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| US11667836B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a first light source containing a first light emitting element, and a second light source containing a second light emitting element and a second fluorescent material, the first light source emits light in a region that is demarcated in a chromaticity diagram of the CIE 1931 color coordinate system by a first straight line connecting a first point having x,y of 0.280, 0.070 in the chromaticity coordinate and a second point having x,y of 0.280, 0.500 in the chromaticity coordinate, a second straight line connecting the second point and a third point having x,y of 0.013, 0.500 in the chromaticity coordinate, a purple boundary extending from the first point toward a direction in which x decreases in the chromaticity coordinate, and a spectrum locus extending from the third point toward a direction in which y decreases in the chromaticity coordinate, in a light emission spectrum, a light emission intensity ratio IPM/IPL of a light emission intensity IPM at a wavelength of 490 nm with respect to a light emission intensity IPL at a maximum light emission peak wavelength of the first light emitting element is in a range of 0.22 or more and 0.95 or less, the second light source emits light having a color deviation duv from a blackbody radiation locus in a range of −0.02 or more and 0.02 or less measured according to JIS Z8725 with a correlated color temperature in a range of 1,500 K or more and 8,000 K or less in a chromaticity diagram of the CIE 1931 color coordinate system, and the light emitting device emits mixed color light of light emitted from the first light source and light emitted from the second light source. |
| US11667834B2 |
Method for manufacturing light emitting element including quantum dot in an emission layer
A method for manufacturing a light emitting element includes: forming a first electrode; forming a hole transport region on a first electrode; forming an emission layer on the hole transport region; forming an electron transport region on the emission layer; and forming a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the forming of the emission layer includes providing a quantum dot composition containing a quantum dot and a ligand bonded to a surface of the quantum dot, to form a preliminary emission layer; and increasing the layer density of the preliminary emission layer by about 5% or greater, thereby improving a luminous efficiency of the light emitting element. |
| US11667833B2 |
Solution for use in filling micrometer-size cavities
Solution for use in filling micrometer-size cavities (10), the solution comprising a first solvent, a first polymer (102) having a first molecular weight, a second polymer (103) having a second molecular weight, luminophores (101) and a surfactant, the second molecular weight being 10 to 50 times greater than the first molecular weight. |
| US11667830B2 |
In line, continuous proppant coating method
A continuous process for forming a coated proppant, said process comprising the steps of: (a) washing particles, (b) drying the particles at a first predetermined temperature, (c) cooling the particles, (d) feeding the cooled particles with a second predetermined temperature lower than the first predetermined temperature to an inlet of a combined continuous mixer and conveyor unit, (e) feeding a coating composition into the combined continuous mixer and conveyor unit, (f) mixing and simultaneously conveying the particles and the coating composition for a predetermined time, (g) curing the coating composition by transfer of heat from the particles, (h) discharging the coated particles from an outlet of the combined continuous mixer and conveyor unit, wherein said process does not comprise a step of heating the particles after the drying. |
| US11667829B1 |
Corrosion inhibition compositions and methods of use
Compositions inhibit corrosion in various commercial settings, such as in a refinery and/or in an oil and gas application. The compositions include at least one fatty acid and at least two amphipathic molecules selected from the group consisting of dodecenyl succinic acid, dimer fatty acid and benzalkonium chloride. |
| US11667821B2 |
One-component adhesive compositions
One-component (1K) adhesive compositions (“PEEP” compositions) and a process for making them are disclosed. A polyepoxide is reacted with a polyether polyol composition, a polyester polyol composition, or both in the presence of a heat-activated Lewis acid catalyst at a temperature within the range of 100° C. to 220° C. for a time effective to cure the adhesive. The compositions are storage-stable under ambient conditions. Compared with conventional epoxy compositions, the 1K PEEP compositions offer improved room temperature lap shear strength, better resilience, and higher elongation. The 1K PEEP systems deliver a desirable balance of physical and mechanical properties while avoiding polyisocyanates and polyamine crosslinkers. |
| US11667820B2 |
Adhesive composition for polarizing plate, polarizing plate, and optical display device
Provided are an adhesive composition for a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate, and an optical display device, the adhesive composition comprising an epoxy-based compound, a (meth)acrylate-based compound, a photo-acid generator, and an optical radical initiator, the (meth)acrylate-based compound comprising a mixture of a bifunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound having a hydrophobic functional group, wherein the adhesive strength measured after the adhesive composition for a polarizing plate is separately applied to a PET film, a TAC film, and a COP film, to which a polarizer is then bound, followed by photo-curing, is about 200 gf/inch or more. |
| US11667818B2 |
Ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer and water-dispersive composition including the same
An ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer has a portion having a melting temperature of 94° C. or higher. A content of the portion having the melting temperature of 94° C. or higher measured by a Successive Self-nucleation and Annealing (SSA) analysis is 1.5% or less. A water-dispersive composition includes the ethylene (meth)acrylic acid copolymer, a neutralizing agent and an aqueous medium. |
| US11667809B2 |
Adhesion promoters and compositions for containers and other articles
This invention provides a coating composition that contains an aromatic adhesion promoter. Containers and other articles comprising the coatings and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the adhesion promoter, which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings. |
| US11667805B2 |
Processing liquid composition, composition set, processing method, and textile printing method
A processing liquid composition of the present disclosure subjected to textile printing and which is used by being attached to a fabric including fibers having a hydroxyl group, includes an oxazoline group-containing polymer and an aromatic carboxylic acid. An oxazoline value of the oxazoline group-containing polymer is preferably 100 or more and 600 or less. |
| US11667801B2 |
Set of compositions for ink jet textile printing and method for ink jet textile printing
A set of compositions for ink jet textile printing includes an ink composition and a coating composition, the ink composition containing a pigment, resin particles, and water, and the coating composition containing resin particles and water. The resin particles contained in the ink composition contain any of a urethane resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and a styrene resin. The amount of the resin particles in the ink composition is from 1 to 5 parts by mass on a solids basis per part by mass of the pigment on a solids basis. The Young's modulus of dried film of the ink composition is from 1 to 25 MPa, and that of dried film of the coating composition is 50 MPa or less and higher than that of dried film of the ink composition. |
| US11667799B2 |
Cooperative guidance system and method
A cooperative vehicle-highway communication system allows vehicles and pedestrians to determine their location by sensing selected coatings on roadways, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces in both indoor and outdoor environments. The systems recognize intelligent materials under sensors to determine geo-location. The intelligent materials are incorporated into paints on the roadway surface to mark key locations. Additionally, vehicles recognize highway paint/markings and signs with intelligent paint that provide specialized message content to support driver information and control applications. The intelligent paint materials include a coating that absorbs light while converting the absorbed light to electromagnetic energy. This electromagnetic energy is read by sensors to recognize the materials. The sensors transform the electromagnetic energy into processing signals to determine operating characteristics of the vehicle, including position and motion characteristics, and to provide operation actions of the vehicle. For mobility impaired pedestrians, the precisely defined geo-locations |
| US11667794B2 |
Methods and systems for particulate matter removal from a process exhaust gas stream
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reducing the particulate matter content of an exhaust gas from a carbon black process. |
| US11667789B2 |
Polyamide resin composition and polyamide resin molded article
A polyamide resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A), a modified styrene-based copolymer (B), a modified high-density polyethylene (C), and an aliphatic metal salt (D), and having a melt mass flow rate (MFR) of 20 g/10 minutes or more and less than 60 g/10 minutes and a 65% RH equilibrium water absorption rate of less than 3%. The polyamide resin composition can form a molded article having a sufficiently high limit of fatigue against continuous load, achieve high mechanical characteristics and high fluidity to prevent the occurrence of a short shot or decrease in the strength of a welded part even in a large and/or thick molded article, and has excellent mold releasability and more excellent abrasion resistance than ever before. |
| US11667786B2 |
Encapsulating or filling composition for electronic devices and electronic apparatus
Provided are an encapsulating or filling composition for electronic devices and an electronic apparatus. The encapsulating or filling composition includes a curable material containing an epoxy group, a polymerization initiator, and a metal catalyst. The electronic apparatus includes a first substrate, an electronic device disposed on the first substrate, and one or more cured materials of the encapsulating or filling composition formed on the electronic device. |
| US11667778B2 |
Thermoplastic composition
An extrusion composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene random copolymers, and polypropylene impact copolymers. The extrusion composition also contains at least one phosphate ester-based nucleating agent provided in the composition at a use level of between about 0.01 and 0.15 parts by weight, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin and at least one co-additive selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) and copolymers containing segments of ethylene oxide, wherein the co-additive has a number average molecular weight of about 300 or more, and wherein the use level of the co-additive is about 0.005 parts by weight or more, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin. |
| US11667777B2 |
Bimodal polyethylene copolymers
Ethylene-based polymers are characterized by a density from 0.92 to 0.955 g/cm3, a HLMI of less than 35 g/10 min, and a ratio of a number of short chain branches (SCBs) per 1000 total carbon atoms at Mz to a number of SCBs per 1000 total carbon atoms at Mn in a range from 11.5 to 22. These polymers can have a higher molecular weight (HMW) component and a lower molecular weight (LMW) component, in which a ratio of a number of SCBs per 1000 total carbon atoms at Mn of the HMW component to a number of SCBs per 1000 total carbon atoms at Mn of the LMW component is in a range from 10.5 to 22. These ethylene polymers can be produced using a dual catalyst system containing an unbridged metallocene compound with an indenyl group having at least one halogen-substituted hydrocarbyl substituent with at least two halogen atoms, and a single atom bridged metallocene compound with a fluorenyl group and a cyclopentadienyl group. |
| US11667771B2 |
Elastomeric article
An elastomeric formulation comprising elastomers, accelerator, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, crosslinker, colouring agent, surfactant, filler, pH adjuster and dispersing medium, wherein the elastomeric formulation has a total solid content ranging between 5% by weight to 40% by weight. Further, the present invention discloses a method of preparing an elastomeric formulation to manufacture hybrid elastomeric glove, wherein the method comprises the steps of blending Elastomer A with Elastomer B to produce hybrid elastomer and stirring the hybrid elastomer, adding while stirring accelerator, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, crosslinker, colouring agent, surfactant and filler one after another with no particular order and followed by pH adjuster into the hybrid elastomer to produce elastomeric formulation and stirring the elastomeric formulation continuously and allowing the elastomeric formulation to mature, wherein total solid content of the elastomeric formulation is adjusted to be between 5% by weight to 40% by weight by way of addition of dispersing medium into the elastomeric formulation and wherein pH range of the elastomeric formulation is adjusted to be between 9 to 11. |
| US11667767B2 |
Cladding composition, and method for producing metal/resin bonded member
Provided is a cladding composition which contains metal powder, a binder, and an organic solvent in a case of bonding a metal base material and a resin member to each other. Further, provided is a method for producing a metal/resin bonded member, including a step of coating at least a portion of a metal base material with the cladding composition; a step of irradiating the coated portion of the metal base material which has been coated with the cladding composition, with a laser; a step of disposing the resin member on the laser irradiation portion of the metal base material; and a step of heating an interface between the laser irradiation portion and the resin member so that the metal base material and the resin member are bonded to each other. |
| US11667766B2 |
Three-dimensional printing
According to examples described herein, methods, compositions, and agents comprising an antistatic agent are described. According to one example, a fusing agent composition for three-dimensional printing can comprise: at least one antistatic agent in an amount of from about 0.01 wt % to about 20 wt % based on a total weight of the fusing agent composition, at least one near infrared absorbing compound, at least one surfactant, at least one organic solvent, and water. |
| US11667765B2 |
Foam composition and foam tape including foam layer including cured product thereof
The present invention relates to a foam composition and a foam tape including a foam layer including a cured product thereof. |
| US11667760B2 |
Polymer gels and methods for monitoring gel integrity in wellbores
A polymer gel may comprise a polymer gel base material and superparamagnetic nanoparticles. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a first size range between a first diameter and a second diameter. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a second size range between a third diameter and a fourth diameter. The Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range may be at least 5 times the Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range. The Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range may be at least 5 times the Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range. Methods for monitoring gel integrity in a wellbore are further included. |
| US11667758B2 |
Temperature-insensitive membrane materials and analyte sensors containing the same
Membranes permeable to an analyte may overlay the active sensing region of a sensor to limit the analyte flux and improve the response linearity of the sensor. Temperature variation of the analyte permeability can be problematic in some instances. Polymeric membrane compositions having limited variation in analyte permeability as a function of temperature may comprise: a polymer backbone comprising one or more side chains that comprise a heterocycle; and an amine-free polyether arm appended, via an alkyl spacer or a hydroxy-functionalized alkyl spacer, to the heterocycle of at least a portion of the one or more side chains. |
| US11667756B2 |
Silicone compositions rapidly cross-linkable at ambient temperatures and methods of making and using same
Provided are rapidly cross-linkable silicone compositions, systems, kits, and methods for filling implanted medical devices in situ, the implanted medical devices, including for example, body implants and tissue expanders, the compositions including a platinum divinyl disiloxane complex; a low viscosity vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane; a low viscosity hydride terminated polydimethylsiloxane; and a silicone cross-linker, where the rapidly cross-linkable silicone composition has a viscosity of ≤150 cPs for ≥1 min. post-preparation and ≤300 cPs≤5 min. post-preparation, at ambient temperature. |
| US11667751B2 |
Biodegradable polyester resin, preperation method thereof, and biodegradable polyester film comprising the same
The present invention relates to a biodegradable polyester resin, in which the first repeat unit comprising a first diol residue and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue and the second repeat unit comprising a second diol residue and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue satisfy a ratio of the number of repeat units in a specific range, and the softness index of the resin satisfies a specific range, and to a process for preparing the same. Since the biodegradable polyester resin can provide a biodegradable polyester sheet or film that can be simultaneously enhanced in productivity, processability, and moldability and is excellent in tensile strength, tear strength, and friction coefficient and excellent in biodegradability and water degradability, it can be utilized in more diverse fields. |
| US11667750B2 |
Process for producing a bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, entirely from bio-based materials
The invention relates to a process for producing a bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, from at least one terephthalate compound obtained from at least one bio-based material, and at least one monoethylene glycol compound obtained from at least one bio-based material,Said process comprising the polymerization of the terephthalate compound and of the monoethylene glycol compound in the presence of at least one crystallization retarding compound,Said process being characterized in that the crystallization retarding compound is obtained from at least one bio-based material.The invention also relates to a bio-based PET polymer obtained by said process.Preferably, the process further comprises processing the bio-based PET polymer into a bio-based product such as a bio-based container or a bio-based packaging. The invention also relates to said bio-based product. |
| US11667749B2 |
Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, epoxy resin cured product, preform and fiber-reinforced composite material
An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials which contains 70% by mass or more of a crystalline epoxy resin as component (A) and 10% by mass or more of a crystalline amine curing agent as component (B) based on 100% by mass of the epoxy resin composition. The difference between the melting points of component (A) and component (B) is in a range of 0 to 60° C. |
| US11667748B2 |
Curable composition, curable paste material, curable sheet material, curable modeling material, curing method, and cured product
A curable composition of the present invention includes a cationic polymerizable compound; a thermal polymerization initiator; and a storage stabilizer, in which the cationic polymerizable compound includes at least two selected from the group consisting of a glycidyl ether compound, an alicyclic epoxy compound, and an oxetane compound, a content of the thermal polymerization initiator is from 0.3 to 3 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic polymerizable compound, and chain curing is enabled by thermal energy generated by a polymerization reaction of the cationic polymerizable compound. |
| US11667746B2 |
Moisture-curing compositions
The invention relates to a method for preparing polyurethanes containing alkoxysilane groups, said method comprising the step of reacting a compound containing at least one NCO group with a compound containing at least one Zerewitinoff-active H atom in the presence of a catalyst component, the at least one compound containing an NCO group and/or the compound containing at least one Zerewitinoff-active H atom containing at least one alkoxysilane group, so as to obtain a polyurethane containing alkoxysilane groups. The invention also relates to a polymer containing alkoxysilane groups, a method for preparing a curable polymer, a curable polymer, a cured polymer, and use thereof. The polyurethanes are prepared with use of a thermally labile tin catalyst. |
| US11667743B2 |
Resin composition, and pre-preg, metal-clad laminate, and printed circuit board prepared using the same
A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises: (A) a compound having a structure of formula (I), wherein R1 is an organic group; and (B) a vinyl-containing elastomer, wherein the weight ratio of the compound having the structure of formula (I) to the vinyl-containing elastomer is 20:1 to 1:1. |
| US11667738B2 |
Metallocene catalyst systems with chemically-treated solid oxides for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers
Polymerization processes for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers having densities less than 0.91 g/cm3 utilize a metallocene-based catalyst system containing a chemically-treated solid oxide. These polymerization processes can be conducted in a slurry reactor, a solution reactor, and/or a gas phase reactor. Ethylene polymers produced from the polymerization process can be characterized by a density of less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter of less than 0.2, and a ratio of HLMI/MI of at least 30, or a density less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter from 0.25 to 0.75, and a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 3. |
| US11667737B1 |
Thermosetting polyimides derived from resveratrol
A method for making thermosetting polyimides from resveratrol including converting resveratrol to trisaniline, reacting trisaniline with one or more dianhydride and thermosetting endcap to form amic acid, thermally imidizing amic acid to form polyimide oligomer, and cross-linking polyimide oligomer with heat and pressure to generate polyimide thermoset. |
| US11667736B2 |
Process and hydrocarbon soluble saline hydride catalyst for hydrogen mediated saline hydride initiated anionic chain transfer polymerization and polymer distribution compositions produced therefrom
This invention relates to processes for forming hydrogen mediated saline hydride initiated anionic polymer distributions via novel polymerization conditions in which molecular hydrogen is a chain transfer agent and a Lithium Aminoalkoxide Complexed Saline Hydride (LOXSH) forms an anionic polymer chain initiating species by addition of saline hydride to an anionically polymerizable hydrocarbon monomer. This invention further relates to polystyrene compositions having greatly improved microstructures free of co-product polymer chain distributions. This invention also relates to novel hydrocarbon soluble saline hydride catalyst and reagent compositions useful in conducting the hydrogen mediated saline hydride initiated polymerizations of this invention. This invention further relates to hydrocarbon soluble lithium hydride catalysts and reagent compositions formed from dimethylaminoethanol, an alkyllithium reagent and molecular hydrogen. It also relates to the catalyst forming processes, the use of the catalyst in hydrogen mediated anionic polymerization of styrene (HMAPS) and the resulting low molecular weight polystyrene distributions of low asymmetry and high “head to tail” microstructure. |
| US11667733B2 |
Polyvinyl esters and methods related thereto
Disclosed herein are isotactic polyvinyl ethers and improved methods of making same. The method disclosed herein can produce polyvinyl ethers having a higher isotacticity as compared to polyvinyl ethers prepared with conventional methods. |
| US11667730B2 |
Oxime ester compound and photopolymerization initiator containing the same
An oxime ester compound represented by general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent R11, OR11, COR11, SR11, CONR12R13, or CN; R11, R12, and R13 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or a heterocyclic group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 and R5 each independently represent R11, OR11, SR11, COR11, CONR12R13, NR12COR11, OCOR11, COOR11, SCOR11, OCSR11, COSR11, CSOR11, CN, a halogen atom, or a hydroxyl group; and a and b each independently represent 0 to 3. |
| US11667729B2 |
Latex polymers made using metallic-base-neutralized surfactant and blush-resistant coating compositions containing such polymers
An aqueous coating composition is provided that is preferably substantially free of bisphenol A. The coating composition is preferably a latex-based coating composition that includes a latex polymer formed from ingredients including an anionic and/or zwitterionic surfactant that includes one or more acid groups neutralized with a metallic base. The coating composition is useful in coating metal substrates such as, for example, interior and/or exterior surfaces of food or beverage containers. |
| US11667718B2 |
Cancer treatment
The invention relates generally to the treatment of cancer. One embodiment of the invention provides a method of treating cancer in an individual, the method comprising: administering to the individual an effective amount of trichostatin A (TSA). |
| US11667717B2 |
Antibodies binding to human IL-4R, preparation method therefor and use thereof
Disclosed are antibodies binding to human IL-4R, having identical variable regions and different constant regions, wherein the variable regions can specifically bind to human IL-4R, and the constant regions affect the activity of the whole antibody through an amino acid site mutation. The above-mentioned antibodies can be used to treat diseases related to IL-4R overexpression, such as atopic dermatitis, asthma, etc., and thus possesses good clinical application prospects. |
| US11667716B2 |
Bispecific antagonist comprising a LAG-3 binding domain
Antitumor antagonists that bind specifically to immune checkpoint regulator are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of treating proliferative disorders with the antitumor antagonists. |
| US11667715B2 |
Lym-1 and Lym-2 antibody compositions and improved car constructs
Provided herein are antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells comprising the antigen binding domains of these antibodies. Also provided are compositions comprising the same, vector or plasmid encoding the antibodies and CARs, and methods for producing the same, or using the same for detecting or treating cancer and kits for carrying out said methods. |
| US11667714B2 |
Binding molecules that modulate a biological activity expressed by a cell
The invention provides means and methods for inhibiting a biological activity of cells. In one embodiment the invention is concerned with a method of inhibiting a biological activity in a first or second cell mediated by the binding of two membrane proteins that are binding partners for each other. The mentioned biological activity is inhibited by providing the cells with an antibody or antibody like molecule that can bind to each of the mentioned binding partners and the binding blocks the binding of the two binding partners thereby inhibiting the mentioned biological activity. |
| US11667709B2 |
Anti-TIGIT antibodies and methods of use
Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind to TIGIT are disclosed. The disclosure further relates to methods and compositions for use in treating an immune-related disease (e.g., a cancer or an infection or infectious disease) by administering a composition disclosed herein. |
| US11667708B2 |
Anti-human beta klotho antibody or binding fragment thereof and methods of their use
The present disclosure provides binding proteins, such as antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, that bind beta klotho, including human beta klotho, and exemplary specific sequences of their complementarity determining regions, variable regions, heavy chains, and light chains. The present disclosure also provides method of making the antibody or fragment thereof and methods of their use, including, in activating beta-klotho/FGF receptor complex, inducing FGF19-like and/or FGF21-like signaling, improving glucose and lipid metabolism, and treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. |
| US11667702B2 |
Stable aqueous formulations of aflibercept
A stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of aflibercept, wherein the formulation is free of organic co-solvent and/or free of buffer; methods for making such a formulation; and methods of using such a formulation. |
| US11667696B2 |
Selective reduction of proteins
The present invention provides a method for making uncapped cysteine protein preparations, including uncapped engineered cysteine antibody preparations. The methods include, inter alia, contacting a reducing agent with engineered cysteine antibody molecules, each of the antibody molecules having at least one capped engineered cysteine residue and at least one interchain disulfide bond and reacting the reducing agent with the antibody molecules under conditions sufficient to uncap engineered cysteine residues and form cap byproducts. The method also includes removing the cap byproduct during the reduction reaction. Substantially all of the interchain disulfide bonds present in the antibody molecules prior to reduction are retained following reduction. Antibody conjugates and methods for preparing antibody conjugates using uncapped antibody preparations are also described. |
| US11667694B2 |
Therapeutic uses of fibrinogen gamma prime variants
The present invention relates to compositions comprising fibrinogen gamma prime variants for use in the treatment or prevention of an infection and methods of administering the composition. The fibrinogen gamma prime variants in the composition comprise at least one fibrinogen gamma prime polypeptide chain. The compositions for use according to the invention may also comprise other fibrinogen variants. Compositions comprising fibrinogen gamma prime variants according to the invention improve survival time after infection up to more than 200 percent compared to WT fibrinogen. They may be used both therapeutically and prophylactically. |
| US11667688B2 |
Glucagon derivative and a composition comprising a long acting conjugate of the same
A glucagon derivative, a long-acting conjugate of the glucagon derivative, and a use thereof are disclosed. |
| US11667684B2 |
Methods and compositions for regenerating tissues
Provided are methods for promoting the healing of injuries to tendons and ligaments by administering a NELL1 protein or a nucleic acid encoding a NELL1 protein to a subject in need thereof. Also provided are NELL1 compositions and methods for promoting tissue regeneration, promoting the healing of wounds, and enhancing fibroblast migration, proliferation, or both migration and proliferation. |
| US11667678B2 |
Peptides for the treatment of COVID-19
Compositions for inhibiting the binding between ACE2 and SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 are disclosed. Methods of treating COVID-19 are disclosed. Methods of making an in vivo model of COVID-19 are also disclosed. |
| US11667676B2 |
Synthetic system for tunable thresholding of protein signals
Disclosed herein include methods, compositions, and kits suitable for use in thresholding of protein signals. There are provided, in some embodiments, synthetic protein circuits that respond to inputs only above or below a certain threshold concentration. In some embodiments, the threshold value itself is tunable. Methods of treating a disease or disorder characterized by aberrant signaling are provided in some embodiments. |
| US11667672B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for 3-stage filtration
The present disclosure pertains to filtration methods comprising: passing a first fluid that comprises cells, cell debris and targeted product produced by the cells through a first filter thereby separating the first fluid into a first retentate comprising cells and a first permeate comprising targeted product and cell debris; combining resin beads having affinity for targeted product with the first permeate to form a second fluid containing resin beads with bound target product and cell debris; passing the second fluid through a second filter thereby separating the second fluid into a second retentate comprising resin beads with bound target product and a second permeate comprising cell debris; combining an elution buffer with the second retentate to form a third fluid that comprises a mixture of resin beads and unbound targeted product; and passing the third fluid through a third filter thereby separating resin beads from targeted product. |
| US11667671B2 |
Separation method
The invention relates to a method of isolating an immunoglobulin, comprising the steps of: a) providing a separation matrix comprising at least 15 mg/ml multimers of immunoglobulin-binding alkali-stabilized Protein A domains covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein the porous support comprises cross-linked polymer particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers and a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml; b) contacting a liquid sample comprising an immunoglobulin with the separation matrix; c) washing the separation matrix with a washing liquid; d) eluting the immunoglobulin from the separation matrix with an elution liquid; and e) cleaning the separation matrix with a cleaning liquid comprising at least 0.5 M NaOH. |
| US11667667B2 |
Steroid derivative FXR agonist
The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I), a tautomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and relates to applications thereof in the preparation of drugs for treating FXR related diseases. |
| US11667665B2 |
Aqueous suspension compositions, formulations, and water dispersible dry compositions comprising 16alpha-bromo-3beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-17-ketone and hydrates, derivatives, and analogs thereof
Composition comprising a stable aqueous suspension formulation, which may be reconstituted from a water dispersible dry composition, comprising compound of Formula I in the form of particles stabilized in an aqueous suspension. It causes little or no injection site irritation and has superior properties over non-aqueous formulations. It stimulates autophagy, enhance innate immunity, down-regulates unproductive inflammation and exerts a Th1 immune bias. It demonstrates better efficacy in both in vitro and in vivo models. |
| US11667663B2 |
Cyclic dinucleotides as anticancer agents
The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula wherein all substituents are defined herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders. |
| US11667661B2 |
Benzimidazole derivatives, preparation method thereof and use thereof as anti-cancer agent comprising the same
According to the present invention, there are provided a benzimidazole carbamate-sugar compound conjugate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof as an anti-cancer agent: Wherein, R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and claims. |
| US11667660B2 |
Pyridinium salts as activators in the synthesis of stereodefined oligonucleotides
The present invention relates to a method for preparing stereodefined phosphorothioate oligonucleotides, especially locked stereodefined phosphorothioate oligonucleotides with a high yield, using pyridinium acidic salts as a coupling activator. |
| US11667657B2 |
Diphosphites based on cis-butene-1,4-diol
New diphosphites based on cis-butene-1,4-diol. |
| US11667655B2 |
Silicon-based tetrahydrocannabinol derivatives and compositions thereof
Silicon-based tetrahydrocannabinol derivatives and methods for their synthesis are provided, in which the derivatives contain a tetrahydrocannabinol molecule and at least one silicon-based group containing Si—O—Si bonds. The derivatives are useful in topical and dermatological compositions, have potential beneficial topical properties, and enhance solubility and compatibility in topical and dermatological formulations containing the silicon-based materials. |
| US11667653B2 |
Continuous method for producing Grignard adducts and a device for carrying out same
The invention relates to a continuous method for the production of Grignard adducts, in which the magnesium chips are activated mechanically in situ. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for implementation of the method according to the invention. |
| US11667652B2 |
MCL1 inhibitors
The present disclosure generally relates to compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions that may be used in methods of treating cancer. |
| US11667651B2 |
Aminopyridine derivatives as phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase inhibitors
The invention relates to inhibitors of PI5P4K inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory disorders, and metabolic diseases, having the Formula: where A, B, R1, X1, X2, and W are described herein. |
| US11667648B2 |
Cell-permeable, cell-compatible, and cleavable linkers for covalent tethering of functional elements
Provided herein are cell-permeable, cell-compatible, and chemoselectively-cleavable linkers for tethering (e.g., covalently) functional elements (e.g., a cellular interaction element and a capture element), and methods of use (e.g., intracellular capture and extracellular release of cellular targets) therewith. |
| US11667647B2 |
Delayed fluorescent compound, and organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device including the same
The disclosure provides a delayed fluorescent compound of the Formula and an organic light emitting diode including a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic emitting layer between the first and second electrodes, where the delayed fluorescent compound is included in the organic emitting layer, and an organic light emitting display device including the organic emitting layer. |
| US11667646B2 |
Solid state forms of rucaparib and of rucaparib salts
Disclosed are solid state forms of Rucaparib and of Rucaparib salts, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US11667645B2 |
Granzyme B directed imaging and therapy
Provided herein are heterocyclic compounds useful for imaging Granzyme B. Methods of imaging Granzyme B, combination therapies, and kits comprising the Granzyme B imaging agents are also provided. |
| US11667644B2 |
Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrroles as orexin receptor modulators
Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. |
| US11667643B2 |
RIP1K inhibitors
Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition. |
| US11667642B2 |
Method for producing 3,6-disubstituted-imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivative
Provided is a novel and industrially useful method for producing a 3,6-disubstituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivative. The present invention provides a method for producing a 3,6-disubstituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivative, which uses 6-fluoroimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine as a starting material, while using an aromatic substitution reaction that utilizes C—H activation by means of palladium. |
| US11667641B2 |
Crystalline forms of 2-[3-[4-amino-3-(2-fluoro-4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]piperidine-1-carbonyl]-4,4-dimethylpent-2-enenitrile
Crystalline forms of Compound (I): are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods of inhibiting BTK using the same, and methods for making crystalline forms of Compound (I) are also disclosed. |
| US11667639B2 |
Mitoketoscins: mitochondrial-based therapeutics targeting ketone metabolism in cancer cells
The present disclosure relates to compounds that bind to at least one of ACAT1/2 and OXCT1/2 and inhibit mitochondrial ATP production, referred to herein as mitoketoscins. Methods of screening compounds for mitochondrial inhibition and anti-cancer properties are disclosed. Also described are methods of using mitoketoscins to prevent or treat cancer, bacterial infections, and pathogenic yeast, as well as methods of using mitoketoscins to provide anti-aging benefits. Specific mitoketoscin compounds are also disclosed. |
| US11667638B2 |
4-substitued cytisine analogues
Disclosed are novel analogs of cytisine, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the prevention of or treatment of CNS disorders including addictive disorders. |
| US11667637B2 |
Fused imidazo-piperidine JAK inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): where the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. |
| US11667635B2 |
Bicyclic heterocycles as FGFR4 inhibitors
The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR4 enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR4-associated diseases such as cancer. |
| US11667631B2 |
FGFR4 inhibitor, preparation method therefor, and applications thereof
The present invention relates to an FGFR4 inhibitor having a structure represented by formula (I), preparation method therefor, and applications thereof. A series of compounds represented by formula (I) in the present invention have very-strong inhibition effect on the activity of FGFR4 kinase, have very-high selectivity, can be widely used in the preparation of drugs for treating cancers, specially a liver cancer, a stomach cancer, a prostate cancer, a skin cancer, an ovarian cancer, a lung cancer, a breast cancer or a colon cancer, and can be developed into a new-generation FGFR4 inhibitor drug. |
| US11667628B2 |
Compounds for imaging tau proteins that accumulate in brain
The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof: wherein: R1 and R2 are each separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, acyl, and hydroxyalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halogen; ring A is a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; ring B is selected from the group consisting of the following formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): in the formula (ii), Ra is alkyl; R4 and R5 are each separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halohydroxyalkoxy, and aminoalkyl; and represents a double bond or a triple bond. The above compound can be used as a molecular probe for imaging tau proteins that accumulate in the brain. |
| US11667623B2 |
Scaffold of adenylyl cyclase inhibitors for chronic pain and opioid dependence
The present invention relates to a method of treatment for chronic pain, opioid dependence, alcohol use disorder or autism using a class of pyrimidinone compounds, an adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) inhibitor. The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases in mammals using those compounds disclosed herein. |
| US11667621B2 |
Antiestrogen compounds
A genus of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs)-type compounds/antiestrogens has now been found that act as selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) and estrogen receptor antagonists by degrading and antagonizing ERa in breast cancer cells. The compounds are of the following genus: The compounds described herein exhibit anti-proliferative effects, and are potentially useful, alone or in combination with other therapies, for the treatment of breast cancer. In general, these compounds combine a tight binding ERa targeting ligand tethered to a recognition motif or degron. Once bound, the degron recruits destructive cellular components and the targeted receptor (i.e., ERa) is degraded (i.e., destroyed) or antagonized. |
| US11667620B2 |
Composition, film, film-forming method and patterned substrate-producing method
The composition contains a compound and a solvent. The compound includes a group represented by formula (1). The compound has a molecular weight of no less than 200 and has a percentage content of carbon atoms of no less than 40% by mass. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a monovalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 taken together represent a part of an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms constituted together with the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 bond; Ar1 represents a group obtained by removing (n+3) hydrogen atoms from an arene or heteroarene having 6 to 20 ring atoms; and X represents an oxygen atom, —CR3R4—, —CR3R4—O— or —O—CR3R4—. |
| US11667617B2 |
Catalyst recycle methods
The present invention provides novel solutions to the problem of recycling carbonylation catalysts in epoxide carbonylation processes. The inventive methods are characterized in that the catalyst is recovered in a form other than as active catalyst. In some embodiments, catalyst components are removed selectively from the carbonylation product stream in two or more processing steps. One or more of these separated catalyst components are then utilized to regenerate active catalyst which is utilized during another time interval to feed a continuous carbonylation reactor. |
| US11667616B2 |
Oral GSNOR inhibitor and pharmaceutical use thereof
Disclosed are a thiazolone derivative of N6022 and a pharmaceutical use thereof. The characteristic structure of the thiazolone derivative of N6022 is: Compared to N6022, the compound of the present disclosure has good oral bioavailability and a longer half-life period. In in-vitro experiments, administering the compound of the present disclosure can improve migration ability, tube formation ability and, the permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells caused by high glucose, and administering the compound of the present disclosure at an animal level can obviously promote the angiogenesis and blood flow recovery of ischemic lateral limbs of diabetic mice. Overall, it suggests that the compound of the present disclosure can be used for treating diseases related to diabetic vascular complications. |
| US11667612B2 |
Compositions and methods for delivering pharmaceutical agents
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension. In particular, provided herein are dry powder formulations of TMP for delivery to the lung. |
| US11667609B2 |
Compound, composition containing said compound, self-healing material, surface coating agent, paint, adhesive, material for battery and cured product
Provided is a compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1): where X1 and X2 each independently represent an acrylic group or a methacrylic group, R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 10. |
| US11667607B1 |
Crystalline forms of compositions comprising psilocin and psilocybin
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising crystalline forms A, B, and C of psilocin and psilocybin. Solvent screen, X-ray powder diffractogram, thermogravimetric mass spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, 1H-NMR, dynamic vapor sorption, and UPLC data on each of the crystalline forms is presented, along with methods preparing each of the crystalline forms. |
| US11667604B2 |
Phenyl containing compound, intermediate thereof, preparation method therefor and application thereof
A phenyl-containing compound, an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. Provided is a compound represented by formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy or C(═O)OR8; where R8 is C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is (II), (III) or (IV); and R7 is —OH, —NH2, —NHCH3, —N(CH3)2 or C1-4 alkoxy. The compound has a low critical micelle concentration (CMC) and good dilution resistance and is capable of enclosing an insoluble drug to form a small-molecule micelle having a high drug loading capacity and good stability. |
| US11667600B2 |
Fluorinated organic compound production method
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, whereby an iodosylbenzene derivative can be easily separated and recovered. The above object can be achieved by a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, comprising step A of fluorinating an organic compound (1) by reaction with a fluorine source (3) in the presence of a hypervalent iodine aromatic ring compound (2a), or in the presence of an iodine aromatic ring compound (2b) and an oxidant (2bo); wherein the fluorine source (3) is a fluorine source (3a) represented by formula: MFn, wherein M is H, a metal of Group 1 of the periodic table, or a metal of Group 2 of the periodic table; and n is 1 or 2; and step B of separating the iodine aromatic ring compound from a reaction liquid after step A is started. |
| US11667594B2 |
Method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene and solvent composition
By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film. |
| US11667591B2 |
Methods for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from natural gas and processing unit for implementing same
The invention relates to the field of gas chemistry and, more specifically, to methods and devices for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from natural gas, which involve producing synthesis gas, converting same into methanol producing, from the methanol, in the presence of a catalyst, a concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and water, separating the water, air stripping hydrocarbon residues from the water, and separating-out the resultant concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and hydrogen-containing gas, the latter being at least partially used in the production of synthesis gas to adjust the ratio therein of H2:CO 1.8-2.3:1, and can be used for producing aromatic hydrocarbons. According to the invention, the production of aromatic hydrocarbons from methanol in the presence of a catalyst is carried out in two consecutively-connected reactors for synthesizing aromatic hydrocarbons: in a first, low-temperature isothermal reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, and in a second, high-temperature adiabatic reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons from aliphatic hydrocarbons formed in the first reactor, and the subsequent stabilization thereof in an aromatic hydrocarbon concentrate stabilization unit. At least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is fed to a synthesis gas production unit and is used for producing synthesis gas using autothermal reforming technology. The installation carries out the method. The achieved technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of producing concentrates of aromatic hydrocarbons. |
| US11667587B2 |
Poultry litter-based fertilizer and a method for making the poultry litter-based fertilizer from poultry litter
A method for producing a poultry litter-based fertilizer by a) supplying poultry litter to a rotating rotary drum, b) adding acid or a source of acid to the rotating rotary drum, wherein acid reacts with the poultry litter to form an acidified mixture, c) adding ammonia or a source of ammonia to the rotating rotary drum, d) drying and cooling the ammoniated product by evaporation of water to form a dried, cooled product in a free-flowing semi-solid or solid form, repeating the steps b) through d) until a desired nitrogen content is reached in the poultry litter-based fertilizer. |
| US11667586B2 |
Biological preparation method for producing amino acid liquid fertilizer from waste feathers
A method for producing an amino acid liquid fertilizer from waste feathers includes: acquiring an enzymatic hydrolysate by performing enzymolysis on feather powder with a complex enzyme; adding acid protease to the enzymatic hydrolysate for enzymolysis; and acquiring the amino acid liquid fertilizer by performing enzyme inactivation on a filtrate acquired by performing filtering after enzymolysis is completed, wherein the complex enzyme includes keratinase and amino acid peptidase. By adopting this method, the enzymolysis rate of the feathers reaches 80% or above and the prepared amino acid liquid fertilizer contains various kinds of amino acids (17 amino acids); and the content of the amino acid can reach 10.12% (by mass fraction) or above and the content of small peptide reaches 9.39% (by mass fraction), which reach the Chinese standard of the amino acid liquid fertilizers without concentration. Thus, the environmental-friendly amino acid liquid fertilizer can be prepared. |
| US11667583B2 |
Method of dispersing anatase titanium dioxide for penetration in concrete structures to reduce pollutants
Methods for embedding photocatalytic titanium dioxide in concrete surfaces to reduce pollutants via photocatalytic reactions are provided herein. One method includes mixing a solvent compound with an anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst, applying an amount of concrete treatment compound to an upper surface of the concrete, the concrete treatment compound comprising a mixture of a liquid carrier compound with the anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst. |
| US11667581B2 |
Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material
Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material are provided. The system comprises a heat source for heating the ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material; a probe for mounting the ceramic material and configured to extend the ceramic material into the heat source; a plasma-confining medium and a sacrificial layer disposed between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium; and an energy pulse generator such as a laser pulse generator. The sacrificial layer is utilized to form plasma between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium. The method comprises heating ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material and subjecting the ceramic material to energy pulses via a sacrificial layer and a plasma-confining medium whereby a plasma of the sacrificial coating forms between the ceramic material and a plasma-confining medium. |
| US11667576B2 |
Methods of enhancing the deformability of ceramic materials and ceramic materials made thereby
Methods of determining and controlling the deformability of ceramic materials, as a nonlimiting example, YSZ, particularly through the application of a flash sintering process, and to ceramic materials produced by such methods. Such a method includes providing a nanocrystalline powder of a ceramic material, making a compact of the powder, and subjecting the compact to flash sintering by applying an electric field and thermal energy to the compact. |
| US11667572B2 |
System and method for improved portland cement basecoat plasters
Systems and methods according to present principles enhance aspects of applied plaster coats. In particular, the materials include a synthetic substitute aggregate (SSA), added to a cementitious base coat, for a plastering step prior to application of stucco or acrylic synthetic finishes or finish coats. The addition of SSA to a pre-blended cementitious base coat creates a light weight product which in some implementations is highly advantageous for the plastering industry. |
| US11667571B2 |
Tinted mortar composition containing fuel ash
A mortar composition, which includes (i) a treated palm oil fuel ash, wherein the treated palm oil fuel ash is the only binder present, (ii) a fine aggregate, (iii) an alkali activator containing an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate, and (iv) aluminum hydroxide as a strength enhancer. A cured mortar made from the mortar composition is also disclosed with advantageous compressive strength properties. |
| US11667570B2 |
Sterol blends as an additive in asphalt binder
Disclosed are asphalt binder compositions and methods for making such compositions with pure sterol:crude sterol blends. The sterol blends improve various rheological properties. |
| US11667565B2 |
Scratch-resistant laminates with retained optical properties
One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including an optical film structure disposed on an inorganic oxide substrate, which may include a strengthened or non-strengthened substrate that may be amorphous or crystalline, such that the article exhibits scratch resistance and retains the same or improved optical properties as the inorganic oxide substrate, without the optical film structure disposed thereon. In one or more embodiments, the article exhibits an average transmittance of 85% or more, over the visible spectrum (e.g., 380 nm-780 nm). Embodiments of the optical film structure include aluminum-containing oxides, aluminum-containing oxy-nitrides, aluminum-containing nitrides (e.g., AlN) and combinations thereof. The optical film structures disclosed herein also include a transparent dielectric including oxides such as silicon oxide, germanium oxide, aluminum oxide and a combination thereof. Methods of forming such articles are also provided. |
| US11667564B2 |
Method of manufacturing an etched glass article
A method of manufacturing an etched glass article including the steps of jetting an image with a UV curable inkjet ink on a surface of the glass article; curing the image; etching the surface not covered by the UV cured image to obtain an etched image; and solubilising the UV cured image in an aqueous alkaline solution. |
| US11667563B2 |
Ion exchangeable glass, glass ceramics and methods for making the same
Glass-ceramics and precursor glasses that are crystallizable to glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics of one or more embodiments include rutile, anatase, armalcolite or a combination thereof as the predominant crystalline phase. Such glasses and glass-ceramics may include compositions of, in mole %: SiO2 in the range from about 45 to about 75; Al2O3 in the range from about 4 to about 25; P2O5 in the range from about 0 to about 10; MgO in the range from about 0 to about 8; R2O in the range from about 0 to about 33; ZnO in the range from about 0 to about 8; ZrO2 in the range from about 0 to about 4; B2O3 in the range from about 0 to about 12, and one or more nucleating agents in the range from about 0.5 to about 12. In some glass-ceramic articles, the total crystalline phase includes up to 20% by weight of the glass-ceramic article. |
| US11667561B2 |
Glass material with a high index of refraction
A composition for a glass material comprising, on an oxide basis: one or more network formers chosen from the group of silicon dioxide (SiO2) and phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5); one or more alkali metal oxides chose from the group consisting of lithium oxide (Li2O) and sodium oxide (Na2O); 8 to 15 percent by weight zirconium oxide (ZrO2); and one transition metal oxide consisting of 9 to 45 percent by weight niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5). In an embodiment, the composition consists of: 35 to 60 percent by weight silicon dioxide (SiO2); 9.25 to 15.0 percent by weight lithium oxide (Li2O); 0.5 to 2 percent by weight sodium oxide (Na2O); 8 to 15 percent by weight zirconium oxide (ZrO2); 0 to 3.5 percent by weight phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5); and 9 to 45 percent by weight niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5). In an embodiment, the glass material is a light guide for an augmented reality device. |
| US11667560B2 |
Manufacturing method for optical fiber and manufacturing apparatus for optical fiber
A manufacturing method for an optical fiber, includes: drawing, while heating in a heating furnace, a lower end of an optical fiber preform that is to be an optical fiber having a core consisting of silica glass containing a rare earth element compound. The heating furnace has a temperature profile in which a temperature of the heating furnace increases to a maximum temperature Tmax and then decreases from an upstream side of the heating furnace toward a downstream side of the heating furnace. The temperature profile has a changing point at which the temperature decreases more steeply on the downstream side from a position where the maximum temperature Tmax is reached. At the maximum temperature, a temperature of the silica glass is higher than or equal to a glass transition temperature and the silica glass is in a single phase. |
| US11667558B2 |
Burner design for particle generation
A method of producing bi-modal particles includes the steps of igniting a first precursor gas using a primary burner thereby producing a first plurality of particles of a first size, fluidly transporting the first plurality of particles down a particle tube, igniting a second precursor gas using a secondary burner thereby producing a second plurality of particles of a second size, flowing the second plurality of particles into the first plurality of particles, and capturing the first and second plurality of particles. |
| US11667555B2 |
Glass redox control in submerged combustion melting
A method of producing glass using submerged combustion melting is disclosed. The method includes introducing a vitrifiable feed material into a glass melt contained within a submerged combustion melter. The glass melt contained in the melter has a redox ratio defined as a ratio of Fe2+ to total iron in the glass melt. The method further includes combusting a combustible gas mixture supplied to each of the submerged burners to produce combustion products, and discharging the combustion products directly into the glass melt. Still further, the method includes adjusting the redox ratio of the glass melt by controlling one or more operating conditions of the submerged combustion melter selected from (1) an oxygen-to-fuel ratio of the combustible gas mixture supplied to each of the submerged burners, (2) a residence time of the glass melt, and (3) a gas flux through the glass melt. |
| US11667550B2 |
Photoelectrocatalytic device for water disinfection
A water-disinfecting apparatus includes a vessel with a cathode, an insert with a photoanode, an ultraviolet light source configured to be positioned in the insert, and a power source. The cathode forms an electrically conductive layer on an inner surface of the vessel. The photoanode is configured to be positioned in the cathode. The power source is configured to be operably coupled to the cathode, the photoanode, and the light source. |
| US11667547B2 |
Hybrid acoustic, centrifugal oil/water separation
Apparatus and method for separating oil from water in produced oil without requiring large separation tanks in which the fluid is heated, using a simple, energy efficient separation process, are described. Centrifugal forces, by themselves, are not effective for completely separating a two-component fluid, especially when the densities of the fluids are similar, such as for heavy oil. By combining both primary and secondary acoustic forces, and taking advantage of centrifugal forces from fluid flow, such that acoustic radiation forces initiate the process of droplet accumulation, and contribute to droplet coalescence, centrifugal separation is enhanced. |
| US11667541B2 |
Two-dimensional (2D) bismuth nanocomposite, and preparation method and use thereof
The disclosure relates to a two-dimensional (2D) bismuth nanocomposite, and a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the field of nanobiotechnology. The 2D bismuth nanocomposite of the disclosure is an ultra-thin bismuth nanosheet that is loaded with platinum nanoparticles and modified with indocyanine green (ICG) and surface targeting polypeptide Ang-2. The 2D bismuth nanocomposite Bi@Pt/ICG-Ang2 of the disclosure can not only realize the targeted photothermal and photodynamic combination therapy for tumors, but also realize the dual-mode imaging combining CT and fluorescence imaging. |
| US11667539B2 |
Method for preparation of oxide support-nanoparticle composites
There is provided a method for preparation of oxide support-nanoparticle composites, in which metal nanoparticles decorate with uniform size and distribution on the surface of an oxide support, and thus, high performance oxide support-nanoparticle composites that can be applied in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis can be provided. |
| US11667538B2 |
Recovering a caustic solution via calcium carbonate crystal aggregates
Techniques for growing crystalline calcium carbonate solids such that the crystalline calcium carbonate solids include a volume of 0.0005 mm3 to 5 mm3, include a slaker to react quicklime (CaO) and a low carbonate content fluid to yield a slurry of primarily slaked lime (Ca(OH)2); a fluidized-bed reactive crystallizer that encloses a solid bed mass and includes an input for a slurry of primarily slaked lime, an input for an alkaline solution and carbonate, and an output for crystalline calcium carbonate solids that include particles and an alkaline carbonate solution; a dewatering apparatus that includes an input coupled to the crystallizer and an output to discharge a plurality of separate streams that each include a portion of the crystalline calcium carbonate solids and alkaline carbonate solution; and a seed transfer apparatus to deliver seed material into the crystallizer to maintain a consistent mass of seed material. |
| US11667533B2 |
Process for preparing polycrystalline silicon
The invention relates to a process for preparing polycrystalline silicon, comprising introducing a reaction gas containing hydrogen and silane and/or halogen silane into a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises at least one heated carrier body, on which elementary silicon has been deposited by means of pyrolysis, forming the polycrystalline silicon. In a continuous process, waste gas is led out of the reactor and hydrogen recovered from said waste gas is fed to the reactor again as circulating gas. The circulating gas has a nitrogen content of less than 1000 ppmv. The invention further relates to polycrystalline silicon having a nitrogen component of less than 2 ppba. |
| US11667529B2 |
Carbon nanotube product manufacturing system and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube product comprising: blending an unaligned carbon nanotube material with solid solvent particles; activating a nanotube solvent by liquefying the solid solvent particles; producing a nanotube dope solution by mixing the nanotube solvent and the unaligned carbon nanotube material; forming a carbon nanotube proto-product by extruding the nanotube dope solution; and forming an aligned carbon nanotube product by solidifying the carbon nanotube proto-product. |
| US11667527B2 |
Process for producing a solution of ammonium carbamate
A method for producing a solution of ammonium carbamate is provided. The method comprises reacting ammonium hydroxide with sodium bicarbonate. The method avoids the complications of using carbon dioxide and can be carried out using standard equipment. The resulting solution of ammonium carbamate can be used to form a biocide by mixing with a hypochlorite oxidant. |
| US11667524B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device
Disclose is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a groove such as by etching one side surface of a first substrate; attaching a second substrate including a silicon layer on the etched surface of the first substrate formed with the hollow groove; etching the second substrate so as to leave substantially only the silicon layer; forming a thin film structure on the surface of silicon layers of the second substrate; and separating the second substrate formed with the thin film structure from the first substrate. For example, the groove structure may be formed in the lower portion of the device in the process of fabricating the semiconductor device to facilitate the final device separation. |
| US11667516B2 |
MEMS device having uniform contacts
A method of forming a microelectromechanical device wherein a beam of the microelectromechanical device may deviate from a resting to an engaged or disengaged position through electrical biasing. The microelectromechanical device comprises a beam disposed above a first RF electrode and a second RF electrode. The microelectromechanical device further comprises one or more electrical contacts disposed below the beam. The one or more electrical contacts comprise a first layer of ruthenium disposed over an oxide layer, a titanium nitride layer disposed on the first layer of ruthenium, and a second layer of ruthenium disposed on the titanium nitride layer. |
| US11667514B2 |
Quantitative essential oil dripping device
A quantitative essential oil dripping device which includes: N sealed essential oil containers for containing essential oil, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; N gas inlet tubes and N oil outlet tubes, which are all inserted into the N essential oil containers respectively, wherein in each of the essential oil containers, a gas outlet of the gas inlet tube is located above an inlet of the oil outlet tube; a gas pump arranged at gas inlets of the N gas inlet tubes; a throttle valve communicating the gas pump with the essential oil container; and a drip number detection module configured to detect the drip number of the essential oil dripped from an oil outlet of the oil outlet tube. During use, the gas pump is started, pressure is applied to the essential oil container through the gas pump, and the essential oil is driven to be dripped from the oil outlet tube under the combined action of the gas pump and the throttle valve, thereby achieving the dripping of the essential oil. The drip number of the essential oil dripped from the oil outlet of the oil outlet tube is detected through the drip number detection module, and the amount of the dripped essential oil is measured by recording the drip number, thereby accurately controlling the dripping of the essential oil. After the dripping of the essential oil is completed, the gas pump is stopped. |
| US11667510B2 |
Beer tap monitoring system
A monitoring system of a beer tap station is disclosed. The monitoring system can determine when a beer is being dispensed from the beer tap station and also which beer tap of the beer tap station is being pulled (i.e., which beer is being dispensed). The monitoring system also receives customer transaction data from a point of sale system and correlates data between the monitoring system and the point-of-sale system to detect errors and unauthorized serving of beer. |
| US11667509B2 |
Liquid dispenser
A water purifier or other liquid dispenser may sense a height of the inlet of a container accurately through an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver that are disposed at different positions of a water discharge module moving vertically. Additionally, in the water purifier, the water discharge module may discharge purified water at a point spaced a certain distance apart from the inlet of the container, based on infrared sensing, thereby preventing the inlet of the container from contacting the lower surface of the water discharge module. |
| US11667508B2 |
Beverage dispenser with drip tray detection
A beverage dispenser includes a casing defining a dispensing recess and a plurality of mounting pockets. The plurality of mounting pockets are distributed along a vertical direction at the dispensing recess. A fluid conduit is disposed within the casing. An outlet of the fluid conduit is disposed above the dispensing recess of the casing. A drip tray is mountable to the casing at each of the plurality of mounting pockets. A plurality of sensors is disposed within the casing. Each of the plurality of sensors is positioned at a respective one of the plurality of mounting pockets. Each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect when the drip tray is mounted at the respective one of the plurality of mounting pockets. |
| US11667507B2 |
Bottle-filling system
The bottle filling system incorporates a bottle, a fill base structure, and a control structure. The bottle, the fill base structure, and the control structure are fluidically interconnected. The fill base structure and the control structure are electrically interconnected. The control structure controls the flow of a fluid from a pressurized fluid source into the fill base structure. The fill base structure transports the fluid received from the control structure to the bottle. The control structure detects the presence of the bottle relative to the fill base structure. The control structure measures the amount of fluid in the bottle. The control structure automatically replenishes the amount of fluid contained in the bottle. |
| US11667506B1 |
Fluid transfer device and method of transferring fluid
A low-profile fluid transfer device has an annular base with a top and a bottom, and an annular peripheral wall defining an enclosed interior of the base. A plurality of spaced apart straight ridges are formed within the enclosed interior of the base and define respective flow channels. Each flow channel slopes downward from a first end proximate an inside of the annular peripheral wall towards an open second end away from the annular peripheral wall. A catchment area is located adjacent the open second end of each of the flow channels. A drain hole is formed within the catchment area and extends through the base from the top to the bottom. |
| US11667505B2 |
Aseptic filling machine and aseptic filling method
An aseptic filling machine capable of performing molding and filling at the same time that has a compact facility size, requires a reduced initial investment, requires a reduced running cost because of its simplified process, and ensures an aseptic condition with reliability, and an aseptic filling method therefor. An aseptic filling machine includes a pre-heating sterilizing portion that sterilizes a preform, a heating portion that heats the sterilized preform, a molding and filling portion that fills the heated preform with a sterilized content under high pressure, thereby molding the preform into a bottle and at the same time filling the preform with the content, and a sealing portion that seals the bottle filled with the content. Before the aseptic filling machine starts operating, each portion is sterilized. During operation of the aseptic filling machine, aseptic air is supplied to each portion to maintain the aseptic condition. |
| US11667503B2 |
Vehicle-mounted device, cargo handling machine, control circuit, control method, and program thereof
A vehicle-mounted device includes an analysis unit and a control unit. The analysis unit detects an insertion target into which an insertion blade is inserted, on the basis of sensing information acquired from a spatial recognition device. The control unit performs a facing determination to determine whether or not the insertion blade faces an insertion surface having an insertion portion of the insertion target on the basis of the sensing information. |
| US11667498B2 |
Auto adjust elevator door system
A system including one or more processors, one or more non-transitory storage mediums, a data file, and executable instructions. The processor is configured to receive a door close signal from a door close selector and a door open signal from at least one of a door open selector and a door obstructed sensor. The data file is stored in the non-transitory storage medium and includes a door open time duration associated with at least one of the door open signal and the door close signal. The executable instructions are stored in the non-transitory storage medium and is executed by the processor. The executable instructions are configured to generate the door open time duration based on at least one of the door open signal and the door close signal. The processor is configured to output a door open command based, at least in-part, on the door open time duration. |
| US11667496B2 |
Roller system, roller braking device and elevator system
A roller system, a roller brake device and an elevator system. The roller brake device is used for the roller system. The elevator system includes the roller system. The roller system comprises a roller assembly and a roller brake device, the roller brake device includes: a body, the roller brake device is mounted to the roller assembly by the body; an actuation device mounted to the body; and a brake connected to the body in a pivotable manner, and the actuation device can move the brake from a rest position to a brake position, wherein the brake engages and brakes a roller in the roller assembly at the brake position, and the brake is disengaged from the roller at the rest position. |
| US11667495B2 |
Brake disc releasing device, turning device, elevator rescue kit and method
A brake disc release device, a turning device, and an elevator rescue package and method. The brake disc release device comprises: an actuating mechanism; a gear connected to a first end of the actuating mechanism; a first slider capable of sliding along a first guide piece and comprising a rack portion for engagement with the gear and a first wedge portion; a second slider capable of sliding along a second guide piece and comprising a second wedge portion for engagement with the first wedge portion of the first slider; and a pulling cable having a first end connected to the second slider and a second end connected to the brake disc. |
| US11667492B2 |
Expandable drum assembly for deploying coiled pipe and method of using same
A drum assembly includes a support bar, expandable spokes extending away from the support bar, drum segments mounted to the expandable spokes, support brackets disposed on the support bar, a primary mechanical actuator extending between the support brackets, and secondary mechanical actuators extending from the support brackets. |
| US11667485B2 |
Sheet conveyance apparatus, control method of the same, and storage medium storing control program of the same
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a control unit (120) that controls driving of a belt drive mechanism (4). The control unit (120) performs control such that the sheet is conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (a) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is two or greater, while the sheet is not conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (b) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is one. |
| US11667483B2 |
Drone-activated package delivery locker
A storage locker for drone delivery provides for weathertight doors that open automatically on sensing the approach of a drone and close to cover the package once deposited by the drone. The storage locker may be operated in conjunction with an elevator to allow elevated placement, removing drones from the vicinity of interfering structures, people, and pets. |
| US11667480B2 |
Systems and methods of applying reversible adhesion in a transportation system
An industrial transportation system includes one or more movers and a robot system. The robot system is configured to load one or more items on the surface of respective movers and unload the one or more items from the surface of respective movers. Each of the one or more movers includes a first surface configured to provide reversible adhesion between the mover and an item loaded on the mover. The reversible adhesion of the surface is activated at loading and deactivated at unloading. |
| US11667478B2 |
System and method for controlling an accumulation conveyor
Various embodiments described herein relate to controlling a conveyor that comprises at least a first zone that is upstream of a second zone. A second control module associated with the second zone receives a first signal from a first control module associated with the first zone. The first signal indicates that one of a first article that has an irregular boundary or a second article that has a regular boundary exits from the first zone. The second control module controls the second drive assembly and a second brake assembly based on the indication by the first signal. |
| US11667476B1 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for locating, engaging, and shifting objects in automated or semi-automated fashion
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for locating, engaging, and shifting objects. The systems may be used to unload objects from a storage space, e.g., inside a vehicle or facility, including one associated with a logistics network operation. The systems disclosed herein may operate in automated or semi-automated fashion, e.g., at the direction of a control system associated with a computing device. The systems may further utilize shifter mechanisms that each include one or more belt-driven mechanisms and position-changing mechanisms that facilitate the locating, engaging, and shifting of objects in a storage space. The components of these systems may operate independently, or in coordination, thereby increasing the efficiency of an object-handling operation. |
| US11667472B2 |
Belt conveyor with distributed motorization, and associated material transport method
A belt conveyor includes a conveyor belt configured to move in a longitudinal direction. The conveyor belt has two large faces, and a number of support stations distributed longitudinally along the conveyor belt. The support stations are configured to support the conveyor belt by one of the large faces. At least one support station includes a drive motor configured to drive the conveyor belt in the longitudinal direction relative to the support stations. |
| US11667470B2 |
Stowing worker user interface
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stowing products, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a tote identifier associated with a tote containing at least one product for stowing, predict, based on the tote identifier, a location for stowing the product, and provide a location recommendation for stowing the product based on the predicted location. The processor is configured to receive a product identifier, a location identifier, and a quantity of the product to be stowed. The processor is configured to modify a database to assign the location identifier and the quantity to the product identifier, receive a notification of a stowing error associated with the tote identifier, modify the database to assign the stowing error to the tote identifier, and automatically report the stowing error. |
| US11667469B2 |
Ejector for refuse vehicle
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis and a body assembly. The body assembly includes a series of panels configured to contain a volume of refuse therein and an ejector. The panels define a hopper volume and a storage volume. The ejector is configured to fully eject refuse from the storage volume. The ejector includes a wall at least partially defining an opening and a coupling pivotally and fixedly coupling a panel to the wall. The wall is movable within the storage volume. The panel is repositionable relative to the wall between a closed position and an open position. The panel extends at least partially across the opening when in the closed position and is angularly offset relative to the closed position when in the open position. |
| US11667468B2 |
Refuse container lid opening device having pushup actuator
A refuse container lid opening device includes a lid hingedly attached to a container body for covering the container body's top opening. The lid when closed is flush with or recessed below the top edge of a railing extending around the top rim of the container body. An actuator retained in a sleeve on the outer surface of the container body is movable using a first hand between a rest position and an upraised position in which it is received in a slot in the top rim of the container body and engaged with the lid, further upward movement of the actuator opening the lid to form a manually accessible gap between the lid and the top rim to allow the lid to be fully opened using a second hand. |
| US11667467B2 |
Electrically-powered waste enclosure
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling electrically-powered trash receptacles and monitoring fullness levels. The system can include a storage enclosure and a bin contained inside the storage enclosure, the bin configured to receive and store items deposited in the storage enclosure, wherein an inside portion of the bin is at least partially covered by a bag placed inside the bin to hold the items deposited in the storage enclosure. The system can also include a sensor configured to sense a content fullness state of the bin and a processor configured to control operations performed by the sensor. In addition, the system can include a sleeve configured to be installed over an inside portion of the bin and the bag, the sleeve at least partially restricting a movement of the bag. |
| US11667465B2 |
Portion capsule having an identifier
A single-serve capsule for making a beverage, having: a base element with a cavity, in which a raw beverage material is provided, the base element is made of a biodegradable material, a flange extending outwardly from the base element, the flange comprising a top side and an opposing bottom side, and a cover that is fastened to the top side of the flange to close the cavity, the cover is made of a same material as the base element. The single-serve capsule is free of a filter, and has an identifier, which makes it possible to individualize the respective single-serve capsule, the identifier is provided on the bottom side of the flange. |
| US11667464B2 |
Capsules, apparatus, and methods for preparing a beverage
A beverage preparation capsule containing a beverage preparation ingredient, having a body with side walls formed from one or more substantially air- and liquid-impermeable sheet materials defining a chamber containing a beverage preparation ingredient and further defining an outlet channel having an upstream end in fluid communication with the chamber for escape of beverage from the chamber. At least a region of the outlet channel is filled by a filtration material for filtering the beverage escaping from the chamber. Also provided is a clamp assembly for preparing a beverage from such a capsule, the clamp assembly comprising two or more clamp members, wherein an inner wall of at least one of the clamp members comprises a concave base surface for receiving the capsule and one or more pressure pads projecting from the concave base surface for selectively constricting a region of the capsule. |
| US11667462B2 |
Aerosol device with multi-aperture diffusion for hair shaping and/or style holding
The present invention relates to an aerosol device including: —a container containing: —one or more propellants, and —a composition including one or more fixing polymers and/or one or more styling powders including one or more water-insoluble inorganic compounds, the propellant or propellants possibly being present in the composition or in the container, separate from the composition, —an aerosol device for distributing the aerosol composition, including a diffuser having at least three spraying apertures for spraying the composition in a main spraying direction. The invention further provides a method for shaping the hair and/or maintaining the style, including a step of applying to the wet or dry hair a cosmetic composition sprayed from a specific aerosol device. |
| US11667461B2 |
Diffuser for a pressurized container
The diffuser (1) for a pressurized container provided with a valve, in particular for an aerosol generator, includes a base body (10) formed of a concave wall forming a cavity, and having a finger tab (11) intended to be depressed by the user to operate the valve, and a conduit placed in the cavity of the base body (10). The conduit has a first end adapted for cooperating with the valve of the pressurized container, and a second end for the outlet of the product contained in the pressurized container. The outlet conduit and the base body are two distinct parts which are connected together by mechanical fastening. Optionally, the outlet conduit is prevented from rotating relative to the base body. |
| US11667459B2 |
Infant formula receptacle with pliable pouch, and infant feeding systems
A disposable receptacle useful with an infant feeding system, including a pliable pouch. The pliable pouch may have a single compartment, or a pair of compartments wherein a first compartment is filled with powdered formula, and a second compartment is filled with distilled water. When compartmentalized, the compartments are separated by a burst seal designed to fail upon subjection to pressure of between about 1-3 lbs. The receptacles include a cylindrical fitment with a one-way valve removably positioned therewithin. A top seal of the pliable pouch is secured about the body of the fitment. The receptacles may be used with an infant feeding system having a support disc with an aperture to receive and secure the fitment, and a nipple having an internal chamber sized and configured to tightly and removably receive a portion of the fitment. The infant feeding system may optionally include a bottle and a securing ring. |
| US11667455B2 |
Configurable container
A configurable container includes a first divider and a container body. The divider has a divider body and a first projection extending from the divider body, wherein the first projection has a length having a first dimension and a width having a second dimension different than the first dimension. The container body includes a first wall that includes a first groove facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the first groove has a width configured to receive the width of the first projection of the first divider in a first orientation. At least one of the first wall and a second wall includes a second groove also facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the second groove has a width configured to receive the length of the first projection in a second orientation, wherein the width of the second groove is different than the width of the first groove. |
| US11667451B2 |
Apparatus and method for making inflated articles
A sealing device generally includes a rotatable support cylinder having an outer, circumferential surface and a heating element disposed about such surface and secured thereto such that the heating element rotates therewith. The heating element is coiled about the outer surface of the cylinder in the form of an overlapping helical pattern. Juxtaposed film plies may be sealed together by bringing the sealing device into rotational contact with the juxtaposed film plies and heating the heating element to a temperature sufficient to cause the film plies to seal together. |
| US11667448B2 |
Reclosable flap device
A resealable flap device in the form of a sheet, for applying to or incorporating in packaging, comprises: a base layer 30 of flexible material, and an upper layer 40 of stiff material. The sheet is cut (15) through both layers to outline a flap portion 14, the cut leaving an edge in a hinge region 18, the upper layer being removed behind the line of the hinge region 18. In this way the flexible base layer forms a hinge 18 that is easy to handle and does not spring back, while the stiff upper layer maintains the shape of the flap. |
| US11667445B2 |
Threaded tubular end protector
A thread protector that has an external sleeve to protect threads disposed on a tubular member. The thread protector includes a flange disposed on a first end of the external sleeve to be engageable with an end of the tubular member. The thread protector also includes a securing apparatus extending from the flange to frictionally engage an inner side of the tubular member to maintain the thread protector's engagement with the tubular member, the securing apparatus including a magnet that increases the force of the frictional engagement of the securing apparatus with the inner side of the tubular member. The securing apparatus can also extend from the flange to frictionally engage an inner side of the tubular member to maintain the thread protector's engagement with the tubular member, the securing apparatus rotatable relative to the external sleeve. A method of protecting pin threads of pin ends of tubular members by installing a thread protector on an end of a tubular member. |
| US11667440B2 |
Securable clip
A securable clip includes a first elongated rectangular portion and a second elongated rectangular portion connected along a common edge. The clip includes at least one locking peg, at least one receiving hole configured to receive the at least one locking peg, and a frangible portion. The frangible portion provides a visual indication that the clip has been opened. The releasing of the locking peg prevents the clip from being reclosed, reused, or sealed again. |
| US11667439B2 |
Synthetic mesh reinforced multilayer material and bags made therefrom
A reinforced multilayer material includes a mesh material covered on at least one side, and possibly both, by a layer of a resinous film material. The mesh material includes filaments that intersect one another, at least some of the filaments being composite filaments having a carrier portion of a relatively high melting point and a bonding portion of a relatively low melting point, the bonding portion of each composite filament being thermally bonded to other filaments at least some points of intersection. The multilayer material has a mass per unit area of less than 9.0 oz/yd2 and at least one of a) a bursting strength to mass per unit area ratio of at least 9.0 lbs./(oz/yd2), where bursting strength is measured in accordance with ASTM-D37 86 and b) a breaking elongation of at least 5% in the warp direction when breaking elongation is measured in accordance with ASTM-5034. A bag is provided that is made at least in part from a multilayer material having at least some of the characteristics described above. |
| US11667437B2 |
Modeling clay container
The container of the present invention is designed to allow for easy extraction of contents that would normally adhere to the interior walls of current containers by providing a semi rigid cylindrical container having a single continuous side defining cylindrical shape, a top portion wherein at least one flexible liner is attached to the top portion of the container. The container further possesses a bottom portion wherein such bottom portion has at least one aperture. |
| US11667433B2 |
Three dimensional article
An three dimensional article comprising a main body having an inner body and an outer body overlaying at least a portion of the inner body. At least one of the inner body or the outer body is at least partially visible through the other of the inner body or the outer body. An outer surface of the inner body may include at least one surface feature visible through the outer body. The main body may include a base portion, a medial portion, a neck portion, and a rim portion each of the inner body and outer body defining a base portion, medial portion, neck portion, and a rim portion corresponding to the base portion, medial portion, neck portion, and rim portion of the main body. |
| US11667432B2 |
Convertible shipping container and method of displaying a product
A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations. |
| US11667429B2 |
Corrugated cardboard cooler
A box is made by folding a sheet of material. Preferably, the box is formed by applying adhesive and folding using a machine, and a waterproof or water-resistant coating is applied to the sheet of material so that the box is configured for use as a cooler. The box includes: a storage portion, including a bottom panel, first and second end panels, and first and second side panels; four corner panels; and first and second top panels. The top panels include openings that register when the box is assembled and in a closed configuration to define an opening to be used as a handhold for gripping the box. Reinforcing panels of one of the top panels includes flaps located on an interior of the box that cover the handhold opening. The box further preferably includes a locking tab and locking panel for latching closed the top panels of the box. |
| US11667426B2 |
Foldable container and cleaning tool assembly
A foldable container and a cleaning tool assembly are provided. The foldable container includes a foldable side wall disposed annularly. The foldable side wall includes two adjacent connecting parts connected through a flexible part. When the foldable container is unfolded, the connecting parts rotate around a fold part on the flexible part. A first abutting part and a second abutting part are respectively disposed on two sides of the fold part and are arranged on the flexible part or the connecting parts. When the foldable container is in an unfolded state, the first abutting part abuts against the second abutting part. The cleaning tool assembly includes a cleaning tool and the foldable container. When the foldable container is unfolded to be used, the first abutting part abuts against the second abutting part. |
| US11667425B2 |
Vacuum drum for a labeling unit, and labeling unit comprising a vacuum drum of this type
A labeling apparatus includes a rotating vacuum drum and a pair of vacuum holders on the drum that are switched by rotating switches between a working position for gluing labels and a rest position in which the vacuum holders avoid an application of glue. Actuators cause the switches to transition between operating positions. Stationary switch controllers initiate transitions between the operating positions of the switch, thereby causing the holders to transition between their two positions. |
| US11667422B2 |
Spout handling and applying system
A machine for applying spouts to containers includes a heating tunnel for heating spouts, and a conveyor for conveying spouts through the heating tunnel for heating. The conveyor is a loop conveyor including a plurality of spout holding rack assemblies mounted thereon, wherein the loop conveyor defines a conveyor path from a spout loading zone, through the heating tunnel and then back to the spout loading zone. The machine includes (i) multi-material warp resistant rack holding assemblies, and/or (ii) a spout infeed track at a spout infeed side of the conveyor that includes an adjustment assembly for permitting adjustment of a number of spouts fed from the spout infeed track into an aligned spout holding rack assembly, and/or (iii) a spout emptying passage at a spout outfeed side of the conveyor, and/or (iv) a controller configured to track the position of each spout holding rack assembly along the conveyor path. |
| US11667420B2 |
Tray sealer
The invention relates to a tray sealer comprising a gripper device with two gripper arms, a supply device for unsealed trays, a removal device for sealed trays and a sealing device. Each gripper arm can comprise a coupling device that is configured to hold a first tray gripper for supplying trays into the sealing device and a second tray gripper for removing trays from the sealing device. |
| US11667415B2 |
Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same
A vertical form fill and seal system supports a sheet of material having material segments and a tube sized for drawing edges of the elongated sheet of material together in an overlapping configuration to form the sheet into a substantially tube shape. The VFFS also includes a sealer that seals the edges of the material to one another and a gusseting mechanism sized for forming a gusseted tuck in each of a left panel portion of the material and a right panel portion of the material. A cutting mechanism removes a first portion and a second portion of a first segment of the material segments in order to form a first cut and a second cut in the first segment and a sealing mechanism folds and seals the first segment at the first cut and at the second cut to provide an end wall with a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped footprint. |
| US11667412B2 |
Methods for packaging orthodontic appliances
A system for packaging mass-customized items includes a computer system including a database containing item identification information unique to each item; (2) outer container identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each outer container in a plurality of outer containers; (3) inner pack identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each inner pack in a plurality of inner packs; and (4) inner pack filling apparatus that fills each inner pack with a specific item matched to that inner pack by the item identification information received from the database. Each item is associated with its unique item identification information and is inserted into an inner pack with matching item identification information, and each outer container is presented for loading with one or more inner packs matched to that outer container by the item identification information received from the database. |
| US11667408B2 |
Metal encapsulated ceramic tile thermal insulation, and associated systems and methods
A metal encapsulated ceramic tile thermal insulation system for rockets and associated methods is disclosed. A representative system includes a launch vehicle having a first end and a second end generally opposite the first end and includes a heat shield positioned at the second end. The heat shield includes a plurality of thermal protection apparatuses, where individual of the thermal protection apparatuses include ceramic tiles encapsulated by inner and outer metal layers, which are positioned on opposing top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic tiles. The plurality of thermal protection apparatuses includes a plurality of pins positioned within corresponding holes drilled through the ceramic tiles and are secured to the metal layers. The outer metal layer can protect the ceramic tile from tool strikes and debris and can also prevent water from reaching and being absorbed by the ceramic tile. |
| US11667405B2 |
Vehicle launch system and method
The present disclosure relates to a launch system and method. The launch system and method can include at least a preliminary accelerator tube system (PAT) that can be combined with a main accelerator tube system (MAT). The PAT alone or combined with the MAT can be used for launch of a vehicle for testing and/or for delivery of a payload. |
| US11667403B2 |
Methods and systems for assembling a structure
Systems and methods are provided for placing preforms onto a mandrel. One illustrative method includes moving a mandrel in a process direction relative to a station(s) that comprises multiple pick-and-place machine(s), identifying a tray that stores a preform comprising an unhardened fiber-reinforced material, placing the strong back at the preform via at least one of the pick-and-place machine(s), applying a vacuum to hold the preform in contact with the strong back, transporting the preform to a mandrel via the pick-and-place machine(s), and placing the preform onto the mandrel. |
| US11667397B2 |
System and method of blade-tip facilitated aircraft capture
A method of capturing an aerial vehicle comprises rotating a first blade of the aerial vehicle, the first blade coupled to a hub of the aerial vehicle and having a contour configured to facilitate entanglement of a payload line of a winch system around the aerial vehicle. The method further comprises contacting, by a leading edge of the first blade, the payload line of the winch system and pulling the payload line towards the hub of the aerial vehicle, wherein the payload line is pulled towards the hub as the first blade continues to rotate and wherein continued rotation of the first blade causes the payload line to be tangled around the hub of the aerial vehicle. |
| US11667393B2 |
Systems and methods for power management and control of multiple power sources
Disclosed are systems and methods for a power control system for a vehicle having multiple power sources. The power control system may include a plurality of sensors associated with one or more power sources and a microcontroller configured to receive a plurality of signal inputs, wherein the microcontroller selects a power state for the power control system based at least in part on the plurality of signal inputs from the plurality of sensors. The power state may be selected from a group including a first power state, wherein power is provided to a critical power subsystem, an essential power subsystem, and an auxiliary power subsystem, a second power state, wherein power is provided to the critical power subsystem and the essential power subsystem of the vehicle, and a third power state, wherein power is provided only to the critical power subsystem of the vehicle. |
| US11667392B2 |
Method and system for operating a rotorcraft engine
Systems and methods for operating a rotorcraft engine are described herein. Measurements indicative of at least one of current temperature and current pressure at an inlet of the engine are obtained from at least one sensor while the rotorcraft is in flight. At least one current inlet loss is determined from the measurements. Current available engine power of the rotorcraft engine is determined based on the at least one current inlet losses. A visual indication of the current available engine power is produced via a flight display. |
| US11667388B2 |
Apparatus and method for heating an aircraft structure
A method of providing ice protection on a surface of an aircraft using exhaust air from a laminar flow control compressor. An aircraft structure, for example a wing, includes a skin. The skin has an external surface, on an outer face of the skin. The skin has an internal surface, located opposite the external surface on an inner face of the skin. The aircraft structure includes a laminar flow control system including a compressor. The aircraft structure is so arranged that the exhaust air from the compressor is directed onto the internal surface of the skin of the aircraft structure, for example thus providing hot exhaust air which function as an ice protection system (whether by de-icing or anti-icing). |
| US11667386B2 |
Integrated aircraft galley and appliance operating system
A system for communicating between passenger seats and an aircraft galley. The system may include a control unit including a display area for interfacing with a crew member. The system may include a plurality of devices, each positioned at a respective passenger seat. The control unit may be adapted to display on the display area data related to a particular order, including a location of an associated passenger seat. The control unit may be further adapted to transmit to a particular device associated with the order notifications concerning a status of the particular order. |
| US11667383B2 |
Payload delivery and drop device for unmanned aerial vehicle for automatic release upon surface contact
Embodiments of a payload delivery and drop device for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and method of its use are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a moveable collar defining a lumen having a centerline, and a rigid bar that has a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion. The first portion of the rigid bar has a centerline and the second portion of the rigid bar has a centerline different from the centerline of the first portion. The second portion of the rigid bar is disposed within the lumen of the collar when the rigid bar is in a first position. The centerline of the first portion of the rigid bar is substantially non-parallel to the centerline of the lumen of the moveable collar when the rigid bar is in the first position. The centerline of the second portion of the rigid bar is substantially non-parallel to the centerline of the lumen when the rigid bar is in the second position. |
| US11667380B2 |
Cable robot positioning system utilizing a light beam measurement device
A light-based measurement system is capable of directing a light beam to a cooperative target used in conjunction with a cable robot to accurately control the position of the end effector within a large volume working environment defined by a single coordinate system. By measuring the end effector while the device is in operation, the cable robot control system can be adjusted in real time to correct for errors that are introduced through the design of the robot itself providing accuracy in the tens or hundreds of micron range. A coordination processor runs control software that communicates with both the laser tracker and the cable robot. An action plan file is loaded by the software that defines the coordinate system of the working volume, the locations where actions need to be performed by the cable robot, and the actions to be taken. |
| US11667375B2 |
System and method of VTOL vehicle flight control inceptors
A VTOL inceptor arrangement is handled by a single pilot and consists of or comprises a first inceptor and a second inceptor. The first inceptor is capable of controlling at least one axis of movement and the second inceptor is capable of controlling at least three axes of movement. The first inceptor is configured to be operated by a first hand of the pilot, and the second inceptor is configured to be operated by a second hand of the pilot different from the first hand. These two hand-operated inceptors enable use of reliable operation based on stick motion (i.e., the pilot's respective hands each grasp a respective inceptor) instead of relying on movement of switches, knobs or the like—which may not allow precision control under vibration or turbulent environments or conditions. |
| US11667370B2 |
Rail for the fastening of equipment elements in aircraft, in particular seats, and method for production
A rail for the fastening of equipment elements, such as, in particular, seats, in aircraft, includes a holding region for connection to an equipment element of an aircraft, and a support region to fasten the rail to a carrier element of the aircraft. The rail has a metallic shell which is, for example, made of titanium and which is filled with a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic filler material which is reinforced by short fibers. To produce the rail, a metallic molded part is used as a casting mold and is filled, for example by injection, with the filler material and, after the rail has been produced, forms the metallic shell for the filler material. |
| US11667366B2 |
Steering device, steering device for ship and switching valve
A steering device includes: a cylinder demarcated into first and second chambers by a piston; a main valve having first and second shuttle chambers; a hydraulic source having first and second discharge ports; a first oil passage configured to connect the first chamber and the first shuttle chamber; a second oil passage configured to connect the second chamber and the second shuttle chamber; a third oil passage configured to connect the first shuttle chamber and the first discharge port; a fourth oil passage configured to connect the second shuttle chamber and the second discharge port; and a tank connected to the main valve via the third oil passage and the fourth oil passage. One of the first shuttle chamber and the second shuttle chamber of the main valve is in an opened state when the hydraulic source is stopped. |
| US11667365B2 |
Drive arrangement for propelling a boat
The present disclosure relates to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, for example a kayak, having an electric drive motor with a shaft, a receiving device for receiving the shaft and a holder for holding the receiving device on the boat. In some embodiments, the receiving device is pivotable for pivoting the electric drive motor between an operating position and a tilt position relative to the holder. A switchable fixing device is provided for fixing the receiving device in the operating position. The fixing device has an overload protection for disconnecting the fixing in the operating position when a predetermined pivot force in the direction of the tilt position is exceeded. |
| US11667353B2 |
Bimini arch
A combination radar arch and bimini top includes a radar arch securable on a boat deck over a boat cabin and a bimini top assembly secured to the radar arch. The bimini top assembly includes at least one bimini top base secured on the radar arch, a bimini arm pivotally connected to the bimini top base, and a spring-loaded roller assembly secured to the radar arch and including a canopy connected between the radar arch and the bimini arm. The bimini top base has a drive mechanism coupled with the bimini arm that is configured to displace the bimini arm between a retracted position and an extended position. |
| US11667348B2 |
Bicycle with battery, motor and motor mount, wire routing, speed sensor, and dropper seat post
An ebike comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame structure supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel, a crank assembly, and a battery assembly. The frame structure can include a front fork supported on the front wheel, a head tube coupled to the front fork, and a down tube extending downward and rearward from the head tube, the down tube defining a down tube axis and being open at its lower end. The crank assembly can be supported by the frame structure and can be rotatable about a crank axis that is spaced rearward from the down tube axis. The battery assembly can be at least partially secured in the down tube in an installed position and can be slidable into the down tube from the lower end of the down tube along the down tube axis. |
| US11667347B2 |
Saddle-riding type vehicle
A saddle-riding type vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame; a swing arm supported in a swingable manner with respect to a pivot frame of the vehicle body frame; and a rear suspension in which a link arm supported by the swing arm and the pivot frame are coupled, and damping is controlled by a hydraulic oil. In addition, the saddle-riding type vehicle includes: a sub-tank provided in the rear suspension and storing the hydraulic oil; and a detection sensor that detects behavior of a vehicle body while traveling. Moreover, in a top view of the saddle-riding type vehicle viewed from above, the sub-tank and the detection sensor are disposed so as to overlap with each other. |
| US11667343B2 |
Whole body manipulation on a legged robot using dynamic balance
A robot system includes: an upper body section including one or more end-effectors; a lower body section including one or more legs; and an intermediate body section coupling the upper and lower body sections. An upper body control system operates at least one of the end-effectors. The intermediate body section experiences a first intermediate body linear force and/or moment based on an end-effector force acting on the at least one end-effector. A lower body control system operates the one or more legs. The one or more legs experience respective surface reaction forces. The intermediate body section experiences a second intermediate body linear force and/or moment based on the surface reaction forces. The lower body control system operates the one or more legs so that the second intermediate body linear force balances the first intermediate linear force and the second intermediate body moment balances the first intermediate body moment. |
| US11667340B2 |
Screw profile mud-packing preventing
A rotating assembly for a machine is disclosed herein. The rotating assembly includes an annular support structure and a shaft assembly. The annular support structure includes a bore therethrough and protrusion extending helically around a portion of the bore. The shaft assembly includes a shaft and a collar coupled to the shaft. The collar includes a plurality of grooves located at the outer surface of the collar. The collar is positioned within the bore of the annular support structure such that the plurality of grooves are adjacent to the protrusion. As the annular support structure rotates, the protrusion rotates and is configured to move debris and mud out of the rotating assembly. |
| US11667338B2 |
Aerodynamic system and adjustable fairings
Embodiments provide an aerodynamic fairing system that may comprise a base configured to mount to a vehicle, an arm coupled to the base at a proximate end and extending laterally, and a fairing mounted to the arm having an inboard and an outboard surface. The fairing outboard surface may provide an aerodynamic outer surface to direct flow to an angle to the rear. The arm may a fixed or adjustable length arm. The arm may provide a mounting area for a mud flap such that aerodynamic system may act as a mud flap hanger. Embodiments also provide an adjustable mud flap hanger. |
| US11667333B2 |
Vehicle body front structure
A vehicle body front structure includes: a front side frame extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body; a side frame disposed laterally outside the front side frame in a vehicle width direction and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and a damper housing disposed laterally inside the side frame in the vehicle width direction. The side frame extends obliquely in a frontward and downward direction from a bent portion formed in proximity to the damper housing, and has a rectangular cross-section formed by a U-shaped member having a generally U-shaped cross-section and a lid member disposed on an open side of the U-shaped member. A first bendable portion is formed at a front end portion of the side frame by setting a strength of the lid member lower than a strength of the U-shaped member. |
| US11667332B2 |
Subframe structure
A subframe structure includes: a pair of right and left vehicle body side frames disposed at side portions of a vehicle body; a pair of right and left longitudinal members extending along the pair of right and left vehicle body side frames at positions centrally spaced apart in a vehicle width direction for a predetermined distance from the vehicle body side frames; and a rear cross-member extending in the vehicle width direction between longitudinally rear portions of the pair of right and left longitudinal members. The rear cross-member has a first attachment portion, an extension portion, and a second attachment portion. The first attachment portion is attached to the longitudinal member, the extension portion extends from the first attachment portion in a laterally outward and upward direction, and the second attachment portion is attached to the vehicle body side frame at a laterally outer end portion of the extension portion. |
| US11667323B2 |
Steering column for a motor vehicle and method for assembly
A steering column may include an actuating unit in which a steering shaft is mounted rotatably, a holding unit that is connectable to a body of a motor vehicle and that adjustably supports the actuating unit, a locking element that is coupled movably to the holding unit for axial locking of the actuating unit, a spring element that exerts a prestressing force on the locking element, a securing element for fixing the spring element, and a counterbearing. The locking element, the securing element, and the counterbearing may form a three-point arrangement in which the spring element is fixed. The spring element may be supported on one side on the locking element and on the other side on the counterbearing. The securing element may be arranged between the locking element and the counterbearing and may prestress the spring element. |
| US11667321B2 |
Interior system of a vehicle
A vehicle includes a steering wheel support assembly that includes a trim component that defines a trough. The vehicle further includes a steering wheel operably coupled to the steering wheel support assembly and operable to pivot about a first axis from a steering wheel use position to a steering wheel stowed position. In the steering wheel use position, the steering wheel is operable to rotate about a second axis to steer the vehicle. In the steering wheel stowed position, a portion of the steering wheel is received within the trough defined by the trim component. |
| US11667317B2 |
Steering device and industrial vehicle
A steering device includes a rotation central portion having a rotation axis Ax of the steering device and a steering unit connected to the rotation central portion. The direction in which the rotation axis of the rotation central portion extends is an axial direction. One of directions perpendicular to the axial direction is a radial direction. A direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the radial direction is a width direction. The steering unit protrudes from the rotation central portion in the radial direction in plan view of the steering device in the axial direction. A maximum width of the steering unit in the width direction is less than or equal to a maximum width of the rotation central portion in the width direction. |
| US11667316B2 |
Infant carrier and backrest adjusting mechanism thereof
A backrest adjusting mechanism disposed between a backrest tube and a frame of an infant carrier is disclosed. The backrest adjusting mechanism includes an outer cover, an inner cover, a driving member, a locking member, and an operating member. The outer cover is fixed at the frame. The inner cover is connected to the backrest tube and pivoted to the outer cover via a pivot shaft. The driving member is movably disposed between the outer cover and the inner cover. The locking member is movably disposed on the driving member. The operating member is connected to the driving member for driving the driving member to move between a first position and a second position. Switching of the driving member between the first position and the second position drives the locking member to selectively lock or release the outer cover and the inner cover. |
| US11667315B1 |
Multi-stage toy walker
A multi-stage toy walker includes at least a handle, a base, and a configurable component that is adjustable from a folded-flat configuration to at least one of a seat-shaped configuration and a basket-shaped configuration. |
| US11667314B2 |
Collapsible cart
A compact and easy to assemble grill cart to support a collapsible grill cart that includes a base portion, to which side frames can be coupled, and that permits the grill cart to be stored in a compact, folded configuration. The side frames of the cart can be expanded or unfolded to provide a stable structure that can support a cooking unit, such as a grill, grill insert, or firebox. Such a collapsible grill cart can also include doors that provide enclosed storage space within the expanded cart and wheels to facilitate transportation. |
| US11667312B1 |
Personal watercraft transport assist device
A transportation kit for a personal watercraft. The transportation kit includes a foldable single wheel subassembly configured to engage a first end of a bottom portion of the personal watercraft. The wheel assembly includes first and second u-shaped support tubes attached to an axle for the wheel; a first cable-loop attached to the first and second support tubes configured to encircle a portion of the first end of the personal watercraft; a second cable-loop attached to the first and second support tubes to encircle a portion of a mid-portion of the personal watercraft; and a tensioning device attached to the second cable-loop. A foldable handle subassembly has a third cable-loop configured to encircle a portion of a second end of the personal watercraft, a first handle tube, a second handle tube, and a handle block attached to the handle tubes having a strap flange to engage the tensioning device. |
| US11667311B2 |
Supercapacitor power supply for a gate crossing mechanism
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes detecting a loss of power to a motor of the gate crossing mechanism. The motor is operably coupled to a gate of the gate crossing mechanism. The method further includes, responsive to detecting the loss of the power, providing, by at least one supercapacitor, power to the motor to initiate the gate moving from an open position to a closed position. |
| US11667309B2 |
System for stabilizing a track-wheel based device on a support track
This disclosure relates to system for stabilizing a track-wheel based device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system may include a support track configured to support the track-wheel based device. The system may further include a support-finger coupled to the track-wheel based device via a pivot point, the support-finger being rotatable about the pivot point between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the support-finger may be configured to sandwich the support track between the track-wheel based device and the support-finger. The system may further include a biasing member having a first end and second end. The biasing member may be coupled to the at least one support-finger via the first end, and to the track-wheel based device via the second end. Further, the biasing member may be configured to maintain the at least one support-finger biased in the first position. |
| US11667308B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle is a vehicle on which an autonomous driving kit (ADK) is mountable. The vehicle includes: a vehicle platform (VP) that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the ADK; and a vehicle control interface that serves as an interface between the ADK and the VP. The VP receives a driver deceleration request in accordance with an amount of depression of a brake pedal by a driver, and receives a system deceleration request from the ADK through the vehicle control interface. During an autonomous mode, the VP specifies the sum of the driver deceleration request and the system deceleration request as a target deceleration of the vehicle. |
| US11667304B2 |
Enhanced vehicle operation
While operating a vehicle, a candidate marker is detected via first image data from a first image sensor. Upon failing to identify the candidate marker, vehicle exterior lighting is actuated to illuminate the candidate marker. Then the candidate marker is determined to be one of a real marker or a projected marker based on determining whether the candidate marker is detected via second image data from the first image sensor. Upon determining the candidate marker is the real marker, the vehicle is operated based on the real marker. |
| US11667302B2 |
Automated vehicle safety response methods and corresponding vehicle safety systems with serialized computing architectures
Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for implementing automated vehicle safety response measures to ensure continued safe automated vehicle operation for a limited period of time after a vehicle component or vehicle system that supports an automated vehicle driving function fails. When a critical vehicle component/system such as a vehicle computing platform fails, the vehicle is likely no longer capable of performing calculations required to safely operate and navigate the vehicle in an autonomous manner, or at a minimum, is no longer able to ensure the accuracy of such calculations. In such a scenario, the automated vehicle safety response measures disclosed herein can ensure—despite failure of the vehicle component/system—continued safe automated operation of the vehicle for a limited period of time in order to bring the vehicle to a safe stop. |
| US11667300B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus executes a yaw moment control to control a yaw rate of a vehicle to a target yaw rate by adjusting braking or driving forces applied to wheels of the vehicle and a speed difference control to control front and rear wheel speed differences within predetermined ranges by adjusting the braking or driving forces. The vehicle control apparatus executes the yaw moment control to the front wheels when the front wheel speed difference is within the predetermined range and executes the speed difference control to the front wheels when the front wheel speed difference is not within the predetermined range. The vehicle control apparatus executes the yaw moment control to the rear wheels when the rear wheel speed difference is within the predetermined range and executes the speed difference control to the rear wheels when the rear wheel speed difference is not within the predetermined range. |
| US11667299B2 |
System for monitoring and classifying vehicle operator behavior
System for monitoring and classifying driving behavior of an operator of a motor vehicle includes at least one personal monitoring device having mechanism(s) for wearing the device by and/or attaching the device to the operator, and hardware including local memory, battery, and sensors. The device provides at least GPS and communication functions, and monitors and communicates information about driving behavior, including driving data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors and/or calculated or derived from data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors. Application software on the device interfaces with device hardware for monitoring and communicating, being activated and deactivated based on trigger events. At least one control system includes an information processor receiving and communicating information about driving behavior, aggregating information, and communicating at least some of the aggregated information. At least one algorithm classifies driving behavior from at least a portion of information gathered by the device. |
| US11667298B2 |
Driver posture measurement device and vehicle control device
Provided are a driver posture measurement device and a vehicle control device that can accurately measure the posture of a driver with a simple configuration without attaching a plurality of wireless communication units to a vehicle. The driver posture measurement device and the vehicle control device are configured such that, between one wireless communication unit provided on the vehicle side and one wireless communication unit provided on the driver side, radio waves are radiated from the wireless communication unit provided on the vehicle side, and on the basis of a radio wave arrival angle of the radio waves arriving at the wireless communication unit provided on the driver side, the driver posture is measured. |
| US11667297B2 |
Vehicle controlling method and apparatus using error monitoring
A mobility controlling method and apparatus based on error monitoring are provided. The mobility controlling method includes: collecting an Event-Related Potential (ERP) for at least one passenger in a mobility for a predetermined time, determining an error factor by analyzing the ERP that is collected for the predetermined time, and performing mobility feedback based on the error factor. |
| US11667296B2 |
Determination of a coefficient of friction for a vehicle on a road
A method for processing friction data for vehicle tires on road segments, implemented by a processing system including at least one computer and an interface for remote communication with a plurality of vehicles, the method including: acquiring, from the plurality of vehicles, friction data for tires of the vehicles on a plurality of road segments, each friction datum including at least: a maximum coefficient of friction available to the vehicle on the road segment, and information relating to the road segment; establishing, for each road segment, a distribution of the friction data obtained from the plurality of vehicles for the road segment; and determining a plurality of road types, each road type comprising a set of road segments, from a measurement of similarity between the distributions of friction data obtained for each road segment. |
| US11667294B2 |
Vehicle lane change control apparatus and method
A vehicle lane change control apparatus includes a condition information acquisition unit that acquires condition information of an occupant of a vehicle, a lane change rate database unit that stores a lane change rate that is determined based on a lane change pattern of a driver analyzed based on driving information when a lane of the vehicle is changed and road condition information when the lane of the vehicle is changed and indicates a speed of the lane change, and a control unit that changes the lane of the vehicle through steering control according to operation information of the vehicle, and based on the condition information of the occupant acquired by the condition information acquisition unit, controls the lane change of the vehicle by selectively using the lane change rate and a corrected lane change rate determined by increasing or decreasing the lane change rate. |
| US11667286B2 |
Device and method for determining a tachometer characteristic curve of a vehicle, system for controlling the speed of a vehicle and vehicle
A device for determining a tachometer characteristic curve of a motor vehicle includes a detection apparatus and a determining apparatus. The determining apparatus is configured to form a tachometer characteristic curve on the basis of one or more mean value pairs, which are formed by means of one locomotion signal mean value and one speed mean value, by means of which tachometer characteristic curve locomotion signals and speed values are converted into one another, and/or to change a tachometer characteristic curve which is already present. |
| US11667283B2 |
Autonomous vehicle motion control systems and methods
Systems and methods for controlling the motion of an autonomous are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data associated with an object within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The data associated with the object is indicative of a predicted motion trajectory of the object. The method includes determining a vehicle action sequence based at least in part on the predicted motion trajectory of the object. The vehicle action sequence is indicative of a plurality of vehicle actions for the autonomous vehicle at a plurality of respective time steps associated with the predicted motion trajectory. The method includes determining a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle action sequence. The method includes causing the autonomous vehicle to initiate motion control in accordance with at least a portion of the motion plan. |
| US11667282B2 |
Driving assistance system
A driving assistance system performs a driver-initiative normal driving assistance mode as a driving assistance for a vehicle. The system includes a reaction force characteristics change unit configured to change reaction force characteristics of the operation device, if it is determined that the operation amount of the driver is not included in the appropriate operation amount range in the normal driving assistance mode, an explicit risk determination unit configured to determine whether or not an explicit risk is present based on the external environment of the vehicle, and a driving assistance switching unit configured to switch a driving assistance for the vehicle from the normal driving assistance mode to a system-initiative risk avoidance assistance mode, if it is determined by the explicit risk determination unit that the explicit risk is present in the normal driving assistance mode. |
| US11667280B2 |
Autonomous driving control system and method thereof
An autonomous driving control system and a method thereof are provided. The autonomous driving control system includes a strategy performing device that generates and performs a stop strategy of a vehicle on the basis of a target stop location, when a critical situation occurs during autonomous driving, a behavior controller that controls a behavior of the vehicle depending on the stop strategy, and an emergency module controller that runs a predetermined emergency module, when the critical situation occurs. |
| US11667268B2 |
Vehicle cleaner system and vehicle system
A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle and to discharge a cleaning medium to an external sensor that acquires information outside the vehicle so as to clean the external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. The cleaner control unit is configured to acquire weather information, and control the cleaner unit such that at least one of a type of the cleaning medium, a discharge amount of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium per unit time, and a discharge time of the cleaning medium varies according to the weather information. |
| US11667265B2 |
Activating a security mode for a vehicle based on driver identification
A controller of a vehicle detects persons that are approaching the vehicle and uses sensors to collect data regarding the persons to determine whether a security risk exists. In one approach, the collected data is used to determine whether each person is associated with the vehicle. In response to determining that at least one of the persons is unknown, a security risk is evaluated based on data from monitoring of the environment of the vehicle. In response to determining that a security risk score exceeds a threshold, one or more actions for the vehicle are performed to make the vehicle more secure. |
| US11667262B2 |
Seat belt buckle system
A seat belt buckle (1) and a belt tongue (2) which can be inserted into the seat belt buckle (1). An RFID responder (3) is arranged in or on the belt tongue (2) and an RFID reading unit (4) is arranged in the seat belt buckle (1) and is designed in such a way that a coupling between the RFID reading unit (4) and the RFID transponder (3) is only possible if the belt tongue (2) is inserted into the seat belt buckle (1). |
| US11667256B2 |
Airbag module for a vehicle steering wheel
The invention relates to an airbag module (10) for a vehicle steering wheel (6), comprising a module base (12) for fixed mounting on the vehicle steering wheel (6), which module base has a base opening (14), and a vibration absorber ring (16) for fastening a gas generator (18) to the module base (12) such that said gas generator can vibrate. The vibration absorber ring (16) has a ring axis (A) and a mounting flange (20) for the gas generator (18). The vibration absorber ring (16) has a resilient absorber wall (22), starting from the mounting flange (20), which absorber wall extends in an axial direction toward the module base (12) and extends around the ring axis (A) in the circumferential direction. The vibration absorber ring (16) has a plurality of resilient absorber feet (24) for fastening to the module base (12), which absorber feet extend in the axial direction. The vibration absorber ring (16) is fastened to the module base (12) by means of the absorber feet (24) such that the absorber wall (22) bears against the module base (12) already before activation of the airbag module (10) and acts in an axial direction against the module base (12) and is resiliently deformed. |
| US11667254B2 |
Temporary customization of an operating characteristic of a vehicle feature
A method for enabling a user to temporarily customize an operating characteristic of a first vehicle feature. The method includes temporarily customizing an operating characteristic of a first vehicle feature by means of the vehicle electronic control unit based on acquired personal information. The temporary customized operating characteristic of the first vehicle feature does not remain customized more than a single driving cycle. |
| US11667250B2 |
Human machine interface for commercial vehicle camera systems
A method for operating a vehicle camera system including receiving a first image from at least one video camera, identifying a first object in the first image, determining a distance between a vehicle component and the identified object, modifying the first image by incorporating a human machine interface (HMI) within the first image, wherein the human machine interface includes a display configured to communicate the distance between the object and the vehicle component, and displaying the modified image to a vehicle operator. |
| US11667247B2 |
Ultrasonic sensor
An ultrasonic sensor includes: an ultrasonic element provided to transmit or receive an ultrasonic wave propagating along a directional axis; and an element housing case that includes a case diaphragm having a thickness direction along the directional axis. A resonant space is defined between the case diaphragm and the ultrasonic element for the propagating wave, by housing the ultrasonic element while separating the ultrasonic element from the case diaphragm. A horn shape is defined in the element housing case in which a width of the resonant space in a direction orthogonal to the directional axis is reduced as the resonant space extends in an axial direction parallel to the directional axis. |
| US11667245B2 |
Expendable roof top cargo carrier for a vehicle
A cargo carrier for the roof top of a vehicle includes a housing, a center module, and an end module, and the center and end modules have a retracted position within the housing. The end module extends away from the center module to expand the cargo carrier in a partially expanded position, while the center module also extends away from the housing, and along with the previously extended end module, forms a fully expanded position of the cargo carrier. A telescoping assembly along with telescoping rails which coordinate to operate simultaneously to move the center module and the end module into the retracted position within the housing, as well as into the partially expanded position, and the fully expanded position outside of the housing. |
| US11667243B2 |
Shake prevention structure of glove box
A shake prevention structure of a glove box including a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom includes: a shake prevention part mounted to a rear portion of the storage part, and a guide groove allowing an end part of the shake prevention part in a longitudinal direction thereof to be inserted thereto and provided along a longitudinal direction of the housing. |
| US11667237B1 |
Vanity mirror assembly
A vanity mirror assembly for a vehicle visor includes a housing having a support structure and a channel on a top side, a mirror connected to the support structure, and a light source disposed proximate the channel and operative to illuminate visible light. The vanity mirror assembly also includes at least one lens provided on the housing on at least one side of the mirror and operatively coupled to the light source, the at least one lens comprising a transparent optical element configured to refract the visible light from a front face of the at least one lens. |
| US11667235B1 |
Lighting grill assembly for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a lighting grill assembly for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same, the lighting grill assembly for a vehicle a grill cover, a black paint portion painted using a black paint on a rear surface of the grill cover, and the black paint portion forming a light transmitting portion through which light passes by removing a part of the painted black paint, an inner lens spaced apart from the rear surface of the grill cover in a rearward direction, and a metal layer is deposited on a surface of the inner lens, and a light source configured to radiate light from a rear of the inner lens. |
| US11667229B2 |
Natural gas tank pressure control for transport refrigeration unit
A transport refrigeration system (200) comprising: a vehicle (102) having a refrigerated cargo space (119); a refrigeration unit (22) in operative association with the refrigerated cargo space, the refrigeration unit providing conditioned air to the refrigerated cargo space; a first engine (26) configured to power the refrigeration unit; a plurality of first fuel tanks (330) fluidly connected to the first engine, the plurality of first fuel tanks configured to supply fuel to the first engine, wherein each of the plurality of first fuel tanks includes a lock off valve (450) and a pressure sensor (470) configured to detect a pressure level within each of the first fuel tanks; and one or more engine controllers (54) in electronic communication with each pressure sensor and lock off valve, the one or more engine controllers being configured to adjust at least one of the lock off valves in response to a pressure level detected by at least one of the pressure sensors. |
| US11667228B2 |
High capacity cargo and container dolly
A high capacity cargo/container dolly. The cargo/container dolly includes retractable side stops that actively retract a roller linkage assembly upon retraction of the retractable side stops rather than relying on passive gravitational forces for the retraction. In some embodiments, the retractable side stops are configured to avoid hold up on the cargo during retraction. The retractable side stops may be coupled to a retraction mechanism that may be actuated from either side of the cargo/container dolly, as well as from one or both ends of the cargo/container dolly. The dolly may include aspects that accommodates dynamic loads that occur during transport to mitigate inadvertent retraction of the retractable side stops or spurious release of catch assemblies that retains cargo on the dolly. The dolly may also include self-locking roller assemblies that release only in the presence of cargo, and deck modules that protect the deck roller from road spray contamination. |
| US11667227B2 |
Truck bodies
A truck body is disclosed which is able to be mounted to a truck in such a way that the truck body can pivot relative to the truck between a lowered, travel orientation and a raised, dumping orientation. The truck body has a material carrying region, and the material carrying region has: a floor surface, and a curved transition (“the floor-to-front-wall-transition”) between the floor surface and a surface forming a front wall portion of the material carrying region. The radius of curvature of at least a portion of the floor-to-front-wall-transition is two meters or greater, which may help to reduce material carry-back. |
| US11667222B1 |
Vehicle mechanisms that alter a vehicle cabin to reduce motion sickness
The disclosure provides for a system that includes one or more cabin components in a vehicle and one or more computing devices of the vehicle. The one or more computing devices are configured to determine that a vehicle will have an acceleration in a first direction at a future time and an acceleration time associated with the acceleration of the vehicle, alter the one or more cabin components of the vehicle before the acceleration time, and adjust the one or more cabin components of the vehicle based on the acceleration of the vehicle over time. |
| US11667220B2 |
Seat
A seat capable of suppressing wrinkles around an opening of a curved-surface-portion of a skin. The seat comprises: a skin in which a curved opening is formed in the curved-surface-portion; an elastically deformable plate-shaped reinforcing-member that reinforces a peripheral portion of the opening, the reinforcing-member being disposed in a curved state along an inner surface of the curved-surface-portion; and a pressing-member that covers the peripheral portion of the opening in a state where the pressing-member presses the peripheral portion of the opening from an outer surface of the curved-surface-portion. The reinforcing-member has a main-body-portion overlapping with the pressing-ember, and extending-portions respectively extending from side edges of the main-body-portion to a range not overlapping with the pressing-member. A slit is formed in each of the extending-portions. The slits extend in a direction that a portion disposed outside in the width direction of the extending-portion is elastically deformable independently from the main-body-portion. |
| US11667219B2 |
Child safety seat
A child safety seat includes a backrest assembly including a first, a second, and a third portion slidably connected with one another, and a backrest adjusting system carried with the backrest assembly and configured to provide a first stage of height adjustment where the first and second portions are locked with each other and the third portion is movable relative to the first and second portions for adjustment, and a second stage of height adjustment where the second portion is locked with the third portion so that the second and third portions are movable in unison relative to the first portion for adjustment. The third portion carries an adjustment latch that engages with the second portion for locking the third portion in position in the first stage of height adjustment and engages with the first portion for locking the third portion in position in the second stage of height adjustment. |
| US11667218B2 |
Vehicle seat reclining device
A seat reclining device includes a ratchet, a guide, and pawls for locking relative rotation between the ratchet and the guide. The ratchet has a second convex portion protruding so as to abut against a ride-up protrusion of a main pawl. The second convex portion has, only in a partial region thereof in the rotation direction, a relief concave portion configured to avoid abutment in the rotation direction between the ride-up protrusion and the second convex portion. |
| US11667214B2 |
Virtual co-phase power supply system topology suitable for electrical sectioning device at sectioning and paralleling post
A virtual co-phase power supply system topology suitable for an electrical sectioning device at a sectioning and paralleling post (SP) includes a step-down transformer TR1. A primary winding of the step-down transformer TR1 is electrically connected to a traction feeding section β2 in a train from a traction feeding section β1 to the traction feeding section β2. Each secondary winding is electrically connected to one rectifier separately. DC buses output from the rectifiers are connected in parallel. The other end of the DC bus is electrically connected to a plurality of parallel inverter units. An LC filter is provided on a DC bus between a rectifier unit and the inverter unit, and the LC filter is connected in parallel to an energy storage unit. After filtering through the LC filter, an output end of the inverter unit is electrically connected to a primary winding of a step-up transformer TR2. |
| US11667210B2 |
Detection of electric vehicle charging at premise
Systems, methods, and other embodiments are associated with detecting an electric vehicle charging event. The system receives unknown time series data of usage values of electricity consumption, wherein the unknown time series data is unknown to have electric vehicle (EV) charge events. For a given account, the unknown time series data is converted into time intervals with corresponding usage values. Each time interval is encoded with a symbol from a series of symbols representing a level of electricity consumption, wherein the encoding generates an encoded consumption pattern of symbols. The system detects whether the encoded consumption pattern includes a string of high usage symbols that are similar to a known EV charge motif that represents a known EV charging event. Based on the detecting, the given account is marked as having an electric vehicle charge event or as not having an electric vehicle charge event. |
| US11667208B1 |
Distributed on-demand elevated power in low power infrastructures
An apparatus for implementing a power distribution system for electric vehicles charging within a structure that includes a battery for storing electrical energy. A power node module connects to an electrical grid of the structure at a preexisting load point to receive an electric current at a first power level. The power node module charges the battery responsive to the received electric current at the first power level and generates a charging current at a second power level for charging a connected electric vehicle using the stored electrical energy of the battery responsive to a received charging control signal. At least one charger connector connected to the power node module connects the connected electric vehicle to receive the charging current. |
| US11667207B2 |
Device and method for charging electric vehicle with different charging standards
A device for charging an electric vehicle includes a charging inlet for receiving charging information and power from electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); a control module for determining a charging mode on the basis of the charging information, and outputting a control signal according to the determined charging mode; and a charging unit for charging a battery of the electric vehicle according to the control signal from the control module. |
| US11667206B2 |
Modular charging and power system
A modular charging and power system for generating and supplying electrical power to electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, other manned and unmanned remotely operated vehicles, drones, robotics, marine and aerospace vehicles, equipment, or apparatus, portable power units, propulsion systems, and other electrically powered systems. The modular charging and power system comprises a racking system for retaining one or more interchangeable power modules. Each power module comprises a generator driven by a power unit, a compressor to deliver high-pressure driving fluid to the power unit, and a battery bank. Electrical power generated by the generator powers the compressor, the battery bank, and/or an external electronic device or system. |
| US11667205B2 |
Inductive charging unit for a vehicle
An inductive charging unit for a vehicle includes a trough-shaped base support having a base surface and the base surface has laterally enclosing side walls where the base surface and the side walls form a trough. The charging unit further includes a top surface opposite the base surface and a primary coil for inductive coupling to a secondary coil associated with the vehicle, where the primary coil is disposed in the trough. A filling material is disposed in the trough and surrounds the primary coil so as to fix the primary coil mechanically. |
| US11667203B2 |
Portable vehicle battery jump start apparatus with safety protection
A handheld device for jump starting a vehicle engine includes a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack (32) and a microcontroller (1). The lithium ion battery is coupled to a power output port of the device through a power switch circuit (15) actuated by the microcontroller. A vehicle battery isolation sensor (12) connected in circuit with positive and negative polarity outputs detects the presence of a vehicle battery (72) connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs. A reverse polarity sensor (10) connected in circuit with the positive and negative polarity outputs detects the polarity of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs, such that the microcontroller will enable power to be delivered from the lithium ion power pack to the output port only when a good battery is connected to the output port and only when the battery is connected with proper polarity of positive and negative terminals. |
| US11667202B2 |
Energy source supply systems, energy source supply devices, and related methods
Some embodiments include a system. The system can comprise an energy source supply hub and an energy source supply appliance. The energy source supply hub can comprise a hub energy source supply system and a hub vehicle configured to transport the hub energy source supply system. Further, the hub energy source supply system can comprise a hub energy source supply subsystem configured to receive an energy source. Meanwhile, the energy source supply appliance can comprise an appliance energy source supply system and an appliance vehicle configured to transport the appliance energy source supply system. Further, the appliance energy source supply system can comprise an appliance energy source supply subsystem configured to receive the energy source from the hub energy source supply subsystem and to make available the energy source received to a receiver vehicle. Other embodiments of related systems, devices, and methods also are provided. |
| US11667197B2 |
Angle-of-view testing method, device and system for a projection display device
An angle-of-view testing method for a projection display device, including setting a reference viewpoint at a same side as a reflective surface associated with the projection display device, setting a metrical marker plate with a metrical marker at another side opposite to the reflective surface at a first distance from the reference viewpoint, projecting a testing picture onto the reflective surface by the projection display device, where light of the testing picture is reflected by the reflective surface toward the reference viewpoint, such that a projected image as a virtual image of the testing picture is observed at the reference viewpoint as being projected onto the metrical marker plate, determining the coverage of the projected image with respect to the metrical marker of the metrical marker plate, and determining an angle of view of the projection display device based on the determined coverage. |
| US11667195B2 |
Display system for a vehicle
A display system for providing information display. The display system includes a display device, and control circuitry that controls the display device to display a gauge graphic including a scale for a vehicle parameter and a needle movable on the scale. The scale comprises a plurality of regions. The control circuitry further receives a first value of the vehicle parameter. The control circuitry further controls, based on a determination that the first value is between a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold, the display of a background color gradient on a first region of the plurality of regions based on the first value. The control circuitry further extends the background color gradient on a second region of the plurality of regions based on a determination that the first value exceeds the second predetermined threshold. The second region displays a solid color based on the background color gradient. |
| US11667194B2 |
Power take-off arrangement, powertrain, and vehicle
A power take-off arrangement (1) for a vehicle (5) that includes an input shaft (7), a main transmission member (9), a main coupling device (11), a first power take-off unit (13), a second power take-off unit (17), a first coupling device (15), and a second coupling device (19). The first coupling device (15) and the second coupling device (19) are configured to connect, in an engaged state, a respective power take-off unit (13, 17) to the main transmission member (9). The first and second coupling devices (15, 19) are connected to the main coupling device (11) such that the main coupling device (11) is controlled to be in the engaged state when any one of the first and second coupling devices (15, 19) is in the engaged state. |
| US11667191B2 |
Axle assembly for a vehicle
Axle assembly includes first and second axle housings extending toward opposing sides of a vehicle frame with the axle housings aligned to define an axle axis, first and second wheel ends, first and second drive shafts disposed within the first and second axle housings, a gearbox having a first surface facing one side of the vehicle frame and a second surface facing the other side of the vehicle frame with the gearbox cantilevered outwardly relative to the aligned axle housings to define a gearbox axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame and transverse to the axle axis, and an electric motor coupled to the second surface of the gearbox and extending toward the first side of the vehicle frame to define a motor axis that is parallel to and offset from the axle axis, transverse to the gearbox axis, and transverse to the longitudinal axis. |
| US11667187B2 |
Fracking sensor probe
This invention is a sensor probe, generally used in the oil fracking business, and includes structurally a pair of tube members, concentrically assembled, an inner housing tube, and an outer spout tube, affixed to a cap and adaptor, with the inner housing holding one or more sensors, to detect the level of fuel within the fuel tank of the fracking truck. The adaptor has a first aperture for attachment of the fuel line, for delivery of fuel in the space between the tube members, and the adaptor has a second aperture for connection of an electrical receptacle, for attachment with the electric lines leading from the various sensors, to the adaptor, for connection with a circuit line from a remote monitor. |
| US11667182B2 |
Chassis platform module for electric vehicle
A chassis platform module for an electric vehicle may include: a main frame having a battery mounted thereon; and a front wheel-side support frame unit connected to a front of the main frame. The front wheel-side support frame unit may include: a pair of first support frames disposed in a width direction of a vehicle, and each having a first connection groove formed at a front end thereof; a pair of second support frames disposed at a front of the pair of first support frames, respectively, and each having a second connection groove formed at a rear end thereof; a connection frame having connection protrusions inserted into the first and second connection grooves, respectively; an adhesive part adhered to the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second connection grooves; and a fastening member coupled to each of the connection protrusions through each of the first and second support frames. |
| US11667180B2 |
Cover for an electric axle assembly
Methods and systems are provided for an electric axle assembly. In one example, a system, includes a cover plate for a head assembly, wherein a cross-member is integrated into the cover plate and configured to attach to a vehicle frame. |
| US11667177B2 |
Pickup cab mount pack
A cover for a truck bed that can be horizontally traversed between expanded and collapsed positions is shown. Since the cover is horizontally traversed, the person manipulating the cover need not lift the cover vertically in order to reconfigure the cover between the expanded and collapsed positions. Women and elderly people who are generally not as strong as men can manipulate the cover. |
| US11667173B2 |
Air conditioner for vehicle
An air conditioner for a vehicle which can block air introduced through a gap between an evaporator and an air-conditioning case and prevent condensate from overflowing toward a temperature adjusting door when condensate exceeding a drainable amount is generated. The air-conditioning case has an air passageway therein. An evaporator is disposed in the air passageway. A drain hole is disposed at a downstream side of the evaporator in an air flow direction to discharge condensate to the outside. A first baffle protrudes upwardly from a bottom surface of the air-conditioning case for preventing air from leaking between the air-conditioning case and the evaporator. |
| US11667170B2 |
Vehicle suspension system with remote actuation
A suspension system for controlling movement of a vehicle wheel may include a spring and damper assembly coupling the wheel to the vehicle chassis for movement of the wheel relative to the vehicle chassis. The spring and damper assembly may include a spring coupled to a damper member configured to extend and retract the wheel relative to the vehicle chassis. The suspension system may further include a damper actuator located remotely from the spring and damper assembly and configured to modify an amount of damping and/or wheel extension. The suspension system may also include a spring actuator integrated with the damper actuator and configured to control an amount of deflection of the spring and/or to alter a spring rate. The damper actuator may be provided at a location in the vehicle separated from the spring and damper assembly. |
| US11667169B2 |
Spring element, in particular jounce bumper, for a vehicle suspension
A spring element, in particular a jounce bumper, for a vehicle suspension contains a longitudinal axis, a base body extending along the longitudinal axis, and an end portion positioned on a base end of the base body. The base body is elastically deformable between an uncompressed basic state and a compressed state in which the base body is at least partially compressed in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The end portion is configured for mounting the base body in a mounting cap. It is suggested that the end portion contains a plurality of at least two radially extending retention elements that are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and each of the retention elements are configured to engage a mating retention element provided on the mounting cap. |
| US11667165B1 |
System, method and apparatus for multi-zone container monitoring
The present invention preferably includes a monitoring device which is able to monitor both signals from the cab and the contents of a trailer/container. According to a preferred embodiment, the monitoring device may transmit monitoring signals (i.e., RF, ultra-sonic, IR) within the trailer/container and receive responsive signals/feedback indicating the status of the container interior. According to preferred embodiments, the monitoring device of the present invention may preferably receive data/signals from sensors internal to the container. |
| US11667164B2 |
Trailer coupler lock
A trailer coupler lock includes a coupler lock body and pin body assembly. The lock body retains the pin body assembly and slides horizontally onto a trailer coupler. When the lock body is in position under the trailer coupler, the pin body assembly is slid upward through the lock body and a protruding pin section of the pin body passes via a top hole in the pin body to enter into the coupler ball socket. While the pin body is in this position, a key is utilized to slide a shackle on the pin body assembly through a hasp on the lock body thereby blocking retraction of the pin body and locking the whole assembly together onto the trailer coupler. In this locked position, the protruding pin section of the pin body secures the coupler lock body to the trailer coupler and prevents an unwanted union with a trailer hitch. |
| US11667161B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a sidewall extending in a tire radial direction, the sidewall comprises a first side block which protrudes outwardly in a tire axial direction, the first side block comprises a first base portion which extends in the tire radial direction, and a first inclined portion and second inclined portion which extend from an inner end in the tire radial direction of the first base portion, the first inclined portion extends increasingly toward a first side in a tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward an interior in the tire radial direction, and the second inclined portion extends increasingly toward a second side in the tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward the interior in the tire radial direction. |
| US11667158B2 |
Pneumatic tire
In a pneumatic tire, center blocks in a center region of a tread portion form a pair sandwiching an inclined groove that extends inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends across an equator and includes a notch formed of first and second walls that are connected in a V-shape in a tread road contact surface. The first wall extends within +/−20° with respect to the circumferential direction, and the second wall extends within +/−10° with respect to a lateral direction. Each of shoulder blocks provided in a center region of the tread portion includes a third wall opposed to the notch and at an angle within +/−5° with respect to a straight line connecting an end point of the first wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block and an end point of the second wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block. |
| US11667155B2 |
Pneumatic tire for heavy duty
A pneumatic tire for heavy duty having an aspect ratio of 65% or less includes a carcass and a belt layer. A tread portion includes circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves include a pair of shoulder circumferential grooves and a crown circumferential groove. The crown circumferential groove 11 is a narrow groove and each of the shoulder circumferential grooves is a wide groove. The belt layer includes metal belt cords inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction. The belt layer has outer ends each positioned outside a respective one of the shoulder circumferential grooves in a tire axial direction. A belt half width is 55% or more and 85% or less of a carcass half width. |
| US11667152B2 |
Collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels
Embodiments of collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11667151B2 |
Wheel cover
In one embodiment, a vehicle wheel cover assembly is provided that includes a mount having an attachment portion with a release configuration that permits the attachment portion to engage inboard and outboard surfaces of a wheel hub flange of a wheel and a secured configuration that fixes the attachment portion to the wheel hub flange. The wheel cover assembly includes a retainer shiftable relative to the attachment portion of the mount from an unlocked position wherein the retainer permits the attachment portion to be reconfigured between the release configuration and the secured configured configuration to a locked position wherein the retainer maintains the attachment portion in the secured configuration. The wheel cover assembly further includes a cover assembly configured to be releasably secured to the mount to cover an opening of the wheel. |
| US11667150B2 |
Hub cap vent shield
A vent plug for a hub cap is provided. The vent plug includes a cover and base forming a chamber. A vent plug body extends from the base and forms a cavity. A shield is coupled to the vent plug body. The shield comprises an annularly extending disc that traverses the cavity. The shield includes a connecting surface to connect the shield to the vent plug body. The shield provides a lubrication/liquid barrier to inhibit lubrication (or other liquid) from entering the cavity formed by the vent plug body and the chamber. The connection between the shield and the vent plug body allows a gas (typically air) to vent past the shield into the cavity and, when pressure is sufficiently high, to the chamber and eventually atmosphere. |
| US11667147B2 |
Paint tray
A paint saving paint tray is disclosed. The paint tray may be adapted for coupling to a paint container, and may comprise a base, one or more sidewalls extending in an upward direction from the base, a reservoir for holding paint, wherein the reservoir is defined by the base and the one or more sidewalls, securing mechanism in at least one sidewall of the one or more sidewalls for coupling the paint tray to the paint container, and drainage spout in the at least one sidewall, wherein the drainage spout is adapted to drain paint from the paint container into the paint tray via inverted placement of the paint container on the paint tray, or drain paint from the paint tray into the paint container via placement of the paint tray onto the paint container. Methods of using the paint tray and a paint tray system are also disclosed. |
| US11667146B2 |
Writing tool
In a writing tool 1, a front shaft 5 is detachably provided on a rear shaft 6 containing an ink absorbent body 7. A filling part 51 is provided on an outside surface of a rear part of the front shaft 5. The filling part 51 detachably fits to a fitted part 61 formed on an inside surface of an opening part of the rear shaft 6. The filling part 51 has an outward-facing pressure contact part 53 and a radially penetrating slit 54. The fitted part 61 has an inward-facing pressure contact part 63. The front shaft 5 and the rear shaft 6 are brought into a pressure contact with each other when the front shaft 5 and the rear shaft 6 are fitted to each other. |
| US11667145B2 |
Personalizable color-shifting data carrier
A data carrier having at least one optically variable element, at least one surface element, and at least one security element comprising at least part of the at least one optically variable element and at least part of the at least one surface element. The at least one surface element is configured to guide impinging electromagnetic radiation towards the at least one optically variable element. The data carrier is configured such, that electromagnetic radiation is impinging on the at least one surface element under at least a first arrival angle when the data carrier is seen under a first observation angle, and such, that electromagnetic radiation is impinging on the at least one surface element under at least a second arrival angle being different from the first arrival angle when the data carrier is seen under a second observation angle being different from the first observation angle. The at least one optically variable element is configured to reflect at least a first reflection spectrum upon impingement of the electromagnetic radiation being impinging on the at least one surface element under the first arrival angle, whereby the at least one security element appears according to at least a first appearance, and is further configured to reflect at least a second reflection spectrum upon impingement of the electromagnetic radiation being impinging on the at least one surface element under the second arrival angle, whereby the at least one security element appears according to at least a second appearance being different from the first appearance. |
| US11667143B2 |
Apparatus for abrading an end of a stack of sheets to be bound
An apparatus to facilitate the binding of sheets using heat activated adhesives, with the sheets having coatings that resist binding. A stack of sheets is abraded prior to binding, with the apparatus gripping the stack so that a stack end to be bound is exposed. An abrading head containing a plurality of reciprocating pins is positioned so that pins can be controlled to repeatedly strike the stack end along the length of the end. This action results in abrading the stack end thereby producing relatively long fibers from the coated sheets that absorb the binder strip adhesive thereby achieving a strong bind notwithstanding the adhesive-resistant coating. |
| US11667142B2 |
Reversible recording medium and exterior member
A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other. |
| US11667141B2 |
Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium
A printing apparatus acquires characteristic information about a recording medium and executes a light quantity adjustment in a reading operation using a reading unit based on the acquired characteristic information. By using the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent an increase in the number of processes for analyzing read data obtained by reading a test pattern. |
| US11667138B2 |
Printing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An apparatus includes a printing unit, a conveyance unit including first and second rotating members that nip and convey the sheet, and configured to hold the sheet by temporarily stopping the conveyance before completion of discharge of the sheet, a detection unit configured to detect a rotation of the first rotating member, a determination unit configured to determine whether the sheet has been pulled in a discharge direction based on a detection result of the detection unit in a case where the conveyance unit holds the sheet, and a control unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the sheet has been pulled in the discharge direction, cause the conveyance unit to perform a discharging process of the sheet. |
| US11667133B2 |
Woodgrain suppression in inkjet printing
The present embodiments relate to a printing apparatus capable of mitigating/preventing instances of turbulent deviation of ink jetted from print heads when printing onto a substrate, a severe form of which looks like woodgrain. The printing apparatus can include a jet plate that has a first width and that is disposed between the substrate and a series of print heads. The jet plate can also include a series of apertures formed in the jet plate that each correspond to one or more of the print heads, as well as a cutout portion at a first end of the jet plate that has a second width less than the first width. |
| US11667130B2 |
Fluid ejection and circulation
A fluid ejection and circulation apparatus may include a fluid ejection device, a filter to filter fluid supplied to the fluid ejection device and a pressure regulator. The pressure regulator may include a fluid chamber having a fluid port and a first port extending from the fluid chamber to the filter. The pressure regulator may further include a valve to open and close the fluid port and a compliant chamber within the fluid chamber. The compliant chamber is to undergo different inflation levels in response to fluid chamber pressure. The valve is to open and close the fluid port in response to changes in an inflation level of the compliant chamber. The fluid chamber comprises a second port cooperating with the first port to form a circulation path through the fluid chamber that is directed away from the filter. |
| US11667127B2 |
Liquid cartridge including housing configured of base and cover in engagement with each other
A liquid cartridge includes: a housing; a circuit board including an electrode; and an ink supply portion extending from the housing in a depth direction. The housing includes: an cover; and a base provided with a plurality of engaging pawls. The cover includes: a top wall; a peripheral wall formed with a plurality of engaging holes for engagement with the engaging pawls; a support portion supporting the circuit board; a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding from the top wall. The plurality of engaging holes is open in a width direction and includes a first engaging hole and a second engaging hole spaced away from each other in the depth direction. A front end of the second protrusion is positioned further frontward than a foremost edge of the first engaging hole that is positioned foremost in the depth direction among the plurality of engaging holes. |
| US11667123B2 |
Ink refill container and ink refill system
An ink refill container configured to refill an ink tank with ink and an ink refill system. An ink refill container includes a container main body having an ink chamber; an ink outlet forming portion provided at an edge of the container main body including an ink outlet configured to allow ink to flow out from the ink chamber; a valve provided in ink outlet forming portion and configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable and closable manner; and a positioning structure configured to abut on part of the ink tank and position the valve relative to ink tank when valve is opened. The positioning structure has a positioning surface located on an opposite side to a container main body side where the container main body is located, across the valve and extends in a direction intersecting with a center axis of the ink outlet. |
| US11667114B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing display device and method for manufacturing display device
An apparatus configured to manufacture a display device and a method of manufacturing a display device include a stage configured to place a process target object on an upper surface thereof; a bending head in contact with the process target object to bend the process target object; a distance measurement sensor installed above the stage to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a cylinder configured to adjust a vertical position of the bending head. |
| US11667112B2 |
Extruded pre-stretched polyethylene films
A method of making a pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising co-extruding a top layer, a bottom layer, and a core layer into a multilayer film intermediate product, wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene resin, and the core layer comprises polyethylene resin and filler particles; stretching the multilayer film intermediate product to impart cavitation in the core layer in the area of the filler particles to form a pre-stretched polyethylene-based film; and rolling the pre-stretched polyethylene-based film onto a roller to form a roll of pre-stretched polyethylene-based film. A multilayer pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising: a core layer sandwiched between a top layer and a bottom layer wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene, and the core layer comprises filler particles having a particle size of 0.1 to 20 μm in a polyethylene-based matrix comprising at least about 95 wt % polyethylene. |
| US11667110B2 |
Thermoregulation articles for exteriors of buildings
A thermoregulation article includes a metal film, a polymer film disposed on the metal film, and a colorant film disposed on the metal film. The thermoregulation article has at least one side having an average reflectivity greater than 0.5 at a wavelength of 0.3-4 μm and an average emissivity less than 0.4 at a wavelength of 4-20 μm. |
| US11667107B2 |
Metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite
This metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite includes a metal member, a coating layer that is disposed on at least a part of a surface of the metal member and contains a resin, a carbon fiber reinforced resin material layer that is disposed on at least a part of a surface of the coating layer and contains a matrix resin and a carbon fiber material that is present in the matrix resin, and an electrodeposition film disposed so as to cover at least all of surfaces of the carbon fiber reinforced resin material layer, an interface between the metal member and the coating layer, and an interface between the coating layer and the carbon fiber reinforced resin material layer, in which an average film thickness A of the electrodeposition film formed on the surface of the carbon fiber reinforced resin material layer is 0.3 to 1.4 μm, and, at the time of immersing the metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite in a 5 mass % sodium chloride aqueous solution with the electrodeposition film removed, an alternating impedance at a frequency of 1 Hz is 1×107Ω to 1×109Ω. |
| US11667105B2 |
Laminate, shoe sole, and shoe
A laminate of the present invention includes a first member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and through which laser light is transmitted and a second member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and absorbs laser light, wherein the first member is directly bonded to the second member, and A represented by the formula 1: A=−9×D+Wa−45 is more than zero. D represents a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the first member and a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the second member, and Wa represents work of adhesion calculated from each surface free energy of the first member and the second member. Such a first member and a second member are firmly bonded to each other without using a bonding sheet. |
| US11667104B2 |
Multilayer film with reversible haze
The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes elongating a multilayer film to a impart a haze value greater than 30% to the multilayer film. The multilayer film has at least two layers: (A) a core layer composed of an ethylene/α-olefin multi-block copolymer and (B) a first skin layer in contact with the core layer, the skin layer composed of an ethylene-based polymer. The process includes releasing the elongating force from the elongated multilayer film to form a hazed multilayer film having a haze value greater than 30%. The process includes stretching the hazed multilayer film to form a stretched multilayer film having a clarity value greater than 80%. The process includes relaxing the stretch force from the stretched multilayer film to form a relaxed multilayer film having a haze value greater than 30%. |
| US11667098B2 |
System for producing lengths of tube comprising helically wound strips
A system comprising a mandrel, a winding device for helically winding strips around the mandrel to form a base tube moving away from the mandrel at a tube speed, a strip suppling device for supplying the strips to the winding device, and a cutting device for cutting the base tube at a predetermined length to form the lengths of tube while the base tube is moving in a tube direction at the tube speed, and a method. |
| US11667097B2 |
Method and system for processing blanks for forming constructs
A method of processing a blank for forming a construct includes obtaining the blank, the blank including a flexible material and is for being formed into a construct. The method also includes moving the blank in a downstream direction on a first guide and a second guide, and pressing an interior region of the blank with a shaping apparatus in a direction transverse to the machine direction as the blank moves in the downstream direction and as a peripheral region of the blank is engaged by at least one shaping bracket. |
| US11667096B2 |
Packaging machine infeed, separation, and creasing mechanisms
A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material. |
| US11667094B2 |
Method of manufacturing fluid-filled chambers
A method includes positioning a first polymer sheet on a substantially first flat surface of a tool, positioning a second polymer sheet on the first polymer sheet, and moving a second substantially flat surface of the tool into contact with the second polymer sheet. The method also includes maintaining a gap between the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet at a predetermined area and heating one of the two substantially flat surfaces of the tool to heat one of the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet. The method further includes joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet together at locations outside of the predetermined area to define a peripheral bond of the chamber. |
| US11667089B2 |
Production in composite material of a lobed structure of a flow mixer
The invention relates to the production of a composite material of a lobed structure (10) of a flow mixer which comprises a portion having a plurality of lobes (17, 19). For this purpose, a fibrous preform containing a resin will be produced in a simple geometric configuration of developable revolution. This is an intermediate state. By exploiting the thermoformable or thermosetting nature of the resin, the geometry of this intermediate preform is modified to deform it with limited offsets towards the final geometry. |
| US11667084B2 |
Method for producing an ordered array of interconnected acoustic microchannels
A manufacturing method of an acoustic coating in an ordered array of interconnected micro-channels intended to receive, on a reception surface, an incident acoustic wave with direction Ac normal to this surface, the method including depositing a sacrificial material on a substrate surface to form a three-dimensional scaffold of filaments, infiltrating at least one part of the three-dimensional scaffold with a thermosetting material, solidifying the thermosetting material to form a solidified material, and removing the sacrificial material from the solidified material to form the ordered array of interconnected micro-channels, the filaments forming by superimposed layers the three-dimensional scaffold being, for a given layer of filaments, oriented in a direction forming, in a plane formed by the layer, a first angle θ relative to the direction Ac of the incident acoustic wave, to confer acoustic properties to the ordered array of interconnected micro-channels and thus form the acoustic coating. |
| US11667083B2 |
Use of mixtures of polyvinyl alcohol with less polar polymers as support structure in 3D printing process
A process of manufacturing a three-dimensional object includes a step of depositing and solidifying molten polyvinyl alcohol to form a support structure; and a step of depositing and solidifying a molten thermoplastic polymer on the support structure to form a three-dimensional preform. The support structure has a mixture of at least 50% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol and at most 50% by weight of at least one polymer of polyvinyl butyral, polylactid acid, ethylene-vinylalcohol-vinylacetate terpolymer, vinyl acetate-vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, polycaprolactone, vinyl acetate-vinyl caprolactame copolymer, and polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis DH of 30-65%. The support structure can be dissolved to form the three-dimensional object. |
| US11667078B2 |
Water-based binders and methods of use in additive manufacture of parts
A method of manufacturing comprises depositing a layer of a powder on a working surface and selectively depositing a water-based binder solution comprising from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point of greater than 100° C. and less than or equal to 175° C. at 1 atm and a thermoplastic binder comprises a first polymer strand including a first functional group and a second polymer strand including a second functional group into the layer of powder in a pattern representative of a structure of a part. The method further comprises non-covalently coupling the first and second polymer strands together via interaction between the first and second functional groups to form a green body part. |
| US11667076B2 |
Method and devices for rapid detection and calibration of a 3D printer using a viscous material
The invention is in particular directed to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by successive deposition of uniform layers of a viscous material, the method comprising a prior calibrating operation comprising the following steps: positioning at least one calibration stop at a distance comprised between a first distance and a second distance from a working surface, the at least one calibration stop being configured to enable the triggering of a signal in case of contact between the at least one calibration stop and a proximity sensor linked to a recoater blade; moving the recoater blade (310) linked to the proximity sensor towards one of the at least one calibration stop; stopping the movement of the recoater blade as soon as a signal indicates a contact between the calibration stop and the proximity sensor; and estimating (320) the distance between the recoater blade and the working surface after stopping the movement, the at least one calibration value comprising the estimated distance. |
| US11667073B2 |
Method for forming layered thermoset silicone and thermoplastic articles using additive manufacturing, articles formed therefrom and apparatus for use therein
A method is described for forming composite articles comprising thermoset silicon-containing polymers, that includes (a) providing a first composition comprising a first thermoset silicon-containing polymer; (b) providing a thermoplastic composition; (c) printing a first at least partial layer of the first composition comprising the first thermoset silicon-containing polymer using an additive manufacturing device; and (d) printing an at least partial reinforcing layer comprising the thermoplastic composition using an additive manufacturing device. Also described in an apparatus for preparing a composite article comprising thermoset silicon-containing polymers that includes an additive manufacturing printer having a printer drive mechanism, a first printing nozzle for forming a first layer of a first composition; and a second printing nozzle for forming a second layer of a second composition, wherein the additive manufacturing printer is capable of providing two or more layers of each of the first and the second composition to form a three-dimensional composite article of the first and the second composition according to a computer design model, and wherein at least one of the first printing nozzle and the second printing nozzle is a pressurized printing nozzle comprising a heating mechanism in operable contact therewith. |
| US11667072B2 |
Liquid metal printing
Liquid metals or plastic are deposited into a reservoir of powder that supports the liquid metal or plastic as it cools. |
| US11667070B2 |
Device for producing containers by blow moulding
The invention relates to a device for producing containers (22) by blow molding, with at least one temperature-controllable blow mold (21) held by a mold holder (20), namely with a bottom insert held by a bottom mold carrier and/or with mold inserts held by mold half carriers, and is characterized by an inductive heating device, which indirectly heats the bottom insert and/or the mold inserts by means of induction. |
| US11667068B2 |
Device and method for continuously blow molding fiber-reinforced thermoplastic hollow profiles having a constant or changing cross-section
The invention relates to a device and a method for semi-continuous blow moulding of fiber-reinforced, thermoplastic, endless, hollow-profile-shaped components with longitudinally constant or varying cross-sections, consisting of at least one consolidation tool, which, in its closed state, encloses a preform enclosing an elastically moldable pressure chamber. |
| US11667067B2 |
Flow regulator for extruder assembly
An extruder assembly includes a rolling assembly. An extrusion block includes a plurality of extruding ports that receive an extrudable material from the rolling assembly. A regulating mechanism is positioned within, above, or otherwise near each extruding port of the plurality of extruding ports. The regulating mechanism is operable with respect to the rolling assembly to modify a flow of extrudable material through each respective extruding port. |
| US11667065B2 |
Forming process to manufacture a finishing/covering element for a component in a vehicle passenger compartment, and finishing/covering element manufactured by means of said process
A finishing/covering element for a component in a vehicle passenger compartment has a front surface facing, in use, the inside of the passenger compartment and a rear surface facing, in use, the component on which the finishing/covering element is fitted; the finishing/covering element is manufactured by moulding a thermoplastic material in a mould, which has a first and a second forming surface facing one another; the first forming surface forms the outline of the front surface and is embossed so as to form a corresponding embossing on the front surface, without further treatments and/or coating operations and/or processing on the front surface after the moulding; at the same time, the moulded thermoplastic material comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane reinforced by reinforcement fibres. |
| US11667063B2 |
Composite part compaction device
Systems and methods are provided for compacting laminates. One embodiment is a method for compacting a laminate onto a surface of a forming tool. The method includes placing the laminate onto the forming tool, disposing a compaction device over the laminate, gripping the compaction device to the forming tool, compacting the laminate with a pressure foot of the compaction device, and removing the compaction device from the forming tool. |
| US11667056B2 |
Injection moulding machine for continuous production
Apparatus for producing plastic material preforms, includes at least two preform manufacturing devices configured for producing the plastic material preforms from a plastic material, wherein the preform manufacturing devices each having preform transport devices. The apparatus includes a main transport device which is configured for transporting the plastic material preforms produced by the preform manufacturing devices and transported by the preform transport devices continuously along a predetermined main transport path, wherein the plastic material preforms are transferred to the main transport device by the production devices after their production. |
| US11667050B2 |
Loading apparatus
A loading apparatus for loading food products onto and/or into a slicing apparatus, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprises at least one magazine unit that includes a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction. The conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to the slicing apparatus and includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other. At least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height. |
| US11667049B2 |
Apparatus for preparing food
An apparatus for preparing food is provided, and includes a food chamber sized to receive at least one food item, a cutting structure configured to cut the at least one food item when pressed into contact therewith, an impeller for impelling the at least one food item into contact with the cutting structure, a liquid chamber for storing a liquid, a heating system for heating the liquid, and a liquid introduction system in communication with the liquid chamber, the liquid introduction system being operable to introduce at least one of a liquid mist and a liquid spray in the food chamber. |
| US11667046B2 |
Apparatus and method for splitting logs
One embodiment for splitting logs is described as including a first handle; a second handle; a unitary body wedge comprising a cutting wedge coupled to the first handle and a splitting wedge coupled to the second handle, wherein the first handle and the second handle are co-aligned along an axis of the log splitting tool when the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge form the unitary body wedge. As a user swings the log splitting tool in an overhead arc, driving the unitary body wedge into a log that is to be split, a cutting edge of the cutting wedge is driven downward into the log. The user spreads the first and second handles apart in opposing directions so that leverage created by the length of the first and second handles force the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge to separate apart from each other, causing the log to split. |
| US11667043B2 |
Counterbalance mechanism for robotic assist device
An electromechanical system operates in part through physical interaction with an operator, and includes a multi-axis robot, a controller, and a counterbalance mechanism connected to the robot. The counterbalance mechanism includes a base structure connected to a set of linkages, a pneumatic cylinder, a spring-loaded cam assembly, and an optional constant force spring. The linkages form a four-bar parallelogram assembly connectable to a load. The cylinder and cam assembly, and optional constant force spring, each impart respective vertical forces to the parallelogram assembly. The forces combine to provide gravity compensation and self-centering functions or behaviors to the load, enabling the load to move with a vertical degree of freedom when manually acted upon by the operator, and to return the load to a nominal center position. |
| US11667038B2 |
Safety switch device attached to mobile terminal for operating machine and machine operation device including safety switch device
A safety switch device includes a first support member and a second support member which are formed so as to secure a mobile terminal, and a grip part to be grasped by an operator's hand. The safety switch device includes an enable switch for transmitting a signal for permitting a robot to operate, and an emergency stop button for transmitting a signal for stopping the robot. The first support member and the second support member are formed so as to secure a plurality of types of mobile terminals having different sizes. The grip part is disposed at the center part of the shape of the back surface of the mobile terminal, which corresponds to the position of the center of gravity of the mobile terminal. |
| US11667031B2 |
Teaching method
A teaching method includes imaging a teaching jig to acquire a captured image, detecting a position and a posture of the teaching jig based on the captured image, changing a position and a posture of a robot arm of a robot based on a result obtained by the detection to maintain a positional relation between the teaching jig and a control point of the robot arm, and acquiring the position and the posture of the robot arm as teaching information when a control device, which controls operation of the robot, acquires a teaching signal. |
| US11667028B2 |
Telescopic tool
A telescopic tool includes a positioning device mounted between first and second rods. The first rod includes a first positioning hole, and a first gripping portion. The second rod includes a plurality of second positioning holes, and is movable relative to the first rod to align the first positioning hole with one of the second positioning holes. A switch controller is movable relative to the first rod and is movably coupled to a positioning member. The positioning member movably extends through the first positioning hole and is releasably engaged in one of the second positioning holes in response to movement of the switch controller relative to the first rod. A fixing member includes a second gripping portion mounted around the first rod. A resilient biasing member is pivotally connected to the first rod and pressing against the positioning member. |
| US11667027B2 |
Working machine
A working machine may include a pipe including: an outer pipe; an inner pipe inserted in the outer pipe; a pipe holder fixed to the outer pipe; and a stopper disposed inside the outer pipe. The pipe holder includes a wall part. The inner pipe includes a fixing hole having a longitudinal direction in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe. A rear surface of the fixing hole has a shape extending along a plane orthogonal to a front-rear direction. The stopper includes: an abutting part that abuts the wall part from behind when the inner pipe extends to a maximum length relative to the outer pipe; and a protruding part configured to fit in the fixing hole of the inner pipe. A rear surface of the protruding part has a shape extending along a plane parallel to the rear surface of the fixing hole. |
| US11667024B2 |
Hammer
A hammer is provided that includes a handle, a head, a striking insert, and a claw. The hammer provides for a head with a keyed hole to couple to a keyed projection on a striking insert. The head also includes a dovetail projection that couples to the dovetail connection of the claw. Each component may comprise a different material. For example, the striking insert and the claw comprise one material, and the handle and the head comprise another material. In some embodiments, a slotted punch with a magnetic retainer creates a bore through the face of the head and the striking insert to support a fastener (e.g., a nail) within the head. |
| US11667020B2 |
Driving tool
In a driving tool, during and/or after a driving operation has been completed, a restriction member is retained in an on-position by a cam. An energizing switch is retained in an on-state by an actuation portion of the restriction member. Because of this configuration, if a trigger is released during and/or after the driving operation has been completed, an electric motor continues to be activated, which causes a driver to return to a standby position. |
| US11667018B2 |
Nailers with jamming-alleviating mechanisms
A fastener tool includes a motor, a drive mechanism connected to the motor and adapted to drive a piston, and a cylinder filled with high-pressure gas. The piston is accommodated in the cylinder and suitable for a reciprocating motion within the cylinder. The drive mechanism includes a blade fixed to the piston and a gear coupled to the motor. The gear contains a plurality of teeth adapted to engage with a plurality of lugs on the blade such that a rotation of the gear is transformed to a linear movement of the blade. The drive mechanism further includes a disengagement module which, within a period of a rotation cycle of the gear, is configured to prevent one of the plurality of teeth from unintentionally engaging with a misaligned one of the lugs. |
| US11667015B2 |
Clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool
A clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool includes two cramp bodies, each cramp body includes a pivot part, a holding section and a clamping section, the two pivot parts are pivoted with each other, and the holding sections and the clamping sections are disposed on two sides of the pivot parts, respectively. Each clamping section includes a clamping pin and a pushing pin protruded thereon. The two holding sections can be operated to pivotally swing the two clamping section relative to each other, and make the two clamping pins and the two pushing pins move close to and away from each other, so that the two clamping pins can clamp the two inner sides of the clamping fastener of the clipless bicycle pedal, and the two pushing pins push the two outer sides of the clamping fastener to form a force pivot. |
| US11667010B2 |
Abrasive flap disc
An abrasive flap disc having improved properties with respect to production and grinding behavior combines an abrasive grit having a special grit mixture having 25% to 75% (high-performance ceramic) zirconium dioxide and of 25% to 75% aluminum oxide and a number of abrasive lamellae per abrasive flap disc in the range between 30 and 46. |
| US11667005B1 |
Method of making piston using polishing removal of thermal barrier coating (TBC) material
Making a piston includes receiving a piston crown including a combustion face forming a combustion bowl. The piston includes a base material, and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) material forming at least a portion of the combustion face including a bowl edge. Making a piston further includes advancing a polishing tool into contact with the combustion face, spinning the polishing tool such that a positive piston profile is polished via contact with a negative tool profile, and removing some of the TBC material based on the spinning the polishing tool relative to the piston. |
| US11667004B2 |
Method of polishing a surface of a waveguide
A method of polishing a target surface of a waveguide to achieve perpendicularity relative to a reference surface is disclosed. The method includes i) providing a polishing apparatus having a polishing plate with a flat surface defining a reference plane, and an adjustable mounting apparatus configured to hold the waveguide during polishing at a plurality of angular orientations; ii) positioning an optical alignment sensor and a light reflecting apparatus such that a first collimated light beam is reflected off of a surface parallel to the reference plane, and a second perpendicular collimated light beam is reflected off of the reference surface; iii) aligning the waveguide within the polishing apparatus such that the reflections received by the optical alignment sensor align within the optical alignment sensor, thereby being indicative of perpendicularity between the reference plane and the reference surface; and iv) polishing the target surface of the aligned waveguide. |
| US11667002B2 |
Method of monitoring a tool clamping device
A method of monitoring a tool clamping device mounted on a machine spindle, the clamping force of which tool clamping device is generated by a spring assembly which exerts a force in the direction of the clamping position on an actuating element actuating the clamping or the release of a tool or tool holder. In the method, the spring force and the displacement of the actuating element are continuously measured during the release and/or clamping of a tool or tool holder and recorded as functions of the time. These recorded functions are used to identify at least one parameter characteristic for the status of the tool clamping device. Based on the spring force and the displacement over time, a spring characteristic curve is plotted in the form of the spring force as a function of displacement, the analysis of which spring characteristic curve provides information about a number of characteristic parameters. |
| US11666992B2 |
Method of manufacturing a pipe having a connecting flange
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a pipe having a connecting flange, wherein the flange part is welded to an end face pipe end and at least one protrusion of the pipe or of the flange part is provided in the region of the flange hub and contacts the inner wall of the other part on the joining together of the pipe and the flange part to cover the formed weld joint to the pipe interior; and wherein finally the pipe and the flange part are welded to one another. |
| US11666990B2 |
Welded assemblies and methods of making welded assemblies
A welded assembly includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The second sheet is disposed over a portion of the first sheet and defines an overlap portion between the first and second sheets. A weld fastening the second sheet to the first sheet in the overlap area connects the second sheet to the first sheet for distributing stress uniformly across a welded portion of the overlap area. |
| US11666989B2 |
Laser crystallizing apparatus
Provided is a laser crystallizing apparatus including a laser generator generating a laser beam and an optical system photo-converting the laser beam to make a converted laser beam. A beam transmitting unit includes a passage through which the converted laser beam is transmitted into the chamber. The beam transmitting unit includes a chamber window provided on the chamber to transmit the laser beam, and a shield window movably disposed below the chamber window to prevent a material generated in the chamber from reaching the chamber window. |
| US11666987B2 |
Laser power control device, laser machining device, and laser power control method
A laser power control device includes a storage unit that stores relational data having a measurement value of a heat radiation sensor, which measures intensity of heat radiation of an irradiation object irradiated with a laser beam from a laser machining device in association with a power value of the laser beam on a machining surface of the laser machining device. |
| US11666978B2 |
Wire electrical discharge machine and control method
A wire electrical discharge machine includes: a voltage application unit for repeatedly applying a voltage to an electrode gap between the workpiece and the wire electrode at a predetermined cycle; a switching element connected in parallel with the electrode gap and configured to short-circuit the electrode gap; and a control section for controlling the switching element so as to short-circuit the electrode gap in a pause period during which the voltage is not applied. The control section adjusts a short-circuiting period in which the electrode gap is short-circuited according to the machining shape specified by a machining program. |
| US11666974B2 |
Method of making components with metal matrix composites and components made therefrom
Components made of a metal matrix composite and methods for the manufacture thereof. The metal matrix composite contains TiB2 particles, Al3Ti particles, and particles of an intermetallic compound of aluminum and at least one rare earth element dispersed in an aluminum matrix. Methods include casting a first melt to produce an ingot, remelting the ingot to form a second melt, forming a powder from the second melt using an atomization process, and fabricating a component utilizing the powder in an additive manufacturing process. The ingot and the powder include an aluminum matrix that contains dispersions of TiB2 particles and Al3Ti particles. |
| US11666973B2 |
Complex concentrated alloy and high entropy alloy additive manufacturing systems and methods
A complex concentrated alloy (CCA) and/or high entropy alloy (HEA) additive manufacturing nozzle can include a nozzle body defining at least four powder channels. Each powder channel can be configured to be connected to a powder supply of a plurality of powder supplies to receive a powder from the powder supply for ejecting the powder toward a build area to form an additively manufactured article having a CCA and/or an HEA. |
| US11666972B2 |
Use of 3D printing for anticounterfeiting
The invention pertains to the use of sophisticated chemical formulation and spectroscopic design methods to select taggants compatible with the 3D print medium that are easily detected spectroscopically but otherwise compatible with the product, structural integrity and stability, and aesthetics. A spectral pattern employs a different chemical or combination of chemicals to alter the formulation of all or some portion of the printed object so that its authenticity can be monitored later using a spectrometer. |
| US11666970B2 |
Systems and methods for continuous production of gas atomized metal powders
Raw material feed into an electric arc furnace (“EAF”) is melted into heated liquid metal at a controlled temperature with impurities and inclusions removed as a separate liquid slag layer. The heated liquid metal is removed from the EAF into a passively heatable ladle wherein it is moved into a refining station where they are placed into a inductively heated refining holding vessel and wherein vacuum oxygen decarburization is applied to remove carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and other undesirable impurities from the liquid metal. The ladle and liquid metal is then transferred to a refining station/gas atomizer having a controlled vacuum and inert atmosphere wherein the liquid metal is poured from an inductively heated atomizing holder vessel into a heated tundish at a controlled rate wherein high pressure inert gas is applied through a nozzle to create a spray of metal droplets forming spherical shapes as the droplets that cool and fall into a bottom formed in the chamber. Spherical powder comprising the droplets are removed from the chamber through screen and blenders and then classified by size. |
| US11666968B2 |
Microstructure refinement methods by melt pool stirring for additive manufactured materials
Examples for refining the microstructure of metallic materials used for additive manufacturing are described herein. An example can involve generating a first layer of an integral object by heating a metallic material to a molten state such that the metallic material includes a solid-liquid interface. The example can further involve applying an electromagnetic field or vibrations to the metallic material of the first layer. In some instances, the electromagnetic fields or vibrations perturb the first layer of metallic material causing nucleation sites to form at the solid-liquid interface of the metallic material in the molten state. The example also includes generating a second layer coupled to the first layer of the integral object. Generating the second layer increases a number of nucleation sites at the solid-liquid interface of the metallic material in the molten state. Each nucleation site can grows a crystal at a spatially-random orientation. |
| US11666964B2 |
Flaskless molding machine
A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the upper molding space; a first lower sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the lower molding space, and having a first communication port for discharging the stored mold sand; a second lower sand tank having a second communication port capable of communicating with the first communication port of the first lower sand tank, and storing the mold sand supplied from the first lower sand tank and to be supplied to the lower molding space; at least one first guide member extending in a vertical direction, and guiding the upper flask, the lower flask and the second lower sand tank in the vertical direction; and a second guide member extending in the vertical direction, and guiding the first lower sand tank in the vertical direction. |
| US11666957B2 |
Controlling a strip tension during the flexible rolling of metal strip
An apparatus for controlling a strip tension during flexible rolling of metal strip comprises a roll arrangement with at least one dancer roll, the position of said dancer roll being adjustable for controlling the strip tension of the metal strip, at least one hydraulic drive coupled to the dancer roll for adjusting the dancer roll, a hydraulic tank for hydraulic fluid, which is fluidly connected to the hydraulic drive via a hydraulic supply line, a controllable valve arrangement between the hydraulic tank and the hydraulic drive for controlling the hydraulic drive, a hydraulic pump with which the hydraulic drive is supplied with hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic tank, and at least one hydraulic pressure accumulator for temporarily storing hydraulic fluid previously delivered by the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pressure accumulator being arranged between the hydraulic pump and the valve arrangement, wherein a pressure sensor is arranged in the hydraulic drive for determining the hydraulic pressure. |
| US11666948B2 |
Projection instruction device, parcel sorting system, and projection instruction method
There is provided a projection instruction device that generates a projection image to be projected on parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor performs weighting on a value of a feature amount of a color image of parcel included in the sensing information based on a distance image of parcel included in the sensing information, and tracks the parcel based on the weighted value of the feature amount of the color image. |
| US11666946B2 |
Microparticle sorting method and microchip for sorting microparticles
There is provided a microparticle sorting method including a procedure of collecting a microparticle in a fluid that flows through a main channel in a branch channel that is in communication with the main channel by generating a negative pressure in the branch channel. In the procedure, a flow of a fluid is formed that flows toward a side of the main channel from a side of the branch channel at a communication opening between the main channel and the branch channel. |
| US11666942B2 |
Haptic transducer and footplate coupled to the same
A haptic transducer is provided, comprising a motor including a yoke, an inner cavity formed by the yoke, and a magnet assembly disposed within the inner cavity; a diaphragm disposed above the magnet assembly; a suspension extending concentrically around the diaphragm and having an inner edge attached to the diaphragm and an outer edge attached to the yoke; a cylindrical coil coupled to the diaphragm and suspended within the inner cavity around the magnet assembly; a first hole extending through the motor; and a second hole axially aligned with the first hole and extending through the diaphragm, a fastener extending through the first hole into the second hole. A footplate system is also provided, comprising a footplate configured for placement in a piece of footwear; a moving motor transducer configured to transfer haptic sensations to the footplate; and a top fastener configured to secure the haptic transducer to the footplate. |
| US11666941B2 |
Methods of nanoscale directional wetting and uses thereof
This invention discloses a method for controlling nanoscopic wetting near or at a molecular scale for synthetic material applications. In particular this invention relates to a method for preparing a monolayer or thin film with a patterned nanoscopic wetting surface using a ‘sitting’ phase of polymerizable amphiphile, wherein hydrophobic alkyl chains of the amphiphile extend along the supporting surface and the amphiphile molecules align side-to-side, effectively forming a repeating cross-section of bilayer with alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic stripes of a ˜6 nm pitch tunable based on the chain length of the amphiphile. Products prepared according to the methods disclosed herein are within the scope of this invention. In some embodiments, monolayers or thin films so prepared are transferable. |
| US11666939B2 |
Methods for cold spraying nickel particles on a substrate
Described herein, are methods for providing a protective coating to a storage container for storing nuclear material, the method comprising depositing nickel particles on at least one surface of the substrate to produce the protective coating, wherein the nickel particles are deposited by cold spraying a composition comprising nickel particles and a carrier gas comprising nitrogen. In one aspect, the carrier gas consists essentially or consists only of nitrogen. The methods do not require pretreatment or modification of the nickel particles prior to cold spraying, which makes the methods described herein economically practical. The coatings produced by the methods described herein possess several advantageous properties including, but not limited to, high adhesion strength to the storage system and low porosity. The coatings produced by the methods described herein are effective against chemical attack such as, for example, CISCC. |
| US11666933B2 |
Automated painting system with zero-turn radius robotic base
In various embodiments, a zero-turn radius robotic base may comprise a substantially rectangular (e.g., rectangular) base portion that comprises a plurality of wheels. In various embodiments, the plurality of wheels are configured to support the robotic base adjacent a support surface (e.g., the ground, a suitable flooring surface within a building, etc.). In some embodiments, the robotic base comprises a first and second driving wheel and a plurality of stability wheels. In some embodiments, an axis of rotation of the first and the second driving wheel are collinear. In various embodiments, the plurality of stability wheels are spaces apart from the axis of rotation of the first and second driving wheels to provide stability to the robotic base. |
| US11666927B2 |
Centrifuge insert
A centrifuge insert is provided which is not only suited for one type of sample container or sample carrier but for at least two geometrically different elements from the group consisting of sample container and sample carrier. This achieves that the same centrifuge insert can be used for different sample containers or sample carriers. This provides space savings, in particular in the lab. Furthermore acquisition cost is reduced, and handling is accelerated by reducing manual complexity which increases lab through put. |
| US11666925B2 |
Single-use centrifuge containers for separating biological suspensions and methods of use
A method for separating a biological suspension includes dispensing a liquid suspension comprised of cells or microorganisms from a bioreactor or fermenter into a sterile compartment of a first bag assembly, the first bag assembly including a collapsible bag having of one or more sheets of flexible film. The compartment of the first bag assembly is sealed closed. The first bag assembly, either with or without a manifold fluid coupled therewith, is then rotated, such as by using a centrifuge, so that the liquid suspension separates within the compartment into a pellet comprised of the cells or microorganisms and a liquid supernatant. |
| US11666924B2 |
Apparatus and methods for selectively transmitting objects
Apparatuses and methods for selectively transmitting objects of interest from a first reservoir to a second reservoir are disclosed. The apparatuses include electromagnetic focusing apparatuses configured to interact with objects of interest to induce a change in a property of the objects of interest so as to increase or decrease the probability that the objects of interest pass through a throat diffusively coupling the first reservoir and the second reservoir. |
| US11666922B2 |
Liner assembly for ore grinding mill
The present invention provides a system and method for more efficient utilization of comminution mills. Sensors are provided in the liners placed within the mill shell. The sensors may include RFID tags, liner wear profile sensors (e.g., such as an ultrasonic sensor), an inertial sensor (preferably included both an inclinometer and an accelerometer, and an acoustic sensor, among others. When the liners are installed in the shell, the RFID tag is used to register the location of the liner within the shell. In operation, the information provided by the sensors is collected by a data transmission unit and sent by transmitter over the air to a computer having an antenna and receiver for such data. The data is correlated and the data is reviewable in real time while the mill is in running. |
| US11666917B2 |
Collection and preparation of blood samples for point-of-care diagnostics
This disclosure is directed to methods and devices (300) associated with Point of Care medical testing and diagnostics. More specifically, methods and devices are described which provide a quick and streamlined way to prepare blood samples for analysis using flow cytometers, microscopes, and other analysis platforms. The benefits include a reduction in the time, resources, and expertise needed for preparing those blood samples without compromising the accuracy and efficacy of diagnosing diseases or identifying specific particulates from those blood samples. |
| US11666913B2 |
In situ-generated microfluidic isolation structures, kits and methods of use thereof
In situ-generated microfluidic isolation structures incorporating a solidified polymer network, methods of preparation and use, compositions and kits therefor are described. The ability to introduce in real time, a variety of isolating structures including pens and barriers offers improved methods of micro-object manipulation in microfluidic devices. The in situ-generated isolation structures may be permanently or temporarily installed. |
| US11666910B2 |
Microfluidic devices
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a microfluidic device is described. The microfluidic device includes a reservoir to contain a first thermally expandable fluid, a first heater to heat the thermally expandable fluid in the reservoir, a channel extending from the reservoir and connected to the reservoir at a first opening, and a liquid volume obstructing the channel. |
| US11666899B2 |
Safety cabinet
A safety cabinet includes an operation stage on which an operation is performed, an operation space in which an operator performs the operation, a front panel disposed in front of the operation space, an operation opening connected to the operation space, exhausting means that suctions air from the operation opening and exhausts air in the operation space outside the safety cabinet through air purifying means, and visualizing means that visualizes an air flow in the operation space. |
| US11666889B2 |
Inorganic oxide
Provided is a powder inorganic oxide containing Al, Ce and Zr as constituent elements, that affords a molded product with a density of 1.0 to 1.3 g/ml by placing 4.0 g of the inorganic oxide in a cylindrical container having diameter 20 mm and performing uniaxial molding under conditions of room temperature and pressure of 29.4 MPa for 30 sec., and achieves an average shrinkage percentage of not more than 14.0% as calculated by the following formula: average shrinkage percentage (%)=100×{(1−(c)/(a))+(1−(d)/(b))}/2 wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION. |
| US11666888B2 |
Chromatography resin having an anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode ligand
Chromatography resins having mixed mode ligands and methods of using such resins are provided. |
| US11666886B2 |
Hydrocarbon adsorption and desorption complex comprising zeolite with controlled cation ratio and preparation method therefor
Disclosed are a hydrocarbon adsorption and desorption complex showing hydrocarbon adsorption and oxidation performance by controlling the cation ratio in zeolite, and a preparation method therefor. The hydrocarbon adsorption and desorption complex controls a cation ratio to exhibit the excellent hydrocarbon adsorption ability and oxidation performance even at a temperature lower than the catalyst activation temperature, and increases hydrothermal stability of the hydrocarbon adsorption and desorption complex through hydrothermal treatment to exhibit the excellent hydrocarbon adsorption and desorption performance even in a situation where water is present at a high temperature. |
| US11666881B2 |
Process for preparing polysuccinimide derivatives-based microcapsules
Described herein is a new process for the preparation of polysuccinimide derivatives-based core-shell microcapsules. Also described are microcapsules, as well as perfuming compositions and consumer products including these microcapsules, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of home care or personal care products. |
| US11666880B2 |
Method of preparing metal oxide-silica composite aerogel and metal oxide-silica composite aerogel prepared by the same
Provided are a method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel, and a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel having an excellent weight reduction property prepared by the method. The method includes a step of adding an acid catalyst to a first water glass solution to prepare an acidic water glass solution (step 1); a step of adding a metal ion solution to the acidic water glass solution to prepare a precursor solution (step 2); and a step of adding a second water glass solution to the precursor solution and performing a gelation reaction (step 3) to yield a metal oxide-silica composite wet gel, wherein, in steps 2 and 3, bubbling of an inert gas is performed during the adding of the metal ion solution or the second water glass solution, respectively. |
| US11666879B2 |
Small channel short fixed bed adiabatic reactor for oxidative coupling of methane
Disclosed herein are systems and processes for the conversion of a methane feedstock to C2+ hydrocarbons. |
| US11666877B2 |
Pressure vessel with flushing device
The invention relates to a pressure vessel, having: a reaction chamber (2) as a pressure space for the initiation and/or facilitation of chemical and/or physical pressure reactions of samples (P) accommodated in the reaction chamber (2); a fluid inlet (20) with a feed valve (21) which is adjustable between an open position, for the feed of a fluid, preferably a flushing gas, into the reaction chamber (2), and a closed position, for stopping the feed of the fluid; a fluid outlet (30) with a discharge valve (31), which is adjustable between an open position, for the discharge of a fluid out of the reaction chamber (2), and a closed position, for stopping the discharge of the fluid out of the reaction chamber (2); and an oxygen sensor (33) for detecting an oxygen content in the reaction chamber (2). The pressure vessel (1) furthermore has a control device which is configured to control the feed valve (21) and the discharge valve (31) on the basis of the oxygen content detected by the oxygen sensor (33), such that the reaction chamber (2) is flushed via the feed and discharge valves (21, 31) situated in the open position, and at least the discharge valve (31) switches from the open position into the closed position as soon as a predetermined oxygen content is undershot. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. |
| US11666867B2 |
Zeolite separation membrane and production method therefor
Provided are an all-silica zeolite separation membrane for separating carbon dioxide, etc., and not causing a decrease in the processing amount due to adsorption of water molecules, and a production method therefor. One aspect of the present invention is a zeolite separation membrane, in which the framework of a zeolite crystal structure formed on a porous support is all silica, characterized in that the zeolite crystal structure formed on the porous support is fluorine free. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a zeolite separation membrane having a zeolite crystal structure on a porous support, characterized in that the method includes a step of producing a seed crystal, a step of applying the seed crystal onto the porous support, a step of producing a membrane synthesis raw material composition, and a step of immersing the porous support having the seed crystal applied thereon in the membrane synthesis raw material composition and performing hydrothermal synthesis, and the membrane synthesis raw material composition contains a silica source and an organic template and does not contain a fluorine compound. |
| US11666865B2 |
Method of making carbon molecular sieve membranes
The invention is an improved method of making an improved carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane in which a precursor polymer (e.g., polyimide) is pyrolyzed at a pyrolysis temperature to form a CMS membrane that is cooled to ambient temperature (about 40° C. or 30° C. to about 20° C.). The CMS membrane is then reheated to a reheating temperature of at least 250° C. to 400° C. to form the improved CMS membrane. The CMS have a novel microstructure as determined by Raman spectroscopy. The improved CMS membranes have shown an improved combination of selectivity and permeance as well as stability for separating light hydrocarbon gas molecules such as C1 to C6 hydrocarbon gases (e.g., methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, propylene, butane, butylene). |
| US11666863B2 |
Method and device for asymmetric polarity inversion in electromembrane processes
Methods and circuits for a device for interrupting concentration-related polarisation phenomenon and for self-cleaning of electromembrane processes by application of asymmetric inverse-polarity pulses with high intensity and variable frequency are described. The device, a bipolar switch, is based on the use of solid-state electronics to carry out polarity inversion in a range of frequencies, intensities and pulse widths to prevent or reduce formation of precipitates on the surfaces of the membranes. The inversion protocol, with a frequency that varies as a function of the appearance of dirt on the membranes, as measured by the decrease in voltage or electrical resistance of the membrane cell during electromembrane processes, is also provided. This device and configuration provides application of modulated and stable high-intensity pulses using a second power source. Electromembrane processes can be updated by replacing electrodes, suitable for polarity inversion, and adding a second power source and the bipolar switch described. |
| US11666859B2 |
Flameless catalytic thermal oxidation device
An object of the present invention is to provide a new frameless catalytic thermal oxidation device capable of treating concentrations of harmful materials including NOx at a low temperature. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a frameless catalytic thermal oxidation device capable of minimizing the occurrence of THC and minimizing a risk of accidents and environmental pollution which may occur in maintenance operations. According to the objects, the present invention provides a cartridge-type thermal oxidation device capable of being separated for maintenance, wherein a cartridge internal structure is configured so that the time while the material to be treated stays in a zone with the catalyst is increased, and a member capable of dropping and collecting powder generated by thermal oxidation reaction is configured. |
| US11666857B2 |
Glycol dehydration units and methods
A still/stahl column includes a still section, a primary stahl section, the primary stahl section positioned beneath the still section, and a polishing stahl section, the polishing stahl section positioned beneath the primary stahl section. A process also includes feeding a water rich glycol still feed stream to the still section and feeding a stripping gas feed stream to the polishing still section. The process includes withdrawing a reboiler draw stream from the still section and heating the reboiler draw stream in a reboiler to form a reboiler inlet stream. The process includes injecting the reboiler inlet stream into the primary stahl section, stripping water from the water rich glycol with the stripping gas, and withdrawing a still stripping gas stream from a top portion of the still section. A lean glycol polishing discharge stream is withdrawn from a bottom portion of the polishing stahl section. |
| US11666855B2 |
Membrane gas separation under magnetic field
Apparatus, methods and uses for separating gas mixtures of at least two different gases under magnetic field and employing a membrane are described. |
| US11666854B2 |
Scrubber system with automatic pressure control venturi
Provided is a scrubber system in which by improving a structure of an existing scrubber inlet preventer, a diameter of the lower end of a second cleaning liquid buffer forming the lower end of the inlet preventer is extended, a separate nozzle is installed in a lower pipe part to prevent generated powder from blocking the lower end of the inlet preventer, a path of a material to be treated first descends along the inlet preventer and then first ascends along a first chamber and a second chamber, second descends to a third chamber again, wherein the an automatic pressure control system including a venturi is installed on the upper end of the third chamber to prevent a backflow of the material to be treated, and then is guided to a fourth chamber with a polypropylene absorber to second descend in the fourth chamber and discharged to an outlet. |
| US11666853B2 |
Highly efficient CO2 absorbent composition and method for preparing the same
Disclosed are a carbon dioxide absorbent composition in which an N-alkylaminoalkanol; a polyhydroxyamine-based compound; and ethylenediamine and/or diethylenetriamine are mixed, a method for preparing the same, and a method and an apparatus for carbon dioxide absorption/separation using the same. Since the carbon dioxide absorbent according to the present disclosure has superior carbon dioxide absorption capacity and remarkably lower absorbent recycling temperature as compared to the existing absorbents such as monoethanolamine, etc., total energy consumption in the capturing process can be reduced greatly. In addition, since carbon dioxide is recovered at low recycling temperature, contamination by water or absorbent vapor may be prevented. |
| US11666852B1 |
Regenerable adsorbent system
A regenerable adsorbent system having as constituent parts: a cylindrical perforated plate defining an interior plenum, around which is wrapped at least one layer of sorbent structure supporting a sorbent; and in thermal communication with the sorbent structure is disposed an electrical resistance heater, such as, a heating cable wrapped around the sorbent structure. In one embodiment, the perforated plate includes one or more flow constrictors disposed at a downstream end of the plate. Variations include alternating sections of sorbent structure and heating cable; as well as inserting a porous insulating material to retard heat losses. The system is useful for removing a target compound, such as a contaminant VOC, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, from a fluid flowstream, such as air. When the sorbent is saturated, the system is regenerated by heating the sorbent structure via the electrical resistance heater. |
| US11666850B2 |
Filtering system, painting system, and method for operating a filtering system
In order to provide a filter system for separating off contaminants from a stream of untreated gas that contains contaminants that is of simple construction and is operable efficiently, it is proposed that the filter system should include the following: a base construction through which the stream of untreated gas is guidable and which includes at least one filter module receptacle for receiving at least one filter module, and at least one filter module which is selectively arrangeable on and/or in the at least one filter module receptacle and/or removable therefrom, wherein the at least one filter module includes a plurality of filter element receptacles for receiving a plurality of mutually independent filter elements. |
| US11666849B2 |
Filter module and air purifier having the same
A filter module and an air purifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure include a supply roller and a recovery roller, a filter wound and installed on the supply roller and the recovery roller, so that it can be used without replacing and cleaning the filter module for a long period of time by allowing a section used in the filter to be recovered in the recovery roller, and also a section not used in the filter to be supplied from the supply roller. |
| US11666848B2 |
Air purifier with hinged filter frame
The present invention provides an air purifier. The air purifier according to one preferred embodiment, of the present invention may comprise: a housing; a blowing unit installed in the housing so as to draw in external air; and a filter unit having filtering surfaces, through which the air passes and which are disposed in multiple directions, and an air inflow space, which has at least a part thereof surrounded by the filtering surfaces disposed in the multiple directions and into which the air discharged from, the blowing unit flows. |
| US11666846B2 |
Air cleaner
An air cleaner is provided that may include a first air cleaning module having a first fan that generates air flow from a first suction inlet toward a first discharge outlet; a second air cleaning module having a second fan that generates air flow from a second suction inlet toward a second discharge outlet; a dividing plate provided between the first air cleaning module and the second air cleaning module; and a display provided at inside of the dividing plate and in which a light source is provided. |
| US11666838B2 |
Device for applying magnetic field to a filter for reducing metallic contaminants
A filter is used for removing metallic contaminants in a solvent used in microcircuit fabrication. The filter includes a filter housing including a filter membrane for filtering solvent including metallic contaminants, and a magnet arranged about the filter housing and configured to generate a magnetic field to attract the metallic contaminants prior to the metallic contaminants entering the filter membrane. The magnet is arranged such that the magnetic field of the magnet is greater in a periphery of the filter housing compared to a central portion of the filter housing. |
| US11666834B1 |
Interactive toy brick with a capacitive proximity switch for triggering
A functional toy brick adapted to perform a preconfigured function and is trigger responsive to the detection of close proximity of human limbs. The toy brick comprises a housing adapted for removable attachment to other commercially available toy bricks and has at least one translucent surface, an electronic element arranged inside the housing and adapted to perform a preconfigured function, a power source electrically connected to the electronic element for providing the power to perform the function, and a mechanical switch arranged inside the housing and operable from the outside to isolate the power source for prolonged storage. The electronic element further comprises a capacitive proximity switch for detecting close proximity of human limbs. The capacitive proximity switch comprises a sensor integrated circuit and at least one electrode, including one removable electrode which is remotely extended outside of the housing via an electrical wire and a pin receptacle. |
| US11666825B2 |
Mixed reality gaming system
An interactive mixed reality system for one or more users, in which both real-world entities and virtual world entities are capable of being interacted with by one or more users, or by objects (47, 91) for use by users, and the system arranged to computationally maintain game state and the evolution of events in the real-world and the virtual world, and the system arranged to generate a response (such as visual or tactile/haptic, or by way of cause and effect) which is experienced or perceived by the one or more users. |
| US11666823B1 |
Video game streaming with dynamic range conversion
Conversion components may receive game video rendered in high-dynamic-range (HDR) and standard-dynamic-range (SDR) camera video of a game player. The conversion components may provide local video output to a local display and remote video output for network transmission to remote viewers. The SDR camera video may be converted to HDR and provided with HDR game video in the local video output. For HDR network transmission, the HDR game video and converted HDR camera video may be included in the remote video output. For SDR network transmission, the HDR game video may be converted to SDR and provided with the SDR camera video in the remote video output. The game video, camera video and other video feeds may have respective portals in the local and remote video outputs. The local and remote video outputs may have respective visual portal arrangements that may be at least partially different from one another. |
| US11666822B2 |
User-based mini-game generation and distribution
A computer-implemented methods for generating a mini-game are provided. One method includes recording gameplay of a game on a computer game system and receiving a signal to generate said mini-game, and responsive to said signal suspending play of the game. The method includes identifying a start point and an end point for the mini-game from the recorded game, and using said start point and said end point for generating executable instructions to enable play of the mini-game. The method includes saving said generated executable instructions to a distribution system. The distribution system includes at least one server to enable access to the mini-game to access said generated executable instructions. And, selection of the generated executable instructions enables interactive gameplay of the mini-game. |
| US11666818B2 |
Apparatus and method for installing and removing panels
An apparatus for installing and removing glass panels and methods of using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base portion, a back support structure secured to the base portion, and a glass adjustment system moveably coupled to the back support structure. Methods for using the apparatus to install and remove glass panels from, for example, ice rink boards, are also disclosed. |
| US11666814B1 |
Hitting training tool for baseball or softball
A sleeve fits over the barrel of a bat. The sleeve defines an opening such that, when the sleeve is applied to the bat, a significant portion of the barrel of the bat is revealed. The sleeve is made of a light-weight, sound-dampening material, such that when the batter hits a pitched ball in an area of the bat covered by the sleeve, the normal “crack” or “ping” of the ball hitting the bat is not heard. Instead, the batter hears a duller, less sharp sound, providing immediate feedback to the batter that he/she did not hit the ball in the desired area of the bat. |
| US11666813B2 |
Ring and hook game apparatus
A hook and ring game apparatus providing a plurality of hook-playing surfaces and offering multiple modalities of tossing the ring in order to couple the ring to a plurality of hooks. The hook and ring game apparatus including a vertical target board, an inclined target board coupled to the vertical target board, and a horizontal arc coupled to the inclined target board, with the horizontal arc including a hook and string, the string having one end secured to the horizontal arc, and a second end attached to the ring. |
| US11666812B2 |
Bat having at least one disc along the length of the bat barrel
A ball bat includes at least one disc member in the bat barrel. The at least one disc member may include at least one solid disc member or at least one non-solid disc member with an opening, or both. The outer perimeters of the disc members may optionally be separated from the inner wall of the ball bat by a buffer layer, such as a layer of open-cell foam or adhesive. In some embodiments, the ball bat may further include at least one positioning member, such as an insulation foam member. The at least one positioning member may be located between two disc members, and multiple positioning members may optionally be arranged in alternating fashion with disc members within the bat. The at least one positioning member may be an insulation foam member having a hollow center portion. |
| US11666808B2 |
Golf club head
A golf club head includes a club face, a crown, a leading edge, and a heel portion. The crown includes a first portion being adjacent to the club face, and a second portion being located backwardly of the first portion and connected to the first portion. The second portion is located below the first portion via a step portion. The first portion includes a face-vicinity portion extending in a toe-heel direction along the club face, and a heel-vicinity portion connected to a heel-side end portion of the face-vicinity portion and extending backwardly of the head along a heel-side contour of the crown. In a head plan view, a length A in a head front-back direction from the leading edge to a back-side end of the heel-vicinity portion is equal to or more than 70% of a maximum length B of the head in the head front-back direction. |
| US11666805B2 |
Golf club head
A golf club head includes a face portion including a hitting face for striking a ball, a sweet spot on the hitting face, a toe, a back face opposite the hitting face, and a first thin-walled region formed by being recessed the back face. In a front view of the face portion viewed from a direction orthogonal to the hitting face, the first thin-walled region is provided in a toe-upper region that is a region above and on a toe side with respect to the sweet spot, the first thin-walled region is provided outside a region having a radius of 5 mm centered on the sweet spot, and an area of the first thin-walled region is in a range from 15% to 70% of an area of the toe-upper region. |
| US11666804B2 |
Golf club with an adjustable shaft angle and method of adjusting same
The present invention relates to a golf club with an adjustable shaft angle and a method of adjusting the same. More specifically, the invention provides a golf club head, a rotating mechanism and a shaft. The rotating mechanism comprises a sphere easily rotatable within predetermined limits so that the angle of the shaft may be adjusted to desired values which fall under the restrictions of golfing ruling authorities. A method is also provided so as to adjust the angle of the above-mentioned shaft. |
| US11666798B2 |
Retractable wall mounted weightlifting bench system
A retractable wall mounted weightlifting bench system for that is extended outwardly from the wall when in use and retracted towards the wall when not in use. The retractable wall mounted weightlifting bench system generally includes a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to a wall, a bench pivotally connected to the mounting bracket that has an extended position and a retracted position, a first support member pivotally attached to the bench and a second support member pivotally attached to the bench. The first surface of the bench is horizontal or inclined when in the extended position to be used as a weightlifting bench. The first surface of the bench is in a substantially vertical position when in the retracted position for compact storage of the bench near the wall. |
| US11666797B2 |
Drag gain structure for gravity wheel of fitness equipments
A drag gain structure for the gravity wheel of fitness equipment includes an eccentric driving member disposed on the first side of the gravity wheel, which includes inner and outer side plate sections, and an interconnecting piece. The interconnecting piece is rotationally coupled to at least one of the plate sections. One end of outer side plate section is fitted over and fixed to the shaft, and one end of inner side plate section is connected to an eccentric position of gravity wheel through the first bias joint pin. A bearing pedestal is disposed on the second side of the gravity wheel, including a bearing screwed on the shaft, a pedestal shell fitted over the bearing and a radial protruding plate on the periphery of pedestal shell. The protruding end of the radial protruding plate is connected to an eccentric position of gravity wheel through the second bias joint pin. |
| US11666794B2 |
Weight training vest
A weight-training vest assembly may include front and rear panels for receiving weighted inserts. First and second lateral cummerbund segments may connect the front and rear panels along a wearer's torso sides and respectively include a zippered pocket and/or a lapped-band pocket. The zippered pocket may include a zipper operable to block or unblock an aperture that permits access into an internal volume from outside the zippered pocket. The lapped-band pocket may include a lower rim of a cover substrate lapped over an upper rim of a base substrate to define a fastener-less passage into an interior volume of the lapped-band pocket. Stretch woven fabric or other stretchable material may form the pockets, e.g., to maintain snugness despite user athletic training movements and/or to maintain the rims in overlapping engagement to retain items within the lapped-band pocket. |
| US11666793B2 |
Modified weight training equipment
A weight object configured to be lifted from a ground surface includes a first portion made of high-durometer material, a second portion made of elastomeric material having lower durometer than the first portion, and a handle for holding the weight object and lifting the object from the ground surface, where the second portion includes spaced holes within the elastomeric material for absorbing noise generated when the weight object is dropped on the ground surface. Alternatively, a weight object is disclosed which is configured to be lifted from a ground surface, comprising at least one layer of elastomeric material having spaced holes therein for absorbing noise generated when the weight object is dropped on the ground surface, and an opening configured to receive a handle. Slip over variations are disclosed for mounting sound absorbers to existing weight lifting equipment. In alternate examples, medicine balls, atlas stones or like weight lifting equipment can be created using sound absorbers for improved experience. |
| US11666792B2 |
Exercise machine support system
An exercise machine support system for providing increased versatility including inclination or declination of an exercise surface, a reduction in the overall length and width of the exercise machine, and an enhanced user interface which reduces the risk of injury. The exercise machine support system generally includes a cantilevered exercise machine which is adapted to have a variable angle of incline or decline with respect to a horizontal ground surface. The exercise machine will generally include a base and a support which extends between the base and the exercise machine. The upper end of the support is connected to the exercise machine by a first pivot such that the exercise machine pivots about the support. An adjustment device may be utilized to pivot the exercise machine and thus adjust its angle of incline. Various types of adjustment devices are disclosed, including an actuator, ratchet-and-pawl, gears, and cam. |
| US11666786B1 |
Biometric and environmental monitoring and control system
The present invention is a wearable device for comprehensive bio-monitoring of physiologic metrics to determine metabolic, pulmonary and cardiac function and oxygen saturation measurements from breathing mask apparatuses. The device non-invasively monitors the physiologic profile of the subject, and is capable of detecting physiologic changes, predicting onset of symptoms, and alerting the wearer or another person or system. In some embodiments, the device comprises both a wearable sensor suite and a portable gas composition and flow analysis system. In preferred embodiments, it comprises a miniaturized non-invasive sensor suite for detecting physiologic changes to detect dangerous breathing or other health conditions. The system utilizes advanced fast-response sensors with improved efficiency and lifespan, and provides rapid analysis for substantially real-time monitoring of the subject's present condition to predict, mitigate and/or prevent the onset of dangerous conditions. |
| US11666781B2 |
Treatment planning for alpha particle radiotherapy
Apparatus for planning a diffusing alpha-emitter radiation therapy (DaRT) treatment session. The apparatus includes an output interface and a memory configured with a plurality of tables which provide an accumulated measure of radiation over a specific time period, due to one or more types of DaRT radiotherapy sources which emit daughter radionuclides from the source, for a plurality of different distances and angles relative to the DaRT radiotherapy source. In addition, a processor is configured to receive a description of a layout of a plurality of DaRT radiotherapy sources in a tumor, to calculate a radiation dose distribution in the tumor responsive to the layout, using the tables in the memory, and to output feedback for the treatment responsive to the radiation dose distribution, through the output interface. |
| US11666780B2 |
Methods, systems, and compositions for maintaining functioning drainage blebs associated with minimally invasive micro sclerostomy
Methods, systems, and compositions for maintaining functioning drainage blebs to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) of an eye being treated for glaucoma. The methods, systems, and compositions feature the combination of a minimally invasive micro sclerostomy (MIMS) procedure and the application of beta radiation to a target area. The beta radiation can function to inhibit or reduce the inflammation and/or fibrogenesis that typically occurs after a MIMS procedure and leads to hole and/or bleb failure. By reducing inflammation and/or fibrogenesis, the MIMS holes and/or blebs can remain functioning appropriately. |
| US11666779B2 |
Shielding apparatus
A shielding apparatus is provided. The shielding apparatus includes: at least one shielding shell segment, the at least one shielding shell segment constituting a shielding chamber, the shielding chamber being arranged on a periphery of a radiation device and shielding radiation generated by the radiation device. The shielding chamber is arranged on the periphery of the radiation device, and the shielding chamber at least partially shields scattering radiation generated by the radiation device, which can thus reduce the requirements of the radiation device for radiation shielding of a dedicated machine room or get rid of the dependence of the radiotherapy device on a dedicated machine room. |
| US11666778B2 |
Optical surface applicator with integrated diffuser
A therapeutic light delivery apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a light source and an integrated optical applicator. The integrated optical applicator includes a plurality of light emitting devices and detector fibers fixedly spatially positioned within a flexible matrix material. The light emitting devices can be positioned a predetermined distance from an application side of the integrated optical applicator comprising an accurate and repeatable standoff position. A flexible matrix material is disclosed having a high scattering coefficient to produce a uniform irradiance pattern and predetermined fluence. A method of performing a photodynamic therapy procedure is disclosed that includes providing an integrated optical applicator couple to a therapy light source, providing a photosensitizing drug to a tissue of a patient, positioning an application side of the integrated optical applicator against a target area of the tissue, delivering a therapy light to the target area, and producing an irradiance pattern. |
| US11666776B2 |
Light treatment device
A handheld light treatment device that aims to provide a wide variety of uses in personal care and household cleaning. The device contains a panel with light sources positioned behind a translucent or transparent head plate, to which is attachable an applicator disc and, optionally, applicator disc attachments with selected functionalities. The light panel shines light of different frequencies that may be useful for cleaning and sanitizing various surfaces. The applicator disc and applicator disc attachments have a substantially translucent or transparent base, allowing light from the light sources to shine through the head plate as well as applicator disc and applicator disc attachment, and the applicator disc to rotate while the light panel remains fixed. The applicator disc and applicator disc attachments may have bristles or other surface elements to facilitate cleaning or other uses, and the device may dispense an ingredient. |
| US11666775B2 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
A method and apparatus for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are provided. The method includes providing a set of coils that generate multidirectional pulsed electromagnetic fields in the prostate. The apparatus comprises a power source, an intelligent controller and an applicator positioned in proximity to the prostate and generating multidirectional pulsed fields according to instructions from the controller. The electric component of the electromagnetic fields generated by a PEMF interacts with cells, increases the number of Ata receptors on their membranes and thus enhances the anti-inflammatory actions of the adenosine A2aAR pathway. |
| US11666767B2 |
Medical device lead connection assembly
A method of forming a medical device lead connection element is described. The method includes positioning an end portion of a lead filar to overlap a lead end connection element such that the positioning creates mutual interference between the lead filar and the lead end connection element, and forming an interference configuration. Then melting the end portion of the lead filar to form a weld joint and allowint the end portion of the lead filar to move towards the end connection element. |
| US11666766B2 |
Method of establishing a communication session between an external device and an implantable medical device
In various examples, a method of establishing a communication session between an external device and an implantable medical device is described. The method includes generating at the external device a first private key and a first public key. A start session order is sent over a long-range communication channel. Evidence of physical proximity is sent from the external device to the implantable medical device over a short-range communication channel. A second private key and a second public key are generated at the implantable medical device. A first shared key is generated by the implantable medical device using the first public key and the second private key. A second shared key is generated by the external device using the second public key and the first private key. The first and second shared keys are used to encrypt and decrypt one or more messages between the external device and the implantable medical device. |
| US11666760B2 |
Cranial nerve stimulation to treat seizure disorders
A method includes applying, by an implantable medical device (IMD), stimulation to a cranial nerve of a patient responsive to a determination that a level of synchrony between neural activity of one or more regions of an autonomic nervous system of the patient and one or more regions of a central nervous system of the patient falls below a first threshold and discontinuing the application of stimulation by the IMD when the level of synchrony exceeds a second threshold. |
| US11666758B2 |
Systems and method for delivering pulsed electric current to living tissue
A patient treatment unit for delivering non-invasive pulsed energy to living tissue with a probe stimulus generator circuit configured to output, as a treatment signal, a sequence of DC electrical pulses at a controlled pulse frequency of about 20 kHz and having a pulse voltage defined by a variable supply voltage of the probe stimulus generator circuit. The unit includes primary and secondary probes for contacting a body, an intensity adjustment circuit configured to control the variable supply voltage, and an electronic timer display configured to display an elapsed time in decimal numbers in minute and second format. An electrical current of the pulses is in a range of 0.1-2 mA while the probes are contacting the body. An operating output voltage across the probes while conducting the treatment signal does not exceed a maximum operating output voltage of 165 VDC while the probes are contacting the body. |
| US11666755B2 |
System and method for therapy
Disclosed is a system for stimulation of a subject. The stimulation may be to provide therapy to treat the subject. Stimulation may be of selected muscle groups and/or portions. |
| US11666751B2 |
Combination obstructive sleep apnea trialing lead and chronic lead
In an example, the disclosure describes a system with a lead having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongated lead body. The lead has one or more electrodes. A fixation member is located on the elongated lead body and is configured to secure the lead to tissue within a patient. The fixation member is located on the lead so the fixation member is closer to the proximal end than the one or more electrodes of the lead. A trialing adaptor receives the proximal end of the lead and is removable when a trialing period is completed. A sheath encloses at least a portion of the lead and covers the fixation member. The sheath is configured to remain in place over the lead during the trialing period. |
| US11666750B2 |
Adaptive deep brain stimulation using homeostatic window
Techniques are disclosed for defining a homeostatic window for controlling delivery of electrical stimulation therapy to a patient. In one example, a method includes generating and delivering electrical stimulation therapy to tissue of a patient via electrodes. Further, the method includes adjusting a level of a parameter of the electrical stimulation therapy such that a signal of the patient is not less than a lower bound and not greater than an upper bound. The lower bound is determined to be the magnitude of the signal while receiving electrical stimulation therapy sufficient to reduce one or more symptoms of a disease while the patient was receiving medication for reduction of the one or more symptoms. Further, the upper bound is determined to be the magnitude of the signal while receiving electrical stimulation therapy sufficient to reduce the one or more symptoms when the patient was not receiving the medication. |
| US11666746B2 |
Medical product comprising a functional element for the invasive use in a patient's body
So as to be able to determine the position of a functional element as precisely as possible during the invasive use of a blood pump in a patient's body without the use of imaging methods, the blood pump is connected to a main sensor which records signals of the patient's heart, which are compared to other electrophysiological heart signals recorded by several sensors distributed on the body surface so as to allow the position of the blood pump to be determined by way of linking. |
| US11666744B2 |
Multi-lumen manifold and method of operating a multi-lumen manifold
Manifolds and methods of operating manifolds are provided. An example manifold for controlling multi-lumen devices is provided that includes a substance supply mechanism. The substance supply mechanism independently provides a substance to, or remove a substance from, each of a plurality of lumens. The example manifold also includes a lumen selection mechanism. The lumen selection mechanism selectively opens and closes a connection between the substance supply mechanism and at least one of the plurality of lumens. A corresponding method of operation is also provided. An example embodiment also includes a manifold for use with a vessel seclusion device. |
| US11666737B2 |
Implantable flow connector
A system for coupling a first space within a body of a patient with a second space within the body of the patient including a flow connector insertable into the first and second spaces within the body and having a conduit having a wall forming a lumen therein and first and second orifices. A first retention member is engageable with a first portion of the first space within the body and has a first opening, and the flow connector is positioned within the first opening. A second retention member is engageable with the second space within the body, the second retention member has a second opening and the flow connector is positioned within the second opening. The second retention member interlocks with the first retention member. |
| US11666736B2 |
Catheter assembly
A catheter assembly comprising a catheter carried by a catheter adapter, a needle having a sharp distal tip and disposed in the catheter such that in a first needle position, the needle extends beyond the catheter, a damping mechanism fixed adjacent to a proximal end of the needle, and a barrel assembly configured to surround the damping mechanism, the barrel assembly including first and second inner diameters, wherein when the needle is retracted into the barrel assembly away from the first needle position, the needle moves in accordance with a needle retraction speed profile, and the needle retraction speed profile is based on the interaction between the first and second inner diameters of the barrel assembly and the damping mechanism. |
| US11666735B2 |
Introducer needle with notches for improved flashback
An introducer needle may include a proximal end, a distal tip, and a needle lumen extending therebetween. The introducer needle may include a wall defining the needle lumen, a first notch formed through the wall, and a second notch formed through the wall. A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter, a flash chamber coupled to the introducer needle, and the introducer needle, which may extend through the catheter. The first and second notches and the flash chamber may facilitate pressure-driven blood flow into the catheter for improved flashback and detection of transfixation when the catheter is primed prior to insertion into vasculature of a patient or otherwise. |
| US11666731B2 |
Catheter including an inner liner with a flexible distal section
In some examples, a catheter includes a catheter body including an outer jacket and an inner liner. The inner liner may include a proximal section including a proximal end of the inner liner and a distal section including a distal end of the inner liner. The distal section may include an inner liner defining a plurality of cuts. Each cut may extend at least partially through the liner wall. The one or more cuts defined in the liner wall of the distal section of the inner liner may increase a bending flexibility of the distal section relative to the proximal section of the inner liner, while maintaining a suitable tensile strength of the distal section. |
| US11666728B2 |
Circadian-friendly and distance-responsive lighting system
A system to provide circadian-friendly lighting for nighttime hospital care comprising a lighting module and a transmitter tag that interface wirelessly wherein the lighting module comprises red-shifted light spectra, which is proven to be less disruptive to melatonin production than current blue-shifted hospital lighting; wherein the light output of the devices is modulated by the proximity of a tag to the device, with light intensity increasing with closer proximity between these two components and decreasing with increased distance, thereby providing hands-free lighting to caregivers in the specific locations where they need light to perform care tasks. |
| US11666722B2 |
Nasal cannula without nostril prongs
This disclosure relates to a nasal cannula without nostril prongs. The nasal cannula may be used together with an oxygen delivery system, such as a portable oxygen concentrator, or another type of breathing device such as a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. In an example, a nasal cannula includes a tube configured to connect to an oxygen supply, and further includes a fitting configured to connect to the tube. The fitting includes at least one discharge port and does not include nostril prongs. |
| US11666720B2 |
Flow path sensing for flow therapy apparatus
A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensing chamber which measures a flow of gases provided to a patient. The sensing chamber can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensing chamber can include an ultrasonic transducer, a temperature sensor, a heated temperature sensing element, and/or a gas concentration sensor. A flow path of gases used in conjunction with the sensor system prevents unwanted vorticity in the flow of gases that can create anomalies in measuring flow. |
| US11666719B2 |
Control system and process for controlling a breathing gas circuit in a closed-circuit respirator
A control system, for controlling a closed-circuit respirator breathing gas circuit, includes a temperature sensor, a temperature-reading unit and with a control unit. The temperature sensor is configured to send a temperature signal in the presence of a corresponding temperature polling. The temperature signal indicates the temperature currently present in an area surrounding the temperature sensor. The temperature-reading unit is arranged in the closed-circuit respirator at a spaced location from the breathing gas circuit and the temperature sensor, and is configured to trigger the temperature polling at the temperature sensor by sending a polling signal, and to receive the temperature signal sent by the temperature sensor. The control unit is signal connected to the temperature-reading unit and is configured to determine the temperature indicated by the temperature signal in the area surrounding the temperature sensor and to output a control signal as a function of this temperature. |
| US11666718B2 |
Respiratory information acquisition device and respiratory information acquisition method
A respiratory information acquisition device used for a PSA type oxygen concentration device that switches and uses multiple adsorption cylinders includes a respiratory information acquisition means of measuring a first pressure of a periodic pressure fluctuation in an oxygen supply path when oxygen is supplied to a patient from the PSA type oxygen concentration device and a second pressure of a periodic pressure fluctuation in the oxygen supply path when oxygen is not supplied to the patient from the PSA type oxygen concentration device, a phase confirmation means of matching phases of the first pressure and the second pressure, and a subtraction processing means of calculating a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure in the condition where the phases are matched. |
| US11666717B2 |
Resuscitation bag system with a gas control unit
A resuscitation bag system (1) useable for resuscitating a person in cardiac arrest, and having a gas control unit (90) with a first valve (92) fluidly connected to a first (922) and to a second conduit (923), the first (922) and second conduits (923) being arranged in parallel and further fluidly connected to the first conduit element (56), the first conduit (922) having a first flow restriction (924) configured for limiting the gas flow to a first flowrate, and the second conduit (923) comprising second flow restriction (925) configured for limiting the gas flow to a second flowrate, with the second flowrate being less than the first flowrate. |
| US11666714B2 |
Inhaler with acoustic flow monitoring
An inhaler or add-on device for an inhaler for dispensing a medicament to be inhaled. The inhaler or add-on device has a housing (H) with an air inlet (A_I), and an air outlet (A_O) for outputting air to be inhaled by a user. The housing (H) defines a flow path (FP) between the air inlet (A_I) and air outlet (A_O), and a passive acoustic element (PAE) is arranged in this flow path (FP) inside the housing (H). The passive acoustic element (PAE) has a structure having one or more structured gaps arranged to be passed by an air flow and it is dimensioned such that air flow passing it will generate sound (S) with pre-determined characteristics depending on the air flow speed. This allows acoustic monitoring of air flow passing the first passive acoustic element (PAE) external to the housing (H) by capturing and processing sound generated. |
| US11666708B2 |
Medicament training device with plunger limiting mechanism
Embodiments including an injection device having a housing with an outer surface, an inner surface, a proximal end and a distal end, and a defining a chamber extending between the proximal end and the distal end are provided herein. The device may include a plunger having a first end and a second end, the plunger being movable proximally and distally within the chamber of the housing, the plunger comprising a plunger rod extending from the first end to the second end of the plunger; and a plunger limiting mechanism configured to interface with the plunger rod, to limit the proximal movement of the plunger and prevent removal of the plunger from the housing. |
| US11666707B2 |
Disposable syringe set having improved compatibility
A disposable syringe set includes a syringe barrel in which a medicinal fluid inlet is formed and a plunger is fitted and coupled to an opening at the other side; a first screw-coupling portion formed on an outer circumference of the medicinal fluid inlet; a syringe needle hub in which a syringe needle is coupled to one end and an inner side at the other end is fitted and coupled to the outer circumference of the medicinal fluid inlet; and a second screw-coupling portion formed on an inner circumference of the syringe needle hub and configured to be coupled to the first screw-coupling portion. The first screw-coupling portion is formed as a female-thread-type coupling portion whose diameter is smaller than a reference diameter of the medicinal fluid inlet. The second screw-coupling portion is formed as a male-thread-type coupling portion configured to be coupled to the female-thread-type coupling portion. |
| US11666701B2 |
Smart medication delivery devices for providing users with delivery infomatics and methods of using same
A medication delivery device (MDD) (e.g., injection pen, wearable pump) is paired with an external device (e.g., smart phone, iPad, computer) via wireless link or wireline connection. The MDD provides to the external device captured data from the flow sensor relating to medicine delivery to a patient to ensure complete delivery and minimize MDD misuse or malfunction or inaccuracies in dosing. The MDD can have Bluetooth™ and/or near field communication (NFC) communication circuits for proximity-based pairing and connectivity with the external device for real-time or deferred transfer of captured data to the external device, depending on memory and power availability at the MDD. The MDD or external device can use captured data and corresponding time stamps to determine flow infomatics such as flow rate, total dose delivered, and dose completion status. An LED on the MDD indicates states such as powered on, paired, delivery in progress and delivery completion. |
| US11666700B2 |
Signaling unit designed to introduce vibrational impulse patterns into an intravenous fluid column
Certain embodiments are directed to an inline device(s) for monitoring a fluid path. |
| US11666699B1 |
Piercing conduit to deliver medications to a user in a painless method
A piercing conduit to deliver medications to a user in a painless method including a placement phase, an inserting phase and an injection phase which are performed by the piercing conduit. The placement phase includes a penetrating bottom distal end of the piercing conduit which is inserted through a user's skin of the abdomen portion to place a middle aperture in the inside of the user's skin and then leave exposed the penetrating bottom distal end and a top distal end. The inserting phase passes through a sealing cap from the top distal end which has an aperture in which a needle is inserted along a conduit portion and then reaches the middle aperture that is placed inside of the user's skin. The injection phase delivers the medication with the syringe by the needle allowing to apply medication in a painless method. The piercing conduit is configured to be applied to users with constant medication such as diabetes or dialysis. |
| US11666698B2 |
Moving basal engine for a fluid delivery device
A fluid delivery device comprises a fluid reservoir for containing medicament. The fluid reservoir is sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston. A delivery path is configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device. A basal engine mechanism is configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate. A bolus mechanism configured to move the basal engine relative to the fluid reservoir and directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir a discrete bolus amount at a time. |
| US11666692B2 |
Portable ultrafiltration device
A portable ultrafiltration device having a suction bellows connected to a tube, passing through a solenoid valve, to a first dialysate connector of a hemofilter incorporated into a blood circuit having arterial lines, extending from a vascular access and passing through a peristaltic pump, and venous lines passing through an electronic safety block to the vascular access, and a second dialysate connector connected to an ultrafiltration pressure sensor. The elements of the portable ultrafiltration device are connected and controlled by an intelligent central unit powered by a rechargeable battery. Liquid collects in the space surrounding the fibres and in the suction bellows until the space is completely full. |
| US11666688B2 |
Pump device, comprising a pump and a housing accommodating the pump
A pump device as may be used in a breast pump assembly including a pump configured to put fluid in motion, a housing accommodating the pump, at least one fluid transporting conduit connected to the pump, the at least one conduit extending between the pump and the housing, thereby connecting the pump to a position at the housing where the housing is provided with at least one opening for allowing fluid to pass, and a mounting arrangement for mounting the pump in the housing. The at least one conduit is part of the mounting arrangement and has flexible properties to reduce an extent to which vibrations of the pump are transferred to the housing through the mounting arrangement during operation of the device. |
| US11666684B2 |
Multilayered cell sheet of neural crest stem cells and method of preparing the same
A method of manufacturing a multilayered cell sheet of neural crest stem cells (NCSCs), includes: (1) isolating and culturing NCSCs from peripheral nerves; (2) embedding the cultured NCSCs in a hydrogel; (3) culturing the hydrogel comprising the NCSCs embedded therein under stressed culture conditions in which a physical support is applied; and (4) culturing the resulting hydrogel of step (3) under non-stressed culture conditions in which a physical support is removed. |
| US11666683B2 |
Textile products having a sealant or coating and method of manufacture
A medical textile product includes a textile substrate having opposed first and second surfaces with the textile substrate including a textile construction of one or more yarns. The second surface includes a coating of a substantially water-insoluble, non-porous elastomeric sealant. The one or more yarns at the first surface are pre-treated with a removable composition, such that the water-insoluble elastomeric sealant encapsulates a portion of fibers of the one or more yarns at the second surface of the textile substrate. The textile substrate is substantially impermeable to fluid. The first surface is substantially free of the substantially water-insoluble elastomeric sealant. The textile substrate may be a non-tubular substrate, such as a planar sheet, a shaped sheet, and a tape, or a tubular substrate, such as a cylindrical conduit, a tubular conduit, a Y-shaped, a T-shaped conduit, a multi-channel conduit, and a bulbous shaped conduit. |
| US11666672B2 |
Anti-CD33 antibody-guided imaging and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
Disclosed is a non-invasive PET-CT imaging method for detecting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or extramedullary disease (EMD) in a subject using a radioactive isotope-labeled anti-CD33 antibody. Also disclosed is a PET-CT imaged-guided method for treating AML or EMD. |
| US11666664B2 |
Self assembling molecules for targeted drug delivery
Described herein are self-assembling protein molecules for delivering a payload, for example, a toxic anti-cancer agent, a cancer immunotherapy, a toxic anti-cancer agent and a cancer immunotherapy, or an imaging agent, to specific tissues. Examples of self-assembled proteins include clathrin and derivatives of clathrin. |
| US11666652B2 |
Electrochemical plasma activated aqueous chemo therapeutics
Methods for the generation of electrochemical plasma activated aqueous chemotherapeutics (EPAAC) solutions are described. These solutions have been found to selectively reduce the proliferation of human pancreatic cancer cells, with no toxic effects for healthy cells. |
| US11666651B2 |
Prime/boost immunization regimen against HIV-1 utilizing a multiepitope T cell immunogen comprising Gag, Pol, Vif, and Nef epitopes
The present invention relates to immunogenic therapies for the treatment or prevention of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or a disease associated with an HIV infection. |
| US11666650B2 |
Immune composition comprising respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) G polypeptide
Immune compositions comprising (i) a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) G polypeptide, which may be a modified G polypeptide relative to the wild-type counterpart, or a nucleic acid encoding such, and (ii) a solvent and one or more immune regulators, wherein the immune regulator(s) is dissolvable in the solvent. Also provided herein are methods for eliciting anti-RSV immune responses using the immune compositions disclosed herein and methods for producing the immune compositions. |
| US11666649B2 |
Vectors and vaccine cells for immunity against Zika virus
The present invention provides an expression vector, host cells, methods and kits for the treatment or prevention of a flavivirus infection in a subject. |
| US11666648B2 |
Double auxotrophic Mycobacterium and uses thereof
Provided are attenuated strains of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG which are double auxotrophic mutants with genes knocked out in the biosynthetic pathways for arginine and methionine, and compositions and methods of use thereof. |
| US11666644B2 |
Peptide vaccines
The disclosure relates to polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising polypeptides that find use in the prevention or treatment of cancer, in particular gastric cancer, lung cancer, melanoma and bladder cancer. The disclosure also relates to methods of inducing a cytotoxic T cell response in a subject or treating cancer by administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides, and companion diagnostic methods of identifying subjects for treatment. The peptides comprise T cell epitopes that are immunogenic in a high percentage of patients. |
| US11666638B2 |
Glycotargeting therapeutics
Glycotargeting therapeutics are useful in the treatment of transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, food allergy, and immune response against a therapeutic agent. |
| US11666637B2 |
Insulin-loaded metal-organic frameworks
Mesoporous zirconium metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having insulin immobilized therein and methods of using the MOFs in insulin delivery are provided. The insulin-loaded metal-organic framework molecules include a porous zirconium metal-organic framework molecule and insulin molecules within pores of the porous zirconium metal-organic framework. |
| US11666635B2 |
Stable liquid gonadotropin formulation
The present invention pertains in general to the field of the stabilization of gonadotropin formulations, in particular liquid formulations of gonadotropins. The stabilization is achieved by a particular combination of excipients, preferably arginine and methionine. In a preferred embodiment, the formulation does not comprise a buffer. |
| US11666634B2 |
Methods and compositions for management of gastrointestinal disorders
Described herein are methods of management of functional dyspepsia in a patient by administering an amylin analogue or a CCK composition to the patient. Methods of diagnosing such patient include a standard gastric-emptying assessment using a standardized solid meal along with measurements of blood glucose levels. Another method of diagnosing such patient includes a gastric-emptying scintigraphy assessment with labeled carbohydrates or other assessments to diagnose rapid carbohydrate gastric emptying. |
| US11666618B2 |
Method for selective extraction of cannabinoids from a plant source
Provided are methods for selective extraction of cannabinoids, for example cannabidiol (CBD), from a plant source, by using tailored extraction media. |
| US11666609B2 |
Methods of treating dog urinary tract infections
Provided are methods for treating acute and recurring urinary tract infections in dogs. |
| US11666606B2 |
Methods of treating joint disease, disorders and conditions with tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases
Methods for treating joint diseases, disorders, and conditions, such as osteoarthritis, with a composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are provided. The composition can contain TIMPs as part of amniotic fluid, or the TIMPs can be isolated from another source or recombinantly produced. The methods are particularly useful for treating osteoarthritis associated with degradation of articular cartilage by proteases. Also provided are methods of lubricating a joint, such as an osteoarthritic joint. |
| US11666605B2 |
Method for preparing a product comprising stromal vascular fraction cells
Preparation of a product comprising stromal vascular fraction cells includes washing human biological material comprising adipose in a container apparatus having an internal filter, which divides an internal containment volume of the container apparatus into a tissue retention volume on one side of the filter and a filtrate volume on an opposite side of the filter, and a mixing device with at least one rotatable mixing member disposed in the tissue retention volume. The washing includes operation of the mixing device to rotate the mixing member through the human biological material within the tissue retention volume, and the washing is followed by digesting washed material within the internal containment volume with added enzyme, centrifuging of the container apparatus to prepare a centrifuged pellet in the filtrate volume, selectively removing material of the pellet and preparing a product with a mixture of stromal vascular fraction cells of removed pellet material and an aqueous suspension liquid. |
| US11666602B2 |
Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension with mesenchymal stem cells
The application is directed to a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy comprising administrating to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising mesenchymal precursor cells (MPCs) and a prostacyclin. Also provided a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) or a MSC-conditioned culture medium or administering to the subject a MSC or a MSC-conditioned culture medium that has treated with prostacyclin. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for such treatments are also provided. |
| US11666600B2 |
Methods for culturing and/or differentiating hematopoietic stem cells into progenitors and uses thereof
The present description relates to in vitro methods for culturing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) under mild hyperthermia conditions (e.g., between 38° C. and 40° C.) in the presence of a pyrimidoindole derivative agonist of hematopoietic stem cell expansion. The combined use of mild hyperthermia and the pyrimidoindole derivative act synergistically to promote expansion of CD34+ HSCs and/or differentiation into progenitor cells (e.g., megakaryocytic progenitors). The present description also relates to in vitro expanded cell populations of HSCs and/or progenitors, as well as uses thereof in therapy (e.g., transplantation). |
| US11666591B2 |
Composition and methods of treating acne and photoaging
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a first anti-acne compound, a second anti-acne compound, and an anti-photoaging compound are described. Methods for the treatment of acne and photoaging using the compositions are also described. |
| US11666588B2 |
Prodrugs of ALOX-15 inhibitors and methods of using the same
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds which are prodrugs of ALOX-15 inhibitors. Also described herein are methods for using such compounds in the treatment of disease. |
| US11666587B2 |
Veterinary composition comprising torasemide for the treatment of pulmonary edema associated with heart failure in domestic animals
The invention relates to novel veterinary compositions comprising torasemide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and administered in domestic animals according to a predetermined dosage for symptomatic treatment of pulmonary edema associated with heart failure. |
| US11666585B2 |
Compounds and their uses for alleviating menopause-associated symptoms
The present invention relates to a hormone replacement therapy, to the associated compounds and to the associated packaging units, for alleviating menopause-associated symptoms which is based on the administration to a female mammal of an estetrol component at specified daily doses, optionally in combination with a progestogenic component.The therapy enjoys a statistically significant efficacy combined with a favourable profile for side effects compared to currently available methods for alleviating menopause-associated symptoms. |
| US11666581B2 |
PROTAC antibody conjugates and methods of use
The subject matter described herein is directed to antibody-PROTAC conjugates (PACs), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in treating diseases and conditions where targeted protein degradation is beneficial. |
| US11666579B2 |
Methods of treating hematological malignancies using 2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione
Provided herein are methods of using 2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, an isotopolog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating, preventing or managing hematological malignancies. |
| US11666577B2 |
MLKL inhibitors
The invention provides compounds that inhibit human MLKL, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers thereof. The compounds are employed in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and use, including treating a person in need thereof with an effective amount of the compound or composition. |
| US11666574B2 |
Combination therapy involving diaryl macrocyclic compounds
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating cancer with a diaryl macrocycle in combination with an inhibitor of MAPK/ERK kinase-1 and -2 (MEK1 and MEK2; MAP2K1 and MAP2K2), such as trametinib. |
| US11666573B2 |
Dosage regimen of paliperidone palmitate extended-release injectable suspension
Provided herein are simplified dosing regimens for administering paliperidone palmitate to a patient in need of treatment of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders. |
| US11666566B2 |
Formulations and pharmacokinetics of deuterated benzoquinoline inhibitors of vesicular monoamine transporter 2
The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders. |
| US11666563B2 |
Pharmaceutical preparation containing pyridyl aminoacetic acid compound
The present invention aims to find a pharmaceutical preparation which treats or prevents glaucoma or ocular hypertension and is effective for patients with inadequate efficacies of glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. It has been found that omidenepag, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof has an excellent intraocular pressure lowering efficacy on patients with inadequate efficacies of other glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. Therefore, the omidenepag, the ester thereof, or the salt thereof of the present invention is useful as a pharmaceutical preparation which can treat or prevent glaucoma or ocular hypertension even in patients with inadequate efficacies of other glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. |
| US11666561B2 |
Compounds for use in regulating follicle maturation
A compound and methods are provided for treating, preventing or ameliorating infertility or reduced fertility in an individual, wherein said compound is capable of regulating the activity of Nuclear Factor, Erythroid 2 Like 2 (NFE2L2). |
| US11666560B2 |
Anti-fibrotic agent
Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressant drug. The present disclosure provides an anti-fibrotic agent by transforming Tacrolimus, such that the anti-fibrotic agent is used for treating fibrosis. The anti-fibrotic agent is not immunosuppressant. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method to transform Tacrolimus into an anti-fibrotic agent. |
| US11666559B2 |
Spiro-lactam compounds, process and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to a new class of antimicrobial agents. In particular, this disclosure provides the identification and characterization of novel spiro-lactam compounds as anti-HIV/AIDS and anti-malarial agents. Furthermore, this disclosure also provides the preparation of spiro-β-penicillanic acids, which proved to be potent inhibitors of HIV. |
| US11666554B2 |
Use of a carbamate compound to prevent, alleviate or treat visceralgia or pain arising from visceral disease
The present invention relates to use of a carbonate compound of chemical formula 1, or a pharmaceutically permissible salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, for prevention, alleviation or treatment of visceralgia, or pain arising from visceral disease. |
| US11666550B2 |
CDC7 kinase inhibitors and uses thereof
The invention provides compounds, methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for the treatment of proliferative disorders such as cancer. In one aspect, the methods comprise compounds that inhibit the activity of protein kinases, such as cell division cycle (Cdc) kinase. In another aspect, the methods comprise compounds that inhibit Cdc7 and/or Dbf4 activity. In another aspect, the methods comprise compounds that exhibit anti-proliferative properties useful in treating diseases such as cancer. Compounds useful for any of the methods include compounds of the Formula (A) or (B): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Exemplary compounds of Formula (A) or (B) include granaticin A, granaticin B, dihydrogranaticin A, dihydrogranaticin B, medermycin, and actinorhodin. |
| US11666549B2 |
Regulation of cancer using natural compounds and/or diet
The current invention is directed to a treatment of a proliferative disease comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment, a composition comprising epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), curcumin, glucosinolates and, optionally Daikon radish sprout, alone or in combination with providing a ketogenic diet or a modified ketogenic diet to the subject. The invention also provides a composition comprising medium chain triglycerides, Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, curcumin, compositions comprising glucosinolates and/or derivatives thereof, such as glucoraphanin and its breakdown product sulforaphane, (SFN) (which are found at high levels in broccoli sprouts or sprouts of other cruciferous vegetables), and, optionally Daikon radish sprout. |
| US11666548B2 |
Parenteral nutrition formulation
The present disclosure relates to parenteral nutrition formulations, including ready-to-use parenteral nutrition formulations which are reconstituted from multi-chamber containers and amino acid formulations. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to formulations comprising butyrate derivatives, specifically arginine butyrate, for use with adult or pediatric patients. The disclosure further provides for methods of reducing or preventing systemic and local inflammation of patients receiving parenteral nutrition, and methods of maintaining or ameliorating their systemic immunity and local immunity, as well as the patients' gut barrier functions. |
| US11666546B2 |
GHB pharmaceutical compositions comprising a floating interpenetrating polymer network forming system
GHB drug delivery systems comprising a floating interpenetrating network (IPN) are provided. The pharmaceutical compositions contain at least one IPN forming system, at least GHB drug, and at least one gas generating agent, such that upon oral ingestion of the compositions, a floating IPN is formed in situ. These floating IPN provide extended release of the GHB drug entrapped therein for at least about 3 hours. |
| US11666539B2 |
Synthetic lipid-like materials for brain delivery
Disclosed are (i) compounds of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and (ii) lipidoid nanoparticles comprising compound of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as their use as vehicles for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier. |
| US11666536B2 |
Extended release compositions comprising pyridostigmine
Extended release pyridostigmine dosage forms, suitable for maintaining stable plasma concentrations with reduced or minimized initial burst release/dose dumping of pyridostigmine, are provided. The dosage forms include matrix tablets, gastroretentive tablets, and pellets, the latter being suitable for dosing in capsules, tablets, and sachets, as well as for sprinkling on foodstuffs. The disclosure also provides methods for improving patient compliance by administering once-a-day extended release pyridostigmine bromide dosage forms that provide a superior controlled drug release. |
| US11666533B2 |
Emulsion formulations of multikinase inhibitors
Compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a multikinase inhibitor, such as nintedanib or axitinib or pazopanib, are provided, wherein the composition is an emulsion, such as a nanoemulsion, with lipophilic carrier (e.g., castor oil), a polyoxyl oil (e.g., polyolyl-35 castor oil), optionally with a surfactant (e.g., polysorbate 80), optionally with a cyclic oligosaccharide, such as a cyclodextrin (e.g., 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin), as a solubilizer. Methods for treating ocular conditions with the compositions are also provided. |
| US11666532B2 |
Tranexamic acid oral solution
Methods and compositions are provided for treating a patient having a bleeding disorder during or after a dental procedure to reduce bleeding or need for factor replacement therapy. Aqueous pharmaceutical compositions are provided comprising tranexamic acid, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, Tween® 20, and menthol wherein the composition exhibits good long term stability, little to no discoloration over time, and reduced bitterness compared to a control solution of tranexamic acid and water. |
| US11666531B2 |
Delivery system
In accordance with the present disclosure, there are provided formulations comprising: (a) at least one active agent; (b) an oil, and optionally a thickener therefor; (c) an organic solvent, and a thickener therefor; and (d) an oil and/or solvent soluble skin penetration enhancer; wherein: said formulation comprises <10 wt % water; and said formulation optionally forms a thixotropic thinning gel. Also provided are gels comprising oil and organic solvent, methods for preparing same and methods for the topical delivery of an active agent to a subject in need thereof. |
| US11666529B2 |
Use of PRG4 to improve dynamic visual acuity and higher order aberrations
Disclosed are methods involving the therapeutic use of human PRG4 (lubricin) protein, to improve vision, to reduce aberrations such as impaired night vision, halos, and glare, to improve the stability of the tear film, and to homogenize the refractive index of the surface of the eye. |
| US11666527B2 |
Biodegradable block copolymer drug delivery composition
Provided is a biodegradable drug delivery composition comprising: (i) a mixture of at least three different block copolymers, wherein each block copolymer is: (a) a biodegradable triblock copolymer having the formula: Av-Bw-Ax wherein A is a polyester and B is polyethylene glycol and v and x are from 1 to 3,000 and w is from 3 to 300 and v=x or v≠x; or (b) a biodegradable diblock copolymer having the formula: Cy-Az wherein A is a polyester and C is an end-capped polyethylene glycol and y=2 to 250 and z=1 to 3,000; and wherein the mixture comprises at least one (a) and at least one (b); and the weight ratio between (a) and (b) is 1:19 to 5:1; and for at least one of the copolymers according to (a) or (b) A is poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA); and (ii) at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient. |
| US11666517B2 |
Antimicrobial composition
The present disclosure relates to the field of antimicrobial compositions. More particularly, it concerns the use of a composition as an antimicrobial agent, the composition comprising ingredients selected from the group consisting of: (i) nona-2,6-dien-1-ol in combination with at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of 3-neopentylpyridine, 2-methylhexan-3-one oxime, terpineol and 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol; (ii) gamma-dodecalactone in combination with at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-cyclohexene, 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, and 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-carbaldehyde; (iii) (Z)-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol and gamma-dodecalactone; (iv) cis-4(Isopropyl)cyclohexanemethanol and 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde; and (v) 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-carbaldehyde and 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, wherein the ingredients are present in an amount sufficient to provide an antimicrobial effect. The composition and its use for the preparation of antimicrobially active perfuming compositions and consumer products are also objects of the disclosure. |
| US11666512B2 |
Abacus medication dispenser and storage
A device including a portable frame, comprising a tray and a lid that closes upon the tray, and multiple cavities formed in the tray and configured to receive a container is provided. The cavities are arranged in a pattern according to a dosage dispense sequence for a medication from the container, and to a type of a medication to be dispensed from the container; and a marking along a side of the pattern, the marking indicative of the dosage dispense sequence corresponding to one or more cavities aligned with the marking in the pattern. A method for using the above device to dispense medication to a patient is also provided. |
| US11666510B2 |
Smart pill dispenser
A smart pill dispenser has a cylindrical interior housing portion divided into an upper storage portion, a lower control and dispensing portion, and a removable top. A cylindrical carousel with an open top and bottom has a plurality of spoke walls forming interior pill containers. A hole portion disposed through a bottom wall of the upper wall portion defines a pathway through the housing assembly. A slide assembly leads from the hole to a tray for dispensed pills. A motor coupled to a rechargeable battery and actuator assembly has a shaft coupled to an axle portion of the spoke divider and is designed to laterally rotate the spoke and axle. A computerized control system assembly is communicatively coupled to the motor assembly and a user-control assembly. The user-control assembly is disposed on an outer surface of the housing and is designed to interface with users directly or wirelessly. |
| US11666509B2 |
Systems and methods for high humidity curing within tablet coating system
The disclosure encompasses systems and methods for performing high temperature and high humidity curing of tablets using air flow delivered from a recirculating air handler to a pan coater of a tablet coating device. The recirculating air handler may be integrated into a preexisting tablet coating device so that the air flow may be delivered by the preexisting air handler or by the recirculating air handler as desired. |
| US11666508B2 |
Bioprocess vessels with integrated pump
A bioprocess vessel includes a flexible bag or substantially rigid container that defines an interior volume and having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being open or containing an aperture therein for the passage of fluid. A pump is secured to the bottom surface of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In some embodiments is secured directly to the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In other embodiments, the pump is secured indirectly the flexible bag or substantially rigid container using, for example, a port that extends through the aperture on the bottom surface. The port or flanged surface may also be integrated into the pump, which is secured to the vessel. An optional mixing adaptor may be provided inside the interior volume of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container and at least partially covers the inlet that leads to the pump. |
| US11666505B2 |
Method for inducing a meditative state
The present invention is a method and device for inducing or promoting a meditative state. |
| US11666503B2 |
Aesthetic glider for walkers
A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing. |
| US11666500B1 |
Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment
An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids. |
| US11666499B2 |
Patient lift apparatus
There is described a patient lift apparatus comprising a supporting frame a boom portion connected to the supporting frame and a spreader element coupled to the boom portion via a coupling member. The boom portion and coupling member are joined by a pivot joint (PJ2) allowing the coupling member and associated spreader element to pivot with respect to the boom portion about a pivot axis. According to one aspect of the invention, the patient lift apparatus further comprises a damping element coupled between the boom portion and the coupling member to damp rocking movement of the coupling member and spreader element, which damping element is a linear damper having a first end connected to the boom portion and a second end connected to the coupling member According to another aspect of the invention, the patient lift apparatus further comprises a quick release mechanism to release the spreader element from the boom portion. |
| US11666497B2 |
System for adjusting the configuration of a patient support apparatus
A system for adjusting the configuration of a patient support apparatus includes a patient support apparatus having at least one actuator configured to adjust the configuration of the patient support apparatus and a control unit to control the at least one actuator. The control unit has a memory that is configured to store patient support apparatus configurations. The control unit is also configured to: receive a first input including patient risk information of a patient to be supported; determine an optimum patient support apparatus configuration from the patient support apparatus configurations based on the patient risk information; receive a second input from a user to accept the determined optimum patient support apparatus configuration; and if the determined optimum patient support apparatus configuration is accepted by a user, control the at least one actuator to adjust the patient support apparatus into the determined optimum patient support apparatus configuration. |
| US11666495B2 |
Gurney transfer assist device
A gurney transfer assist device for a helicopter has a fixed height frame supporting a slidably movable bed deck frame. The fixed height frame is releasably secured to a known wheeled gurney. The fixed height dimension raises a carried stretcher to a vertical height to allow transfer to and/or from a medical helicopter loading surface. The slidably movable bed deck frame is extendable outwardly from one end of the fixed height frame and the extending end is angulated to facilitate transfer of the stretcher and supported patient to/from the helicopter loading surface. |
| US11666494B2 |
Patient handling apparatus with hydraulic control system
An emergency cot includes a litter frame, a base, and a lift assembly supporting the litter frame relative to the base. The lift assembly includes load bearing members pivotally coupled to the litter frame by head-end upper pivot connections and foot-end upper pivot connections and to the base by head-end lower pivot connections and foot-end lower pivot connections for raising or lowering the base or the litter frame with respect to the other. The foot-end upper pivot connections or head-end upper pivot connections are movable toward or away from the longitudinal axis of the litter frame to allow one end of the litter frame to be tilted upwardly. |
| US11666492B2 |
Pant-type wearable article
Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, the front elastic belt region having a front placement distance L8, and the back elastic belt region having a back placement distance L9 according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is from about 1250 cm2 to about 1400 cm2, and having a relationship of A3>A1>A2; and wherein the ratio of L8 to L9 is no more than about 0.8. |
| US11666491B2 |
Surgical gauze
A surgical gauze includes a single-layer fabric having fibers of at least two groups of fibers. The fibers of the first group of fibers have a higher regain rate than the fibers of the second group of fibers. The fibers of the first group are made of cotton and are white. The fibers of the second group of fibers are made of polymeric material and are blue or green. The first and second groups of fibers identify different regions in the gauze which can be recognized by color with the naked eye before and after use in an operating site. The second group of fibers have a regain rate of less than 1% and weigh less than 10% by weight on the total weight of the surgical gauze. |
| US11666488B2 |
Shaped nonwoven
A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones the first region exhibits a Contact Angle of greater than 90 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein. |
| US11666486B2 |
Remote interface for digital configuration and security of safety equipment
In some examples, a system includes: a plurality of different articles of personal protection equipment (PPE) that are all controlled by a particular user, and a computing device. The computing device may include one or more computer processors configured to receive sets of data from each of the different articles of PPE, wherein each set of data is based at least in part on a type of each of the different articles of PPE; generate for display a user interface that contemporaneously includes a plurality of graphical elements that are based at least in part on at least two sets of data that correspond to at least two different articles of PPE of the plurality of different articles of PPE; and in response to receiving an indication of user input that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of graphical elements, perform at least one operation. |
| US11666480B2 |
Arrangement applied to a cap for cooling the scalp
Refers to equipment (E), the objective of which is to take extremely cold air to a cap (1) comprised by a cylindrical duct (2), located in the upper part of the cylindrical structure (3) of the cap (1) which is coated by a thermal foam (ESP) and any given material (M), wherein the cylindrical duct (2) overlaps a sprinkler (ASP), which is located in the inner part (I) of the cylindrical structure (3) of the cap (1), further, the cap (1) comprises fins (4) which form an angle of 90° in relation to the inner walls (I) of the cylindrical structure (3) of the cap (1), which finally also has reinforcement ribs (5) and a circular support (6) endowed with a central hollow (7) circular and/or oval coated by a thermal foam (ESP) throughout its perimeter. |
| US11666479B2 |
Device for cooling anesthesia by chilled fluidic cooling medium
A hand-held or wearable device for cooling tissue of an eye of a patient is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a reservoir having fluid therein and a support connected to the reservoir and configured to be positioned on a face of the patient. The device also includes a nozzle positioned proximate to the support and fluidically connected to the reservoir, the nozzle configured to pass the fluid from the reservoir onto a surface of the eye. The device further includes a cooling element configured to cool the fluid from the reservoir such that it exits the nozzle at a temperature of between −100° C. and 15° C. The device further includes an ultrasonic vibrator positioned near the nozzle and configured to generate mist from at least part of the fluid. |
| US11666475B2 |
Device and method for reducing urinary retention
A device to facilitate urination by a male includes a vessel having a contact surface area at and adjacent a top edge of the vessel configured to be placed in contact with the penis. The contact surface area includes a thermally conductive material and has a shape configured to reduce pressure requirements for urination from a standing position as compared with urinating into a toilet from a standing position. A method of reducing urinary retention in a male includes contacting the penis of the male with a contact surface area of a device, which may be as described above, and urinating while the male is in a standing position with the penis in contact with the contact surface area, wherein the contact surface area comprises a thermally conductive material and is at an initial temperature at least 14° F. lower than a temperature of the penis. |
| US11666472B2 |
Ankle orthosis
A multi-axis rotation control ankle brace, wherein the direction and magnitude of force can be controlled around three axes of the ankle joint through an adjustable tensioning apparatus. The device may be applied to address conditions such as chronic ankle instability, foot drop, or osteoarthritis by providing such forces around the joint as an external-muscle tendon system to improve function, reduce pain, or restore mobility of the user. While more are contemplated herein, five preferred embodiments are specifically disclosed in the current application. Three preferred embodiments comprise a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the proximal portion is anchored above the ankle joint and houses, in aspects, the adjustment mechanism. The proximal portion is connected to the distal portion by tensioning or compressive elements, through which forces can be controlled by the user via the adjustment mechanism. In other preferred embodiments, the device is comprised of one continuous mesh, sock or sleeve through which tension can be controlled by the user. In other preferred embodiments, the device is personalized to the user through multiple aspects including user-enabled adjustment of forces around the joint. The device may be customized by 3D printing a device based on a digital scan, and therefore conforms to the user's ankle and foot. |
| US11666469B2 |
Method and instrument for treating obesity
A gastroscopic method and instrument for treating obesity of a patient, using a device adapted to stretch a part of the stomach wall of said patient. The method comprises the steps of: inserting the device into the stomach through the esophagus, placing the device in contact with the stomach wall, and fixating the device to the stomach wall such that the device can stretch a part of the stomach wall. |
| US11666468B2 |
Duodenal gastrointestinal devices and delivery mechanisms
A system for delivering an endolumenal device through an endoscope includes a delivery tool and an adaptor. The delivery tool has an elongate tube configured to hold a portion of the endolumenal device therein and a first connecting feature on a distal end of the elongate tube. The adaptor is configured to attach to a handle of the endoscope. The adaptor includes a channel therethrough and a second connecting feature configured to mate with the first connecting feature of the delivery tool. The elongate tube of the delivery tool is configured to align with the channel of the adaptor when the first and second connecting features are mated. |
| US11666466B2 |
Modified Z stents for iliac vein stenting
The invention includes modifications of a Z stent to allow the top struts of two Z stents deployed in the vena cava in a bilateral relationship, to interleave. One embodiment includes Z stents with angled top surfaces. A second embodiment includes Z stents having an intermediary suture but lacking the top suture in the topmost stent of a stacked stent module. |
| US11666463B2 |
Stair descent control for powered lower limb devices
Systems and methods of operating a lower limb device having at least a powered joint are provided. A method includes configuring the device to a first state in a finite state model for a current activity mode including a stair ascent mode or a stair descent mode. The method also includes, based on real-time sensor information, transitioning the device between different states in the finite state model when pre-defined criteria for transitioning among the different states are met. In the method, the finite state model for stair ascent includes lifting and swing phases, where the lifting phase includes a powered knee extension and a powered ankle push-off. The finite state model for stair descent includes yielding and swing states, where the swing states include providing a powered plantarflexion of the powered ankle joint and the yielding states include providing a resistive and passive plantarflexion of the powered ankle joint. |
| US11666462B2 |
System for control of a prosthetic device
A control system for control of a prosthetic device having a plurality of actuators receives an orientation signal indicative of a desired movement. The control system evaluates whether the prosthetic device may move as desired with a current angle of rotation and commands at least one actuator to move the prosthetic device as desired by maintaining the current angle of rotation or by adjusting the angle of rotation if the prosthetic device cannot move as desired with the current angle. The control system may alternate between commanding a first subset of actuators and a second subset of actuators each time the orientation signal is indicative of a neutral position. The control system may include a position sensor and a compliance sensor and may command at least one actuator based on a combination of positional control using the position sensor and force control using the compliance sensor. |
| US11666461B2 |
Method for design and manufacture of compliant prosthetic foot
A compliant prosthetic foot is designed and fabricated by combining a compliant mechanism optimization technique with a calculation of low leg trajectory error under a reference loading condition. The compliant mechanism optimization technique includes a set of determinants for the compliant prosthetic foot. An optimized set of determinants of the compliant prosthetic foot is formed that minimizes the lower leg trajectory error relative to a target kinematic data set. The compliant prosthetic foot is then fabricated in conformance with the optimized set of determinants. |
| US11666456B2 |
Bone graft delivery loading assembly
A bone graft loading system includes a loading funnel, syringe, cannula, plunger, and loading tool. The loading funnel includes an interior passageway to receive the cannula and a syringe docking portion. The syringe may be coupled to the syringe docking portion so that it extends along a longitudinal axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axes of the cannula and the loading funnel. A user may advance bone graft from the syringe to a holding area of the loading funnel. The user may then move the loading tool through the holding area and into the interior space of the cannula to load the cannula with bone graft. This process may be repeated until the cannula is fully loaded with bone graft. The cannula and the plunger inside the cannula may then be removed from the loading funnel and coupled to an injector assembly for use in surgery. |
| US11666452B2 |
Interbody spinal fusion device
A spinal fusion implant includes a leading end, an opposite trailing end, an upper portion extending between the leading and trailing ends, a lower portion extending between the leading and trailing ends, and opposed first and second side portions extending between the leading and trailing ends. The upper portion includes at least two rails extending between the leading and trailing ends, the at least two rails including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart from one another, the first rail of the upper portion including a bone-contacting surface being at least partially smoothened. The lower portion includes at least two rails extending between the leading and trailing ends, the at least two rails including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart from one another, the first rail of the lower portion including a bone-contacting surface being at least partially smoothened. |
| US11666450B2 |
Method for installing a stemless shoulder implant
The present disclosure provides a shoulder prosthesis. The shoulder prosthesis includes a glenoid component, a humeral component, and an articulation component. The glenoid component includes a glenoid body having a proximal side and a distal side, the proximal side shaped to engage with a resected portion of a glenoid cavity. The humeral component includes a humeral body having a proximal side and a distal side, the distal side shaped to engage with a resected portion of a humerus. The articulation component is positionable between the distal side of the glenoid component and the proximal side of the humeral component, the articulation component configured to be maintained between the glenoid and humeral components, after implantation, by at least one of a deltoid muscle and a rotator cuff. |
| US11666449B2 |
Keeled glenoid implant
A prosthetic glenoid implant may include a polymer bearing component, a metal base component, and a plurality of fixation members. The bearing component may have a first surface adapted to articulate with a humeral head, and an opposing second surface including a first mating feature. The base component may have a first surface and a bone-contacting surface, the first surface having a second mating feature adapted to engage the first mating feature, the bone-contacting surface adapted to contact the native glenoid. The base component may define a plurality of apertures. The fixation members may each have a head and a threaded shaft adapted to pass through a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures, the head of each fixation member adapted to be positioned within a recess defined between the base component and the bearing component in an assembled condition of the prosthetic glenoid implant. |
| US11666448B2 |
Knee prosthesis and knee prosthesis component
A knee prosthesis includes a tibial component, a bearing and a femoral component. The tibial component includes a platform and at least one rib extending upwardly and forwardly, a front edge of upper surface of the platform is provided with at least one front lug boss, and back edge of the upper surface of the platform is provide with at least one back lug boss. The lower surface of the bearing is provided with a groove matching with the at least one rib, a front slot matching with the front lug boss and a back slot; the femoral component is articulated with the bearing; at least one rib is provided with a medial wall and a lateral wall, one of the them is provided with a bent portion and formed with a first inclined surface which extends in a direction away from the other one. |
| US11666444B2 |
Atrial cage for placement, securing and anchoring of atrioventricular valves
Described is a collapsible atrial cage for percutaneous delivery and implantation of an atrioventricular valve within an atrium of the heart. The atrial cage includes an atrial portion and a ventricular portion. The ventricular portion is attached with and separated from the atrial portion by a valve juncture portion. Notably, the cage includes at least one interlock shaped to lock with and secure an atrioventricular valve proximate the valve juncture portion. Thus, when deployed and expanded, the atrioventricular valve is secured at the atrioventricular juncture. |
| US11666443B2 |
Valve prosthesis having a radially expandable sleeve integrated thereon for delivery and prevention of paravalvular leakage
A delivery system includes an elongated shaft component, a self-expanding valve prosthesis, at least one cinching suture, and a radially-expandable sleeve. The valve prosthesis is disposed over a distal portion of the elongated shaft component and includes a compressed configuration for delivery and an expanded configuration for deployment. The at least one cinching suture removably couples the valve prosthesis to the elongated shaft component and radially compresses the valve prosthesis into the compressed configuration for delivery. The sleeve is secured to and encircles an outer surface of the valve prosthesis. The sleeve has a delivery state with a first diameter extending over a full length of the valve prosthesis in the compressed configuration and a deployed state with a greater second diameter extending over the full length of the valve prosthesis in the expanded configuration. The sleeve is configured to prevent paravalvular leakage in situ in the deployed state. |
| US11666439B2 |
Inverted heart valve for transcatheter valve replacement
A valve for endovascular heart valve repair that provides improved sealing of the valve against the native wall. The valve assembly has a sealing region at a distal end of the valve. The sealing region having a delivery position and a sealing position, wherein in the delivery position, the sealing region has a first length, and in the sealing position, the sealing region has a second length less than the first length and a thickness in the sealing position is greater in the sealing position than in the delivery position. |
| US11666432B2 |
Heat tunable intraocular lens
A method and system provide an ophthalmic lens including a lens body having a chamber therein, a reservoir module coupled with the lens body and an optical fluid. At least part of the lens body is flexible. The reservoir module includes a reservoir and a heat sensitive portion bordering the reservoir. The reservoir has a reservoir volume and is fluidically connected with the chamber. The heat sensitive portion has a shape responsive to a temperature of at least forty five degrees Celsius such that the reservoir volume changes in response to at least part of the heat sensitive portion reaching the temperature. The optical fluid resides in the chamber and the reservoir. A change in the reservoir volume flows a portion of the optical fluid between the reservoir and the chamber such that the flexible portion of the lens body undergoes a shape change corresponding to a base power change. |
| US11666421B2 |
Dental implant
Dental implant with a base body made of ceramic anchorable in a jawbone and an implant superstructure attachable to the base body using a screw, wherein in an assembled state of the dental implant, a threaded portion of the screw engages with an inner thread formed in a blind hole of the base body, wherein the implant superstructure is by the screw pressed against the base body and wherein the engagement between the threaded portion of the screw and the internal thread of the blind hole occurs only in a lower half of the base body facing away from the implant superstructure. |
| US11666420B2 |
Dental abutment cap assembly
An apparatus includes a dental prosthetic, a metallic insert, and a plastic cap member. The insert is configured to be bonded in an interior of the dental prosthetic. The insert defines a passageway. The of the insert is configured to receive a screw. The cap member is configured to be interposed between the insert and the interior of the dental prosthetic. |
| US11666418B2 |
Dentition control method
A method for adjusting/monitoring an orthodontic appliance worn by a patient. Creating a numerical three-dimensional reference model of at least a part of a patient's arch. Creating a numerical three-dimensional reference model of the teeth of the at least a part of the patient's arch. Acquiring at least one updated image, under actual acquisition conditions, and searching, by deformation of the initial reference model, for an updated reference model corresponding to the positioning of the teeth during the acquisition of the updated image. Determining, depending a comparison model corresponding to an anticipated positioning of the teeth, a comparison model. Comparing the updated reference model with the comparison model. If comparison leads to an unsatisfactory result, creation of a replacement orthodontic appliance, by modification of the orthodontic appliance worn or by creation of a new orthodontic appliance, the replacement orthodontic appliance being configured accordingly. |
| US11666415B2 |
Automatic aligner design with robust parametric optimization method
Methods and systems for producing orthodontic appliances are provided herein utilizing iterative modeling techniques to increase the efficiency and efficacy of said appliances. Further disclosed herein are the orthodontic appliances fabricated from such methods. |
| US11666410B2 |
Deformable and shape-able surgical lighting device and system
A conductor-less, shape-able, surgical lighting system and methods for use in surgical applications in which a medical clinician, once having established a surgical site, can shape the lighting system to selectively illuminate desired volumes of the surgical site. The system includes preselected lengths of an elongate light emitting member formed of a transparent elastomer matrix material having a glass transition temperature of lower than or substantially equal to room temperature to render the elongate light emitting member bendable and shape-able. Embedded in the transparent elastomer matrix material are particles of a transparent material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the matrix material dispersed in the elastomer matrix material so that light coupled into the elongate light emitting member is scattered and refracted out of the elongate light emitting member along its length. One end of the elongate light emitting member is coupled with a light source. |
| US11666406B2 |
Method for generating force feedback of remote surgical device
The present invention is a method for controlling a Davinci surgical device. Firstly, controlling an operation part of a remote operation device to enter the inner of a body for executing a surgical operation. Then, an image capturing unit captures a plurality of corresponding surgical images to a control device, and the control device obtains a first torque component, a second torque component and an element action of the remote surgical device according to the surgical images to operate an output strength of the remote surgical device for further generating corresponding strength feedback by the output strength. Thus, the user can get the control status of the remote surgical device to prevent accidental iatrogenic injury from over-force and to proceed with the operation with improved accuracy. |
| US11666405B2 |
Flexible-manipulator guide member and flexible manipulator
A flexible-manipulator guide member is provided in an inserted portion of a flexible manipulator including the elongated flexible inserted portion, the movable portion disposed at the distal end of the inserted portion, a drive portion disposed at the base end of the inserted portion, and the elongated driving-force transmitting member that transmits motive power of the drive portion to the movable portion, and is provided with a lumen through which the driving-force transmitting member passes in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lumen has a twisted shape about the longitudinal axis of the inserted portion. |
| US11666401B2 |
Input controls for robotic surgery
An input control device is disclosed. The input control device includes a central portion coupled to a multi-axis force and torque sensor, which is configured to receive input control motions from a surgeon. The central portion is flexibly supported on a base. The input control device also includes a rotary joint coupled to a rotary sensor. The input control device is configured to provide control motions to a robotic arm and/or a robotic tool based on input controls detected by the multi-axis force and torque sensor and the rotary sensor. |
| US11666400B2 |
Automated structure with pre-established arm positions in a teleoperated medical system
A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure in a surgical field includes a teleoperational assembly having a plurality of motorized surgical arms configured to assist in a surgical procedure. It also includes an input device configured to receive an input to move all the arms of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to a pre-established position. A processing system is configured to receive the input form the input device and output control signals to each arm of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to move each arm to the pre-established position. |
| US11666397B2 |
Systems and methods for robotic medical system integration with external imaging
A medical system comprises a memory for receiving intraoperative external image data for at least a portion of a patient anatomy. The memory further receives intraoperative pose data for a medical instrument of the medical system. The medical system further comprises a processor configured for generating a first model of the patient anatomy. The processor is further configured for, based on the intraoperative external image data, intraoperatively generating an updated model of the patient anatomy that is different from the first model. The updated model includes an anatomical structure that is not present in the first model. |
| US11666394B2 |
Surgical instruments, instrument drive units, and surgical assemblies thereof
A surgical instrument is configured for coupling with an instrument drive unit that drives an actuation of the surgical instrument and operatively supports the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a housing, an elongate body extending distally from the housing, an end effector extending distally from the elongate body, and a plurality of driven members rotatably disposed within the housing. The plurality of driven members is nested with one another. Each driven member of the plurality of driven members is coupled to a respective cable that is attached to the end effector. The plurality of driven members is configured for engagement with an instrument drive unit. |
| US11666392B2 |
Device for guiding position of robot, method therefor, and system including the same
Proposed are a device for guiding the position of a robot, a method thereof, and a system including the same, the device including a surgical target matcher configured to derive a correlation of a position and a posture between a surgical target and a target marker attached to the surgical target, a robot matcher configured to derive a correlation of a position and a posture between a robot maker and a surgical robot based on an image including the robot marker mounted to the surgical robot and derive a correlation of a position and a posture between the robot marker and a preset work space, and a work space identifier configured to derive a correlation of a position and a posture between the surgical target and the work space based on information about the positions and postures of the target marker and the robot marker. |
| US11666391B2 |
Exciter assemblies
Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for generating exciter signals, for example, to activate a remotely located tag. The systems, devices, assemblies, and methods find use in a variety of application including medical applications for the locating of a tag in a subject. |
| US11666385B2 |
Systems and methods for augmented reality guidance
Certain embodiments include a method for assisting a clinician in performing a medical procedure on a patient using augmented reality guidance. The method can include obtaining a three-dimensional model of an anatomic part of the patient. The method can also include aligning the three-dimensional model with data to form augmented reality guidance for the medical procedure. In addition, the method can include presenting the augmented reality guidance to the clinician during the medical procedure using an augmented reality three-dimensional display. |
| US11666382B2 |
Laser control using a spectrometer
Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target in a body using a spectroscopic feedback from the target are disclosed. An exemplary surgical feedback control system comprises a feedback analyzer configured to receive a reflected signal from a target in response to electromagnetic radiation directed at a target, and a controller in operative communication with the feedback analyzer. The controller can generate a control signal to a surgical system to perform a predetermined operation based upon the received reflected signal, including determining a composition of the target, or programming a laser setting to direct laser energy to the target. |
| US11666381B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument
Electrical instrument for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, comprising: a distal part comprising an instrument tip for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, the instrument tip comprising first and second conductive elements; a coaxial feed cable comprising an inner conductor, a tubular outer conductor coaxial with the inner conductor, and dielectric material separating the inner and outer conductors, the coaxial feed cable being for conveying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to the distal part; wherein: the inner conductor is electrically connected to the first conductive element and the outer conductor is electrically connected to the second conductive element through a rotatable connection between the distal part and the coaxial feed cable that allows rotation of the distal part relative to the coaxial feed cable; and the instrument comprises an actuator for rotating the distal part in a first rotational direction relative to the feed cable. |
| US11666375B2 |
Electrode wiping surgical device
Aspects of the present disclosure include a surgical device comprising electrodes on the sides of an end of an effector to aide in sealing during various surgical procedures, such as a liver resection. During a sealing procedure, the surgeon may wipe the surgical site with the end effector, causing the electrodes to touch the fractured area. Electrosurgical energy may be applied to the electrodes during the wiping, causing coagulation of smaller vessels, such as tiny blood vessels and bile ducts in the parenchyma of the liver. In some cases, due to the nature of some smaller vessels, electrosurgical energy should be delicately applied to cause sealing but to avoid overly damaging the remaining tissue. In some embodiments, the thin design of the electrodes allows for an appropriate amount of electrosurgical energy to be applied to the fractured area. |
| US11666371B2 |
Apparatus for supplying a medical instrument and method for monitoring an instrument
An apparatus and method for sending test signals to an instrument, and checking the resultant and subsequently arriving echo signals in order to detect specific properties and changes of properties on the line, the instrument, the tissue or also on a fluid body, e.g., plasma body, present on an electrode of the instrument, and to control the operation of the supply arrangement accordingly. |
| US11666364B2 |
Modular bone plate and member of such a modular bone plate
A modular bone plate includes a first plate member including a first connection portion having a first hole and a second plate member including a second connection portion having a second hole. The first plate member is connectable to the second plate member when the first plate member and the second plate member are arranged such that the first hole and the second hole overlap. The modular bone plate also includes a connector member that is insertable into the first hole and the second hole when the first hole and the second hole overlap such as to connect the first plate member and the second plate member. The connector member includes a passage that is configured to accommodate a portion of a bone anchor therein. |
| US11666361B1 |
Device and method for phalanx fracture reduction
A guide device for an orthopedic surgery on a phalange includes a distal part having a pin guide is provided. The distal part includes a first opening having a first diameter at a proximal end for inserting at least a portion of a phalange into a tubular section of the distal part, and a second opening at a distal end. The pin guide is connected to the distal end, having a first length which is shorter than a length of a k-wire inserted into the phalange, and a second diameter which is greater than a diameter of the k-wire, and less than the first diameter. In certain embodiments the guide device further includes a proximal part having an aperture for inserting the phalange and a plurality of fasteners, for fastening the proximal part to the distal part. |
| US11666357B2 |
Enclosure for electronics of a surgical instrument
An enclosure configured to hermetically seal electronics of a surgical instrument therein includes a first casing component defining a first weld deck about a perimeter thereof, a second casing component defining a second weld deck about a perimeter thereof, and an energy director extending from the first weld deck and configured to facilitate ultrasonic welding of the first and second weld decks of the first and second casing components, respectively, with one another to establish a weld seam hermetically sealing the first and second casing components. The first weld deck lies in multiple planes. |
| US11666355B2 |
Catheter including cutting element and energy emitting element
A catheter for removing tissue from a body lumen and for providing information relating to the body lumen. The catheter includes a tissue cutting element that rotates relative to the catheter body and is mounted to the drive shaft for imparting rotation to the tissue cutting element. An energy emitting element of the catheter rotates relative to the catheter body and is rotatable independently of the tissue cutting element. |
| US11666352B2 |
Mapping of nasal passages before and after a procedure
Apparatus, including a probe having a distal end insertable into a nasal sinus of a human patient, and a location sensor positioned within the distal end. A sinuplasty balloon is positioned on the distal end at a selected opening of the nasal sinus. A processor receives first signals from the location sensor while the distal end is inserted into the nasal sinus and prior to positioning of the balloon at the selected opening, and generates a first map of the sinus. The processor inflates the balloon when it is at the selected opening, so as to enlarge the selected opening, and subsequently deflates the balloon. The processor then receives second signals from the location sensor and generates therefrom a second map of the sinus. The processor registers the first map with the second map and generates from the registered maps a numerical increase in size of the selected opening. |
| US11666350B2 |
Electrically enhanced retrieval of material from vessel lumens
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply. |
| US11666349B2 |
Endovascular apparatus
An endovascular apparatus includes a first cannula, a second cannula, and an operator handle. The first cannula has a proximal end, a distal end, and a first lumen. The second cannula is slidably coupled to the first cannula. The second cannula has a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a second lumen. The distal end portion is extendable in a distal direction beyond the distal end of the first cannula. The operator handle is operably coupled to the second cannula. The operator handle may be configured to articulate the distal end portion of the second cannula relative to the first cannula. The second cannula may include an articulation joint. Optionally, the operator handle may be configured to extend, retract, and rotate the second cannula relative to the first cannula. Also, optionally, the endovascular apparatus may include a magnetic coupler. |
| US11666346B2 |
Surgical templates
A surgical template system for use in working on a bone comprises: a tool guide block comprising at least one guide aperture for receiving and guiding a tool to work on a bone; locating means comprising a plurality of locating members, each member having a respective end surface for positioning against a surface of the bone; and attachment means for non-adjustably attaching the tool guide block to the locating means such that, when attached, the member end surfaces are secured in fixed position with, respect to each other, for engaging different respective portions of the surface of the bone, and the at least one guide aperture is secured in a fixed position with respect to the end surfaces. Corresponding methods of manufacturing a surgical template system, methods of manufacturing locating means for a surgical template system, methods of fitting a prosthesis to a bone, surgical methods, and surgical apparatus are described. |