PIEZO-2 ion channels.
US11202849B2	Medical device and method for manufacturing the same To provide a medical device including a substrate and a hydrophilic polymer layer formed on at least a part of the substrate, which satisfies the following conditions (a) to (d): (a) a polymer constituting the hydrophilic polymer layer is a hydrophilic polymer having an acidic group; (b) the hydrophilic polymer layer has a thickness of 1 nm or more and less than 100 nm; (c) a number ratio of basic group/acidic group of the hydrophilic polymer layer is 0.2 or less; and (d) a liquid film retention time at 40 minutes after ultrasonic cleaning in a phosphate buffer solution is 15 seconds or more. The present invention provides a medical device in which a surface of a substrate is hydrophilized, and a method for manufacturing same by a simple method.
US11202848B2	Surgical adhesive able to glue in wet conditions Compositions and methods for sealing tissue of a patient in a wet environment are disclosed.
US11202842B2	Gas delivery system and method of sanitizing the gas flow path within a gas delivery system A gas delivery system (50) for delivering a flow of breathing gas to a patient (54) includes a blower assembly (100) structured to generate the flow of breathing gas. The blower assembly includes a gas flow path including an inlet manifold, an assembly (130) structured to adjust a pressure and/or flow rate of the flow of breathing gas, and an outlet manifold structured to be coupled to a patient circuit. The gas delivery system additionally includes a light system structured to generate sanitizing light and deliver the sanitizing light to one or more internal surfaces of at least one of the inlet manifold, the assembly and the outlet manifold for sanitizing the one or more internal surfaces.
US11202841B2	Virus-enabled targeted vector for imaging A multi-chromophore virus particle is constructed by covalent binding of chromophores and provides super-radiant behavior. A virus-enabled targeted vector is provided for imaging with qualitatively different optical emission properties from state-of-the-art agents. Bright emission is obtained through quantum coherence, which in turn is facilitated by the symmetry of the virus shell. In an exemplary embodiment the targeted vector is used in laser-guided surgery, specifically for the treatment of in brain cancer.
US11202835B2	Method of controlled competitive exchange The present invention relates to a method of controlled competitive exchange of a first agent bound to a metal coordination complex with a competing agent, with selection of the nature of the first agent allowing a tailoring of the binding strength and thereby allowing for a desired level of control for subsequent displacement by the selected competing agent. The method may be employed for release of therapeutic agents, sequestration of larger molecules from a sample, generation of a preferred binding surface and the like.
US11202832B2	Preservative containing compositions The present invention relates to compositions providing improved preservative efficacy. The present invention further relates to polyquaternium compound containing compositions having improved the antifungal activity. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions comprising a polyquaternium compound, a polyol or combination of polyols, borate compound, and an antimicrobial mixture comprising electrolytes and nutrients.
US11202831B2	Solid solution compositions and use in cardiovascular disease The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US11202825B2	Attenuated infectious bronchitis virus The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a mutation in non-structural protein nsp-3 and/or deletion of accessory proteins 3a and 3b. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject.
US11202823B2	Multi-subunit vaccines to elicit both MHC- and CD1-restricted T cell responses Provided herein are subunit vaccine compositions comprising a nanocarrier and a lipid antigen, a peptide antigen or combinations thereof that elicit bother a CD1-restricted and an MHC-restricted T cell response in a subject. Methods for making and using the subunit vaccine compositions are also provided.
US11202822B2	Methods for treating hypophosphatemic disorders The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a hypophosphatemic disorder, such as X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). The method entails administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition containing an anti-FGF23 ligand, wherein the dosing regimen of the pharmaceutical is designed to reach effective and efficient control of FGF23 activity.
US11202821B2	Glucose oxidase compositions Glucose oxidase and further compositions are described. The glucose oxidase compositions have glucose oxidase and at least one ingredient selected from one or more of carbohydrate (e.g. dietary fibre or saccharide), polyol or sugar alcohol while further compositions are sweeteners, food, compositions for fortification of food, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. The compositions incorporate low glycemic index nutritive compound of glycemic index less than 70, preferably less than 50, and are in the form of powders, granules, crystalline compositions, flours, pills, tablets, capsules, pellets, powder for oral suspensions, gels, liquid solutions and suspensions, and sterile preparations. The compositions regulate one or more diseases/conditions, including but not limited to those associated with blood, kidney, thyroid, nerves, joints, weight, diabetes, oxidative stress, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, amyloid foot ulcers, cataract, glaucoma, hypertension, metabolic disorders, digestive disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, mastopathy, dupuytren's contracture, gingivitis, periodontitis, dental caries, mouth disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and Parkinson's disease.
US11202820B2	Targeting of melanocytes for delivering therapeutic or diagnostic agents using protein nanocages The present invention relates to protein nanocages comprising a melanocyte-targeting moiety and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the protein cages as well as methods for treating or diagnosing hyperpigmentation disorders or other melanocyte-related disorders using the protein nanocages or pharmaceutical compositions. In the preferred embodiment, the protein nanocage is composed of Bacillus stearothermophilus E2 protein of pyruvate dehydrogenase multi-enzyme complex (E2), with a skin penetrating and cell permeating SPACE moiety, and a melanocyte-targeting moiety of alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone.
US11202812B2	Reducing body fat probiotic strain, composition thereof, and use thereof The present invention provides a method of reducing body fat, comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of Lactobacillus paracasei or a metabolite thereof to a subject in need thereof. The Lactobacillus paracasei or the metabolite thereof can effectively convert the fatty acid into conjugated linoleic acid, inhibit the accumulation of fat and promote the decomposition of fat in fat cells, and can effectively reduce the percentage of body fat, waist circumference, and hip circumference, and simultaneously increase the muscle mass of the subject.
US11202810B2	Stable probiotic composition for the management of lactose intolerance The present invention discloses a stable probiotic composition comprising Bacillus coagulans individually and/or in combination with multi-enzyme complex for the utilization of lactose and therapeutic management of lactose intolerance. It also discloses a method for the management of lactose intolerance using composition comprising Bacillus coagulans individually and/or in combination with multi-enzyme complex.
US11202808B2	Methods for treating autism spectrum disorder and associated symptoms The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by restoring an ASD patient's gut microbiota. These methods can be used with ASD patient with or without ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms. Provided here is a method for ASD treatment in a subject in need thereof comprising or consisting essentially of administering a therapeutic composition comprising a fecal microbe or a fecal microbiota preparation to the subject. Also provided here is a method comprises administering an antibiotic to a human subject; subjecting the human subject to a bowel cleanse; and administering purified fecal microbiota to the human subject. Further provided are evaluation and quantitative characterization of patient symptom improvements upon treatment described here.
US11202801B2	Notch receptors with hinge domain The present disclosure generally relates to, inter alia, a new class of receptors engineered to modulate transcriptional regulation in a ligand-dependent manner. Particularly, the new receptors, even though derived from Notch, do not require the Notch negative regulatory regions previously believed to be essential for the functioning of the receptors. In addition, the new receptors described herein incorporate an extracellular oligomerization domain to promote oligomer formation of the chimeric receptors. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such receptors, nucleic acids encoding same, host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids, as well as methods for modulating an activity of a cell and/or for the treatment of various health conditions such as cancers.
US11202797B2	Mixture of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides and method for rapidly producing the same The present invention discloses a mixture of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides having an average molecular weight between 2700 Da and 3600 Da, in which 90% of total components has a molecular weight between 1800 Da and 5400 Da. The mixture of fucosylated chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharide of the present invention has very low anti-FIIa factor activity, very low anti-FXa factor activity, very high anti-FXase factor activity, i.e., having a significant activity in selectively inhibiting intrinsic FXase, and a significant antithrombotic activity and no risk of bleeding and hypotension that are proved through animal experiments. The present invention also discloses a method for rapidly producing fucosylated chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides by using sea cucumber as raw material, and the method includes: intercepting and concentrating crude polysaccharide with a membrane, deacetylation with hydrazine, pyrolysis with nitrous acid, reduction with sodium borohydride, membrane separation, etc., achieving rapid preparation and high yield.
US11202793B2	High purity RNA compositions and methods for preparation thereof The invention relates to improved RNA compositions for use in therapeutic applications. The RNA compositions are particularly suited for use in human therapeutic application (e.g., in RNA therapeutics). The RNA compositions are made by improved processes, in particular, improved in vitro-transcription (IVT) processes. The invention also relates to methods for producing and purifying RNA (e.g, therapeutic RNAs), as well as methods for using the RNA compositions and therapeutic applications thereof.
US11202786B2	Synthetic bile acid compositions and methods Bile acids and related compositions and methods of synthesis and use. More specifically, deoxycholic acid and related compositions, said compositions being free of all moieties of animal origin and free of pyrogenic moieties.
US11202785B1	Deuterated forms of testosterone and methods of use Provided herein are compositions (e,g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising deuterated testosterone, deuterated methyltestosterone, or derivatives thereof. The provided compositions and related methods may be useful for treating and/or preventing various diseases and conditions, such as hypogonadism, delay of growth and puberty, weight loss associated with HIV-associated wasting, vulvar dystrophies, micropenis, breast cancer, and sexual disorders.
US11202783B2	Use of aminoalkylbenzothiazepine derivatives The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or dyslipidemia comprising an aminoalkylbenzothiazepine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US11202778B2	Amorphous solid dispersions of dasatinib and uses thereof Amorphous solid dispersions and pharmaceutical compositions of the protein kinase inhibitor dasatinib. The pharmaceutical compositions may be used in methods of treating a proliferative disorder such as cancer, or in methods of delivering dasatinib to patients without regard to whether the patient is concurrently administered a gastric acid-reducing agent, or without regard to whether the patient has an elevated gastric pH. The compositions may be particularly suitable for patients afflicted by achlorhydria or hypochlorhydria, or Helicobacter pylori infection.
US11202774B2	5-substituted 2,4-thiazolidinediones (thiohydantoins), pseudothiohydantoins, and propseudothiohydantoins for use as antiviral agents The present invention concerns the synthesis and use of formulations of 5-substituted 2, 4-thiazolidinediones, pseudothiohydantoins, and propseudothiohydantoins and 2, 4-thiazolidinediones metforminate salts for topical and systemic treatments of infections caused by herpes simplex viruses and varicella zoster viruses.
US11202773B2	Locally bioavailable drugs Drugs have been designed and developed with a structural motif allowing local bioavailability in the target organ but that are not broadly distributed at a concentration sufficient to illicit toxic side effects in non-targeted organs. The structural motif subjects the compound to be rapidly metabolized by metabolic enzymes before reaching the non-targeted organs.
US11202770B2	Liquid tasimelteon formulations and methods of use thereof Liquid suspensions of tasimelteon and methods for their use.
US11202766B1	Pharmaceutical compositions including hydrocodone bitartrate and guaifenesin Novel hydrocodone bitartrate and guaifenesin pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making and using the hydrocodone bitartrate and guaifenesin pharmaceutical compositions also are disclosed.
US11202761B2	Formulations for oral delivery of adsorbents in the gut The invention relates to a formulation for the delayed and controlled delivery of an adsorbent into the lower intestine of mammals. The formulation includes a carrageenan and an adsorbent, such as activated charcoal. The invention further relates to uses of this formulation, in particular to pharmaceutical uses. In one embodiment, the formulation is used to eliminate or reduce the side effects in the intestine, in particular in the colon, of pharmaceutical agents that are administered as a treatment for a disorder, but that have side effects when they reach the late ileum, the caecum or the colon.
US11202759B2	Injectable, pore-forming hydrogels for materials-based cell therapies The invention provides compositions and methods to form pores in situ within hydrogels following hydrogel injection. Pores formed in situ via degradation of sacrificial porogens within the surrounding hydrogel facilitate recruitment or release of cells. Disclosed herein is a material that is not initially porous, but which becomes macroporous over time.
US11202758B1	Composition and method for treating a hangover A method for treating a hangover, comprising of administering to a subject in need a powdered or liquid juice product containing juiced ingredients of red onion, cucumber, and romaine lettuce. Other embodiments contain onion, cucumber, and one or more of any other leafy green vegetable. The components of the applicant's invention create a novel synergistic effect because the combination creates a greater effect than the sum of the effects of the components separately.
US11202755B2	Pharmaceutical compositions By individually metering and dispensing specific volumes and/or weights of each component of a dosage, an amount of the components for each dose is secured with very high accuracy. A method for dosing a pharmaceutical product in a sealed container, such as, for example, a packet, sachet, blister pack, or other unit dose form. The dosage may include a first component that is a thickening agent and a second component that is an active ingredient. The thickening agent serves as a carrier that allows the active ingredient to dissolve in the mouth and be swallowed without the administration of water. The method includes providing the first component by measuring the volume or weighing the mass of the first component and measuring the volume or weighing the mass of the second component. Subsequent components may also be individually measured or weighed before being added to a package.
US11202753B1	Systems and methods for generating immune responses in subjects using microchannel delivery devices The present invention provides a method for generating an immune response in a subject, comprising administering to the subject's skin an immunizing composition from a SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, wherein the composition is administered with a microneedle delivery device.
US11202752B2	Methods of treating dermatological disorders and inducing interferon biosynthesis with shorter durations of imiquimod therapy Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical and/or transdermal delivery of imiquimod, including creams, ointments and pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions to treat dermatological disorders, namely, viral infections, such as Type I or Type II Herpes simplex infections and genital warts, actinic keratosis and superficial basal cell carcinoma, and to induce interferon biosynthesis, with shorter durations of therapy, than currently approved for imiquimod by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”).
US11202751B2	Whitening cosmetic composition comprising Caragana sinica root extract The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for whitening comprising a Caragana sinica root extract, and more specifically relates to a cosmetic composition having an outstanding skin-whitening effect, the composition comprising a Caragana sinica root extract, a fraction thereof or α-viniferin isolated therefrom. In the present invention, the Caragana sinica root extract, fraction thereof or α-viniferin isolated therefrom inhibits tyrosinase activity and suppresses melanin production and is therefore effective in skin whitening.
US11202746B2	Concentrated personal cleansing compositions and methods Methods for enhancing fragrance of a rinse-off cleansing composition prior to use can include combining surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, to form the composition, wherein the composition is not a ringing gel.
US11202745B2	Reducing composition for permanently reshaping keratin fibers A process for permanently reshaping keratin fibers comprising mixing a component A and a component B to form a reducing composition. The component A comprises at least one thiol-based reducing compound having one thiol group selected from the group consisting of thioglycolic acid and derivatives thereof, thiolactic acid and derivatives thereof, 3-mercaptopropionic acid and derivatives thereof, and cysteine and derivatives thereof, and has pH 7.0 or less and the component B comprises at least one buffer salt selected from the group consisting of carbonates, bicarbonates and carbamates, and has pH 8.0 or more, wherein at least one of the component A and component B comprises at least one disulfide compound that is further defined, and wherein the reducing composition has a pH ranging from 7.0 to 7.8 and a viscosity ranging from 500 cps to 100,000 cps. The reducing composition is then applied to the keratin fibers.
US11202738B2	Metal oxide particles and method of producing the same A method of producing efficiently and stably core-shell type oxide particles, wherein the entire surface of the core oxide particles is uniformly coated with the shell oxide, includes at least two steps of: Step 1 of precipitating the core oxide particles in a mixed fluid prepared by mixing an oxide raw material liquid for core and an oxide precipitation solvent and Step 2 of coating the entire surface of the core oxide particles uniformly with the shell oxide by mixing the mixed fluid and an oxide raw material liquid for shell. (A) At least Steps 1 and 2 are performed continuously between at least two processing surfaces 1 and 2 which are capable of approaching to and separating from each other, at least one of which rotates relatively to the other; (B) after Step 1, Step 2 is completed within a prescribed time during which the core oxide particles do not aggregate in the mixed fluid; or (C) Step 1 and Step 2 are controlled so that the primary particle diameter of the core-shell type oxide particles is 190% or less relative to the primary particle diameter of the core oxide particles.
US11202737B2	Cleansing compositions A cleansing composition and method of using a cleansing composition, the cleansing composition including a blend of three different emollients, the emollients including a first stearic ester, a second stearic ester, and a branched hydrocarbon, where the first stearic ester and second stearic ester are different from each other.
US11202736B2	Antimicrobial dental restoratives containing coconut oil and/or derivatives of coconut oil A dental restorative based on a cured dental composite containing coconut oil and/or a derivative of coconut oil. The dental restorative also includes a polymerizable monomer, a filler, and a polymerization initiator. Methods of preventing or reducing growth of microorganisms and inhibiting formation of biofilms are also described.
US11202732B2	Tissue retention systems and methods A tissue retention belt for maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure includes a first anchor zone, a second anchor zone, and a tension zone. The tension zone extends between the first anchor zone and the second anchor zone and defines a tension axis that extends in a direction of loading to be applied to retained tissue. The tension zone may include an auxiliary anchor zone that includes a removable non-adhesive and an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin and provide auxiliary anchoring for maintaining tissue in position.
US11202729B2	Patient support apparatus user interfaces A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support deck operatively attached to a base with a lift mechanism interposed between the base and the patient support deck to move the patient support deck between first and second vertical configurations relative to the base. A user interface configured to operate the patient support apparatus is provided and comprises a screen configured to display visual content in first and second content layouts. The screen is coupled to the patient support deck for concurrent movement between the vertical configurations A controller disposed in communication with the screen and the lift mechanism is configured to display the visual content in the first content layout when the patient support deck is in the first vertical configuration, and further configured to display the visual content in the second interface layout when the patient support deck is in the second vertical configuration.
US11202726B2	Connectors and encasement for personal hygiene product with a digital element A personal hygiene product with a digital element is described. In one embodiment, a conductive sensor assembly is disposed within the personal hygiene product that includes one or more moisture sensors that generate a resistive and/or capacitive signal indicative of saturation of the personal hygiene product when in wetting contact with menstrual fluid.
US11202723B2	Absorbent articles with improved topsheet dryness Absorbent articles having three-dimensional, apertured, liquid permeable topsheets, acquisition materials, liquid permeable backsheets, and absorbent cores are disclosed. The absorbent articles provide improved topsheet dryness, reduced collagen rewet, and improved modified fluid acquisition.
US11202716B2	Heat and sweat management system A prosthetic system includes a prosthetic liner adapted to provide an interface between a residual limb and a prosthetic socket, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly is arranged for regulating fluid communication between an interface region defined between the prosthetic liner and the residual limb and a suspension chamber defined between the prosthetic liner and the prosthetic socket. A vacuum in the suspension chamber selectively moves the valve assembly between a closed position in which the valve assembly fluidly separates the suspension chamber from the interface region, and an open position in which a portion of the vacuum in the suspension chamber draws fluid from the interface region via the valve assembly into the suspension chamber.
US11202714B2	Baseplate trial holding apparatus and knee joint implant surgical instrument set including the same A baseplate trial holding apparatus which holds a baseplate trial disposed in a proximal tibia during total knee arthroplasty or revision total knee arthroplasty, and includes a keel location setting part for setting an insertion location of a keel punch, and a knee joint implant surgical instrument set including the same.
US11202711B2	Partial hip prosthesis A partial hip prosthesis for reducing friction and wear in partial hip prosthesis by combining optimized geometry of the articulation and surface treatment of the prosthetic component. In the prosthesis, one of the articulating surfaces—either that of the reamed acetabulum, or that of the femoral head prosthesis is a-spherical so that a fluid-filled gap is formed at the area of major load transfer. The fluid-filled gap is sealed by an annular area of contact, over which the concave and the convex components are congruent. A prosthetic head is fixed to the femur by either a conventional stem, a perforated shell, or a femoral neck prosthesis screwed onto the femur so that it is partially covered by bone and partially exposed on the medial-inferior aspect, where it abuts the reamed cortex of the calcar region.
US11202708B2	Segmented, growth-accommodating, artificial valve According to various aspects and embodiments, a prosthetic valve assembly for controlling fluid flow in an annulus is provided. The prosthetic valve assembly includes a suture ring formed from two or more segments, where each segment is configured to attach to the annulus, and a leaflet subassembly that attaches to an inner portion of at least one segment of the suture ring. The leaflet subassembly includes at least one leaflet configured for controlling a flow of fluid through the prosthetic valve assembly.
US11202707B2	Adjustable implant system Systems and methods treat a heart valve using a magnetically adjustable annuloplasty ring attached to or near a cardiac valve annulus. A changing magnetic field may be used to selectively increase or decrease a circumference of, or otherwise modify the shape of, the implanted annuloplasty ring. The adjustable annuloplasty ring includes a tubular body member, one or more adjustable members, and an internal magnet within the tubular body member. The tubular body member and the one or more adjustable members form a ring shape. The internal magnet is configured to rotate in response to a rotating external magnetic field. The internal magnet is coupled to the one or more adjustable members to change a dimension of the ring shape as the internal magnet rotates. A system for treating a heart valve may include an external adjustment device having one or more external magnets to generate the rotating external magnetic field.
US11202702B2	Artificial vascular graft and method for making same A suture to be used in producing a medical instrument provided with a sutured site such as a stent graft, an artificial blood vessel or an artificial heart valve, has two components, i.e., a high melting-point component and a low-melting point component, the difference between the melting points of components being 30° C. or more and the low-melting point component is exposed on the suture surface entirely along the length direction. When a medical material formed of a fabric or a film is sutured or knotted with the suture and then the suture site is heated at such a temperature not allowing the high-melting point component but the low-melting point component alone to melt, the sutured site is fused and fixed. Thus, a knot or a seam, which sustains the fiber shape and strength and never becomes loose, can be formed.
US11202701B2	Device and method of inhibiting endoleaks A stent for placement in a blood vessel with a wall having an aneurysm including an endovascular graft having a first end, a second end, and a tubular body that is expandable and extends from the first end to the second end. The stent also includes a coagulation apparatus attached to the tubular body between the first and second ends. The coagulation apparatus has a frame and a coagulant attached to the frame. When the stent is deployed within the blood vessel, the tubular body extends across the aneurysm and expands at the first and second ends to seal against the wall of the blood vessel such that blood is channeled across the aneurysm through the tubular body such that a pocket of blood is defined external to the tubular body. The frame expands into the pocket to orient the coagulant therein and promote coagulation of blood within the pocket.
US11202698B2	Textured surfaces for implants An implant material having an implant surface comprising a plurality of tissue-contacting members arranged in a regular or irregular two-dimensional array, each tissue-contacting member having a convex curved tissue-contacting surface. Methods of preparing and using such implant materials.
US11202697B2	Kit of parts including a urological device A kit of parts includes a urological device and a catheter. The urological device has a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve. The catheter is adapted to insert the urological device into a urethra of a user.
US11202694B2	Method of making a dental articles A method of making a dental article, has steps of (i) providing a layer of sinter powder, (ii) providing a solidifiable binder to form a circumferential fixation zone (114) which encloses a portion of the powder layer. The method further has the step of repeating steps (i) and (ii) with each fixation zone (114) of one layer being in contact with a fixation zone (114) of an adjacent layer such that a plurality of the fixation zones (114) together form a coherent hollow sleeve (116) extending across the layers. The corresponding plurality of powder portions in combination form a contiguous batch (118) of powder captured in the sleeve. The method facilitates the manufacturing of sintered dental articles.
US11202687B2	Dental system and method Embodiments of the invention provide a laser system including a laser station including at least one laser, at least one processor, and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in data communication with the at least one processor. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes program instructions executable by the at least one processor, and enabling or operating an exchange of data between the at least one laser station and at least one remote network. The laser system includes at least one GUI display configured and arranged to display operating parameters or functions of the at least one laser and/or any of the data exchanged between the laser station and at least one remote network. The program instructions include instructions that direct the processor to update the at least one GUI display with a plurality of user-selectable graphics arranged around the periphery or circumference of a central display.
US11202679B2	Estimating the endoluminal path of an endoluminal device along a lumen Apparatus and methods are described for use with an endoluminal device that includes one or more radiopaque portions and that moves through a lumen of a subject. A sequence of radiographic images of a portion of the subject's body, in which the lumen is disposed, is acquired, during movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen. Locations at which the one or more radiopaque portions of the endoluminal device were imaged during the movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen are identified, by analyzing the sequence of radiographic images. A set of locations at which the one or more radiopaque portions were disposed during the movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen is defined, and an endoluminal path of the device through the lumen is estimated based upon the set of locations. Other applications are also described.
US11202678B2	Electromagnetic tracking with wireless detachable processing device The present invention relates to electromagnetic tracking of medical devices. In order to provide improved tracking of medical devices, a wireless readout unit (10) for an electromagnetic tracking system of medical devices is provided. The wireless readout unit comprises a data input (12), a data processor (14) and a data output (16). The data input is configured to receive raw signals (18) from an electromagnetic sensor, and the data processor is configured to at least partly pre-process the raw signals provided by the data input for further transformation. Further, the data output is configured for data transmission of the at least partly pre-processed data to a control unit of an electromagnetic tracking system of medical devices. The data output provides a wireless data link (20) to a control unit.
US11202677B2	Treatment trajectory guidance system Treatment trajectory guidance systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the method for treatment trajectory guidance in a patient's brain includes obtaining a three- dimensional (3D) brain model that includes a model of an anatomy, the model of the anatomy including a plurality of feature points; modifying the 3D brain model based on magnetic resonance (MR) data of the patient's brain from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device to obtain a plurality of modified feature points on a modified model of the patient's anatomy in the patient's brain; displaying on a display a first planned trajectory for treating the patient's anatomy based on the plurality of modified feature points; and displaying, on the display, a first estimated treatment result for the first planned trajectory.
US11202676B2	Neural monitor-based dynamic haptics A surgical system includes a robotic device, and a surgical tool coupled to the robotic device and comprising a distal end. The system further includes a neural monitor configured to generate an electrical signal and apply the electrical signal to the distal end of the surgical tool, wherein the electrical signal causes innervation of a first portion of a patient's anatomy which generates an electromyographic signal, and a sensor configured to measure the electromyographic signal. The neural monitor is configured to determine a distance between the distal end of the surgical tool and a portion of nervous tissue based on the electrical signal and the electromyographic signal, and cause feedback to be provided to a user based on the distance.
US11202672B2	Methods and systems for restoring patency A method for maintaining patency in a duct or hollow vessel located within the body of a patient is described wherein the duct includes one or more obstructions. The method comprises the steps of introducing a device into the duct, the device comprising a catheter having a distal and a proximal end, wherein the distal end includes a distal tip portion and wherein the distal tip portion comprises at least one energy delivery member; locating the device within the duct at a position proximal to the obstruction; delivering energy to the duct and any surrounding tissue via the at least one energy delivery member for a specified time period, so that the obstruction is removed from the duct; and withdrawing the device from the duct. It is optional to subsequently place a device such as a stent at the therapy site in order to further maintain long term patency of the duct. It is also optional to apply a dilation force to the duct or hollow vessel after the energy delivery phase. Systems are also described for performing the methods of the disclosure.
US11202664B2	Compression force magnifier A compression force magnifier including a vertical axis through a body and a proximal surface of the body sloped at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical axis. A flat distal surface of the body is disposed opposite the proximal surface. A bore is disposed through the body from the proximal surface through the distal surface. The body is connected to an arm having a connection opening configured to allow connection of the body to a bone plate. The connection opening has a connection axis spaced from the vertical axis.
US11202663B2	Proximal humeral stabilization systems and methods thereof An intramedullary nail implant for positioning in a bone having a head and a shaft defining an intramedullary canal. The implant includes a distal portion having a shaft extending along a central axis and configured for positioning within the intramedullary canal. A proximal portion extends proximally from the distal portion. The proximal portion defines a contact surface which extends at least in part medially of the central axis such that it is configured to extend within a medial portion of the bone head. A method of implanting the nail is also provided.
US11202662B2	Percutaneous fixator and method of insertion The present invention provides a technique for percutaneous intramedullary fixation. A protective outer sheath is provided for internal fixation of the proximal tibia. Additionally, a unique intramedullary plate is provided that is adapted for percutaneous insertion into the intramedullary canal of a long bone. A plate holder is also provided that may be utilized through the outer sheath to drive and position a fixation plate within the intramedullary canal.
US11202649B2	Systems and methods for removing materials from the pancreas using an endoscopic surgical tool A method for removing materials from a subject can include inserting an endoscope into the subject through an esophagus of the subject; introducing, through a cavity wall of a stomach of the subject to access a site within the subject outside the stomach, an endoscopic tool coupled with the endoscope; actuating a cutting assembly of the endoscopic tool to cut material at the site, the material associated with at least one of a pancreatic fluid collection in a pancreas of the subject or an extra-pancreatic fluid collection external to the pancreas; and applying suction to a first end of an aspiration channel of the endoscopic tool to remove the material through the aspiration channel, the aspiration channel extending from the first end to a second end at an opening of the cutting assembly.
US11202646B2	Articulating retrieval devices The devices and methods described herein relate to improved structures for removing obstructions from body lumens. Such devices have applicability in through-out the body, including clearing of blockages within the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen.
US11202645B2	Integrated cutting guide with cardioprotective butterfly for repeat sternotomy and for cast cutting A cardioprotective patch with an integrated cutting guide includes a membrane having a top edge, a bottom edge distal from the top edge, a right side edge connecting the top edge and the bottom edge; and a left side edge, distal from the right side edge and connecting the top edge and the bottom edge. A fold extends parallel to the top edge about half way between the top edge and the bottom edge. The crease is slit from the right side edge, forming a right slit. An elongate frame is fixedly connected to the membrane. The frame includes a tubular member and a plurality of arms extending outwardly from the tubular member and connected to the membrane.
US11202644B2	Shapeable guide catheters and related methods Shapeable guide catheters and methods for manufacturing and using such shapeable guide catheters. In one embodiment, the shapeable guide catheter comprises a tubular member having a shapeable region, a malleable shaping member attached to the shapeable region such that, when the shape of the shapeable region is changed from a first shape to a second shape, the shaping member will plastically deform to thereafter substantially hold the shapeable region in the second shape, a tubular outer jacket disposed about the outer surface of the tubular member and a tubular inner jacket disposed within the lumen of the tubular member. The shapeable region of the guide catheter may be manually formed into a desired shape before insertion of the guide catheter into the body. In some embodiments, the guide catheter is sized to be inserted through a nostril of a human patient and used to guide the transnasal insertion of another device (e.g., a guidewire, catheter, etc.) to a desired location within the nose, throat, ear or cranium of the subject.
US11202640B2	Milling head for a milling tool for prosthetic surgery operations and corresponding milling tool A milling head for a milling tool for prosthetic surgery operations and a milling tool comprising said milling head.
US11202635B2	Programmable distal tilt position of end effector for powered surgical devices A surgical device includes a handle assembly having a controller and a motor. The surgical device also includes an adapter assembly having: a tubular housing having a proximal end portion configured to couple to the handle assembly and a distal end portion; and an actuation assembly configured to couple to the motor. The surgical further includes a reload configured to couple to the distal end portion of the adapter assembly; and an anvil assembly including an anvil head pivotally coupled to an anvil shaft, the anvil assembly configured to couple to the actuation assembly and the reload. The controller of the surgical device is configured to control the motor to actuate the actuation assembly to move the anvil assembly in a distal direction for a distance based on a dimension of one of the reload or the anvil head, thereby pivoting the anvil head relative to the anvil shaft while maintaining engagement of the anvil assembly to the reload.
US11202634B2	Instrument for performing anastomosis The invention is directed to a method and a surgical instrument, typically a surgical stapler that is configured for performing anastomosis of a first gastro-intestinal tract section to a second gastro-intestinal tract section, both gastro-intestinal tract sections comprising a superficial layer and an intermediate layer. Said method comprises contacting the superficial layers of said gastro-intestinal tract sections and compressing the contacted sections between a first pressure area and a second pressure area, wherein the sum of the first pressure area and the second pressure increases during the compression such that the superficial layers are pressed aside and the intermediate layers are contacted.
US11202631B2	Stapling assembly comprising a firing lockout A stapling assembly comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, an elongate channel configured to receive a staple cartridge, a firing member configured to perform a firing stroke, a biasing element, and a rotary drive shaft is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises staple cavities, staples, staple drivers, and a sled. The firing member comprises a cutting edge, a first camming member, and a second camming member. The biasing element comprises a spring and is movable between an initial position and a displaced position. The rotary drive shaft is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the elongate channel. The rotary drive shaft is moved from the first position to the second position by the staple cartridge when the staple cartridge is inserted into the elongate channel and moves the biasing element to the displaced position against a distal biasing force of the spring.
US11202629B2	Clamping based lockout mechanism for right angle surgical stapler A surgical stapler includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector is actuatable between an open state for receiving tissue and a closed state for clamping the tissue. A closure system is operable to actuate the end effector from the open state to the closed state. A firing system is operable to actuate the end effector in the closed state to staple the clamped tissue. A firing lockout mechanism is movable between a lockout state that inhibits actuation of the firing system, and a bypass state that permits actuation of the firing system. The firing lockout mechanism is configured to maintain the lockout state until the end effector assumes the closed state, and is further configured to transition from the lockout state to the bypass state in response to the end effector assuming the closed state.
US11202628B2	Surgical stapler with tissue engagement features around tissue containment pin A cartridge for use with a surgical instrument includes a curved body and a deck configured to clamp tissue against an anvil. A plurality of staple openings is formed in the deck and is configured to house a plurality of staples. An arcuate slot formed in the deck is configured to slidably receive a cutting member therethrough. An opening formed in the deck adjacent to an end of the arcuate slot is configured to slidably receive a pin therethrough. The cartridge further includes a raised surface offset from the deck and extending circumferentially about at least a portion of the opening. The raised surface is configured to clamp tissue against the anvil to thereby fix the tissue relative to the opening.
US11202625B2	Suture of varying cross-section and methods of manufacture and use The present invention includes, in one embodiment, a method of forming a suture having various cross-sectional shapes, the method including the steps of braiding the suture such that the suture has a first cross-sectional shape along a length; holding a first end of the suture and holding the suture at a second position at a location in between the first end and a second end such that a first portion of the suture is defined between the first end and the second position; manipulating the first end relative to the second position to alter the first portion of the suture into an altered cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-sectional shape; and releasing the first end and the second position, wherein the step of manipulating is performed such that, upon release, the first portion maintains its manipulated shape.
US11202624B2	Apparatus for applying a knot to a suture Knot placement devices and methods can improve the ease for a user and/or success of ejecting a knot having a knot body and a plug, cutting suture and/or releasing the cut suture. The knot placement device can have an incremental rotational feature to cut the suture. The knot placement device can include first and second actuators configured for forming and ejecting a knot. The second actuator can be reversed in its position to release suture(s) caught within the device.
US11202622B2	Tissue sample holder with enhanced fluid management A biopsy device includes a body, an axial tube, a needle assembly, and a tissue sample holder. The body includes a proximal end. The axial tube extends proximally from the proximal end of the body. The axial tube includes at least one aperture. The needle assembly extends distally from the body and includes a needle and a cutter. The cutter is movable relative to the needle. The tissue sample holder is configured to removably couple to a proximal end of the body such that the axial tube is disposed within the tissue sample holder. At least a portion of the tissue sample holder is rotatable relative to the body such that the tissue sample holder is configured to rotate about the axial tube. The tissue sample holder is in fluid communication with the axial tube through the at least one aperture.
US11202620B2	Ultrasonic endoscope An ultrasonic endoscope includes an ultrasonic vibrator unit provided at a distal end part, the ultrasonic vibrator unit being composed of at least an ultrasonic vibrator array and a first thermally conductive member, the ultrasonic vibrator array having the plurality of ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged in a cylindrical form, the first thermally conductive member being disposed thermally in contact with the ultrasonic vibrator array; a plurality of cables that are electrically connected to the ultrasonic vibrator array; and an electrically conductive structural body that is disposed to extend from a distal end side toward a proximal end side of the ultrasonic endoscope. The ultrasonic vibrator unit and the electrically conductive structural body are connected to each other via an electrically insulating second thermally conductive member. Thus, the ultrasonic endoscope that has a heat release structure which transmits the heat generated from the ultrasonic vibrator to the electrically conductive endoscopic structure housed in a distal end part and which can efficiently release the heat therefrom while electric safety is secured; and that can prevent a burn of an alimentary canal by suppressing a temperature rise of surfaces of the ultrasonic vibrators is provided.
US11202615B2	Method for replacing a rotational axis decoder in a scanning system A method for determining the position and/or orientation of at least one sensor system relative to the base structure of a scanning system during scanning of an object, the method includes obtaining one or more tracking images using one or more cameras, where the cameras are in a fixed position with respect to the sensor system; and determining from the one or more tracking images the position and/or orientation of the sensor system relative to the base structure at a given time.
US11202614B2	X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof An X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof precisely designates an imaging region and reduces user fatigue by designating a segmentation imaging region using an image of a target object captured by a camera and automatically controlling an X-ray generator according to the designated segmentation imaging region. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator to perform X-ray imaging of a target object by generating and irradiating X-rays, an image capturer to capture an image of the target object, an image display to display the image captured by the image capturer, an input part to receive designation of a region for which segmentation imaging is to be performed on the image displayed on the image display, and a controller to control the X-ray generator to perform segmentation imaging with respect to the designated region.
US11202609B2	Grid-mounting device for slit-scan differential phase contrast imaging An exemplary mounting structure can be provided for interferometric imaging and an interferometric imaging apparatus comprising same. The mounting structure comprises at least one curved surface for receiving an interferometric grating to rest thereon. The surface can be provided having a plurality of apertures, whereas that the grating when so received, covers at least one of the apertures.
US11202606B2	Detection of anisotropic biological tissue A system for detection of optically anisotropic tissue is provided. The system comprises an optical source, an optical detector, a processing unit and a probe. The probe has a shaft with a longitudinal axis and a front end, and a plurality of optical fibers; wherein an end of each of the optical fibers is arranged at the front end of the shaft, and at least one of the optical fibers is a source optical fiber adapted to transmit optical radiation emitted from the optical source to a tissue adjacent to the front end of the shaft. Another one of the optical fibers is a detector optical fiber adapted to transmit optical radiation reflected from the tissue to the optical detector, so that an optical path through the tissue is defined, wherein the optical paths differ from each other with respect to their spatial orientation, and wherein the optical paths cross each other. The processor is configured to control the optical source to emit optical radiation, to receive a signal generated by the optical detector based on the optical radiation reflected by the tissue, to determine a plurality of optical spectra of the reflected optical radiation based on the received signal, wherein the optical spectra are obtained of the same location from at least two different directions, wherein the measurement of the optical spectra is performed either simultaneously or sequentially, and to compare the plurality of optical spectra, wherein the optical spectra relate to optical radiation of the different optical paths thus allowing the detection of anisotropic tissue using differences between the optical spectra.
US11202603B1	Method and device for sleep analysis The various embodiments of the method of the present invention include a method to improving or expanding the capacity of a sleep analysis unit or laboratory, a method sleep analysis testing a patient admitted for diagnosis or treatment of another primary medical condition while being treated or diagnosed for that condition, a method of sleep analysis testing a patient that cannot be easily moved or treated in a sleep analysis unit or laboratory and other like methods.
US11202596B2	System and methods for controlling nerve activity using electrical stimulation A system and methods utilizing electrical stimulation to achieve a desired therapeutic effect are provided. In one aspect, a method for controlling nerve activity in a subject is provided. The method includes receiving input indicating a desired therapeutic effect for at least one neural structure of a subject, and selecting, based on the input received, an electrical stimulation configured to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. The method also includes controlling a sympathetic nerve activity in the subject by delivering the electrical stimulation using electrodes positioned proximate to nerves innervating the subject's skin.
US11202593B2	Adjustable lancet and test cartridge for automated medical sample collection and testing A test cartridge includes an adjustable lancet. The adjustable lancet is controlled by a controller. The adjustable lancet automatically detects a subject's finger, adjusts the lancet's height, pricks the finger to draw blood, moves a tube to collect the blood, moves the tube away from the finger, and empties the blood from the tube into a vial or receptacle. The adjustable lancet may include safety features to prevent the lancet to trigger when the subject's fingernail is facing the lancet, to control the amount that the lancet pierces the subject's finger, and/or to prevent the reuse of a test cartridge for multiple persons or multiple times by the same person. The adjustable lancet may include a massager wheel and/or a pressure bar to rub the subject's finger after the finger is pierced to facilitate drawing of the blood from the finger.
US11202589B2	System and method for assessment of retinal and choroidal blood flow noninvasively using color amplification A system and method for assessing blood flow include: an ocular lens; a light source; a digital video camera; a biosensor; a trigger; and a computer. The ocular lens is for viewing a fundus of an eye. The light source is for illuminating the fundus. The digital video camera is for imaging the fundus. The biosensor is for sensing a pulse waveform. The computer is configured for: recording input frames and pulse waveform data in response to an input from the trigger; defining a low-pass frequency and a high-pass frequency from the pulse waveform data; stabilizing the input frames; enhancing contrast of the input frames; separating the input frames into sub-channels; conducting eulerian video magnification for color amplification using the inputs of image sampling rate, the low-pass frequency, the high-pass frequency, and an amplification factor; reconstructing the sub-channels into output frames; and combining the output frames with the input frames.
US11202588B2	Blood oxygen detection chip with capability of fast tracking light intensity A blood oxygen detection chip with a capability of fast tracking light intensity. A photocurrent buffer receives light and generates an output photocurrent iph that is not affected by a leakage current as much as possible, a bandgap voltage reference and a linear voltage regulator are mainly used to obtain an accurate adjustable reference voltage Vref, an integrator integrates the photocurrent iph to obtain a voltage signal in a linear relation with a photocurrent value, a pulse generator converts the voltage signal to a frequency signal, and finally an output buffer performs wave shaping to obtain a final output frequency signal Freq in a linear relation with a light intensity value.
US11202583B2	Magnetic resonance gradient accessory providing tailored gradients for diffusion encoding A system includes a magnetic resonance gradient accessory within an MRI system. The MRI system includes a magnet housing, a superconducting magnet generating a magnet field B0 to which a patient is subjected, shim coils, RF coils, receiver coils, magnetic gradient coils, and a patient table. The magnetic resonance gradient accessory creates local magnetic gradient fields critical to image generation and provides for diffusion encoding of a specific body region.
US11202580B2	Compensation for blood pressure sensor movement In some examples, devices, systems, and techniques are configured to compensate for changes in sensed blood pressure due to issues such as blood pressure sensor movement. For example, processing circuitry of a device may determine a difference value between a first blood pressure value representative of a blood pressure at a first time and a second blood pressure value representative of the blood pressure at a second time. Responsive to determining that the difference value is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the processing circuitry may generate updated blood pressure values by applying an offset value to the second blood pressure value and subsequently received blood pressure values that compensates for the difference value between the first blood pressure value and the second blood pressure value.
US11202576B2	Method for obtaining heart rate and electronic device for the same An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device can include a motion sensor, a heart rate monitor sensor, and a processor functionally coupled with the motion sensor and the heart rate monitor sensor. The processor can be configured to obtain first motion sensor data for a first duration using the motion sensor, obtain first heartbeat data for the first duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine an exercise type based on the first motion sensor data, determine a heartbeat prediction range based on at least one of the first motion sensor data, the exercise type, and the first heartbeat data, obtain second heartbeat data for a second duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine whether the second heartbeat data falls within the heartbeat prediction range, and determine heartbeat data of the second duration based on the determination result.
US11202574B2	Apparatus for dental imaging An apparatus for dental imaging comprises a light source for generating light, an optics system for focusing the light, and a probe head. The light source, the optics system and the probe head are arranged such that the light passes through the optics system, passes through the probe head, and exits the probe head. The optics system is configured such that, upon entering the probe head, an outermost chief ray of the light with respect to an optical axis of the optics system is divergent to the optical axis and an outermost marginal ray of the light with respect to the optical axis is parallel or divergent to the optical axis.
US11202569B2	Remote access for ambulatory medical device An ambulatory medical device includes a sensor configured to acquire a signal indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, a controller operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to monitor the physiological signal, and to perform a diagnostic test, and a remote access manager operatively coupled to the controller and configured to monitor for a command from a remote system to perform the diagnostic test, and to cause the controller to perform the diagnostic test in response to the command. In the device, the remote access manager may be further configured to transmit data representing an operational status of the ambulatory medical device to the remote system. The operational status of the controller may result from performing the diagnostic test. The remote access manager may be further configured to send the data representing the operational status of the ambulatory medical device in real time or substantially in real time.
US11202564B2	Information display for patient Implementation of a patient display in ophthalmic procedures, such as diagnostics and surgery, is disclosed herein. In an exemplary aspect, the present disclosure may be directed to an ophthalmic system. The ophthalmic system may include a patient display, a medical device, a memory, and a processor. The memory may be configured to store one or more video files that include information for a patient relating to the medical device. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to perform the following steps: receive input from an operator of a selection of at least one of the one or more video files; and display the selected at least one of the one or more video files on the patient display.
US11202563B2	Guided lens design exploration system for a progressive lens simulator A Progressive Lens Simulator comprises an Eye Tracker, for tracking an eye axis direction to determine a gaze distance, an Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator, for generating an Off-Axis progressive lens simulation; and an Axial Power-Distance Simulator, for simulating a progressive lens power in the eye axis direction. The Progressive Lens Simulator can alternatively include an Integrated Progressive Lens Simulator, for creating a Comprehensive Progressive Lens Simulation. The Progressive Lens Simulator can be Head-mounted. A Guided Lens Design Exploration System for the Progressive Lens Simulator can include a Progressive Lens Simulator, a Feedback-Control Interface, and a Progressive Lens Design processor, to generate a modified progressive lens simulation for the patient after a guided modification of the progressive lens design. A Deep Learning Method for an Artificial Intelligence Engine can be used for a Progressive Lens Design Processor.
US11202552B2	Dishwasher Embodiments of a dishwasher may include a frame defining a treatment chamber for items to be washed, and at least one coupling system for coupling the frame to furniture walls. Each one of the at least one coupling system may include a support element coupled with the frame with the possibility of moving with respect to the frame, the support element being further adapted to be fixed to a corresponding furniture wall by means of a fastening member; and a regulation element coupled with the support element and operable to cause a movement of the frame with respect to the support element after the support element is fixed to the corresponding furniture wall.
US11202547B2	Cleaner A cleaner includes a body forming an external appearance, and a spin-mop cleaning module configured to support the body and including at least one spin-mop provided so as to come into contact with a floor while rotating in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from an upper side. The inclination angle of a lower surface of the spin mop is changeable relative to a horizontal plane.
US11202546B2	Bare floor cleaner A bare floor cleaner with an upright assembly pivotally mounted to a base assembly, a steam generator, a fluid distributor which distributes steam onto the surface to be cleaned, and a brush assembly provided on the base assembly. A steam distribution manifold is provided within an interior of the brush assembly and fluidly coupled with the steam generator to distribute steam through the brush assembly.
US11202540B2	Wet/dry vacuum device An improved shop vacuum with wet/dry capability uses a vacuum tube that terminates in a space between the canister and the vacuum compartment such that the substance and content exiting the vacuum tube is not directly opposed the negative pressure source. This allows the substance to drain into the canister in a more controlled and less volatile condition, reducing splashing and entrainment of the substance. Moreover, a second exit for the vacuum has been added to the canister to improve the efficiency of the vacuum and the overall performance of the device.
US11202527B2	Electric curtain track structure An electric curtain track structure includes a guiding track assembly, a first actuator, a transmission assembly and a decorative assembly. The guiding track assembly includes a guiding track main body having first and second bending sections opposite from each other. The first actuator is installed on the first bending section. The transmission assembly includes a transmission cable and first hooks. The transmission cable is inserted into the guiding track main body and driven by the first actuator to move along the guiding track main body. The decorative assembly includes a decorative panel and heads. The decorative panel is attached onto an outer side of the guiding track main body, and two ends of the decorative panel protruded out of the guiding track man body for the decorative heads to correspondingly install on an outer side of the first and second bending sections. Consequently, the overall appearance thereof is improved.
US11202524B1	Stowable and deployable rug Embodiments of the present disclosure include an absorbent, storable, low-profile, non-slip, quick drying rug that is stored in an upright position against a wall or tub when the rug is not being used for drying, so as to maintain the rug's cleanliness and enhance its quick-drying capabilities. Also disclosed is a method for using an absorbent, storable, low-profile, non-slip, quick drying rug.
US11202522B2	Suspension pillow Provided is a suspension pillow that, when being used, gives an improved sense of stability and reduces a load applied on a neck and shoulders. A suspension pillow 10 is provided with: a placement part 1; a pair of support parts 3 which stand at a prescribed interval from the placement part 1; a side frame 4 which is disposed between the pair of support parts 3; and a sheet-like pillow part 5, wherein the pillow part 5 is connected, at at least three points or continuously, to the pair of support parts 3 and the side frame 4, and the pillow part 5 is connected, at a position above the pair of support parts 3, to the side frame 4.
US11202521B2	Pot suspension apparatus, system, and related methods Disclosed is a pot suspension apparatus that allows a user to safely, efficiently, and easily hang multiple pots from each other through its center drain hole so that the pots are suspended along the same vertical axis. The pot suspension apparatus features a rod with a hook and an eye, wherein the hook from one rod and can hang off of the eye of a second rod. The pot suspension apparatus also features multiple flanges that secure a pot in place along a rod and allow for organized and directed drainage of water through the suspended pots.
US11202520B2	Baby carrier A baby carrier has a baby pouch, waistband, side straps and shoulder straps. The baby pouch has an adjustable size and may have an adjustable headrest. The baby carrier provides an efficient way of carrying a child by keeping the child's weight close to the user's body.
US11202515B2	Active comfort controlled bedding systems Active comfort controlled bedding systems include a variable firmness control and/or variable climate control. The active comfort controlled bedding systems generally include a plurality of air bladders, each one of the plurality of air bladders includes a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure within a respective air bladder. A control unit configured to selectively operate a pump and valves to sequentially adjust a pressure in two or more of the plurality of the air bladders having an applied load of an end user thereon to provide a repeating pattern within the two or more plurality of the air bladders, wherein the repeating pattern is defined by a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected one of the plurality of the air bladders followed by a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected other one of the plurality of the air bladders to provide a massaging action.
US11202514B1	Ventilated mattress core A mattress core includes sandwiched layer of coils that includes coils disposed between a first spacer fabric layer and a second spacer fabric layer. The mattress core also includes a viscoelastic foam disposed beneath the sandwiched layer of coils. A top surface of the first spacer fabric layer is disposed at or adjacent to a top surface of the mattress core. The first spacer fabric layer defines or more first air channels and the second spacer fabric layer defines one or more second air channels. The one or more first air channels extend above the coils included in the sandwiched layer of coils and the one or more second air channels extends below coils.
US11202513B2	Electromotive furniture drive An electromotive furniture drive includes a housing having an opening, a drive motor attached to the housing and including an output shaft, and a standpipe inserted into the housing laterally in a form-fitting manner. The standpipe has an outer wall formed with a transverse groove, with a lifting spindle arranged in the standpipe. A gear assembly is arranged in the housing and configured to couple the output shaft of the drive motor to the lifting spindle. A locking element is configured to engage in the transverse groove and held in a recess in the housing.
US11202507B1	Connecting assembly for sofa and sofa A connecting assembly for a sofa includes a first connecting piece fixing on a first component of the sofa, a second connecting piece fixing on a second component of the sofa, and a third connecting piece. The first connecting piece includes a first inserting portion. The second connecting piece includes a second inserting portion. A first end of the third connecting piece is inserting into and connecting with the first inserting portion. A second end of the third connecting piece is inserting into and connecting with the second inserting portion. When the third connecting piece is gradually inserting into the first inserting portion and the second inserting portion, contact pressures between at least portions of the third connecting piece, the first inserting portion and the second inserting portion gradually increases to make the third connecting piece clamping to the first inserting portion and the second inserting portion.
US11202506B2	Support frame A support frame includes a column, a rocker arm, a tray, an adjustment shaft and a fixing block. The column is vertically arranged, the rocker arm is horizontally arranged, and the column and the rocker arm are connected by a hinge. The rocker arm includes a transverse support tube connected to the hinge, and the adjustment shaft is arranged inside the transverse support tube. An elastic member has one end connected to the adjustment shaft and another end connected to the column or the hinge. The transverse support tube is provided with multiple U-shaped grooves, and the fixing block is arranged outside the transverse support tube, and the tray is connected to the fixing block. The fixing block passes through the U-shaped groove to be connected to the adjustment shaft; or, a screw passes through the U-shaped groove, to connect the fixing block to the adjustment shaft.
US11202505B2	Drawer assembly A drawer arrangement includes a drawer sidewall having a locking device including a locking lever pre-stressed by a spring, and a wall element to be transversely connected to the drawer sidewall. The wall element, in a connected condition with the drawer sidewall, includes a fastening surface facing towards the drawer sidewall, and a bearing surface facing away from the fastening surface. A furniture fitting separate from the wall element connects the wall element to the drawer sidewall, and the furniture fitting is to be releasably locked to the locking lever of the locking device of the drawer sidewall. The furniture fitting, when the wall element is connected with the drawer sidewall, bears at least partially against the bearing surface of the wall element so that the wall element is held on the drawer sidewall by the locking of the furniture fitting with the locking device of the drawer sidewall.
US11202504B2	Sliding device A sliding device is capable of decreasing a moving distance of a middle rail while maintaining a maximum moving distance of a movable rail. The sliding device includes a fixed rail fixed to a body into which a storage body is inserted, the movable rail fixed to the storage body, the middle rail installed between the movable rail and the fixed rail and configured to move relatively with respect to the movable rail and the fixed rail, and a driving part configured to move the middle rail so as to move the movable rail by a distance twice a moving distance of the middle rail.
US11202503B1	Dual tablet and dual smartphone holder A dual tablet and dual smartphone holder that is a rectangular cuboid that defines an upper central slit, that holds two tablets that face in opposite directions, and that further defines a left upper slanted slit and a right upper slanted slit that that run inward toward the upper central slit, the left upper slanted slit and the right upper slanted slit hold smartphones. The smartphones placed in the left upper slanted slit and the right upper slanted slit are at an angle that allows each smartphone to capture the image of a user that is placed before the screen of the smartphone when the rectangular cuboid is placed on a table or desk that is before the user.
US11202499B2	Light guiding unit There is provided a light guiding unit (10) for use in an oral cleaning device. The light guiding unit is configured to be coupled to a light source (50), and the light guiding unit comprises a homogenizing component (110) having a length along which light from the light source is guided. The homogenizing component is further configured such that at least one of an amount of refraction of the guided light and an amount of internal reflection of the guided light varies along the length to homogenize, along the length of the homogenizing component, an amount of light transmitting out of the homogenizing component.
US11202498B2	Hair brush The present invention is concerned with a hair brush. The hair brush has an elongate profile defining a first longitudinal axis, and has a handle portion in the form of a stick sharing the first longitudinal axis and provided with a proximal end and an distal end, and the hair brush further has a utility portion extending from the distal end of the handle portion for engaging the hair and the scalp of a user during use. The utility portion has a first floating finger and a second floating finger forking off from the distal end of the handle portion and arranged at opposite lateral ends of thereof, and at least one third floating finger arranged between the first and second floating fingers. At least one or both the first and second floating fingers are free of brushing members.
US11202496B2	Detachable carrier for beach badges/pool tags A composite structure and article of manufacture for a detachable carrier for beach badge or pool tag are disclosed. In various embodiments, a composite structure having a clip, a strap and a body arranged as a carrier for a metal pin badge that can be easily attached and detached in its entirety is disclosed. The composite structure further comprises front and back sides and an inner layer. At the top of the composite structure, the strap forms a larger loop that is used to attach the composite structure to a clip or device. At the far end of the composite structure, the beach badge is mounted onto the composite structure by inserting the metal pin of the badge through one of the insertion point created by one or more delimiters.
US11202493B2	Asymmetrical structure moisturizing mask pack The present invention relates to an asymmetric structure moisturizing mask pack comprising a polylactide. More specifically, the present invention relates to a porous membrane mask pack prepared from copolymers of polylactide and polyvinyl alcohol, wherein the skin contact surface of the mask pack is hydrophilic and the back surface thereof is hydrophobic.
US11202491B2	Color changing cosmetic tool Systems, devices, and methods for a cosmetic sponge having: a tip portion at one end of the cosmetic sponge; an angled portion, where the tip portion is surrounded by the angled portion; a bulbous portion, where the bulbous portion is disposed proximate a bottom of the cosmetic sponge; and a bottom portion, where the bottom portion is surrounded by the bulbous portion; and a thermochromic pigment in at least a portion of the cosmetic sponge, where the portion of the cosmetic sponge changes from a first color at a first temperature to a second color at a second temperature.
US11202480B2	Secure hair wrap The disclosure relates to a hair wrap for securing cranial hair of a human during sleep, exertion, or exposure to the elements, for example. The wrap includes a slip-resistant material positioned at or near an inferior edge that extends about the hairline of the wearer. One or more fastener pairs have halves positioned at lateral ends of the wrap and are used to secure the wrap to the head. An extension of the wrap can enclose or envelop the hair, preventing disruption of hairstyles or undesired contact of the hair with external substances.
US11202479B2	Exoskeleton frame to support heavy apparel An exoskeleton frame having a frame body that includes a front torso member and a back torso member. The frame body further includes a first shoulder band and a second shoulder band each extending from the front torso member to the back torso member, and an opening positioned between the first shoulder band and second shoulder band. The exoskeleton frame further has an adjustable belt removably attached to the front torso and back torso member that is configured to direct a weight of apparel that is worn by the user over the exoskeleton frame to a weight-bearing area of the user located between knees and abdomen of the user, wherein the first shoulder band and second shoulder band are configured to support the weight of the apparel such that the weight of the apparel is not applied to a first shoulder or a second shoulder of the user.
US11202477B1	Garment for feeding tube A garment for providing access to feeding tubes while the garment is being worn by a patient/individual. The garment includes a centralized access opening that is closable for portions of time and that provide access to a feeding tube or feeding tube mechanism that has been surgically implemented in a patient. The access opening may be located relatively central to the garment and can illustratively include additional fasteners that can secure a portion of the feeding tube to the garment.
US11202474B2	Sock comprising stimulation elements A sock having a sole that has impact zones in the toe region, the ball region and the heel region, the sole includes stimulation elements in a toe groove region located between the toe region and the ball region as well as in a metatarsal arch region located between the ball region and the heel region, but not in the impact zones.
US11202465B2	Flavor inhaler A non-heating, non-combustion type flavor inhaler including a supply flow path unit including a first flow path leading aerosol toward a user side and a suction port, a liquid holding unit accommodating an aerosol base, a second flow path having one end communicating with the liquid holding unit and the other end which is located in the supply flow path unit and is opened toward the suction port side, and having a conductive portion, a liquid feeding system feeding the aerosol base, a power supply and a control unit applying a voltage to the conductive portion, to atomize the aerosol base and to eject the aerosol from an opening of the other end, and a static elimination unit neutralizing charge of the aerosol ejected from the opening.
US11202455B2	Method for producing vegetable fresh cheese-like food product Provided is a method for producing a vegetable fresh cheese-like food product which is free from dairy products, has a natural, fresh cheese-like dairy flavor and body, and has excellent spreadability and squeezability as a confectionery material. The pH of an emulsified oil composition which contains a soybean emulsified composition containing a specific protein and lipid, a specific soybean protein material having a reduced content of a lipophilic protein among soybean proteins, and a protein coagulant is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.3 using lactic acid fermentation and/or an organic acid.
US11202451B2	Culinary device A roller of generally elongated ellipsoid of revolution (also known as prolate spheroid) shape having an outer corrugated surface comprised of rounded, smooth, curved surface ridges and furrows that are transversely oriented along a major axis of the roller.
US11202450B2	Methods for enhanced root nodulation in legumes Disclosed herein are methods of increasing, enhancing, or accelerating root nodulation in a plant, accelerating growth of nitrogen fixing bacteria in nodules of a plant, increasing protein content in a plant, increasing yield of a plant, improving water retention of a plant, or reducing water use of a plant, the method comprising identifying a plant in need of root nodulation, and applying to the plant a composition comprising a protein component comprising yeast stress proteins resulting from subjecting a mixture obtained from the yeast fermentation to stress.
US11202443B2	Aquaculture environment control apparatuses, systems, and methods Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an aquaculture environment control system comprising one or more control apparatuses positioned within a vessel at an angle relative to a proximal vessel wall and configured for scouring of the vessel, wherein each control apparatus has a discharge conduit and each discharge conduit has one or more orifices; and a fluid source in fluid communication with each of the control apparatuses. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of controlling an aquaculture environment comprising supplying one or more of a fluid and gas to a control apparatus positioned within a vessel at an angle relative to a proximal vessel wall; and discharging one or more of the fluid and gas from the control apparatus at a fluid velocity sufficient for scouring of the vessel.
US11202437B1	Hybrid tomato plant named HMC44136 A hybrid tomato plant, designated HMC44136 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HMC44136, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HMC44136, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMC44136 with itself or another tomato plant.
US11202433B1	Soybean cultivar 92010858 A soybean cultivar designated 92010858 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92010858, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92010858, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92010858, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92010858. 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 92010858. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92010858, 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 92010858 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202432B1	Soybean cultivar 91410530 A soybean cultivar designated 91410530 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91410530, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91410530, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91410530, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91410530. 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 91410530. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91410530, 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 91410530 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202429B1	Soybean cultivar 91410746 A soybean cultivar designated 91410746 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91410746, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91410746, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91410746, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91410746. 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 91410746. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91410746, 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 91410746 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202427B2	Soybean cultivar 94110636 A soybean cultivar designated 94110636 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94110636, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94110636, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94110636, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94110636. 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 94110636. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94110636, 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 94110636 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202425B1	Maize hybrid X95P775 A novel maize variety designated X95P775 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95P775 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95P775 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95P775, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95P775 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95P775 and methods of using maize variety X95P775 are disclosed.
US11202422B2	Lettuce variety 79-414 RZ The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-414 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-414 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-414 RZ.
US11202416B2	Systems and methods for tracking seeds in an assembly line grow pod A method for tracking seeds in an assembly line grow pod having a plurality of carts is provided. A target seed is deposited in a selected cell which is a part of a selected tray located in a selected cart travelling on an assembly line grow pod. A position of the target seed is tracked in the selected cell by determining the position of the target seed in the selected cart and determining a position of the selected cart in the assembly line grow pod. Sustenance is provided to the target seed including the selected cell. A growth factor of the target seed is determined in the selected cell. Upon determination that the growth factor of the target seed in the selected cell is below a predetermined threshold, supply of the sustenance provided to the selected cell is adjusted.
US11202414B2	Device for UV and low-temperature treatment for enhancing functional material of plant A device including a work table having an upper plate elevated from a floor, a cultivation bed disposed on the upper plate and including an accommodation hole to accommodate soil or culturing solution therein, and a flow tube disposed in the soil or culturing solution to supply or drain water to and from the accommodation hole, a supply portion to circulate water in the flow tube to lower the temperature of water, a light emitting portion including a pillar adjustable in height and a UV light source emit UV light toward an upper portion of the cultivation bed, and a power generator including a servo motor disposed below the work table, and a bracket configured to adjust a location of the light emitting portion with respect to the side surface of the work table.
US11202413B2	Horticulture fastener A fastener device adapted for attaching at least one tag (or other identifier) to an object. The fastener device comprises a T-bar component, a paddle component, and a filament component flexibly attached to both the T-bar component on one end and the paddle component on the other end. In some embodiments, the fastener device is deployable via a fastener dispensing device comprising a needle designed to puncture a hole in at least one tag and the object while also inserting the T-bar component through the hole. Once inserted, the paddle component exerts a cantilever spring force against at least one tag holding the tag(s) securely against the object.
US11202409B1	Robotic harvesting system with a gantry system A robotic harvesting system includes a base, a linear transport, a robotic arm, and an end effector. The base is configured to move in a direction of travel. A linear transport is mounted to the base. The linear transport is configured to move along the base in substantially a same direction or opposite direction as the direction of travel. A robotic arm is mounted to the linear transport. The robotic arm has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the robotic arm is configured to rotate toward and away from the base from a first joint. An end effector is mounted on the distal end of the robotic arm.
US11202407B2	Apparatus and method for removing aquatic vegetation This invention relates generally to the removal of aquatic vegetation from bodies of water. More specifically, the invention relates to an apparatus and method for the removal of such vegetation, the apparatus and method facilitating a cutting or uprooting of the vegetation within the water and the optional collection of it there-from.
US11202406B2	Operator adjustable continuous bin level measurement An embodiment includes a combine having a feeder housing for receiving harvested crop, a separating system for threshing the harvested crop to separate grain from residue, a grain bin for storing the separated grain, a bin level sensor for detecting grain in the grain bin; and a controller that controls the combine. The controller is configured to generate a usable operating range by discarding a selected range of values from an operating range of the bin level sensor, generate a shifted operating range by shifting the usable operating range by a shift value, receive a first value indicating a level of grain in the grain bin, generate a second value by shifting the first value by the shift value, and present the second value to an operator of the combine.
US11202403B2	System and method for detecting the operational status of a residue removal device of a seed-planting implement A system for detecting the operational status of a seed-planting implement. The system includes a row unit including a frame and a residue removal device coupled to the frame. The residue removal device is configured to remove residue from a path of the row unit. The system further includes a sensor configured to capture data indicative of at least one of a position or an acceleration of the residue removal device. The system further includes a controller configured to monitor the data received from the sensor and compare at least one monitored value associated with the at least one of the position or the acceleration of the residue removal device to a predetermined threshold value set for the residue removal device. The controller is further configured to identify the residue removal device as being plugged when the at least one monitored value differs from the predetermined threshold value.
US11202402B2	System and method for identifying plugging of ground engaging tools based on wireless signal detection A system for identifying plugging of ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool configured to be supported by an agricultural implement and a signal transmission device provided in operative association with the ground engaging tool, with the signal transmission device being configured to transmit wireless signals. The system may also include an antenna spaced apart from the signal transmission device and configured to receive the wireless signals transmitted from the signal transmission device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the antenna. The controller is configured to determine when the ground engaging tool is experiencing a plugged condition based at least in part on at least one of an attenuation parameter of the wireless signals received by the antenna from signal transmission device or a lack of wireless signals received by the antenna from signal transmission device.
US11206749B2	Tubular heat spreaders for memory modules and memory modules incorporating the same Systems, apparatuses, and methods for thermal dissipation on or from an electronic device are described. For example, a memory module may have a printed circuit board (PCB) having an edge connector, a plurality of memory devices disposed on a surface of the PCB, and a tubular heat spreader disposed along an edge of the PCB opposite the edge connector. The tubular heat spreader may comprise a tubular portion open at both ends thereof to permit the through flow of a cooling gas; and two planar elements extending in parallel away from the tubular portion and configured to provide a friction fit with the memory module. Each of the planar elements may be configured to convey thermal energy from the memory module to the tubular portion.
US11206748B2	Flexible hinge to accommodate a flexible heat spreader Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a first housing, a second housing, a hinge that rotatably couples the first housing to the second housing, and a flexible heat spreader that extends from the second housing, through the hinge, and to the first housing. The hinge can accommodate deformations in the flexible heat spreader when the first housing is rotated relative to the second housing.
US11206745B2	Highly integrated liquid cooling system design for data center IT room Disclosed are row cooling units and connecting units with a network of integrated fluid distribution piping that may be interconnected to construct a liquid cooling system to carry way heat generated by servers housed within the server racks used in data centers. The assembly of row cooling units and connecting units may be connected to the supply and return loops of the data center facility to distribute cooling liquid to the electronic components of the servers and to return heated liquid for heat removal. The network of fluid distribution piping integrated into the row cooling units and connecting units enables the configuration of the liquid cooling system to be independent of the fixed infrastructure of the facility, affording ease of scalability, serviceability, maintenance, while increasing efficiency, resiliency, availability and reliability of the liquid cooling system critical to the operation and performance of the data center.
US11206741B2	Display The disclosure provides a display including a carrying main body, a flexible display panel, at least one magnet, and a plurality of electromagnets. The flexible display panel is disposed on the carrying main body and is adapted to unfold on the carrying main body. The at least one magnet is disposed on the flexible display panel. The electromagnets are disposed on the carrying main body. Magnetic poles of the electromagnets are adapted to change and drive the at least one magnet and the flexible display panel to move relatively to the carrying main body.
US11206739B2	Potting method A method of potting e.g. a stack of printed circuit boards, the method comprising applying a first potting material to selected regions of the circuit to be potted and then applying a second, different, potting material over the circuit to be potted.
US11206736B1	Connection substrate and interposer substrate including the same An interposer substrate includes a metal member; and a connection substrate disposed on at least portion of one side surface of the metal member. The connection substrate includes circuit patterns exposed from each of one surface of the connection substrate and the other surface of the connection substrate opposing the one surface, and one of a plurality of side surfaces of the connection substrate connecting one side and the other side of the connection substrate is attached to at least a portion of the one side surface of the metal member.
US11206735B2	Flexible circuit board A flexible circuit board includes a flexible light-permeable carrier, a circuit layer, a mark and a stiffener. The circuit layer and the mark are located on a top surface of the flexible light-permeable carrier. A predetermined area and a stiffener mounting area corresponding to each other are defined on the top surface and a bottom surface of the flexible light-permeable carrier, respectively. The mark is opaque to create a shadow mark having a longitudinal reference side and a lateral reference side on the bottom surface. The stiffener is adhered to the stiffener mounting area defined on the bottom surface by aligning with the longitudinal reference side and the lateral reference side of the shadow mark.
US11206728B2	Lighting control Apparatus for controlling a plurality of lighting devices to emit light, the controller comprising: a lighting interface for transmitting control commands to each of the plurality of lighting device in order to control the plurality of lighting devices; and a controller configured to: obtain orientation information indicative of an orientation of a user device and based thereon determine the orientation of the user device; obtain location information indicative of a location of the user device and based thereon determine the location of the user device; process the determined orientation of the user device and the determined location of the user device to determine one or more lighting settings for one or more of the plurality of lighting devices; and selectively control, via the lighting interface, the one or more lighting devices to emit light in accordance with the one or more determined lighting settings.
US11206725B2	Lighting system and method of controlling lighting system Lighting system includes light source that includes at least one light-emitting device and emits first light (laser light); wavelength conversion member that converts part of the first light into second light having a different wavelength from that of the first light; an optical system (light guide member) where the first light enters and that applies the first light to wavelength conversion member; optical sensor that receives part of the second light as monitor light and outputs monitor signal corresponding to the intensity of monitor light; and output control circuit that controls light source and optical sensor. Output control circuit performs an optical system inspection of conditions of the optical system and wavelength conversion member and a light source inspection of a condition of light source in accordance with monitor signal, using a time division method.
US11206724B2	Controlling a lighting system A method of controlling a lighting system comprising a plurality of illumination sources each controllable to emit illumination for illuminating the environment and a plurality of control apparatus for use in controlling the illumination emitted from one or more of the plurality of illumination sources, the method comprising: determining the relative position of a first control apparatus compared to a second control apparatus; assigning a function to the first control apparatus, the function defining how the first control apparatus is to control the illumination of one or more illumination sources, wherein the function of the first control apparatus is assigned based on the determined relative position; whereby a first user input can be received at the first control apparatus and the illumination of the one or more illumination sources can be controlled in response to the first user input based on the assigned function of the first control apparatus.
US11206723B2	Remote control device, communication device, variable device and lighting device To provide a remote control device for transmitting a light signal having a pulse pattern capable of reducing the possibility of false detection, a communication device including the remote control device and a sensor, a variable device further including an appliance whose state varies by tracking the remote control device, and a lighting device further including a moving light for illuminating the remote control device by tracking the remote control device. The remote control device transits a light signal having a pulse pattern to be detected by a sensor, in which the pulse pattern includes a first ON period, a second ON period, and an OFF period between the first ON period and the second ON period, the first ON period and the second ON period being repeated alternately, the first ON period and the second ON period are more than twice as long as a sampling time T of the sensor, the first ON period and the second ON period are different from each other, and the OFF period is longer than the sampling time T.
US11206721B1	Light emitting diode persistence effect minimization A system includes: a light emitting diode (LED); a switching circuit configured to: when in a first state, connect the anode of the LED to a positive potential and connect the cathode of the LED to a ground potential, thereby enabling current flow in a first direction through the LED; and when in a second state, one of: connect the ground potential to the anode of the LED; connect a negative potential to the anode of the LED; and connect the cathode of the LED to the positive potential and connect the anode of the LED to the ground potential, thereby enabling current flow in a second direction through the LED, where the second direction is opposite the first direction; and a driver module configured to selectively transition the switching circuit from the first state to the second state and from the second state to the first state.
US11206720B2	Dimmable LED light fixture maintaining brightness during color temperature change An LED light fixture, in the form of lamps or luminaires, is comprised on a plurality of LED lights producing bright white or warm light and a plurality of color LED lights producing light of a visibly different color. The fixture includes control circuitry for receiving an input voltage signal from a dimmer switch wherein when the dimmer switch reduces the input voltage to the LED light fixture within a top range setting of the dimmer switch, the brightness of the light is maintained while the color Kelvin temperature of the light spectrum is reduced. If the dimmer switch is increased in the top range, the color temperature increases. This is achieved by increasing the frequency of a reduced input voltage signal during a reduction of the dimmer switch in the top range thereof to supply full driver current to the white or warm light LED's while reducing the driver current to the color LED's. When the dimmer switch is operated below the top range both drive currents to the while and color LED's is reduced to provide a warm relaxing light spectrum but with substantially high luminosity/brightness.
US11206719B2	Accent lights with junction box controller A system and method for an accent lighting system is provided. The system includes a plurality of underwater luminaires each having a plurality of light emitting diodes, and a junction box controller housing a plurality of electrical components for generating electrical signals for controlling the plurality of underwater luminaries. The junction box controller can be mounted to an electrical conduit and a plurality of cables can connect the plurality of underwater luminaires with the junction box controller. An underwater luminaire can include a heat sink and a flexible circuit board having a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the heat sink. The flexible circuit board transfers heat from the light emitting diodes to the heat sink. The underwater luminaire can also include a wiring harness for connecting the underwater luminaire to a cable. The underwater luminaire can also include a housing having a lens positioned at one end, an end cap mounted to an opposite end of the housing. The housing and the end cap can form a waterproof enclosure for the heatsink, the flexible circuit board, the plurality of light emitting diodes, and the wiring harness.
US11206718B2	Lighting driver, lighting circuit and drive method A lighting driver is designed for driving an unknown lighting load and is based on a controlled DC driver, with a controlled output current. It is used in a first mode of operation to determine an operating current of the lighting load and in a second mode of operation to deliver a current to the lighting load in dependence the determined operating current, and optionally also in dependence on a dimming setting. In this way, the driver configures its output to the load based on an analysis of the current characteristics of the load, such as the maximum rated current.
US11206717B2	System for controlling LED lightbox power supply and remote control method thereof A system for controlling LED lightbox power supplies, comprises the lightbox supplies disposed inside a lightbox and correspondingly connected with LED light bars one by one. All the lightbox power supplies are connected in series with one another via a 485 communication bus. Meanwhile, a wireless communication device connected in series with the lightbox power supplies is further mounted inside the lightbox. A gateway device for wirelessly connecting with the wireless communication device and uploading data acquired to a cloud server, is arranged outside the lightbox. A sensor set connected in a wired manner with the wireless communication device is arranged on an outer wall of the lightbox.
US11206715B2	Systems and methods for integrating a broadband network gateway into a 5G network In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a router to act as a BNG and establishing, by the router, a connection between CPE and the BNG. The method also includes receiving, by the router, end-user and access parameters and communicating, by the router, the end-user and access parameters to one or more 5G NFs by interacting with one or more SBIs. The method further includes allowing, by the router, the CPE access to the one or more 5G NFs in response to communicating the end-user and access parameters to the one or more 5G NFs.
US11206712B2	Method and apparatus for initiating radio resource control (RRC) connection for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication 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) are provided. The communication method and system include 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 of a user equipment (UE) for performing a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication is provided.
US11206711B2	Data transmission/reception method and apparatus in wireless communication system that supports multi-radio access technology A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.
US11206698B2	Core network functions In one aspect, a control plane Interworking Function (IWF-C) is used to establish a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session in a data communications network. A create session request is received, for example from a Mobile Management Entity (MME). A create session management context request is generated by the IWF-C and transmitted to a Session Management Function (SMF). A create session management context request response is received from the SMF. A create session request response is generated by the IWF-C and sent, for example to the MME. In other aspects, control plane policy interworking and user plane interworking is provided between components of 4G and 5G networks.
US11206697B2	Network-initiated PDU session connection update method between terminal and network The present 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 present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retails, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method for managing a data transmission connection of a PDU session for data communication between a terminal and a network based on a determination made by the network in a mobile communication system.
US11206694B2	User terminal, radio base station, and radio communication method It is one of the objects to achieve an appropriate communication in a next generation communication system. The user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention includes a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal and a transmitting section that uses a sequence and/or a radio resource determined based on the synchronization signal to transmit a random access preamble.
US11206693B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system A method for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, random access configuration information of a normal UE. The method also includes determining random access configuration information of an integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) UE from the received random access configuration information of the normal UE based on information indicating relationship between the random access configuration information of the normal UE and the random access configuration information of the IAB UE. The method further includes transmitting, to the base station, a preamble using the determined random access configuration information of the IAB UE.
US11206692B2	Method and apparatus for signaling multiple resources for message 3 (Msg3) transmissions A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. A method of a terminal for performing a random access procedure in this manner includes transmitting a random access preamble to a base station, receiving a random access response (RAR) from the base station, and identifying whether each media access control (MAC) sub-protocol data unit (subPDU) in the received RAR includes a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) corresponding to the random access preamble. The RAR includes a plurality of MAC subPDUs including the RAPID corresponding to the random access preamble.
US11206689B2	Method and device for performing a random access in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to the technical filed of wireless communication, and particularly, to a method for random access. The method comprises the steps of transmitting a random access signal comprising a preamble sequence and a payload from a terminal to a base station, wherein the preamble sequence is configured randomly or according to size of the data to be transmitted and the payload is configured according to current service requirements; and receiving by the terminal feedback information transmitted back by the base station which corresponds to the random access signal, wherein the feedback information comprises at least one of unique user identification information, timing advance information, uplink transmission grant information, and acknowledgement (ACK) signal/negative acknowledgement (NACK) signal. The present solution may use two interactive steps to realize the function that is realized through four interactive steps in the prior art by designing the random access signal such that it comprises the preamble sequence and the payload, therefore it can reduce access delay in data transmission.
US11206688B2	Network access method for low power terminal, and apparatus Embodiments of this application provide a network access method for a low power terminal. The method includes: finding, by a low power terminal, at least one high performance terminal in a first resource pool based on a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel of a virtual micro cell that are sent by a high performance terminal; determining, from all found high performance terminals, a first high performance terminal that needs to be used to access a network; obtaining configuration information through a broadcast channel of a virtual micro cell of the first high performance terminal, where the configuration information includes a second resource pool; and sending a random access request to the first high performance terminal by using a resource in the second resource pool.
US11206685B2	Apparatus and method for uplink transmission in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a fifth-generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a fourth-generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, in which an operating method of a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving information about a UE group to which the same uplink resource is allocated from a base station; receiving uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station; performing channel access for uplink transmission on the basis of the received uplink resource allocation information; and transmitting uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel, wherein the channel access may be performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.
US11206673B2	Priority control method and data processing system A priority control method includes receiving, by the server, the data to be subscribed by the terminal and the default priority of the data, and setting the terminal and the default priority in priority management information in association with each other, setting, by the server, the data issued by the data source and the terminal subscribing the data in subscriber management information in association with each other, transmitting, by the data source, an importance level of the issued data, setting, by the server, the importance level received from the data source in the priority management information in association with the default priority for the terminal subscribing the data; and referring, by the server, to the priority management information to calculate a final priority from the default priority for the terminal and the importance level.
US11206672B2	LTE transmission mask adjustment to maximize performance and reduce interference System and methods for using channel quality reports to reduce inter-band interference are disclosed. Channel information is received at a first wireless communication device from a second wireless communication device. The first wireless device is operating in a first frequency range, and the second wireless device is operating in a second frequency range. The first frequency range is adjacent to the second frequency range. A channel quality report is generated at the first wireless communication device. The channel quality report indicates that particular sub-bands in the first frequency range have low channel quality. The particular sub-bands are selected using the channel information.
US11206669B2	Inspection method An inspection system and method for inspecting a user's entitlement to use a service, in particular a transport service, includes: sending, by a mobile inspection device, at least one first inspection data set during a first transmission phase; receiving, by at least one mobile user terminal to be inspected, the at least one first inspection data set; outputting, by at least one first output module of the mobile user terminal, at least one first inspection feature during the first transmission phase, based on the received first inspection data set and at least one user's entitlement information item available in the mobile user terminal, and outputting, by at least one second output module of the mobile inspection device, at least one first validity feature corresponding to the first inspection data set during the first transmission phase.
US11206663B2	Method for configuring frame structure, network side device, and terminal A method for configuring a frame structure, a network side device and a terminal are provided. A relevant frame structure is modified so that uplink and downlink transmission resources are flexibly adjusted, so as to be adapted to requirements of uplink and downlink services and not be limited to a certain type or certain types of fixed uplink and downlink configurations and GP configurations. The method includes determining a first periodicity and first indication information, wherein the first periodicity is a frame periodicity configured for a carrier or a periodicity in which a uplink transmission appears; the first indication information is used to indicate whether a time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first periodicity or not; and, if the time-domain transmission resource exists, indicate a position of the time-domain transmission resource.
US11206661B2	Support of wideband physical resource group (PRG) in long term evolution (LTE) In an aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) having a resource allocation of allocated physical resource blocks (PRBs). The method additionally includes employing at least one of a) a wideband decoder, b) a wideband channel estimator, c) a bandwidth-specific decoder, or d) a bandwidth-specific channel estimator for wireless communications based at least on a feature of the resource allocation in the DCI. In other aspects a UE transmits, to a base station, an indication of UE capabilities regarding support of wideband physical resource group (PRG) for various transmission time interval (TTI) durations.
US11206659B2	Multiple downlink control information (DCI) message handling for multiple control resource set (CORESET) groups This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multiple downlink control information (DCI) message handling for multiple control resource set (CORESET) groups. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may provide separate or joint feedback for data messages received from different CORESET groups. In some examples, the UE may be configured with code block group (CBG)-based transmissions for a component carrier (CC) or a CORESET group in a CC. If implementing a dynamic codebook, the UE may track separate transport block (TB)-based and CBG-based downlink assignment indexes (DAIs) for each CORESET group or may track joint TB-based and CBG-based DAIs across the set of CORESET groups to handle the CBG configuration. Additionally, or alternatively, if implementing a semi-static codebook, the UE may apply skipping rules across the set of CORESET groups or separately for each CORESET group to reduce signaling overhead.
US11206657B2	Resource element offsetting in a telecommunication 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.Disclosed is a method of subcarrier index mapping for application to Phase Tracking Reference Signal, PTRS, within a Resource Block, RB, in a telecommunication system, wherein a particular subcarrier index to which PTRS is mapped is determined on the basis of one or more of: Cell ID, DMRS Port Index, DMRS SCID UE-specific ID (RNTI).
US11206655B2	Method for transmitting or receiving downlink control channel and device using same A method for receiving a PDCCH by a terminal in a mobile communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a first PDCCH including first DCI from a base station through a first PDCCH search space; and receiving a second PDCCH including second DCI from the base station through a second PDCCH search space, wherein the first DCI and second DCI are for scheduling the same PDSCH for the same TB or TBs associated with the same HARQ process, are for scheduling different PDSCHs for the same TB or TBs associated with the same HARQ process, or are for scheduling different PDSCHs for different TBs or TBs associated with different HARQ processes. In addition, the first DCI and second DCI may be received from the base station within a time window.
US11206654B2	Method for receiving downlink channel in wireless communication system and device therefor A method for receiving a downlink channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. More particularly, a method includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information relating to a plurality of transmission beams of the base station, wherein the configuration information includes configuration items with respect to one or more beam sets including the plurality of transmission beams; receiving information indicating any one beam set among the one or more beam sets from the base station; and receiving a downlink control channel from the base station based on the indicated beam set, wherein, if the information indicating any one beam set is not received from the base station, the downlink control channel can be received based on a pre-configured beam set among the beam sets.
US11206648B2	Secondary cell in a wireless device and wireless network A base station may communicate with a wireless device via a primary control channel group and a secondary control channel group. Deactivation of a state of a control channel secondary cell, of the secondary control channel group, may cause the wireless device to alter usage of the secondary control channel group.
US11206647B2	Wireless communications system, base station, and terminal A wireless communications system configured to perform wireless communication by using a first band dedicated to the system and a second band shared by the system and another wireless communications system, the system including: a base station configured to transmit in the first band to the terminal, a control signal permitting data transmission in the second band from a terminal to the base station; and the terminal configured to detect an available carrier wave of the second band after a predetermined time from the transmission of the control signal by the base station, the terminal performing the data transmission after waiting until detection of the available carrier wave.
US11206646B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving uplink signal for terminal supporting short TTI in wireless communication system An uplink transmitting method for a user equipment (UE) for supporting a short transmission time interval (TTI) in a wireless communication includes receiving downlink control information including uplink grant, and when a transmitting timing of an uplink signal corresponding to the uplink grant and a transmission timing of a semi-persistent (SPS) uplink signal overlap with each other, if a TTI length of a first channel in which the uplink signal corresponding to the uplink grant is to be transmitted is longer than a TTI length of a second channel in which the SPS uplink signal is to be transmitted, performing uplink signal transmission only on the second channel of the first channel and the second channel at the transmission timing.
US11206641B2	Techniques for managing feedback in sidelink communications Aspects described herein relate to selecting a sidelink control information (SCI) format for indicating a minimum communication range parameter, where the SCI format is a common format defined for requesting both location-based feedback and signal strength-based feedback. SCI indicating a value for the minimum communication range parameter can be generated based on the SCI format. The SCI indicating the value for the minimum communication range parameter can be transmitted to one or more devices.
US11206633B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving system information A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system 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 of a terminal receiving a paging message is provided. In addition, a method of a terminal acquiring system information is provided.
US11206632B2	Position of user equipment A method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) includes measuring, via at least one of a downlink (DL) or an uplink (UL), a first measurement of a set of measurements. The method further comprises estimating, at least in part, the position of the UE using the first measurement of the set of measurements.
US11206629B2	Method and apparatus for controlling UE for cellular IoT service in 5G mobile communication system A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF), the method comprising receiving, from a User Equipment (UE), a first message including capability information related to a periodic registration timer, setting a periodic registration timer indication based on the capability information, and transmitting, to the UE, a second message including the periodic registration timer indication.
US11206628B2	Method and equipment for selecting synchronization reference source for multi-carrier sidelink communication 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.The present invention discloses a method for selecting a synchronization reference source for multi-carrier sidelink communication, including: selecting a synchronization reference source according to a status of a UE on multiple carriers; and using the selected synchronization reference source as a synchronization reference source for the UE on all carriers.
US11206626B2	Synchronization signal for a broadcast channel An apparatus are provided for wireless communication at a base station with improved PBCH construction and decoding. The base station apparatus constructs a PBCH payload, wherein a bit location is selected for encoding a plurality of bits of the PBCH based on an estimated reliability for the corresponding bits location wherein the plurality of bits comprises frozen bits, unknown bits that are unknown to a user equipment, and potentially known bits that are potentially known by the user equipment. The apparatus transmits the PBCH payload in at least one of a plurality of SS blocks. A UE receiving the PBCH decodes the PBCH based on a successive decoding order. The successive decoding order may be based on an estimated reliability for the corresponding bits, e.g., in which potentially known bits are decoded prior to unknown bits.
US11206625B2	Communication node and communication system for performing clock synchronization A communication system comprises a clock generator configured to generate a plurality of system clock signals used to synchronize components included in each of communication nodes in the communication system based on an external clock signal provided by an external clock source located outside the communication system and a physical layer configured to transmit any one of the generated system clock signals to a small cell communicatively connected to an end communication node of the communication system.
US11206624B2	Method for transmitting and receiving synchronization signal block and apparatus therefor Disclosed is a method for a terminal to receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises receiving, on a first half frame or a second half frame included in a wireless frame, at least one SSB mapped to a plurality of symbols, wherein the at least one SSB is any one of a first SSB received on the first half frame and a second SSB received on the second half frame, and a signal of the same type is mapped to a first symbol included in a plurality of symbols to which the first SSB is mapped and a second symbol included in a plurality of symbols to which the second SSB is mapped, but a phase of the first symbol and a phase of the second symbol are different.
US11206623B2	Method and device for transmitting or receiving frame in wireless LAN system A method for receiving a WUR PPDU in WLAN by an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a WUR PPDU including a WUR preamble and a payload; acquiring information on a data rate applied to the payload, on the basis of a synchronization sequence of the WUR preamble; and decoding the payload on the basis of the information on the data rate, wherein the STA determines that the data rate applied to the payload is 250 kbps when the synchronization sequence is a first sequence having a length of 32 bits, and determines that the data rate applied to the payload is 62.5 kbps when the synchronization sequence is a second sequence having a length of 64 bits.
US11206611B2	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.
US11206610B2	Method and apparatus for mutually exclusive access to network slices in wireless communication system A method, performed by a base station (BS), of supporting access to network slices in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a registration request message including requested network slice identification information of a user equipment (UE) and network slice group identification information corresponding to the requested network slice identification information; selecting an access and mobility management function (AMF) to which the registration request message is to be transmitted based on the registration request message and network slice group information and network slice information supported by at least one AMF stored in the BS; transmitting the registration request message to the AMF; receiving a registration accept message in response to the registration request message; and transmitting the registration accept message to the UE.
US11206609B2	Cell access method and apparatus and storage medium The present disclosure relates to a cell access method including: in the process that a terminal accesses a first cell, reporting, by a terminal, its own moving speed to a base station corresponding to the first cell; and if the base station determines that the terminal is not allowed to access the first cell according to the moving speed, sending, by the base station, access rejection indication information to the terminal and selecting, by the terminal, according to the access rejection indication information, a second cell in a second network for access. In response to determining, by the base station, that the terminal is not allowed to access the first cell, the terminal can only access the second cell in the second network.
US11206606B2	Method and system for handling registration and session management in wireless communication system Embodiments herein achieve a method for handling registration and session management in a wireless communication system. The method includes registering, by a User Equipment (UE), with a first core network entity over a 3GPP access network and a non-3GPP access network. Further, the method includes triggering, by the UE, a registration procedure to a second core network over the 3GPP access network when a periodic timer of the UE expires in an OOS state. Further, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a non-access stratum (NAS) message, over the 3GPP access network, with an indication to register for the non-3GPP access network with the second core network entity. Further, the method includes reinitiating the registration procedure to register again for the non-3GPP access with the second core network entity through the non-3GPP access network.
US11206601B2	Method and apparatus for efficiently providing access control configuration information in next-generation 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. The disclosure also relates to a method and an apparatus for configuring barring configuration information of a user equipment (UE). A method of a UE according to the disclosure comprises: receiving a system information block (SIB) including barring information per access category; identifying an access category relating to an access attempt; identifying an index included in barring information corresponding to the access category; and determining whether to bar the access attempt based on access control information indicated by the index.
US11206596B2	Method and apparatus for reducing interruption of beaming recovery procedure in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes triggering a beam recovery procedure. The method further includes using a first resource on a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) channel to transmit a beam failure recovery request to a network. The method also includes receiving a response for the first beam failure recovery request, wherein the response is received within a first measurement gap.
US11206595B2	Systems and methods for handover of 5G location sessions for an NG-RAN location management component A RAN location server function (e.g. for 5G New Radio), referred to as Location Management Component (LMC), may be included in a gNB and connected to a gNB Central Unit (gNB-CU). The gNB-CU may receive a location request for a UE (e.g. from an AMF) and may initiate a location session for the UE, including selecting an LMC for the location session. The gNB-CU may handover the UE to a new serving gNB during the location session. The LMC for the location session may then remain unchanged after the handover or may be changed to a new LMC to suit the new serving gNB. The location session may then continue using the original LMC if not changed or the new LMC if changed.
US11206588B2	Network connection planning using crowd-sourced data Techniques for providing network connection plans for computing devices planning to travel along a pre-specified route are disclosed herein. In an example, crowd-sourced data is used to generate a network map that includes network parameters mapped to one or more geographical locations. The network map is used to generate a network connection plan for a computing device planning to travel along a pre-specified route. The computing device may then connect to one or more wireless networks according to the network connection plan while traveling along the pre-specified route.
US11206578B2	Method and apparatus for handling collisions in next generation communication system A communication method and a 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) are provided. The system 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. The method includes receiving, from a base station, scheduling information for a first uplink packet transmission in a first time slot, determining whether the first uplink packet transmission in the first time slot is restricted based on information corresponding to a second uplink packet transmission in the first time slot of another terminal, and if the first uplink packet transmission in the first time slot is restricted, skipping the first uplink packet transmission in a first time slot.
US11206576B2	Rapidly disseminated operational information for WLAN management An access point may utilize fast exchange of operation information with other access points in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to facilitate improved service. In particular, the access point may discover the other access points in a radio-frequency (RF) neighborhood using wireless communication. Then, the access point may exchange operational information with the other access points using dedicated connections. Subsequently, the access point may associate with the electronic device. If the access point determines that a basic-service-set (BSS) transition is warranted based on a criterion (such as the current number of associations with the access point), the access point may recommend one or more access points in the other access points for the electronic device to associate with based on the operational information, so that the electronic device is able to obtain improved communication performance relative to that provided by the access point.
US11206573B2	Terminal apparatus, communication control method and communication control apparatus [Object] To allow an increase in load on the base station to be suppressed when the device-to-device communication is performed.[Solution] There is provided a terminal apparatus capable of communicating with a base station, the terminal apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires radio resource information related to a radio resource usable for device-to-device communication not via the base station, of radio resources controllable by the base station, and a determination unit that determines a size of data to be transmitted and received in the device-to-device communication on the basis of the radio resource information.
US11206567B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A MS transmits, to a BS, uplink data (UD) on a PUSCH, PUSCH being assigned by using a PDCCH. The MS receives on PDCCH, an indication instructing the MS to transmit reception quality information (RQI) without UD on PUSCH, and transmits on PUSCH, to the BS, RQI without UD based on the indication which is received on PDCCH. The indication is specified based on values to which a plurality of fields of information transmitted on PDCCH are set. One of the plurality of fields is a field used for instructing the MS to transmit RQI and another is a field used for indicating a redundancy version. For instructing the MS to transmit RQI without UD on PUSCH, the field used for instructing the MS to transmit RQI is set to a first single predetermined value (SPV) and the field used for indicating the redundancy version is set to a second SPV.
US11206565B2	Measurement method and related product A measurement method and related product are provided in implementations of the present disclosure. The method includes: acquiring a measurement threshold, by a user equipment, wherein the measurement threshold is related to at least one of a cell quality or a number of first beams; and performing a measurement, by the user equipment, when a measurement threshold requirement is met. By adopting implementations of the present disclosure, the UE may perform a measurement in time if necessary.
US11206563B2	Apparatuses and methods for extending use of SFN (system frame number) and frame timing difference (SFTD) measurements A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first service network and a second service network. The controller receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message comprising a measurement configuration for SFN (System Frame Number) and Frame Timing Difference (SFTD) from the first service network via the wireless transceiver, performs first SFTD measurements between a Primary Cell (PCell) of the first service network and neighbor cells of the second service network via the wireless transceiver in response to the measurement configuration for SFTD indicating the neighbor cells, and sends a result of the first SFTD measurements to the first service network via the wireless transceiver.
US11206561B2	Analysis method of vehicle-to-object communication system and analysis system using the same Provided is an analysis method for testing a vehicle-to-object (V2X) communication system and a system for performing the analysis method. The analysis method for a vehicle-to-object (V2X) communication system includes the steps of collecting data on a radio signal from the V2X communication system, the radio signal being transmitted or received in the V2X communication system; and transferring at least a portion of the collected radio signal data to a client; wherein the radio signal data is collected from two or more layers of layers constructing the V2X communication system.
US11206553B2	Provision of coverage for a wireless communication network by using moving base stations on robots or drones A maintenance base controls a plurality of mobile robots providing a radio coverage area. The maintenance base instructs a mobile robot of the plurality of mobile robots to maintain a formation with the other mobile robots in the plurality of mobile robots such that the radio coverage area is provided, and instructs the mobile robot to rotate positions within the formation to maintain the radio coverage area as a further mobile robot in the formation leaves the formation and another mobile robot enters the formation. The mobile robot acts in accordance with the instructions of the maintenance base.
US11206548B2	Method and system for supporting voice calls in 5G new radio environments Systems and methods provide reliable voice connections and highest possible data rates in New Radio dual-connectivity environments, given limitations of available spectrum. A system includes a first wireless station and a second wireless station. The first wireless station provides a shared spectrum of a first frequency band, the shared spectrum including a first spectrum for a first cellular wireless standard and a second spectrum for a second cellular wireless standard. The second wireless station is at least partially within a coverage area of the first wireless station and provides a third spectrum for the second cellular wireless standard. The third spectrum is a millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. The first wireless station broadcasts cell parameters barring an end device in an idle mode from camping on the second spectrum. The first wireless station or the second wireless station triggers the end device to swap to the second spectrum when a paging request for a voice call is received.
US11206546B2	Method and apparatus for occupying channel of unlicensed band in wireless communication system Provided is a method of occupying a channel in a wireless communication system that supports an unlicensed band. The method comprising detecting an earlier point among a first point at which transmission of a first subframe in a first channel is completed and a second point at which a busy state of a second channel is terminated. The method further comprising determining a type of a second subframe based on at least one of a result of the detecting or first transmit power for the first channel, transmitting the second subframe of the determined type in the first channel after transmission of the first subframe is completed, and transmitting a third subframe in the first channel and a fourth subframe in the second channel, after transmission of the second subframe is completed.
US11206543B2	Location-based adaptive device security system and method A method includes monitoring data security events on mobile computing devices and positions of the mobile computing devices when the plurality of data security events occurred. A plurality of demographic information of the plurality of geographic positions are determined and a classifier is trained based on the data security events and demographic information. A particular mobile computing device is determined to be located at a particular geographic location and particular demographic information of the particular geographic location is determined. The classifier is applied to the particular demographic information and a particular security risk prediction of the particular geographic location is generated. A particular security measure is activated on the particular mobile computing device based on the particular security risk prediction.
US11206541B2	Method and device for managing and controlling terminal UE Disclosed are a method and device for managing and controlling a terminal UE. The method is applied to a network data analytics function (NWDAF) entity, and the method includes acquiring feature information of a UE; analyzing the feature information, and determining that a security risk exists in the UE; sending a first indication to at least one network function entity in a network, and triggering the at least one network function entity to carry out policy update or parameter adjustment on the UE, and the first indication is used for prompting the type of the security risk confronted by the UE, or for indicating a policy or parameter for the security risk of the UE; and/or sending a second indication to the UE, and triggering the UE to raise an alarm and/or carry out risk defense.
US11206538B2	Control signaling processing method, device, and system A control signaling processing method, a device, and a system relate to the field of communications technologies, to perform integrity protection on control signaling exchanged between a DU and UE in a CU-DU separated access network architecture. The method includes: determining, by a DU, integrity protection parameters and an integrity protection algorithm, where the integrity protection parameters and the integrity protection algorithm are used to perform integrity protection on a signaling radio bearer between the DU and UE; determining, by the DU, a message authentication code MAC-I based on the integrity protection parameters and the integrity protection algorithm; and receiving, by the DU, control signaling sent by an RRC layer of the DU, and sending, to the UE, the control signaling carrying the MAC-I.
US11206537B2	Session activation method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a session activation method, a mobility management function entity, a session management function entity, a terminal, and a system. The method includes: obtaining, by a mobility management function entity, a protocol data unit (PDU) session activation request of a terminal, where the PDU session activation request includes an identifier of a PDU session and an identifier of the terminal, and the PDU session activation request is used to request activation of the PDU session; sending, by the mobility management function entity, the PDU session activation request to a session management function entity; and activating, by the session management function entity, the PDU session based on the PDU session activation request.
US11206535B1	Device authentication in a wireless telecommunications network Systems and methods for authenticating User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method includes a network obtaining a cross-registration status for the UE based on receiving a registration request from the UE. The network can execute a network registration response according to the cross-registration status that represents a permission given to the UE to register outside of an original network.
US11206533B2	Token based authentication According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a first token and a second token, and at least one processing core configured to obtain a first value based at least in part on the first token and the second token, and to cause the apparatus to participate in a security procedure, based at least in part on the first hash, with a second apparatus.
US11206532B2	Method and systems for pairing a mobile device with a wireless network Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating a device with a network, such as a wireless network. One method comprises storing network identifying information for a network in a database, receiving contact information from a computing device, determining whether the contact information is associated with the network identifying information in the database, and coupling the computing device with the network in response to determining that the contact information is associated with the network identifying information.
US11206531B2	Method and device for connecting capability exposure function and network functions Disclosed is a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present invention presents a method for connecting, with each network function defined in a fifth generation mobile communication network, a capability exposure function (CEF) having a function of exposing context of a terminal to a third party in a mobile communication network so as to provide management of the terminal or a mobility event for the terminal.
US11206530B2	Communication device and pairing method To enable quick execution of pairing among devices with saving user's effort when grouping three or more communication devices. Group list information indicating a device selected as a device capable of wireless communication and as a device capable of corresponding to a group that performs communication is generated or acquired. For example, a master device generates the group list information and a slave device receives and acquires the group list information. Then, pairing processing of setting a own device and a communication device indicated in the group list information to be wireless communication targets to each other is performed by reference to the group list information.
US11206523B2	Method and apparatus for public warning system on unlicensed frequency in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for the PWS transmission on unlicensed frequency in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device camps on a cell on a specific unlicensed frequency. A wireless device receives a public warning system (PWS) notification from the cell. A wireless device prioritize at least one licensed frequency over unlicensed frequencies including the specific unlicensed frequency.
US11206521B2	Selective pairing of wireless devices using shared keys A system, a method, and a computer program product for selective pairing of wireless devices are provided. A pairing device scans for an advertising packet. The pairing device checks each scanned advertising packet for a shared key. The pairing device responds to the scanned advertising packet only when the advertising packet contains the shared key.
US11206519B2	Method and apparatus for relay terminal transmitting and receiving signal in D2D wireless communication system The present invention pertains to a wireless communication system. More specifically, a signal transmission and reception method is proposed, wherein the method for a relay terminal transmitting and receiving a signal in a device to device (D2D) wireless communication system comprises receiving a disaster information message from a base station, and transmitting the disaster information message to one or more remote terminals if a message including the same disaster information as the disaster information message has not been received already.
US11206517B2	Apparatus and method for assisting sidelink resource configuration and allocation for direct communication 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. An operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include activating sidelink mode-2 (d) and obtaining sidelink radio resource configuration information of other terminals and transmitting the obtained sidelink radio resource configuration information to a target terminal. An operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include activating sidelink mode-2 (d) and receiving sidelink radio resource configuration information from other terminals and allocating sidelink radio resource to a base station or the terminal itself using the received sidelink radio resource configuration information.
US11206516B2	Feature management of a communication device A system and method for the real-time management of a device, and more particularly to the establishment and enforcement of policies or rules associated with the feature or functions that may be performed with the device, such as making and receiving calls, exchanging data, playing games and music, sending and receiving email, accessing web sites, and paying for goods and services. If a child or employee is using the device, there may be a need to regulate how that device can be used and to determine who will pay for what goods or services. In addition to providing all of the features associated with a device, service providers need to be able to establish and enforce rules (policies) regulating how and when that device can be used and who will pay for a good or service requested by the user of the device.
US11206512B2	Systems and methods for broadcasting digital data to a plurality of receivers This invention relates to the wireless broadcast of digital multimedia information to a plurality of receivers, especially in environments where bi-directional communications are not possible or practical.
US11206511B2	Multicast interference mitigation in a mobile network A first cell device obtains, from a second cell device, multicast information associated with the second cell device, where a first wireless coverage area associated with the first cell device at least partially overlaps a second wireless coverage area associated with the second cell device. The first cell device transmits the multicast information to an element management system, and receives, from the element management system, an instruction, generated based at least on the multicast information, to not use one or more subframes, associated with a multicast transmission session associated with the second cell device, to transmit during the multicast transmission session. The first cell device determines, after receiving the instruction, that the multicast transmission session has been initiated, and causes the first cell device to not use the one or more subframes to transmit during the multicast transmission session associated with the second cell device.
US11206510B2	Wireless device information systems and methods A communication device adapted for communicating in a communication system can include a receiver, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver can receive (e.g., capture, sniff) information from one or more wireless devices (e.g., vehicles) using a first communication technology (e.g., V2X technologies). The processor can process the received information to generate system information associated with the communication system. The transmitter can transmit the system information to one or more wireless devices using a second communication technology (e.g., LTE) different from the first communication technology.
US11206509B2	Method and apparatus for measuring a position in a wireless communication network A method and an apparatus of measuring a position of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information including information about at least one PRS resource set including at least one PRS resource for receiving a PRS, receiving, from the base station, the PRS based on the PRS configuration information, and performing position measurement of the UE based on the received PRS.
US11206505B2	Systems and methods for dynamically loading area-based augmented reality content An augmented reality device receives beacon signals within a geographical area from beacons that facilitate determining a distance between the device and a respective beacon. The device sends beacon-related signals indicative of the beacon signals to a server, which determines the area of the device. The server determines markers within the area of the device, and sends marker signals and augmented reality content associated with the markers to the device. The device scans the area and outputs content associated with a marker it identifies based on the marker signals. As the device enters subsequent areas, it receives additional beacon signals from additional beacons, sends additional beacon-related signals, and receives additional marker signals and content. If there is insufficient storage space on the device to store the additional marker signals and content, the device deletes previous marker signals and associated content. The device stores the additional marker signals and content.
US11206504B2	Systems and methods for spatial audio rendering Systems and methods for rendering spatial audio in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a spatial audio system, including a primary network connected speaker, including a plurality of sets of drivers, where each set of drivers is oriented in a different direction, a processor system, memory containing an audio player application, wherein the audio player application configures the processor system to obtain an audio source stream from an audio source via the network interface, spatially encode the audio source, decode the spatially encoded audio source to obtain driver inputs for the individual drivers in the plurality of sets of drivers, where the driver inputs cause the drivers to generate directional audio.
US11206500B2	Bone conduction speaker A bone conduction speaker is provided. The bone conduction speaker includes: a housing forming an exterior; a stator including a pole piece fitted to a bottom of the housing and a voice coil arranged to an outer circumference of the pole piece; a vibrator including a permanent magnet mounted concentrically with the pole piece and voice coil, with an air gap from the pole piece, a weight attached to the permanent magnet to increase a vibration force, and a yoke attached to the permanent magnet and weight; a flexible printed circuit board mounted on the bottom of the housing, part of which extends out of the housing, and configured to transmit a signal to the voice coil; and a bone conduction pad attached to an outer surface of the housing. The vibration of the vibrator is transmitted to a bone of a user through the housing and bone conduction pad.
US11206498B2	Hearing aid and hearing aid output voice adjustment method thereof A hearing aid and a hearing aid output voice adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The hearing aid includes a microphone, a voice output adjustment module, a voice player, and a voice processing module. The microphone is used for receiving an input voice. The voice player is used for outputting an output voice. The voice processing module is used for receiving the input voice and modifying to the output voice, wherein the voice processing module is used for adjusting sound output energies of at least N steps, wherein the sound output energy of the nth step is greater than that of the n−1th step, 2≤n≤N, N≥3. When the voice processing module adjusts the sound output energy of the Nth step, the voice output adjustment module also simultaneously reduces at least a portion of frequencies of the input voice.
US11206495B2	Structure of micro-electro-mechanical-system microphone A MEMS microphone includes a substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, having an opening and includes: indent region surrounding the opening; pillars extending from an indent surface at the indent region to the substrate; and an outer part surrounding the indent region and disposed on the substrate. A signal sensing space is created at the indent region between the pillars and between the pillars and the outer part. A first electrode layer is disposed on the indent surface of the dielectric layer. A second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate. A sensing diaphragm is held by the dielectric layer, including two elastic diaphragms supported by the dielectric layer; and a conductive plate between the first elastic diaphragm and the second elastic diaphragm. The conductive plate has a central part embedded in the holding structure and a peripheral part extending into the signal sensing space.

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