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| US11305478B2 |
Door assembly for use on a utility truck
A multi-sheet component for a utility vehicle that includes at least one gap between at least two of the sheets, thereby providing a component that enhances worker safety by increasing component stiffness and reducing component thickness. The component is manufactured through multi-sheet thermoforming and uses a conical frustum corrugation to increase stiffness. |
| US11305476B2 |
Manufacturing device of battery case having improved manufacturing processability and manufacturing method using the same
The present invention provides a manufacturing device of a battery case including a first mold including a first space part having a shape corresponding to a storage part formed therein; a second mold including a second space part having a shape corresponding to the storage part and a through-hole communicating with the second space part formed therein, and coupled to the first mold with a laminate sheet interposed therebetween; and an air pressure regulator mounted in the through-hole in a state in which the first space part and the second space part are isolated from the outside, and increasing or decreasing an air pressure of the second space part through the through-hole to stretch and modify the laminate sheet into a shape corresponding to the first space part or the second space part. |
| US11305474B2 |
Method and system for making a plastic film
A plastic film of a thermoplastic synthetic resin is made in a film-making system by extrusion from a die of an extruder. First the plastic is melted and extruded from the die as a tube or web that is, typically after cooling and stretching, formed into a package. At least one reference parameter is provided, and, during continuous operation of the system, two input parameters different from the reference parameter are measured by respective measuring devices An output is determined from these reference parameters and is compared with the reference parameter. |
| US11305472B2 |
Method for controlling injection molding machine and injection molding machine
In an injection molding machine that transmits driving force of a mold opening/closing servo motor to a movable platen via a ball screw to move the movable platen with respect to a stationary platen, and thereafter clamps molds by a mold clamping mechanism, provided is a control method capable of detecting a position of the movable platen at a time of continuous molding and correcting the operation start confirming position. In a method for controlling an injection molding machine that transmits driving force of a mold opening/closing servo motor to a movable platen via a ball screw to move the movable platen with respect to a stationary platen, and thereafter clamps molds by a mold clamping mechanism, other control is performed using a position A of the movable platen, the position A being detected by a position sensor at a time of continuous molding, and the position A of the movable platen is corrected. |
| US11305464B2 |
Vehicle interior board and method for manufacturing same
A vehicle interior board which has less deterioration and peeling near an end portion of a metal plate, has high quality, is thin, lightweight, and has high strength and excellent productivity. The vehicle interior board includes a pair of metal plates and a foamed polyurethane layer formed between the pair of metal plates. At the peripheral edge portion of the vehicle interior board, the foamed polyurethane layer covers peripheral end portions of the metal plates and is formed flush with outer surfaces of the metal plates. This makes it possible to suppress oxidation of the peripheral end portions which are cutting surfaces of the metal plates. Further, bonding is good between the metal plates and the foamed polyurethane layer. Further, it is possible to prevent peeling of the metal plates, chipping of the foamed polyurethane layer, and the like. Furthermore, it is easy to demold a vehicle interior board. |
| US11305463B2 |
System and method for generating nipple prototypes
A process of 3D scanning lactating women's breasts to generate an AutoCAD model of the maternal nipple is disclosed. The 3D scanning and generation of a plurality of maternal nipple shapes for creation of breastfeeding accessories and molds is intended to closely mimic a specific mother's unique nipple shape, which can vary widely from one woman to another. The embodiments eliminate nipple confusion in infants being introduced to a bottle nipple and pacifier, in order to promote prolonged breastfeeding. Mimicking a mother's unique nipple shape helps create accessories that better fit a mother's unique nipple size and shape and decrease pain (i.e. pump flange and nipple shield). |
| US11305462B2 |
Method and system for manufacturing a shear web for a wind turbine
The present invention relates to a method and to a mould system (70) for manufacturing a shear web for a wind turbine blade as well as to a backing plate (66) for such method and mould system. The method involves arranging one or more fibre layers on top of a web mould part (61), arranging backing plates (66) at each end to create a mould cavity between the first and second backing plate (66, 68) and the web mould part (61). Each backing plate (66, 68) comprises an inner moulding surface (80), outer surfaces (98, 100) and a channel (82) or groove (83) extending between at least one of the outer surfaces (98, 100) and the inner moulding surface (80). Resin is supplied to the mould cavity via each channel or groove of the first and second backing plate (66, 68), and subsequently the resin is cured or hardened to form the shear web. |
| US11305461B2 |
Small piece supplying apparatus and fibrous body molding apparatus
A small piece supplying apparatus includes: a raw material supplying section that supplies a raw material sheet; a coarse crushing section that coarsely crushes the raw material sheet supplied from the raw material supplying section to produce small pieces; and a reservoir section in which the small pieces produced by the coarse crushing section are accumulated. The raw material supplying section includes a feeder roller that feeds out the raw material sheet, and a contact section that changes a course of the raw material sheet by contact with an edge of the raw material sheet fed out by the feeder roller. |
| US11305455B2 |
Xerographic 3D printing method for forming shaped objects
A shaped ceramic or metallic object is formed by sectioning a model of a shaped body into 2-dimensional slices. For each slice, a toner material is electrostatically printed on a polymer sheet. The toner material includes solid particles. The printed sheets are assembled into a stack and the stack is depolymerized and sintered to form the ceramic object. |
| US11305451B2 |
Apparatus and method for notching electrode sheet
Discussed is an apparatus for notching an electrode sheet for an electrode tab, the apparatus including: a transfer unit including first and second transfer rollers to continuously, transfer the electrode sheet at regular intervals; a jig unit disposed between the first and second transfer rollers, and supporting a non-coating portion of the electrode sheet; and a notching unit to notch the non-coating portion supported on the jig unit, wherein the jig unit includes: a rotation member provided between the first and second transfer rollers and rotated in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the electrode sheet; and two or more jigs to support the non-coating portion disposed between the first and second transfer rollers, and the jig unit is able to improve a supporting force of the electrode sheet, to prevent the electrode sheet from vibrating, and accurately notch an electrode tab to the electrode sheet. |
| US11305450B2 |
Slicer and pusher
A pusher for use with a mandoline slicer includes a cap having an upper and a lower end, the cap defining an interior space. A lower plate is attached to a pillar, which is attached to a telescoping post. The pillar and telescoping post are telescopically moveable with respect to one another along the central axis and trained for movement by a guide within the cap. Stops are provided along the guide to restrict the length of travel of the telescoping post and pillar. A spring is connected to the cap and the lower plate to urge the lower plate away from the cap in a direction from the upper end toward the lower end. |
| US11305449B2 |
Cutting head for a centrifugal cutting apparatus and centrifugal cutting apparatus equipped with same
A method of adjusting a rake-off angle in a centrifugal cutting head includes mounting a plurality of cutting stations on a rim structure with a gap between adjacent cutting stations, each cutting station holding a cutting element at a leading end of the cutting station and comprising an inner surface extending from the leading end to a trailing end forming a product sliding surface along which food product slides between successive cuts; and adjusting the rake-off angle by adjusting a rear part of the product sliding surface at a trailing end of at least one cutting station without changing the leading end. |
| US11305447B2 |
Pipe cutting machine with a controlled floating cutting mandrel, and cutting method
A pipe cutting machine with a pipe (3), from which a pipe section (3a) is to be cut to size, a stationary cutting die (1), a movable cutting die (2) which can be moved relative to the stationary cutting die (1), and a cutting mandrel (13) which is introduced into the pipe (3) and which comprises a stationary mandrel (14) and a mandrel (16) that can be moved relative to the stationary mandrel (14). The cutting mandrel (13) is arranged in a cutting position during a cutting process, and the cutting mandrel (13) is arranged in the pipe (3) in a floating manner. A magnetic coupling (6) is provided with a coupling stator (7) arranged outside of the pipe (3) and a coupling rotor (21) arranged on the stationary mandrel (14). |
| US11305446B1 |
Tube end tapering method and device
Devices and methods are provided for cutting or forming tapered surfaces on the end portions of tube or pipe lengths prior to forming joints in adjoining lengths. A device body includes multiple guide surfaces, each having distinct size and shape to engage with an open end of a one of a multiple of tube of predetermined diameters. In intended use, a powered cutting device is rotated about the end of stationary tube or pipe. |
| US11305444B2 |
Changeable efficient protective tool
The present invention is a new-type kitchen cutting tool suitable to be used in households, canteens, restaurants etc. It is an entirely-new multi-edge protective cutting tool consisting of several blade units and the supporting cutting tool holder for holding the blade unit, used for cutting the food material into slices, shreds and dices. The blade unit may be changed so that the food material may be cut into slices, shreds and dices with different sizes and thicknesses. The cutting tool edge, the thin thread functioning as the cutting tool edge and the chopping board may be protected through the combination of the protective plate and the elastic blade or the thin thread, greatly extending their service life. The present invention is featured as easy operation, convenient, safe, high efficiency, raw material-, energy- and time-saved, wide application range and good quality of processed products. |
| US11305440B2 |
Knife with interchangeable blade
A knife includes interchangeable blades that are secured within the handle using a locking mechanism having a lock pin disposed between the distal end of the lock bar and the blade. In addition to strengthening the lock, the lock pin also serves as a safety catch n the unlikely event of lock failure, resisting rotation of the blade into a position in which the user's fingers would be cut. |
| US11305435B2 |
Robot and robot control method
A robot includes a sensing circuit, a driving circuit, and a processor. The sensing circuit includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to receive a first sensing signal and the second sensor is configured to receive a second sensing signal. The driving circuit is configured to control an operation of a roller circuit and to control a forward direction of the roller circuit. The processor is coupled to the sensing circuit and the driving circuit. When the processor determines that, according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, a sensing target is a bridge, the processor controls the roller circuit through the driving circuit to adjust the forward direction, such that the robot gets across the bridge. |
| US11305432B2 |
Work machine and pick-up position selection method
A work machine includes a pickup member configured to pick up a component; a storage device configured to store positional information on multiple pickup positions where the pickup member can pick up the component; a recognition device configured to optically recognize a multiple of the component including the pickup target; and a control device configured to select, from the multiple pickup positions of the pickup target component, one pickup position which is less likely to interfere with other components based on the positional information and a recognition result from the recognition device, and cause the pick member to pick up the pickup target component at the one selected pickup position. |
| US11305426B2 |
Robot for mapping a synthetic sports ground
A mapping robot that includes a frame, two motorized wheels, for each motorized wheel, a motor which drives the wheel in rotation, a location system determining a position of the robot on a synthetic ground, a control unit arranged to collect position information delivered by the location system and information on electrical consumption of each motor, and to associate the electrical consumption information with the position information, and a friction element which has teeth which rub on the synthetic ground. |
| US11305424B2 |
Generalized admittance control for robotic manipulators
A control system and method for generalized admittance control (AC) is provided. The control system includes circuitry communicatively coupled to a robotic manipulator. The circuitry receives, from a sensor system of the robotic manipulator, contact force measurements associated with a physical interaction of the robotic manipulator with an object. The circuitry determines a surface portion of the robotic manipulator on which the physical interaction with the object occurs and samples a set of interaction points from the surface portion. The circuitry computes a generalized velocity for AC of the robotic manipulator by minimizing a cost function. The cost function includes a relationship between the contact force measurements and an approximation term which models application of an actual contact force of the physical interaction on the sampled set of interaction points. The circuitry generates a set of joint control instructions based on generalized velocity to control motion of the robotic manipulator. |
| US11305421B2 |
Method and system for joining robotic components
A robot includes a power bus assembly configured to receive a voltage and a continuous dock. The robot also includes a microcontroller in communication with the power bus assembly and the continuous dock. The microcontroller is configured to determine that the continuous dock is in contact with a surface that results in a voltage differential between the continuous dock and the surface. The microcontroller is also configured to activate a motor to apply a force that presses the continuous dock against the surface. The voltage causes a current to flow from the continuous dock to the surface such that a portion of the continuous dock melts and forms a bond to the surface. |
| US11305417B2 |
Service robot
A service robot includes a robot main body, a robot housing and a shielding structure. The robot main body is arranged in the robot housing, and the robot housing is fixed on the robot main body by means of a fastener. The shielding structure is fit on the robot housing to block the fastener. The service robot blocks the fastener exposed outside the robot housing by means of the shielding structure, so as to effectively improve the aesthetics and integrity of the overall appearance of the service robot. |
| US11305413B2 |
Hook holder for a machine tool
A holding apparatus for being detachably attached to a machine tool housing of a machine tool and for receiving a hook for hanging the machine tool from the hook is provided. The holding apparatus has a fastening portion for fastening the holding apparatus to the machine tool housing, a securing device for securing the holding apparatus on the machine tool housing, and a receiving portion which has an opening and is intended for receiving and rotatably supporting an insertion portion of the hook, the receiving portion defining an axial direction. The fastening portion has a first interlocking connector to engage with a first mating interlocking connector provided on the machine tool housing, the interlocking connection between the first interlocking connector and the first mating interlocking connector allowing movement of the holding apparatus in a sliding direction and preventing movement perpendicular to the sliding direction, and in that the securing device can be moved between an open position and a locked position, the securing device being designed to prevent the holding apparatus from moving in the sliding direction in the locked position and to allow movement in the open position. |
| US11305402B2 |
Clamping device, in particular a vice
In a clamping device (1), in particular vice, the clamping device comprising: a housing (2) which is U-shaped in cross-section and in which one or two guideways (8) extending in a linear direction are incorporated, at least one base jaw (11) which is mounted in the guideway (8) and in which an internal thread (12) is provided, and a drive spindle (9) which is rotatably mounted in the respective housing (2), is arranged parallel to the guideway (8) and is drivably coupled to the respective base jaw (11), the threads (10) worked into the drive spindle (9), through which the torques from the crank are transmitted for the linear displacement of the base jaws (11), should be permanently encapsulated in a watertight and airtight manner irrespective of the position of the base jaws (11) or the drive spindle (9), and on the other hand the adjustment travel (Δs) of the base jaws (11) or clamping jaws (13) should be as large as possible in order to clamp workpieces with configurations that can be completely different without the need for time-consuming and complicated conversion measures. This is achieved in that a right-hand thread and a left-hand thread (10) are worked onto the drive spindle (9) in regions, in that the respective thread (10) of the drive spindle (9) is enclosed or encapsulated by a cover sleeve (21), in that the cover sleeve (21) has a right-hand thread and a left-hand internal thread (22), which are drivably coupled to the respective thread (10) of the drive spindle (9), in that a right-hand and a left-hand external thread (23), which is in engagement with the respective internal thread (12) of the base jaw (11), is worked on to the cover sleeve (21). |
| US11305400B2 |
Device for processing a workpiece
A device is proposed for machining a workpiece using a robot which holds and moves the workpiece, in which the robot has a drive unit which is suitable for fixing the workpiece in a clamping device. According to the method the workpiece is placed in a clamping device by a robot and then machined after the workpiece has been fixed in the clamping device by means of the robot. |
| US11305397B2 |
Lapping system that includes a lapping plate temperature control system, and related methods
The present disclosure includes a lapping system that includes a temperature control system system to heat or cool the lapping plate while lapping. The temperature control system can include a closed circuit fluid system and/or one or more electrical resistive heating elements. In some embodiments that cooling system can control the temperature of the lapping plate during lapping to within +/−5° C., or even +/−0.5° C. |
| US11305396B2 |
Device and method for processing brake linings mounted on carriers
The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for processing brake pads (44) fitted on pad holders (46), comprising a conveying device (16) for continuous and automatic movement of brake pads (44) to be processed and at least one processing station (12). The conveying device (16) of a device according to the invention (10) comprises several bearing faces, which are driven in a revolving manner by the conveying device (16), for the arrangement of pad holders (46) of the brake pads (44) to be processed and positioning means revolving with the bearing faces, said positioning means counteracting a rotation of the pad holders (46). |
| US11305393B2 |
Dust collector and work tool provided with dust collector
To provide an improved technique for improving operability in an operation using a power tool with a dust collector attached thereto, a hammer drill to which a dust collector is attached has a body and a handle. The dust collector has a dust collecting part and a male plug. The dust collector is attached to the hammer drill by connecting the male plug to the handle of the hammer drill. |
| US11305388B2 |
Machine tool
This machine tool is provided with: a bridge which is provided on a base in such a way as to straddle a moving body in a direction (X) perpendicular to a direction of movement (Z) of the moving body at a stroke end (E2) of the moving body; a pallet exchanging arm which is provided above the bridge and which engages with a pallet (P) supported on the moving body and a pallet (P) on a pallet loading station, lifts both pallets (P), and pivots about a vertical axis (Ov) to exchange the two pallets (P); and an arm drive device which is provided projecting upward on the bridge, and which moves the pallet exchanging arm along the vertical axis (Ov) and causes the pallet exchanging arm to pivot about the vertical axis (Ov). |
| US11305385B2 |
Flux
Provided is a flux which is rosin-free and contains 50% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less of 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol, more than 0% by mass and less than 50% by mass of a solvent, 1% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less of an organic acid, wherein the total amount of the 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol and the solvent is 83% by mass or more and 99% by mass or less. This flux does not require washing with an organic detergent when transferred to solder balls is provided. |
| US11305383B2 |
Laser machine
A laser machine comprises: a head including optical parts allowing reflection of a laser beam or allowing the laser beam to pass through, while being rotatable about rotary axes, and a focusing optical system that focuses the laser beam; a moving mechanism that allows the head and a target to move relative to each other; and a control unit that controls rotations of the optical parts in such a manner that an irradiation intended position to be reached by an emission optical axis when the laser beam is emitted to the target moves in a curvilinear pattern or a linear pattern, controls movement by the moving mechanism so as to move the head and the target relative to each other, and controls emission output from the laser source so as to change a condition for emitting the laser beam based on the rotation angles of the optical parts. |
| US11305379B2 |
Preset optical components in a computer numerically controlled machine
A system can include a head of a computer numerically controlled machine configured to deliver electromagnetic energy sufficient to cause a change in a material at least partially contained within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The system can further include an optical system comprising a plurality of optical elements in the computer numerically controlled machine. The plurality of optical elements can be oriented at a fixed angle to each other to deliver the electromagnetic energy from the head to the material. |
| US11305378B2 |
Wafer alignment with restricted visual access
Wafer alignment with restricted visual access has been disclosed. In an example, a method of processing a substrate for fabricating a solar cell involves supporting the substrate over a stage. The method involves forming a substantially opaque layer over the substrate. The substantially opaque layer at least partially covers edges of the substrate. The method involves performing fit-up of the substantially opaque layer to the substrate. The method involves illuminating the covered edges of the substrate with light transmitted through the stage, and capturing a first image of the covered edges of the substrate based on the light transmitted through the stage. The method further includes determining a first position of the substrate relative to the stage based on the first image of the covered edges. The substrate may be further processed based on the determined first position of the substrate under the substantially opaque layer. |
| US11305376B2 |
Friction stir welding tool
A friction stir welding tool includes a probe having a front end surface and an outer circumferential surface. The outer circumferential surface has, formed therein, outer circumferential recesses extending to the front end surface. The friction stir welding tool is configured to rotate the probe about a rotation axis, and embed the probe inside a workpiece during rotation of the probe to thereby weld the workpiece. A front end recess is formed in the front end surface, and the front end recess extends to the outer circumferential surface in a manner that the front end recess does not communicate with the outer circumferential recesses. |
| US11305375B2 |
Welding head for friction stir welding
The friction stir welding head presented herein includes a head housing and an axle. The head housing extends from a top end to an open bottom end and defines a bore extending between the top end and the open bottom end. The axle that is coaxial with and rotatable within the bore. The axle is also laterally secured within the head housing and axially movable with respect to the head housing. Still further, the axle includes an engagement end that extends beyond the open bottom end of the head housing. The engagement end supports a friction stir welding tool that is configured to rotate with the axle to effectuate friction stir welding operations. The friction stir welding head may also include a load cell configured to generate load signals in response to axial movement of the axle. |
| US11305371B2 |
Tip-retention device for use with a welding system
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods for providing welding systems or portions of welding systems that provide a tip-retention device that is configured to direct gas radially towards a contact tip. |
| US11305370B2 |
Arc welding control method
In an arc welding control method for controlling welding in which a material of a base material is a galvanized steel sheet, a feed speed of a welding wire is alternately switched between a forward feed period and a reverse feed period, and a short circuit period and an arc period are repeated, during the arc period, a first arc period Ta1 during which a first arc current Ia1 is applied, a second arc period Ta2 during which a second arc current Ia2 is applied, and a third arc period Ta3 during which a third arc current Ia3 is applied are switched over time, and it is controlled so as to be Ia1>Ia2>Ia3. Constant voltage control is performed during the second arc period Ta2, and constant current control is performed during the first arc period Ta1. |
| US11305367B2 |
Non-consumable electrode arc-welding method
A non-consumable electrode arc-welding method is provided for causing a welding machine to output or stop a welding current in accordance with at least an ON state and an OFF state of a start signal. In the method, a start signal is switched between an ON state and an OFF state, thereby controlling the on/off operation of the welding machine. Further, an operation mode instruction signal is switched between a normal mode and an interval mode, thereby controlling the operation mode of the welding machine. When the operation mode instruction signal indicates the interval mode and also the start signal is in the ON state, the welding current is outputted in a welding current output period. Then, the output of the welding current is suspended in a welding current interval period successively following the welding current output period. |
| US11305362B2 |
Method for machining gear wheel workpieces
A method for the chip-producing machining of a gear wheel workpiece in a machine uses a cutting tool having at least two geometrically defined cutting edges, which produce material in chip form on the gear wheel workpiece during chip-producing machining. The chip-producing machining is defined by method parameters. The method includes computer-assisted analysis of the production of chips on the multiple cutting edges of the cutting tool and computer-assisted ascertainment of relative forces which will occur on the multiple cutting edges of the cutting tool during the production of chips. The method further includes optimizing the chip-producing machining to prevent the relative forces from exceeding a predetermined limiting value or reaching a limiting range. The optimization step includes providing adapted method parameters by modifying at least one of the method parameters. Chip-producing machining of the gear wheel workpiece is performed using the adapted method parameter(s). |
| US11305358B2 |
Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product
A cutting insert according to an aspect includes a base portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion includes an upper surface, a side surface, a ridge line including a first ridge line and a second ridge line, and an intersection point. The upper surface includes a top surface region and a rising surface region located between the top surface and the ridge line, and having a shape protruding toward the intersection point. In a top view, a first distance from the first ridge line to the rising surface increases as close to the intersection point, and a second distance from the second ridge line to the rising surface increases as close to the intersection point. |
| US11305357B2 |
Coated cutting tool
A coated cutting tool of the present invention comprises a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a lower layer and an upper layer formed on a surface of the lower layer, the lower layer comprises a specified Ti compound layer having a specified average thickness, the upper layer comprises an α-aluminum oxide layer having a specified average thickness, the Ti compound layer comprises at least one Ti carbonitride layer, the Ti carbonitride is composed of Ti(CxN1-x) (0.65 |
| US11305356B2 |
Building cylinders for machines for the layer-by-layer production of three-dimensional objects
Building cylinders, for use in machines for the layer-by-layer production of 3D objects by sintering or melting powdered material by a high-energy beam, and having a main body and a piston part movable on an inner side of the main body along a cylindrical axis, are disclosed. The piston part has a base element for the growth of a 3D object, and a powder seal bearing against the inner side of the main body for sealing the powdered material. The piston part has a seal carrier on which the powder seal is mounted, and an insulator, e.g., a circumferential insulation ring, mounted on the seal carrier. The base element is mounted on the insulator and is arranged at a distance from the seal carrier and from the powder seal. |
| US11305354B2 |
Machine control for additive manufacturing process and apparatus
A method controls an additive manufacturing apparatus, in which an object is built by consolidating material in a layer-by-layer manner. The method includes receiving commands to be executed by the additive manufacturing apparatus to cause the additive manufacturing apparatus to carry out a build of an object, wherein each command includes an identifier identifying a time during the build at which the command is to be executed, and executing each command on the additive manufacturing apparatus in accordance with the time identified by the associated identifier. Further, an apparatus and a data carrier carry out the method. |
| US11305348B2 |
Methods for producing gas turbine engine rotors and other powdered metal articles having shaped internal cavities
Embodiments of a methods for producing gas turbine engine rotors and other powdered metal articles having shaped internal cavities are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes consolidating a powdered metal body utilizing a hot isostatic pressing process to produce a rotor preform in which elongated sacrificial tubes are embedded. Acid or another solvent is directed into solvent inlet channels provided in the elongated sacrificial tubes to chemically dissolving the elongated sacrificial tubes and create shaped cavities within the rotor preform. The rotor preform is subject to further processing, such as machining, prior to or after chemical dissolution of the elongated sacrificial tubes to produce the completed gas turbine engine rotor. |
| US11305342B2 |
Casting device
A casting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an upper frame, a lower frame, a main link member, a sub-link member and a lifting/lowering mechanism. The upper mold is attached to the upper frame. The lower frame is disposed in parallel with the upper frame. The lower mold is attached to the lower frame. A top end part of the main link member is rotatably connected to the upper frame and a bottom end part thereof is rotatably connected to the lower frame. The sub-link member is disposed in parallel with the main link member, the top end part thereof is rotatably connected to the upper frame and the bottom end part thereof is rotatably connected to the lower frame. The lifting/lowering mechanism causes the sub-link member to lift or lower with respect to the main link member. |
| US11305336B2 |
Foundry mix including resorcinol
A foundry mix includes a major amount of a foundry aggregate and an effective binding amount of a binder system. The binder system cures in the presence of sulfur dioxide and a free radical initiator. The binder system may include (1) 10 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy novolac resin; (2) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of resorcinol; (3) 20 to 70 parts by weight of a monomeric or polymeric acrylate; and (4) an effective amount of a free radical initiator. Notably, (1), (2), (3) and (4) are separate components or mixed with another of said components, provided (4) is not mixed with (3), where said parts by weight are based upon 100 parts of the binder system. |
| US11305332B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing parts, and related methods
Forging dies are formed from a plurality of layers stacked together to form an assembly, or laminate. Each respective layer may be cut to form a portion of a die cavity, and the layers may be stacked together such that the cut portions are aligned to form the die cavity. The layers are fastened together to form a first die half and/or a second die half of disclosed forging dies. Each layer may be selectively removable from the die half for maintenance and/or replacement. Disclosed forging dies may be formed of lower grade materials as compared to conventional forging dies, and the number and thickness of layers may be varied to accommodate the specific part geometry of the part being forged. Related methods of making said forging dies and using said forging dies to make parts are also disclosed. |
| US11305330B2 |
Binding machine
A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire to be wound on an object to be bound, a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound, a curl guide configured to curl the wire being fed by the wire feeding unit, and an inductive guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide toward the binding unit. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members facing each other with a feeding path of the wire being interposed therebetween, each of the feeding members configured to rotate about a shaft as a support point extending in a direction intersecting with the feeding path of the wire, and a position regulation part configured to regulate axial relative positions of the pair of feeding members. |
| US11305329B2 |
Tubing with hydrophobic surface
A method of forming a heat exchanger tube, particularly suited for condensing applications, contemplates cold-rolling a metallic strip to emboss a hydrophobic surface texture, to thereby form an embossed surface on the metallic strip. The method includes roll forming the metallic strip to a tubular shape, with the embossed surface on the exterior of the tubular shape, and welding the edges of the roll-formed strip to form a heat exchanger tube. Cold-rolling to emboss a hydrophobic surface texture exhibiting a contact angle of at least about 75° is contemplated, with processing including heat-treatment to minimize degradation of the hydrophobic surface texture, and roll-forming to avoid deformation of the hydrophobic surface texture, |
| US11305322B2 |
Extrusion press systems and methods
One or more hollow billets are loaded onto an elongate mandrel bar for extrusion. The billets are transported along the mandrel bar to a rotating die. The billets are transported through fluid clamps, which engage the mandrel bar and provide cooling fluid to the mandrel bar tip, and through mandrel grips, which engage the mandrel bar and prevent the mandrel bar from rotating. One or more press-rams advance the billets through a centering insert and into the rotating die. A quench assembly is provided at an extrusion end of the extrusion press to quench the extruded material. A programmable logic controller may be provided to control, at least in part, operations of the extrusion press system. |
| US11305315B2 |
Vibratory classifier apparatus
Vibratory classifier apparatus are provided, e.g., for classification of materials such as wet or dry aggregate materials. In some embodiments, a drive system of the vibratory classifier apparatus includes a housing that can optionally be modified to allow access to a belt or other components of the drive system. |
| US11305310B2 |
Product metering device
A metering device is disclosed for regulating the depth of a flowable product coating a surface movable relative to the metering device by directing an air curtain towards the surface. The metering device comprises a body having an interior chamber, an inlet for connecting the chamber to a source of gas under super-ambient pressure; and an opening communicating with the chamber and having a mouth through which gas is discharged from the chamber towards the surface to form the air curtain. A porous or reticulated membrane is secured to, or formed integrally with, the body of the device to lie in the path of the gas discharged through the mouth of the opening. |
| US11305307B2 |
Tactical turbine aerosol generator
Disclosed herein is a tactical turbine aerosol generator. An embodiment of tactical turbine aerosol generator can comprise an aerosol dispersal system. The aerosol dispersal system can include an aerosol generator. The aerosol generator can comprise a solution tank assembly. The solution tank assembly can be configured to transport an aerosol solution for vaporization. The aerosol generator can further include a motor device. The motor device can be configured to vaporize the aerosol solution and expel the aerosol solution from the aerosol generator. Aerosol generator can also comprise an engine control unit in electrical communication with the motor device. The aerosol generator can include a transmitter assembly in electrical communication with the solution assembly and engine control unit. The aerosol generator can also be configured actuate operation of the aerosol generator. The aerosol dispersal system can also include an auxiliary container assembly configured to be coupled to the aerosol generator. |
| US11305303B2 |
Water outlet assembly and shower
The present disclosure discloses provides a water outlet assembly and a shower. The water outlet assembly comprises a body, an inclined water body, a rotation driving member, and a shutter. A first side of the body comprises a water inlet end, and a second side of the body comprises a plurality of water outlet holes. The inclined water body, the rotation driving member, and the shutter are disposed in the body. The inclined water body comprises one or more inclined water outlet holes. Water flows from the one or more inclined water outlet holes to the rotation driving member to drive the rotation driving member to rotate, and the rotation driving member drives the shutter to rotate. The shutter rotates to block some of the plurality of water outlet holes. |
| US11305302B2 |
Nozzle assembly for a solid fuel burner and method of operating a nozzle assembly for a solid fuel burner
A nozzle tip for a pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle of a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace is provided. The nozzle tip includes a primary shroud having an inlet end and an outlet end, and an outlet at the outlet end for the passage of a pulverized solid fuel into the furnace. An area of the outlet is selectively adjustable to vary an exit velocity of the pulverized solid fuel from the nozzle tip. |
| US11305301B2 |
Microfluidic delivery device for dispensing and redirecting a fluid composition in the air
A microfluidic delivery device is provided. The microfluidic delivery device includes a housing electrically connectable with a power source. A cartridge is releasably connectable with the housing. The cartridge has a reservoir for containing a fluid composition and microfluidic die in fluid communication with the reservoir. The microfluidic die is configured to dispense substantially all of the fluid composition in an upward direction relative to horizontal. The microfluidic delivery device also includes a fan that is connected with the housing. The fan is configured to generate air flow that converges with and redirects the fluid composition dispensed from the microfluidic die in a first direction to a second direction that is different from the first direction. |
| US11305296B2 |
Multiphase fluid dispenser
A multiphase fluid manifold comprises a cylindrical enclosure having, at one longitudinal end, an inlet orifice and, at an opposite longitudinal end, a plurality of cylindrical outlet orifices of the same right section that are regularly distributed around a longitudinal axis of the enclosure and that are aligned in a common plane extending transversely to the enclosure, each of the inlet and outlet orifices leading to or from the inside of the enclosure along a direction that is substantially tangential to the enclosure. |
| US11305295B2 |
Method and device for the electrostatic separation of granular materials
The present invention relates to a method and a device for the electrostatic separation of granular mixtures of millimetric or sub-millimetric size, which are composed of non-conductive particles, non-conductive and conductive particles and conductive particles, simultaneously using the electric field E, aerodynamic force and gravity. Said forces are exerted on the particles which are previously charged in an intense electric field E generated by a DC voltage applied to two coaxial cylinders, that constitute electrodes. A mechanical cleaning system detaches the particles from the surface of the electrodes, and facilitates the recovery thereof in a collection system, under the action of cyclone vacuums, in such a way that the cleaning of the electrodes and the collection of the separated particles is continuously performed. |
| US11305291B2 |
Rack for a filtration device
A rack for a diagnostic robot with at least one support for at least one container; at least one gas-outlet to supply the at least one container with a gas at a predefined but individually adjustable pressure level; a first gas pump to generate a gas at a predefined super-atmospheric pressure level; a second gas pump to generate a gas at a pre-defined sub-atmospheric pressure level; a first tubing system attached to the first gas pump and holding the gas generated by the first gas pump; a second tubing system attached to the second gas pump and holding the gas generated by the second gas pump; and at least one tube bridge, wherein one end of the bridge connects via a first valve into the first tubing system and the other end of the bridge connects via a second valve into the second tubing system, and wherein the at least one gas-outlet is connected to the center of the bridge. |
| US11305288B2 |
Assay devices for combinatorial libraries
Disclosed is an assay device comprising a high density of wells aligned thereon. |
| US11305286B2 |
Collection assembly or test tube for a small amount of a body fluid, comprising an extender element
The invention relates to a collection assembly (1) for small amounts of body fluids, comprising a sample container (2) and an extender element (3). The sample container (2) has a base (13) and a container wall (5) with a first container wall section (6) and a second container wall section (7) adjoining same. The second container wall section (7) is formed hollow-conically and projects into the extender element (3). Moreover, a coupling device (25) with a first coupling element (26) and a second coupling element (27) is provided. When the coupling elements (26, 27) are in coupled engagement, the extender element (3) is coupled to the sample container (2) in a positively locked manner in the form of a snap connection establishing the collection assembly (1). |
| US11305265B2 |
Aromatization catalyst and preparation process and use thereof
An aromatization catalyst and preparation process and use thereof is set forth. The catalyst comprises an inorganic oxide and a modified Ga-ZSM-5 zeolite, which comprises a modified ZSM-5 zeolite with a hierarchical macro-meso-microporosity and gallium deposited in channels of and/or on surfaces of the modified ZSM-5 zeolite. The hierarchical porosity of the modified ZSM-5 zeolite in the catalyst can reduce diffusion resistance of products during the aromatization reaction, thereby retarding carbon depositing rate and substantially improving catalytic activity, aromatic hydrocarbon selectivity, stability and lifetime of the catalyst. When being used in aromatization of propane, the catalyst exhibits a high stability, a lifetime of more than 320 hours, and a selectivity to aromatic hydrocarbons of up to 73.3 wt. %. |
| US11305263B2 |
Method for preparing a supported carbon catalyst, supported carbon catalyst and use thereof
A method for preparing a supported carbon catalyst, the method includes at least the following steps: contacting a gas containing an organic silicon source with a silicon oxide-based material to obtain a precursor; contacting the precursor with a gas containing an organic carbon source to obtain the supported carbon catalyst. The temperature and energy consumption of the chemical vapor deposition of heteroatom-containing carbon material on silica-based materials can be greatly reduced in this method, and the cost of the catalyst can be effectively reduced. |
| US11305262B2 |
Photocatalyst nanocomposite
An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water. |
| US11305261B2 |
Catalyst, carbon dioxide reducing method, and apparatus for reducing carbon dioxide
A catalyst of the present invention contains a first transition metal oxide (A1) represented by the general formula M1Ox, wherein M1 represents a transition metal element, and x represents a positive real number, and a metal compound (B1) capable of adsorbing carbon dioxide. The first transition metal oxide (A1) is supported on the metal compound (B1), and the first transition metal oxide (A1) can produce a compound represented by the general formula M1Ox-n by reduction, wherein M1 and x are as defined above, and n represents a positive real number equal to or less than x. |
| US11305260B2 |
Catalyst for gasoline engine exhaust gas aftertreatment
A catalyst for gasoline engine exhaust gas after-treatment, comprising Pt and optionally at least one other platinum group metal on a hydrothermal stable support material which is coated onto a gasoline particulate filter. The catalyst oxidizes particulate matter trapped in the gasoline particulate filter under low temperature and abates NOx, CO and HC. Also a process for preparing the catalyst is disclosed, and a method for after-treatment of gasoline engine exhaust gas using the catalyst is disclosed. |
| US11305259B2 |
Synthesis of 4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole functionalized SBA-15 and its application thereof
A functionalized silica sorbent is described. The sorbent comprises mesoporous silica nanoparticles having a surface functionalized with a conjugated system comprising an azole and a phenyl. The surface may be functionalized by a Cu-catalyzed click reaction. The nanoparticles have an average particle size of 10-80 nm, and may be used to adsorb phenolic contaminants from aqueous solutions. |
| US11305256B2 |
Hybrid zeolitic imidazolate framework and a method of capturing carbon dioxide
A hybrid zeolitic imidazolate framework having an isolated purity of at least 95 wt. %, which is a coordination product formed between zinc(II) ions, a linker of formula (I), and a linker of formula (II); wherein each linker of formulae (I) and (II) links together adjacent zinc(II) ions, R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, a halo, a nitro, or a cyano, and R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, or an optionally substituted arylalkyl. A method of making the hybrid zeolitic imidazolate framework and a method of capturing CO2 from a gas mixture with the hybrid zeolitic imidazolate framework. |
| US11305254B2 |
Process and system for producing pulp, energy, and bioderivatives from plant-based and recycled materials
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to an industrial system for processing various plant materials to produce marketable materials. Particularly, the system integrates subcritical water extraction technology and includes a pre-processing module and a two-stage extractor (processing module) with constant control of temperature, pressure, and/or residence time. In some embodiments, the final product of the disclosed system can include feedstock constituents for biofuel production (sugars and/or oil), biochar, raw materials for various industries (such as pulp for manufacturing paper or cellulose for use in various industries). The disclosed system can be modular or non-modular, stationary or mobile, and can include prefabricated elements with programmed automatic or manual operation so that it can be easily moved and/or assembled on site. |
| US11305253B2 |
High surface area coatings for solid-phase synthesis
High surface area coatings are applied to solid substrates to increase the surface area available for solid-phase synthesis of polymers. The high surface area coatings use three-dimensional space to provide more area for functional groups to bind polymers than an untreated solid substrate. The polymers may be oligonucleotides, polypeptides, or another type of polymer. The solid substrate is a rigid supportive layer made from a material such as glass, a silicon material, a metal material, and plastic. The coating may be thin films, hydrogels, microparticles. The coating may be made from a metal oxide, a high-κ dielectric, a low-κ dielectric, an etched metal, a carbon material, or an organic polymer. The functional groups may be hydroxyl groups, amine groups, thiolate groups, alkenes, n-alkenes, alkalines, N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-activated esters, polyaniline, aminosilane groups, silanized oxides, oligothiophenes, and diazonium compounds. Techniques for applying coatings to solid substrates and attaching functional groups are also disclosed. |
| US11305252B2 |
System, method, and apparatus relating to colloidosomes
An ultra low density film and an ultra low density solid material are produced by the steps of providing a vessel, introducing two immiscible fluids into the vessel, adding nanocrystals to at least one of the two immiscible fluids, applying a shear force to the two immiscible fluids and the nanocrystals in a manner that causes the nanocrystals to self-assemble and form colloidosomes. The colloidosomes amass and evaporation of the two fluids produces dried colloidosomes. The ultra low density self-assembled colloidosomes are hollow self-assembled colloidosomes, which are formed into the ultra-low density film and the ultra-low density solid. |
| US11305249B2 |
Hydrogen mixed gas generation apparatus
A hydrogen mixed gas generation apparatus includes a superheated vapor heating part that heats a raw water to generate a superheated vapor and further heats the superheated vapor to produce a mixed gas that includes a hydrogen gas, and a communication part that is communicable with a predetermined terminal device and transmits information to the terminal device. The superheated vapor heating part houses a reduction acceleration member and includes a heating pipe where the raw water flows therein, and a coil heater that is wound around the heating pipe. The reduction acceleration member includes a first metal member that is formed of a stainless steel and includes a cylindrical part where rod bodies respectively extend from both ends thereof and a second metal member that is formed of an iron and steel material and is housed in the cylindrical part in a state where a plurality thereof are bundled. |
| US11305248B2 |
Horizontal supercritical fluid autoclave and apparatus thereof
The invention discloses a horizontal supercritical fluid autoclave and an apparatus thereof, and the autoclave including an autoclave body, an end cover, a material frame, a wedge block and a wedge block driving device, wherein the autoclave body is horizontally arranged, and the wedge block driving device can drive the wedge block to move in the radial direction, so that the wedge block can be clamped into a clamping groove at the inner wall of the open end of the autoclave body to lock the end cover or can be separated from the clamping groove of the autoclave body to open the cover. The end cover is small in size and light in weight, and the wedge block type cover mechanism with quick unlocking and locking is adopted; and the structure is simple, the opening/closing of the end cover is simpler and more convenient, and the installation space is saved. |
| US11305247B2 |
Magnetic stirrer, use of a decorative inlay and method for personalizing a magnetic stirrer
The invention relates to an easily personalized magnetic stirrer (1), which has a base body (2). The hood (5) can be put over this base body (2). The receiving space (6) for inserting a decorative inlay is then formed between the hood (5) and the base body (2). The receiving space (6) and a decorative inlay (7) inserted therein can be viewed from the outside through an at least area-wise transparent set-up area (4), which is arranged or formed on the hood (5) (see FIG. 1 for comparison). |
| US11305245B2 |
Stirring rod of hot and cold foods supplying machine and assembled stirring unit thereof
The present invention relates to a stirring rod of hot and cold foods supplying machine and an assembled stirring unit thereof. The assembled stirring unit includes an assembled piece and a stirring blade, wherein a length direction of the assembled piece is an axial direction, a direction perpendicular to the axial direction is a radial direction, and the assembled piece has a first joining piece and a second joining piece respectively at two ends thereof in the axial direction. The stirring blade is provided on the assembled piece and extends towards the radial direction, and the stirring blade is twisted at an angle by having the radial direction as an axis. The stirring rod is formed by serially connecting multiple assembled stirring units along the axial direction. |
| US11305238B2 |
Methods and apparatus for preventing damage by a reverse osmosis filtration system having a leak
Reverse osmosis filter apparatus having a reverse osmosis filter system, a pan connected to the reverse osmosis filter system and located at the bottom thereof to collect water that leaks from the reverse osmosis filter system and a water sensing shut-off valve connected to the pan, the water sensing shut-off valve being coupled between a raw water input and the reverse osmosis filter system, the water sensing shut-off valve being connected to the pan at a location to sense the presence of water collecting in the pan and to disconnect the reverse osmosis filter system from the raw water input when the presence of water is sensed. Various features and embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11305235B2 |
Hydrophobic barrier layer for ceramic indirect evaporative cooling systems
An evaporative cooling system includes a porous ceramic body with a plurality of dry channels and a plurality of wet channels. The plurality of dry channels are configured to inhibit transfer of water vapor into the dry channels and include a barrier layer that includes a roughened layer with a features size less than 1000 nm and a hydrophobic chemical modification disposed on the roughened layer. The plurality of wet channels are configured to allow transfer of water vapor. |
| US11305232B2 |
Filtration systems and methods
Filtration systems and methods for purifying windshield washer fluid to yield methanol pure enough for fueling methanol fuel cell systems. Pumping commercially available windshield washer fluid through filtration systems having one or more filters can remove additives from the windshield washer fluid. The filtration systems include filters, such as activated carbon filters, nanofiltration filters, reverse osmosis filters, and ion exchange resin filters. |
| US11305226B2 |
Composite 3D-printed reactors for gas absorption, purification, and reaction
A composite material for gas capture including CO2 capture and capture of other gases. The composite material includes solid or liquid reactive material, filler material, and a gas-permeable polymer coating such that the reactive material forms micron-scale domains in the filler material. |
| US11305224B2 |
Air filter media with post-pleat-deposited sorbent particles
An air filter media (10) including a pleated fibrous filtration web (8) with a first major side (2) that includes at least one sorbent-loaded area (26) in which sorbent particles (14) are present on a first major surface (25) of the pleated fibrous filtration web (8), at least some of the sorbent particles (14) being post-pleat-deposited sorbent particles. |
| US11305221B2 |
Air filter system, air filter element for use in same, and method for servicing same
The present disclosure is directed towards filter elements whose overall length can be adjusted such that the filter element can be installed through an opening in an air cleaner opening having a relatively smaller dimension than the maximum dimension of the filter element. In one aspect, the filter element can include a radial seal member disposed on a positionable coupling element circumscribing at least a portion of a filter medium pack. The filter element has a first axial length when the positionable coupling element is in an extended position and has a second axial length when the positionable coupling element is in a collapsed position, wherein the first axial length is greater than the second axial length. In some examples, the filter element includes two positionable coupling elements. |
| US11305218B2 |
Oil filter
The present invention relates to a filter element comprising an oil filter port adapted to be in fluid communication with an oil port of an engine the oil filter port includes threads for attaching the filter element in the oil port of the engine. Thus, the inventors realized that by providing the oil port with threads, the oil port of the filter element may be tightened in the oil port of the engine to in this way ensure axial locking of the filter element in the engine. The present invention also relation to a corresponding filter housing. |
| US11305212B2 |
Multifunctional vessels for extraction and fractionation of extracts from biomass
Generally, an extraction system useful in separating an extract from a matrix using one or more extractants. Specifically, an extractor including one or more of: an extraction vessel having an extractor vessel internal surface which defines an extraction chamber which communicates between open extraction vessel first and second ends, a first piston configured to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel first end or a second piston adapted to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel second end. |
| US11305209B2 |
Actuatable surface techniques
An actuatable surface system may include a plurality of actuatable assemblies. Each actuatable assembly may include a flexible membrane and a bracket at least partially sealing the flexible membrane within the bracket. A fluid conduit is configured to apply fluid to a rear side of the flexible membrane to cause the flexible membrane to form a raised structure relative to the bracket, which in turn causes a surface layer, e.g., a projection surface, to protrude to accommodate the raised structure. A controller is configured to address each individual actuatable assembly to cause the fluid source to apply the fluid to form the raised structure. |
| US11305208B2 |
Children's toy for grilling
A children's grill toy including a housing. The housing including a base and plurality of side walls. The plurality of sidewalls forms an interior volume. At least of the sidewalls has at least one door thereon. Atop the side walls is a grill lid. The interior of the housing also includes a grill structure. The grill structure includes a number of grates. The grates are food safe and made from metal. Further, there is a heating element placed under the grates. The heating element is connected to a power source and a series of knobs. The knobs will allow the heating element to have a varying heat. A steaming element is also included. The steaming element has a separate heating element. This heating element will be able to heat water located in a water tank connected to the steaming element. |
| US11305200B2 |
Computer device configured to provide a computer implemented game and method
A computer device is configured to provide a computer implemented game. The computer device has at least one processor which is configured to determine a number of booster options that have been activated, a booster option being usable in the computer implemented game to provide a respective additional effect. The at least one processor is further configured to determining if the determined number of booster options is greater than a threshold number and when the determined number of booster options is greater than the threshold number, determine that a further booster option is to be provided in the computer implemented game. |
| US11305196B1 |
Promoting fair online game play through disadvantaged interactions with online gaming
A cheating enforcement system and method determines if a player profile that is to play an online game is linked to another player profile that had been identified as cheating. If such a link is found, then one or more penalties may be imposed on the player profile, so that penalties for cheating cannot be averted by a player by opening a new player profile to play the online game. If a certain period of time has transpired since cheating was detected for the other player profile, then the one or more penalties may be removed from the player profile. The penalties imposed on the player profile may include server-side hit detection, latency penalty, damage scaling, and/or dropped moves. In the case of a chain of linked player profiles, severity of penalties may increase based on the number of linked accounts where cheating use was detected. |
| US11305192B2 |
Computer systems and associated methods for controlling a user interface responsive to user engagement
A computer implemented method of controlling a user interface of a computer device which is responsive to user engagement with displayed player objects on the interface. The method comprises steps implemented by computer executable code (executed by one or more hardware processors on the computer device) and encompassing, but not limited to, displaying a game area with a number of game objects in a static player graph as well as providing a player object which can be selected to target and shoot game objects in response to player behaviour or to contribute directly to a game objective. A boost action is triggered when game objective is fulfilled. |
| US11305185B2 |
Game selection and invitation process
Systems and methods for establishing a multiplayer gaming session are provided. A method can include selecting at least one invitee computing device from a plurality of invitee computing devices to join the multiplayer gaming session and a game from a list of games for the multiplayer gaming session. The method can include transmitting an invitation to join the multiplayer gaming session to the at least one invitee computing device and causing the at least one invitee computing device to launch the game in a background process with one or more applications running in the foreground at the invitee computer. |
| US11305182B2 |
Haptic actuator including flexure bearing having diverging arms each with a reduced size medial portion and related methods
A haptic actuator may include a housing, at least one coil carried by the housing, and a field member having opposing first and second sides. The haptic actuator may also include a respective at least one flexure bearing mounting each of the first and second sides of the field member to be reciprocally movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. Each flexure bearing may include two diverging arms joined together at proximal ends and having spaced distal ends operatively coupled between adjacent portions of the field member and the housing. The two diverging arms may each have a reduced size medial portion relative to respective proximal and distal ends. |
| US11305181B2 |
Game controller
To provide a game controller with which a detection means for detecting an insertion degree of a length can be simplified. A game controller includes a controller body to which is attached a flexible member having formed therein an insertion hole into which a length is inserted, a laser transmitter/receiver that is installed on an outer periphery of the controller body and measures a distance with respect to a base surface of the length by transmission and reception of a wave to detect an insertion degree of the length inserted from the insertion hole, and a wiring cable and a control circuit that output the insertion degree of the length detected by the laser transmitter/receiver. |
| US11305170B2 |
Tethered resistance swim training apparatus
An aquatic exercise apparatus for applying a resistive force to an exercising swimmer, the apparatus includes a bracket mounted to a vertically oriented surface located above a pool of water, a container, an operational assembly comprising at least one upper pulley attached to the bracket and at least one lower pulley attached to the container, a cord passing through the at least one upper pulley and the at least one lower pulley, and a fastener configured to attach to an exercising swimmer, where the fastener is attached to a free end of the cord, and where pulling the free end of the cord moves the container upward against gravity. |
| US11305162B2 |
Pulling string apparatus of stringing machine
A pulling string apparatus of a stringing machine comprising a string gripper, a sensor, a drive element, a transmission mechanism and a control circuit; the sensor is connected with the string gripper to detect the pull force of the string gripper; the control circuit compares the detected pull force value with a pre-set value, and control the rotation of the drive element; the transmission mechanism comprises a mounting base, a sliding block, a transmission rack and a drive gear; wherein the drive gear is connected to the drive element and is engaged with the transmission rack, the sliding block arranged on the transmission rack is connected with the sensor; when the sensor and the string gripper are driven forward or backward by the sliding block under the act of the transmission rack engaged with the drive gear, the racket string will be tensioned or loosened. |
| US11305160B2 |
Device for displaying in response to a sensed motion
A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed. |
| US11305158B2 |
Athletic performance by tracking objects hit or thrown at an electronic display
The present disclosure relates to effective, efficient, and economical methods and systems for improving athletic performance by tracking objects typically thrown or hit by athletes. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a unique configuration of technology wherein an electronic display is located at or behind the target and one or more cameras are positioned to observe the target. Once an object is thrown or hit, one or more cameras may observe and track the object. Further, an electronic display may be used to provide targeting information to an athlete and also to determine the athlete's accuracy. |
| US11305154B2 |
Climbing exercise machine
An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion. |
| US11305152B2 |
Apparatus for human gait manipulation
A treadmill may be configured for gait training and/or therapy with attachable/detachable barriers affixable to a belt and/or with a vertical obstacle module and/or with sensor systems, but without requiring hoists, harnesses, attachments to the treadmill or base, or frame, and/or excessively high treadmill frames, such as those that exceed the height of the person on the treadmill. The barriers on the belt are configured to modify movement of only one foot of a person on the treadmill. The treadmill may use a single, integral belt. Methods of gait training and/or therapy may involve such treadmills without excessive expense and without excessive modification of standard treadmill equipment. |
| US11305151B2 |
Water-resistance rowing machine
A water-resistance rowing machine has a frame body, a water-resistance unit, at least one blade wheel, a pulling strap, and a seat. The frame body has an elongated beam and a pulley rotatably mounted on the frame body. The water-resistance unit has a water tank extending along the elongated beam, a rotating shaft disposed in the water tank and extending along and being parallel to the elongated beam, and a strap wheel assembly connected with the rotating shaft to drive the rotating shaft to spin. The at least one blade wheel is mounted on and rotated with the rotating shaft. The pulling strap is wrapped around the pulley and has an end connected with the strap wheel assembly and a handle formed on another end of the pulling strap. The seat is mounted on the elongated beam. |
| US11305144B2 |
Abuse potential reduction in abusable substance dosage form
The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure. |
| US11305140B1 |
Fire extinguisher with internal mixing and gas cartridge
Improvements to a portable fire extinguisher are disclosed. The improvements allow for frequent and simplified inspection and maintenance of a fire extinguisher with minimal training and without need for custom equipment. The improvements include an anti-bridging mechanism that can be articulated from the exterior of the chamber to fluff, mix or stir the powder within the chamber to keep it in a liquefied state. Additional improvements include a larger opening to more quickly fill and inspect the powder within the chamber. Another improvement includes the use of a CO2 cartridge located external to the chamber to allow easier servicing or replacement of just the CO2 cartridge as well as the ability to maintain the chamber in an un-pressurized condition, allows for non-HASMAT shipping. These features will extend the service intervals while maintaining the fire extinguisher in a ready condition. |
| US11305139B2 |
Combination compact pelvic binder and climbing harness
An apparatus and method for providing a pelvic binder in operative combination with a climbing harness. Thigh loop strap portions of a climbing harness system are detachable from the harness belt portion for separate alternative use as an emergency pelvic binder for a patient suspected or diagnosed with pelvic fracture. The thigh strap portions are provided with features and components to facilitate its use as a functional pelvic binder, while nevertheless allowing it to serve as a component of a climbing harness in alternative, ordinary, use. |
| US11305135B2 |
Oxygen concentrating self-rescuer device
A process for converting post-explosion gases of an inhabitable level, low-oxygen ambient environment to a breathable mixture for human consumption comprises receiving a flow of post-explosion gas with oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and methane. The oxygen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide are removed from the from the flow of post-explosion gas to create both a mixture including oxygen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide; and a residual stream including nitrogen and methane. The oxygen is removed from the mixture of oxygen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, and concentrated in a primary oxygen storage canister. The nitrogen is removed from the residual stream and stored in a nitrogen storage canister separate from the oxygen storage canister. The methane is vented back to the inhabitable level, low-oxygen ambient environment. The stored oxygen and nitrogen are metered through a breathing mask at a habitable level of 19-21% oxygen to a user. |
| US11305131B2 |
X-ray psoralen activated cancer therapy (X-PACT)
A system for treating a diseased site in a human or animal body. The system includes a pharmaceutical carrier including one or more phosphors which are capable of emitting light into the diseased site upon interaction, a photoactivatable drug for intercalating into DNA of cells at the diseased site, one or more devices which infuse the diseased sited with the photoactivatable drug and the pharmaceutical carrier, an x-ray or high energy electron source, and a processor programmed to control a dose of x-rays or electrons to the diseased site for production of light inside the tumor to activate the photoactivatable drug. |
| US11305130B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for non-invasive chronic pain therapy
The present disclosure relates to sensing devices, systems, and their methods of use for aiding transcutaneous magnetic stimulation (tMS) therapy, such as for the treatment, alleviation, and the management of pain. The sensing device being configured for determining and measuring the efficacy thereof. Particularly, the present disclosure is directed to providing sensing devices, systems including the same, and their methods of use in identifying and targeting one or more sources of pain, such as chronic neuropathic pain, as well as for facilitating in the treatment thereof. |
| US11305128B1 |
Defibrillator discharge testing
A variety of methods and discharge test circuits are described that are well suited for testing H-bridge based defibrillator discharge circuits. The H-bridge includes four switches and two outputs. In one aspect, a test discharge circuit is provided that includes a resistive element and a switch that are coupled to the second H-bridge output. The H-bridge and test circuit may be controlled to test various aspects of the H-bridge based defibrillator discharge circuit. |
| US11305126B2 |
Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker
An intracardiac ventricular pacemaker is configured to detect a ventricular diastolic event from a motion signal received by a pacemaker control circuit from a motion sensor. The control circuit starts an atrial refractory period having an expiration time set based on a time of the detection of the ventricular diastolic event. The control circuit detects an atrial systolic event from the motion signal after expiration of the atrial refractory period and controls a pulse generator of the pacemaker to deliver a pacing pulse to a ventricle of a patient's heart at a first atrioventricular pacing time interval after the atrial systolic event detection. |
| US11305124B2 |
System and method for pacing parameter optimization using heart sounds
A medical device system and associated method predict a patient response to a cardiac therapy. The system includes for delivering cardiac pacing pulses to a patient's heart coupled to a cardiac sensing module and a cardiac pacing module for generating cardiac pacing pulses and controlling delivery of the pacing pulses at multiple pace parameter settings. An acoustical sensor obtains heart sound signals. A processor is enabled to receive the heart sound signals, derive a plurality of heart sound signal parameters from the heart sound signals, and determine a trend of each of the plurality of heart sound signal parameters with respect to the plurality of pace parameter settings. An external display is configured to present the trend of at least one heart sound parameter with respect to the plurality of pace parameter settings. |
| US11305123B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining tolerance thresholds for neurostimulation
An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation using a stimulation device and controlling the delivery of the neurostimulation may include a programming control circuit and a stimulation control circuit. The programming control circuit may be configured to program the stimulation device for delivering the neurostimulation according to a pattern of neurostimulation pulses defined by one or more stimulation waveforms. The stimulation control circuit may be configured to determine the pattern of neurostimulation pulses with the one or more stimulation waveforms constrained by one or more thresholds, and may include threshold circuitry that may be configured to receive one or more known values of the one or more thresholds and to determine needed values of the one or more thresholds by executing an algorithm allowing for prediction of the needed values of the one or more thresholds based on the one or more known values. |
| US11305120B2 |
Monolithic neural interface system
A device comprising monolithic substrates forming a chip including a wireless, battery-less monolithically-integrated neural interface (MINI) device. The chip comprises an integrated circuit (IC) being embedded in a first monolithic substrate and comprising a plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify received neural signals from a monitored subject, and a radio data signal generator configured to process the amplified neural signals and generate a multiplexed digital signal. The chip includes radio-frequency (RF) planar coils embedded in a second monolithic substrate, being electrically connected to the IC through the first monolithic substrate, being configured for wireless transmission of the multiplexed digital signal to a remote wireless device and being configured to receive wireless power signals to power the IC. A plurality of on-chip electrodes is included to directly sense the neural signals of the subject and provide the neural signals to the plurality of amplifiers. |
| US11305116B2 |
Current monitoring apparatus and electrical stimulation apparatus comprising same
An electrical stimulation apparatus is provided. The electrical stimulation apparatus includes an electrode module receiving current for applying electrical stimulation to a skin of a user from a current providing part, a plurality of monitoring electrodes positioned spaced apart from each other on the electrode module, the current flows from the electrode module to the plurality of monitoring electrodes, and a current monitoring part monitoring the current flowing to each of the plurality of monitoring electrodes. |
| US11305115B2 |
Percutaneous lead placement assembly
The exemplified systems and methods facilitate a nerve conduction block at a target nerve using electrical stimulation applied from one or more electrodes located on a percutaneous lead that are placed in parallel, or substantially in parallel, and without direct contact, to a long axis of the peripheral nerve over an overlapping nerve region of greater than about 3 millimeters. The exemplified system and method can be further configured to block nerve condition without eliciting onset activity and co-excitation of non-targeted structures. The exemplified method and system can be performed using conventional percutaneous leads, though an improved percutaneous lead design is disclosed herein. In an aspect, an introducer is disclosed that facilitates accurate and consistent insertion of the percutaneous lead to the specified or intended position relative to the target nerve. In another aspect, a treatment kit comprising the various system components to treat pain is disclosed. |
| US11305111B2 |
Medical lead with preformed bias
A medical electrical lead and methods of implanting medical electrical leads in lumens. Leads in accordance with the invention employ preformed biases to stabilize the lead within a lumen and to orient electrodes in a preferred orientation. |
| US11305109B2 |
Monitoring stimulating assembly insertion
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the insertion of an intra-cochlear stimulating assembly for the occurrence of one or more insertion stop conditions. The insertion stop conditions are detectable events indicating that movement of the stimulating assembly into a recipient's cochlea should be at least temporarily stopped. The insertion monitoring is based on objectively measured inner ear potentials, such as acoustically-evoked potentials. |
| US11305106B2 |
Mixed ionic electronic conductors: devices, systems and methods of use
The invention provides a variety of novel devices, systems, and methods of utilizing mixed-ionic-electronic conductor (MIEC) materials adapted to function with an applied current or potential. The materials, as part of a circuit, are placed in contact with a part of a human or nonhuman animal body. A sodium selective membrane system utilizing the MIEC is also described. |
| US11305104B2 |
Saccular cavopulmonary assist device
The present disclosure relates to a saccular cavopulmonary assist device, including a shell, an inflow tube (6) and an outflow tube (4), wherein a blood storage cavity (A) and a power cavity (B) are arranged in the shell, and the power cavity (B) is used for providing contraction and relaxation power for the blood storage cavity (A); the inflow tube (6) is arranged at a position corresponding to the power cavity (B) on the shell, an outer end is used for communicating with the vena cava, and an inner end communicates with the blood storage cavity (A) after passing through the power cavity (B); the outflow tube (4) is arranged at a position corresponding to the blood storage cavity (A) on the shell, an outer end is used for communicating with the pulmonary artery, and an inner end communicates with the blood storage cavity (A). This device can assist the cavopulmonary circulation of the single ventricle, realize repeated blood drawing and pumping actions, provide the required power for the pulmonary circulation of the patient, and restore the biventricular blood flow in the human body; and because the arrangement of the inflow tube in the power cavity, the internal structure of this device is more compact, the overall shape is smaller, and the energy of the power cavity can be fully utilized. |
| US11305100B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for medication administration
A rectal medication administration device includes a tube, a balloon, a first valved port, and a second valved port. The tube includes a first lumen, a second lumen, and a plurality of holes extending from the first lumen therethrough. The balloon is proximal to the holes, is in communication with the second lumen, and is configured to be inflated to hold the tube in place within a patient's rectum. The first valved port is in communication with the first lumen and opens when connected to a first syringe or infusion set to provide medication transmission therethrough and closes when the first syringe or infusion set is withdrawn. The second valved port is in communication with the second lumen and opens when connected with a second syringe or infusion set to provide fluid to inflate the balloon and closes when the second syringe or infusion set is withdrawn. |
| US11305095B2 |
Microfabricated catheter having an intermediate preferred bending section
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for accessing a targeted vessel, such as a coronary artery, near the aortic root. A catheter device includes a proximal section, an intermediate section, and a distal section. The intermediate section includes a more proximal section (a proximal-intermediate section) and a more distal section (a distal-intermediate section). The proximal-intermediate section is microfabricated to enable preferred bending along a single plane. The distal-intermediate section is more rigid than the proximal-intermediate section and the distal section. In use, the proximal-intermediate section abuts against the aortic wall and bends to allow the distal-intermediate section to extend across the aortic root toward a targeted vessel on the opposite side of the aorta. |
| US11305093B2 |
Cannula
The invention relates to a cannula comprising a tip and an outlet, the cannula having a reduction in the internal diameter, which reduction is designed as a conically tapering tip the end of which has a length that is shorter than the internal diameter of the adjoining portion of the cannula. |
| US11305092B2 |
Catheter devices and methods for making them
Tubular devices are provided that include a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, a central lumen, a conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends adjacent the central lumen, reinforcement members including windings extending helically around the central lumen, and an outer jacket. The tubular device includes a first portion in which the conductor extends helically around the central lumen, and a second portion in which the conductor extends longitudinally and either a) all of the windings surround the central lumen and the conductor remains outside the windings, b) at least some of the windings pass between the central lumen and the conductor and at least some of the windings surround both the central lumen and the conductor, and c) all of the windings surround both the central lumen and the conductor. Methods for making such tubular devices are also provided. |
| US11305091B2 |
Circadian rhythm management apparatus and system
Disclosed are an apparatus and a system for managing circadian rhythm. The apparatus includes an illuminance measuring portion which measures a bio illuminance value of external light using a circadian lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a circadian rhythm sensitivity curve and a visual lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a visual sensitivity curve, a controller which outputs a control signal for reinforcing a user's circadian rhythm on the basis of the bio illuminance value, and a circadian rhythm reinforcing portion which emits light of a circadian wavelength band toward the user according to the control signal. |
| US11305089B2 |
Humidifier and respiratory assistance device
A humidifier that can easily control temperature and humidity in an independent manner, irrespective of a flow rate of medical gas to be supplied, is provided. The humidifier is connected to a respiratory assistance device configured to regulate or assist ventilation of a user. The humidifier is configured to add moisture to gas fed from a gas source in the form of fine particles or water vapor. The humidifier includes a liquid container configured to contain liquid containing at least water, a mist-droplet generation unit configured to generate mist droplets being fine particles of the liquid, and a water retaining member configured to hold at least a part of the mist droplets. |
| US11305087B2 |
Positive-air-pressure machine conduit
A conduit for delivering a supply of gas under a positive pressure includes a conduit wall having a first conduit end and a second conduit end. The first conduit end is adapted to be attached to the supply of gas. The conduit wall is deformable between (a) an open condition in which the conduit wall defines a conduit passage along which the supply of gas can travel between the first conduit end to the second conduit end, and (b) a collapsed condition in which the conduit wall substantially collapses the conduit passage. |
| US11305081B2 |
Mask bead for a patient interface
Disclosed is a mask bead for a patient interface that comprises a contact area, a nose bridge area having a width (B1), side areas, a base area, and a bearing area on a patient. The bearing area extends from the side areas, the base area and the nose bridge area to a central opening is being designed as a sealing lip which frames the central opening. The mask bead further has a maximum width (B2), the ratio B1 to B2 being one to three or greater. |
| US11305079B2 |
Oxygen enhanced exercise and rest system
The present invention provides methods and systems for a breathing system, comprising breathing apparatus having a rigid base structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein the top portion contains an arcuate section for covering a user's nose and the bottom portion is wider than the top portion for covering a user's mouth, the base structure contains an outer edge. A facepiece is engaged to the outer edge of the base structure and surrounds the base structure. A side passageway is disposed on a side of the base structure and is surrounded by a rim on the external surface of the base structure that extends outwardly from the external surface. A hose attachment device is selectively secured to the rim. The system also includes a storage device, and an oxygen supply. |
| US11305073B2 |
Device and method for targeted delivery of aerosolized particles to the lungs
A nebulizer device includes an air intake port positioned downstream of a nebulizer element, and a mouthpiece positioned upstream of the nebulizer element. A flow sensor is coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to integrate an inhaled air flow signal received from the flow sensor for determining an inhaled air volume. The controller is also configured to turn on the nebulizer element when the inhaled air volume reaches a first predetermined threshold, and turn off the nebulizer element when the inhaled air volume reaches a second predetermined threshold. A method for targeted delivery of aerosolized particles to the lungs is also disclosed. |
| US11305069B2 |
Safety device for a medicament container
A safety device for a medicament container includes a first sheath having a first ledge and a second ledge, a second sheath telescopically arranged with the first sheath and releasably coupled to the first ledge, and a finger flange having at least one resilient clip adapted to engage the second ledge first sheath. |
| US11305068B2 |
Autoinjector
An autoinjector includes a case having a rib, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case and adapted to hold a medicament container, and a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position and a locked second extended position. The carrier is movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The collar abuts the rib when the needle shroud is in the first extended position and the carrier is in the first axial position, and the collar disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the carrier is in the second axial position. |
| US11305064B2 |
Mixing vial
A mixing vial having a hollow interior chamber with a tubular portion having distal and proximal open ends and a stopper positioned in sealing relationship in the tubular portion, the stopper having a hollow interior chamber with an open end and a dislodgeable plug positioned in and sealing the open end. |
| US11305061B2 |
Medicament delivery devices
A device for delivery of a medicament from a container (10) having an outlet (16) at a distal end of the container (10) and a stopper (22) for containing the medicament in the container (10). The device comprises a housing (110, 140), a drive element (300) arranged to move in the distal direction to cooperate with the container (10), a drive mechanism comprising a trigger component (200), the drive mechanism being arranged to hold the drive element (300) in a starting position and to move the drive element (300) in the distal direction from the starting position upon displacement of the trigger component (200) from a working position to a firing position, an interlock component (250) received in the housing (110, 140) and arranged for movement with respect to the housing (110, 140) from a first position to a second position, and at least one flexible locking member (214) arranged to cooperate with a stop face (160) associated with the housing (110, 140) to prevent displacement of the trigger component (200) to the firing position when the interlock component (250) is in the first position. Movement of the interlock component (250) towards the second position causes bending of the flexible locking member (214) away from the stop face (160) to allow displacement of the trigger component (200) to the firing position. |
| US11305057B2 |
Method and system of operating an infusion pump with a remote control device
Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user-wearable infusion pump that may have a limited user interface including no display to execute and provide feedback on a number of functions. A remote control device having a display can be used to control the infusion pump. The infusion pump can include one or more indicator lights that can be indicate different statuses with different light patterns. The remote control device can include a display screen that provides further information relating to various pump statuses. |
| US11305052B2 |
Suction-based medical dressing and method of dermal irrigation
A suction-based medical dressing assembly and method of dermal irrigation provides a flexible tube that is fluidly coupled to at least two bifurcated tube portions defined by a plurality of apertures. The tube has a proximal end opening for discharging ambient fluid. The length of the bifurcated tube portions is surrounded by an absorbent gauze material covered substantially with an occlusive sheet material, and having an adhesive strip thereon. A vacuum assembly creates a negative pressure in the tubes. The ambient fluid is absorbed by the absorbent material, and the negative pressure sucks the fluid through the apertures in the bifurcated tube portions for discharge through the opening in the tube. In operation, a patient applies the adhesive side of the occlusive device to the skin where liquid removal is desired and activates the vacuum-inducing source, thereby causing fluid runoff from the patient to be effectively removed for disposal. |
| US11305044B2 |
Heat exchanger tube for a heat exchanger of an oxygenator
The invention relates to a heat exchanger tube (1) which is a component of a heat exchanger of an oxygenator. The heat exchanger tube (1) comprises a tube body (2) consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane (PTU). The tube body (2) has a Shore hardness of greater than 60 D. This results in a heat exchanger tube optimised for use in a heat exchanger of an oxygenator. |
| US11305042B2 |
Device and method for preparing dialysis fluid and dialysis device
The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for supplying dialysate. The invention also relates to a dialysis apparatus comprising an apparatus for supplying dialysate. The apparatus for supplying dialysate has a balancing device 8, which comprises at least one balancing chamber 9, 10 for balancing fresh and used dialysate, and a metering device 28 for filling the at least one balancing chamber with permeate and concentrates in a specified mixing ratio for producing dialysate. The metering device 28 is designed such that specified volumes of concentrates are conveyed into the at least one balancing chamber 9, 10 in successive working cycles. Given that the specified volumes of concentrates are not added simultaneously, the concentrates can be conveyed using just one single metering pump. This is advantageous in that the metering pump is a relatively expensive component of the mixer circuit. In practice, the design is simpler and compact and the maintenance costs are reduced. |
| US11305040B2 |
Dialysis system and methods
Dialysis systems and methods are described which can include a number of features. The dialysis systems described can be to provide dialysis therapy to a patient in the comfort of their own home. The dialysis system can be configured to prepare purified water from a tap water source in real-time that is used for creating a dialysate solution. The dialysis systems described also include features that make it easy for a patient to self-administer therapy. For example, the dialysis systems include disposable cartridge and patient tubing sets that are easily installed on the dialysis system and automatically align the tubing set, sensors, venous drip chamber, and other features with the corresponding components on the dialysis system. Methods of use are also provided, including automated priming sequences, blood return sequences, and dynamic balancing methods for controlling a rate of fluid transfer during different types of dialysis, including hemodialysis, ultrafiltration, and hemodiafiltration. |
| US11305039B2 |
Polymeric vascular grafts which induce neovascularization with mild to minimal inflammation and promotion of fibrovascular tissue
The present invention relates generally to shape memory polymer devices that are porous. The porosity of the device may generate advantageous neovascularization, decrease inflammation, and decrease fibrosis. The device may include a surface having a pore size of 500-750 microns and a pore spacing of 220-250 microns. |
| US11305036B2 |
Bioprosthetic tissue having a reduced propensity for in vivo calcification
A bioprosthetic tissue having a reduced propensity to calcify in vivo, the bioprosthetic tissue. The bioprosthetic tissue comprises an aldehyde cross-linked and stressed bioprosthetic tissue comprising exposed calcium, phosphate or immunogenic binding sites that have been reacted with a calcification mitigant. The bioprosthetic tissue has a reduced propensity to calcify in vivo as compared to aldehyde cross-linked bioprosthetic tissue that has not been stressed and reacted with the calcification mitigant. |
| US11305034B2 |
Stretchable film and product including same
Provided is a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and excellent air permeability. Also provided is an article including such stretchable film. The stretchable film of the present invention includes an olefin-based resin and a filler. |
| US11305033B2 |
Splinting system including an antimicrobial coating and a method of manufacturing the same
A splinting system that includes a curable splint member including layers of fiberglass cloth coated with a water curable resin, and a pad at least partially enveloping the layers of fiberglass cloth, the pad having an exterior surface and an antimicrobial coating applied to the exterior surface; and a metal foil pouch containing the curable splint member, the metal foil pouch including an exterior surface. The antimicrobial coating includes a silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof. The silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof is one or more of: 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, or 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride. The antimicrobial coating can be applied to the curable splint member by applying a solution, which includes 0.1 percent and 10 percent by weight the silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof and an isopropyl alcohol solvent, to the exterior surface of the pad. |
| US11305029B2 |
Gasifier for sterilizer and cleaning method of gasifier for sterilizer
A device capable of stably obtaining gas of a sterilizer containing hydrogen peroxide for a long time is provided. A cleaning device that cleans a heating surface that gasifies a sterilizer of a gasifier for a sterilizer is provided, and after an operation for a fixed time period, the heating surface is cleaned. |
| US11305028B2 |
Light source module and ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus including the same
An embodiment discloses a light source module including: a fixing plate configured to extend in a first direction; a circuit board disposed on the fixing plate; a plurality of ultraviolet light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board in the first direction; a first reflection plate coupled to one side of the fixing plate; and a second reflection plate coupled to the other side of the fixing plate, wherein the first reflection plate and the second reflection plate include inclined surfaces which become closer to each other as the distance from the circuit board increases and the inclined surface of the first reflection plate and the inclined surface of the second reflection plate are disposed to be spaced apart in the first direction and disposed on a side surface of a target structure, and an ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus including the same. |
| US11305027B2 |
UV sterilization system and device and related methods
A method is for operating a UV sterilization device including a housing defining a cavity, and having a door configured to permit access to the cavity, and trays carried within the cavity. Each tray is configured to receive a mobile wireless communications device. The UV sterilization device may include UV CBAs carried within the cavity respectively adjacent the trays, each UV CBA having LED UV sources configured to irradiate the mobile wireless communications device with UV radiation. The UV sterilization device may include a controller, and the method may include operating the controller to selectively power one of the UV CBAs for disinfecting the mobile wireless communications device. |
| US11305024B2 |
Cross-linked polymer modified nanoparticles
Disclosed herein are nanoconstructs comprising a nanoparticle, coated with additional agents such as cationic polymers, stabilizers, targeting molecules, labels, oligonucleotides and small molecules. These constructs may be used to deliver compounds to treat solid tumors and to diagnose cancer and other diseases. Further disclosed are methods of making such compounds and use of such compounds to treat or diagnose human disease. |
| US11305021B2 |
Membrane-lytic block copolymers
Membrane-lytic block copolymers, micellar assemblies, pharmaceutical compositions, and related methods are described. |
| US11305019B2 |
Functionalized nucleic acid nanostructures for RNA delivery
The present disclosure provides cell-penetrating nucleic acid nanostructures well suited as transfection reagents for the delivery of bioactive agents to cells both in vivo and in vitro for research, diagnostic, and/or therapeutic purposes. |
| US11305016B2 |
Vitamin D3 and analogs thereof for treating alopecia
The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating alopecia, such as chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprises an effective amount of a vitamin D compound in a formulation that topically delivers the vitamin D compound to the epidermis layer but substantially avoids the dermis layer. In chemotherapy patients, the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can be administered either before or concurrent with the chemotherapy medication. |
| US11305003B2 |
Zika virus chimeric polyepitope comprising non-structural proteins and its use in an immunogenic composition
The present invention is directed to a Zika virus (ZIKV) chimeric polyepitope comprising non-structural proteins and its use in an immunogenic composition. The present invention provides means, in particular polynucleotides, vectors and cells expressing said chimeric polyepitope. The present invention also relates to a composition or a vaccine comprising at least one of said polyepitope, polynucleotide, vector or host cell for use in the prevention of a ZIKV infection in a human subject, or for use in the prevention of ZIKV and dengue vims (DENV) infections in a human subject. |
| US11305000B2 |
Chimeric OspA genes, proteins and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to the development of chimeric OspA molecules for use in a new Lyme vaccine. More specifically, the chimeric OspA molecules comprise the proximal portion from one OspA serotype, together with the distal portion from another OspA serotype, while retaining antigenic properties of both of the parent polypeptides. The chimeric OspA molecules are delivered alone or in combination to provide protection against a variety of Borrelia genospecies. The invention also provides methods for administering the chimeric OspA molecules to a subject in the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease or borreliosis. |
| US11304995B2 |
Prohemostatic proteins for the treatment of bleeding
This disclosure relates to recombinant FXa polypeptides that can be used as antidotes to completely or partially reverse an anti-coagulant effect of a coagulation inhibitor in a subject, preferably a direct factor Xa inhibitor. Disclosed herein are recombinant factor Xa proteins and a method of completely or partially reversing an anti-coagulant effect of a coagulation inhibitor in a subject. |
| US11304994B2 |
Recombinant intravenous immunoglobulin (rIVIG) compositions and methods for their production and use
Compositions of recombinant intravenous immunoglobulin (rIVIG) proteins and methods for purification and use of rIVIG proteins. The compositions comprise oligomeric Fc molecules which bind to Fc receptors with high avidity. The rIVIG proteins are useful as immunomodulatory molecules for the treatment of immune disorders including autoimmune diseases, such as refractory immune thrombocytopenia, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, multiple sclerosis, lupus, Graves Disease, Kawasaki disease, dermatomyositis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and other immune and inflammatory conditions. The rIVIG proteins can also be used as immunomodulators in patients to reduce the immune rejection of organ transplants, stem cell transplants and bone marrow transplantation. Additionally, the present invention provides rIVIG proteins of non-human origin, for use in veterinary immune disorders, such as canine rIVIG proteins for the treatment of dogs suffering from autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia purpura, rheumatoid arthritis, or other canine immune disorder. |
| US11304992B2 |
Inhalable dry powder pharmaceutical composition
A method for treating hyperglycemia and/or diabetes in a subject is provided. In particular, the method is directed for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have a fasting blood glucose concentration greater than about 8 mM, wherein the patient is administered a formulation comprising a GLP-1 molecule and a diketopiperazine by pulmonary inhalation with a dry powder inhalation system. |
| US11304990B2 |
Use of known compounds—intracellular infections
The present invention provides a method of treating intracellular infections, in particular intracellular bacterial, fungal, and protozoal infections. |
| US11304989B2 |
Peptides for use in the treatment of viral infections
Disclosed are peptides, compositions, combinations, kits and methods for the treatment of viral pathogen infection. Combinations and kits comprise the disclosed peptides together with an additional antiviral therapeutic agent. |
| US11304980B2 |
Restimulation of cryopreserved tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
The present disclosure provides methods for re-stimulating TIL populations that lead to improved phenotype and increased metabolic health of the TILs and provides methods of assaying for TIL populations to determine suitability for more efficacious infusion after re-stimulation. |
| US11304978B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer using a CD8 engineered T cell therapy
Compositions comprising and methods for the treatment of cancer using a neoTCR based cell therapy with a CD8 expression construct. |
| US11304977B2 |
Tumoricidal and antimicrobial compositions and methods
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising tumoricidal and/or antimicrobial components isolated from the supernatant of NK-92 cell medium and methods of using the compositions for killing cancer cells. |
| US11304971B2 |
Metformin compositions and methods for treatment of diabetes
The invention provides compositions and methods to treat diabetes with improved formulations in which metformin is combined with at least three antioxidants that contain a stabilizing heteroatom adjacent to a saturated carbon and which help maintain a balance between antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties. The antioxidants include at least the combination of taurine, citrulline and methylcobalamin, and optionally include melatonin. The composition provides management of blood glucose levels comparable to metformin in the same dose without antioxidants, without the phenomenon of undermining metformin performance that is commonly observed in the presence of co-administered antioxidants. |
| US11304969B2 |
Treatments of prostate cancer
The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancers, preferably, advanced prostate cancers. The subject invention also provides compounds, compositions and methods for preventing/slowing down/reducing the progress and proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The subject invention further provides compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting DNA repair within cancer cells to slow tumor growth, preferably, by inhibiting BER capacity, including pol β and LIG I. |
| US11304964B2 |
Bolaamphiphilic compounds, compositions and uses thereof
Bolaamphiphilic compounds are provided according to formula I: HG2-L1-HG1 I where HG1, HG2 and L1 are as defined herein. Provided bolaamphiphilic compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for delivering HIV active drugs into animal or human brain. |
| US11304963B2 |
Methods of medical treatment with SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitors
A method of treating or preventing adverse outcomes associated with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration, cerebral edema-related side effects, cerebral edema associated with radiation therapy, or migraine headaches by administering an effective amount of a SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitor, such as glyburide, and optionally the co-administration of a second therapeutically active agent, to a subject in need thereof. Adverse outcomes associated with tPA include cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral edema, physical impairment or death. The administration of the SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitors occurs prior to the radiation therapy, during the radiation therapy, after the radiation therapy, or combinations thereof. The SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitor is administered prior to surgical excision of a brain tumor, CAR-T therapy, or administration of flutarabine. Alternatively, or in addition, the SUR1-TRPM4 channel inhibitor is administered prior the onset of the cerebral edema-related side effects. |
| US11304961B2 |
Compositions comprising dexamethasone
A pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of multiple myeloma in combination with an anti-cancer drug is provided. The pharmaceutical composition includes high-dose dexamethasone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. |
| US11304956B2 |
Use of 7-bromo-5-(O-chlorophenyl)-3-propoxy-1,2-dihydro-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one for inhibition of neuropathic pain and seizures of different etiology
The invention relates to medical chemistry, in particular to the use of 7-bromo-5-(o-chlorophenyl)-3-propoxy-1,2-di-hydro-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one as a drug which inhibits neuropathic pain without the formation of defects in the gastric mucosa (ulcerogenic effect), and possesses an anticonvulsant property. |
| US11304955B2 |
Small-molecule povidone analogs in coamorphous pharmaceutical phases
An amorphous dispersion comprises bis(vinylcaprolactam) and an active pharmaceutical ingredient. |
| US11304950B2 |
Methods for treating testicular and ovarian adrenal rest tumors
Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART) or ovarian adrenal rest tumors (OART). |
| US11304946B2 |
2-hetarylpyrimidine-4-carboxamides as aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists
The present invention covers 2-hetarylpyrimidine-4-carboxamide compounds of general formula (I): in which X, Y, Z, R1, R2 and R4 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of cancer or conditions with dysregulated immune responses or other disorders associated with aberrant AHR signaling, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients. |
| US11304945B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition and method for preparing same
A solid dispersion, a method for preparing same, and a solid preparation including the solid dispersion. The solid dispersion contains (R)-4-amino-1-(1-(but-2-ynylacyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl)-3-(4-(2,6-difluorophenoxy)phenyl)-1,6-dihydro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyridazine-7-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a carrier material. The carrier material is selected from hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate. |
| US11304943B2 |
Combination for use in the treatment of lung cancer
The invention is based on the finding that co-administration of 6-β-naltrexol alongside vitamin D together with a chemotherapeutic agent, results in a further reduction in lung cancer cell growth. The combination of 6-β-naltrexol with vitamin D results in a greater decrease in the growth of cancer cells compared to the sum of the effects of each agent when administered in isolation. |
| US11304941B2 |
Use of HSP70 as a regulator of enzymatic activity
The present invention concerns a method for modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme, wherein said enzyme interacts with BMP, said method comprising the step of administering or inducing Hsp70, or a functional fragment or variant thereof, in a form suitable for allowing interaction between BMP and Hsp70, or said functional fragment or variant thereof, and thereby modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme interacting with BMP. |
| US11304936B2 |
Sulfasalazine salts, production processes and uses
Disclosed are a process for preparing new crystal salt forms of sulfasalazine, in particular crystal Form A of the D(−)-N-methylglucamine (meglumine) salt of sulfasalazine (see FIG. 1), crystal form A of the piperazine salt of sulfasalazine (see FIG. 2) and crystal Form B of the diethylamine salt of sulfasalazine (see FIG. 4), and a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more of the inventive crystal salt forms in particular in the treatment of a disease or condition in which modulation of inflammatory cells is beneficial, a disease or condition concerning bones or joints and/or the gastro-intestinal tract. |
| US11304934B2 |
Use of isoxazoline derivatives for the treatment or prevention of arthropod infestations in poultry
The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing arthropod infestations of poultry animals and methods of controlling arthropod infestations in poultry animal's environment by administering an isoxazoline compound of formula (I) via drinking water. |
| US11304931B1 |
Method of treating subject exposed to radiation in space
Methods of treating a human subject exposed to radiation in space. The methods include the steps of administering to the subject in space a chlorophyll composition sufficient to provide at least about 0.15 μM of chlorophyll or its metabolites to the subject's bloodstream, and then exposing the subject in space to light having a wavelength of about 620 nm to about 760 nm and an intensity of about 5 W/m2 to about 1000 W/m2 for at least about 5 minutes. Methods for estimating the level of ubiquinol in the bloodstream of a subject having chlorophyll or chlorophyll metabolite in the bloodstream, which may be after treatment by the above methods, include the steps of exposing the subject's skin to light to induce fluorescence of the chlorophyll or chlorophyll metabolite, measuring the level of fluorescing chlorophyll or chlorophyll metabolite in the bloodstream using fluorescence spectroscopy, and correlating the level of fluorescing chlorophyll or chlorophyll metabolite to the level of ubiquinol using a predetermined scaling factor. |
| US11304928B2 |
Tablet comprising 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or salt thereof
A tablet which comprises (1) 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5- yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof and (2) ethyl cellulose, said tablet having excellent elution properties and good moldability, remaining stable during prolonged storage, and exhibiting high impact resistance. |
| US11304923B2 |
Use of a benzoate containing composition to treat glycine encephalopathy
This disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions and formulations useful for inhibiting the progression of glycine encephalopathy. The pharmaceutical compositions and formulations may include glyceryl tribenzoate. The pharmaceutical compositions and formulations may include glyceryl dibenzoate. The pharmaceutical compositions and formulations may be orally administered to the patient. |
| US11304922B1 |
Pharmaceutical micronutrient composition for simultaneously treating nervous system function, cognitive ability and response to stressors
A pharmaceutical composition of micronutrients were tried to improve cognitive brain function, brain health and nervous system functions. Combination consisting of Avena sativa (green oat straw extract), Coenzyme Q10, NAD+, American Ginseng, and Pyrroloquinoline quinone in physiological dose range shows multiple simultaneous positive effects in supporting key functions in cells building our nervous system essential for optimum mental and/or cognitive health including protecting nervous system cells against various damaging factors, increasing ATP production, stimulating mitochondria biogenesis, increasing mitochondrial membrane potential, increasing mitochondrial functions (Complex I activity), exhibiting anti-inflammatory capacity and increased BDNF secretion. |
| US11304920B2 |
Compositions for improving sexual function
The present invention relates to compositions comprising L-arginine and L-citrulline in specific ratios. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of such compositions for improving sexual function in a healthy human subject. |
| US11304914B2 |
Polymorphic and amorphous forms of (R)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-(2,4,5-trimethyl-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dienyl)butanamide
Disclosed herein are polymorphic and amorphous forms of anhydrate, hydrate, and solvates of (R)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-(2,4,5-trimethyl-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dienyl)butanamide and methods of using such compositions for treating or suppressing oxidative stress disorders, including mitochondrial disorders, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging. Further disclosed are methods of making such polymorphic and amorphous forms. |
| US11304913B2 |
Analgesic compositions
The present invention provides compositions useful in reducing or preventing pain in a subject in need thereof. In one embodiment, the compositions comprise a halogenated volatile compound. The present invention further includes a method of reducing or preventing pain in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition of the invention. Dosing regimens contemplated within the invention include one-time administration, continuous administration or periodic administration. |
| US11304911B2 |
Compositions and methods for organ specific delivery of nucleic acids
The present disclosure provides compositions which shown preferential targeting or delivery of a nucleic acid composition to a particular organ. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a steroid or sterol, an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a PEG lipid, and a permanently cationic lipid which may be used to deliver a nucleic acid. |
| US11304907B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions containing a DGAT1 inhibitor
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, b) one or more, e.g. 1, 2 or 3, surfactants with lubricant properties; c) one or more, e.g. 1, 2 or 3, dry binders with disintegrant properties; d) one or more, e.g. 1, 2 or 3, fillers, and e) one or more, e.g. 1, 2 or 3, disintegrants. |
| US11304904B1 |
Manufacturing of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes
Embodiments of the present application relate to commercial manufacturing processes for making bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules. |
| US11304903B2 |
Compartmentalised gel matrix and method of production
The invention provides a compartmentalised gel matrix comprising one or more compartments, wherein each compartment comprises a volume of hydrophobic medium and one or more aqueous droplets therein. The invention further provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention, a synthetic cell comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention and a synthetic tissue comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention. |
| US11304902B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions, preparation and uses thereof
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of medicine. The present invention more specifically relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the combination of (i) at least one biocompatible nanoparticle comprising, or consisting in, at least one natural compound which is an inhibitor of a human CYP enzyme, the longest dimension of said nanoparticle being of at least 4 nm and less than 100 nm, and (ii) at least one compound of interest, typically at least one pharmaceutical compound, to be administered to a subject in need of such at least one compound of interest, wherein the combination of the at least one biocompatible nanoparticle and of the at least one compound of interest potentiates the at least one compound of interest's bioavailability. The at least one biocompatible nanoparticle is to be administered to the subject separately from the at least one compound of interest (preferably before), typically with an interval of between at least about 5 minutes (preferably more than about 5 minutes) and about 72 hours. |
| US11304901B2 |
Liposome formulation of fluticasone furoate and method of preparation
The present invention is directed to a liposomal formulation having a lipid ingredient encapsulating fluticasone furoate, and a method for preparing the liposomal formulation. The liposome formulation comprises a lipid and a sterol. The method of preparing the liposomes comprises the steps of (1) mixing fluticasone furoate with lipid ingredients comprising a lipid and a sterol, (2) injecting the mixture into normal saline solution, and (3) ultrafiltering and concentrating the resulting solution. This preparation method can produce a liposome formulation having desirable properties and compositions, for example, the ratio of the lipid ingredient, the drug to lipid ratio, and the pH value, which is suitable for nebulization inhalation. |
| US11304900B1 |
Transparent colloidal vitamin supplement blend
An aqueous, intra-oral, transparent nanoemulsion blend in the form of a stable dispersion delivers both oil- and water-soluble components of a vitamin supplement in the desired concentrations to the cells of a mammal when orally administered. The transparent nanoemulsion blend includes at least two different bilayer water-core liposome components and at least one monolayer surfactant bound particle component. The transparent nanoemulsion blend optionally may include a micelle formed from phosphatidylcholine (PC). |
| US11304896B2 |
Antioxidant infused gum for improving oral health
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating, reducing or preventing oxidative stress in a subject. The compositions can be chewable confectionaries comprising a chewable base, one or more unprocessed phytochemical ingredients, and a sweetener comprising allulose. The unprocessed phytochemical ingredients can include ground plant materials selected from cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, or combinations thereof. The chewable confectionary can exhibit a polyphenolic content of at least 100 μg gallic acid equivalents (GAE) or greater, per gram of the chewable confectionary and an antioxidant capacity of at least 3,200 μM Trolox equivalents per gram of the chewable confectionary, as determined by the oxygen radical absorbance (ORAC) assay. Kits, methods of making and using the chewable confectionary are also disclosed. |
| US11304895B2 |
Therapeutic agent preparations for delivery into a lumen of the intestinal tract using a swallowable drug delivery device
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract. |
| US11304893B2 |
Low power, chemically amplified, electrically removable barrier
An implantable device contains a drug or biosensing compound, protected from the external environment within a human body by several barriers which are broken upon activation of the device through electrothermal, chemical, and mechanical processes. The device allows accurate and repeated dosing within a human body, thus reducing the number of implantation procedures required. This device extends the lifetime of a biosensor, reducing the number of implantation procedures required. |
| US11304892B2 |
Alteromonas macleodii Dow02-2 and its metabolites for improving skin moisturization
Alteromonas macleodii Dow02-2 is provided, wherein the Alteromonas macleodii Dow02-2 was deposited at German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen, DSMZ) under the accession number DSM33380, and its metabolites comprise 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. A method for providing 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid is also provided, wherein the method comprises isolating the 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid from metabolites of Alteromonas macleodii Dow02-2 of biologically pure culture. A method for at least one of increasing expression of TGM1 gene, increasing expression of KRT1 gene, increasing expression of KRT10 gene, increasing expression of KRT14 gene, increasing expression of FLG gene, increasing expression of GBA gene, and increasing expression of HAS3 gene is also provided, wherein the method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. |
| US11304891B2 |
Process for extracting plants
A process for the preparation of a plant extract enriched in polyphenols and/or substantially free of simple sugars, as well as the plant extract thus obtained, which may be added to a cosmetic composition. Also, the use of a yeast of the variety Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. bayanus for the removal of simple sugars in a plant extract. |
| US11304882B2 |
Energy releasable beauty care products
The present invention relates to energy-releasable beauty care products. The products are capable of absorbing energy, for example, from an electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, light, or heat source, which alters the physicochemical state of the beauty care product such that it is easily removable through the utilization of the energy source. |
| US11304880B2 |
Glass ionomer compositions and methods including water-miscible, silane-treated, nano-sized silica particles
Disclosed herein are curable glass ionomer compositions that include a first paste and a second paste, and methods for using the disclosed compositions. The first paste includes water, a polyacid, and a non acid-reactive filler. The second paste includes water, an acid-reactive filler; and non-aggregated, water-miscible, nano-sized silica particles having at least 25% surface coverage of the particles with a silane. The composition is essentially free of a resin. In some embodiments, the water content of the first paste and the second paste of the paste/paste GI composition disclosed herein is less than 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition. |
| US11304877B2 |
Method and apparatus for assisting, checking, and confirming nasogastric and orogastric tube insertion and placement
A long, thin, flexible medical apparatus, a kit including such an apparatus, and a method for employing the apparatus to assist in placing a distal portion of a lumen of a gastric tube in a stomach of a mammal. The apparatus comprises an elongate body portion, a handle portion fixed to a proximal end of the body portion, and a distal tip portion fixed to a distal end of the body portion. An ability to insert the body and distal tip portions into the gastric tube over the length of the long, thin, flexible structure provides a positive indication that the lumen is not blocked, obstructed, or otherwise compromised over that length. pH indicator sensors may be retained by the distal tip portion to exhibit a verifiable color change in response to contact with a predetermined subject fluid, such as gastric fluid, lung fluid, or another bodily fluid. |
| US11304876B1 |
Nursing bottle
Provided is a nursing bottle. The nursing bottle includes a bottle body and a bottle bottom. The bottle body is detachably connected to the bottle bottom. Both the bottle body and the bottle bottom are made of silica gel, and the bottle body has an arc shape imitating a woman's breast. An outer side of the bottle body is provided with a nipple. The nipple is provided with a water outlet. The bottle body is provided with a containing cavity and a first opening. A storage bin for storing liquid is provided in the containing cavity. The water outlet is in communication with the storage bin. A side of the storage bin facing towards the bottle bottom is provided with a second opening. Reinforcing ribs are provided between the cavity wall of the containing cavity and the outer periphery of the storage bin. |
| US11304875B2 |
Piercing part for a medical infusion system
A piercing part for a medical infusion system includes a housing with a piercing mandrel, a fluid channel and a ventilation channel with a first channel portion extending at least substantially parallel to the fluid channel and with a second channel portion diverted towards an outside of the housing and to which an air filter element and a fluid shut-off member are assigned. A drip chamber can include a piercing part. The piercing part can be produced by an injection molding tool. The second channel portion in the housing is oriented parallel to the first channel portion and open towards an inside of the housing. An open region of the channel portion is closed by a separately produced closure part. The piercing part can be used with a medical infusion system. |
| US11304873B2 |
Spa structural paddle assembly system
A system for supporting a spa shell may include a structural support paddle. The paddle may include a base portion and a paddle portion, connected to each other through an articulating joint such as a ball-and-socket. The top side of the paddle portion may include one or more pieces of cushioning material, such as EPF foam. The structural paddle assembly may be placed between the base of the spa and the spa shell. Typically 5 or more paddle assemblies are place in a spa for support, such as in the lowest areas of the spa shell and/or concavities, or convexities, of the spa shell. Compared to typical large blocks of foam used to support a spa shell from beneath, the structural support paddles provided increased room below the spa shell for ease of maintenance and installation, and more directly controlled support. |
| US11304871B2 |
Massage appliance having floating motor and vibration plate for vibration isolation
A vibration appliance includes a vibration-isolation structure which substantially reduces vibration felt by the user at the handle. The vibration motor is mounted to a vibration plate which carries the massage node. The vibration plate floats within the vibration appliance housing, being suspended by a flexible, elastomer membrane having contours such as curves or folds in it that provide freedom of movement of the vibration plate relative to the housing to which the flexible membrane is mounted. This arrangement can be thought of as the motor and vibration node being mounted on a flexible diaphragm that can move freely as if mounted to the housing by a bellows-like arrangement. |
| US11304870B2 |
Personal use extracorporeal low frequency shock wave instrument and methods of using same
A treatment device includes a housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a motor, a drive shaft operatively coupled to the motor, a compression spring at least partially disposed about the drive shaft, a helical cam disposed adjacent the compression spring, the helical cam having at least one discontinuity, a hammer coupled to the helical cam and moveable therewith, and a tip disposed adjacent the distal end. |
| US11304865B2 |
Patient support apparatus with adaptive user interface
A patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a base and a litter supported by the base. The patient support apparatus also comprises powered devices that perform one or more predetermined functions on the patient support apparatus. A user interface is employed to control the powered devices. The user interface is designed to enable caregivers to cause operation of the powered devices with fewer buttons, while retaining functionality in using powered devices. |
| US11304862B2 |
Power assist wheelchair, power assist unit for wheelchair, control device for power assist wheelchair, control method for power assist wheelchair, program, and terminal
A control device for a power assist wheelchair which includes a compensation turning torque calculation unit that calculates a compensation turning torque value for compensating for at least a part of the shortage or excess of the actual turning torque value with respect to the predicted turning torque value, in which the compensation turning torque value is smaller when the vehicle speed is a first speed than when the vehicle speed is a second speed faster than the first speed; a first target current determination unit that determines a target current of the first electric motor based upon the first manual torque value and the compensation turning torque value; and a second target current determination unit that determines a target current of the second electric motor based upon the second manual torque value and the compensation turning torque value. |
| US11304861B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with movable end handle system
Patient transport apparatus including a patient litter and a litter support apparatus for supporting the patient litter from a ground surface. The litter support apparatus includes a litter support frame including a pair of litter supports spaced a distance apart to define a loading gap for receiving the patient litter therethrough. A handle system is coupled to the pair of litter supports and includes a handle assembly that is positionable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The handle assembly extends across the loading gap defined between the pair of litter supports in the closed configuration and is positioned away from the loading gap in the open configuration. |
| US11304856B2 |
Intergluteal shield
An intergluteal shield being a crescent or heart shaped or other shaped pad having a soft fabric exterior and lacking any waterproof layers, the pad being sized to fit into the intergluteal space of a human keeping the location dry. The intergluteal shield can be used to alleviate diaper rash, Hexsel's hydrosis and other intergluteal irritations. |
| US11304852B2 |
Hemostatic textile
The present invention is directed to a hemostatic textile, comprising: a material comprising a combination of glass fibers and one or more secondary fibers selected from the group consisting of silk fibers; ceramic fibers; raw or regenerated bamboo fibers; cotton fibers; rayon fibers; linen fibers; ramie fibers; jute fibers; sisal fibers; flax fibers; soybean fibers; corn fibers; hemp fibers; lyocel fibers; wool; lactide and/or glycolide polymers; lactide/glycolide copolymers; silicate fibers; polyimide fibers; feldspar fibers; zeolite fibers, zeolite-containing fibers, acetate fibers; and combinations thereof; the hemostatic textile capable of activating hemostatic systems in the body when applied to a wound. Additional cofactors such as thrombin and hemostatic agents such as RL platelets, RL blood cells; fibrin, fibrinogen, and combinations thereof may also be incorporated into the textile. The invention is also directed to methods of producing the textile, and methods of using the textile to stop bleeding. |
| US11304850B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating or/and refreshing an ear canal
Apparatus and method for treating or/and refreshing an ear canal of a subject, focused on cleaning the ear canal via removing cerumen therefrom. Apparatus includes a treating element formed as an elastic helically shaped coil strip, whose outer and inner surfaces may be coated (covered) by different possible combinations of outer layer, inner layer, and lubrication layer, coatings (coverings). The treating element outer and inner surfaces, as well as the outer layer, inner layer, or/and lubrication layer, are formed of, or/and include, materials exhibiting specific physicochemical properties and characteristics that facilitate particular friction and lubrication phenomena during implementation, which improve efficacy, safety, or/and tolerability of using the apparatus. Also disclosed is a method, including use of the apparatus, for treating or/and refreshing an ear canal of a subject. |
| US11304845B1 |
Method of treating obstructive sleep apnea and snoring and a dental appliance therefore
An adjustable dental appliance having an upper tray and a lower tray is provided. The upper tray includes an upper dentition-interfacing layer and an upper support layer. The upper support layer has indentation tracks oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the upper tray is aligned with an upper dental arch. The lower tray includes a lower dentition-interfacing layer and a lower support layer. The lower support layer has rails attached to an upper surface thereof and oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the lower tray is aligned with a lower dental arch. The rails of the lower tray fit securely into the indentation tracks of the upper tray and thereby interlock the upper tray and lower tray. |
| US11304844B2 |
Intra-oral device for mandibular adjustment
A device manufactured using CAD/CAM, including an upper splint (1) with followers (19) and various lower splints (2) including contact surfaces (3a) on which the followers (19) contact, so that on exchanging lower splints for others, according to a manufacturing sequence, they cause different controlled mandibular advancements. The contact surfaces (3a) reproduce a movement from the contact of the followers (19) on said contact surfaces (3a). The device is customised for each patient according to a set of anatomical parameters, and a series of input data measured by doctors, which personalise the device to achieve opening movement with single protrusive advancement in each of the lower splints (2). |
| US11304842B2 |
Ostomy base plate and a method of applying an ostomy base plate
A method and a device are described for an ostomy base plate having a storage configuration as delivered to a user and a use configuration as applied to skin of the user. In the storage configuration, a proximal side of the ostomy base plate is substantially convex, and in the use configuration, the proximal side of the ostomy base plate is substantially concave. |
| US11304834B2 |
Retractor device for transforming a retrieval device from a deployed position to a delivery position
Devices and methods for transforming a covered retrieval device from a deployed position to a delivery position for re-use are disclose herein. A retractor device may include, for example, a tubular structure defining a channel and configured to slidably receive a retrieval device. A method for transforming a retrieval device may include, for example, (a) positioning a retrieval device in a deployed position within a channel of a retractor device, (b) securing a part of the cover against a surface of the retractor, and (c) while securing the cover, advancing the retrieval device distally through the tubular structure to expose a capture structure of the retrieval device. |
| US11304833B2 |
Intravascular stent having high fatigue performance
The invention is directed to an expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and a method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more links. A Y-shaped member comprised of a link and a U-shaped member has relief dimples formed in the curved portion of a valley to reduce localized stress and thereby reduce fatigue failure that can lead to link structure failure. |
| US11304830B2 |
Flexible multi use post operative prosthetic socket system
A prosthetic apparatus and system for a trans-tibial amputee consisting of a post-operative interface socket that can be adjusted to accommodate the size of an amputated limb and changes in size of the limb. The prosthetic apparatus includes a lower socket into which the post-operative socket can be inserted, the lower socket being adjustable for changes in size of the post-operative interface socket. The post-operative socket also has a removable upper back shell that immobilizes movement of the knee during an initial recovery phase but can be removed to allow the knee of the amputee to flex. |
| US11304827B2 |
Unidirectional actuated exoskeleton device
The present invention is directed to an autonomous exoskeleton device that includes one or more actuators, one or more controllers, one or more sensors with one or more unidirectional transmissions. The present invention provides a mechanical joint in parallel with a biological joint. The exoskeleton device preferably includes and electric motor and winch, chain, belt, cam transmission or other mechanism for providing unidirectional force to assist rotation about the biologic joint. Moreover, a controller, a motor angle sensor, joint angle sensor and/or force sensor may be used for additional control and monitoring of the device. The motor may be any type of motor, but is preferably brushless in configuration where its diameter is larger than its length to provide a compact and lightweight exoskeleton device. |
| US11304824B2 |
Interbody fusion devices, systems and methods
According to some embodiments, a method of inserting a lateral implant within an intervertebral space defined between an upper vertebral member and a lower vertebral member includes creating a lateral passage through a subject in order to provide minimally invasive access to the intervertebral space, at least partially clearing out native tissue of the subject within and/or near the intervertebral space, positioning a base plate within the intervertebral space, wherein the base plate comprise an upper base plate and a lower base plate and advancing an implant between the upper base plate and the lower base plate so that the implant is urged into the intervertebral space and the upper vertebral member is distracted relative to the lower vertebral member. |
| US11304822B2 |
Device for assisting in the placement of a trapeziometacarpal prosthesis
Disclosed is a device for assisting in the placement of a trapeziometacarpal prosthesis including a cup to be fixed in the trapezium of a patient and a stem to be fixed in the patient's first metacarpal. The device includes a first guide to be interposed between the trapezium and the first metacarpal, the first guide including a first body having a first surface to be positioned on the articular surface of the trapezium, the first surface congruent with the articular surface of the trapezium and a second surface to face the articular surface of the first metacarpal before resection, the second surface preferably being congruent with the articular surface of the first metacarpal so as to be positionable on the articular surface of the first metacarpal. The first guide also includes locating members carried by the first body and arranged to define resection lines for the first metacarpal. |
| US11304819B2 |
Intervertebral fusion remote monitoring device
Disclosed is an invasive intervertebral fusion cage, the intervertebral fusion cage including: a vibration sensor; and a frame configured to support surrounding tissues used to create a bone fusion process; wherein the vibration sensor is integral with the frame in order to measure the mechanical vibrations the vibrations arising from the medium consisting of the frame, the surrounding tissues and/or the fusionned bone, and wherein the intervertebral fusion cage does not include a vibration excitation transducer. Also disclosed is a remote medical monitoring device including a receiver for receiving data from an intervertebral fusion cage, reflecting the mechanical vibrations of a medium and a calculator computing from the received data a medium indicator by: determining at least one vibration pattern of the received data; comparing the at least one vibration pattern with at least one reference model; generating a medium indicator in function of the comparing step. |
| US11304816B2 |
Glenoid bone graft retention plate
A bone graft retention plate for implantation into a human glenoid and provides stabilization and compression of bony graft material is disclosed. The plate includes channels or apertures for suture or polymer retention cerclage that exhibit curved, smooth surfaces within the plate to allow the retention cerclage to pass through the plate while limiting friction and thus protecting the integrity of the retention means. The plate also includes surface features, such as spikes and posts, to provide further stabilization and implantation positioning. The plate features result in the distribution of forces across the surface area of a bone graft and achieve satisfactory compression of the bone graft against the glenoid without using fixation screws. An associated implantation technique uses a cerclage of suture or tape to bind the implant within the glenoid and may be employed in both open and arthroscopic surgical procedures. |
| US11304814B2 |
Anterior locking clip
A prosthetic assembly is provided. The prosthetic assembly comprises: a tibial tray having a medial retaining bracket, a lateral retaining bracket and a substantially centrally disposed boss, a medial bearing, a lateral bearing and a retention clip having a pair or arms which engage opposite sides of the boss and trap the medial lateral bearings, against the medial and lateral retaining brackets, respectively. A method of securing bearing components to a prosthetic assembly is also provided. |
| US11304809B2 |
Temporary spacer device for joints of the human body
A temporary spacer device for a joint of the human body such as a knee joint includes a first component or femoral component, adapted to be constrained to a bone or to the femoral bone of a patient, at the joint of the human body; a second component or tibial component, adapted to be constrained to a bone or tibial bone of a patient, at the joint of the human body, and at least one stem having a proximal end, wherein the first component or femoral component and/or the second component or tibial component include at least one housing seat for the proximal end of the at least one stem, adapted to allow the inclination and/or rotation of the at least a stem with respect to an insertion axis of the proximal end into the at least one housing seat. |
| US11304808B2 |
Patient-specific craniofacial implants
Patient-specific craniofacial implants structured for filling bone voids or planned bone voids in the cranium and face as well as for simultaneously providing soft tissue reconstruction and/or augmentation for improved aesthetic symmetry and appearance of face and skull. Pterional or temporal voids or defects generally result from a chronic skull or lateral facial deformity along with a compromised temporalis muscle or soft tissue distortion from previous surgery. When muscle and fat atrophy occurs in the pterion or temporal face, temporal hollowing deformity generally results where there would be soft tissue but for the atrophy. The patient-specific craniofacial implants with dual-purpose herein are configured to have an augmented region adjacent the temporal region of the face and cranium in order to prevent and/or correct any such temporal hollowing deformity and to utilize this newfound space to strategically embed implantable neurotechnologies for improved outcomes. |
| US11304807B2 |
Independent system for tricuspid valve repair
A system for repairing a tricuspid valve and positioned at a distal end of a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and a bore extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The system comprises an activation element extending along the bore, the activation element including a first push element and a first pull element; a second push element and a second pull element; a third push element and a third pull element; wherein the first push element, the second push element, and the third push element are independently slideable in relation to each other; a first lower jaw being pin connected to the first pull element; a second lower jaw being pin connected to the second pull element; a third lower jaw being pin connected to the third pull element. |
| US11304802B2 |
Sinus-engaging valve fixation member
A prosthesis is provided for implantation at a native semilunar valve of a native valve complex, the native valve complex having three semilunar sinuses and three native commissures. The prosthesis includes a valve prosthesis support, which comprises a support structure comprising exactly three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures, and three trough complexes, each of which is between two of the peak complexes. Upon implantation of the prosthesis, each of the engagement arms is at least partially disposed within a respective one of the semilunar sinuses, such that each of the peak complexes is disposed distal to and in rotational alignment with a respective one of the native commissures, and each of the trough complexes is disposed at least partially within the respective one of the semilunar sinuses. |
| US11304800B2 |
Sinus-engaging valve fixation member
A prosthesis is provided for implantation at a native semilunar valve of a native valve complex, the native valve complex having three semilunar sinuses and three native commissures. The prosthesis includes a valve prosthesis support, which comprises a support structure comprising exactly three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures, and three trough complexes, each of which is between two of the peak complexes. Upon implantation of the prosthesis, each of the engagement arms is at least partially disposed within a respective one of the semilunar sinuses, such that each of the peak complexes is disposed distal to and in rotational alignment with a respective one of the native commissures, and each of the trough complexes is disposed at least partially within the respective one of the semilunar sinuses. |
| US11304799B2 |
Mitral valve prosthesis
An anchoring element for a heart valve prosthesis can include an upper support, a lower support, and a flexible connector. The upper support is configured to be positioned adjacent to a native valve structure of a patient. The upper support can include an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The lower support is separate from the upper support and can be configured to engage the native valve structure from a ventricular side. The lower support can include at least two engagement members. The flexible connector includes an upper end portion coupled to the upper support and a lower end portion coupled to the lower support. The lower support and the upper support are radially expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration for delivery within the patient to treat a valve disorder. |
| US11304795B2 |
Stent with atraumatic spacer
A stent includes a tubular body formed of one or more interwoven wires, the tubular body having first and second opposing open ends and a lumen extending therebetween. The stent further includes a first anchor member disposed adjacent the first open end and a second anchor member disposed adjacent the second open end, the first and second anchor members each extending radially outward from the tubular body, the first and second anchor members each having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the tubular body disposed between the first and second anchor members. A plurality of spacer members are disposed around the first open end and extending longitudinally beyond the first open end, wherein when a pulling force is applied to the spacer members, the outer diameter of the tubular body is not reduced. |
| US11304791B2 |
Medical implant for regeneration of tissue
The present disclosure is directed to a medical implant (20) comprising: —a coil-shaped component (21) and —a first mesh component (22) and a second mesh component (23); wherein each mesh component has a largest surface extending in two directions in the x-y plane of the mesh component, and wherein each mesh component has a projected area, which is said largest surface as projected in the x-y plane of the medical implant; wherein the coil-shaped component is arranged between the two mesh components; wherein the coil-shaped component has a center core which is hollow; and wherein the coil-shaped component has a helix rotation axis, which extends in parallel with said projected area of the first mesh component and said projected area of the second mesh component. |
| US11304788B2 |
Light concentrating adapter for dental curing
Provided herein is an adapter for a dental curing light. The adapter can restrict or otherwise concentrate light as it is emitted from the dental curing light making the beam of light more focused to a specific portion of a tooth rather than radiating an entire tooth. The adapter can have different customizable shapes and sizes which is beneficial for adhering attachments commonly used with orthodontic aligners to a tooth. |
| US11304786B2 |
Dental apparatus container
A dental apparatus container, including a main body to receive at least one of a dental apparatus and cleaning fluid therein, and a lid connected to the main body to cover at least a portion of the main body. |
| US11304784B2 |
Virtual dental articulator and system
A system and method for creating a model of a patient's mandible and any teeth supported from the mandible and manipulating the mandible relative to anatomical features of the patient's maxilla. The system uses markers positioned on the mandible and on the maxilla to create a functional mandibular axis that approximates an axis through the condyles of the patient. The functional mandibular axis and geometric and anatomical information about the patient's upper and lower jaw are then used to create prostheses for the patient. The system is also used for making corrections to the prosthesis. |
| US11304782B2 |
Dental restoration system for installing bridge prostheses on mini dental implants
An apparatus for installing a dental prosthesis. The apparatus includes a guide stent having one or more apertures. One or more implants have a tip and an abutment end connected by a body. A bridge prosthesis has one or more bores defined therein. A retaining fixture is disposed in the bore of the prosthesis. The bridge prosthesis is attached to the one or more implants via engagement between the abutment end of the implant and the retaining fixture. |
| US11304779B2 |
Systems and methods for providing orthodontic aligners and other dental appliances
A method for manufacturing an orthodontic aligner includes printing a mold associated with a dental arch of a patient based on a digital model of the mold, forming the orthodontic aligner over the mold, and trimming the orthodontic aligner. The method further includes assessing a quality of the orthodontic aligner by receiving a digital representation of the orthodontic aligner, the digital representation having been generated based on imaging of the orthodontic aligner, analyzing the digital representation of the orthodontic aligner to identify a quality-related property of the orthodontic aligner, determining, based on the quality-related property, that the orthodontic aligner comprises a manufacturing flaw, and classifying the orthodontic aligner as requiring further inspection by a technician based on determining that the orthodontic aligner comprises the manufacturing flaw. |
| US11304777B2 |
System and method for determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of identification markers
The present invention relates to a tool system comprising a handheld implement having a passive vectorized tracking marker permanently integrated with the implement at a predetermined location on the implement in a predetermined orientation with respect to the implement; and a database comprising geometric information describing the at least one of a rotationally asymmetric shape of the tracking marker and a rotationally asymmetric pattern disposed on the tracking marker. The system may further comprise: a tracker configured for obtaining image information about the tracking marker when the tracking marker is in a field of view of the tracker; and a controller having a processor and memory, the controller in communication with the database and the tracker, the processor programmable for receiving and processing image information from the tracker; accessing the database to retrieve the geometric information; and comparing the image information with the geometric information. The handheld implement may be three-dimensionally tracked by the tracker. |
| US11304776B2 |
Light carrier and system for mounting same to a surgical instrument
A releasable light carrier mounting frame includes an upper portion having a receptacle for receiving a light carrier. One or more clips are attached to the upper portion and engaged with an underlying surgical instrument to secure the light carrier to the surgical instrument. |
| US11304775B2 |
Method for automatedly aligning a stand for a microscope, stand for a microscope and microscope assembly
The invention relates to a method for automatedly aligning a stand (12) for a microscope (14), wherein the stand (12) for the microscope (14) comprises controllable positioning means (16) for positioning the microscope (14) and controllable orienting means (18) for orienting the microscope (14). The method comprises defining a target point (24) to be observed by the microscope (14), wherein the target point (24) is located within a coordinate range accessible by the stand (12), stabilizing the microscope (14) at a user determined position in an automated manner by means of the controllable positioning means (16) of the stand, and adjusting an orientation of the microscope (14) at the user determined position to the target point (24) in an automated manner using the controllable orienting means (18) of the stand. The invention further relates to a stand, a microscope assembly (10), a control unit, a computer program and a computer-readable data storage. |
| US11304773B2 |
Disposable radial access catheterization sleeve
A disposable radial access catheterization sleeve is provided for radial access catheterization. The sleeve includes a closed distal end, and open proximal end and a tubular sidewall extending between the ends. An access opening is formed in the tubular sidewall to permit access to a catheterization site on the arm of the patient. |
| US11304772B2 |
Connection systems and methods thereof for establishing an electrical connection through a drape
Connection systems are disclosed for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape. An example connection system includes a first connector and a second connector configured to connect to each other. The first connector includes a first-connector housing, an electrical lead extending from the first-connector housing, and at least a first piercing element within the first-connector housing configured to pierce the drape. The first piercing element is orthogonally connected to the electrical lead. The second connector includes a second-connector housing and at least a first receptacle within the second-connector housing. The first receptacle is configured to form at least a first electrical connection of the one or more electrical connections with the first piercing element when the first connector is disposed over the second connector with the drape therebetween. Methods are also disclosed herein for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape with the connection systems. |
| US11304771B2 |
Surgical system with haptic feedback based upon quantitative three-dimensional imaging
A system is provided to provide haptic feedback during a medical procedure comprising: a quantitative three-dimensional (Q3D); a surgical instrument disposed to deform a tissue structure; a haptic user interface device configured to provide an indication of tissue structure deformation in response to information indicative of the measure of tissue structure deformation; and a processor configured to produce a Q3D model that includes information indicative of a measure of tissue structure deformation and to provide the information indicative of the measure of tissue structure deformation to the haptic user interface device. |
| US11304765B2 |
Interface structure
An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising a main body; and a drive transfer element comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being releasably engageable with a portion of the surgical robot arm and the second portion being releasably engageable with a portion of the surgical instrument; the drive transfer element being movable relative to the main body so as to enable transfer of drive between the surgical robot arm and the surgical instrument. |
| US11304761B2 |
Artificial intelligence guidance system for robotic surgery
This invention is a system and method for utilizing artificial intelligence to operate a surgical robot (e.g., to perform a laminectomy), including a surgical robot, an artificial intelligence guidance system, an image recognition system, an image recognition database, and a database of past procedures with sensor data, electronic medical records, and imaging data. The image recognition system may identify the tissue type present in the patient and if it is the desired tissue type, the AI guidance system may remove a layer of that tissue with the end effector on the surgical robot, and have the surgeon define the tissue type if the image recognition system identified the tissue as anything other than the desired tissue type. |
| US11304759B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for presenting medical imaging data in an interactive virtual reality environment
Systems, methods, and media for presenting medical imaging data in an interactive virtual environment reality are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises a head mounted display (HMD) that: determines that a transparent 3D object overlaps a 3D model of a portion of anatomy based on a medical imaging scan; sets values for pixels corresponding to portions of the 3D model not occluded by the transparent object by performing a shading operation; sets values for pixels corresponding to portions of the 3D model at the boundary of the transparent object to intensity values taken from the medical imaging data; displays the 3D model with an exterior surface shaded to evoke a 3D object, and internal surfaces at the boundaries of the transparent object not shaded to preserve details embedded in the medical imaging data. |
| US11304758B2 |
System and method for surgical planning
A memory device stores instructions, which, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to perform tasks. The tasks include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of a patient's pelvis, identifying two landmarks of the 3D model of the patient's pelvis, defining a coronal radiographic plane of the patient, and determining a mediolateral axis of the 3D axis based on the two landmarks. The tasks also include planning the surgical placement of the acetabular cup into the acetabulum by positioning a virtual model of the acetabular cup relative to the 3D model and determining a planned version and a planned inclination based on the virtual model of the acetabular cup, the mediolateral axis and the coronal radiographic plane. |
| US11304743B2 |
Electrosurgical forceps
An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, a knife, and a biasing member. The biasing member is disposed about the knife and configured to resiliently bias the knife toward a retracted position. |
| US11304741B2 |
Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical system having generator filter circuitry
A surgical system includes a surgical instrument having a body, a shaft extending distally from the body, an ultrasonic transducer supported by the body, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade configured to be driven by the ultrasonic transducer with ultrasonic energy, and an RF electrode operable to seal tissue with RF energy. A generator is operatively coupled with the surgical instrument and is operable to generate a combined drive signal having an ultrasonic energy component and an RF energy component. Filter circuitry arranged externally of the body of the surgical instrument is operable to convert the combined drive signal to an ultrasonic drive signal configured to energize the ultrasonic transducer to drive the ultrasonic blade with ultrasonic energy, and an RF drive signal configured to energize the RF electrode with RF energy sufficient to seal tissue. |
| US11304738B2 |
Bone screw and tool for use therewith
A bone screw comprises a main body including a shank portion, a head portion attached to the shank portion, and a cap moveably attached to the head portion. The head portion includes a tool interface structure therein having a closed end portion, an open end portion and sidewall extending therebetween. A tool lock recess is provided in at least one of the sidewalls of the tool interface structure. The tool interface structure is accessible through an opening within an exterior surface of the cap. |
| US11304730B2 |
Tethered restraint of vertebral bodies
Methods and devices for the tailored restraint of two separate bones, in which the bones are generally permitted to rotate relative to one another, or move toward each other, but are restrained from separating beyond a predetermined, fixed distance. In some embodiments, the restraint is provided by compressing a tether into a notched groove. |
| US11304727B2 |
External fixation for the correction of bone deformity and trauma
Provided is an apparatus and component parts of a system for the external fixation of bones. The component parts include fixation plates such as a J-shaped Plate and an I-shaped Plate. Two or more fixation plates are configured along an axis, the two or more fixation plates; a plurality of telescoping adjustable struts that connect a first fixation plate along the axis with a second fixation plate of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis, wherein the first and second fixation plates are adjacent plates along the axis; and a plurality of posts, each post connecting two adjacent fixation plates of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis. |
| US11304723B1 |
Atherectomy devices that are self-driving with controlled deflection
Telescoping, self-driving, and laterally-pushing atherectomy devices are provided, each having a flexible sheath, a cutter with helical flutes, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly can have a flexible driveshaft that is rotatably translational with the lumen of the flexible sheath, a positive displacement pump that begins pumping at the distal end of the drive shaft adjacent to the helical flutes at the proximal end of the cutter, and the flexible drive shaft can be longer than the flexible sheath to enable a reversible telescoping of the drive assembly from the lumen of the flexible sheath. The positive displacement pump can be a screw pump having a drive screw portion extending beyond the flexible sheath, exposed for contact with a vascular lumen for the self-driving. And, the devices can have a reversibly-expandable, lateral pushing member at the distal end of the flexible sheath for the lateral pushing. |
| US11304720B2 |
Activation of energy devices
Various systems and methods for controlling the activation of energy surgical instruments are disclosed. An advance energy surgical instrument, such an electrosurgical instrument or an ultrasonic surgical instrument, can include one or more sensor assemblies for detecting the state or position of the end effector, arm, or other components of the surgical instrument. A control circuit can be configured to control the activation of the surgical instrument according to the state or position of the components of the surgical instrument. |
| US11304716B2 |
Surgical instruments including touch-sensing actuation
A surgical instrument includes a housing including a touch sensor having a sensor surface disposed thereon. The touch sensor is configured to sense an actuation pattern input on the sensor surface. A shaft extends distally from the housing and includes an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof. An actuation assembly is disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the end effector. A control module is operably coupled between the sensor surface and the actuation assembly. The control module is configured, in response to input of an actuation pattern on the sensor surface, to actuate the actuation assembly such that a function is performed at the end effector. |
| US11304714B2 |
Tissue specimen retrieval device with assisted deployment
A tissue specimen retrieval device includes a first shaft having a pair of slots defined in a distal end thereof and a pair of windows defined proximally of the pair of respective slots. A second shaft is included having a bag brim attached thereto, the second shaft telescopically movable within the first shaft between a retracted position, wherein the bag brim is disposed within the first shaft and a partially deployed position wherein the bag brim partially deploys from the first shaft forming an enclosure for supporting the tissue bag thereon. A pair of hook members is included each having an arm, a first end engaged to the bag brim and a free end including a hook at a distal end thereof. Upon deployment, the hook of each hook member engages a respective window allowing each respective arm to pivot outwardly within respective slots to fully deploy the bag brim. |
| US11304709B2 |
Adaptor and drill for use with a driver and a cannula for drilling into bone
A adaptor is used with a driver, a drill, and a cannula to facilitate removal of material from bone and placement of the cannula in the bone. The adaptor includes an end portion provided at a proximal first end that is configured to engage a portion of the drill; a body portion attached to the end portion and extending from the end portion toward a distal second end; a head portion provided at the distal second end and attached to the body portion; and a passageway for receiving the drill that extends through the adaptor. Furthermore, the head portion includes a distal surface and at least one coupler provided on or adjacent the distal surface for releasably engaging. the cannula. |
| US11304708B2 |
Adjustable microfracture handle
A microfracture device for creating small holes in a bone. The microfracture device includes a handle having a body extending along a central longitudinal axis with a proximal end and a distal end; a shaft connected to the distal end of the body, the shaft having a distal tip; wherein the distal tip extends at first angle relative to the central longitudinal axis; a sliding mechanism slidably engaged with a surface of the body and moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; and wherein the sliding mechanism further comprises a striking surface extending therefrom, wherein the striking surface is positioned at a second angle to the central longitudinal axis that is at least substantially similar to the first angle. |
| US11304707B2 |
Rotary mill
A rotary mill comprising a body portion having a milling surface for milling a first bone, a guide portion having a guide body, and inter-engageable guide formations formed on the body portion and guide portion, the guide body having a projection which is adapted to hold a second bone away from the rotary mill during the milling operation. |
| US11304705B2 |
Indexed tri-planar osteotomy guide and method
Methods and devices for performing an osteotomy produce a bone cut producing a multi-planar change in the alignment of a bone portion by rotating it relative to another bone portion. |
| US11304700B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device that includes a first mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a first axis to form a first band, and a second mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a second axis different than the first axis to form a second band. The second band may be positioned radially inward of the first band such that the device includes first and second overlap regions in which the first band overlaps the second band. |
| US11304696B2 |
Surgical instrument comprising a powered articulation system
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector and an articulation joint configured to permit the end effector to be articulated into position is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises an articulation drive system powered by at least one electric motor for articulating the end effector. |
| US11304691B2 |
Minimally-invasive tissue suturing device
An apparatus for suturing tissue, comprising: a needle having a beveled opening and housing multiple anchors, wherein each of said anchors comprises an elongated tubular body and a loop connected to said tubular body, and wherein a thread is threaded sequentially through the loops; and a pushrod configured to push each of said anchors towards the opening of said needle, to extract each respective anchor from the opening. |
| US11304690B2 |
Suture anchor implantation instrumentation system
A system for implanting an anchor into bone, the system comprising a curved cannulated guide for percutaneous insertion, having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible drill insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end, the flexible drill having a shaft having a flexible portion; and a flexible inserter for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill, the flexible inserter having a shaft having a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portions of both the flexible drill and flexible inserter include a series of discrete, interlocking segments. |
| US11304689B2 |
Suture anchor comprising suture filament and suture tape
A suture anchor that is configured to pull repair sutures into a pre-formed hole in bone or boney tissue, having a fibrous construct having a first side and a second side; and a first filament body passing through the fibrous construct, the first filament body forming a first pair of loops that interleave with one another on one of the first side or the second side of the fibrous construct. |
| US11304686B2 |
System and method for guided injection during endoscopic surgery
A guidance system and method include a real-time imaging device (121) configured to intra-operatively collect image data of a target region to provide a real-time image. A target determination module (108) is configured to generate an overlay map (111) registered to the real-time image to project morphological feature information on corresponding features in the real-time image of the target region. A medical instrument (122) is provided to perform a procedure on the target region such that the at least one medical instrument is guided to a region suitable for performing an operative task based upon the overlay map. |
| US11304680B2 |
Spinal image generation system based on ultrasonic rubbing technique and navigation positioning system for spinal surgery
A spinal image generation system based on the ultrasonic rubbing technique, comprises an acquisition unit and a processing unit. The system generates the ultrasonic rubbing based on two-dimensional spinal ultrasonic images. The image needs to include surface characteristic contour of the vertebra structure. The ultrasonic rubbing matches with a digital medical image through characteristic contour. After matching, a personalized spinal surface topographical map is established, which keeps real-time updating consistently with the intraoperative posture of the patient under surgical condition. A positioning and navigation system for spinal surgery based on the spinal image generation system, comprising a navigation module and the image generation system above. The navigation system can acquire a personalized spinal surface topographical map, which keeps real-time updating consistently with the intraoperative posture of the patient under surgical condition. |
| US11304679B2 |
Phase aberration correction in ultrasound shear wave elastography and associated devices, systems, and methods
Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an interface coupled to an ultrasound imaging component and configured to receive a plurality of image data frames representative of a target tissue; and a processing component in communication with the interface and configured to determine a delay profile for the ultrasound imaging component in relation to the target tissue based on the plurality of image data frames; and determine a phase aberration correction configuration for a sequence of one or more shear wave pulses based on the delay profile, the sequence of one or more shear wave pulses associated with the ultrasound imaging component and a stiffness measure of the target tissue. |
| US11304675B2 |
Breast phantom with encapsulated hydrogel
Methods and devices for testing effects of external stimuli on breast appearance in an x-ray image are provided. A model for testing may include a breast phantom with an encapsulated hydrogel. In some examples, a three-dimensional cell culture and/or microfluidic channels may be encapsulated in the hydrogel. A first set of x-ray images of the model may be captured, thermal energy may be applied to the model, and a second set of x-ray images of the model may be captured while the thermal energy is being applied for comparison with the first set to determine effects of the thermal energy on appearance of the model. By incrementally increasing an amount of thermal energy applied and capturing subsequent x-ray images for comparison, an appropriate temperature range may be determined for heating compression surfaces of a breast imaging system to reduce compression-related pain and discomfort for patients without compromising x-ray image quality. |
| US11304673B2 |
Diagnostic method, method for validation of diagnostic method, and treatment method
In a method for diagnosing and treating a patient having lesions in both arteries of left and right lower limbs. By determining that a larger lesion curvature to be treated first, catheters and an operation time can be reduced is to be treated first on a priority basis based on diagnostic data, deciding that a smaller lesion curvature is to be treated next, then treating the lesions substantially continuously. |
| US11304672B2 |
Imaging system housing
An imaging system housing is provided which includes a body and a scanning plate. The body defines a cavity and an opening in communication with the cavity. The body includes one of a lip or groove formation extending from peripheral zone adjacent the opening in a direction away from or towards the cavity and transverse to a plane defined by the opening. The scanning plate is shaped and dimensioned to close the opening and has the other of a groove or lip formation extending along a periphery thereof and being shaped and dimensioned to cooperate with and receive the lip or groove formation of the body. The scanning plate is made from a low surface energy plastic material. The body and plate are bonded together using a structural acrylic adhesive applied to one or both of the lip and groove formations. The imaging system may be a dual-modality imaging system. |
| US11304670B2 |
Multifunctional radiography, tomography and fluoroscopy device
The invention relates to radiographic equipment comprising a height-adjustable board, a C-shaped arch, disposed transversally to the greater dimension of the board, said board being housed within the internal space defined between the two free extremities of the arch. The arch is slidingly mounted on a column by means of a connecting element in such a way that as the arch rotates around an imaginary rotational axis it causes the connecting element to slide or roll throughout the extension of the arch. It further comprises a rail extending parallel to the greater dimension of the board, on which the column rests. The arch features at its lower extremity an x-ray receiver and at its upper extremity an x-ray emission assembly. |
| US11304661B2 |
Enhanced imaging devices, and image construction methods and processes employing hermetic transforms
In an exemplary embodiment, a tomography device comprises a scanner that obtains image slices. The device additionally comprises at least one processor configured to: perform a Hermetic Transform on the image slices to obtain hermetically transformed data using; filter and perform an Inverse Hermetic Transform on the Hermetic Transform data to obtain filtered inverse Hermetic Transform data; and perform back projection and angle integration on the filtered inverse Hermetic Transform data. |
| US11304658B2 |
Method for diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia
The method for diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia includes injecting saline into a subdural space of a subject in a decubitus position, raising an upper body of the subject, and then determining whether the subject has headache or not, or headache of the subject is relieved or not. |
| US11304650B1 |
Systems and methods for heel-to-shin testing
In one embodiment, a system for heel-to-shin testing includes a patient interface configured to be applied to a shin of a patient and extend from a point on the shin adjacent the knee to a point on the shin adjacent the ankle, the patient interface including an elongated medial touch sensor configured to sense contact of a heel of the patient to a centerline of the shin at any axial position between the knee and the ankle, and a control module in electrical communication with the patient interface, the control module being configured to identify a number of times the patient's heel deviates from the centerline of the shin as the patient slides the heel down the shin or drags the heel up the shin. |
| US11304649B2 |
System and method for self-assessment of physical capabilities and condition changes
Disclosed is a system for objective self-assessment of physical capabilities and condition changes of individuals with conditions like multiple sclerosis, the system has a mobile device with an appropriate software for carrying out a set of tests for assessment of motor capabilities such as body balance, muscle strength, and muscle spasticity, and receiving assessment feedback. The system has inertial motion sensors for performing motion sensing, wherein said inertial motion sensors are integrated with said mobile device, e.g., a smartphone, a smart watch, or a personal computer, or in a separate wearable sensor device, connected with said mobile device over wired or wireless data connection. Also disclosed is a method for such self-assessment with such system. |
| US11304644B2 |
3-D electrophysiology heart simulation system and related methods
A system for simulating a medical procedure includes: a physical model of an organ including a sensor mesh; directed at the physical model; a user input device including a distal end inserted within the physical model; a display device; and a simulation controller coupled to the sensor mesh, the camera system, the user input device, and the display device, the simulation controller including a processor and memory storing instructions to cause the processor to: initialize a simulation of the organ; display, on the display device, a state of the simulation; compute a location of the distal end within the physical model of the organ based on contact data from the sensor mesh and images received from the cameras; receive user input from the user input device; update the state of the simulation of the organ in accordance with the user input; and display the updated state of the simulation. |
| US11304642B2 |
Multi-axial position sensors printed on a folded flexible circuit board
A position sensor includes a flexible substrate formed into a three-dimensional (3D) shape. At least first and second field-sensing coils are formed in first and second respective layers of the flexible substrate, such that in the 3D shape the first and second field-sensing coils have first and second respective axes that are not parallel to one another. |
| US11304639B2 |
Medical patch for simultaneously sensing ECG signals and impedance-indicative electrical signals
A medical patch includes a substrate, an electrode, and circuitry. The substrate is configured to attach externally to a patient. The electrode is coupled to the substrate and is configured to sense electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from a heart of the patient, and to further sense electrical signals indicative of an impedance between the electrode and a probe in the heart. The circuitry is coupled to the substrate and includes a shared amplifier that is configured to simultaneously amplify the ECG signals and the electrical signals sensed by the electrode. |
| US11304638B2 |
Methods and devices for sample collection and stabilization
Methods and devices are provided for sample collection. In one example, a device is provided comprising at least one capillary tube or collection channel directed to a sample vessel, wherein in a one-step removal step of detaching the sample vessel from the collection channel, a vacuum force is created within the sample vessel, due in part of the pulling of the sealed vessel away from the device, wherein this vacuum force draw out residual sample that may still be resident in the collection channel. |
| US11304633B2 |
System and method for providing glucose control therapy
A system may include an implantable structure with a plurality of electrodes attached thereto, where the implantable structure is configured to be implanted proximate to a nerve that innervates and is proximate to an organ involved with glucose control. The system may further include a controller configured for use to control which of the plurality of electrodes are modulation electrodes and which of the plurality of electrodes are sense electrodes, a modulation energy generator configured to deliver modulation energy using one or more of the modulation electrodes, and a nerve traffic sensor configured to sense nerve traffic in the nerve using one or more of the sense electrodes. The controller may be configured to determine if the delivered modulation energy captures the nerves based on the sensed neural activity. |
| US11304627B2 |
Balance training apparatus and control program of balance training apparatus
The balance training apparatus includes: a moving cart capable of moving on a moving surface by driving a driving unit; a detection unit configured to detect a load received from a foot of a trainee who is standing on the moving cart; a calculation unit configured to calculate the center of gravity of loads of both feet of the trainee on a riding surface from, the load detected by the detection unit; a setting unit configured to set the center of gravity of the loads at which it is estimated that the trainee has maintained an upright state on the riding surface as a reference center of gravity; and an instruction controller configured to output an instruction of the orientation of the body to the trainee and an instruction to move the center of gravity to the trainee. |
| US11304625B2 |
Gas sensor kit and device wearable on face
A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject, a gas introduction part that introduces the exhalation gas of the subject to the gas sensor and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas to the subject. In the gas sensor kit, the gas supply unit includes a flow rate adjusting part that adjusts flow rate of the therapeutic gas. |
| US11304624B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing dynamic respiratory classification and analysis for detecting wheeze particles and sources
A method for analyzing an audio respiratory signal comprises capturing the audio respiratory signal from a subject using a microphone and partitioning the audio respiratory signal into a plurality of overlapping frames. The method further comprises calculating a fourier transform for each frame and determining a magnitude spectrum using the fourier transform of the plurality of overlapping frames. Additionally, the method comprises extracting a spectrogram using the magnitude spectrum and analyzing the spectrogram to determine characteristics pertaining to wheeze sounds in the audio respiratory signal. |
| US11304621B2 |
Radiation-free position calibration of a fluoroscope
A method includes registering a fluoroscopic imaging system and a position tracking system to a common frame of reference. A region of interest is marked in a patient body by the position tracking system. Using the common frame of reference, a field of view of the fluoroscopic imaging system is set such that the region of interest appears in the field of view. |
| US11304619B2 |
Generating setting parameters for an MRI sequence
Techniques are described for generating setting parameters for an MRI sequence to be performed, wherein a conditional generative artificial neural network is used that has been trained as part of a conditional generative adversarial net. The techniques also include establishing a conditional generative artificial neural network. The conditioning of the conditional generative artificial neural network can be used to specify a specific medical application or question to obtain setting parameters for an MRI apparatus that are optimized with respect to said application or question. |
| US11304613B2 |
Bag-shaped structure, cuff, and blood pressure monitor
A bag-shaped structure excellent in both creep resistance and flexibility is provided. Provided is a bag-shaped structure (122) including a layer (122a) made of a thermoplastic elastomer foam. Also provided are a cuff for a blood pressure monitor and a blood pressure monitor each including the bag-shaped structure (122). |
| US11304612B2 |
Pulse wave detection device, biological information measurement device, and control method for pulse wave detection device
A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the second axis and a rotation angle about the first axis in a state where a roll angle of the sensor section is controlled to the optimal roll angle. Then, the control unit, presses the sensor section against the body surface in a state where the sensor section is controlled into the optimal roll angle and the optimal pitch angle, detects a pulse wave based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements during the increase, and calculates vital information based on the detected pulse wave. |
| US11304611B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium
An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire video data; estimate a spatial distribution of a predetermined biological component for which a component spectrum temporally varies with respect to image data of a predetermined frame among a plurality of frames included in the video data; generate biological component video data in which the biological component is extracted from the video data based on the estimated spatial distribution of the biological component in the image data of the predetermined frame; and generate periodic variation video data of the biological component by applying, to the biological component video data, a filter for extracting a predetermined frequency component. |
| US11304607B2 |
Photoacoustic image generation apparatus, signal processing device, and photoacoustic image generation method
An insertion needle 15 has a photoacoustic wave generating portion that generates a photoacoustic wave by absorbing light emitted from a laser unit 13. A photoacoustic image generation unit 25 generates a photoacoustic image based on the detection signal of the photoacoustic wave emitted from the insertion needle 15. The sound source position detection unit 30 detects the photoacoustic wave generating source from the photoacoustic image. A first signal acquisition unit 31 acquires an S value, and a second signal acquisition unit 32 acquires an N value. A light emission control unit 33 controls the number of light emissions and the light emission interval of the laser unit 13 for one photoacoustic image generation based on the ratio between the S value and the N value. The photoacoustic image generation unit 25 generates a photoacoustic image by at least adding the detection signals of photoacoustic waves corresponding to the number of light emissions. |
| US11304606B2 |
Method and system for enhancing RF energy delivery during thermoacoustic imaging
A method and system for enhancing radio frequency energy delivery to a tissue region of interest. The method and system direct with a radio frequency (RF) applicator, one or more RF energy pulses into the tissue region of interest, the tissue region of interest comprising an object of interest and at least one reference that are separated by at least one boundary; detect with an acoustic receiver, at least one bipolar acoustic signal generated in the tissue region of interest in response to the RF energy pulses and processing the at least one bipolar acoustic signal to determine a peak-to-peak amplitude thereof; adjust the RF applicator to maximize the peak-to-peak amplitude of bipolar acoustic signals generated in the tissue region of interest in response to RF energy pulses generated by the adjusted RF applicator; and direct with the adjusted RF applicator, one or more RF energy pulses into the region of interest. |
| US11304599B2 |
Endoscope having electromagnetic shield
An endoscope includes an objective lens provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, an image sensor in which a light receiving area is formed on a surface facing the objective lens, and a drive circuit substrate that is disposed on a back side of the image sensor and includes a drive circuit to drive the image sensor, the endoscope further including an electromagnetic shield that houses the image sensor and the drive circuit substrate, in which the electromagnetic shield includes: a first shield member including a cylinder that covers a side portion of the image sensor, a structure that is disposed between the image sensor and the objective lens and that has an opening that allows entrance of light from the objective lens, and a wiring pattern that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and the structure. |
| US11304598B2 |
Endoscope system and method of manufacturing image capturing module used in the endoscope system
An image capturing module is used in an endoscope. The image capturing module comprises an image capturing portion having opposed surfaces defined by respective photodetection and reverse surfaces. The reverse surface includes external electrodes disposed thereon. A layered optical portion having a front surface to which light is applied and a rear surface that is opposite of the front surface. The layered optical portion having a plurality of optical members layered together. A layered device having a first principal surface with joint electrodes disposed thereon. A second principal surface opposes the first principal surface. The first principal surface is bonded to the reverse surface. The joint electrodes are joined to the external electrodes. The layered device includes a plurality of semiconductor devices layered together in which the first principal surface is larger in area than the photodetection surface and smaller in area than the rear surface. |
| US11304597B2 |
Endoscope apparatus and operating method of endoscope apparatus
An endoscope apparatus includes a processor. The processor performs controlling a focus position of an objective optical system, acquiring images sequentially captured by an image sensor, and combining the images in N frames thus captured into a depth of field extended image in one frame. The processor controls the focus position such that focus positions at timings when the respective images in N frames are captured differ from each other. The processor combines the images in N frames that have been controlled to receive a constant quantity of light emission of illumination light or the images in N frames that have undergone a correction process to make image brightness constant, into the depth of field extended image. |
| US11304596B2 |
Apparatus, device and method for capsule microscopy
An exemplary apparatus for obtaining data for at least one portion within at least one luminal or hollow sample can be provided. For example, the apparatus can include a first optical arrangement configured to transceive at least one electromagnetic radiation to and from the portion(s). The apparatus can also include a wavelength dispersive second arrangement, which can be configured to disperse the electromagnetic radiation(s). A housing can be provided with a shape of a pill, and enclosing the first and second arrangements. |
| US11304593B2 |
Medical apparatus
A medical apparatus includes: an operation portion; an annular wall portion including a base portion connectedly provided to an exterior case and a protruding end portion; an operation lever configured to be tilted by an operator; a cover member including a first fitted portion fitted to the operation lever, a deforming portion configured to deform accompanying a tilt of the operation lever, and a second fitted portion with an inner circumferential surface fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the wall portion; and an elastic member including a contact portion in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the second fitted portion, the contact portion being fixed to the exterior case and being deformed to press the outer circumferential surface of the second fitted portion. |
| US11304592B2 |
Relay lens system for broadband imaging
An optical system includes a first relay rod of a first material, a second relay rod of a second material, different from the first material, and a lens between the first and second relay rods. |
| US11304591B2 |
Optical connection module for endoscope, endoscope, and endoscope system
An optical connection module for an endoscope includes: an optical fiber having a fiber end surface and configured to guide a part of emitted light emitted from a light source and incident on the fiber end surface; a ferrule having a ferrule end surface with an opening of a through-hole into which the optical fiber is inserted, the ferrule including a scatterer configured to scatter, in an inside of the ferrule, a part of the emitted light incident on the ferrule end surface, the ferrule being configured to emit scattered light generated by scattering from a side surface; and an optical sensor arranged in the periphery of the side surface of the ferrule and configured to receive the scattered light. |
| US11304589B2 |
Endoscope and endoscope system
An endoscope includes: an imager; a transmission path configured to connect a controller and the imager with each other; a superimposed signal generating circuit configured to generate, as a superimposed signal, a signal obtained by associating High and Low of a pulsed data signal with a change in a pulse width of a pulsed reference clock signal; a parallel-serial converter circuit configured to perform parallel-serial conversion on the imaging signal; a PLL circuit configured to generate a multiplied clock signal; a restoring circuit configured to restore, based on the superimposed signal and the multiplied clock signal, the reference clock signal and the data signal contained in the superimposed signal; and a timing generating circuit configured to generate, based on the reference clock signal and the data signal, a drive signal for driving the imager. |
| US11304586B2 |
Cleaning system
A cleaning system includes: a bucket; a cleaning device with a mop head, the mop head including a carrier body and cleaning fringes that are fixed to the carrier body, the carrier body being connected to a stick on its side facing away from the cleaning fringes; and a washing-out device arranged in the bucket for washing out the cleaning fringes, the washing-out device including a basket settable into an upward and downward movement by a first actuating device, and a spinning device arranged in the bucket for spin-drying the cleaning fringes, the spinning device including the basket, which is settable into rotational movement by a second actuating device, and a centering pin, which is arranged in the basket and centers the cleaning device. The carrier body is essentially disk-shaped, with a circumferential boundary and with a maximum extension d1 between two circumferential areas opposite to each other. |
| US11304583B2 |
Joist and baseboard apparatus
A ceiling joist and panel grove cleaner apparatus, which provides a means for applying constant cleaning positioning pressure upon both ceiling joists edges and panel groves. The cleaner apparatus comprises a mop flat head applicator with a pivotable hinged application guide, a swivel mount, a handle, an interchangeable joist-cleaning pad, and, an interchangeable panel-grove cleaning pad. |
| US11304582B2 |
Cleaner with hot plate for floors provided with a sandwich panel for heating and gradual releasing of the water to an underlying cleaning cloth
Hot plate cleaner for floors including a handgrip, a handle, a tank for water, a main body shaped as a brush, a heating plate below the brush and a thermostat, and cleaning fabrics for the floor hooked below a sealing frame, adapted to be hooked and unhooked below the brush, with the interposition of a sandwich panel maintained in contact with the heating plate having a layer of polyurethane foam, placed between two polyester fabrics, and a waterproof element applied to the panel to let the water flow from the tank scatter on the sandwich panel to dampen it so to act as a tank in order to reach the same temperature as the heating plate and keep it unchanged until the panel dries and transmit the same temperature to the cleaning fabric. |
| US11304581B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes a housing including a base adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system. The surface cleaning apparatus can be configured to clean multiple surfaces, including hard and soft surfaces, and for different cleaning modes, including wet cleaning, dry vacuum cleaning, and self-cleaning. Methods for self-cleaning a surface cleaning apparatus are also provided. |
| US11304576B2 |
Robot cleaner, station and cleaning system
A cleaning system, including a robot cleaner and a station are provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner including a dust collector, the dust collector provided with a dust outlet, and an outlet door configured to open and close the dust outlet. The robot cleaner further includes a station including a lever device configured to open the outlet door and communicate with the dust collector when the lever device is pressed by the robot cleaner, and a collector configured to communicate with the lever device, and generate a suction force to suction dust collected in the dust collector. |
| US11304574B1 |
Bedpan cushion
A system for a seat cushion including a cushion assembly and a seat assembly is disclosed. The seat cushion includes a cushion that is circular, or horseshoe shaped. The seat cushion is filled with a gel shock absorbing material to provide comfort to a user sitting on the cushion for prolonged periods of time. The cushion is removably mounted to a bedpan, a commode, a commode seat or a toilet seat. The cushion includes front dual attachment straps to secure the cushion to the bedpan or the commode. The dual attachment straps include openings to be engaged by a fastening member on an opposite one of dual attachment straps. The cushion is easily cleaned once removed from the bedpan or the commode. |
| US11304568B2 |
Curved cutting board and holder
A method of chopping or cutting a food item on a cutting board which involves configuring and holding a flexible cutting board in a U-shaped configuration and chopping or cutting a food item in the bottom of the U-shaped configuration. Particles of the food item that would otherwise traject off a flat cutting board are contained between the side walls of the U-shaped configuration of the flexible cutting board and un-chopped and un-cut pieces of the food item fall downward into the bottom of the U-shaped configuration of the flexible cutting board. Also provided is the combination of a flexible cutting board and a cutting board holder that receives and holds a flexible cutting board in the U-shaped configuration. |
| US11304563B2 |
Chimney starter
An improved chimney starter having a cylindrical housing having an outer wall and inner wall defining a chamber, the chamber configured to hold charcoal. A series of spiral heat exchange chambers contained within the cylindrical housing and an air intake port provided on a portion of the cylindrical housing, wherein the air intake port is connected to the series of spiral heat exchange chambers. A base configured to retain a fire starter configured to ignite and burn the charcoal. Advantageously, a fan blower is configured to be positioned in the air intake port such that blown air is configured to be directed through the series of spiral heat exchange chambers, wherein the directed air accelerates the burning of the charcoal. |
| US11304559B2 |
Cooking apparatus
An apparatus for cooking noodles is disclosed herein. The apparatus permits a user to cook lasagna noodles safely and effectively, while minimizing danger and minimizing the amount of work that the user must perform. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention is for a sleeve with an interior pocket that can accommodate a lasagna noodle. Once a noodle is placed within the sleeve, the sleeve can be placed in a pot of boiling water to cook the noodle. The sleeve ensures that the noodle cooks appropriately in a variety of different pots, including smaller pots without causing the noodle to break. Moreover, the sleeve prevents the noodles form sticking to each other and to the pot. Once cooked, the noodles may be easily removed from the sleeve for consumption or additional preparation. |
| US11304556B2 |
Beverage preparation machine equipped with a rotating stirring device and a coffee nozzle
A beverage preparation machine includes a frame equipped with a cup holder, a coffee dispensing nozzle including an outlet orifice and a rotating stirring device including a tool rotating about an axis and intended to cooperate with a preparation contained in a container resting on the cup holder, the rotating stirring device including a conduit for conveying hot water and/or steam toward the rotating tool. The rotating stirring device is mobile in vertical translation parallel to the axis between a top standby position, in which the rotating tool is situated above the container, and a bottom working position, in which the rotating tool is situated in the container. The outlet orifice is separated from the rotating stirring device and arranged at a constant distance from the axis so that the outlet orifice and the rotating tool are arranged above an upper opening of the container arranged on the cup holder. |
| US11304555B2 |
System and apparatus for preparing a beverage
A system for preparing a quantity of beverage suitable for consumption includes a second exchangeable capsule having a second body with a second flange-like rim and a second exit face attached to the second flange-like rim. The system further includes an apparatus for preparing a quantity of beverage suitable for consumption having a first brew chamber part having a cavity for holding the second exchangeable capsule and a second brew chamber part for closing the first brew chamber part around the second exchangeable capsule. The first brew chamber part has a first substantially annular abutment surface in the cavity and further has a second substantially annular abutment surface. A diameter of the second annular abutment surface is larger than a diameter of the first annular abutment surface. The second abutment surface is arranged for abutting the second flange-like rim there against when the cavity holds the second exchangeable capsule. |
| US11304552B2 |
Reusable and washable straw
The invention of this straw is designed to turn the straw into one of reusable tableware, thereby reducing or even avoiding the use of disposable plastic straws, reducing their negative impact on the environment and health, and improving people's lives. Reducing the amount of disposable plastic straws is one of the most effective ways to reduce the damage of plastic waste to the nature. The straw in this invention has a pair of tabs affixed to the edge of the straw opening for easy opening of the straw. |
| US11304551B2 |
Adjustable food-portioning device
A device for portioning food, and more specifically, a device that can be adjusted so that portions of food can be varied in accordance with an individual's dietary requirements, is disclosed. Such a food-portioning device includes an annular wall, a hub, and a plurality of dividing means extending from the hub to the annular wall so as to form a plurality of spaces between the dividing means, each space having an open top and an open bottom, wherein at least one of the dividing means is attached to the hub in a manner that allows it to at least partially rotate about the hub relative to an adjacent dividing means. |
| US11304549B2 |
Cup
This application discloses a cup. The cup includes a cup body and a handle, a fixing block is fixedly connected to an outer peripheral wall of the cup body, and a top end of the handle is provided with a fixing connector configured to be detachably connected to the fixing block. Specifically, the fixing connector includes an accommodating slot configured to accommodate the fixing block and a rotary switch passing through the accommodating slot, and an end, facing the accommodating slot, of the fixing block is provided with a position-limiting retaining groove. When a portion, located in the accommodating slot is engaged in the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is fixed to the cup body, and when the portion located in the accommodating slot is rotated to be able to disengage from the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is removed from the cup body. |
| US11304544B2 |
System comprising a display unit for storing and displaying food products, and multiple shelves, and method for storing and displaying food products in a display unit
A system comprises a display unit and shelves. The display unit has an open front chamber for storing food products, a lower air duct with a lower front inlet, an upper air duct with an upper front outlet, a fan and an air refrigerator. The upper front outlet is directed at the lower front inlet for creating an air curtain in front of the open front. At least one of the shelves is a hollow shelf with an inner space, a shelf air outlet at a front side, a shelf air inlet at a back side, a fan, and a shelf heater. The fan is in fluid connection with the shelf air inlet and the shelf air outlet for moving air from the shelf air inlet through the hollow shelf to the shelf air outlet. |
| US11304543B2 |
System comprising a display unit for storing and displaying food products, and multiple shelves, and method for storing and displaying refrigerated food products in a display unit
A system 1001 comprises a display unit 1002 and shelves 4. The display unit has an open front chamber 50 for storing food products, lower and upper air ducts 32, 34, a fan 36, and an air refrigerator 44. At least one wall is transparent. The display unit further comprises a conduit wall 88, parallel to the transparent wall for creating an air conduit 90. The air conduit comprises a first conduit inlet 92, a second conduit inlet 94, and a conduit outlet 96. The first conduit inlet is in fluid connection with one of the lower and upper air ducts for diverting a portion of the air moving through the relevant air duct into the air conduit. The second conduit inlet is in fluid connection with ambient air outside of the display unit. |
| US11304540B1 |
Baby carrier device
A baby carrier device configured to secure a baby an upper body of the person, and comprising a support pad, shoulder straps, and at least one vertical strap. The support pad is configured for receiving and supporting at least an upper body of the baby, and extends substantially vertically between a top end and a bottom end thereof and substantially horizontally between lateral sides thereof. The shoulder straps are joined to the support pad, and configured to removably join the support pad to shoulders of the person carrying the baby. The vertical strap is located at or near the bottom of support pad, has a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion extending below the bottom end of the support pad, the vertical strap being configured for encircling a hip seat worn by the person carrying the baby to removably join the baby carrier to the hip seat. |
| US11304532B2 |
Tool-free knockdownable sofa
A sofa can be knock-downed without a tool. The sofa includes left and right armrests, a front frame, a seating and a back. The sofa is provided with stowage compartments, each of which is joined by a bolt hole plate located on the frame construction with a bolt connecting medium, and serving as sofa stabilizers are four sofa legs which are placed on at the bottom of the left and right arm frame construction of the sofa. |
| US11304528B2 |
Chair assembly with upholstery covering
A chair assembly includes an arm assembly that includes an armrest supported by a vertically adjustable support assembly and an arm base, where the arm base extends at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal centerline of the chair assembly, an upholstery arrangement including a ring member attached to a cover, where the ring member includes a plurality of reliefs having a width that reduces as the ring member is wrapped about a shell member of the chair assembly, and a control arrangement having a biasing member that moves through an arcuate path as the biasing member is adjusted between varying bias settings. |
| US11304522B2 |
Drawer pull-out guide
A drawer pull-out guide includes a first guide rail, a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to the first guide rail, and a running carriage which is displaceably supported between the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The running carriage includes at least three rolling bodies, each having a cylindrical form and being rotatable about a horizontally extending axis in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide. The at least three rolling bodies, in the mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide, are arranged in at least three running planes lying above one another. |
| US11304521B2 |
Arrangement of a pull-out guide, a rail synchronization device, and a driver
An arrangement of a pull-out guide can be fastened to a piece of furniture, and the pull-out guide has a first rail, a second rail that is movably mounted on the first rail, and a rail synchronization device. The rail synchronization device includes a toothed rack connected to the first rail, a toothed wheel meshing with the toothed rack, and a bearing block connected to the second rail. The toothed wheel is rotatably mounted in the bearing block, and a driver for a drawer drive device is connected to the toothed rack of the rail synchronization device. |
| US11304512B2 |
Transfer sleeve
A transfer sleeve is disclosed, wherein the transfer sleeve is detachably set on a supporting unit for mounting a supporting arm. The transfer sleeve comprises a first tube body and a second tube body. The supporting unit is accommodated in the first tube body and the second tube body when the transfer sleeve is set on the supporting unit; the first tube body penetrates through the supporting arm when the supporting arm is set on the transfer sleeve. |
| US11304509B2 |
Pedestal leg assembly
A pedestal leg assembly includes a pedestal leg and floor base. The leg includes a plurality of teeth near the bottom end of the leg and a connecting bolt in a threaded engagement with the bottom end of the leg. The floor base includes a recessed portion having a slot in its bottom surface to receive the bolt and a release mechanism configured to pivot between a lock position and a release position. In lock position the release mechanism engages at least one of the teeth to prevent rotation of the pedestal leg in at least one direction. When pivoted into release position, the release mechanism is moved away from engagement with the teeth to allow rotation of the pedestal leg in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The pedestal leg assembly may include a powered connection to receive input power and/or a communication signal at the floor base and transfer the power and communication signals to a supported table top surface. |
| US11304508B2 |
Height adjustable table and components of same
A height-adjustable table including a length-adjustable support, a motor assembly configured to drive adjustment of the length-adjustable support, a motor housing supporting the motor assembly. The length-adjustable support includes a telescopic column assembly comprising an exterior tube, an interior tube, and a spindle assembly. The spindle assembly includes spindle rod fixedly coupled to a first end of the exterior tube, the spindle rod being threadingly engaged with a spindle guide coupled to a first end of the interior tube, whereby rotation of the spindle rod causes the distance between the first ends to change in order to telescope the interior tube into or out of the exterior tube. Illustratively, force from rotation of the spindle rod is transferred through the spindle guide and into the first end of the interior tube. In illustrative embodiments, the spindle guide may extend through an aperture of a support plate coupled to the first end of the interior tube, thereby permitting transfer of force from the spindle rod to the interior tube. |
| US11304500B2 |
Wearable and replaceable pouch or skin for holding a portable battery pack
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one sealable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch. |
| US11304491B2 |
Efficient cuticle buffering tool
Cosmetic cuticle apparatuses are presented. A cosmetic cuticle apparatus includes a handle portion having a first end and a second end, two cuticle maintaining devices coupled to the handle portion, and at least one cuticle buffer coupled to at least one side of the two cuticle maintaining devices. The two cuticle maintaining devices include a cuticle pusher having an arcuate periphery and a “V”-shaped cuticle cleaner having a “V”-shaped cross-section. |
| US11304481B1 |
Buckle
First and second buckle members can be secured in a buckled configuration and can be separated in an unbuckled configuration by moving the buckle member(s) along an extraction direction. In the buckled configuration a row of one or more teeth of the first buckle member and a row of one or more teeth of the second buckle member can cooperate in responding to a tension force pulling the first buckle member away from the second buckle member along the extraction direction by opposing movement of the first buckle member away from the second buckle member along the extraction direction, and using the tension force to guide the first buckle member and the second buckle member laterally toward a centered position. A buckle can include this centering feature, a spring ejection mechanism, an obstruction to inhibit engagement with less than a predetermined number of teeth rows, and/or other features. |
| US11304477B2 |
Footwear heel spring device
A device configured to surround a portion of a foot-receiving cavity at a heel region of an article of footwear includes a control bar having a center segment, a medial side arm extending from the center segment, and a lateral side arm spaced from the medial side arm and extending from the center segment. The device may include an extension extending toward the control bar. At least a portion of the control bar may be elastically deformable under an applied force depressing the control bar toward the extension, and the extension may limit movement of the control bar. The control bar may be adapted to return to an unloaded position upon removal of the applied force. |
| US11304476B2 |
Variable stiffness apparatuses using an interconnected dual layer fluid-filled cell array
Variable stiffness apparatuses using an interconnected dual layer fluid-filled cell array. One example of the present apparatuses comprises: a substrate having a first side and a second side; and a plurality of structures coupled to the substrate, where each structure comprises: a flexible first portion having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, the first portion defining a first chamber; and a second portion having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, the second portion defining a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber; where each of the plurality of structures is coupled to the substrate such that the first portion is disposed on the first side of the substrate, and the second chamber is disposed on the first side or the second side of the substrate. |
| US11304472B2 |
Helmet-specific inner cap
The use of select knitting processes allow the production of a cap liner with a separate eye opening and several distinct mesh structures that are individually designed to enhance the comfort of the eyes, nose, and mouth of the wearer. Generally, the cap liner comprises: (a) a cap body comprising an upper mesh structure; (b) a neck retainer that is integrally formed with the cap body; (c) an eye opening positioned in the cap body; (d) a first ear position positioned in the cap body comprising a second mesh structure; (e) a second ear position positioned in the cap body comprising a third mesh structure; (f) a nasal ventilation positioned in the cap body comprising a fourth mesh structure; (g) a mouth ventilation positioned in the cap body comprising the fourth mesh structure or a fifth mesh structure; (h) a neck retainer base positioned on the neck retainer that is integrally formed with the neck retainer and comprises a sixth mesh structure or a two-layered structure; and (i) an edging at least partially surrounding the eye opening that comprises a three-layered structure. |
| US11304469B2 |
Helmets including spray on materials
Various embodiments of helmets and methods of their manufacture are disclosed. In some embodiments, the helmet includes a helmet shell having a helmet shell edge and/or a mounting location for mounting an accessory to the helmet shell. A material that is adherent to the helmet shell may be sprayed onto the helmet shell edge of the helmet shell to form a trim. Alternatively, the material may be sprayed onto a portion of the helmet shell associated with either a mounting location for mounting an accessory or a position for a mounted accessory. |
| US11304467B2 |
Flexible eyelash glue for an artificial eyelashes extension system
Disclosed is a quality controlled artificial eyelashes extension system having a method and materials for the application of artificial lash hairs onto existing natural eyelashes of a human subject to extend the length of the natural eyelash. The system provides the training and materials to attach the eyelash extensions on a hair-by hair basis to a subject's existing natural eyelash, as well as a quality control feature which provides for assuring that practitioners of the system are appropriately trained, and the consumable materials utilized by the system are safe for human use. Included in the system is a fluent eyelash glue which forms a flexible, bio-compatible bond between two hairs to be adhered together. |
| US11304463B1 |
Glove with attachable weights
A glove lacking finger tips having a first weighted bag secured to the top side of the glove and a second weighted bag is removably secured to the underside of the glove within the palm. |
| US11304462B2 |
Medical gown
A hospital gown including an upper body portion and a lower body portion. The upper body portion includes a neck opening, a front opening extending vertically along the upper body portion and in communication with the neck opening, and a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along the front opening so that the front opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition. The lower body portion includes a pair of legs extending downwardly from the upper body portion, an opening extending vertically along the inseam of each leg of the pair of legs, and a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along each opening such that each opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition. |
| US11304461B2 |
Unitary article of clothing with overlapping warming joiner band defining a double waistband
The present disclosure provides for a unitary article of clothing, typically referred to as a jumpsuit, comprising a jacket section and a pant section, one connected to the other by means of a joiner band. The joiner band is attached to both the jacket and pant sections and serves to provide additional warmth to a midsection of a user by providing at least three layers of fabric over the user's midsection. In addition to providing additional warmth, the joiner band also gives the jumpsuit the appearance of being a two-piece suit comprised of a sweater independent from the jogging pants. The jacket portion is also comprised of a closeable opening to allow a user to get into the pant section of the jumpsuit and subsequently also wear the jacket portion. |
| US11304458B2 |
Reversibly wearable winged bra
The present invention provides a winged bra that can be worn reversibly. The winged bra includes a pair of cups attached together from one end. An adhesive wing is fixed at the other end of each cup wherein adhesive is applied to both sides of the wing. The winged bra is strapless and reversibly wearable by the user by peeling off a protective layer from either side of the adhesive wing to be attached to the torso of the user, and attaching the bra to the torso. |
| US11304457B2 |
Pumping/nursing bra
Embodiments for garments are provided with an inner panel having at least one covering for a wearer's breast, the at least one covering having a first layer of material that overlaps a second layer of material, the first and the second layers of material are fastened together to provide an opening between the overlapping layers, and the at least one covering provides support during milk expression for at least one of the wearer's breast and a portion of a breast pump body inserted through the opening, and an exterior front surface having a first panel of material that overlaps at least a portion of the second of panel of material, the first and the second panels able to be moved to expose the at least one covering of the inner panel. |
| US11304456B2 |
Smart bra with optical sensors to detect abnormal breast tissue
A smart bra to detect abnormal breast tissue with a plurality of light emitters which transmit near-infrared light into breast tissue and a plurality of light receivers which receive the light after it has passed through breast tissue, wherein changes in light intensity or spectral distribution in the light caused by passing through the breast tissue are used to identify abnormal breast tissue. |
| US11304455B1 |
Peri-pelvic post-operative support assembly
A support assembly (100) for supporting a transverse incision site (420) of a user (101) includes an assembly body (106) and a first assembly arm (102). The assembly body (106) is configured to encircle an abdomen (107) of the user (101). The assembly body (106) includes a pelvic support layer (214) that is configured to provide a transverse supportive force to the transverse incision site (420) of the user (101). The first assembly arm (102) is coupled to the pelvic support layer (214). The first assembly arm (102) is configured to adjust the transverse supportive force relative to the user (101). The first assembly arm (102) has a first arm end (403) that is detachably fastenable to the assembly body (106). The first arm end (403) includes a first arm fastener (304) that detachably fastens the first assembly arm (102). |
| US11304454B1 |
Power supply unit for aerosol generation device, and aerosol generation device
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a first connector connectable to an atomizer for atomizing an aerosol source; a second connector connectable to a heater for heating a flavor source; and a processing device configured to acquire a temperature of the flavor source or the heater. The processing device is configured to start second discharge from the power supply to the heater to make the temperature of the flavor source or the heater converge to a target temperature, before starting first discharge from the power supply to the atomizer, acquire an elapsed time between a start time point of current second discharge and an end time point of a later one of previous first discharge and previous second discharge, and increase power in the first discharge more and/or decrease the target temperature more as the elapsed time becomes longer. |
| US11304451B2 |
Aerosol delivery device with dual reservoir
The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device that comprises a housing defining an outer wall, and further including a power source and a control component, a mouthpiece portion that defines an aerosol exit path, a first reservoir configured to contain a first liquid composition, a second reservoir configured to contain a second liquid composition, a first atomization assembly configured to vaporize the first liquid composition to generate a first aerosol having a first aerosol particle size, and a second atomization assembly configured to vaporize the second liquid composition to generate a second aerosol having a second aerosol particle size. The first liquid composition may be different than the second liquid composition, and the first particle size may be different than the second particle size. |
| US11304449B2 |
Light-emitting element and aerosol generation device comprising same
A light emitting element according to an embodiment includes: a light emitting portion mounted on a PCB and configured to emit light; a light shield portion spaced from the PCB and having an opening that is formed at a location corresponding to the light emitting portion and passes light emitted from the light emitting portion; a sealing portion positioned between the light shield portion and the PCB and configured to prevent light emitted from the light emitting portion from leaking between the light shield portion and the PCB; and a transmission portion contacting one surface of the light shield portion and configured to transmit light, the one surface facing a direction away from the light emitting portion, wherein the opening has an inclined surface that is an outer circumferential surface located at one end of the opening in the direction away from the light emitting portion and widened in the direction away from the light emitting portion such that spread of light that passed through the opening is prevented. |
| US11304448B2 |
Vaporizer assembly
A vaporizer assembly, which includes a heating element and a conduit assembly configured to direct air to flow through a conduit in fluid communication with the heating element, further includes a dispensing interface assembly configured to be in fluid communication with both the conduit and the vaporizer assembly exterior. The dispensing interface assembly includes a first dispensing interface and a second dispensing interface. The first dispensing interface is in direct fluid communication with the conduit and the heating element. A portion of the second dispensing interface is exposed to the vaporizer assembly exterior. The second dispensing interface is isolated from direct fluid communication with the heating element by the first dispensing interface, and the first dispensing interface is isolated from direct fluid communication with the reservoir by the second dispensing interface. The second dispensing interface is configured to restrict a flow of pre-vapor formulation to the first dispensing interface. |
| US11304446B1 |
Smoking device with filtering, cooling and magnetic bluetooth connected speaker and grinder
The present invention is a device used to filter and cool tobacco smoke. The device burns dry tobacco and then cleans and cools the smoke before it is delivered to the lungs of the user. The present invention uses an electric fan in the body of the pipe which creates a spinning vortex in the water. The vortex subsequently cleans and filters the tobacco smoke rapidly and efficiently via water diffusion all while keeping the tobacco in the bowl lit. This process results in a smooth and cool toke delivered to the user. |
| US11304441B1 |
Smoking article and method
A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled to a tube or shell or tube-like shape and then packaged in an unfilled or partially filled condition, one end portion of the tube or shell or tube-like shape being at least partially closed. In one embodiment, multiple sheets are rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged with one end closed or partially closed. In another embodiment, a rod that assists in loading tobacco into the shell cavity is provided. In one embodiment, the plug takes the form of a mouthpiece. |
| US11304440B2 |
Tobacco having altered leaf properties and methods of making and using
This disclosure provides tobacco plants containing a PMT RNAi and tobacco plants having a mutation in PMT, and methods of making and using such plants. |
| US11304439B2 |
Method and apparatus to fold a sheet of material into a rod for an aerosol generating article
The present invention relates to a method to fold a sheet (11) of material into a rod for an aerosol generating article, the method comprising: providing a central element and plurality of spaced apart walls (14), the spaced apart walls radially extending outwardly from the central element (12) following one another in a circumferential direction, each spaced apart wall defining an end surface (15) separated from the end surfaces of the adjacent walls; transporting the sheet of material and putting it in contact with the end surfaces of the plurality of spaced apart walls so that the sheet of material can partly fold within spaces defined between the spaced apart walls; and inserting the sheet of material into a funnel (16) to form a rod. The present invention also relates to an apparatus (10) to fold a sheet of material into a rod for an aerosol generating article. |
| US11304438B2 |
Method for producing a homogenized tobacco material, and homogenized tobacco material
The present invention relates to a method to produce a homogenized tobacco material for use in a heat-not-burn aerosol-generating article, comprising the steps of: selecting a first target value for a first tobacco characteristic, said first tobacco characteristic being reducing sugars and the first target value being comprised between about 8 percent and about 18 percent in dry weight basis of a total amount of tobacco present within the homogenized tobacco material; selecting a second target value of a second tobacco characteristic, wherein the second tobacco characteristic is one of total ammonia and total alkaloids; blending graded tobacco types so as to form the tobacco blend, each graded tobacco type comprising a predetermined amount of the first and second tobacco characteristics, so that the first and second target values of said first and second tobacco characteristics are obtained in said blend within a predetermined tolerance range; grinding said tobacco blend into a blended tobacco powder; forming a slurry comprising the blended tobacco powder; and forming a web of homogenous tobacco web from the slurry. |
| US11304437B1 |
Cooking extrusion horn
A method and apparatus for an extrusion horn including an inner compression chamber having an interior channel extending from an open infeed port to an open exit port, where a top inner surface of the interior channel progressively tapers down with an initial slope having an initial downward taper to a target thickness, then top inner surface abruptly steps to an increased thickness of the channel, and then progressively tapers down with a secondary slope where the secondary slope has a steeper downward taper than the slope of the initial downward taper. An apparatus and method for extruding extrudate through an extruding horn conducive for producing bacon bits and jerky. |
| US11304435B2 |
Methods for making plant protein concentrates
Methods of making food-grade plant protein compositions, including yellow pea protein compositions, are provided. The methods use pulses, such as yellow peas, and flours derived therefrom. |
| US11304432B2 |
Food ingredients produced from high amylose wheat
Provided are food and drink ingredients produced from wheat grain which has a low level (2-30%) of total starch branching enzyme II activity and an amylose content in the starch of at least 50% (w/w), and processes for producing and using the ingredients. Also provided are foods produced from the ingredients which may be used in humans to improve one or more parameters of metabolic health, bowel health or cardiovascular health. |
| US11304431B2 |
Sweetener and flavor compositions, methods of making and methods of use thereof
Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions. |
| US11304430B2 |
Process and apparatus for extraction at room temperature of juice and puree from food products
A process for optimizing the efficiency of extraction at room temperature of juice or puree from pulps of fruit and vegetables, responsive to their consistency. The pulps are first cut and softened in a first section of the machine, where a rotor applies pulses to the pulps in quick succession against a stator having protrusions on the inner surface. The softened product then passes through an extraction section, where the separation is carried out of a main product, which is conveyed in an outlet duct, from the waste solid parts, which are discharged through an outlet. The rotors are mounted on different shafts operated by motors. Both motors are operatively connected to a device that controls the speeds manually, or automatically, responsive to predetermined input parameters, according to the consistency of the product. |
| US11304425B2 |
Glycosylated beta-galactosidase compositions having improved transgalactosylating activity
The present invention relates to compositions, particularly liquid compositions, comprising polypeptides having beta-galactosidase activity, methods of making said compositions, and uses of the compositions for making e.g. dairy products. The polypeptides having beta-galactosidase activity are modified by glycation of lysine and/or arginine residues by incubating the enzyme in the presence of reducing sugars, optionally combined with a heat treatment. Thereby, transgalactosylating activity is increased. |
| US11304422B2 |
Apparatus for closing pasty-substance-filled tubular casings, and method for operating the apparatus
An apparatus for closing pasty-substance-filled tubular casings to form products, in particular for closing sausage-meat-filled casings is disclosed. The apparatus includes a filling tube with an outlet opening, having a brake and having clipper blades, which can be moved toward one another in a direction transverse to a filling direction, and which includes a measuring device, which establishes the caliber of the products in a contactless. |
| US11304418B2 |
Substituted n-(-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl)aryl carboxamides and the use thereof as herbicides
Disclosed are N-(1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl)aryl carboxamides of formula (I) or the salts (I) thereof as well as the use thereof as herbicides. |
| US11304415B2 |
Wireless control system for outdoor recreation motors
Apparatus and associated methods relate to an integrated and packaged control system that can be implemented in and compatible with different types of decoys such that the decoys can be remotely controlled via a user's personal computing device. In an illustrative example, the control system may include a package that houses a package that houses a processing engine, a communication interface, a connector, and a data store. The data store may contain different settings of different types of decoys and corresponding control signals. The input/output terminal may be configured to communicate electrical signals between the interior of the package and the exterior of the package. By providing the control system, different types of decoys may be controlled remotely. |
| US11304407B2 |
Method and device for weaning calves
A method for weaning calves from their mothers without direct human intervention. The method consists of a specialized weaning gate that allows calves to creep graze into an adjacent paddock but does not allow the mother to follow. The gate allows the calves to return to the mothers, to acclimate the calves to moving through the gate and grazing independently and to acclimate the mothers to being temporarily separated from the calves. Once the calves have reached the appropriate age to be weaned, the gate is adjusted to become a one-way gate so that the calves will creep graze into the adjacent field but will not be able to return to the original field with the mothers, which allows the calves to be fully weaned without direct human intervention. |
| US11304406B2 |
Animal treadwheel assembly
An animal treadwheel assembly includes a plurality of curved platforms each manufactured as a single injection molded part. A first end of one platform is configured to be disposed adjacent to a second end of an adjacent platform in a repeatable manner wherein the plurality of platforms are configured to form a singular and continuous cylindrical surface. A plurality of elongated curved connectors are manufactured as a single injection molded part, each elongated curved connector having a first connector end disposed opposite a second connector end. The first connector end of one elongated curved connector is fixedly connectable to the second connector end of an adjacent elongate curved connector in a repeatable manner forming a left side and right side self-supporting rigid and continuous ring. The self-supporting rigid and continuous rings are fixedly connectable to the singular and continuous cylindrical surface forming a self-supporting rigid cylindrical treadwheel. |
| US11304403B1 |
Elevator support for holding animal consumable substance
An elevator support (10) for holding a block (16) of an animal consumable substance includes a body (22). The body includes a central hub (24) and a plurality of radially outward extending arms (26). A ground face side (32) of the body includes a recess (36) or a projection (112) for engaging the body with a top of a vertically extending post (40, 120). The body is positioned above ground level (12) at a height that is appropriate for the animals that are to consume the substance. The body includes a plurality of spaced apertures (46). A plurality of pins (56) are selectively locatable in the apertures for purposes of holding various sizes and configurations of blocks of animal consumable material in intermediate relation of the pins and in supported relation on the body. |
| US11304401B2 |
Water absorption treatment material and method for manufacturing the same
Provided are a water absorption treatment material that can be manufactured at a low cost and in which a clump of used grains can be formed, and a method for manufacturing the same. A water absorption treatment material includes a first grain and a second grain that absorb a liquid. The first grain includes a first core portion and a coating portion. The first core portion has a grain-like shape. The coating portion contains an adhesive material, and covers the first core portion. The second grain includes a second core portion. The second core portion has a grain-like shape. In the second grain, the second core portion is uncovered. |
| US11304400B2 |
Two story foldable animal litter containing apparatus
A Cat Litter Box System with a litter box or other indoor cat bathroom media and a collapsible, two level animal litter containing apparatus having a ground level with an enclosed bathroom area compartment and a second level with an entrance and exit compartment that is easy for a cat or other pet to access is provided. Preferably a recloseable side opening is provided on the ground level of the containing apparatus for ease of cleaning. |
| US11304398B2 |
Control system, method and computer program for a milking machine
An automatic milking machine controlled by a control unit that, in response to a control request from a first remote user terminal that indicates an intention to initiate transmission of control commands and/or parameter settings, checks whether at least one control command and/or parameter setting from a second remote user terminal has been received within a particular interval preceding a point in time when the control request was received, and if so, returns status data to the first remote user terminal that indicate an identity of the second remote user terminal so that, based thereon, an operator of the first remote user terminal can decide whether or not to remote control the milking machine at the present point in time. |
| US11304397B2 |
Hybrid tomato plant named HMC44131
A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HMC44131 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HMC44131, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HMC44131, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMC44131 with itself or another tomato plant. |
| US11304396B2 |
Hybrid tomato plant named HMX8148
A hybrid tomato plant, designated HMX8148 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HMX8148, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HMX8148, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMX8148 with itself or another tomato plant. |
| US11304393B2 |
Industrial hemp cannabis cultivars and seeds with stable cannabinoid profiles
According to the invention, there is provided novel hemp Cannabis cultivars with THC content of 0.2% by dry weight and a unique terpene profile. This invention thus relates to the seeds of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to the plants of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to plant parts of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to methods for producing a Cannabis cultivar by crossing the hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention with another Cannabis cultivar, and to methods for producing a Cannabis cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion Cannabis plants and plant parts produced by those methods. |
| US11304391B1 |
Microgreens grower
A microgreens grower includes: a chamber; a seed support disposed above the chamber, the seed support having a structure which is configured to prevent seeds of a predetermined size from falling through, but is permeable to water; a mist generator disposed below the seed support and in communication with a water reservoir; at least one grow light disposed above the seed support; and an electronic controller operable to selectively provide electrical power to the mist generator and the at least one grow light. |
| US11304385B1 |
Flowering plant growing system and method of using same
A flowering plant growing system utilizes a flowering plant growth assembly that enables the limbs of a flowering plant to be retained and supported along a bud platform to spread the growth out in a planar configuration. This type of growth arrangement may stimulate the plant to produce buds that are distributed across the bud platform and may grow up from the bud platform toward a cover. The height of the bud platform and cover may be adjustable as they are secured to vertical supports by retainers. |
| US11304384B2 |
Integrated horticultural grow rack kit
A horticultural plant growing assembly includes a pair of casings, each with a bottom and a side wall. Each side wall includes an upper edge configured to engage one another to define a cavity between the casings. The plant growing assembly further includes a light system, and a plurality of frame members that are connectable together to form a frame, with the light system being attachable to the frame. The plant growing assembly is configurable into a packaged configuration and an assembled configuration. In the packaged configuration, the frame members and the light system are contained within the cavity, and in the assembled configuration the frame members are connected together to form the frame with the light system attached to the frame. One of the casings includes a shelf adapted to support a plant with the light system disposed above the shelf. |
| US11304381B2 |
Decomposable plant container with rings and related methods
A plant container may include a vertical wall surrounding a plant receiving recess and having vertically aligned slot sets. The plant container may have a bottom including a panel, and panel tabs extending from a periphery of the panel. The panel tabs are to be received by a lowermost vertically aligned slot set. The plant container may include a ring having ring tabs on an inner radial edge, and the ring tabs may be received by a respective vertically aligned slot set. |
| US11304378B2 |
Aquatic weed planting plate for aquarium
An aquatic weed planting plate for an aquarium is provided. The aquatic weed planting plate for aquarium includes a plate body and at least four feet. A plurality of planting holes is formed in the plate body at intervals. A plurality of dirt collecting holes is formed around each planting hole. The plate body is provided with fixing devices for fixing aquatic weeds, and each fixing device corresponds to one planting hole. The fixing device includes a fixing sleeve, two clamping members and a luminous ring. The plate body is provided with nets for collecting dirt, each net corresponds to one dirt collecting hole, the lower portion of each net is provided with a connecting tube; a plurality of conveying pipes is also arranged below the plate body, each conveying pipe is communicated with the plurality of connecting tubes, each connecting tube is communicated with the corresponding conveying pipe. |
| US11304374B2 |
Selective automated blossom thinning
The invention relates to an end-effector device and automated selective thinning system. The system includes vision acquisition hardware, kinematic targeting and heuristic programming, a robotic arm, and a pomologically designed end-effector. The system is utilized to improve efficiency for the fruit-thinning process in a tree orchard, such as peach thinning. By automating the mechanical process of fruit thinning, selective fruit-thinners can eliminate manual labor inputs and further enhance favorable blossom removal. Automation used in conjunction with a heuristic approach provides improvements to the system. The system may also be configured as a robotic arm or as a handheld system by including a battery and switching microcontroller with handle or wrist straps. Handheld thinning devices that are mechanical in nature may also be part of the system. |
| US11304373B2 |
Bale processor with extended carrying capacity and intermediary bale holder for extending the carrying capacity of existing bale processor
A bale processor with extended bale capacity and a kit for extending a bale capacity of a bale processor is disclosed. The extended bale capacity is provided by a bale holder mechanically coupled to the frame the bale processor. When in use, the bale holder is capable of supporting an additional bale in an intermediary position between a first bale above a disintegration rotor of the bale processor and a second bale supported by a bale carrier of the bale processor. The kit comprises an intermediary bale holder and a support frame mechanically mountable to a back section of a bale processor. |
| US11304367B2 |
Agricultural working machine
An agricultural working machine with a driver assistance system is disclosed. The driver assistance system controls driving functions of the agricultural working machine and at least one working assembly of the agricultural working machine in the context of performing a work process. The driver assistance system accesses a set of rules in the form of control strategies to control the at least one work assembly according to a specific control strategy. The driver assistance system includes an interface to communicate with an external computer unit, which is remote from the agricultural working machine, and through which data can be exchanged between the driver assistance system and the external computer unit. For example, the driver assistance system receives data from the external computer unit via the interface during the work process of the agricultural working machine, and selects the control strategy for performing the work process based on the data. |
| US11304365B2 |
Rake system for removing floating and submerged vegetation and debris from ponds
The present invention provides a rake system for removing floating and submerged vegetation and debris from ponds. The rake system includes: a handle; a frame that includes a first cutting member, a second cutting member, one or more entrapment meshes, a floating member; and a line connected the proximal end of the handle. Methods for removing floating and submerged vegetation and debris from ponds are also disclosed. |
| US11304360B2 |
Agricultural machine for dispensing material to be distributed and metering element for said agricultural machine
An agricultural machine for dispensing material to be distributed, which agricultural machine comprises at least one metering element having a metering roller for metering the material to be distributed mounted in a metering housing and is rotatably driven. The metering roller has a plurality of metering wheel segments, each metering wheel segment of the metering roller is assigned a separate drive to drive the metering wheel segments independently of each other to ensure exact metering of the material to be distributed within finely subdivided partial widths of the agricultural machine. The drives of the metering wheel segments of the metering roller are arranged in the interior thereof, for example within a tubular hollow body, on which the metering wheel segments are mounted, such that the drives are ideally accommodated with protection from external influences and in a space-saving manner. |
| US11304359B2 |
System and method for anaerobic digestion of animal wastes
A new method of disposing of waste for the hog industry is disclosed which avoids use of lagoons. Manure is semi-continuously degritted, anaerobically digested and digested with biomass to produce bio-organic fertilizer and biogas. |
| US11304353B2 |
Closed-loop proportional position control of an implement stabilizer wheel
A method and apparatus for remotely positioning a stabilizer wheel of a towable agricultural implement simultaneously, cooperatively and proportionally control the flow of hydraulic fluid to and from both the rod and base ends of the bore of a double-acting hydraulic cylinder, to hold the piston of the hydraulic cylinder at a target position determined from a desired position input signal corresponding to a desired position of the stabilizer wheel with respect to a frame of the agricultural implement. |
| US11310951B2 |
Substrate working device and component mounting device
A substrate working device includes a working unit that performs work on a substrate on which a component is mounted, an imager capable of imaging a correction mark for position correction, and a mark projector that projects the correction mark. The correction mark includes a first correction mark and a second correction mark. The mark projector projects the first correction mark to a first height and projects the second correction mark to a second height. |
| US11310950B2 |
Liquid metal infiltration rework of electronic assembly
Provided is a method for removing an electronic component from a printed wiring board. The method comprises applying an embrittlement agent to a lead of an electronic component that is soldered to the printed wiring board. The electronic component is removed from the printed wiring board by breaking the embrittled lead. |
| US11310948B2 |
Bendable shielded bus bar
A bus bar assembly is provided that includes an electrical conductor with a rectangular cross-section. A first insulation layer surrounds the electrical conductor. A shielding layer surrounds the first insulation layer. The shielding layer is formed from an embossed conductive foil wrapped around the first insulation layer with overlapping sections. A method of making the bus bar assembly is provided that includes an electrical conductor being surrounded with a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer is then wrapped with a shielding layer formed from a conductive foil wrapped around the first insulation layer. |
| US11310947B2 |
Camera module for a motor vehicle, method of using, and method of assembling a camera module
A camera module (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular for driver monitoring in the passenger compartment, including at least one printed circuit board (2) and a shield for enclosing the printed circuit board (2). The shield includes at least a first shielding part (7) and a second shielding part (10). The first shielding part (7) is a ring shaped part and the second shielding part (10) is a hat shaped part put over, enclosing, and contacting the first shielding part (7). |
| US11310943B1 |
Cooling system for rack mounted electronic components
A system to improve cooling of rack mounted components may include a first rack mounted component including a first motherboard, the first motherboard having a first edge and a second rack mounted component disposed above the first rack mounted component; the second rack mounted component having a second motherboard having a first edge, wherein the second motherboard is similar to the first motherboard. The second motherboard may be disposed above the first motherboard, and wherein the second motherboard is angled with respect to the first motherboard so that the first edge of the second motherboard is non-aligned with the first edge of the first motherboard. In addition, the first motherboard may be arranged horizontally in a first plane and the second mother board may be arranged horizontally in a second plane that is parallel to the first plane. |
| US11310942B1 |
Modular air-duct assembly for a server
An air-duct assembly for a server comprises a main portion and an extension piece. The main portion has a first end region for receiving air from a fan and a second end region with a first attachment feature. The extension piece has a second attachment feature for mating with the first attachment feature. The extension piece guides the air from the second end region of the main portion to a terminal end of the extension piece. The air-duct assembly can be used with a first heat exchanger in a first configuration in which the extension piece is mated to the main portion, and the first heat exchanger is located within the extension piece. The air-duct assembly can also be used with a second heat exchanger in a second configuration in which only the main portion is used by itself and the second heat exchanger is located within the main portion. |
| US11310940B2 |
Electronic device including radiation structure
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member for encompassing a space between the first plate and the second plate; a circuit board arranged inside the housing and including at least one heating element; a first vapor chamber for receiving, through conduction, and dispersing, in at least a partial space between the first plate and the circuit board, heat released from the at least one heating element; a heat sink for receiving, through conduction, and absorbing, in at least a partial space between the circuit board and the second plate, heat released from the at least one heating element; and a fan for supplying air such that the heat absorbed by the heat sink is forcibly convected toward the outside of the electronic device. Additional various embodiments are possible. |
| US11310939B2 |
Coolant distribution unit
A coolant distribution unit includes a casing, a control module, a power supply module, a heat exchange module, and a fluid driving module. The power supply module is electrically connected to the control module, the fluid driving module is electrically connected to the control module and the power supply module, and the fluid driving module is in fluid communication with the heat exchange module. The control module, power supply module, heat exchange module, and fluid driving module are all arranged in the casing. In addition, the control module controls the power supply module to output a corresponding electrical power to the fluid driving module according to an operation status of the fluid driving module. |
| US11310938B2 |
Leak sensor drip tray
Systems and methods are provided for a leak sensor drip tray. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a component; a cold plate disposed above the component; a leak sensor board disposed above the cold plate; and a drip tray disposed above the leak sensor, wherein the drip tray is configured to capture a fluid leak from a fitting coupled to the cold plate. |
| US11310937B2 |
Impinging jet manifold for chip cooling near edge jets
Systems and methods for chip cooling with near edge jets in a direct liquid cooled module are disclosed. One of the functions of a direct liquid cooled module is to provide cooling liquid to components located on a chip. Jet impingement directly onto the back side of a chip is one cooling method that can provide more efficient cooling. An orifice plate includes an array of small diameter holes that correspond to high velocity jet locations and large diameter holes for the insertion of tubes to connect to lower pressure cavities. |
| US11310929B2 |
Display device
The present disclosure includes a display module, a first frame that is disposed to be long along an upper side of the display module and is convexly bent toward a front side of the display module, a second frame that is spaced apart from the first frame in the vertical direction, is disposed to be long along a lower side of the display module, and is convexly bent in the same direction as the first frame, a third frame disposed between one side of the first frame and one side of the second frame, a fourth frame spaced apart from the third frame in the left-right direction and disposed between the other side of the first frame and the other side of the second frame, an upper sliding member mounted movably in the first frame and fixed to the upper side of the display module, and a lower sliding member mounted movably in the second frame and fixed to the lower side of the display module. |
| US11310928B2 |
LED display waterproof structure
The present disclosure provides an LED display waterproof structure including a display bottom case, a first sealing ring and a waterproof cover. A side surface of the display bottom case is provided with a first U-shaped ring groove, a side surface of the first sealing ring towards the waterproof cover is provided with a second U-shaped ring groove, a first surface of the waterproof cover is provided with a ring protrusion matching the second U-shaped ring groove, the waterproof cover is provided on the first U-shaped ring groove through the first sealing ring, the ring protrusion is connected to the second U-shaped ring groove through interference fit, and the second U-shaped ring groove is connected to the first U-shaped ring groove through interference fit. |
| US11310925B2 |
Display device with rollable display panel and operation method thereof
A display device includes a rollable display panel having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from the first end portion, a first roller configured to roll the first end portion, and a second roller configured to roll the second end portion. The second end portion of the rollable display panel may include a transmissive region which external light may pass through. An operation method of the display device includes determining an operation mode, rolling the rollable display panel in a first rotation direction so that the transmissive region is not exposed outside in a first display mode, rolling the rollable display panel in a second rotation direction so that the transmissive region is exposed outside in a second display mode, and displaying an image in a display region exposed outside. |
| US11310920B2 |
Circuit board, method for manufacturing the same, and backlight
A circuit board (100) includes an insulating base layer (11), a first conductive circuit layer (40) disposed on the base layer (11); a solder mask layer (60) covering the first conductive circuit layer (40) away from the base layer (11), wherein the solder mask layer (60) defines a slot (601), the slot (601) exposes a portion of the first conductive circuit layer (40), the solder mask layer (60) includes a sidewall (602) at the slot (601); and a cover film (70) covering the solder mask layer (60), wherein the cover film (70) defines an opening (701), the opening (701) corresponds to the slot (601) and exposes the solder pad (7401), the cover film (70) includes a covering portion (74) and a side reflecting portion (75), the covering portion (74) is disposed on the solder mask layer (60), the side reflecting portion (75) is connected to the covering portion (74) and covers the sidewall (602). |
| US11310917B2 |
Method for manufacturing substrate for flexible printed wiring board, and substrate for flexible printed wiring board
Provided is a method for manufacturing a substrate for flexible printed wiring board, comprising a laminated body forming step and an integration step, wherein in the laminated body forming step, on an upper surface and a lower surface of a fluororesin layer having a modified surface, a first and second reinforcing resin layers having a coefficient of thermal expansion smaller than that of the fluororesin layer are respectively stacked through a first thermosetting adhesive, on the first reinforcing resin layer and/or the second reinforcing resin layer, a conductor layer is stacked through a second thermosetting adhesive, to form a laminated body, and in the integration step, the laminated body is heated and integrated at a temperature not lower than a curing temperature of the first and second thermosetting adhesives and lower than a melting point of the fluororesin layer. |
| US11310916B1 |
Metal circuit on polymer composite substrate surface and method for manufacturing the same
A metal circuit on a polymer composite substrate surface and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The metal circuit on the polymer composite substrate surface includes a polymer composite layer and a metal circuit layer. The metal circuit layer is formed from a metal piece molded by metal processing, and is integrated onto a surface of the polymer composite layer. The metal circuit layer has one or a plurality of circuit grooves formed therein, the polymer composite layer has one or a plurality of bulges formed therein, and the bulge is deformed and bulged at the corresponding circuit groove. |
| US11310913B2 |
Semiconductor component, and contacting assembly having a semiconductor component and a printed circuit board
The invention relates to a semiconductor component (2), comprising a semiconductor chip (3), a housing (5) and a connection point arrangement (10) having at least two rows (14, 16) of planar connection points (12), which are arranged on a bottom side of the housing (5) and can be electrically connected by means of connections to corresponding contacts of a contact arrangement having at least two rows, which contact arrangement is arranged on a printed circuit board, wherein the geometry of the contact arrangement corresponds to the geometry of the connection point arrangement (10), a first distance is specified between two adjacent first connection points (14A) of a first row (14) of the connection point arrangement (10) and a second distance is specified between two adjacent second connection points (16A) of a second row (16) of the connection point arrangement (10), and the second connection points (16A) of the second row (16) are offset to the first connection points (14A) of the first row (14). The invention also relates to a corresponding contacting assembly having such a semiconductor element (2) and a printed circuit board. The first distance at least between two adjacent first connection points (14A) of the first row (14) of the connection point arrangement (10) corresponds to an intermediate space (C, D) between two contacts of the corresponding contact arrangement, in which intermediate space at least two conducting tracks (28) having functionally reliable dimensions and distances can be arranged. |
| US11310911B2 |
Three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) integration of an embedded chip and a preformed metal routing structure
An integrated circuit (IC) package is described. The IC package includes a metallization structure. The IC package also includes a first die in a package substrate layer. The package substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. The second surface of the package substrate layer is on the metallization structure. The IC package further includes a second die on the first surface of the package substrate layer and on the first die. The IC package also includes through vias in the package substrate layer to couple pads of the second die to metal routing layers at a first surface of the metallization structure. The IC package further includes package bumps on a second surface of the metallization structure, opposite the first surface, and coupled to the pads of the second die through the metal routing layers. |
| US11310910B2 |
Resin composition, copper foil with resin, dielectric layer, copper clad laminate sheet, capacitor element and printed wiring board with built-in capacitor
A resin composition for use in a dielectric layer of a capacitor device or a capacitor-embedded printed circuit board is provided in which the resin composition can improve stability in capacitance and insulation properties of the capacitor device under high temperature and high humidity and ensures high adhesion of the dielectric layer to the device. The resin composition comprises a resin component and a dielectric filler. The resin component comprises an epoxy resin, an active ester resin, and an aromatic polyamide resin. |
| US11310908B2 |
Circuit board, inductor, and radio apparatus
A power supply circuit board includes a substrate, a first line that is provided on a first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, a second line that is provided on the first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, an inductor that is connected to the land of the first line and the land of the second line and that is made of a ferrite material, and an open stub that is connected to at least one of the first line and the second line. |
| US11310902B2 |
Compact multi-isotope solid target system utilizing liquid retrieval
The present disclosure provides a self-contained system that contains a plurality of target cartridges, automatically inserts a selected target cartridge into position for irradiation, advances a foil to facilitate irradiation over the target chamber, replaces the foil for additional irradiation (if desired), serves as a dissolution cell for retrieval of the irradiated material, removes the used target cartridge and inserts a new cartridge for subsequent cycles of operation. Consequently, only the dissolved target material and dissolution medium are transferred between the target system and any post processing cells/labs. Accordingly, a system is disclosed for processing a target material without disturbance to irradiated material (thereby eliminating risk of impurities) and without requiring manual access/intervention (thereby eliminating risk of exposure). |
| US11310901B2 |
Plasma torch and components thereof
Embodiments of the present invention include a plasma cutting torch and plasma cutting torch components, such as electrodes, cathodes, retainer caps, etc. having a unique physical features, including threads relationships. Embodiments include torch components having modified square thread with a specialized thread configuration including a particular relationship between thread crest and root, and included angles of thread sidewalls. |
| US11310900B2 |
Pulse laser-driven plasma capacitor
Systems and method of electrical power generation. The system and method controls the timescale of electron dynamics and makes use of avalanche ionization, electrodynamic flows, magnetic fields, polarization, radiation emissions, shock wave front, impulse pressure, and heat transfer, created by plasma generated by exposing a fluid to an ultrashort wavelength laser pulse from a femtosecond laser, a nanosecond laser combined with a femtosecond laser, or a typical laser enhanced by a discharge barrier, and the fluid guided by a shock reflecting tube, electro-laser wave guide, plasma discharge gap or check valves that create vortexes to resist backflow, through a capacitor. The fluid and plasma being accumulated and recombined in a storage chamber in a compressed state, or recycled for cyclical power generation. |
| US11310898B2 |
Compact high-voltage power supply and radiation apparatus systems and methods
A apparatus may include a power supply to receive a first voltage potential and output a second voltage potential that is greater than the first voltage potential and a cathode emitter to emit ions in response to application of the second voltage potential. The apparatus may also include a step down transformer to receive the second voltage potential and output a third voltage potential that is less than the second voltage potential. The apparatus may also include a heating element to, in response to application of the third voltage potential, heat the cathode emitter and lower a work function of the cathode emitter. |
| US11310894B2 |
LED driver, LED system and signal transmitting method for LED
A driver comprises a controller coupled with a LED, and an interface circuit configured to be coupled between the controller and an external device. The interface circuit comprises an interface port configured to be coupled to the external device, an analog interface module, a digital interface module and a power supply module. The analog interface module is coupled between the interface port and the controller and configured to transmit an analog signal therebetween the external device and the controller in a first mode. The digital interface module is coupled between the interface port and the controller and configured to transmit a digital signal between the external device and the controller in a second mode and a third mode. The power supply module is coupled to the interface port and configured to provide energy to the external device in the first mode and the third mode. |
| US11310892B2 |
System, methods, and apparatuses for distributed detection of luminaire anomalies
The described implementations provided herein relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for using a network of luminaires to perform distributed computation of sensor data to identify hardware and network anomalies. In some implementations, a method is set forth as including operations such as receiving, from a first luminaire (114, 128, 216), first sensor data (122, 124) in response to a stimulus (204) affecting a network of luminaires (110), and receiving, from a second luminaire (208) in the network of luminaires, second sensor data. The method can also include determining a correlation between the first sensor data and the second sensor data, and modifying a luminaire spatial-temporal model (222) based at least partially on the correlation. The method can also include receiving subsequent sensor data from the first luminaire or the second luminaire, and providing a signal (212) to the first luminaire or the second luminaire based on a comparison of the subsequent sensor data to the luminaire spatial-temporal model. |
| US11310886B2 |
Configuration of lighting systems
A configurable lighting system includes a coordinator device and a first lighting device that wirelessly communicates with the coordinator device. The system further includes a user device having a display interface that displays representations of multiple lighting devices including a representation of the first lighting device. The user device is configured to indicate the representation of the first lighting device in the display interface in response to a first user input received at the first lighting device. In response to a second user input received at the user device, the second user input associating the representation of the first lighting device with a zone of a physical area, the coordinator device associates the first lighting device with a second lighting device associated with the zone of the physical area. |
| US11310885B2 |
Lighting system and sensor platform for controlled agricultural environments
A lighting system includes two or more lighting fixtures, each comprising a housing, at least one light source mechanically supported by the housing, at least one pipe thermally coupled to the housing to carry a fluid coolant, an AC power port, and at least one network communications port. The AC power ports of respective lighting fixtures are coupled together with a plurality of industrial power cables without using one or more conduits for the plurality of industrial power cables. The network communications ports of the respective lighting fixtures are coupled together with a plurality of waterproof network communications cables. In one example, a lighting system kit comprises two or more lighting fixtures having an AC power port comprising an industrial type connector. The kit further comprises multiple industrial power cables and one or more industrial drop tee cables. |
| US11310884B2 |
LED luminaire and engine systems
An LED luminaire includes an LED engine system that drives a plurality of interchangeable LED modules. The LED engine system may be arranged in a luminaire housing. The LED engine system includes a power plate assembly and a plurality of LED modules that are removable and interchangeable with respect to the power plate assembly. The LED engine system is customizable or modifiable to vary the light output therefrom, in that various types of LED modules may be utilizable therewith and one or more of the LED modules may be mounted to the power plate assembly at two or more orientations. |
| US11310876B2 |
Switch and method of operation
A control system including: a base including a central axis; a knob rotatably connected to the base, the knob rotatable about the central axis; a plurality of individually indexed light emitting elements distributed along the base perimeter and arranged to direct light radially outward of the central axis; a diffuser arranged radially outward of the light emitting elements; a wireless communication module enclosed between the knob and base; and a processor enclosed between the knob and base, the processor connected to the wireless communication mechanism and plurality of light emitting elements, the processor configured to individually control each light emitting element based on a control signal received from the wireless communication mechanism. |
| US11310875B2 |
Laminates, and systems and methods for laminating
A frangible laminate includes first, second and third webs, and the second web is positioned between the first and third webs. The forming of the frangible laminate includes adhesively bonding a first plurality of sections of the second web to the first web, applying release material in order to inhibit at least some of any bonding between the first plurality of sections of the second web and the third web, and adhesively bonding a second plurality of sections of the second web to the third web. The frangible laminate is separated into a first laminate and a second laminate, so that the first laminate includes the first web and the first plurality of sections of the second web, and the second laminate includes the third web and the second plurality of sections of the second web. |
| US11310871B2 |
Distribution system, distribution method and recording medium for acquiring identification information of a gateway
A distribution system includes: a gateway to be a kitting target; and a distribution server that distributes, to the gateway, kitting data associated with gateway identification information of the gateway, the distribution system further including a mobile terminal that acquires the gateway identification information wirelessly transmitted from the gateway and transmits the acquired gateway identification information to the distribution server, wherein the distribution server associates the gateway identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal, with the kitting data. |
| US11310863B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining TDD UL-DL configuration applicable for radio frames
Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system. A UE receives a system information block (SIB) from a base station. The UE obtains a first time division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration from the SIB. The UE identifies DL subframes in a radio frame. The UE monitors the PDCCH transmitted from the base station on a DL subframe included in an on duration period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. The UE obtains information about a second TDD UL/DL configuration from the monitored PDCCH. The UE applies the second TDD UL/DL configuration to the radio frame. The DL subframe corresponds to a predetermined subframe number in the radio frame. The on duration period represents a period corresponding to a predetermined number of subframes from a subframe where the DRX cycle starts, and the on duration period is repeated periodically. |
| US11310861B2 |
Bandwidth part configuration and operation for new radio (NR) wideband user equipment (UE)
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable for bandwidth part (BWP) configuration is disclosed. The UE can decode, at the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) signal including BWP configuration information for one or more of downlink (DL) or uplink (UL) BWP configurations, wherein the BWP configuration information comprises: subcarrier spacing for the BWP, and location and bandwidth of the BWP. The UE can encode one or more of data or control information, using the BWP configuration information, for transmission to a next generation node B (gNB). The UE can decode one or more of data or control information, using the BWP configuration information, received from the gNB. |
| US11310853B2 |
Multi-path data communications
A method and system is described in which a client device comprises a memory arranged as a user space and a kernel space. One operation comprises providing in the user space a user space control module for receiving one or more application calls destined for the kernel space. Another operation comprises receiving by the user space control module an application call for requesting data transmission using one or more kernel space network services. Another operation comprises implementing the requested data transmission over multiple paths from the client device under the control of the user space control module. |
| US11310851B2 |
GNB coordinated device to device communication
Systems and methods establishing and maintain a direct User Equipment to User Equipment communication link in a gNB are disclosed. A gNB may determine that direct UE to UE link should be established in a cell. The gNB may transmit information to a first and second UE to enable a device to device beam search procedure. The first and second UE may perform the beam search and report the result to the gNB. The gNB may determine the appropriate beam for the first and second UE to establish a communication link. |
| US11310847B2 |
Multi-layered distributed GTP-C processing
A method for multi-layered distributed GTP-processing for communication between user devices (2, 3) via a communication network (1), the network comprises clusters (4) each cluster (4) including gateways (7) and a loadbalancer (8), and a runtime database (5) storing load information of the gateways and a subscriber data-base (6) storing information on user preferences. The method comprises the loadbalancer (8), after receipt of a connection request, to choose the least loaded gateway (7), identifying if the cluster (4) is the preferred cluster of the user, and establishing, if the cluster is the preferred cluster, a connection between the user devices (2, 3) via the gateway (7) and in accordance with the user preferences or else, transmitting the connection request to the loadbalancer (8) of the preferred cluster (4), the loadbalancer identifying the least loaded gateway (7) in that cluster and establishing via the gateway (7) a connection between user devices by sending a response message in accordance with the user preferences to the first gateway in the first cluster. |
| US11310829B2 |
Method of transmitting information in unlicensed band and network device
Provided are a method of transmitting information in an unlicensed band and a network device. The method includes: when there is a synchronized signal block to be transmitted, performing listen before talk (LBT) at an LBT position of a time-domain transmission unit where a candidate transmission position of the synchronized signal block is located, to obtain an LBT result of a channel; if the LBT result of the channel indicates that the channel is idle, then sending, at the candidate transmission position of the synchronized signal block, the corresponding synchronized signal block to UE. |
| US11310827B2 |
Method for carrying out uplink transmission in wireless communication system and device therefor
The present disclosure provides an operation method, associated with uplink (UL) transmission, of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting dynamic resource sharing between an eMBB and a URLLC. More specifically, the method carried out by a terminal comprises receiving, from a base station, a UL grant for scheduling a UL transmission; receiving, from the base station, a control message including first information indicating the stopping of the UL transmission, and second information on a resource for which the UL transmission is to be stopped; and on the basis of the control message, determining whether a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the UL transmission is included in the resource for which the UL transmission is to be stopped. |
| US11310824B2 |
Scheduling of transmission time intervals
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for scheduling of transmission time intervals. One apparatus includes a processor that determines a first semi-persistent scheduling resource assignment indicating a first set of resources including a first multiple time domain resources. Each time domain resource of the first multiple time domain resources has a first transmission time interval length. The processor also determines a second semi-persistent scheduling resource assignment indicating a second set of resources including a second multiple time domain resources. Each time domain resource of the second multiple time domain resources has a second transmission time interval length, and the first transmission time interval length is different from the second transmission time interval length. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits the first semi-persistent scheduling resource assignment using a first semi-persistent scheduling radio network identifier, and transmits the second semi-persistent scheduling resource assignment using a second semi-persistent scheduling radio network identifier. |
| US11310818B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control indicators in a wireless communication system
An apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a transport block and HARQ-ACK on PUSCH; and a physical layer processing unit configured to calculate a number of coded bits for the HARQ-ACK, at least based on a number of SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb for PUSCH initial transmission for the transport block, and modulation order for the transport block, wherein the number of the SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb is given at least based on NLBT and a number of SC-FDMA symbols NULsymb included in an uplink slot, and a value of NLBT is 1 in a case that a time continuous signal of a first SC-FDMA symbol included in the PUSCH is generated based on a content of a resource element corresponding to a second SC-FDMA symbol following the first SC-FDMA symbol. |
| US11310811B2 |
Media access control layer architecture, method for transmitting data, network-side device and terminal
A media access control layer architecture, a method for transmitting data, a network-side device and a terminal are provided. The media access control layer architecture of the network-side device includes: a common scheduling function unit; at least one dedicated scheduling function unit, each dedicated scheduling function unit corresponding to a bearer set including one or more bearers; and more than one multiplexing and retransmission function unit, each multiplexing and retransmission function unit corresponding to one terminal. |
| US11310804B2 |
Coordinated frequency usage in multi-AP environments
Systems and methods for operating an access point in a wireless network so as to reduce congestion. The access point may have a transmitter capable of broadcasting a beacon indicating a channel over which the access point propagates wireless data. The channel broadcast by the access point may be optimized for future cooperative use of the channel with a second access point. |
| US11310801B2 |
Communication method, core network device, and access network device
The present disclosure relates to communication methods, core network devices, and access network devices. One example method includes receiving, by a core network device, a first message from an access network device, where the first message carries information used to indicate a slice supported by the access network device, and determining, by the core network device, a location area identity list of user equipment UE based on the information used to indicate the slice supported by the access network device. |
| US11310800B2 |
Multi-beamforming system and method
A method and system/circuit for multi-beamforming signal processing are provided. The circuit includes a plurality of basic modules associated with a plurality of transducers. Each basic module includes a first and second processing stages operative for introducing time delays of higher and lower temporal resolutions to the signals processed thereby respectively, and a path selector multiplexer module managing the signal coupling between the first and second stages. The first processing stage is connectable to one of the transducers via a first port and includes a network of first type time delay channels defining L signal paths operative at a relatively high sampling rate and adapted for providing L respectively different time delays of high temporal resolution. The second processing stage includes an array of N second type time delay channels operable for shifting signals processed thereby by any number up-to K samples of a lower sampling rate. |
| US11310799B2 |
Identifying a beam in 5G wireless communication systems
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for optimizing identification of a beam in a massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) system. The receiver device can select a beam to use for a transmission, and generate channel state information based on a selection of either a single stage beam selection process or a two stage beam selection process. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the receiver can select which beam selection process to use based on the context of the receiver device. The receiver can select which beam selection process to use based on the long term signal to noise ratio, or the correlation metrics associated with the receiver and transmitter, or based on the path loss between the transmitter and receiver, or based on the location of the receiver relative to the transmitter. |
| US11310798B2 |
Measurement method and apparatus for supporting mobility in communication system
Disclosed are a measurement method and a measurement apparatus for supporting mobility in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving, from a base station, control information including first information indicating one or more physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) interlaces configured in an unlicensed band; identifying frequency resources corresponding to the one or more PUSCH interlaces; and transmitting a PUSCH to the base station using the frequency resources of the unlicensed band. Thus, the performance of the communication system can be improved. |
| US11310796B2 |
Device-based wireless transmission regulation for citizens broadband radio service
Wireless transmission regulation for a frequency band associated with Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is described. In an example, a sensor associated with a device, which is configured to operate in the frequency band, can scan at least a portion of the frequency band to generate sensor data indicating at least energy present in the portion of the frequency band. The device can determine, based at least in part on analyzing the sensor data, a presence of another device using the frequency band. The other device can be a priority user having priority access over the device. Based at least in part on determining the presence of the other device, the device can adjust a device radio frequency (RF) transmission power for transmitting communication(s) within the frequency band. |
| US11310789B2 |
Base station device, terminal device and communication method
In a terminal, a control unit transmits a bundle response signal using a resource in a basic region of an uplink control channel in an uplink unit band of a unit band group when no error is detected in each of a plurality of pieces of downlink data of the unit band group, the uplink control channel in the uplink unit band being associated with a downlink control channel in a basic unit band that is a downlink unit band in which a broadcast channel signal including information relating to the uplink unit band is transmitted, and the control unit transmits the bundle response signal using a resource in an additional region of the uplink control channel when an error is detected in each of the plurality of pieces of downlink data. |
| US11310784B2 |
Configuration-dependent DCI timing
The disclosure relates to a method of operating a wireless device. The method comprises receiving (10), from a network node, control information indicating a timing of a scheduled transmission or reception. The method further comprises determining (20) at least one slot or symbol for the scheduled transmission or reception based on the control information indicating the timing, wherein the determining is dependent on whether the wireless device is configured with a semi-static time division duplex, TDD, uplink-downlink allocation or not. The method also comprises performing (30) the scheduled transmission or reception in the determined at least one slot or symbol. |
| US11310780B2 |
Bandwidth scheduling method and apparatus
A bandwidth scheduling method. The method includes a bandwidth allocation apparatus receives a bandwidth request message sent by a message conversion apparatus, where the bandwidth request message includes a bandwidth requirement, and the bandwidth requirement is a bandwidth required by a user-side apparatus for completing transmission of a service. The bandwidth allocation apparatus calculates first bandwidth grant information and second bandwidth grant information based on the bandwidth requirement, where the first bandwidth grant information is information about a bandwidth that is allocated to the user-side device, and the second bandwidth grant information is information about a bandwidth that is allocated to a second access device. The bandwidth allocation apparatus sends the first bandwidth grant information to the user-side device, and the bandwidth allocation apparatus sends the second bandwidth grant information to the second access device by using a first access device. |
| US11310778B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
The present invention is designed so that UCI can be transmitted properly even when a PUSCH of a long TTI and an sPUSCH of a short TTI collide with each other in a same carrier. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits UCI, and a control section that controls re-direction of at least part of the UCI, when a PUSCH of a long TTI carrying the UCI, and an sPUSCH of a short TTI, collide with each other in a same carrier. |
| US11310777B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication based on short transmission time intervals in wireless communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communication processes in a wireless communication system based on short TTIs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there provide a method for communication by a base station. The method comprise: receiving, from a user equipment, an uplink demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in an uplink transmission time interval, TTI, of an uplink subframe, which supports two or more uplink TTIs. At least one uplink TTI supported by the uplink subframe is configured to only transmit uplink control information and/or uplink data without any uplink DMRS. In the other aspects of the present disclosure, there also provides methods for communication by a user equipment and corresponding apparatuses. |
| US11310776B2 |
Sensing and resource selection for sidelink grant-free transmissions
Resource usage information is determined at a first UE about usage of a first communication resource by other UEs based on signals received by the UE. The first communication resource is excluded from a set of candidate communication resources when the resource usage information exceeds a usage threshold. When the first communication resource is excluded, a second communication resource from the candidate communication resources remaining in the set is selected to use for a transmission by the UE. |
| US11310774B2 |
Data processing method and terminal device
A data processing method executed by a terminal device includes: receiving first indication information sent by a network device; receiving second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate that soft values of first data received are to be processed in a first processing manner or a second processing manner, the first data is carried on a second resource, and both the first resource and the second resource include a third resource; determining a target processing manner from the first processing manner and the second processing manner based on the first indication information and/or the second indication information; and processing soft values of data in the third resource in the target processing manner. |
| US11310773B2 |
Systems and methods for LTE allocation in a shared unlicenced spectrum
A method for allocating aggressive signal carriers in a target band of a wireless communication network is provided. The network includes at least one long term evolution (LTE) node and at least one non-LTE transmission source. The target band includes at least two adjacent pairs of contiguous radio frequency (RF) channels. The method includes steps of scanning each contiguous RF channel of the target band to measure a respective value of non-LTE RF energy therein, determining, from the measured non-LTE RF energy, that a first one of the contiguous RF channels is occupied by a non-LTE carrier, and allocating an LTE carrier to a second one of the contiguous RF channels, different than the first one of the contiguous RF channels, based on the determination. |
| US11310767B2 |
Paging message transmission method and apparatus
This application provides a paging message transmission method and relates to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem of waste of a downlink time-frequency resource. The method includes: determining, by a network device, that a communications device is in a beam update mode; then determining, by the network device, a second beam based on beam information reported by the communications device, where the beam information includes information about at least one receive beam, and the information about the at least one receive beam includes information about the second beam; and finally sending, by the network device, a paging message to the communications device over a first beam, where the first beam corresponds to the second beam. This application is applicable to a paging message transmission process. |
| US11310762B2 |
Method for idle-mode positioning of UEs using observed time difference of arrival
A method includes receiving positioning configuration information from a base station or location server while in an RRC_connected mode; transitioning to an RRC_idle or RRC_inactive mode, while saving the positioning configuration information; receiving a reference signal for positioning from the base station; performing positioning measurements, while in the RRC_idle or RRC_inactive mode; and sending a location report to the base station or location server while remaining in the RRC_idle or RRC_inactive mode. A related method includes sending positioning configuration information to a user equipment in an RRC_connected mode; sending the user equipment to RRC_idle or RRC_inactive mode by an RRC suspend procedure; sending a reference signal for positioning to the user equipment; receiving a location report from the user equipment in the RRC_idle or RRC_inactive mode; and forwarding the location report from the user equipment to a location server. |
| US11310760B2 |
Terminal apparatus, location server, and communication method
A terminal apparatus, a location server, and methods for performing positioning measurement are provided. A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a PRS configuration from a location server; receive a first PRS resource from a serving cell and a second PRS resource from a neighboring cell based on the PRS resource configuration; and a position measuring unit configured to determine a RSTD based the reception timing(s) of the first PRS resource and/or second PRS resource; wherein the first PRS resource and the second PRS resource are configured with a first subcarrier spacing and a second subcarrier spacing respectively; the first PRS resource and the second PRS resource are configured with their corresponding QCL information for determining their corresponding spatial receiving filter for receiving the first PRS resource and the second PRS resource by the terminal apparatus respectively; the first QCL information is different from the second QCL information. |
| US11310756B2 |
Flexible indication of transmission timing
Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, anew radio communication system may benefit from a flexible indication of transmission timing. A method may include determining, at the user equipment, transmission timing based on a first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter may indicate an offset as a number of slots. The second parameter may indicate an offset as a number of symbols within one of the slots. The method may also include using the transmission timing to at least one of send an uplink transmission or receive a downlink transmission. |
| US11310755B2 |
Transmission timing control for D2D communication
The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal for transmitting data to a receiving terminal over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal comprises a receiving unit that receives from the base station a timing command for adjusting an uplink transmission timing value for data transmissions to the base station. A generating unit generates direct link timing information, based on the uplink transmission timing value, the direct link timing information being usable for generating a direct link transmission timing value for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A transmitting unit transmits to the receiving terminal the generated direct link timing information, the direct link timing information being usable at the receiving terminal for generating a direct link reception timing value for determining the reception timing of data to be received on the direct link from the transmitting terminal. |
| US11310750B2 |
Method and system for determining transmission power of radios of a time division duplexing system
Techniques for determining power levels of radios, including a time domain duplexing (TDD) system, in shared frequency spectrum is provided. A TDD radio, of the TDD system, in a neighborhood having a largest interference contribution in the frequency spectrum at the point. Transmit power levels are determined for (a) the selected TDD radio, (b) other radios in the neighborhood that are not part of the TDD system, and (c) at least one radio in the TDD system that is not the TDD radio having the largest interference contribution in the frequency spectrum. Thus, interference margin may be fairly allocated to radios in neighborhood(s) about protection points. |
| US11310748B2 |
Dynamic power reduction requests for wireless communications
Methods and systems for controlling uplink (UL) transmission power of a user equipment (UE) electronic device includes determining, using the UE electronic device, that a maximum power availability for a transmission between the UE and a wireless network node is not appropriate to current conditions. Based on the determination that maximum power availability is not appropriate the UE electronic device sends a request to the wireless network node to reduce power for communication with the wireless network node. Based on the request, the UE electronic device communicates at a reduced power level for communications with the wireless network node. |
| US11310746B2 |
TPC command indication for multiple closed loops
According to certain embodiments, a method is performed by a wireless device configured with multiple power control closed loops for a serving cell. The method comprises receiving a transmit power control (TPC) command in a downlink control message that comprises a plurality of TPC commands. The method comprises determining a particular power control closed loop of the plurality of power control closed loops to which the TPC command should be applied. The particular power control closed loop is determined using the downlink control message. The method further comprises updating the particular power control closed loop using the TPC command. |
| US11310744B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium
A communication apparatus determines that communication with another communication apparatus as a transmission destination of a signal generated by a wake-up radio (WUR) conforming to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11ba standard, has been disconnected, based on communication conforming to the IEEE 802.11 series standard, and performs control to stop transmission of a predetermined signal performed by the WUR. |
| US11310743B2 |
Determining a tone sequence for wake-up procedures
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining one or more tone sequences (for example, for wake-up procedures). In one aspect, an access point (AP) may wake a mobile station (STA) from a low power mode using a wake-up packet, where an ON symbol of the wake-up packet is modulated using a tone sequence. To reduce the likelihood of a STA falsely identifying the ON symbol as a packet preamble, the AP may implement a tone sequence that satisfies a correlation metric threshold. For example, for a set of candidate tone sequences, each tone sequence may be associated with a correlation metric and peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) coordinate pair, and the tone sequence for modulating the ON symbol of the wake-up packet may be selected from a lower convex hull of the coordinate pairs. |
| US11310737B2 |
Parameter configuration method and equipment
A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration and a device are provided, including: determining, by a terminal, a target DRX parameter of a target DRX mechanism of the terminal when the terminal detects data of multiple services. Thereby a solution is provided for determining a DRX parameter of a target DRX mechanism when multiple services of a terminal are concurrent in a future communication system. |
| US11310736B2 |
Wideband channel access methodology and system for wireless stations
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for providing wideband channel access to wireless devices, such as 20 MHz only wireless stations. A Target Wakeup Time (TWT) Channel field contains a bitmap indicating a temporary primary channel for using during a TWT Service Period (SP). The temporary primary channel is determined through a negotiation between a requesting STA and a responding STA, and the responding STA assigns resource units (RUs) to the requesting STA according to the temporary primary channel. After the TWT SP, the requesting STA switches back to a primary channel. |
| US11310731B1 |
Updating policy and radio access network decisions based on dispersion analytics of cellular systems
The disclosed technology takes into account mobility behavior and interactions with a serving cellular network of a UE mobile device, when determining network interaction parameters for the UE, including providing an identifier of the UE to a NWDAF component that subscribes to receive notices that report changed or changing events, including a change in connectivity to any cell for any UE and any service usage on the cell and performs a dispersion analysis by analyzing the incoming notices to determine multiple dispersion indices as the UE mobile device changes its selection of a base station or a cell or a slice. Also included are network elements receiving the dispersion analysis for the UE mobile device and performing a policy update and/or a radio access network (RAN) decision for the UE mobile device based on at least the dispersion analysis. The technology also applies to 3G, 4G and future mobile networks. |
| US11310729B2 |
Cell search method and communications apparatus
A cell search method and a communications apparatus are provided. The method includes the following: before searching for a cell, a terminal device may determine, with reference to historical access information of another terminal device, whether there is a cell at the location, and adjust, based on a determining result, a value of a search parameter used to search for a cell. For example, if there is a cell, the terminal device may adjust the search parameter to accelerate a search. If there is no cell, the terminal device may perform no search, or adjust the search parameter to reduce an unnecessary cell search performed by the terminal device, so that power consumption of the terminal device can be reduced. |
| US11310727B2 |
Methods, devices and media for obtaining and for providing access information of wireless access points
Disclosed are methods, devices and media for obtaining and for providing access information of wireless access points. The method comprises: searching for wireless access points to obtain identification information of one or more wireless access points; encoding the identification information of the one or more wireless access points according to a preset data short message encoding format to generate a query request data short message; sending the query request data short message to a designated network device; and receiving an access information data short message which is returned by the designated network device in response to the query request data short message and is encoded and generated according to the preset data short message encoding format. Thus, the terminal device is able to access the wireless access point when mobile data is unavailable, and security of information during transmission can also be guaranteed. |
| US11310725B2 |
Resolving system information between EPS and 5GS
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of acquiring system information associated with a core network comprises receiving system information from a network node. The network node is connected to one or more core networks. The system information includes an indication of a network type (e.g., enhanced packet system (EPS), fifth generation system (5GS), etc.) for each core network. The method further comprises determining a capability of the wireless device for connecting to the plurality of network types, and determining whether to connect to a core network based on the network type and the capability of the wireless device. In particular embodiments, the indication of the network type comprises a list of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) connected to the network node and an indication of network types supported by each PLMN. |
| US11310724B2 |
Key management for fast transitions
When an access point associates with an electronic device, the access point may establish secure communication with the electronic device using a four-way handshake with the electronic device. Next, the access point may distribute secondary pairwise master keys (PMKs) to radio-frequency (RF)-neighbor access points of the access point in a wireless local area network, where the secondary PMKs facilitate fast basic service set (BSS) transitions with the electronic device when a handover occurs without using the four-way handshake to establish secure communication with the electronic device. Furthermore, when the access point receives information that indicates that the electronic device has associated with a second access point in the RF-neighbor access points of the access point, the access point provides instructions to delete the secondary PMKs at the RF-neighbor access points of the access point, and provides additional secondary PMKs to RF-neighbor access points of the second access point. |
| US11310721B2 |
Information broadcast method and device, service implementation method and device, and access point
Involved in the present disclosure are an information broadcast method and device, a service implementation method and device, an access point, a station, and a computer readable storage medium. The information broadcast method includes: receiving parameter information of a current service access type; broadcasting system information carrying the parameter information to a station (STA) so that the STA transmits current service data according to the parameter information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, by receiving parameter information of a current service access type and broadcasting the system information carrying the parameter information to an STA, the STA can transmit current service data according to the parameter information, so that a current service such as a real-time game can be supported better. |
| US11310719B1 |
Peer-to-peer self-organizing mobile network
Systems, devices, and methods for operating a peer-to-peer self-organizing mobile network are disclosed herein, where at least some routing information for the network is stored in a permissioned blockchain ledger, where updates to the routing information are transmitted in blockchain blocks via a private wireless signaling network, and where at least some routing information is updated by individual network devices via smart contracts. |
| US11310716B2 |
Method of selecting a route in an ad hoc network
A method implemented by a first node of an ad hoc network, including maintaining a routing table containing at least one route available within the network having at least one segment directly linking two nodes of the network by a connectivity link having a type identified in the table, and for each node of a segment, an indication concerning its degree of mobility. The table is maintained based on information extracted from control messages emitted over the network and intended for or traveling through the first node. The method includes: upon sending a data message from the first node to a second node: identifying, by using the table, at least one route between the first and second nodes; and determining a level of stability of each route based on the degree of mobility of the nodes and on the type of connectivity links; and selecting the most stable route. |
| US11310714B1 |
Load balancing based on pairing efficiency
Load balancing based on pairing efficiency includes monitoring a pairing efficiency metric of each carrier deployed by an access node, the access node being configured to utilize 5G EN-DC, and offloading wireless devices from a first carrier having a lower pairing efficiency to a second carrier having a higher pairing efficiency. Offloading includes adjusting reference signals associated with 4G and 5G carriers. |
| US11310712B2 |
Method and device for determining and sending policy
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for determining and sending a policy, and provides a specific method for a terminal device to use a user equipment (UE) policy. Said method includes: a terminal device determining, according to first information, a UE policy used by the terminal device, the first information including at least one piece of the following information: an area where the terminal device is located, a public land mobile network (PLMN) identity (ID) corresponding to the network in which the terminal device is registered or resides, and a usage duration of the UE policy. |
| US11310706B2 |
Radio link setup signaling in cellular system
This document discloses a solution for providing a terminal device with one or more candidate cells for link setup. A network node providing the candidate cell(s) may compute a validity window for each candidate cell and indicate the validity window(s) to the terminal device. The terminal device may then perform the link setup with a candidate cell within the respective validity window of the candidate cell. |
| US11310700B2 |
Delayed radio domain fallback
A fifth generation (5G) radio access network (RAN) can determine that a user equipment (UE) should fall back to engaging in a communication session over an LTE-based Evolved Packet System (EPS) instead of a 5G system. However, to avoid interrupting setup operations that may be occurring separately for that communication session in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) apart from the 5G system, the EPS fallback can be delayed such that setup in the IMS can proceed at least to a point at which IMS signaling messages are less likely to be undeliverable due to the EPS fallback. |
| US11310699B2 |
Network switching method, communications apparatus, and communications device
Embodiments of this application provide a network switching method that comprises connecting, by a terminal device, to a first network, where a first application on the terminal device is connected to the first network, switching, by the terminal device, from the first network to a second network, and retaining a connection between the first application and the first network. The method further comprises receiving, by the terminal device, a network connection request from a second application on the terminal device, and connecting, by the terminal device, the second application to the second network. The network switching method does not cause interruption to the connection between the first application and the first network and to the ongoing data transmission between the first application and the first network, thereby improving data transmission performance. |
| US11310698B2 |
Overload control mechanism
An overload control mechanism involving at least an intra slice instance and two or more inter slice instances is disclosed. The inter slice instance is monitoring how two or more network slices use resources. If the use is not within slice constraints, the intra slice instance determines, per a network slice, an amount of resources to be released by the network slice; and causes commanding network slices to release resources correspondingly. An intra slice instance is configured at least to determine, in response to detecting reception of a command to release resources or that one or more of flows do not reach quality of service level, an amount corresponding to resources missing to satisfy quality of service requirements of active flows; sorting flows to an order according to a predetermine sorting rule for flows; and releasing resources flow by flow according to the order. |
| US11310694B2 |
Method and device for receiving downlink data during RRC inactive state
Provided are a method and device for receiving downlink data. The method includes: when a terminal is in a target status and receives downlink data sent by a base station, detecting whether the downlink data is successfully received or not and obtaining the detection result; generating target signaling for indicating the detection result; and sending the target signaling to the base station so that the base station resends the downlink data to the terminal when it is determined, according to the target signaling, that the terminal does not successfully receive the downlink data. |
| US11310691B2 |
Adaptive buffer status reporting
The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network from a first station to a second station, wherein the first station comprises at least one buffer memory for storing data packets to be transmitted, the method comprising the steps of (a) the first station estimating the status of the at least one buffer memory, (b) the first station transmitting at least one buffer status packet representative of the buffer memory status, wherein the method further comprises (c) adapting the value of a first parameter of the buffer status packets on the basis of a data traffic characteristic. |
| US11310689B2 |
Method for dynamically indicating QFI and user equipment
The disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications and provides a method for dynamically indicating a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Identity (ID) (QFI) and User Equipment (UE). The method includes: a UE obtains a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) Service Data Unit (SDU) and obtains a first QFI to which the SDAP SDU belongs; maps the first QFI with a relatively large number of bits to a second QFI with a relatively small number of bits, here, a value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of the second QFI which is the same as the value of the first QFI when a value of the first QFI is less than a first preset threshold and the value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of an unmapped vacant position of the second QFI when the value of the first QFI is greater than the first preset threshold; and then includes the second QFI in an SDAP header. Thus, communication service may be implemented better on the basis of an existing communication standard. |
| US11310685B2 |
Electronic device to support dual connectivity and operating method thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication processor and a second communication processor, the second communication processor is configured to receive, from the first communication processor, a first report condition for measurement information for a signal from at least one which corresponds to a second network communication, identify a second report condition which corresponds to connection failure of the electronic device to a first base station corresponding to the second network communication, and transfer the first measurement information to the first communication processor, and the first communication processor is configured to transmit, to a base station corresponding to a first network communication, the first measurement information received from the second communication processor. |
| US11310684B2 |
Signal processing method and apparatus
A signal processing method and an apparatus are provided, and the method includes: measuring, by a terminal device, signal quality of one or more cells, to generate a first measurement report; and sending, by the terminal device, the first measurement report to a first base station, where the first measurement report includes measurement information of the one or more cells so that the first base station sends the first measurement report to a second base station, and the first base station implements, by using the first measurement report, uplink interference cancellation or downlink interference cancellation for the terminal device. |
| US11310683B2 |
Mobile terminal testing apparatus and method of controlling out-of-service test of the same
Provided is a mobile terminal testing apparatus capable of executing a test for putting any pseudo base station out of service during state transition, such as during handover or during position registration. A mobile terminal testing apparatus includes a plurality of pseudo base station units 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 that simulate a plurality of base stations, and a scenario processing unit 17 that controls the pseudo base station units 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 in compliance with a set scenario to execute a test. The scenario processing unit 17 puts the pseudo base station units 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 set as a base station executing an out-of-service test out of service in a case where a message set as a message to execute the out-of-service test is transmitted from the pseudo base station units 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 set as a base station transmitting the message to execute the out-of-service test. |
| US11310682B2 |
Demand-based dynamic carrier scaling
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for demand-based dynamic carrier scaling. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: determining, at a gateway supporting dynamically created cells in a wireless network, whether there is a requirement for additional capacity; when there is a requirement for additional capacity, then providing, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for additional capacity; determining, at the gateway, whether there is a requirement for less capacity; and when there is a requirement for less capacity, then turning off, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for less capacity. |
| US11310677B2 |
Method for selecting packet processing function and device therefor
The present disclosure in some embodiments relates to a method of selecting a packet processing function and an apparatus therefor, which select a packet processing device that can maximize data transmission efficiency based on state information of a communication interface formed between the packet processing device and a control plane device and thereby providing a constant high-quality network service. |
| US11310675B2 |
Uplink signal transmission method and apparatus, uplink signal reception method and apparatus and system
Uplink signal transmission method, uplink signal reception method and apparatus thereof and a system. The uplink signal transmission method includes: when a network device configures first information associated with a spatial relation for an uplink signal but the special relation for the uplink signal is not effective, a terminal equipment transmits an uplink signal by using a spatial domain transmission filter the same as that of a transmitted signal or a received signal or using a spatial domain transmission filter associated with a predetermined item in the first information. With this method, the terminal equipment may transmit an uplink signal by using a suitable spatial domain transmission filter in a case where an uplink beam is not determined according to the configuration of the network device. |
| US11310674B2 |
Method and apparatus for beamforming control in a wireless communication network
A base station or other network node configures a network transmission in dependence on a directional scanning reception ability of a wireless communication device targeted by the transmission. An example transmission configuration is selecting or restricting which Transmission/Reception Point to use for the transmission or selecting or restricting the beamforming configuration to use for the transmission. The device complements operations in the wireless communication network by indicating its directional scanning reception ability in initial signaling, such as used for random access, or in Radio Resource Control signaling, or both. |
| US11310670B2 |
Network capacity adjustment using experience blocking ratio
A network capacity adjustment is described herein. The network device determines an experience blocking ratio of a cell based on a quantity of concurrent users of the cell and a quantity of equivalent channels of the cell, determines an experience blocking ratio of a cell based on a traffic volume distribution model in the cell, or determines an experience blocking ratio of a cell based on an actual experience rate of each session and a required single-user experience rate. The quantity of equivalent channels of the cell are adjusted based on the experience blocking ratio of the cell. A network capacity of the cell is adjusted based on the experience blocking ratio of the cell, so that an adjusted network capacity of the cell can satisfy user experience. |
| US11310668B2 |
Method for digital messaging associating a message with a material subject
The invention proposes a system and a method for transmitting a message that allows a sender (designated by an identifier) to send a digital content to one or more recipients (designated by one or more identifiers), the content being associated with at least one material subject (each designated by a single authenticator). Thus, to send a message, the sender implements at least one single authenticator of the material subject, discriminant and intrinsic characteristic of each material subject, which serves to anchor the content to transmit. To be able to access the content of the message, the recipient must provide the server not only its identifier, as for any current messaging system, but also a single authenticator with a same material subject that was used at the time the sender created the message. A single authenticator of a material subject may be one or more image(s) of the authentication region of the material subject or any metrics taken from said image(s) and partly characterizing the microstructure of the material subject. |
| US11310660B2 |
Identifying network risk
Embodiments are disclosed for a method for identifying network risk. The method includes determining that a computing device has created a new connection to a network. Additionally, the method includes determining the public internet protocol (public IP) address of the exit point used by the network. Further, the method includes determining a reputation rating of the network based on the public IP address of the exit point. The method also includes providing a notification indicating the reputation rating of the network. |
| US11310656B2 |
Methods and systems for configuring radio frequency module
The present invention discloses methods and systems for configuring at least one radio frequency (RF) module by a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication apparatus sends a first message to the at least one RF module, and the first message comprises a request for at least one international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) card. A second message is then received from the RF module, and the second message comprises the at least one IMSI. The wireless communication apparatus determines which wireless network service provider(s) the at least one SIM card is associated with. The wireless communication apparatus identifies at least one configuration information. The wireless communication apparatus then sends a third message to the at least one RF module, and the third message comprises the at least one configuration information. The at least one RF module is then configured based on the at least one configuration information. |
| US11310648B2 |
Method for triggering transmission of user equipment (UE)-to-network relay indication
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). Embodiments herein provide a method for triggering a transmission of a UE-to-Network relay indication comprising receiving, by UE, one of UE-to-Network relay criteria broadcasted by a base station, measuring, at the UE, a link quality parameter between the UE and the base station, detecting, by the UE, that the link quality parameter meets the UE-to-Network relay criteria, and transmitting, by the UE, the UE-to-Network relay indication (i.e. discovery message indicating itself as the UE-to-Network relay) on a Device to Device (D2D) discovery channel. |
| US11310645B2 |
Communication terminal that determines a connection request based advertising packet of a certain type and method thereof
The present invention provides a communication terminal that performs wireless communication with an image processing apparatus which broadcasts different types of advertising packets. The communication terminal receives the different types of advertising packets periodically broadcasted from the image processing apparatus; identifies a type of the advertising packet currently received from the image processing apparatus by analyzing a PDU (Protocol Data Unit) in the currently received advertising packet; and transmits a connection request to the image processing apparatus that has transmitted the currently received advertising packet, after the type of the currently received advertising packet is identified to be a specific type. |
| US11310643B2 |
Subject matching for distributed access control scenarios
Various systems and methods for implementing an access control policy that provides subject matching in distributed access control scenarios, such as Internet of Things (IoT) device interconnection settings, are described. In an example, a determining an access control policy with an access evaluator includes: receiving a request from a subject to perform an operation with an object; evaluating the first type of access policy of the subject, and a second type of access policy of the object, to determine a first and second access scope for performing the requested operation; identifying an access control object that provides a mapping between the first access scope and the second access scope for performing the requested operation; and providing access from the subject to the object based on a security level determined from the mapping between the first access scope and the second access scope provided with the access control object. |
| US11310638B2 |
V2X communication device and geo-networking transmission method
A GeoNetworking transmission method of a V2X communication device is disclosed. The GeoNetworking transmission method includes receiving a beacon packet or a single hop broadcast (SHB) packet; configuring location information, the location information including information about at least one neighboring V2X communication device executing a GeoNetworking protocol; determining a forwarder from the neighboring V2X communication devices included in a location table and setting an address of the determined forwarder to a link layer address; and transmitting a GeoNetworking packet to a first service channel (SCH) based on the link layer address. |
| US11310637B2 |
Methods for producing security and tracking systems including energy harvesting components for providing autonomous electrical power
A method is provided that integrates a unique set of structural features for concealing self-powered sensor and communication devices in aesthetically neutral, or camouflaged, packages that include energy harvesting systems that provide autonomous electrical power to sensors, data processing and wireless communication components in the portable, self-contained packages. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer. |
| US11310636B2 |
Machine learning coordinated wireless networking
The disclosed methods and systems use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to model the usage and interference on each channel. For example, units of the system can measure channel interference regularly over the time of day on all radios. The interference information is communicated to the base unit or a cloud server for pattern analysis. Interference measurements include interference from units within the system as well as interference from nearby devices. The base unit or the cloud server can recognize the pattern of the interference. Further, connected devices have a number of network usage characteristics observed and modeled including bitrate, and network behavior. These characteristics are used to assign channels to connected devices. |
| US11310630B2 |
Position tracking device and method for providing low power geofence service
A method capable of providing a low power geofence service according to the present invention comprises the steps of: detecting a reference Vrect value for estimating an indoor/outdoor position from a solar charger of a position tracker; determining whether the solar charging module (solar charger) of the position tracker is in a charging or non-charging situation, on the basis of the detected Vrect value; if it is determined that the solar charging module of the position tracker is in the charging situation, determining that the position of the position tracker is outdoors and acquiring position tracking data by using a global positioning system (GPS) module; if it is determined that the solar charger of the position tracker is in the non-charging situation, determining that the position of the position tracker is indoors or in a shaded area, and acquiring position tracking data by using one among Bluetooth low energy (BLEs), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), and ultra-wide band (UWB) modules other than the GPS module; and transmitting the acquired position tracking data to a server by using a low power communication scheme. |
| US11310629B2 |
Client-renderable element for indoor building map
A computerized mapping system is provided, including a map server configured to, in a map serving phase, receive a request from a client device to view a portion of a map at least partially including a building for which an indoor map is available, at a requested level of detail that is outside a range for displaying the indoor map, and transmit a target tile with a prerendered bitmap image for the building, and a client-side renderable geometric element with a perimeter and a client-side renderable visual feature of the internal map feature of the indoor map selected according to a selection criterion set by an authorized user of the indoor map, to the client device for display. |
| US11310627B2 |
Method for geolocation of connected objects, connected object, associated terminal and system
A connected object, which is able to calculate its own position without using embedded elements specific for doing this. The connected object possesses a wireless receiver for receiving signals coming from a plurality of located terminals. The signals include location data for locating the located terminals. The connected object calculates a piece of geolocation information of its own position based on a plurality of location data coming from the various located terminals. |
| US11310625B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus comprises a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit can communicate with the other side device. The controller performs first processing based on position information indicating a location of the other side device in response to a transmission instruction from a user regarding a telephone communication with the other side device. |
| US11310624B2 |
Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications
According to various embodiments, systems, computer program products, and computer-implemented methods for cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications are disclosed. More specifically, the cognitive location and navigation services include, but are not limited to beacon-based communication with vehicles. For instance, a method includes: summoning a vehicle to a designated position; communicating with one or more location sensors deployed throughout a location including the designated position; determining a user has exited a building at the location based on the communication with the one or more location sensors; and transmitting a position of the user to the summoned vehicle. Notably, the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed. |
| US11310620B2 |
Auxiliary sensing method and system based on sensory substitution
An auxiliary sensing method and system based on sensory substitution includes: establishing a discrete horizontal plane included angle and a normal vector included angle in three-dimensional space as well as response functions corresponding to different discrete distances, and establishing an acoustic coding library of an object; obtaining a surrounding environmental video; obtaining object information and category of current environment; establishing a three-dimensional sound field of the object according to the image information, the object information and the three-dimensional coordinate information obtained in combination with the acoustic coding library of the object; and adjusting, for objects of different categories, the three-dimensional sound field of each object according to movement information and variations of images, and playing the three-dimensional sound field of each object in real time. |
| US11310619B2 |
Signal processing device and method, and program
The present technology relates to a signal processing device and method, and a program for improving reproducibility of a sound image with a small amount of calculation.A signal processing device includes a rendering method selection unit configured to select one or more methods of rendering processing of localizing a sound image of an audio signal in a listening space from among a plurality of methods, and a rendering processing unit configured to perform the rendering processing for the audio signal by the method selected by the rendering method selection unit. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing device. |
| US11310616B2 |
Method for outputting audio signal using scene orientation information in an audio decoder, and apparatus for outputting audio signal using the same
A method for decoding a bitstream by an apparatus, includes obtaining a decoded audio signal and metadata from the bitstream, the metadata comprising scene orientation information; and rendering the decoded audio signal based on the scene orientation information, wherein the scene orientation information is information for a direction of a video scene related to the decoded audio signal. |
| US11310613B2 |
Audio calibration method and device
Provided are an audio calibration method and device. The method includes: transmitting an audio calibration signal to a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker such that the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker generate sound signals; determining first loudspeaker sound information through a sound signal generated by the first loudspeaker and acquired by a first microphone and a sound signal generated by the first loudspeaker and acquired by the second microphone; determining second loudspeaker sound information through a sound signal generated by the second loudspeaker and acquired by the first microphone and a sound signal generated by the second loudspeaker and acquired by the second microphone; and determining a calibration parameter of the first loudspeaker or a calibration parameter of the second loudspeaker according to the first loudspeaker sound information and the second loudspeaker sound information. |
| US11310603B2 |
Sound producing unit, sound producing module, and electronic terminal
The present disclosure provides a sound generating unit, a sound generating module and electronic terminal, comprising a magnetic circuit system, a vibration system, and a circuit board. The voice coil is jointly wound by two voice coil wires, and the two end portions of each voice coil wire respectively form a wire-in end and a wire-out end; the lead-out positions of the two wire-in ends are located on two sides of the voice coil and arranged diagonally, and the lead-out positions of the two wire-out ends are located on two sides of the voice coil and arranged diagonally; the two wire-in ends and the two wire-out ends are electrically connected to the corresponding pads of the circuit board respectively, and the internal circuit of the circuit board is configured to electrically connect the two wire-in ends together, and electrically connect the two wire-out ends together. |
| US11310602B2 |
Bone conduction speaker
The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit assembly of a bone conduction speaker. The magnetic circuit assembly may generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic circuit assembly may include a first magnetic element, and the first magnetic element may generate a second magnetic field. The magnetic circuit may further include a first magnetic guide element and at least one second magnetic element. The at least one second magnetic element may be configured to surround the first magnetic element and a magnetic gap may be configured between the second magnetic element and the first magnetic element. A magnetic field strength of the first magnetic field within the magnetic gap may exceed a magnetic field strength of the second magnetic field within the magnetic gap. |
| US11310598B2 |
Acoustic control apparatus, method, program, and device including the apparatus
According to one embodiment, an acoustic control apparatus includes a first calculator, a second calculator, and a first setting unit. The first calculator calculates a first relationship established between acoustic filter coefficients, based on sounds emitted from sound sources. The second calculator calculates a second relationship established between the acoustic filter coefficients by matching a first sound pressure ratio with a second sound pressure ratio, in a complex sound pressure ratio between ears of a user who desires the sound information. The first setting unit sets an acoustic filter coefficient corresponding to each of the sound sources, based on the first relationship and the second relationship. |
| US11310597B2 |
Directional sound recording and playback
Systems and methods for providing improved localization of recorded and played back sound are provided by improved microphone arrays for recording sound and by improved systems for playback of sound. Microphone arrays include four microphones with sound transducers located and aimed to mimic capture of sound by human ears. Sound captured by two side-viewing microphones is attenuated, at the time of sound capture and/or recording, at a later processing stage, or at the time of sound playback, by low-pass filtering. The recording maintains four separate channels of sound. Playback occurs through four speakers arranged to reproduce sound in the way human ears hear sound, with appropriate attenuation for side speakers. Playback can also occur through four-channel headphones. Improved playback of two-channel stereo sound can also occur through low-pass filtering of each track and playing the filtered sound through side/rear speakers on the opposite sides. |
| US11310596B2 |
Adjustable lobe shape for array microphones
Array microphone systems and methods having adjustable lobe shapes are provided. The lobe shapes of pickup patterns in an array microphone may be adjusted by weighting the audio signals of subsets of the microphone elements that make up the array. The lobe shapes may be adjusted in a direction independent of a steering vector of the lobe. Users may have greater control of lobes which can result in more efficient and optimal coverage of audio sources in environments. |
| US11310593B2 |
Voice input device and method for estimation of utterance direction
The present technology relates to a voice input device and method that facilitate estimation of an utterance direction. The voice input device includes a fixed part disposed at a predetermined position, a movable part movable with respect to the fixed part, a microphone array attached to the fixed part, an utterance direction estimation unit that estimates an utterance direction on the basis of a voice from an utterer that is input from the microphone array, and a driving unit that drive the movable part according to the estimated utterance direction. The voice input device can be used by installation in, for example, a smart speaker, a voice agent, a robot, and the like. |
| US11310591B2 |
Vented acoustic transducers, and related methods and systems
An electronic device has an acoustic transducer with an acoustic diaphragm. The diaphragm has opposed first and second major surfaces. A front volume is positioned adjacent the first major surface. A back volume is positioned adjacent the second major surface. An elongated channel defines a barometric vent and extends from a first end fluidly coupled with the front volume to a second end fluidly coupled with the back volume, fluidly coupling the front volume with the back volume. The elongated channel may have a high aspect ratio (L/D), providing the vent with a substantial air mass. The elongated channel may be segmented to define a higher-order filter. For example, a segmented channel can have a cascade of repeating acoustic-mass and acoustic-compliance units, providing the barometric vent with additional degrees-of-freedom for tuning. |
| US11310587B2 |
Horn loudspeakers
A loudspeaker includes a first electro-acoustic transducer, a horn acoustically coupled to the first electro-acoustic transducer, and a first acoustic leak that is acoustically coupled to the horn. The first acoustic leak is positioned so as to reduce a peak in a frequency response of the loudspeaker at the targeted frequency without removing the targeted frequency from the output of the loudspeaker. |
| US11310586B2 |
Nonlinear port parameters for vented box modeling of loudspeakers
A loudspeaker parameter system for vented box driver excursion modeling, may include a loudspeaker driver having a conductor, a magnet and a diaphragm. The system may further include a processor for excursion modeling configured to receive an input signal, determine a voltage level of the input signal, an enclosure having a resonant port, estimate port parameters including at least one of an acoustic resistance or acoustic mass, and apply a voltage limit based on the vented box excursion model utilizing the port parameters. |
| US11310585B2 |
Compact speaker
An electronic speaker comprising: a device housing defining an interior cavity and including a sidewall extending around the interior cavity between an upper portion and a lower portion of the device housing; first and second sound channels formed at opposing locations along the sidewall, each of the first and second sound channels comprising a plurality of openings formed through the sidewall; a passive radiator array comprising first and second passive radiators disposed within the interior cavity, spaced apart from each other in an opposing relationship and aligned to project sound through the first and second sound channels; an active driver disposed in the device housing and configured to generate sound in response to an electrical signal, the active driver comprising driver housing disposed at least partially between the first and second passive radiators, a magnet disposed within the driver housing, a voice coil and a diaphragm facing downwards towards the lower surface of the device housing; and an annular sound channel disposed along the bottom portion of the device housing adjacent to the diaphragm of the active driver. |
| US11310584B2 |
Bone conductive sound generating device
A bone conductive sound generating device is provided and includes a sound generating mechanism and a fixing mechanism. The fixing mechanism is configured to act on the sound generating mechanism, such that the sound generating mechanism adheres to and fit with a back of an auricle of a user at least when the sound generating mechanism is in use. Accordingly, the present application may improve the sound quality of the bone conductive sound generating device, improving listening experience for the user. |
| US11310583B2 |
Headphone device
Provided is a headphone device including: a pair of headphone units; a headband curved in the longitudinal direction and supporting the pair of headphone units at each end in the longitudinal direction; and a pair of slide mechanisms interposed between the headphone unit and the headband and relatively varying the distance between the headphone unit and the headband, wherein the slide mechanism includes a slide member and a slide guide holding member, the slide member has a pair of slide guides extending in the extending direction of the headband so as to face each other and a plurality of engaging portions are provided along the sliding direction of the slide guides on the side of at least one slide guide facing the other slide guide, and the slide guide holding member includes an engagement urging portion selectively engaged with one of the engaging portions and slidably holds the slide member. |
| US11310578B2 |
Water and dustproof external microphone apparatus
In at least one embodiment, a microphone apparatus for attachment to an exterior portion of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a microphone element, a cover, and a grille cover. The microphone element is positioned on the PCB. The cover extends over the printed circuit board and defines a first opening to enable ambient sound external to the vehicle to be transmitted to the microphone element. The grille cover is positioned on the exterior portion of the vehicle defining a plurality of openings for directly receiving the ambient sound and for transmitting the ambient sound to the first opening of the cover and to the microphone element. |
| US11310577B2 |
Electronic device
Disclosed herein is an electronic device. In an embodiment, the electronic device may include a body, a display combined with the front of the body, and a speaker assembly embedded on at least one side of the body, wherein the speaker assembly may include a casing configured to form an external appearance and a speaker unit combined with the casing and configured to have at least part of an element of the speaker assembly exposed to an outside of the casing. |
| US11310576B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image and a vibration member attached to a surface of the display panel, where the vibration member receives a sound signal, generates a vibration in response to the sound signal, and transfers the vibration to the display panel to allow the display panel to output a sound. |
| US11310572B2 |
Multi layer protection control for coherent DWDM networks
A terminal node, an optical network and/or a method are described in which a first processor of a first optical protection switching module having a first optical switch, and a second processor of a second optical protection switching module having a second optical switch coordinate switching of the first optical switch and the second optical switch upon detection of a first failure by the first processor, or the detection of a second failure by the second processor. The first processor monitors optical signals received by a first line port to determine a first failure in a first working path at a first layer (e.g., physical layer) within an optical communication model. The second processor monitors the optical signals received by another line port to determine a second failure in the first working path at a second layer (e.g., optical layer) within the optical communication model. |
| US11310565B2 |
System and method for an improved, selective download of broadcast data
The invention relates to a system and method for improved, selective download of broadcast data. In particular the present invention relates to downloading of broadcast data effectively when disturbances occur during reception of an input signal comprising a data carousel. The invention introduces multiplication of content filters that are configured to download only a part of the data. An important feature is recognition when to reset content filters in order to resolve an issue. For the purposes of this invention, there is defined a linear address space. The important properties of this address space allow for consistent addressing without gaps and every address is greater by a single position with respect to the previous one. The address space starts with one address and ends with another one. Such chunk address space may be considered as predictable, because a synchronization can be caught by reading an address of currently broadcast section. |
| US11310564B2 |
Method and apparatus for ATSC transmission station with satellite fronthaul
Systems and processes are provided for a micro ATSC transmitter including a satellite signal decoder configured to decode a satellite broadcast signal to generate a received audio video program, a data decoder configured to decoding a data signal from an ATSC broadcaster, a video processor configured to generate an altered audio video program in response to the received audio video program and the data signal, an ATSC encoder configured to encode the altered audio video program to generate an ATSC broadcast signal, and an ATSC transmitter configured to transmit the ATSC broadcast signal. |
| US11310558B2 |
Buffer processing method, apparatus, device and computer storage medium
The present disclosure provides a buffer processing method, apparatus, device and computer storage medium, where the method comprises: if it is detected that a drop of an available bandwidth of a receiving terminal exceeds a preset first threshold, detecting whether a drop of a video frame rate of the receiving terminal exceeds a preset second threshold, the second threshold being smaller than the first threshold; if YES, adjusting a buffer size of the receiving terminal; and if NO, keeping the buffer size of the receiving terminal unchanged. The manner provided by the present disclosure can optimize the buffer of the receiving terminal and reduce the delay. |
| US11310556B2 |
Display apparatus, display control method, and storage medium
There is provided a display apparatus which includes an input device having a plurality of video signal terminals including a digital video signal terminal, a display configured to display an input signal which is input from the input device, and a controller configured to set a search time of a digital video signal in accordance with presence or absence of power supply to a power supply terminal of the digital video signal terminal, and a connection status in a case in which the power supply is present, and configured to execute a search of the digital video signal in the search time. |
| US11310553B2 |
Changing resource utilization associated with a media object based on an engagement score
In accordance with some implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes displaying, on the display, a representation of a first portion of a media object, wherein the first portion of the media object is associated with a first resource utilization value. The first resource utilization value characterizes a utilization of a respective resource by the electronic device. The method includes determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of user engagement with respect to the representation of the first portion of the media object. The method includes changing the utilization of the respective resource from the first resource utilization value to a second resource utilization value based on a function of the engagement score. The second resource utilization value is associated with a second portion of the media object. |
| US11310547B2 |
Systems and methods for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices
Systems and methods are described for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices. A media guidance application may determine that a first user has entered an environment (e.g., his/her mother's home) and may determine a frequency with which the first user enters the environment (e.g., daily). In response to determining that the first user visits frequently, the media guidance application may identify a second device in the environment (e.g., a smart TV) that a second user (e.g., the first user's mother) is authorized to grant access rights for. The media guidance application may determine a likelihood that the second user will grant the access rights for the second device to the first user, based on interaction data between the first user and the second user. In response to determining a high likelihood, the media guidance application may transmit the access rights. |