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| US11780591B2 |
Environmental control system performance monitoring
An example system for determining a performance status of an environmental control system (ECS) in a vehicle includes memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on one or more of the aircraft data, the weather data, or the trending data, an estimated compressor exit temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a current residual compressor exit temperature based on the estimated compressor exit temperature and a current compressor exit temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether a residual condition is met based at least in part on the residual compressor exit temperature and whether a pack condition is met based at least in part on a pack temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to provide an indication of the performance status of the ECS based on at least one of the residual condition or the pack condition being met. |
| US11780588B2 |
Aircraft passenger seat and seat row
An aircraft-passenger seat is provided, including a structural component on which a table top of the aircraft-passenger seat is mounted via an articulation arrangement such that the table top can be pivoted about a pivot axis of the articulation arrangement, from an upright position, in which the table top is up against the structural component, to a use position, in which the table top projects outwardly from the structural component, and back out of the use position into the upright position. The articulation arrangement includes a damping device that damps the pivoting movement of the table top between the upright position and the use position. |
| US11780585B2 |
Passenger seat arrangement
The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising, in particular, a seat provided with a base and a backrest as well as a foot area, the seat being movable between a sitting position and a lying position, the arrangement of seat units comprising: at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle and referred to as the “aisle-side seat unit” and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window and referred to as the “window-side seat unit”, each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, such that the seats of each group are facing the aisle, a first passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seat of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group, and a second passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the aisle-side seat unit of the front group and the foot area of the aisle-side seat unit of the rear group. |
| US11780581B2 |
Quick disassembling structure and unmanned aerial vehicle
A disassembling structure includes a first connecting piece, a second connecting piece and a guide and positioning piece; the guide and positioning piece is fixedly arranged on the first module; the second connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the second module; the second connecting piece and the guide and positioning piece are opposite to each other; the guide and positioning piece is attached to the outer side of the second connecting piece in a covering manner to guide and position the first module and the second module; the first connecting piece is detachably connected to the second connecting piece after passing through the guide and positioning piece. |
| US11780579B2 |
Aerial vehicle with uncoupled heading and orientation
An aerial vehicle includes a hull containing the main processor, energy storage, support components such as sensors, wireless communication, and landing gear. Attached to the hull are at least three thrust or propulsion units each with two degrees of freedom from the hull allowing them to orient independently in any direction and apply thrust independently from the hull or any other thrust or propulsion unit. In some embodiments, a mount for auxiliary attachments is included or the auxiliary system is built into the hull. Components like the energy storage, auxiliary attachments, and/or propulsion units may also be replaceable as required. |
| US11780575B2 |
Helicopter with an anti-torque system
An anti-torque system (10) for a helicopter (1) is described that comprises: an electric power supply unit (15); at least one first rotor (17), operatively connected to an electric power supply unit (15) and operable by the electric power supply unit (15) so as to rotate with a first variable angular speed; and at least one second rotor (25) operatively connected to electric power supply unit (15) and operable by the electric power supply unit (15) so as to rotate with a second variable angular speed. |
| US11780574B2 |
Swashplate assembly for a rotor system
A rotatable swashplate is rotatable relative to a stationary swashplate around a shaft and connects to a pitch control rod assembly. The rotatable swashplate includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is extendable outside of a stationary swashplate and includes a plurality of lugs each configured to attach to a pitch control rod assembly, an innermost wall configured to receive a shaft, and a membrane. The lower portion is positionable within the stationary swashplate and has an outermost wall and at least one extension extending radially between the outermost wall and the innermost wall. The membrane extends radially over the at least one extension. |
| US11780568B2 |
Airplane wheel prerotation/landing brake cooling device
A detachable airplane wheel prerotation/landing brake cooling device is disclosed that comprises: an outer circular cage rim, an inner circular cage rim confronting and spaced apart from the outer circular cage rim, and a plurality of spaced apart arcuate blades spanning across and connecting the outer circular cage rim to the inner circular cage rim at a slant. Each arcuate blade includes a first section connected to the outer circular cage rim and a second section connected to inner circular cage rim. The plurality of slanted arcuate blades are, when the detachable airplane wheel prerotation/landing brake cooling device is being impinged by an airstream during the landing of the airplane, configured to (i) rotate the wheel about the axle in a forward direction, and (ii) funnel air into the plurality of annular spaces adjacent to the plurality of heat shields to thereby remove heat away from the disc brake assembly. |
| US11780565B2 |
Rotary wing aircraft
To provide a rotary wing aircraft capable of self-leveling and ensuring a stable landing state. The rotary wing aircraft according to the present disclosure comprises a plurality of rotary blades, an arm part for supporting the plurality of rotary blades, a mounting part for mounting an object, and a connecting part for connecting the mounting part to the arm part in a state where the mounting part is movable within a predetermined range. The position of the connecting part of the rotary wing aircraft of the present disclosure is above the center of gravity of the arm part. Thereby, self-leveling is made possible and a stable landing state can be ensured. |
| US11780564B2 |
Aircraft spoiler and actuation apparatus
A spoiler for an aircraft wing is movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration in a “pop-up” manner. The spoiler includes a hinged top flap movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the hinged top flap is constrained by an actuator, and in the second position the hinged top flap is unconstrained by the actuator. When the hinged top flap is in the second position, airflow over the top surface of the aircraft wing acts to pull the spoiler into the deployed position. |
| US11780562B2 |
Turbomachine module for a propeller having variable-pitch blades and turbomachine comprising same
The invention relates to a turbomachine module (1), comprising: —a rotating housing (7-8) supporting a propeller provided with a plurality of blades (5), —a system for varying the pitch of the propeller blades (5), the system comprising a control means, and a mechanism for varying the pitch of the propeller blades, characterised in that the system is supported by the rotary housing (7-8), in that the control means comprise an annular row of rotary actuators (16), and in that the mechanism for varying the pitch of the blades comprises a synchronisation ring (11) that is driven to rotate by rotary output shafts (17) of the actuators (16), the synchronisation ring (11) being guided in rotation relative to the rotary housing (7-8) by guide means and meshed by a first toothing (13) with pinions (14) of the blades (5). |
| US11780557B2 |
System and method for forming a seal between structural components
A method for forming a seal between structural components includes placing a retainer flap on a first side of a first structural component over a first channel within the first structural component and over a second channel within the first structural component such that the retainer flap, the first side of the first structural component, and a second structural component form a cavity. The first channel extends between the first side of the first structural component and a second side of the first structural component that is opposite the first side. The second channel extends between the first side of the first structural component and the second side of the first structural component. The method also includes evacuating the cavity through the first channel, thereby forcing the retainer flap against the second structural component and forcing a sealant to flow through the second channel into the cavity. |
| US11780554B2 |
Deployment system for an airfoil high lift leading edge device
Deployment system for adjusting a leading edge high-lift device, in particular a slat, between a retracted position, in which, in use, the high-lift device is retracted with respect to an airfoil, and at least one deployed position, in which, in use, the high-lift device is deployed with respect to the airfoil, comprising at least one actuation unit that is configured to actuate the high-lift device between the retracted position and the at least one deployed position, at least one guidance unit that is configured to guide the high-lift device during adjustment between the retracted position and the at least one deployed position along an adjustment path, wherein the guidance unit is independent from the actuation unit. |
| US11780551B1 |
Non-singular finite-time control method and system for dynamic positioning of unmanned boat with prescribed performance
Disclosed are a non-singular finite-time control method and system for prescribed performance dynamic positioning of unmanned boat, which belong to the field of automatic control of unmanned boats. The method includes obtaining a difference between the actual measured position and the desired position of the unmanned boat to obtain a position error of the unmanned boat; performing prescribed performance transformation on the unmanned boat position error; constructing a non-singular finite-time virtual velocity law as a reference velocity for unmanned boats; obtaining the difference between the reference speed and the actual measured speed to obtain the speed tracking error; calculating the fuzzy supervisory saturation compensated law and adaptive fuzzy approximation term; constructing a non-singular finite-time dynamical controller to output control commands; applying a force or moment to the unmanned boat to adjust the propeller speed of the unmanned boat, thereby realizing positioning of the unmanned boat. |
| US11780546B2 |
Dive information management
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store a dive log, at least one processing core configured to receive the dive log from a dive computer, the dive log comprising information concerning a dive, the received dive log not including a location where the dive took place, obtain a geographic location of the apparatus, and add the location where the dive took place to the dive log based at least in part on the geographic location, and/or provide the dive log and the geographic location of the apparatus to a server. |
| US11780541B2 |
Gyroscopic boat stabilizer with motor cooling
A gyroscopic roll stabilizer for a boat includes an enclosure mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, and a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, with the flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer also includes a motor operative to rotate the flywheel assembly and disposed inside the enclosure. A motor cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the motor. The motor cooling circuit has a closed fluid pathway for recirculating cooling fluid therein. The fluid pathway includes a fluid channel jointly defined by the motor and the enclosure and having the cooling fluid therein. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the motor to the cooling fluid. Related methods are also disclosed. |
| US11780539B2 |
Stern rudder fixing structure, stern rudder and paddle board
A stern rudder fixing structure for fixedly connecting a stern rudder body to a stern rudder base is disclosed. The stern rudder fixing structure comprises a T-shaped bolt, a nut and a rotary rod, wherein the stern rudder body is detachably connected to the stern rudder base. The stern rudder comprises a stern rudder body, a stern rudder base and a fixing structure. The stern rudder and a paddle board provided by the disclosure are matched with a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole of the stern rudder base through the fixing structure, so that the stern rudder body and the stern rudder base are quickly assembled and dissembled in a time-saving and error-saving mode. |
| US11780536B2 |
Marine communication buoy
Disclosed is a marine communication buoy. The marine communication buoy includes s a round seat, side slots and hollow boxes, four side slots are uniformly distributed outside the round seat, and each side slot is connected with the hollow box in a sliding way. The marine communication buoy also includes sealing rings and buckle covers, an outer part of each hollow box is provided with a sealing ring, an outer end of each hollow box is slidably connected with the buckle cover, and an inner side of the buckle cover is in contact with the sealing ring. The marine communication buoy also includes valves and connector pipes, the connector pipe is arranged at an outer side of each buckle cover, and the connector pipe is provided with the valve. |
| US11780535B2 |
Methods and systems for underwater application of streamer coating on geophysical streamers
Embodiments relate generally to marine geophysical surveying. More particularly, embodiments relate to an underwater application system for application of a streamer coating to a surface of a streamer. An embodiment may comprise a marine geophysical survey system. The marine geophysical survey system may comprise a streamer and an underwater application system operable to apply a streamer coating to the streamer as the underwater application system travels axially along the streamer. |
| US11780532B2 |
Electromechanical derailleur for coaxial assembly
The disclosure relates to an electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial assembling on a rear wheel axle. The derailleur has a base element, a pivot mechanism, and a movable element having a chain guide assembly. The chain guide assembly is connected to the movable element so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. A blocking device permits the chain guide assembly to be established relative to the movable element. The blocking device is able to be inserted into the movable element in two different positions. |
| US11780529B2 |
Operating device for human-powered vehicle
An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The base structure defines a mounting axis. The first switch unit comprises a first switch base member, a first switch, and a first point. The first point is closest to the mounting axis along a first direction parallel to a first pivot axis. The second switch unit comprises a second switch base member, a second switch, and a second point. The second point is closest to the mounting axis along a second direction parallel to a second pivot axis. A second minimum distance is longer than a first minimum distance. A third minimum distance is longer than a fourth minimum distance. |
| US11780528B2 |
Adjustable head angle bicycles
An adjustable head angle bicycle assembly includes a steerer tube; a head tube that includes a first annular surface protruding radially inward from an inner wall at the upper end, and a second annular surface protruding radially inward from the inner wall at the lower end; an upper cup that includes a third annular surface engaged with the first annular surface of the head tube; and a lower cup that includes a fourth annular surface engaged with the second annular surface of the head tube. |
| US11780523B2 |
Multi-material support pad
A vehicle seat includes a seat base, a seat foam supported by the seat base, and a support pad positioned between the seat base and at least a portion of the seat foam. The support pad being formed of a combination of a first material and a second material. A seat cover covering the support pad and the seat foam. The first material has a first recovery hysteresis and the second material has a second recovery hysteresis that is less than the first recovery hysteresis. |
| US11780518B1 |
Bicycle stand
A bicycle stand includes a base unit, a first positioning rack, a second positioning rack, and two movable pull shaft units. The base unit includes a base and a support seat that is pivoted relative to the base horizontally. The support seat includes a pedestal and two ears. Each of the two ears has a first end connected with the pedestal and a second end provided with a limit slot. The first positioning rack includes two rods and a link. Each of the two rods is pivotally connected with one of the two ears. A first holding area is defined between the two rods. The second positioning rack is mounted on the first to positioning rack and is distant from the base unit, The second positioning rack forms a second holding area, |
| US11780517B1 |
Utility trailer
A utility trailer includes a deck frame, siderails extending along each side of the deck frame, a front rail extending along a front of the deck frame, and a rear gate/ramp across a rear of the deck frame. Each siderail rotates between an upright position extending away from the respective side the deck frame and a stowed position aligned with and over the deck frame. The front rail rotates between an upright position extending away from the deck frame and a stowed position aligned with the deck frame and over the folded siderails. The rear gate/ramp rotates between an upright position and a lowered position having one end resting on a surface below the utility trailer, and also rotates between the upright position and a stowed position aligned with the deck frame and over the folded siderails. |
| US11780514B2 |
Track assembly for farm implement
A track assembly for assisting in moving a farm implement along a ground surface in a line of travel is provided. The track assembly includes a tilt arm comprising front and rear ends. The track assembly includes a camber arm coupled to the tilt arm such that the camber arm permits the tilt arm to pivot about a first axis perpendicular to the line of travel and a second axis parallel to the line of travel. The camber arm is located between the front and rear ends of the tilt arm. |
| US11780511B2 |
Active front wheel deflector assembly
An active front wheel deflector assembly (10) including a deflector panel (20) moveable between a stowed position and at least one deployed position wherein the deployment of the deflector panel (20) moves the deflector panel (20) into an airflow to direct air and improves aerodynamics. The active front wheel deflector assembly (10) combines linear actuation with rotational motion. |
| US11780510B2 |
Aerodynamic skirt securing connector comprising a stabilizer
A skirt securing connector assembly for securing an aerodynamic skirt panel to a trailer is provided, the skirt securing connector assembly comprising an upper attachment portion adapted to secure the skirt securing connector assembly to the trailer, a lower attachment portion adapted to secure a lower portion of the aerodynamic skirt panel and a strut member connected, at a first end thereof, to the upper portion of the skirt securing connector assembly and connected, at a second end thereof, to the lower portion of the skirt securing connector assembly, the strut member including a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, the strut member including a concave portion extending along the longitudinal axis, the concave portion increasing an inertia moment of the strut member to sustain a force applied by air routing on the aerodynamic skirt. |
| US11780509B1 |
Modular aerodynamic system
A modular aerodynamic system for a vehicle includes multiple nozzles that generate airsheets. The airflow from the nozzles may be controlled separately. Thus, the nozzles collectively enable granular control of the overall air velocity profile around (e.g., behind) the vehicle. The airsheet configuration may allow the system to control the wake behind the vehicle for various purposes, such as drag reduction, stabilization, and/or breaking. The overall air velocity profile may increase the back pressure of the vehicle, reducing energy consumption. The system may also move the center of pressure and changing the dynamic response of the vehicle to other external forces. These changes may be implemented dynamically in response to aerodynamic/dynamic changes. |
| US11780508B1 |
Trailer with stainless steel bulkhead
A trailer includes a main body that has a front bulkhead, an opposing rear bulkhead, an exterior wall operably engaged with the front and rear bulkheads, and at least one interior chamber defined collectively by the front bulkhead, the rear bulkhead, and the exterior wall. The at least one interior chamber is adapted to carry a load. The trailer also includes a removable false bulkhead operably engaged with the main body, the false bulkhead is located a distance away from one of the front bulkhead and the rear bulkhead. The main body of the trailer is formed of a first material, and the first false bulkhead of the trailer is made a second different material. |
| US11780507B2 |
Composite material vehicle body and composite material laying structure and laying method
A composite material laying structure, a composite material vehicle body, and a composite material laying method, the composite material laying structure comprising a profile provided with multiple quadrilateral cavities reinforced by lap joints after butt joint connection, the quadrilateral cavities comprising square cavities and profile cavities, and the square shape of the square cavities transitioning along the profile into the trapezoidal shape of the profile cavities. The present composite material laying structure employs the laying structure of the composite material profile and a butt joint lap-joint form. |
| US11780500B2 |
Control device, manager, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
A control device mounted on a vehicle including one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a plurality of first requests from a driver assistance system. The one or more processors are configured to arbitrate the first requests. The one or more processors are configured to calculate a second request that has a physical quantity different from that of the first request, based on an arbitration result. The one or more processors are configured to distribute the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems. The one or more processors are configured to output an actual steering angle of the vehicle to the driver assistance system. |
| US11780496B2 |
Component for a steering suspension of a vehicle
A steering suspension of a vehicle includes a suspension upright and a mechanical component consisting of a radially outer ring of a wheel hub unit or of a rolling bearing forming part of a wheel hub unit. The outer ring is provided integral in one piece with a flange and a steering arm, extending radially cantilevered from the outer ring and the flange, with which it is also integral in one piece. On the side opposite to the steering arm the flange is integral in one piece with a pair of axially drilled radial lugs, configured to support, in use, a brake caliper. |
| US11780492B2 |
Detection of high friction, in an electrical power steering gear, due to rust
The system (10) is configured to detect high friction in a steering gear used with a vehicle. The system (10) has a speed sensor (17), a steering angle sensor (17, 108), a plurality of vehicle sensors (23, 112) to monitor vehicle parameters and a plurality of steering system sensors (17, 108) to monitor steering system parameters. A repository stores (27, 120) the normal operating values for the vehicle and steering system sensors (17, 108). A correlation block (21, 130) compares the vehicle and steering system values with the values in the repository (27, 120). A trigger block (15) receives signals from the speed and steering angle sensors, and activating the correlation block (21, 130) when the speed and steering angle sensors are in a select range. The correlation block (21, 130) sends a warning signal if the values from the repository (27, 120) and the signal from the speed and steering angle sensors (17, 108) exceed a predetermined value. |
| US11780488B2 |
Steering wheel arrangement
A steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel rotatable about a rotation axis, a steering shaft, a stationary housing covering at least partially the steering shaft and supporting at least one accessory, a plurality of coupling elements adapted to couple the steering wheel to the steering shaft, such that rotation of the steering wheel causes rotation of the steering shaft. Each coupling element is integral in rotation with the steering shaft and slidably movable along an axial direction between an upper position and a lower position, and wherein each coupling element is detachably connected to the steering wheel, each coupling element being connected to the steering wheel in its upper position, such that rotation of the steering wheel causes rotation of the coupling element, and being disconnected from the steering wheel in its lower position, such that rotation of the steering wheel does not cause rotation of the coupling element. |
| US11780476B2 |
Electric rail vehicle
The electric vehicle can include: a payload interface, a payload suspension, a chassis, a set of bumpers, a sensor suite, a controller, a chassis suspension, and an electric powertrain. The electric vehicle 100 can optionally include a payload adapter, a power source, a cooling subsystem, and/or any other suitable components. The electric vehicle functions to structurally support a payload, such as a cargo container (e.g., intermodal container, ISO container, etc.), and/or to facilitate transportation of a payload via railway infrastructure. |
| US11780475B2 |
Tension lock assembly for chain tie down assembly
A universal chain tie down assembly includes an anchor base and an associated turret, with a cannon pivotally connected to the turret. The proximal portion of a tensioning rod is associated with the cannon. The tensioning rod further includes a distal portion associated with a hub, along with a tool attachment portion that is configured for engagement by a tool for rotation of the tensioning rod. First and second arms of a constant tensioning device extend from proximal ends associated with the hub to distal ends spaced distally of the hub. A chain is associated with a distal end of the constant tensioning device, such as by being linked to the curved portion of a U-bolt of the constant tensioning device. A tension lock assembly and/or an anti-vibration assembly may be employed to prevent a vibration-induced change in the tension in the universal chain tie down assembly. |
| US11780473B2 |
Vehicle controller and vehicle control system
A vehicle controller includes a processor that switches, when detecting a physical abnormality of an occupant of an own vehicle based on physical information of the occupant, the own vehicle to an emergency mode in which the own vehicle automatically travels to a destination. The processor receives, when the own vehicle is switched to the emergency mode, other vehicle information from another vehicle switched to the emergency mode. The other vehicle information includes information on a physical abnormality of an occupant of the other vehicle. Based on the other vehicle information and own vehicle information including information on the physical abnormality of the occupant of the own vehicle, the processor sets the order of priority to determine which of the own vehicle or the other vehicle is allowed to travel preferentially, and sends, based on the order of priority, a medical aid request to an information processor. |
| US11780470B2 |
Lane selection
According to one aspect, systems and techniques for lane selection may include receiving a current state of an ego vehicle and a traffic participant vehicle, and a goal position, projecting the ego vehicle and the traffic participant vehicle onto a graph network, where nodes of the graph network may be indicative of discretized space within an operating environment, determining a current node for the ego vehicle within the graph network, and determining a subsequent node for the ego vehicle based on identifying adjacent nodes which may be adjacent to the current node, calculating travel times associated with each of the adjacent nodes, calculating step costs associated with each of the adjacent nodes, calculating heuristic costs associated with each of the adjacent nodes, and predicting a position of the traffic participant vehicle. |
| US11780469B1 |
Unmanned autonomous recharging vehicle and system of recharging electric vehicle
A vehicle recharging system recharges a partially depleted battery of a moving electric vehicle. The system includes a dispatch server receiving a route from the electric vehicle as well as first and second segments along the route where the electric vehicle is to be recharged first and second times. First and second unmanned autonomous recharging vehicles (UARV's) receive from the dispatch server first and second rendezvous locations along the first and second segments of the route. The dispatch server determines an adjusted second rendezvous location for the second UARV in response to determining that the first UARV is delayed and determines if the second UARV still has sufficient range to recharge the electric vehicle when commencing at the adjusted second rendezvous location. The dispatch server transmits the adjusted second rendezvous location to the second UARV to intercept the electric vehicle at the adjusted second rendezvous location. |
| US11780464B2 |
Autonomous vehicle trajectory generation using velocity-based steering limits
Techniques are described herein for generating trajectories for autonomous vehicles using velocity-based steering limits. A planning component of an autonomous vehicle can receive steering limits determined based on safety requirements and/or kinematic models of the vehicle. Discontinuous and discrete steering limit values may be converted into a continuous steering limit function for use during on-vehicle trajectory generation and/or optimization operations. When the vehicle is traversing a driving environment, the planning component may use steering limit functions to determine a set of situation-specific steering limits associated with the particular vehicle state and/or driving conditions. The planning component may execute loss functions, including steering angle and/or steering rate costs, to determine a vehicle trajectory based on the steering limits applicable to the current vehicle state. |
| US11780461B2 |
Lateral acceleration control for autonomous driving
A method of determining a target lateral acceleration of a vehicle for use in autonomous control of the vehicle to drive along a road, comprising: evaluating each of a plurality of scalar velocity functions at a plurality of key lateral positions predefined with respect to a model of the road to generate a respective set of scalar velocity values; combining the velocity values calculated for each key lateral position to generate a respective target lateral velocity value, the velocity values calculated for each of the key lateral positions being combined by adding the greatest of zero and the velocity values, to the smallest of zero and the velocity values; generating a lateral velocity field by interpolating between the target lateral velocity values; and determining the target lateral acceleration of the vehicle using the lateral velocity field and a measured lateral velocity of the vehicle. |
| US11780460B2 |
Determining control operations for an autonomous vehicle
Determining control operations for an autonomous vehicle may include receiving, by an operational model, an operational model input based on camera data from one or more cameras of an automated vehicle; determining, by the operational model, based on the input, a current environmental state and a predicted environmental state; providing, to a rules module, a differential between the current environmental state and a previously predicted environmental state; and determining, based on the rules module, one or more control operations for the automated vehicle. |
| US11780457B2 |
System and method for providing driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle
Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance. |
| US11780454B2 |
Remote operation method, remote operation device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A vehicle is operated in accordance with a second operation amount corresponding to a first operation amount of a remote operation member by an operator. A first maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of the remote operation member. A second maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of an operation member of the vehicle. When the first maximum operation range is smaller than the second maximum operation range, a correspondence relationship between the first and second operation amounts is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes larger than the first operation amount. When the first maximum operation range is larger than the second maximum operation range, an operable range of the remote operation member is restricted or the correspondence relationship is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes smaller than the first operation amount. |
| US11780453B2 |
Intelligent driving passive pedal control
A method for assignment of vehicle control includes receiving route data indicating a route between a starting location of a vehicle and a destination location, and determining an optimal vehicle configuration for the route based on a target vehicle speed and a hybrid torque split. The method further includes receiving a driver requested torque value and determining a passive pedal torque value based on the route data and vehicle powertrain data. The method further includes selectively assigning control of the vehicle to a vehicle system or to a driver of the vehicle based on the driver requested torque value and the passive pedal torque value. |
| US11780452B2 |
Method and system for fault diagnoses of intelligent vehicles
A model of a system of an intelligent vehicle is trained and optimized using system operation data of the intelligent vehicle in a normal running state. The system operation data of the intelligent vehicle in a running state is collected in real time. Sensor data of the system operation data is de-noised, and feature extraction and screening are performed for a fatal sensor fault to reconstruct the system operation data. The reconstructed system operation data is inputted into the trained model to output system state data of the intelligent vehicle in the running state. The system state data is compared with a set threshold. If the system state data exceeds the set threshold, an actuator corresponding to the system state data is determined to have a fault. In addition, a system for a fault diagnosis of the intelligent vehicle is further provided. |
| US11780449B2 |
System and method to estimate maximum lateral acceleration and yaw rate in limit handling maneuvers in low-friction surfaces
Systems and methods for vehicle motion control are provided. The method includes: calculating a correction factor using one of three different sets of operations when the vehicle is performing a limit handling maneuver, wherein the correction factor is calculated using a first set of operations when the vehicle is operating in an understeer state, calculated using a second set of operations when the vehicle is operating in an oversteer state, and calculated using a third set of operations when the vehicle is operating in a neutral steer state; adjusting a desired lateral acceleration and a desired yaw rate by applying the correction factor to account for a reduced level of friction experienced by the vehicle when traveling on a non-ideal friction surface; calculating optimal control actions based on the adjusted desired lateral acceleration and adjusted desired yaw rate; and applying the optimal control actions with vehicle actuators during vehicle operations. |
| US11780448B2 |
Vehicle behavior estimation method, vehicle control method, and vehicle behavior estimation device
A vehicle behavior estimation method includes: detecting a speed of a first preceding vehicle traveling in front of a host vehicle in a first lane where the host vehicle is traveling; detecting a speed of an adjacent vehicle traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane; calculating a relative speed between the first preceding vehicle and the adjacent vehicle; predicting whether or not an absolute value of the relative speed will be at or below a speed threshold value within a predetermined time from a point time when a decrease in the absolute value of the relative speed starts to be detected; and estimating that the adjacent vehicle is likely to change lanes into the first lane when the absolute value of the relative speed is predicted to be at or below the speed threshold value within the predetermined time. |
| US11780436B2 |
On-board sensor system
An on-board sensor system includes: a first sensor configured to detect a situation around a vehicle; a second sensor having a higher angular resolution than the first sensor; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of the first sensor; and a range decision unit configured to decide, based on the detection result, an observation range to be observed by the second sensor around the vehicle. |
| US11780435B2 |
Reverse assist method and system, image processor and corresponding drive assist system
The present disclosure provides a reverse assist method for a vehicle, comprising: transforming an i-th image in a reversing direction acquired by a camera unit at time Ti into an i-th top plan view, wherein i≥1; generating an i-th result image based on the i-th top plan view, wherein when i is greater than 1, the i-th top plan view and an intermediate image are spliced to generate an i-th result image; outputting the i-th result image; and wherein the intermediate image is a view transformed from an image of an outside environment in the reversing direction acquired at a time earlier than Ti, and the intermediate image is updated according to a predetermined condition during reversing. |
| US11780431B2 |
Testing predictions for autonomous vehicles
A method and apparatus for controlling a first vehicle autonomously are disclosed. For instance, one or more processors may plan to maneuver the first vehicle to complete an action and predict that a second vehicle will take a particular responsive action. The first vehicle is then maneuvered towards completing the action in a way that would allow the first vehicle to cancel completing the action without causing a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and in order to indicate to the second vehicle or a driver of the second vehicle that the first vehicle is attempting to complete the action. Thereafter, when the first vehicle is determined to be able to take the action, the action is completed by controlling the first vehicle autonomously according to whether the second vehicle begins to take the particular responsive action. |
| US11780427B2 |
Apparatus for assisting driving and method thereof
The apparatus for assisting driving of host vehicle includes a first sensor mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view in rear of the host vehicle, the first sensor to obtain rear image data; a second sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a LiDAR sensor and mounted to the host vehicle, the second sensor to have a field of sensing in rear of the host vehicle and obtain rear detecting data; and a controller to process the rear image data and the rear detecting data. The controller may be determine a possibility of a collision of a rear object located at the rear of the host vehicle based on processing the rear image data and the rear detecting data, and to adjust a seat of the host vehicle to a preset position based on an expected collision of the rear object. |
| US11780426B2 |
Method for estimating a longitudinal force difference acting on steered wheels
A method for estimating a longitudinal force difference ΔFx acting on steered axle wheels of a vehicle, the method comprising obtaining data from the vehicle related to an applied steering torque Msteer associated with the steered axle wheels, obtaining a scrub radius value rs associated with the steered axle wheels, and estimating the longitudinal force difference ΔFx, based on the obtained data and on the scrub radius rs, as proportional to the applied steering torque Msteer and as inversely proportional to the scrub radius rs. |
| US11780423B2 |
System and method for determining whether to start engine
The present disclosure provides a system and method for determining whether to start an engine. The system includes an engine configured to provide driving force for a vehicle through combustion of fuel, a motor configured to provide driving force for the vehicle using electrical energy, an engine clutch connecting the engine and a drive shaft, and a controller configured to control engagement of the engine clutch and starting of the engine. The controller calculates a predicted vehicle speed at the time of engagement of the engine clutch based on the current vehicle speed upon a request for passive run driving of the vehicle. The controller determines whether to start the engine by comparing the predicted vehicle speed with a reference vehicle speed. |
| US11780419B2 |
Electric park brake with electromagnetic brake
An electromagnetic brake to restrict or prevent movement of a motor in a vehicle brake system, the electromagnetic brake includes: a core; a static plate; a moving plate located between the core and the static plate; a rotor located between the core and the moving plate; one or more legs that extend from the core; and one or more fasteners that connect the one or more legs to the static plate, the core includes a cylindrical portion and a flange that extends around the cylindrical portion, the one or more legs extend from the flange radially around the cylindrical portion. |
| US11780415B2 |
Electric system for a vehicle
An electric system of a vehicle including an electronically controlled braking system. The electric system has a steering angle sensor unit, at least one control module, at least one first inertia sensor and an electronic braking system central control unit EBS ECU. The at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit. The at least one control module is also external to the EBS ECU. At least one of the at least one control module has mounted within it one of the at least one first inertia sensor. |
| US11780414B2 |
Vehicle braking control system
A braking control system includes braking control modules configured to generate a braking torque request signal, indicative of a requested braking torque value CFr, which is variable until reaching a target value Vt, and to supply the braking torque request signal to a braking means which converts it into a braking torque with effective braking torque value CFe. The braking control modules are configured to calculate a total difference of instantaneous braking torque ΔCFt as the sum of the differences between the CFr values and the CFe values of all modules. If the calculated ΔCFt is greater than zero when Vt is reached, the braking control modules increase the braking torque until a ΔCFt subsequent to reaching Vt has a zero or negative value, or until the maximum available adhesion signal has indicated that a controlled axle has reached the maximum available adhesion. |
| US11780408B2 |
Windshield wiper connector and assembly
Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types. |
| US11780406B2 |
Kidnapping notification system
A kidnapping notification system, including a notification device to removably connect to at least a portion of a vehicle, a first display unit disposed on at least a portion of the notification device to alert at least one third party of a threat to a user, and a transmitter removably connected to at least a portion of the vehicle to adjust a position of the notification device. |
| US11780398B2 |
Coupling structure, airbag device, and vehicle seat
A coupling structure includes a first coupling portion formed by one end portion of a first tube, and a second coupling portion formed by one end portion of a second tube, and is configured such that the first coupling portion is inserted in the second coupling portion, the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are coupled, with the second tube being pivotable with respect to the first tube, and a gap is formed between an outer surface of the first coupling portion and an inner surface of the second coupling portion in a first state in which a fluid is not flowing through the flow path, and in a second state in which the fluid is flowing through the flow path, pressure of the fluid causes the first coupling portion to deform to expand toward an outer side of the flow path to reduce the gap. |
| US11780396B2 |
Airbag control device and airbag unit
An airbag control device for controlling the volume of an airbag (10) of a restraining means, comprising an inflator (14) for inflating the airbag (10) and an electrically controllable decoupling device (22) for tension means via which the geometry of the airbag (10) can be varied, is characterized in that the inflator (14) and the decoupling device (22) are fluid-communicated and the decoupling device (22) includes at least one outlet opening (36) the cross-section of which is variable by an electrically controllable actuator (46) and through which gas can escape from the inflator (14) to the atmosphere. Moreover, the invention describes an airbag unit. |
| US11780393B2 |
Method and device for operating a safety system of a motor vehicle, and safety system for a motor vehicle
A method for operating a safety system of a motor vehicle includes correcting an output signal of a measuring sensor as a function of a current temperature value measured by a temperature sensor. The motor vehicle includes a sensor device with the measuring sensor to detect a collision and the temperature sensor. The method further includes determining an intrinsic heat of the measuring sensor generated by the operation of the measuring sensor and correcting the output signal as a function of the determined intrinsic heat. |
| US11780383B2 |
Fastener
A fastener includes a mounting base and an insert portion. The mounting base includes an accommodating cavity having an accommodating cavity opening and a mounting slot located above the accommodating cavity having a width that is smaller than a width of the accommodating cavity. The insert portion includes a retaining portion, a neck portion connected to the retaining portion, and a head portion disposed between the retaining portion and the head portion. The head portion is configured to be received within the accommodating cavity by the accommodating cavity opening. The neck portion is configured such that at least a portion of the neck portion is received by the mounting slot when the head portion is received by the accommodating cavity. |
| US11780382B2 |
Vehicle mountable camera
A vehicle mountable camera is provided which includes an imaging device, an exposure controller, and an image processor. The imaging device is configured to be installed behind a windshield of a subject vehicle to capture an image of a forward view in front of the subject vehicle. The exposure controller controls the degree of exposure of the imaging device. The image processor executes an image processing operation on the captured image. The camera determines whether a brightness boundary exists in front of the subject vehicle and, when the brightness boundary is determined to exist, controls the exposure of the imaging device and/or adjustment of brightness of the image quickly when the subject vehicle passes the brightness boundary. This minimizes a risk that the captured image may be darkened or brightened suddenly immediately after the subject vehicle moves from a sunny area to a shaded area or vice versa. |
| US11780381B2 |
Mirror replacement system with camera anti-soiling feature
A camera arm (16) for a vehicle mirror replacement system includes a housing (22) having an exterior surface (38). The camera arm (16) also includes a camera assembly (32) that is mounted to the housing (22), the camera assembly (32) having a lens (34). The camera arm (16) further includes a peripheral wall (36) extending from the exterior surface (38) and at least partially circumscribing the camera assembly (32). The camera arm (16) also includes a discontinuity (41) provided on the peripheral wall (36), the discontinuity (41) is configured to create a high pressure region (PH) near the lens (34) that encourages debris (52) to migrate away from the lens (34) in response to a fluid flow over the peripheral wall (36). |
| US11780375B2 |
Trim element having a receptacle for a warning triangle, tailgate having a trim element, and motor vehicle having such a tailgate
A trim element for a tailgate of a motor vehicle. A receptacle is formed in the trim element which is open towards an inside of the vehicle and in which a warning triangle received in a case can be placed or is placed. The receptacle has: a rear wall portion having at least one elastic clamping element; two front restraining portions; a support portion; and the clamping element, the front restraining portions and the support portion are designed in such a way that they are in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting connection with the case when the warning triangle is placed. The rear wall portion has a guide portion above the clamping element which is curved concavely towards the inside of the vehicle and along which the case of the warning triangle can be introduced into or removed from the receptacle. |
| US11780372B2 |
Vehicular driver monitoring system with driver monitoring camera and near IR light emitter at interior rearview mirror assembly
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a driver monitoring camera and first and second near-infrared light emitting elements accommodated by a mirror head. The light emitting elements are oriented at the mirror head so that (i) a beam of light emitted by the first light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a left hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the LHD vehicle, and (ii) a beam of light emitted by the second light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a right hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the RHD vehicle. The system enables and/or operates the first or second light emitting element for a driver monitoring function responsive to indication that the mirror assembly is installed or will be installed in a LHD vehicle or a RHD vehicle. |
| US11780371B2 |
Auto panning camera mirror system including weighted trailer angle estimation
A method for automatically panning a view for a commercial vehicle includes determining a plurality of estimated trailer angles. Each estimated trailer angle is determined using a distinct estimation method, and method assigns a confidence value to each estimated trailer angle in the plurality of estimated trailer angles. The method determines a weighted sum of the plurality of estimate trailer angles, and automatically pans the view based at least in part on the weighted sum and a current vehicle operation. |
| US11780368B2 |
Electronic mirror system, image display method, and moving vehicle
An electronic mirror system presents circumstances surrounding a moving vehicle by displaying an image presenting the circumstances surrounding the moving vehicle. The electronic mirror system includes an image display and an optical system. The image display displays, every time image data is acquired from an image capturing unit, the image, based on the image data acquired from the image capturing unit, on a display screen. The image capturing unit continuously shoots video presenting the circumstances surrounding the moving vehicle. The optical system condenses, into an eye box, a light beam representing the image displayed on the display screen to make a user, who has a viewpoint inside the eye box, view a virtual image based on the image displayed on the display screen. The display screen is arranged to be tilted with respect to an optical path that leads from the display screen to the optical system (30). |
| US11780367B2 |
Decorative component
A decorative component for an interior space of a motor vehicle includes an at least translucent first layer. The first layer has at least one first light-refraction edge. The decorative component further includes an at least translucent further layer which is placed areally on a preceding layer, wherein the further layer has at least one further light-refraction edge. At least some of the light-refraction edges of successive layers are positioned laterally offset with respect to one another for the purpose of creating a visual three-dimensional depth effect. |
| US11780365B2 |
Optical device and direction display device
An optical device for displaying a condensing mark includes a light source, and an optical element for condensing light emitted from the light source onto an irradiated surface. A lamp controller acquires a detection signal from a state detection device mounted on the vehicle and configured to detect a behavior of and peripheral environmental information of the vehicle, and light or blink the optical device. The optical device displays a plurality of condensing marks by arranging each of them side by side in at least the travelling direction of the vehicle on a lane orthogonal to a lane on which the vehicle exists, and one of the plurality of condensing marks to be displayed on a display region farthest from the vehicle is different in color from another one of the plurality of condensing marks to be displayed on a display region closest to the vehicle. |
| US11780363B2 |
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle (10), which can be operated in a self-driving mode, wherein the motor vehicle includes an illumination system (50) for generating light signal messages to individual road users, which includes a lighting device (100) and a control device, wherein the lighting device (100) includes at least one light source (110), includesan optical diffuser (120), which is equipped to diffuse by diffraction the light that can be emitted from the light source (110) in order to make possible a diffuse light impression of the optical diffuser (120),a carrier element (130), on which the light source (110) is arranged, wherein the carrier element (130) includes a cable conduit (140) for conducting an electrical line and a first fastening means (150) for fastening the carrier element (130) to the motor vehicle,includes a cover (160), which by means of a second fastening means (170) can be fastened to the carrier element (130), wherein the cover (160) combined with the carrier element (130) is equipped to hold the optical diffuser (120), and wherein the lighting device (100) is arranged encircling the motor vehicle in such a manner that when the one lighting device (100) is switched on, the optical diffuser (120) is perceptible as visually continuously shining light ring. |
| US11780361B2 |
Close-in illumination module
The present disclosure relates to optical systems, vehicles, and methods that are configured to illuminate and image a wide field of view of an environment. An example optical system includes a camera having an optical axis and an outer lens element disposed along the optical axis. The optical system also includes a plurality of illumination modules, each of which includes at least one light-emitter device configured to emit light along a respective emission axis and a secondary optical element optically coupled to the at least one light-emitter device. The secondary optical element is configured to provide a light emission pattern having an azimuthal angle extent of at least 170 degrees so as to illuminate a portion of an environment of the optical system. |
| US11780355B1 |
Additive manufactured cushioned component
A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix. An air bladder assembly is covered by the lattice matrix. The air bladder assembly includes a plurality of air bladders supported on a platform assembly. Each air bladder includes a body portion operable between deflated and inflated conditions. Each air bladder includes a connection stem. A support plate includes a plurality of access apertures disposed therethrough. The air bladder assembly is operably coupled to the support plate. Each air bladder is aligned with at least one access aperture of the plurality of access apertures. A carrier assembly includes a plurality of mounting apertures disposed through an outer surface thereof. The carrier assembly receives the connection stem of each air bladder through at least one mounting aperture of the plurality of mounting apertures. Each air bladder may include a release valve for releasing air therethrough. |
| US11780346B2 |
Scheduling pre-departure charging of electric vehicles
A computer-implemented method for scheduling pre-departure charging for electric vehicles includes predicting a user-departure time based on a first machine learning prediction model. The method further includes determining a cabin temperature to be set for the user at the user-departure time based on a second machine learning prediction model. The method further includes determining a battery-temperature to be set at the user-departure time based on a third machine learning prediction model. The method further includes determining a present charge level of a battery of the electric vehicle. The method further includes computing a charging start-time to start charging the battery based on one or more attributes of a charging station to which the electric vehicle is coupled, and based on the user-departure time, the cabin temperature, and the battery-temperature. The method further includes initiating charging the battery at the charging start-time. |
| US11780345B2 |
Managing electric current allocation between charging equipment for charging electric vehicles
A plurality of charging equipment share a current capacity. A message is received that indicates a request for allocation of electric current through a first charging equipment of the plurality of charging equipment. Responsive to determining that granting the request would exceed the current capacity, the electric current is dynamically allocated among the plurality of charging equipment such that the first charging equipment is allocated electric current without exceeding the current capacity shared by the plurality of charging equipment. |
| US11780343B2 |
Mobile EV charging station
A mobile electronic vehicle (EV) charging station is provided. The charging station may include one or more charging bays for charging electric vehicles (EVs). The charging station includes a plurality of batteries within an interior compartment to supply power for charging the EVs. There is a power delivery subsystem to control supply of electrical power from the batteries to the charging bays. The charging station self-driving to move between a first position to a second position. In some cases, the charging station includes a drive subsystem that controls speed and/or steering based on wireless communications. |
| US11780341B2 |
Charging inlet
A charging inlet, to which a charging connector provided external to a vehicle is connected, includes a housing and a terminal unit provided in the housing. The terminal unit includes a first DC pin, a second DC pin, a first communication pin, a second communication pin, and a ground pin. The housing includes a blocking member. When an AC/DC charging connector complying with CCS and supporting AC charging and DC charging is to be connected to the charging inlet, blocking members interfere with at least one of a first AC terminal, a second AC terminal, a third AC terminal, and a neutral point terminal that are provided in the AC/DC charging connector, to block connection between the AC/DC charging connector and the charging inlet. |
| US11780336B2 |
Battery assembly
A battery assembly for installation into a battery structural space of a transportation vehicle body having a battery housing accommodating a number of battery modules, wherein the battery housing has a smaller dimension along a vehicle longitudinal direction than the battery structural space, such that a free space is formed in the battery structural space, and wherein a shear panel element is provided as an areal bridging and stiffening of the free space. |
| US11780335B2 |
Power generation system for physically-coupled vehciles and method of operation thereof
A system for coupling a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle and/or for controlling charging/braking by the towed vehicle. The system may include a coupler coupling to the towing vehicle; and first and second tow bars having first and second ends and a rotational joint situated between the first and second ends, the first and second tow bars coupled to the coupler at the first ends and being non-parallel in at least one plane with the second ends located further apart from each other than the first ends. The rotational joint providing for the first and second tow bars to be positioned in an open and a folded position. The second ends of the first and second tow bars are configured to be coupled to the towed vehicle. For charging, a trip distance and charge of a towed vehicle battery is utilized to determine a charging rate for the trip. |
| US11780330B1 |
Truck load alarm safety system with drive interlock
A system and method for disabling the travel of a vacuum truck is provided in which a vacuum boom initiates an interlock signal when positioned back into a travel cradle. An additional positional tank bed further includes an interlock signal when the bed is in a secured in a travel position. The vacuum truck is prevented from having its brakes released or prevented from being put into a travel gear if either the truck bed or vacuum boom are not in secure travel positions. The present system and method utilize pneumatic operating signals available from the vehicles power take off and blower mode switch. |
| US11780327B2 |
Canister mounting structure
A vehicle canister mounting structure for a vehicle, the vehicle including a frame and an upper structure, such as a cabin, mounted on the frame, includes a primary bracket and a secondary bracket. The primary bracket is fastened to the frame by a primary fastener. The secondary bracket is fastened to the primary bracket by a secondary fastener and is attached to a canister. One of the primary fastener and the secondary fastener is configured to allow fastening to be performed from above the frame. The other of the primary and secondary fasteners is configured to allow fastening to be performed from below the frame. |
| US11780320B2 |
Louver structure
A louver structure is provided that reduces noise propagated to a compartment of a vehicle. The louver structure includes: a cooling fan configured to cool a battery; a back wall configured to separate the cooling fan from a compartment and having an air inlet to communicate with the cooling fan; and a louver member attached to the back wall and covering the air inlet. The louver member is provided with a labyrinth structure. |
| US11780307B2 |
Sealing member for vehicle door
To reduce splash of water that has entered a gap between an upper end of a door and a vehicle body onto a locked portion. A part of a vertical side sealing portion 4 from a part including a water inlet 71 to at least a part above a hollow portion R3 is a die-molded portion. In the die-molded portion, a core removing hole 79 for removing a core used in molding is open at a cabin outer side relative to an attachment plate 80. A guide portion 90 for guiding water that has entered from the water inlet 71 to a cabin inner side relative to the core removing hole 79 is provided above the core removing hole 79 on the inner surface of the hollow portion R3. |
| US11780303B2 |
Striker mounting structure
A striker mounting structure is configured to mount a striker on a vehicle body. A hook fixed to a door is hooked to the striker. A reinforcement formed with an insertion hole may be attached to the vehicle body. An outer panel covering a reinforcement may include a striker mounting surface spaced from the reinforcement. A reinforcement member may be fixed to the striker and the striker mounting surface. Two or more connecting rods may extend from the reinforcement member. Each of the connecting rods may include locking portions, which are inserted in the insertion hole formed in the reinforcement. |
| US11780300B2 |
Fixed window glass with division bar
A fixed window glass with a division bar, includes a fixed window glass adapted to be fixed to a vehicle and having an edge portion; and a division bar attached to the edge portion, the division bar comprising a guide portion formed in a U-shaped in section configured to guide elevating and lowering movement of an elevating window glass; wherein the division bar further comprises a first member fixed to the edge portion of the fixed window glass, and a second member to be attachable to the first member from an exterior side of the vehicle; and wherein the second member is attached to the first member, and the division bar has an exterior side surface exposed on the exterior side of the vehicle such that the exposed exterior side surface forms a flush surface. |
| US11780299B2 |
Air vent for a vehicle
Air vent for a vehicle, including a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and an air duct for air flowing from the inlet opening to the outlet opening in a main flow direction. A slat assembly is arranged in the air duct and has a plurality of air-guiding slats that are pivotable together with respect to the main flow direction, and designed to divert the air flow from the main flow direction in an open position of the slat assembly and to interrupt the air flow in a closed position of the slat assembly. The air-guiding slats, in the closed position, are braced relative to one another and each of them takes up its end position, and at least some of the air-guiding slats reach their respective end position in succession during an adjustment of the slat assembly from the open position to the closed position. |
| US11780298B2 |
Heat utilisation in an environmental control system
There is disclosed an environmental control system for heating at least one enclosed space. The system comprises a heat-pump circuit that includes a compressor, a heat-output stage, an expansion device and an evaporator arranged in series along a flow path for a refrigerant. The heat-output stage comprises a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger that are both configured to transfer heat from the refrigerant to one or more external mediums in thermal communication with the at least one enclosed space. The primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger are connected in series along the flow path, such that the secondary heat exchanger will transfer excess heat energy remaining within the refrigerant after passing through the primary heat exchanger to the one or more external mediums. |
| US11780295B2 |
Aircraft multi-zone environmental control systems
An environmental control system includes a refrigerant circuit with a pump segment and an evaporator segment, an evaporator arranged along the evaporator segment and in fluid communication with of the refrigerant circuit, and a coolant circuit. The coolant circuit extends through the evaporator and is thermally coupled to refrigerant circuit by the evaporator, the coolant circuit including a first segment and a second segment arranged in parallel with one another to transfer heat from a first zone to a first portion of liquid coolant traversing the coolant circuit and transfer additional heat from a second zone to a second portion of coolant traversing the coolant circuit. Aircraft and environmental control systems are also described. |
| US11780293B2 |
In-vehicle temperature control system
An in-vehicle temperature control system includes a refrigeration circuit including an inter-media heat exchanger that dissipates heat from a refrigerant to a heat medium, the refrigeration circuit being configured to realize a refrigeration cycle, and a heat circuit including a heater core, the inter-media heat exchanger, and an engine heat circuit. The heat circuit includes an adjusting valve. When heating is performed by using heat obtained by the refrigeration cycle, the adjusting valve is controlled to a first state where the heat medium flows into the heater core from the inter-media heat exchanger, and when heating is performed by using heat obtained by an internal combustion engine, the adjusting valve is controlled to a second state where the heat medium flows into the heater core from the engine heat circuit. |
| US11780290B2 |
Vehicle air conditioning device
When a temperature of a coolant is a first predetermined temperature or higher, an air conditioner ECU executes a first control that sets a target evaporation temperature higher by a predetermined temperature and the air conditioner ECU executes a second control that changes the target evaporation temperature in accordance with a cooling load inside the vehicle cabin. When the second control is executed after the first control is executed, the air conditioner ECU sets a first target evaporation temperature set by the first control as the target evaporation temperature, and calculates a second target evaporation temperature that is changed by the second control based on the target evaporation temperature immediately before the first control is executed. When the second target evaporation temperature becomes larger than the first target evaporation temperature, the air conditioner ECU sets the second target evaporation temperature as the target evaporation temperature. |
| US11780288B2 |
Vehicle cabin airflow forming device
A vehicle cabin airflow forming device includes an airflow forming unit. The airflow forming unit is configured to form airflows circulating around seating space of a seat and form, as part of the airflows, an ascending airflow on one lateral side of the seating space, and a descending airflow on the other lateral side of the seating space. The seat is provided inside a vehicle cabin, and the airflows circulate around the seating space as viewed from a front side of the seat. |
| US11780285B2 |
Adaptive suspension system
A suspension system for a wheel assembly of a vehicle includes a telescopic damper configured to mediate between respective sprung and unsprung portions of the wheel assembly, a rebound spring arranged to moderate wheel travel, and a force-transfer system operative to apply a force to change one or more parameters of the suspension system. The application of the force by the force-transfer system is effective in a first operating mode to change a length of the telescopic damper and in a second operating mode to regulate a wheel rate of the wheel assembly. The force-transfer system is controllable to modify a wheel-travel value at which the wheel rate of the wheel assembly changes in the second mode of suspension operation. |
| US11780279B2 |
Trailer visibility safety system
A safety lighting system for use with trailers is described herein. In some embodiments, the trailer lighting system comprises a sensor, a controller, and safety lights. The safety lighting system may be used for illuminating trailers while being towed, for example, in shipping yards, construction yards, and shipping and receiving docks. The safety lighting system may be activated upon connection of a pneumatic system with a spotting tractor and deactivated upon establishing an electrical connection from a tractor to the trailer. |
| US11780277B2 |
Tire mounting position detection system, tire mounting position detection method, and tire mounting position detection program
A tire mounting position detection system measures a first signal strength which is the strength of a radio signal received by a first receiver (R1) for each transmitter, measures a second signal strength which is the strength of the radio signal received by a second receiver (R2) for each transmitter, and calculates an strength ratio which is a ratio using the first signal strength and the second signal strength for each transmitter. The tire mounting position detection system detects a wheel position where a tire equipped with a transmitter is mounted on the basis of the first signal strength, the second signal strength and a strength ratio for each transmitter. |
| US11780274B2 |
Wheel beadlock design
An improved clamping mechanism to secure a tire between a bead ring and a wheel utilizing a bolt is provided. The bolt has a ball seat that pivots within an enlarged pilot hole in the bead ring as the bolt threads engage in threaded section of the wheel, pulling the bead ring toward the wheel. As the bead ring is tightened upon the wheel, eventually the bead ring contacts a fulcrum on the wheel, at which point the outer edge of the bead ring is leveraged against the tire bead bundle and pressing down the tire bead to lock it in place against the wheel. As the bead ring can pivot within the enlarged pilot hole around the bolt, the bolt is not stressed. Further, the wheel comprising a safety bead and non-skid coating on the inner wall of the wheel to prevent the wheel sliding around the wheel. |
| US11780273B2 |
Method for extracting changes in tire characteristics
A method for extracting changes in characteristics of a tire supporting a vehicle is provided. The method includes extracting selected tire characteristics from at least one sensor mounted on the tire. The selected tire characteristics are transmitted to a remote processor and are stored in a historical data log that is in communication with the remote processor. At least one tire characteristic of interest is selected, and a time series decomposition model is applied to data from the historical data log to delineate exogenous inputs from an underlying trend in the selected tire characteristic of interest. A learning model is applied to the underlying trend in the selected tire characteristic of interest to model a relationship between the selected tire characteristic of interest and a condition of the tire. A prediction value for a condition of the tire is output from the learning model. |
| US11780272B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion is provided with grooves each having a pair of groove walls. At least one of the groove walls is provided on a surface thereof with a pattern portion having a plurality of micro-protrusions. The pattern portion is provided with the micro-protrusions at a density of 1 to 5 per 1 mm2 of the groove wall area. |
| US11780270B2 |
Tire
A tire, for which a mounting direction on a vehicle is specified, has a tread portion comprising an outboard shoulder land region provided with outboard shoulder lateral grooves, and an inboard shoulder land region provided with inboard shoulder lateral grooves. The outboard shoulder lateral grooves are bent convexly toward one side in the tire circumferential direction, whereas the inboard shoulder lateral grooves are bent convexly toward the other side in the tire circumferential direction. The bent angle of the outboard shoulder lateral groove is larger than the bent angle of the inboard shoulder lateral groove. |
| US11780267B2 |
Pneumatic tire
In a pneumatic tire, at least one carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions is formed from a carcass cord formed of an organic fiber cord having filament bundles of organic fibers intertwined together, a fineness based on corrected mass of the carcass cord is from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex, an intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at a sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.3% to 4.2%, and a ratio G/R of an interlayer rubber gauge G between a body portion and a folded back portion to a cord diameter R of the carcass cord, at a contact region where the body portion and the folded back portion are in contact in the carcass layer, is from 0.50 to 0.60. |
| US11780266B2 |
Tire with specified belt layers of 1X4 steel cords
A plurality of belt layers 7 are superimposed in a radial direction. The belt layers 7 include a plurality of steel cords 10 arranged in parallel in a row and rubber 11. The steel cords 10 have a 1×4 structure in which four filaments 20 are twisted, and when a center-to-center distance between the steel cords 10 in at least two of the belt layers 7 adjacent in the radial direction is T, and an average diameter of virtual circumscribed circles of the steel cords 10 having the 1×4 structure is D, 1.25≤T/D≤2.25. |
| US11780264B2 |
Emergency wheel
An attachment is provided for a vehicle wheel for enabling a driving operation with restricted tire functions. An attachment system may include such an attachment and a wheel disc of the vehicle wheel. |
| US11780262B1 |
Placement tool
A printmaking placement tool that permits multiple aligned and layered prints comprising a main body, a plurality of paper guides, and a plurality of bores located in a top surface of the main body that are adapted to receive and engage the plurality of a paper guides. In some embodiments, a bottom surface of each of the plurality of paper guides includes an at least one protrusion adapted to be received in the plurality of bores. In further embodiments, the placement tool comprises a main body having a raised outer edge and no paper guides or corresponding bores are utilized. |
| US11780260B1 |
Carpenter tools
A carpenter square includes a triangular body having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, wherein the first, second, and third edges cooperate to define a perimeter edge of the triangular body. A fence is pivoted to the first edge for movement among first, second, and third positions. In the first position, the fence is normal to the triangular body in a first direction. In the second position, the fence is normal to the triangular body in a second direction opposite the first direction. In the third position, the fence is coplanar to the triangular body. |
| US11780259B2 |
Carriage bases
A fluid ejection system can include a carriage base that includes a first pen slide at a bottom rear of the carriage base, a second pen slide at a front of the carriage base, and a pen guide at a top rear of the carriage base, the pen guide can include a guide portion to engage a substantially vertical portion of a back corner of a pen, a blocker portion to engage a substantially horizontal portion of the top back corner of the pen, and a pen guide corner formed between the guide portion and the blocker portion to hold a top back corner of a pen substantially in place during an angular loading of the pen. |
| US11780256B2 |
Assembly and holder
An assembly (1) includes a laminate (2) in which tags (21) are laminated, and a support part (3) that supports the laminate (2). The support (part 3) includes a bottom surface part (31) and a folding back part (32) folded back from the bottom surface part (31). A reverse surface (2b) of the laminate (2) protrudes from the folding back part (32), and a part of the reverse surface (2b) is adhered to the folding back part (32) to be supported by the support part (3). A laminate adhesive part (7) to which a part of the reverse surface (2b) and the support part (3) are adhered is disposed in an overlapping region AR1 of the reverse surface (2b) and the folding back part (32) so as to be separated from at least a part of a peripheral edge E of the overlapping region AR1. |
| US11780254B2 |
Liquid discharge head and recording device
A liquid discharge head according to an embodiment includes a head body having a first surface configured to discharge a liquid and a second surface facing the first surface, a drive IC positioned away from the second surface of the head body, and a head cover configured to cover at least the second surface of the head body while housing the drive IC. The head cover includes a top plate facing the second surface of the head body and a first side plate extending in one direction that is a direction from the top plate toward the second surface, the first side plate includes a first portion that is in contact with the drive IC, and that extends in the one direction, and a second portion positioned in a portion closer to the second surface than the first portion, and the second portion includes a diameter expanding portion having a diameter that expands toward the second surface. |
| US11780253B2 |
Printer and control method of printer
Included are a transport unit, a printing unit, and a control unit. In inner circumferential surface printing for performing printing on an inner circumferential surface of a medium, which is positioned inside in the state of being wound up in a roll shape, the control unit causes the transport unit to position a leading end of the medium at a printing start position being a position downstream of a position facing a most downstream nozzle of a nozzle surface in a transport direction, in a state in which the printing unit is at a position at which the nozzle surface does not face the medium being transported by the transport unit, and causes the printing unit to start formation of a printing region on the medium having the leading end positioned at the printing start position. |
| US11780252B2 |
Method and device for reducing distortion while printing on a flexible print medium
A method to advance a print medium, for example a flexible print medium, through a print zone of a printing device is described. A carrier is fed from a carrier supply. The carrier has an adhesive surface. A print medium is engaged with the adhesive surface of the carrier. The carrier with the engaged print medium is advanced to the print zone. |
| US11780250B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a platen roller that transports a medium, a print head that is disposed to face the platen roller and prints on the medium, a cutter that cuts off, from the medium, a printed portion on which printing has been performed by the print head, a drive that drives the platen roller, and a processor that controls the drive. After the printed portion is cut off by the cutter, the processor controls the drive such that the platen roller transports the medium in an ejection direction and holds the medium still. After an instruction to start next printing by the print head is received, the processor controls the drive such that the platen roller transports the medium in a reverse direction opposite to the ejection direction. |
| US11780249B2 |
Printer and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program
There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller. |
| US11780246B2 |
Post-processing device and recording system
An end unit includes: a processing tray including an upper surface on which a medium subjected to recording by a recording unit is mounted; a first paddle and a second paddle that transport, in direction +A, the medium mounted on the upper surface; an alignment section that aligns an edge portion of the medium, which was transported in direction +A by the first paddle and the second paddle, in direction +A; a post-processing section that performs post-processing for the medium aligned by the alignment section; and a load member that applies a load when the medium on the processing tray moves in direction −A opposite to direction +A. |
| US11780236B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method of liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from a nozzle, a liquid storage portion having a storage chamber configured to store the liquid supplied from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting head, and a carriage on which the liquid ejecting head and the liquid storage portion are mounted and configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a discharge flow path configured to discharge air in an upper part of the storage chamber, a coupling portion configured to be coupled to and separated from a coupled portion of the discharge flow path, and a negative pressure generating portion that applies a negative pressure to the coupling portion. When the carriage moves to a predetermined position, the coupling portion is coupled to the coupled portion of the discharge flow path. |
| US11780235B2 |
Replenishable liquid storage tank including backpressure application member, and image-forming apparatus provided with the same
A replenishing-type liquid storage tank includes a tank body, and a backpressure application member. Liquid is replenishable in the tank body and the tank body is configured to store the liquid therein. The backpressure application member is accommodated in the tank body to apply backpressure to the liquid stored in the tank body. The backpressure application member has a lower end positioned at a height equal to or lower than a liquid level of a minimum amount of liquid required to be stored in the tank body for enabling the backpressure application member to apply backpressure to the liquid stored in the tank body. |
| US11780234B2 |
Image formation device
The image formation device includes a tank, a hollow member, and a sensor. The tank is configured to store ink. The hollow member is disposed inside the tank, and extends in an up-down direction. The sensor is disposed outside the tank and above the hollow member, and is configured to detect a pressure inside the hollow member. |
| US11780233B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port. |
| US11780226B2 |
Fluid ejection devices
A fluid ejection device can include a nozzle plate incorporating a non-coplanar surface. The non-coplanar surface can include a hydrophilic region of a hydrophilic material having a water contact angle from about 50° to about 90° and a hydrophobic coating including a hydrophobic material having a water contact angle from about 91° to about 160°. |
| US11780221B2 |
Liquid ejection device
A liquid ejection device includes: an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle in a first direction; and a light source unit configured to emit light in a first optical path and a second optical path which are arranged such that the first optical path and the second optical path intersect on an extension line in the first direction from the nozzle. With the liquid ejection device having such a configuration, it becomes easy to eject the liquid at a position having a preferable interval with respect to an object. |
| US11780219B2 |
Stencil printing machine
The present application relates to a stencil printing machine, which comprises a first holder device (110), a mobile device (121), two support tables (131, 132) and two driving devices (151, 152), wherein the first holder device (110) is configured to be able to horizontally reciprocate in the portrait orientation, the mobile device (121) is mounted on the first holder device (110) and is configured to be able to horizontally reciprocate in the landscape orientation on the first holder device (110), the two support tables (131, 132) are mounted at the lower end of the mobile device (121) and are used to bear corresponding solder paste jars (141, 142), the two driving devices (151, 152) are mounted on the mobile device (121) so that each of the two driving devices (151, 152) is located above a corresponding support table (131, 132) and is used to press a corresponding solder paste jar (141, 142), and the mobile device (121) is configured to be able to drive the two support tables (131, 132) and the two driving devices (151, 152) to reciprocate vertically. Two standard solder paste jars (141, 142) can be assembled for the stencil printing machine provided by the present application. When one solder paste jar (141, 142) is empty, solder paste supply is switched to the other solder paste jar (141, 142) and the stencil printing machine can continue to operate without stopping, thus improving the working efficiency of the stencil printing machine significantly. |
| US11780218B2 |
Matrix-addressed heat image forming device
Based on evaporation of fountain solution from a rotating blanket cylinder to create an image that may be inked and printed, a digitally addressable heater array at or just below the blanket surface evaporates deposited fountain solution and forms a fountain solution latent image on the surface. The heater array has controllable heating elements (e.g., field effect transistors, thin film transistors) that provide a transient heat pattern on the surface to evaporate the fountain solution. Heat is generated by current flow in the heating elements, and power developed by the heating circuit is the product of source-drain voltage and current in the channel. Current may be supplied along data lines by an external voltage controlled by digital electronics to provide the desired heat at heating elements addressed by a specific gate line. The heater array may include a current return line that may be a 2-dimensional mesh. |
| US11780213B2 |
Low carbon footprint thermoplastic films including recycled materials
A thermoplastic film includes a core layer having a recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based resin having an intrinsic viscosity of greater than about 0.7 and having a polydispersity index of greater than about 3.0. The thermoplastic film comprises about 90% to about 100% by weight of the recycled PET resin. |
| US11780212B2 |
Laminate
The present invention aims to provide a laminate in which a fluororesin layer and a fluororubber layer are firmly bonded. The present invention relates to a laminate including: a fluororubber layer (A); and a fluororesin layer (B) stacked on the fluororubber layer (A), the fluororubber layer (A) being formed from a fluororubber composition, the fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber, a low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene, and a multifunctional compound, the amount of the multifunctional compound being 5 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the fluororubber. |
| US11780211B2 |
Colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with wedge-shaped cross-section
A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height. |
| US11780209B2 |
Wallpaper and method for manufacturing same
A wallpaper includes a support portion having a flat surface, and a functional layer disposed on the flat surface of the support portion. The functional layer includes a metallic film and has an emissivity of greater than zero and equal to or less than 0.6. The wallpaper further includes a particulate layer disposed on the functional layer and including a polymer body and inorganic particles dispersed in the polymer body. |
| US11780205B2 |
Element for producing a jacket, folder or box
An element for producing a jacket, folder or box, in which the element relates to a semi-finished product comprising a sheet which on at least one side is provided with a layer of hotmelt adhesive directly applied on the sheet for applying a finishing layer directly on the layer of hotmelt adhesive. |
| US11780197B2 |
Tool for use in robotic case erecting
The disclosure describes techniques for erecting cases, and particularly example structures and example methods for use in a case erecting system using a robotic arm. A tool for use in robotic case erecting may be used in conjunction with a robotic arm. Use of the tool assists in keeping a case level as the case moves along a conveyor, where a plow closes the major flaps and a tape head tapes edges of the flaps together, thereby sealing the bottom of the case. The tool also assists in regulating the gap between the major flaps, so that the gap and/or any overlap of the flaps is minimized. Accordingly, the tool assists the robotic arm to close the case in a more precise manner. |
| US11780196B2 |
Line for the production of covered cardboard boxes
A line and method for the production of covered cardboard boxes are disclosed. The line includes a conveyor unit including a belt and a conveyor actuator that drives the belt intermittently in an alternating sequence of movements and stops. A feed unit individually feeds covering blanks from a reservoir to the conveyor unit in a sequence of feed instants. An erecting machine folds box blanks into corresponding boxes. A positioner individually positions the boxes from the erecting machine, in alignment on corresponding covering blanks disposed on the belt of the conveyor unit. A gluer spreads glue on one face of the covering blanks. A covering machine folds the covering blanks into contact with their respective boxes to cover the boxes. A control unit connected to the feed unit adjustably sets a phase displacement of the feed instants relative to the sequence of stops of the belt. |
| US11780193B2 |
Methods and systems for producing pressware
A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product. |
| US11780191B2 |
Weapon demilitarization system and process
A fully automatic small arms demilitarization system includes individual infeed conveyance systems loaded at a single process initiation location; multiple hydraulic press stations fed by the individual infeed conveyance systems; and the multiple hydraulic press stations configured to crush one section of each weapon per cycle, incrementally crushing an entire length of each weapon, completely distorting each weapon to preclude restoration to a useable condition. The system further including an output system configured to output demilitarized weapons onto a common outfeed conveyance system that delivers the demilitarized weapons to a single recycle bin. |
| US11780190B2 |
Smart baler
Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for baling recyclable materials and managing the baling of recyclable materials. The apparatus for baling includes a baler for compressing and baling recyclable materials, a scale, label printer, and a processor. Certain embodiments further comprise at least one digital camera, RFID dispenser, and an internet connection that allows the processor to transmit collected data to a remote database for further analysis.The disclosed method for baling recyclable materials comprising the steps of baling materials; weighing the bale automatically using a digital scale operably connected to the processor; recording the weight of the bale automatically; and printing a label which displays the recorded weight of the bale. Additionally, the method may comprise inputting information and/or automatically recording data, and/or automatically transmitting the data associated with a bale to a remote database. |
| US11780186B1 |
Methods for fabricating inflatable devices
Methods for fabricating inflatable devices made from air- or gas-holding fabrics. Specific embodiments relate to seam tapes, films, structural components or accessories welded to one or more fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a fabrication system and method that reduces potential damage due to overheating seam areas. This disclosure has been found particularly useful with improved lightweight fabrics that would otherwise be susceptible to damage during welding processes. |
| US11780185B2 |
Reinforced composite assemblies and methods of manufacturing the same
A reinforced composite assembly includes a first sheet made of carbon fiber and having a first perimeter, a second sheet made of a non-carbon fiber material and having a second perimeter, wherein the second sheet is disposed atop the first sheet within the first perimeter, and a metallic plate having a third perimeter, wherein the metallic plate is disposed atop the second sheet within the second perimeter. The metallic plate has a plurality of holes formed therein about a perimeter of the metallic plate and defining a plurality of respective bridge portions between each of the holes and an adjacent outer edge of the metallic plate, and/or a plurality of extensions extending outward from a main portion of the metallic plate. A first arrangement of thread stitching secures each of the bridge portions and extensions to the second sheet or to the first and second sheets. |
| US11780182B2 |
Lamination head having self-threading capability
A self-threading lamination head has a material supply drum, a backing layer collection drum, and a material threading system. The material supply drum supports a material roll of layup material backed by a backing layer. The material threading system includes at least one threading belt located on one side of the lamination head. The threading belt is supported by belt rollers driven by a belt drive motor. A belt-mounted layer engagement device is coupled to the threading belt for engaging a backing layer leading edge portion. The backing layer collection drum collects the backing layer as the lamination head applies the layup material onto a substrate. The belt drive motor drives the threading belt over the belt rollers and causes the belt-mounted layer engagement device to thread the backing layer through the lamination head, and position the backing layer leading edge portion proximate the backing layer collection drum. |
| US11780180B2 |
Fiber composite laying device and fiber composite laying method for producing a fiber composite scrim for forming a fiber composite component
A fiber composite laying method for producing a fiber composite scrim for forming a fiber composite component. The method includes supplying a reinforcement fiber band to a laying head, laying and compacting the supplied reinforcement fiber band on a laying surface at an average compaction pressure by a compaction roller, and detecting a local compaction pressure on the laid reinforcement fiber band by pressure sensors on the compaction roller. |
| US11780179B2 |
Thermoplastic composite panel with corrugated peaks and troughs stiffening systems and methods
A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface may comprise: stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a first desired thickness to form a first skin; stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a second desired thickness to form a second skin; forming the first skin in a first contour; forming the second skin in a second contour; forming a stiffening member including a thermoplastic resin, the stiffening member including a shape having a plurality of peaks and troughs; assembling the stiffening member between the first skin and the second skin; and joining the stiffening member to the first skin and the second skin. |
| US11780177B2 |
Self rising board molding
A three-dimensional component is produced in a simplified molding operation. Expandable substrates, which are referred to as blanks, are created by compressing thermobonded nonwovens after heating the binder material above its melting temperature, and then cooling the compressed nonwovens so that the binder material hardens and holds the fibers of the nonwoven together in a compressed configuration with stored kinetic energy. Boards can be formed by laminating two or more blanks together and/or by laminating the blanks with other materials, including non-expendable materials. A mold for the component to be manufactured can be partially filled with a number of boards (or blanks) in a stacked, vertically, adjacent or even random orientation. In addition, the boards or blanks may be cut to create desired shapes of parts that can be placed in the mold. |
| US11780168B2 |
Method for the treatment of cake resulting from additive manufacturing processes
A machine and a method for treating cakes from additive manufacturing processes, wherein the cake contains residual powders and sintered pieces is disclosed. The machine includes a cylindrical vibrating body which is placed in a position above a vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine and is separated from the vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine by a remotely operable door and the cylindrical vibrating body obtains its vibration from the machine below. The machine includes means for destructuring the cake in order to obtain the separation of the non-sintered powder from the sintered pieces present in the cake and means for recovering the powder resulting from the destructuring of the cake. |
| US11780164B2 |
Airflow control for additive manufacturing
A method, apparatus, and program for additive manufacturing. The additive manufacturing device includes a positioning mechanism configured to provide independent movement of at least one build unit in at least two dimensions. The build unit may further include a gasflow device for providing a flow zone along a first direction with relation to the build unit. The build unit may further include a powder delivery mechanism and an irradiation beam directing unit. The irradiation bean unit may follow a first irradiation path, wherein the first irradiation path forms at least a first solidification line and at least a second solidification line formed at an angle other than 0° and 180° with respect to the first solidification line. During the formation of the first solidification line, the build unit may be positioned in a first orientation such that the first direction of the flow zone is substantially perpendicular to the first solidification line. During the formation of the second solidification line, the build unit may be positioned in a second orientation such that the flow zone along the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second solidification line. |
| US11780158B2 |
3D printing device, and release method and liquid containing mechanism therefor
The present application discloses a 3D printing device and a release method and a liquid containing mechanism therefor, and relates to the field of 3D printing. The liquid containing mechanism comprises a material box foundation, a material box and a plurality of motion guide components. The material box foundation is a rigid annular plate with a mounting groove and is detachably mounted on a base of the 3D printing device, the mounting groove of the material box foundation is covered by a light-transmitting glass plate, and the glass plate is fixed on an upper surface of the material box foundation. The plurality of motion guide components are fixed to a peripheral edge of the material box and then detachably fixed on the material box foundation. Each of the motion guide components is a following component with an upper limit structure and a lower limit structure, and the following component is fixed to the peripheral edge of the material box. The plurality of motion guide components are configured for enabling the material box to follow a printing mechanism for a certain distance between the upper limit structures and the lower limit structures so as to release a film. By a design of fixed glass plate and a separated and multi-section release, the liquid containing mechanism of the present application features improved printing quality, reduced cost and less likelihood of film deformation. |
| US11780156B2 |
Three-dimensional printer tool systems
An extruder or other similar tool head of a three-dimensional printer is slidably mounted along a feedpath of build material so that the extruder can move into and out of contact with a build surface according to whether build material is being extruded. The extruder may be spring-biased against the forward feedpath so that the extruder remains above the build surface in the absence of applied forces, and then moves downward into a position for extrusion when build material is fed into the extruder. In another aspect, modular tool heads are disclosed that can be automatically coupled to and removed from the three-dimensional printer by a suitable robotics system. A tool crib may be provided to store multiple tool heads while not in use. |
| US11780154B2 |
Extrusion printing of liquid crystal elastomers
A method of ink-extrusion printing an object, including providing a mixture including liquid crystal monomers and photo-catalyzing or heating the mixture to produce a liquid crystal ink. The ink is in a nematic phase. The method includes extruding the ink through a print-head orifice moving along a print direction to form an extruded film of the object. The extruded film exhibits birefringence. Also disclosed are a liquid crystal ink. The ink includes a mixture including liquid crystal monomers. The mixture when at a target printing temperature is in a nematic phase. Also disclosed is ink-extrusion-printed object. The object includes an extrusion-printed film including a nematic liquid crystal elastomer, wherein the film exhibits birefringence along an extrusion axis of the film. |
| US11780150B2 |
Oriented film comprising poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate)
An oriented film including poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) is produced in a process by preparing a sheet from a poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) resin by heat processing, which sheet has a thickness of at most 2.5 mm; allowing the sheet to cool; and stretching the cooled sheet in at least one direction with a stretch ratio of at least 4/1 at a temperature in the range of 90 to 130° C., yielding an oriented film. The oriented film has a thickness of 1 to 400 μm and a tensile strength at break of at least 100 MPa. |
| US11780148B2 |
Permanent tooling for composite coil spring compression molding
An inner mandrel for forming a variable taper component includes a master insert and a plurality of interlocking pieces. The master insert includes opposed tapered edge faces, each tapered edge face defining at least one locking feature, a first surface having a variable taper and a plurality of recesses configured to receive a portion of the variable taper component, and a tapered second surface opposite the first surface. Each interlocking piece includes opposed tapered edge faces, one of the opposed tapered edge faces defining a locking feature and another of the opposed tapered edge faces defining a receiving feature to engage the locking feature of an adjacent interlocking piece, a first surface defining a variable taper and a plurality of recesses configured to receive a portion of the variable taper component, and a tapered second surface opposite the first surface. |
| US11780147B2 |
System and method for forming containers using blow mold and electric heating elements
A system for forming a container includes an injection station configured to inject a liquid material into a mold to form a preform. The system also includes a forming station including an apparatus for forming a container. The apparatus includes a blow mold configured to receive the preform and inject air into the preform to form the container. The blow mold includes an inner mold surface. The apparatus also includes at least one stretching rod configured to contact the preform in the blow mold and stretch the preform. The apparatus further includes electric heating elements coupled to the blow mold and positioned adjacent the inner mold surface to heat the inner mold surface. The system further includes a removal station configured to release the container from the system. |
| US11780145B2 |
Method for manufacturing recycled polymer
A method for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, the method comprising: (1) reducing a chamber pressure within a chamber to below about 5 millibars; (2) after reducing the chamber pressure to below about 5 millibars, providing a polymer melt to the chamber; (3) separating the polymer melt into at least eight streams; (4) while the at least eight streams of the polymer melt are within the chamber, exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars; (5) after exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars, recombining the at least eight streams into a single polymer stream; and (6) forming polymer from the single polymer stream into bulked continuous carpet filament. |
| US11780143B2 |
Tagged build material for three-dimensional printing
A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer, or a tag reader in communication therewith (directly or indirectly), can read the information from the tag for a determination as to how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object. |
| US11780138B2 |
Clamping unit for a moulding machine and moulding machine comprising such a clamping unit
A clamping unit for a moulding machine, including a toggle mechanism. A movable moulding platen is movable with respect to a stationary moulding platen and/or can be acted on by a force of the toggle mechanism. The toggle mechanism is drivable by at least two drive units, and the at least two drive units are each connected in an articulated manner to at least one movably mounted toggle lever element of the toggle mechanism via at least one bearing point formed as an articulation. |
| US11780137B2 |
Mold, injection molding system, and method for manufacturing molded product
A mold includes a stationary mold, a movable mold, a coupling unit that performs coupling and uncoupling of the stationary mold and the movable mold, a coupling portion movement unit that moves a coupling portion of the stationary mold and the movable mold in a mold closing direction, and a control unit that controls the coupling unit and the coupling portion movement unit. |
| US11780134B2 |
Molding system and method
A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material into a shot tuning chamber from an upstream device, adjusting a temperature of and/or pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the shot tuning chamber, and flowing the molten polymeric material from the shot tuning chamber into a mold cavity. |
| US11780133B2 |
Method for manufacturing article and injection molding system
A method of manufacturing an article using injection molding includes a step of injecting resin from an injection nozzle having a valve pin via a resin flow path in a first mold (metal mold) into a cavity in the first mold, a step of inserting the valve pin into the resin flow path, extracting the valve pin from the resin flow path, starting to increase a distance between the injection nozzle and the first mold after extracting the valve pin, and a third step of, after starting to increase the distance between the injection nozzle and the first mold, injecting resin from the injection nozzle via a resin flow path in a second mold into a cavity in the second mold. |
| US11780127B2 |
Foaming and dyeing integrated production method for polymer material product
A foaming and dyeing integrated production method for a polymer material product includes steps of putting a polymer material preform into a foaming and dyeing kettle, and loading dye into a dyeing circulation module; gasifying CO2 and injecting the CO2 into the foaming and dyeing kettle, stopping pressurization when the CO2 reaches a supercritical state; performing a dyeing circulation process in which the CO2 in the supercritical state enters the dyeing circulation module and dissolves the dye in the dyeing circulation module, when the dyeing process is finished, injecting CO2 and/or N2 pressurized in the fluid pressurization delivery module and heated in the fluid heating module into the foaming and dyeing kettle, stopping pressurization and starting foaming operation when requirements of a foaming process are met; and when the foaming process is finished, taking out a foamed and dyed polymer material product in the foaming and dyeing kettle. |
| US11780126B2 |
Method for easy start-up of a production line for manufacturing extruded plates
A method for starting up a production line for manufacturing extruded plates, wherein an extruded semi-finished product comprising a free end is pressed towards a conveying device, wherein the conveying device is configured to pull the semi-finished product to a separating device, wherein a conveyor belt extending in the conveying direction is placed on the conveying device, the free end of the semi-finished product is pressed onto the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is pulled together with the semi-finished product towards the separating device, and the free end of the semi-finished product arriving at the separating device is introduced into the separating device, while the conveyor belt is pulled away from the semi-finished product upstream of the separating device. This enables a cost-effective production of panels made from the plates. |
| US11780121B2 |
Method and fixture for molding a tank with an embedded ring
A method of and fixture for molding a product with an embedded ring. A system for molding a ring into a product including a rotational molding mold with an opening formed in the rotational molding mold sized to fit a ring. A fixture is removably couplable to the ring, wherein the ring and the fixture when coupled are removably couplable in the opening. The fixture is removed from the ring after the ring is molded into a product. A method of manufacturing a product with an embedded ring includes: coupling a ring to a fixture; clamping the fixture and the ring in an opening in a mold top; clamping the mold top to a mold bottom; rotomolding a product; unclamping the fixture from the mold top; uncoupling the fixture from the ring; unclamping the mold top and the mold bottom; and removing the product from the mold. |
| US11780119B2 |
Pressurizing pre-impregnating die head special for fiber reinforced plastic sheet machine
A pressurizing pre-impregnating die head for a fiber reinforced plastic sheet machine is provided. The die head includes a body; at least one group of fiber channels arranged in a longitudinal hole-through manner in a middle of the body, and a fiber yarn conveyed in the fiber channel. The body includes a feeding port and discharging ports, which communicate with each other. The discharging ports are located in outer sides of the fiber channel. Thermoplastic base materials in a molten state are paved on two sides of the fiber yarn. The thermoplastic base materials may be paved on surfaces of the two sides of the fiber yarn when being extruded. |
| US11780117B2 |
Device and method for the production of plastic parts with drying and dessicant feed devices
A device (1) and method for the production of plastic parts (2), having a first plastic feed device (3a) for feeding a first liquid plastic starting component (K1); a second plastic feed device (3b) for feeding a second liquid plastic starting component (K2); a mixing device (5) with a mixing chamber (6), wherein in the mixing chamber the liquid plastic starting components that can be fed by the plastic feed devices can be mixed to form a plastic mixture (KG); a discharge nozzle (7) for discharging the plastic mixture; and a cooling device (8) for the mixing device, wherein a drying device (9) surrounding the mixing device at least in regions is provided, wherein the drying device has a separating device (10), a drying chamber (T) formed between the separating device and the mixing device, and a desiccant feeding device (11) opening into the drying chamber are disclosed. |
| US11780111B1 |
Tool and system for forming multiple woodworking joints
An apparatus is described that is suitable for mounting in a variety of orientations and for forming a variety of woodworking joints at a high throughput. The apparatus is directed to a tool that couples with a power tool to either plunge into or cross feed through a workpiece. The apparatus is particularly well suited for forming biscuit dado, dado, mortise, tenon, floating tenon, dowel, bridle, half lap, tongue, and groove joints, without requiring significant tool changes. |
| US11780108B2 |
Method and apparatus for substrate stripping
Methods and apparatus for stripping away portions of substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) rotates around a rotation axis to drive a peripheral portion across a substrate plane of the substrate and/or to repeatedly collide with the substrate. At least some of the collisions are effective to partially dislodge or to strip away portion(s) of substrate. |
| US11780106B2 |
Blade assembly with lubricating elements
A blade assembly including at least one blade support and at least one blade element having a cutting edge portion. The blade support includes a base portion and a flat portion. The flat portion extends at an angle with respect to the base. The at least one blade is attached to the flat portion of the blade support. The blade assembly further includes a lubricating element. The lubricating element is attached to the flat portion and the at least one blade element. |
| US11780105B2 |
Razor handle with a pivoting portion
A razor handle. The razor handle can have a main body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body about a first axis of rotation. A severable benefit delivery member can extend from a main body connection on the main body to a pivoting head connection on the pivoting head, the benefit delivery member providing a first biasing torque on the pivoting head to affect an angular deflection about the first axis of rotation of the pivoting head relative to the main body. A spring member can extend from a spring-main-body connection on the main body to a spring-pivoting-head connection on the pivoting head, the spring member applying a second biasing torque to affect an angular deflection about the first axis of rotation of the pivoting head relative to the main body. A ratio of the sum of the first and second pivoting torques divided by the angular deflection in radians to the second pivoting torque divided by the angular deflection in radians of the pivoting head with the pivot benefit delivery connection severed can be greater than 2:1. |
| US11780104B2 |
Blade set for a hair cutting appliance arranged to be moved through hair in a moving direction to cut hair
A blade set for a hair cutting appliance is described. The blade set (26) is arranged to be moved through hair in a moving direction to cut hair, and includes a stationary blade including a support insert and a metal component. The metal component and the support insert are force-fitted to one another. The metal component is at least sectionally deformed to define at least one toothed leading edge having double-walled stationary blade teeth. The metal component forms a first wall that is arranged to serve as a skin-facing wall when in operation, and a second wall that is facing away from the first wall. A guide slot for a movable blade is defined between inwardly facing inner surfaces of the metal component and the support insert and a movable blade having a plurality of movable blade teeth. |
| US11780102B2 |
Folding knife with replaceable blade
A knife is provided that includes a replaceable blade element. The knife employs a blade carrier that is fixedly interconnected to or foldable with respect to a handle. The blade carrier selectively receives the replaceable blade element that is locked into the blade carrier by way of a hook and movable pin combination. The replaceable blade element is designed to be inserted within the blade carrier quickly, easily, and safely. |
| US11780101B2 |
Automated package registration systems, devices, and methods
A method of operating a robotic system includes: receiving first image data representative of a package surface; identifying a pair of edges based on the first image data; determining a minimum viable region based on the pair of edges; receiving second image data representative of the package after the lift; and creating registration data based on the first and second image data. |
| US11780099B2 |
Robot-aided grinding apparatus
Described is an apparatus for robot-aided grinding, comprising the following: a manipulator, a linear actuator, and a grinding machine which includes a rotating grinding tool and is connected to the manipulator via the linear actuator. The apparatus further comprises a protective cover that partially surrounds the rotating grinding tool, the rotating grinding tool protruding from the protective cover at least on a first side. An adjusting mechanism is provided which connects the protective cover to the grinding machine and is designed to adjust the position of the protective cover in relation to the grinding machine. |
| US11780097B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method for processing information
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reality determiner that determines whether an object detected on the basis of sensing data is a real object or an unreal object, and a controller that performs predetermined control on the basis of a result of the determination made by the reality determiner. |
| US11780089B2 |
Robot control method and apparatus
In the field of robot technologies, a robot control method and apparatus are for protecting safety of a human during interaction between the human and a robot. The method includes: detecting a current location of the human; determining at least two regions surrounding the human according to the detected current location; and controlling movement of the robot in any region of the at least two regions, to protect safety of the human during interaction with the robot. Because the region is set surrounding the human, movement of the human does not affect the interaction between the human and the robot. In addition, using a protected object as a target, the robot is controlled to move in regions that surround the human. Compared with a case in which the robot is limited in fixed space, no matter how the human moves, safety of the human may be effectively protected. |
| US11780083B2 |
Determining and utilizing corrections to robot actions
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining and utilizing human corrections to robot actions. In some implementations, in response to determining a human correction of a robot action, a correction instance is generated that includes sensor data, captured by one or more sensors of the robot, that is relevant to the corrected action. The correction instance can further include determined incorrect parameter(s) utilized in performing the robot action and/or correction information that is based on the human correction. The correction instance can be utilized to generate training example(s) for training one or model(s), such as neural network model(s), corresponding to those used in determining the incorrect parameter(s). In various implementations, the training is based on correction instances from multiple robots. After a revised version of a model is generated, the revised version can thereafter be utilized by one or more of the multiple robots. |
| US11780078B2 |
Self-moving device and automatic working system thereof
The present invention relates to a self-moving device (100). The self-moving device (100) includes a body (20), a walking mechanism (40) disposed on the body (20) and configured to drive the self-moving device (100) to walk, a connecting arm (60) connected to the body (20), and a control module (11) configured to control the walking mechanism (40) to drive the self-moving device (100) to walk within a defined area. The connecting arm (60) is selectively connected to at least one of at least two working heads (200) configured to perform different work tasks. The connecting arm (60) includes a connecting structure (64) configured to be connected to the working head (200) and a connecting component (62) configured to connect the connecting structure (64) to the body (20). |
| US11780075B2 |
Securing compartments for modular storage
Various storage units that stack with other units, such as in a modular system, are provided. The storage units couple within a modular system via coupling interfaces on the top and/or bottom surfaces that couple the storage units to other units in the modular system. The storage units include a cover and a latch, the cover restricting one or more drawers from being opened. In a specific embodiment, the cover is slidably stored within the housing of the storage unit. The storage unit includes one or more internal storage compartments defined at least in part by the one or more drawers. |
| US11780074B2 |
Hex key tool holder
A hex key holder for storing a selection of hex keys in an organized manner while allowing easy access to the individual hex keys. The hex key holder provides a ready means to affix the hex key caddy to a surface via magnets. The magnetic bond allowing convenient positioning and allowing hex keys to be easily inserted or removed from the hex holder with a single hand. The hex key holder is configured for ease of manufacture in high volumes. The magnets provide a ready means to positively affix the key holder onto a horizontal surface, vertical surface, or other angled surface. |
| US11780072B2 |
Dust collector for electric power tool and electric power tool
In a dust collector for electric power tool, while a casing includes a tubular suction opening portion disposed to protrude forward, a dust collecting route is formed in the casing to ensure capturing a dust suctioned with an air by a filter disposed in a dust box. The suction opening portion is abutted on a surface to be processed and a tool bit of a hammer drill is passable through the suction opening portion. The dust collecting route suctions the air from the suction opening portion and guides the air into the dust box disposed to the casing. The dust box includes a dust removal device (rubber) configured to directly act to the filter from outside to remove the dust accumulated on the filter. |
| US11780071B2 |
Power tool
There is provided a power tool in which impact applied to a power transmission portion can be mitigated to thereby suppress components constituting the power transmission portion from being deformed and damaged. The power tool includes a brushless motor 3 having a rotation shaft portion 31 rotatable about a rotation axis A1, a housing 2 accommodating therein the brushless motor 3, a power transmission portion 6 configured to receive a rotation force of the rotation shaft portion 31 and to transmit a driving force based on the rotation force, and a driven portion 7 configured to be driven by receiving the transmitted driving force. The rotation shaft portion 31 is supported by the housing 2 so as to be movable relative to the housing 2 in an axial direction of the rotation axis A1. |
| US11780070B2 |
Electric power tool
An electric power tool includes a motor, a driving side member, and a driven side member. The driving side member and the driven side member have mutually opposed surfaces. A plurality of cam teeth are respectively disposed on concentric circles on the opposed surfaces. The plurality of cam teeth have meshing surfaces inclined at predetermined lead angles. A torque limiter is formed to disengage the engagement of the meshing surfaces of the cam teeth by moving the one member in a separation direction from the other member when load of the driven side member increases. The respective cam teeth are formed such that the lead angles of the meshing surfaces are different between a forward rotation side and a reverse rotation side. A transmission torque transmitted from the driving side member to the driven side member is equal between the forward rotation and the reverse rotation. |
| US11780065B2 |
Positioner, guide and/or magazine for screws and nails
An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to a positioner for holding one or more fasteners (e.g. screws and/or nails) which allows a user to push the fasteners out directly into a target material. For example, a user may locate the positioner over a location on the target material and/or drive the fastener through the positioner into the target. In some embodiments, the positioner includes multiple fasteners, for example the positioner may be used as a magazine of fasteners and/or a storage box for fasteners. Optionally, the positioner includes a hard frame and/or a soft passage holding the fastener. For example, a fastener is inserted into the top of the passage and driven (e.g. pushed, hammered and/or screwed) through, out the bottom of the passage into the target. Optionally, multiple positioners may be arranged along a guide. |
| US11780058B1 |
Terminal crimp tool capable of replacing jaws by rapid insertion and extraction
A terminal crimp tool capable of replacing jaws by rapid insertion and extraction includes a crimp tool body. A pair of openable heads are provided at a front end of the crimp tool body, and the two heads each are provided with a jaw. Two clamping plates are provided at a front part of each of the heads, a jaw mounting groove is formed between the two clamping plates, and a positioning member is provided in the jaw mounting groove. The jaw is mounted in the jaw mounting groove, positioning protrusions extending along a front-rear direction and respectively abutting against inner side edges of the two clamping plates are provided on two sides of the jaw, a clamping notch is provided on a rear part of the jaw on an outer side of the positioning protrusion, and an outer side edge of the clamping notch abuts against the positioning member. |
| US11780057B2 |
Polishing pad and method for producing same
Disclosed is a method for producing a polishing pad, the method comprising the steps of: providing a polishing layer; forming a first through-hole penetrating the polishing layer; providing a support layer facing the polishing layer; interposing an adhesive layer between the polishing layer, which has the first through-hole, and support layer, and adhering the polishing layer and support layer to each other by means of the adhesive layer; forming, with the first through-hole as a reference point, a third through-hole penetrating the adhesive layer on a set area thereof, and a second through-hole penetrating the support layer on a set area thereof; and inserting a window inside the first through-hole. |
| US11780055B2 |
Surface treatment method
A surface treatment method includes: preparing a metal laminated article; and blasting a surface of the metal laminated article using shot media, the shot media include first shot media of first granularity with a grit shape and second shot media of second granularity with a grit shape, and the first granularity is greater than the second granularity. |
| US11780051B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhanced blast stream
A method and apparatus produce an enhanced blast stream which may be directed at a workpiece. The enhanced blast stream has higher energy allowing the blast stream to remove difficult to remove coatings from substrates. A heated flow is combined with an entrained particle flow and expelled through a nozzle. The heated flow results in more energy being imparted to the coating. |
| US11780050B2 |
Apparatus of cleaning a polishing pad and polishing device
An apparatus of cleaning a polishing pad includes: a first gas nozzle for spraying gas onto the pores of the polishing pad; and a first liquid nozzle for spraying a liquid to the pores of the polishing pad. |
| US11780045B2 |
Compensation for substrate doping for in-situ electromagnetic inductive monitoring
A method of chemical mechanical polishing includes bringing a substrate having a conductive layer disposed over a semiconductor wafer into contact with a polishing pad, generating relative motion between the substrate and the polishing pad, monitoring the substrate with an in-situ electromagnetic induction monitoring system as the conductive layer is polished to generate a sequence of signal values that depend on a thickness of the conductive layer, determining a sequence of thickness values for the conductive layer based on the sequence of signal values, and at least partially compensating for a contribution of conductivity of the semiconductor wafer to the signal values. |
| US11780043B2 |
Manual blade sharpening tool
In at least one embodiment, the present invention discloses a manual blade sharpening tool having a longitudinally extending at least partial channel defined by a longitudinally extending first channel wall, a cutter pocket and a distal planar guide surface located in the longitudinally extending first channel wall, and a longitudinally extending cutter having a longitudinally extending first cutter wall, a longitudinally extending second cutter wall and a transverse cutter surface, the transverse cutter received in the cutter pocket such that one of the longitudinally extending first cutter wall and the longitudinally extending second cutter wall abuts the cutter pocket. |
| US11780042B2 |
Saw mount guide
A saw mount for removably securing a saw to an object for cutting of the object includes: a base shaped to fit against a surface of the object; an arm extending from the base from a first end proximate to the base to a second end that is distal from the base; and a saw bracket pivotally mounted towards the distal end of the arm. The saw is removably secured to the saw bracket towards the distal end of the arm such that the saw pivots with respect to the base of the saw mount for cutting of the object by the saw. |
| US11780041B2 |
Systems and methods for sorting insects
Insect sorting conveyor systems include at least first and second insect conveyor stages. The first and second insect sorting conveyor stages each include an outwardly facing grasping surface forming at least part of a continuous loop having an upper section and a lower section, and an insect diverter positioned adjacent to the lower section. The second insect sorting conveyor stage is disposed below the first insect sorting conveyor stage. |
| US11780040B2 |
Machine tool
This machine tool is provided with an arm for exchanging a tool between a main shaft in a machining chamber and a secondary tool standby position in a tool holding chamber, a shutter which is provided in an opening defined in a wall which partitions between the machining chamber and the tool holding chamber, a first motor for opening and closing the shutter, a shutter position detector which can detect the position of the shutter in the entire range between the fully open position and the fully closed position, a storage device which stores a prescribed position of the shutter associated with a prescribed operation of the arm and a control device which is configured to perform a prescribed operation of the arm on the basis of the position of the shutter detected by the shutter position detector and the prescribed position of the shutter stored in the storage device. |
| US11780036B2 |
Laser assisted micromachining system and temperature control method using same
A laser assisted micromachining system, includes a working sliding, a tool module, a laser module, and a temperature control module for the processing of a workpiece. The laser module is disposed in the working slide and moves with the working slide in three-dimensional space. The temperature control module includes a temperature sensor, a cooler, a controller and a coolant, which detects the real-time temperature value of the cooler. The cooler is located in the working slide and supports the tool module. The controller controls the working state of the cooler according to the temperature feedback. Control signal induced by the temperature indicator, and the working state of the cooler are controlled by the controller. The coolant is used to control the temperature distribution of the cooler in the setting range. At the same time, the invention also provides a temperature control method for the laser assisted micro machining system. |
| US11780034B2 |
Brazing sheet and manufacturing method thereof
A brazing sheet (1) includes a core material (11) composed of an Al alloy that contains 0.20-3.0 mass % of Mg; and a filler material (12) layered on the core material and composed of an Al alloy that contains Mg, 6.0-13.0 mass % of Si, and more than 0.050 mass % and 1.0 mass % or less of Bi. The Mg concentration of the filler material becomes continuously lower in a direction from a boundary (122) with the core material to an outermost surface (121). The Mg concentration of the filler material is 0.150 mass % or less at a first depth from the outermost surface that is ⅛ of a thickness (tf) of the filler material and is 5-90% of the amount of Mg in the core material at a second depth from the outermost surface that is ⅞ of the thickness of the filler material. |
| US11780033B2 |
System for asymmetric optical beam shaping
For material processing of a material, which is in particular for a laser beam to a large extent transparent, asymmetric shaped modifications are created transverse to the propagation direction of the laser beam. Thereby, the laser beam is shaped for forming an elongated focus zone in the material, wherein the focus zone is such that it includes at least one intensity maximum, which is transverse flattened in a flattening direction, or a transverse and/or axial sequence of asymmetric intensity maxima, which are flattened in a sequence direction. After positioning the focus zone in the material, a modification is created and the material and the focus zone are moved relative to each other in the or across to the flattening direction or in the or across to the sequence direction for forming a crack along an induced preferred direction. |
| US11780032B2 |
Laser machining apparatus and laser machining method
A control device controls a beam vibrating mechanism to vibrate a laser beam in a C-shaped vibration pattern in which a beam spot is moved from a first irradiation position at a front end in a cutting advancing direction to a second irradiation position at a rear side and displaced in an orthogonal direction to the cutting advancing direction, and is moved from the second irradiation position to a third irradiation position at a front end and displaced in the orthogonal direction to the cutting advancing direction, and movement from the first irradiation position to the third irradiation position via the second irradiation position, and movement from the third irradiation position to the first irradiation position via the second irradiation position are repeated. The control device performs control to cut the sheet metal by causing beam spots in the first to third irradiation positions to overlap one another. |
| US11780029B2 |
Material processing utilizing a laser having a variable beam shape
In various embodiments, workpieces are processed, e.g., via welding or cutting, while the shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam are altered. The shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam may be varied based on one or more characteristics of the workpiece. |
| US11780027B2 |
Multiple laser beam processing
Described herein is a system for processing a workpiece that includes a plurality of lasers that each produces a laser beam pulse. The system also includes a laser control module that sequences temporal characteristics of the laser beam pulses. Additionally, the system includes a laser beam compensation module that shapes a near field intensity profile of at least one of the laser beam pulses and adjusts a path length of at least one of the laser beam pulses. The system also includes at least one laser beam position element that combines the laser beam pulses to produce a combined laser beam pulse at a surface of the workpiece. |
| US11780026B2 |
Welding operation monitoring system and welding operation monitoring method
The welding operation monitoring system includes an image capturing device that is disposed on a side opposite to a side to which the plasma flow is supplied out of a pipe inside and a pipe outside of the strip-shaped steel sheet formed in a tubular shape, and is configured to capture a color image including a plasma flow over the V-shaped region; and a welding operation monitoring device that is configured to generate a specific color component image obtained by extracting a specific color component from the color image, and specifies a V-shaped display region, which is a region corresponding to the V-shaped region within the color image, on the basis of the V-shaped region shown in the specific color component image, thereby analyzing a state of the welding operation. |
| US11780025B2 |
TIG welding torch
A TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding torch (10) comprises a torch body (22), a collet (38a,b,c) for retaining a tungsten rod, and a back cap (42), in which the collet 838a,b,c) passes through an aperture in the torch body (22) from the front of the torch body (22) to the rear of the torch body (22), and is joined directly to the back cap (42) by a screw thread (40a,b,c), the collet (38a,b,c) being drawn backwards against a front section of the torch body (22), to close the collet (38a,b,c) and retain the tungsten rod when the screw thread (40a,b,c) is tightened. |
| US11780024B2 |
Welding power supply having a cooling device
A welding current source for supplying an electric welding current circuit with electric current and electric voltage for carrying out an electric welding process, wherein the welding current source is provided with a power conditioning device for conditioning electric current supplied to the welding current source for suitability in an electric welding process, wherein furthermore on a housing of the welding current source there are provided two pole contact devices, each of which protrude from the housing, and the welding current source is equipped with a cooling device, with which thermal heat loss released by the welding current source can be dissipated. In the case of such a welding current source and despite sufficient cooling of the electrical components, it shall be possible that the housing of the welding current source can be designed to be also smaller than before. |
| US11780021B2 |
Component with structured panel(s) and methods for forming the component
A manufacturing method is provided during which a plurality of first apertures are formed in a first plate to provide an apertured first plate. A plurality of second apertures are formed in a second plate to provide an apertured second plate. The apertured first plate and the apertured second plate are bonded to a base sheet to form a structure. The base sheet is bent to form a bend in the structure between the apertured first plate and the apertured second plate. |
| US11780017B2 |
Key duplication machine having user-based functionality
A machine is disclosed for use in duplicating features of an existing key within a key blank. The machine may have an identification module configured to capture data associated with the features of the existing key, a fabrication module configured to cut the features in the key blank based on the data, a user input device, and a controller in communication with the identification module, the fabrication module, and the user input device. The controller may be configured to regulate operation of the identification module and the fabrication module, and to receive input from a user via the user input device. The input may be indicative of the user being a first type of user or a second type of user. The controller may also be configured to selectively implement one of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation based on the input. |
| US11780014B2 |
Auto-tempering steels for additive manufacturing
Exemplary martensitic steel alloys may be particularly suited for additive manufacturing applications. Exemplary atomized alloy powders usable in additive manufacturing may include carbon, nickel, manganese, chromium, and the balance iron and incidental impurities. Exemplary steel alloys can be molybdenum free. |
| US11780013B2 |
Property tailored additively manufactured composite structural elements using congruently melted titanium-niobium-zirconium alloy matrix
An optical mount part having a body that includes a composite of a titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy. The titanium-niobium-zirconium alloy includes titanium, about 13.5 to about 14.5 wt. % zirconium, and about 18 to about 19 weight % (wt. %) niobium. The titanium-niobium-zirconium alloy has a congruent melting temperature of about 1750 to about 1800° Celsius (° C.). |
| US11780012B1 |
Powder satellite-reduction apparatus and method for gas atomization process
The broad applicability of at least certain aspects of the present invention derives from the ability to determine the critical location where secondary satellite formation occurs for any atomization system or design and allows for the rapid assessment of the effectiveness of various satellite reduction strategies, including but not limited to several embodiments detailed herein. Aspects of this invention can be utilized during initial atomization system design in order to evaluate effective chamber geometries and enabling strategies which reduce/eliminate satelliting, or can be retrofit to existing systems and allows for economic evaluation of effectiveness based off of initial capital expenditures versus increased operating requirements/expenses. |
| US11780006B2 |
Method for manufacturing metal foam
The present application provides a method for manufacturing a metal foam. The present application can provide a method for manufacturing a metal foam, which is capable of forming a metal foam comprising uniformly formed pores and having excellent mechanical properties as well as the desired porosity, and a metal foam having the above characteristics. In addition, the present application can provide a method capable of forming a metal foam in which the above-mentioned physical properties are ensured, while being in the form of a thin film or sheet, within a fast process time, and such a metal foam. |
| US11780002B2 |
Electromagnetic device for laterally containing liquid metal in a casting of metal products
An electromagnetic device for laterally containing a liquid metal, having a first electrical conductivity, at one open side end of a passage defined between two counter-rotating casting rolls, at least the surfaces of which are made of a ferromagnetic material, said device comprising a magnetic yoke made of a further ferromagnetic material having a second electrical conductivity either lower than or equal to said first electrical conductivity of the liquid metal and ending with two mutually proximal wedge-shaped ends, said wedge-shaped ends having respective inner surfaces, facing each other and defining a gap, and respective outer surfaces, arranged one on one side and the other on the other side with respect to a plane lying in said gap and shaped so as to be able to insert both said wedge-shaped ends at least partially between the two casting rolls; at least one coil wound on at least one stretch of the magnetic yoke and adapted to be supplied by electric current; at least one plate, made of a material having a third electrical conductivity either greater than or equal to said first electrical conductivity, said at least one plate being inserted in said gap so as to shield said inner surfaces with respect to each other. |
| US11779997B2 |
Binding machine
A reinforcing bar binding machine includes a magazine in which two wires are housed in a drawable manner; a curl guide unit that winds the juxtaposed wires around the reinforcing bars and a wire feeding unit that winds the wires around the reinforcing bars with the curl guide unit in an operation of juxtaposing and feeding the wires so that the wires are wound around the reinforcing bars. In addition, the binding machine includes a binding unit that twists crossing portions of one end side and the other end side of each of the wires wound around the reinforcing bars. The binding unit further includes a bending portion that bends the one end side and the other end side of each of the wires, which are wound around the reinforcing bars, toward the reinforcing bars. |
| US11779992B2 |
Transfer belt assembly for a six-out conversion system
A transfer belt assembly includes a plurality of transfer belts. The transfer belt assembly is structured to move any of an increased number of shells, a very increased number of shells, or an extremely increased number of shells through said conversion press. |
| US11779991B2 |
Flaring tool and method of flaring a tube or the like
Tube flaring tool comprising a tube receiving region comprising first and second gripping dies retractable with respect to each other and positionable to cooperatively define an opening for receiving a tube; a first clutch shaft; a support housing having a bore for receiving a second clutch shaft; a clutch plate; a flare forming head operable to flare the free end of the tube; and a biasing member urging the flare forming head axially. The first clutch shaft may have an outer configuration adapted to be engaged by a 12 point or ⅜″ square drive SAE ratchet wrench for creating mechanical advantage to actuate the flare forming head. When the force that the biasing member urges the flare forming head axially is overcome, the clutch plate disengages from the second clutch shaft such that further actuation of the first clutch shaft does not rotate the flare forming head shaft, preventing over-flaring. |
| US11779990B2 |
Expansion tool
An expansion tool includes a housing and a collar rotatably coupled to the housing. The collar includes a plurality of slots. The expansion tool further includes a plurality of jaws, each jaw having a projection received in a corresponding one of the plurality of slots such that the jaws are coupled for co-rotation with the collar. The expansion tool also includes a mandrel movable relative to the housing between a retracted position and an extended position, the mandrel engageable with the jaws to expand the jaws in response to movement of the mandrel to the extended position, and a drive mechanism including a rotatable cam. Rotation of the cam moves the mandrel between the retracted position and the extended position. The expansion tool further includes a rotation mechanism configured to incrementally rotate the collar. |
| US11779984B2 |
Conduit bender
A tool for bending an elongated workpiece includes a shaft having a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion, and a coupling assembly coupling the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion. The coupling assembly has a locked configuration in which the coupling assembly inhibits movement of the first shaft portion relative to the second shaft portion and an unlocked configuration in which the coupling assembly permits movement of the first shaft portion relative to the second shaft portion. The tool also includes a shoe coupled to the second shaft portion. The shoe has a curved bottom portion and a hook configured to hold the workpiece against the curved bottom portion. The curved bottom portion is engageable with the workpiece to bend the workpiece. |
| US11779980B2 |
Process for cold rolling an aluminum product and related cold rolling plant
A process of cold rolling an aluminum product, e.g. a strip, which crosses at least one rolling stand, wherein a lubricant is applied to the strip close to said at least one rolling stand by means of a plurality of applying means, said lubricant comprising an emulsion of oil and water. A related rolling plant is also described. |
| US11779979B2 |
Methods for heating strip product
Systems and methods for reducing the thickness of a strip of an aluminum-based material are disclosed. The aluminum-based material is pre-heated before running the material through a warm rolling process. The systems include devices for pre-heating, which can include a heated payoff station or a dedicated pre-heating station that applies heated rolls or acts as a heated tunnel. |
| US11779972B2 |
Method for piercing titanium alloy solid billet
A method for piercing a titanium alloy solid billet, the method including: 1) providing a Mannesmann rotary piercer including two rollers, a feed channel, a plurality of centering devices, and a mandril including a plug; fixing the mandril using the plurality of centering devices, where the Mannesmann rotary piercer has a feeding angle of 6-18°, a cross angle of 15°, and a roll speed of 30-90 rpm; 2) heating a titanium alloy solid billet to 930-990° C.; 3) transferring the titanium alloy solid billet to the feed channel of the Mannesmann rotary piercer; and 4) aligning the titanium alloy solid billet with the plug of the mandril, and driving the titanium alloy solid billet to pass through the plug of the mandril, thereby piercing the titanium alloy solid billet and yielding a titanium alloy tube. |
| US11779968B2 |
Remotely operated vessel cleaning apparatus and method
A vessel cleaning device and method includes an armored chassis with track members operable independently by first and second pneumatic drive systems, and a remotely controllable arm. A plurality of nozzles disposed on the arm are configured to rotate while spraying high pressure liquid in mutually opposed directions when the arm is extended. The device is sized and shaped to pass through a 24-inch opening in the vessel when the arm is collapsed, and the track members and the arm are controllable remotely by an operator external to the vessel. Once the device has passed through the 24-inch opening into the vessel, the arm is movable into the extended position, and the device is movable within the vessel while the nozzles spray liquid along a notional circumference to remove waste materials from an interior surface of the vessel. |
| US11779964B2 |
Water pipe cleaning system using high-pressure nitrogen and water pipe cleaning method using same
A water pipe cleaning system using high-pressure nitrogen and a water pipe cleaning method using the same are provided. The water pipe cleaning system using high-pressure nitrogen includes: nitrogen pressure vessels containing high-pressure nitrogen therein; a main control unit gathering the high-pressure nitrogen from the nitrogen pressure vessels and controlling pressure of the high-pressure nitrogen; a feed piping device connected to an outlet of the main control unit and connected to an inlet of a pipe to be washed; and a discharge piping device connected to an outlet of the pipe and connected to a nitrogen discharging portion to discharge nitrogen discharged from the pipe to the outside. The main control unit is configured such that control modules are stacked on one another. Each of the control modules is configured such that the nitrogen pressure vessels are connected together in parallel, and has an individual outlet. |
| US11779962B2 |
Slide cleaner
The invention is a slide cleaner apparatus. The apparatus includes a cleaning chamber configured to receive a cell counting slide, at least one fluid inlet arranged to align with an inlet on a cell counting slide when located in the chamber, and configured to feed cleaning fluid into the cleaning chamber and slide, and at least one fluid outlet configured to remove cleaning fluid from the cleaning chamber and slide. The invention also includes methods of cleaning a cell counting slide. |
| US11779960B2 |
Sorting system
A sorting system, comprising: a conveying mechanism (1) and a control system (2). The conveying mechanism comprises: a rack (11); two rollers (15, 16) arranged on the rack at intervals along a first horizontal direction; a chain (12) wound around the two rollers; and a plurality of trolleys (13) respectively connected to the chain and sequentially arranged along the first horizontal direction. Each trolley comprises a trolley body (131) and a sorting and conveying mechanism (132) arranged on the trolley body, and the bottom of the trolley body is connected to the chain. |
| US11779958B2 |
Ultrasonic stepping motor device for generating ultra-fine single droplet
An ultrasonic stepping motor device for generating ultra-fine single droplet includes a valve housing, a valve core, and a spring. The valve core and the spring are installed inside the valve housing, and the valve core abuts against a liquid inlet of the valve housing under an elastic force of the spring. The valve housing is connected with a injector through a catheter, and the catheter is driven for linear operation by the inverse piezoelectric effect of piezoelectric ceramics through an ultrasonic linear motor. A right end of the catheter is equipped with a rubber piston, and the rubber piston is arranged in a cavity of the injector and matched with the injector. Since the piezoelectric vibrator driven catheter can produce nano feed length, and the volume of droplets overflowed each time can reach micron level, which can meet the requirements of producing micro droplets. |
| US11779949B2 |
Semiconductor process chamber contamination prevention system
A semiconductor process system includes a semiconductor process chamber having an interior volume. A pump extracts gases from the semiconductor process chamber via an outlet channel communicably coupled to the semiconductor process chamber. The system includes a plurality of fluid nozzles configured to prevent the backflow of particles from the outlet channel to interior volume by generating a fluid barrier within the outlet channel responsive to the pump ceasing to function. |
| US11779947B2 |
Pressure cleaning device, method for operating a pressure cleaning device and method for detecting a hose attachment
The disclosure relates to a pressure cleaning device comprising a pressure generating unit for pressurizing a fluid and for dispensing a pressurized fluid via a hose attachment, preferably via a hand gun or via a cleaning nozzle. The pressure cleaning device can be operated in at least two different operating modes. According to the disclosure, a preferably electric pressure sensor for determining an actual operating pressure and/or a flow rate sensor for determining an actual flow rate and a control device are associated with the pressure generating unit. The control device is designed to control the pressure generating unit in particular, based on a respectively set operating mode in accordance with an actual operating pressure and/or an actual determined flow rate. |
| US11779943B1 |
Nozzle attachment for increasing the output flux of a fluid outlet, and methods for its use
A nozzle attachment and method for its use is provided. The nozzle attachment can be affixed to a fluid outlet. The nozzle attachment is constructed and arranged to increase the total output flow, flux, of the fluid outlet by using the high velocity directional fluid flow from the outlet to create a pressure differential between the flow and the surrounding medium, thereby causing fluid particles from the surrounding medium to be drawn into the fluid flow. The nozzle attachment comprises a nozzle attachment fixation element, a funnel element, and a frame connector extending between the nozzle attachment fixation element and the funnel element. The nozzle attachment has many applications and uses. |
| US11779942B2 |
Applicator comprising an integrated control circuit
The disclosure concerns an applicator, in particular a printhead, for applying a coating agent, in particular a paint, to a component, in particular to a motor vehicle body component or an attachment for a motor vehicle body component, having a plurality of nozzles for applying the coating agent in the form of a coating agent jet, and a plurality of coating agent valves for controlling the release of the coating agent through the individual nozzles, and having a plurality of electrically controllable actuators for controlling the coating agent valves. The disclosure provides that a control circuit for electrically controlling the actuators is integrated in the applicator. |
| US11779940B1 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for dispensing fluid to an object
Systems, methods and apparatus related to pre-wetting an edge portion of a bonded wafer prior to wetting a flat, horizontal portion of the bonded wafer. The apparatus includes a frame having nozzles directed such that couplant discharged from these nozzles wet the edge of the wafer. The edge nozzles have couplant flow vectors that interface to dampen the trajectory of fluid to reduce splash and pre-wet the edges of the bonded wafer. |
| US11779931B2 |
Optical density instrument and systems and methods using the same
Instruments, systems, and methods for measuring optical density of microbiological samples are provided. In particular, optical density instruments providing improved safety, efficiency, comfort, and convenience are provided. Such optical density instruments include a handheld portion and a base station. The optical density instruments may be used in systems and methods for measuring optical density of biological samples. |
| US11779929B2 |
Fibrin clot preparation instruments and method
Embodiments of the invention include instruments and methods useful in preparing and delivering graft material to a surgical site. Some embodiments may particularly be directed to forming a graft from a blood clot and accurately and effectively handling and delivering the graft to a surgical site. Graft material may include blood components such as clotted fibrin derived from a patient's or a donor's blood. |
| US11779927B2 |
On-chip organic synthesis enabled by engine-and-cargo in an electrowetting-on-dielectric digital microfluidic device
A method of moving a solvent without electrowetting properties on an electro-wetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) microfluidic device comprises disposing a first droplet of a first fluid having electrowetting properties on a surface of the EWOD microfluidic device; disposing a second droplet of a second fluid without electrowetting properties on the surface; applying a voltage to the surface to move the first droplet towards the second droplet; contacting the first droplet with the second droplet to form a encapsulated droplet, where the second droplet encapsulates the first droplet. |
| US11779926B2 |
Digital fluidic cartridge with inlet gap height larger than outlet gap height
An electrowetting-based droplet actuator includes top and bottom substrates, a droplet-operation gap between the top and bottom substrates, the droplet-operation gap including a gradually-reduced gap height in a direction of droplet flow when in use, and spaced electrodes embedded in the bottom substrate spanning a region thereof corresponding to the gradually-reduced gap height. A method includes gradually reducing a gap height in section(s) of a droplet-operation gap between top and bottom substrates of an electrowetting-based droplet actuator, the gradually reducing being in a direction of droplet flow when in use from a large-gap inlet to a small-gap outlet (relative sizes), the large-gap inlet being larger in height, the bottom substrate including spaced electrodes embedded therein spanning a region of the bottom substrate corresponding to the gradually reduced gap height, and moving dispensed droplet(s) of liquid in the direction of droplet flow using the spaced electrodes and an applied voltage. |
| US11779925B2 |
System, method, and device for forming an array of emulsions
Systems, methods, and devices for forming an array of emulsions. An exemplary device comprises a frame and at least one or a plurality of separate microfluidic modules mounted to the frame and each configured to form an array of emulsions. In some embodiments, each module may be mounted by snap-fit attachment. The device also may include the same sealing member bonded to a top side of each module and hermetically sealing each of the modules. Another exemplary microfluidic device for forming an array of emulsions comprises a stack of layers bonded together. The stack may comprise a port layer forming a plurality of ports. Each port may have a top rim formed by a protrusion that encircles the central axis of the port. The rims may be coplanar with one another to facilitate bonding of a sealing member to each rim. |
| US11779918B2 |
3D nanochannel interleaved devices
3D nanochannel interleaved devices for molecular manipulation are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a device includes: forming a pattern on a substrate of alternating mandrels and spacers alongside the mandrels; selectively removing the mandrels from a front portion of the pattern forming gaps between the spacers; selectively removing the spacers from a back portion of the pattern forming gaps between the mandrels; filling i) the gaps between the spacers with a conductor to form first electrodes and ii) the gaps between the mandrels with the conductor to form second electrodes; and etching the mandrels and the spacers in a central portion of the pattern to form a channel (e.g., a nanochannel) between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes are offset from one another across the channel, i.e., interleaved. A device formed by the method is also provided. |
| US11779916B2 |
Moisture and volatile organic compound content measuring
A thermo-gravimetric analysis system includes a chamber having an interior; and a sample crucible connected to and inside of the chamber, the sample crucible configured to hold a sample material. The system further includes a reference crucible connected to and inside of the chamber; and a metal organic framework (MOF) crucible connected to and inside of the chamber, separate from the sample crucible, the MOF crucible including an MOF material. |
| US11779911B2 |
Production of fatty olefin derivatives via olefin metathesis
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for synthesizing a fatty olefin derivative. The method includes: a) contacting an olefin according to Formula I with a metathesis reaction partner according to Formula IIb in the presence of a metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a metathesis product according to Formula IIIb: and b) converting the metathesis product to the fatty olefin derivative. Each R1 is independently selected from H, C1-18 alkyl, and C2-18 alkenyl; R2b is C1-8 alkyl; subscript y is an integer ranging from 0 to 17; and subscript z is an integer ranging from 0 to 17. In certain embodiments, the metathesis catalyst is a tungsten catalyst or a molybdenum catalyst. In various embodiments, the fatty olefin derivative is a pheromone. Pheromone compositions and methods of using them are also described. |
| US11779909B2 |
Hydrocracking catalyst, preparation method therefor and application thereof
Disclosed is a hydrocracking catalyst, a preparation method and an application thereof. The catalyst comprises a carrier, silicon dioxide and active ingredients loaded on the carrier, wherein the carrier comprises Y molecular sieves and SAPO-34 molecular sieves. The preparation method of the hydrocracking catalyst comprises the following steps: (1) mixing materials comprising Y molecular sieves and SAPO-34 molecular sieves, and then subjecting the mixture to molding, drying and calcinating to obtain a carrier; (2) introducing silane and the active ingredients into the carrier prepared in the step (1), subsequently performing the drying and calcinating to prepare the hydrocracking catalyst. The catalyst prepared with the method can be used for hydrocracking reaction, thereby significantly increase yield of jet fuel. |
| US11779907B2 |
Method for making a gold/zinc/graphene oxide photocatalyst composite
An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water. |
| US11779897B2 |
Flow cells using sequencing-ready nucleic acid fragments attached to carrier beads immobilized at capture sites of a plurality of chambers
An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, a plurality of chambers defined on or in the substrate, and a plurality of depressions defined in the substrate and within a perimeter of each of the plurality of chambers. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. Primers are attached within each of the plurality of depressions, and a capture site is located within each of the plurality of chambers. |
| US11779895B2 |
Method for operating a fluidized bed apparatus and fluidized bed apparatus
The present invention relates to a method for operating a fluidized bed apparatus and to a fluidized bed apparatus, the method comprising the following steps: providing particulate metal to a reaction chamber of a fluidized bed reactor, providing an oxidizing agent to a fluidizing bottom of the fluidized bed reactor such that particulate matter comprising the particulate metal is fluidized, wherein the particulate metal reacts with the oxidizing agent to particulate metal oxide, withdrawing particulate metal oxide from the reaction chamber, storing the withdrawn particulate metal oxide, providing particulate metal oxide to the reaction chamber of the fluidized bed reactor, providing a reducing agent containing gas to the fluidizing bottom of the fluidized bed reactor such that particulate matter comprising the particulate metal oxide is fluidized, wherein the particulate metal oxide reacts with the reducing agent to particulate metal, withdrawing the particulate metal from the reaction chamber, storing the withdrawn particulate metal. |
| US11779894B2 |
Systems and methods for nanofunctionalization of powders
Some variations provide a system for producing a functionalized powder, comprising: an agitated pressure vessel; first particles and second particles contained within the agitated pressure vessel; a fluid contained within the agitated pressure vessel; an exhaust line for releasing the fluid from the agitated pressure vessel; and a means for recovering a functionalized powder containing the second particles disposed onto surfaces of the first particles. A preferred fluid is carbon dioxide in liquefied or supercritical form. The carbon dioxide may be initially loaded into the pressure vessel as solid carbon dioxide. The pressure vessel may be batch or continuous and is operated under reaction conditions to functionalize the first particles with the second particles, thereby producing a functionalized powder, such as nanofunctionalized metal particles in which nanoparticles act as grain refiners for a component ultimately produced from the nanofunctionalized metal particles. Methods for making the functionalized powder are also disclosed. |
| US11779883B2 |
Water purification systems and methods having pressurized draw stream
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for dewatering solutions via forward osmosis. |
| US11779882B1 |
Hypersonic test facility using nitrous oxide
A high enthalpy and low-cost Hypersonic Test Facility (HTF), which employs nitrous oxide to generate clean air-like gas; and a method of decomposing nitrous oxide in the presence of a catalyst in a catalytic decomposition chamber in a HTF. |
| US11779877B2 |
Method for removing halogen fluoride, quantitative analysis method for gas component contained in halogen fluoride mixed gas, and quantitative analyzer
A method for removing a halogen fluoride in a mixed gas by reacting the mixed gas containing a halogen fluoride including bromine or iodine with a removing agent, wherein the removing agent is a chloride, bromide or iodide of potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium and barium. Also disclosed is a quantitative analysis method as well as a quantitative analyzer for a gas component contained in a hydrogen fluoride mixed gas, the method characterized by reacting a mixed gas containing a halogen fluoride and another gas component with a removing agent, thereby removing the halogen fluoride in the mixed gas, further removing produced by-products, and quantitatively analyzing a residual gas by a gas chromatograph. |
| US11779876B2 |
Combined thermal energy storage and contaminant removal
A gas separation process in which the thermal storage of the heat in the gas is desired as well as the gas separation. This invention outlines a novel process and system whereby the thermal storage efficiency can be vastly increased by matching the gas sorption fronts and the thermal fronts to cause thermal front sharpening. The gas separation process and system include an adsorption vessel having an adsorbent in an amount of 10-40% and a thermal storage component in an amount of 50-90% by volume. |
| US11779873B2 |
Dust collection filter target-coated with liquid film
Disclosed is a particulate matter (PM) capturing and collecting filter device having a target-coated liquid film. More specifically, disclosed is a PM particle capturing and collecting filter device having a target-coated liquid film in which a spreading phenomenon in which a liquid material spreads outside the filter is suppressed. Disclosed is a filter device for capturing and collecting PM particles, in which a liquid film having interface energy control and capillary force induction is used for effective PM particle capturing and collecting, and a surrounding portion is formed for preventing spreading of a liquid material on a substrate. |
| US11779872B2 |
Pulse valve
A pulse valve assembly including a main valve and a pilot valve that selectively actuates the main valve. |
| US11779870B2 |
Smart filter elements and systems
A system is provided for monitoring the condition of a filter incorporated into a vehicle or other apparatus in order to identify when the filter should be cleaned or replaced is provided. This system generally comprises a receiving device and a smart filter element. The smart filter element a filter media having a first side and a second side; a frame comprising a plurality of walls that surrounds at least a portion of the screen; and a sensor configured to gauge pressure and to communicate wirelessly with the receiving device. The sensor being located approximate to the second side of the filter media. |
| US11779865B2 |
Gravity-fed filter interconnect utilizing coded polymagnets
A gravity-fed filtration system interconnection structure comprising a reservoir for receiving ingress fluid, and a second, dispensing reservoir. A carrier or shuttle having a carrier magnet is connected to a sluice gate valve which normally blocks the opening to the second reservoir. A filter cartridge may be received by the reservoir and includes a housing body, and a filter magnet disposed within or fixedly connected to the housing body. The filter magnet and the carrier magnet are interconnected via magnetic communication upon insertion of the filter cartridge into the reservoir recess, to move the carrier and/or sluice gate valve as a result of shear force or rotational force generated between the magnets. |
| US11779864B2 |
Screen for hydraulic fluid
The invention relates to a high-pressure hydraulic fluid screening element (1) for inserting into a hydraulic line or into a hydraulic connection of a hydraulic device, having an annular main body (2), which is aligned with respect to its axis of rotation (9) in a longitudinal direction (5). The outside diameter of the main body (2) is greater than its axial length. The inner cross section of the main body (2) is covered over by a screening region (3), which is provided with a multiplicity of apertures (4). In this case, the main body (2) and the screening region (3) are produced integrally by the powder injection-molding process. |
| US11779863B2 |
Sand filter LED status light
A system for treating water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities is disclosed. The system includes a media filter vessel, a pressure sensor, and a monochromatic light source. A method of treating water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities is also disclosed. The method includes fluidly connecting a media filter vessel to a source of water for use in aquatics or recreational facilities, illuminating a media inside the media filter vessel, observing a monochromatic light source display a first indicator and observing a monochromatic light source display a second indicator. A method of retrofitting a media filter vessel is also disclosed. The method includes installing a pressure sensor on the media filter vessel, installing a monochromatic light source and operably connecting the monochromatic light source to a manual control and to the pressure sensor. |
| US11779861B2 |
Use of electrochemical devices or systems comprising redox-functionalized electrodes for bioseparation and biocatalysis
Various aspects described herein relate to electrochemical devices, e.g., for separation of one or more biomolecules from a solution, and methods of using the same. Methods for using the electrochemical devices for biocatalysis are also described herein. |
| US11779860B2 |
Fc binding proteins with cysteine in the C-terminal helical region
The present invention relates to Fc binding proteins comprising one or more domains with Cysteine in the C-terminal helical region. The invention further relates to affinity matrices comprising the Fc binding proteins of the invention. The invention also relates to a use of these Fc binding proteins or affinity matrices for affinity purification of immunoglobulins and to methods of affinity purification using the Fc binding proteins of the invention. |
| US11779858B2 |
Process and system for dehydrating a product stream in ethanol production
The present disclosure provides processes and systems for ethanol production. In one embodiment, a first beer column receives a first portion of a feed mixture including ethanol and water to form a first beer column bottom stream and a first beer column vaporous overhead stream. A beer column receives a second portion of the feed mixture. A first portion of the first beer column bottom stream is forwarded to a first beer column reboiler. A second portion of the first beer column bottom stream is forwarded to a plurality of evaporators. A condensed portion of the first beer column vaporous overhead stream is forwarded to a stripper column. The stripper column forms a feed stream, which is contacted with a separation system, thereby forming a permeate and a retentate. The permeate is forwarded directly to at least one selected from the first beer column and the stripper column. |
| US11779857B2 |
Distillation and rotary evaporation apparatuses, devices and systems
Provided herein are integrated distillation apparatuses configured as stand-alone fully integrated systems having a reduced footprint. Integrated distillation apparatuses can have a rotary evaporator, a condenser, and an integrated refrigeration system or chiller, as well as an integrated water bath and vacuum pump, all of which can be integrated into a central frame and/or housing assembly. Integrated distillation apparatuses can be configured such that the rotary evaporator is movably attached to a frame structure and configured to be vertically translatable in position, whereas the condenser can be affixed to the structure by an arm extending from the structure and adjacent to the rotary evaporator, and wherein the refrigeration system can be in fluid communication with the condenser. |
| US11779853B2 |
Marble track connection system
A marble run track connection arrangement for use with a plurality of physically interconnectable marble run elements includes a marble track section, a tube, and a connector. The marble track section has first and second connecting posts coupled to or forming a portion of a marble travel path of the marble track section. The tube includes a connecting portion configured to directly physically connect to another tube. The connecting portion passes a marble from or to the other tube. The tube also has a side opening configured to receive a marble therethrough into or out of an interior of the first tube. The tube also includes a track connector extending outward from the tube. The connector is configured to receive the first and second connecting posts and to couple to the track connector such that a path is defined between the marble travel path and the interior of the tube. |
| US11779852B2 |
Toy building blocks
The invention relates to a toy building block system (100) comprising one or more building blocks (200); and one or more wheels (300); wherein each said building block (200) comprises:a first elongate portion (2) extending in a longitudinal direction (X); a second elongate portion (4) extending in said longitudinal direction (X); an intermediate portion (6) connecting said first elongate portion (2) with said second elongate portion (4) at a middle position (8) thereof; a first end portion (10) extending in a transverse direction (Y), perpendicular to said longitudinal direction (X), from said first elongate portion (2), at a side thereof opposite to said intermediate portion (6), and at a middle position thereof; a second end portion (12) extending in said transverse direction (Y), perpendicular to said longitudinal direction (X), from said second elongate portion (4), at a side opposite to said intermediate portion (6), and at a middle position thereof; said building block thereby comprises six protrusions (14) and two voids (16), wherein each void (16) is being defined between an end of said first elongate portion (2) and an end of said second elongate portion (4). wherein each said wheel (300) comprises a hub (18); and a wheel rim (20); wherein said wheel rim (20) is surrounding said hub (18); and wherein said wheel rim (20) is being attached to said hub (18) in such a way that said wheel rim is configured to be able to swivel around a rotational axis (A) in relation to said hub; wherein said hub (18) at a centre (22) thereof comprises a hole (24) extending in an axial direction (A); wherein the dimensions and geometry of said hole (24) are adapted to the dimensions and geometry of one of said protrusions (14) of said building block (200); so as to be able to accommodate said protrusion (14) and thereby hold said protrusion (14) of said building block (200) in place in said hole (24) of said hub (18) solely by friction. |
| US11779847B2 |
Systems and methods for verifying activity associated with a play of a game
A method for verifying behavior associated with play of a game is described. The method includes receiving a characterization of a first player from a user account as being abusive and accessing a recording of the behavior of the first player stored for a pre-determined time period in response to receiving the characterization of the first player. The method further includes analyzing, by an artificial intelligence model, the behavior of the first player to determine whether the behavior is abusive. The operation of analyzing whether the behavior of the first player is abusive is performed to determine whether the characterization of the first player is accurate. |
| US11779843B2 |
Virtual object control method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a virtual object performed by an electronic device. The method includes obtaining a first operation instruction when a virtual object performs an acceleration operation, the first operation instruction instructing the virtual object to perform a first target action; obtaining a second operation instruction within a first target time period after the first target action is completed, the second operation instruction instructing the virtual object to perform a second target action; adjusting a movement state of the virtual object from a first state to a second state, a first energy value collected by the virtual object per unit time in the first state being less than a second energy value collected by the virtual object per unit time in the second state; and adjusting an acceleration control button to an active state when an energy accumulation value reaches a trigger threshold. |
| US11779839B2 |
Game device, control method, control program, and computer-readable recording medium having control program recorded therein
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit. |
| US11779838B1 |
Apparatus and method for identifying digital gaming activity based upon anonymized keystroke data
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to collect keystroke data of a user for a designated time period. A number of distinct keys is derived from the keystroke data. A maximum character frequency is derived from the keystroke data. Digital gaming activity is selectively designated based upon the number of distinct keys and the maximum character frequency. |
| US11779832B2 |
Billiard training device to control the cue ball after impacting a target ball
This invention relates to a device for playing billiards or pool. The device allows having control over the cue ball after impacting the target ball what is generally called English. The invention presents different stackable layers that enable the player to perform the following billiard shots: a) two Draw Shots, b) one Stop Shot, c) one Stun Shot and d) two Follow Shots. The stackable layers connect to each other by magnets and securing knobs, and the device contains in the bottom layer a sliding panel to always place the cue ball in the center of the concave groove of the device. In addition, the device has a multiple rail spins labeled at its top layer guiding the player shooting the cue ball in different directions. In another embodiment the device contains a sole piece including a sliding panel to place the cue ball in the center of the concave groove of the device and multiple rail spins labeled at its top. |
| US11779822B2 |
Motion analyzer for sports equipment
A motion analyzer for attachment to sports equipment. The motion analyzer may be constructed as one unitary piece and may include a base portion and an upper portion. The motion analyzer may collect and record motion data associated with movement of the sports equipment. The motion data may then be communicated to a mobile application which provides a user with a visual representation of the motion of the sports equipment. Further, a method of manufacturing a motion analyzer for attachment to sports equipment. |
| US11779821B2 |
Sporting goods including microlattice structures
A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement. |
| US11779819B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The front portion may include a front pocket having a horizontal interior wall. A face portion may be positioned in the front pocket and against the horizontal interior wall. The horizontal interior wall may reinforce the front portion and support the face portion during impact with a golf ball. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11779817B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a set of golf club heads includes a plurality of golf club heads with ach golf club head having a distinct loft angle ranging from 19.5° to 47°. Each golf club head produces a loudness as a result of striking a golf ball at a predetermined golf club head speed. The loudness is in sone units and is based on a sound pressure measurement performed at a predetermined sampling rate and taken for a fixed duration of time with a microphone placed directly above the golf ball at a fixed vertical distance. For a golf club head speed of 80 mph, the loudness of each golf club head ranges from 82.58 to 92.76 sones and is inversely related to loft angle. For a golf club head speed of 85 mph, the loudness of each golf club head ranges from 86.85 to 97.07 sones and is inversely related to loft angle. For a golf club head speed of 90 mph, the loudness of each of golf club head ranges from 92.90 to 101.82 sones and is inversely related to loft angle. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11779813B2 |
Golf ball
A golf ball 2 includes a main body 4 and a paint layer 6 positioned outside the main body 4. The main body 4 includes a spherical core 8, a mid layer 10 positioned outside the core 8, and a cover 12 positioned outside the mid layer 10. An indentation depth, measured when the paint layer 6 in a cross-section along a plane passing through a central point of the golf ball 2 is pressed by a force of 30 mgf in a direction perpendicular to the cross-section, is not less than 300 nm and not greater than 3000 nm. The paint layer 6 preferably has a thickness of not less than 5 μm and not greater than 50 μm. |
| US11779808B2 |
Wearable device systems and methods for guiding physical movements
A system includes wearable devices positioned on a subject in different locations. Each wearable device includes motion sensors that measure the subject's movement in three dimensions. The motion sensors generate raw sensory data as the subject performs a physical movement. A data filter is selected based on a condition of the subject and a designated movement corresponding to the physical movement, and used to convert the raw sensory data into formatted data. A level of compliance of the physical movement with a movement model for the designated movement is determined by applying comparative modeling techniques to the formatted data and the movement model. Real-time feedback is delivered dynamically to the subject by the wearable devices during the performance of the physical movement based on the level of compliance. The movement model can be generated, and the comparative modeling techniques can be selected, based on the condition of the subject. |
| US11779803B2 |
Fitness bike
A fitness bike is provided which comprises a support skeleton which comprising a triangular frame which is formed by a connection rod as a transverse rod connecting a front support leg and a rear support leg, an oblique bar of the front support leg, an oblique rod comprising a support box and a connection block of a pedaling device, and a seat column as a vertical rod; a lower end of the oblique bar is fixed on a middle of a horizontal rod of the front support leg, a rear end of the connection rod is fixed at a front side of a middle of a V-shaped rod forming the rear support leg and having an opening facing backward, and a seat support device is mounted on the top of the seat column. The structure of the fitness bike provided is simple, compact, stable, and occupies less space. |
| US11779799B2 |
Exercise handle
An exercise handle including a rotatable handle member pivotably connected between two side members by two handle member side pivots. A parallel bar member can be pivotably connected between the two side members spaced away and parallel to the handle member. The parallel bar member can be connected between the two side members by two bar member side pivots. A central support member can be pivotably connected to the parallel bar member by a central pivot, providing the handle member with side to side tilting relative to the central support member. A central joint can be connected to the central support member for connecting to an exercise device. |
| US11779798B2 |
Exercise systems and methods
A workout device that allows for at home Nordic hamstring curls using a. doorframe or other immovable object is disclosed. |
| US11779797B2 |
Upper posterior development device
An upper posterior development device is shown and described. The upper posterior development device includes a frame. The frame is created by a plurality of legs. The legs may be secured to one another at a bottom end for additional support. A bench is secured to the upper end of at least one of the plurality of legs. The bench may be rotatably secured to the frame such that the angle of the bench is adjustable. In this instance the bench is secured at least one different leg of the plurality of legs via an adjustment device. A pendulum movably secured to an underside of the bench. The pendulum is configured to have weight added or removed therefrom. |
| US11779795B2 |
Methods and apparatus for body weight support system
A body weight support system includes a tether configured to be coupled to an attachment device worn by a user to couple the user to the body weight support system. A method of providing gait training includes defining a reference length of the tether when the attachment device is in an initial position and defining a threshold length of the tether. A first amount of body weight support is provided during the gait training as the user moves relative to a surface and the length of the tether is less than the threshold length. A second amount of body weight support is provided during the gait training as the user moves relative to the surface and the length of the tether is greater than the threshold length. The method further includes displaying data associated with the gait training on a display of an electronic device. |
| US11779789B2 |
Plyometric box
A plyometric box for includes a platform, a first pair of opposed sidewalls, and a second pair of opposed sidewalls. Each sidewall extends downwardly from the platform, and includes a first side, an opposed second side, a first pair of stacking ribs on an interior surface of the sidewall proximate the first side, and a second pair of stacking ribs on an interior surface of the sidewall proximate the second side. Each stacking rib extends downwardly from the platform along the sidewall and a bottom surface of each stacking rib is spaced upwardly from a bottom edge of the sidewall. |
| US11779787B2 |
Sealant having fireworthy properties for use with aircraft parts
Fireworthy sealants may have a variety of compositions and be made by a variety of techniques. In certain implementations, a fireworthy sealant may include a body comprised of a cured, tacky, soft, deformable non-adhesive gel. The gel body may have an upper surface, a lower surface, and a perimeter, wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the gel body, in an uncompressed state, define a body thickness. The sealant may, in an uncompressed state, be dimensioned to fit in a first opening between a wall and an aircraft component surface and deformable when under compression to fit in a second opening, smaller than the first opening. The sealant may be flame retardant and produce low smoke density and low smoke toxicity. |
| US11779784B2 |
Fall-protection apparatus with braking device comprising flexure-borne pawl and drum-mounted buttress
A fall-protection apparatus comprising a rotationally-activated braking device that comprises at least one flexure-borne pawl and at least one buttress that is on a sidewall of a rotatable drum of the braking device. |
| US11779781B2 |
Face mask with a neck hanger
A face mask uses a neck hanger to facilitate the flow of filtered fresh air inside the face mask for inhaling. The neck hanger is a lightweight tube that has a U shape and hangs from the neck of a user. The neck hanger houses a fan with a filter at either side, and a battery with a controller circuit. Two flexible pipes connect the face mask to the neck hanger from either side. The neck hanger sucks the air from the environment using a fan and filters it before being blown into the face mask through a flexible pipe. The face mask's contaminated interior air through another flexible pipe is sucked be another fan and filtered by a filter before being released into the environment. |
| US11779779B2 |
Apparatus and method for directing energy from a multi-element source
An apparatus for controlling the angular direction of energy emitted from a plurality of energy delivery devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of rods, each rod mechanically coupled to one of the energy delivery devices, to a stationary plate, and to a moveable plate. The stationary plate includes holes that are configured to receive a portion of a first rotatable joint that is mechanically coupled to each rod. The moveable plate includes holes that are configured to receive a portion of a second rotatable joint, the second rotatable joint slidingly engaging a portion of the respective rod. The angle of each rod changes when the moveable plate is moved in any direction with respect to the stationary plate. Changing the rod angle changes the angular direction of the energy emitted from the energy delivery devices such that the energy passes through an intended focal position. |
| US11779775B1 |
Neurostimulation guided by brain network modeling
A method of targeting magnetic neurostimulation to a patient suffering a mood disorder is initially obtained by creating a brain network model through evaluation of data sensed from the brain of the patient. A determination is made of a brain target location of a first brain region which is based at least partly on a functional connection of the first brain region to a second brain region reflected in the brain network model. A magnetic stimulation signal is transmitted to the brain target location for treatment of the mood disorder of the patient where the magnetic stimulation signal is provided by a transcranial magnetic stimulator. |
| US11779774B2 |
In situ implantation accessory for an autonomous intracardiac capsule
An implantation accessory for an intracardiac capsule includes a catheter with a catheter body and a tubular protection tip disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The tubular protection tip includes a flexible portion disposed between a base portion structured to couple the tubular protection tip to the catheter body and a cylindrical portion structured to house the intracardiac capsule. |
| US11779773B2 |
Modular post and partition assembly for equipment sterilization
The present disclosure provides advantageous post and partition assembly that is configured and adapted to promote modularity and withstand the harsh environment of central sterile processing processes. Modular post assembly may be removed and relocated on tray without additional fasteners or components. Tray and bracket assembly may further provide identification features to correctly associate cataloged reusable medical devices to identified trays. |
| US11779771B2 |
Implantable medical device for stimulating a human or animal heart employing an evaluation of signals between a His electrode and a further electrode
An implantable medical device stimulates a human or animal heart. The medical device contains a processor, a memory unit, a His electrode having a first electrode pole configured to detect an electrical signal at a His bundle of a heart, and a further electrode having a further electrode pole configured to detect an electrical signal at a cardiac region of the same heart different from the His bundle. During operation of the device, performing the steps of: measuring electric signals at a His bundle of a heart with the first electrode pole; measuring electric signals at a cardiac region of the same heart different from the His bundle with the further electrode pole; and evaluating intracardiac electrogram signals and/or impedance signals measured between the first electrode pole and the further electrode pole, with the provision that this evaluating does not only contain a determination of an atrial-His bundle transition time. |
| US11779764B2 |
Neuromodulation therapy monitoring and continuous therapy reprogramming
Methods and systems are provided for updating neuromodulation-therapy algorithms. Sensor data may be received from a subject monitoring device that includes one or more sensors. A state of the subject within a directed-cyclic state diagram may be retrieved along with a current neuromodulation-therapy algorithm that corresponds to the state. Based on the sensor data and the current neuromodulation-therapy algorithm, a new state of the subject may be determined, the new state including an update to the current neuromodulation-therapy algorithm for the subject. In response to determining the new state, a wireless transmission that includes an identification of the new state and the update neuromodulation-therapy algorithm may be initiated to the implant device associated with the subject. |
| US11779760B2 |
Method and apparatus for portably treating muscular discomfort
Approaches for portably and discreetly treating muscle cramping using one or more of a selectively controllable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit and a heating element comprising resistive fabric. Cramping of the muscle may be detected with a surface electromyography (sEMG) unit. Artificial intelligence techniques may be applied using the sEMG signals and/or user input to identify effective treatment settings. |
| US11779759B2 |
Stimulator systems and methods for selectively recruiting fascicles in hypoglossal nerve trunk
An electrode lead comprises a lead body, connector contacts affixed to the proximal end of the lead body, and a cuff body affixed to the distal end of the lead body. The cuff body is pre-shaped to transition from an unfurled state to a furled state, wherein the cuff body, when in the furled state has an inner surface for contacting a nerve and an overlapping inner cuff region and an outer cuff region. The electrode lead further comprise electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the cuff body when in the furled state, such that at least one of the electrode contacts is located on the inner surface of the cuff body, and at least another of the electrode contacts is located between the overlapping inner and outer cuff regions. The electrode lead further comprises electrical conductors extending through the lead body respectively between the connector contacts and the electrode contacts. |
| US11779755B2 |
System and methods for therapeutic stimulation
A system and method for providing electrical stimulation to biological tissue to treat medical conditions. The system can include a lead configured to be positioned in contact with biological tissue proximate one or more occipital nerves, an implantable pulse generator configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the biological tissue via the one or more leads, and/or a power source configured to operatively connect and supply power to the implantable pulse generator. The system can further include a processor configured to communicate with the implantable pulse generator. The processor can operate the implantable pulse generator to deliver the electrical stimulation to the biological tissue via the lead. The implantable pulse generator can deliver the electrical stimulation by applying a stimulation waveform or a stimulation pattern. The stimulation waveform can include a series of stimulation pulses that can vary over time, which can reduce an effect of neural accommodation or adaptation. |
| US11779752B2 |
Output pivot for a magnetic coupling cardiac pump
A pump intended to be immersed in a fluid, including a housing, a brushless motor unit formed by a stator in which first magnetic elements are disposed, a rotor having second magnetic elements intended for magnetic coupling with the first magnetic elements of the stator, a transmission shaft connected to the rotor and constituting, in its upper part, a turbine, the turbine includes, at its apex, an output pivot interacting with a guide fastened to the housing, the guide having a complementary shape to that of the output pivot so as to keep the output pivot stable in rotation and to form a space between the output pivot and the guide, and the guide includes a central opening in the axis of rotation of the output pivot for a passage of fluid from the inside of the housing to the outside via the space and the opening. |
| US11779750B2 |
Needleless connector with valve pivot support
A needleless connector includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis, a body portion, and a base portion. The body portion includes an inner surface forming an internal cavity, and a first port forming a first fluid passage to the housing cavity. The base portion includes a top end section and a bottom end section. The top end section has a protrusion, and the bottom end portion has a second port forming a second fluid passage to the housing cavity. The needleless connector further includes a valve having a wall with an inner surface forming a valve cavity. The valve is coupled with the housing such that the protrusion is positioned in the valve cavity, and a proximal end of the protrusion is spaced apart from a proximal end of the valve cavity. |
| US11779749B2 |
Fluid line connector device
A cap for a fluid line connector having a male luer lock fitting, the cap having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the cap comprising a barrier and a stopper extending axially from the barrier towards the first side of the cap. The barrier defines a keyway centred on a longitudinal axis. The shape of the keyway is configured to permit a correspondingly-shaped female luer lock fitting to pass axially therethrough to engage the male luer lock fitting of the fluid line connector. The stopper is configured to prevent rotation of the correspondingly-shaped female luer lock fitting in the first circumferential direction when a lug of the correspondingly-shaped female luer lock fitting is circumferentially aligned with the stopper. |
| US11779748B2 |
Medical coiled tubing
Disclosed herein are sterilized medical coiled tubing and process for producing the same. One process comprises: helically winding a length of the medical tubing along a mandrel such that adjacent turns of the medical tubing are in contact with each other; applying solvent where the turns of the medical tubing contact each other to produce coiled medical tubing; allowing the solvent to dry; removing the medical tubing from the mandrel after the solvent has dried; and subjecting the medical tubing to a sterilization process using ethylene oxide with in-chamber aeration. |
| US11779747B2 |
Connector for system for closed transfer of fluids
A system for closed transfer of fluids includes a syringe adapter including a cannula having a first end and a second end with the second end positioned within the housing, and a seal arrangement positioned within the housing and movable within the housing with the seal arrangement including a membrane. The system including a second component including a membrane and a locking mechanism. The second component configured to be received by the syringe adapter such that the membrane of the seal arrangement engages the membrane of the second component. The locking mechanism including a biasing member and an engagement member positioned on the biasing member, with the engagement member configured to engage a portion of the housing of the syringe adapter to secure the second component to the syringe adapter when the second component is received by the syringe adapter. |
| US11779742B2 |
Introducer with hemostasis mechanism
An introducer sheath includes an elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween. An actuatable hemostasis valve in a hub is adjacent the proximal end of the elongate shaft and may be used to prevent blood from escaping from the elongate shaft. The introducer sheath may also have a a self-expanding funnel adjacent the distal end of the elongate shaft. |
| US11779740B2 |
Microarray applicator
Microarray applicator (10000), a method of using the same and a kit. The microarray applicator comprising a housing (2000), a microarray holder (8100) and a plunger (7000). The plunger comprising a first ridge (7310) and a second ridge (7320), both engagable to a notch (2320). Microarray applicator does not uses springs or pre-biased mechanisms to reduce costs. |
| US11779738B2 |
Extracellular matrix delivery device
The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent within a body lumen, and maintaining the therapeutic agent in contact with a wall of the body lumen for a beneficial period of time. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods to prevent lesions within the gastrointestinal tract from spreading into healthy surrounding tissue. |
| US11779737B2 |
Ureteral stent
A ureteral stent that includes a tubular member and a retaining end adapted to be placed inside a kidney or a bladder of a patient. The retaining end includes a plurality of loops. Each of the loops are centered about a loop axis, and two or more of the loop axes extend in different directions relative to other loop axes. |
| US11779733B2 |
Shaft for a catheter and fabrication method
The present invention relates to a shaft for a catheter which may be usable having a tubular core which may be usable with a minimally invasive procedure such as intravascular medical treatment system. It also relates to a method of fabricating such shaft. The shaft has a longitudinal axis defining a radial distance, and a cross section having a polar axis defining an angular position, wherein the shaft comprises a tubular core which has an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter, and an outer layer for improving mechanical properties, which encloses the tubular core such that the outer perimeter of the core and the outer layer face each other, wherein the radial distance between the outer perimeter and the inner perimeter differs at different polar angular positions, forming zones of different stiffness at different angular positions, wherein different planes of the shaft oriented along the longitudinal axis and cutting the cross section at different polar angular positions have different flexural properties which are determined by the stiffness of the zones. |
| US11779732B2 |
Medical device sensor
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft. |
| US11779728B2 |
Introducer sheath with expandable introducer
A system for introducing a delivery apparatus into a patient's vasculature. The system may include a sheath having a lumen and configured to be inserted into the patient's vasculature. An introducer has a channel for receiving a guide wire and is configured to be positioned within the lumen of the sheath. A plug is coupled to the introducer and is configured to move from a first position in which the plug has a first diameter to a second position in which the plug has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter and greater than the interior diameter of the sheath, the plug being configured to slide within the lumen in a direction from the distal end of the sheath towards the proximal end of the sheath to expand the sheath in the direction radially outward from the lumen. |
| US11779726B2 |
Anesthetic evaporator locking structure and anesthesia machine
An anesthetic evaporator locking structure for detachably connecting an anesthetic evaporator to an anesthesia main machine is disclosed. The anesthetic evaporator includes a main body and a securing member provided on the main body. The anesthesia main machine includes a driving element and a mating member provided on the anesthesia main machine. The securing member and the mating member mate with each other to form a primary locking mechanism, and when the anesthetic evaporator is in an activated state, the driving element limits the primary locking mechanism to realize secondary locking. The anesthetic evaporator further includes a handle provided on the main body and an unlocking device provided on the handle, and the unlocking device is used for unlocking the primary locking mechanism. The anesthetic evaporator locking structure can realize the double locking and has relatively high safety, and both the locking and unlocking processes can be operated by one hand, which is convenient and quick. |
| US11779725B2 |
Nitrogen dioxide storage device
A nitric oxide delivery system can include a cassette which is a single use disposable component used to store liquid N2O4 activate upon operator demand, convert N2O4 to NO2 via a heating element(s) controlled by a console to deliver NO2 at a controlled flow rate, direct concentrated NO2 to a contained pair of conversion cartridges and exhaust NO gas to the console for delivery to the patient. |
| US11779723B2 |
Connector for positioning and stabilising structure
A patient interface comprising a plenum chamber pressurisable to a therapeutic pressure, a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to maintain said therapeutic pressure in the plenum chamber, a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patients head. The positioning and stabilising structure comprising at least one arm configured to be positioned adjacent to a cheek of the patient, and a strap removably received around the arm and configured to contact a posterior region of the patients head. The strap comprising a first coupling having a mechanical connector that is configured to engage the arm and limit movement of the arm into and out of the cavity, a second coupling spaced apart from an outer surface of the first coupling, and a sleeve being folded over the second coupling and positioned between the first and second couplings. |
| US11779721B2 |
Oral suction device
An oral suction device includes a suction catheter having a suction portion at a first end, a sponge surrounding the suction portion, a hydrogel or non-hydrogel polymer coating on the sponge, and a suction tubing connector on a second end opposite the first end. In some aspects the coating is a hydrogel coating that does not have macropores. A method of making an oral suction device may include dip-coating a sponge and forming macropores in the coating during the coating process. |
| US11779717B2 |
Collapsible spacer for metered-dose inhalers
An improved spacer connects at one end to metered-dose inhalers with a connector configured to accept the mouth of the inhaler. Additionally, the spacer has a mouthpiece at its opposite end and a collapsible body made of a nonrigid material that maintains it shape with a resilient frame. The mouthpiece and body compress and nest within a cavity of the connector when the spacer is not in use. The spacer can further include a cover, a case, a vent to improve airflow, and/or a valve to cover the spacer to a valved holding chamber. |
| US11779715B2 |
Dry powder medicament inhaler
Disclosed is a dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament from at least one blister pack, each blister pack having a plurality of spaced-apart blister pockets containing doses of the medicament. The inhaler comprises: a housing for accommodating unused and used portions of the at least one blister pack together with a dispensing mechanism for simultaneously opening at least two blister pockets at a time; and a manifold component through which air can be drawn in use of the inhaler. The manifold component comprises: first and second air inlet openings for receiving external air a first air outlet opening for providing the external air to a first opened blister pocket and a first medicament inlet opening for receiving air-entrained medicament from the first opened blister pocket, the first air outlet opening and the first medicament inlet opening being arranged side-by-side to enable simultaneous communication with the first opened blister pocket; a second air outlet opening for providing the external air to a second opened blister pocket and a second medicament inlet opening for receiving air-entrained medicament from the second opened blister pocket, the second air outlet opening and the second medicament inlet opening being arranged side-by-side to enable simultaneous communication with the second opened blister pocket; and a medicament outlet opening for delivery of the air-entrained medicament from the first and second opened blister pockets to the user, the first and second medicament inlet openings being fluidly connected to the medicament outlet opening by a medicament delivery conduit formed in the manifold component. The first and second air inlet openings are fluidly connected to the first and second air outlet openings by respective first and second air conduits in the manifold component, wherein the air conduits are separately provided so that the external air from each of the first and second air inlet openings does not mix with the external air from the other of the first and second air inlet openings before reaching the first and second opened blister pockets. |
| US11779714B1 |
Pediatric respiratory therapy inhaler apparatus
A flavored attachment can adhere to the mouthpiece of an inhaler or the like, wherein the attachment is designed so that it lasts for a sufficient duration to ensure the person taking the medicine has taken the proper dosage. |
| US11779713B2 |
Air purifier for laparoscopic surgery
A surgical device includes a housing and an elongate body extending distally from the housing. The housing defines a filter chamber and a pump chamber therein, the filter chamber in fluid communication with the pump chamber. A filter assembly is disposed within the filter chamber, and a pump is disposed within the pump chamber. The elongate body defines first and second lumens therethrough, and includes at least one first opening in fluid communication with the first lumen and at least one second opening in fluid communication with the second lumen. The first lumen is in fluid communication with the filter chamber of the housing and the second lumen is in fluid communication with the pump chamber of the housing thereby forming a closed filtration loop through the surgical device. |
| US11779712B2 |
Cartridge for electronic vaping device
A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables separate vapors to be formed proximate to separate, respective ends of the cartridge. The cartridge includes multiple reservoirs and separate vaporizer assemblies coupled to separate reservoirs on opposite ends of the reservoirs. The separate reservoirs may hold separate pre-vapor formulations. The separate vaporizer assemblies may draw separate pre-vapor formulations from separate reservoirs towards opposite ends of the cartridge and vaporize the separate pre-vapor formulations via operation of separate heaters proximate to the separate ends. The separate heaters may be independently controlled to independently control vapor formation at the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to independently control vapor formation rates proximate to the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to form separate vapors at least one of simultaneously, concurrently, and at different times. |
| US11779710B2 |
Medicament delivery device
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising, a housing (10, 114) having a proximal and a distal end, a delivery member connected to the housing; a medicament container (84) operably arranged within the housing; a drive mechanism (102, 108) capable of acting on the medicament container (84) for priming and for expelling a dose of medicament. The invention is characterised in that the device further comprises—an activator mechanism configured to interact with the drive mechanism, such that a first interaction between the activator mechanism and the drive mechanism causes the container to move towards the delivery member wherein the container is primed and such that a subsequent second interaction between the activator mechanism and the drive mechanism causes a dose of medicament to be expelled through the delivery member. |
| US11779709B2 |
Supplemental device for attachment to an injection device
A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes. |
| US11779708B2 |
Drug delivery device
A drug delivery device including: a body and a movable component arranged inside the body, a dosage selection and injection mechanism setting the position of the movable component inside the body depending on a selected dosage, a non-contact sensor configured to output signals indicative of the position of the movable component inside the body, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the signals output from the non-contact sensor and to determine based on the signals whether the movable component is either in an initial position inside the body corresponding to no selected dosage or in a selected dosage position. Upon determining that the movable component has changed its position back from the selected dosage position to the initial position, the processor is configured to cause an indication to be output which informs a user regarding a dwell time of the drug delivery device. |
| US11779706B2 |
Lubricant coating and medical injection device comprising such a coating
The invention relates to a lubricant coating (5) for a medical injection device (1), comprising successively: —a bottom layer (50) in contact with the medical device surface (21) of the container to be lubricated, comprising a mixture of cross-linked and non-cross-linked poly-(dimethylsiloxane), —an intermediate layer (51) consisting essentially of oxidized poly-(dimethylsiloxane) and having a thickness comprised between 10 and 30 nm and, —a top layer (52) consisting essentially of non-cross-linked poly-(dimethylsiloxane) and having a thickness of at most 2 nm. The invention also relates to a medical injection device comprising such a lubricant coating, and a manufacturing process for said coating. |
| US11779702B2 |
Method for dynamic pressure control in a fluid injector system
A method for dynamic pressure control during a multiphase injection is described wherein the pressures of fluids in the various reservoirs of a fluid delivery system are controlled to provide desired fluid delivery parameters. The methods include advancing the first drive member to expel the first fluid from the first reservoir into a conduit, wherein the fluid is pressurized to a first fluid pressure; measuring the first fluid pressure to provide a target value; while the second reservoir is in fluid isolation from the conduit, advancing or retracting the second drive member to increase or decrease the fluid pressure of the second fluid in the second reservoir to the target value; placing the second reservoir in fluid communication with the conduit; and advancing the second drive member to expel the second fluid from the second reservoir into the conduit. |
| US11779700B2 |
Indwelling assembly
An indwelling assembly includes an inner needle having a sharp needlepoint, an inner needle hub fixed to the inner needle, a hollow elongated outer member in which the inner needle is positioned and movable in a distal direction relative to the inner needle after puncturing the blood vessel to position the elongated outer member at a desired position in the blood vessel, an outer member hub fixed to hollow elongated outer member, a projection removably connected to the outer member hub and configured to be engaged by a finger of the user to apply a force to the projection causing the outer member hub and the hollow elongated outer member to move together with the projection in the distal direction relative to the inner needle and the inner needle hub, and an elongated movable member that is movable relative to the hollow elongated outer member and the outer member hub. |
| US11779699B2 |
Micropump
A pump including a disposable component including a disposable component inlet port coupled to a first disposable conduit in fluid communication with a fluid medium source, wherein the first disposable conduit includes a disposable piston pump assembly and a disposable bubble eliminator, and the first disposable conduit is in fluid communication with a disposable component outlet port, wherein the disposable bubble eliminator is in fluid communication with a lumen of the first disposable conduit and is operable to reduce a gas content of a fluid medium; wherein the disposable piston pump assembly is operable to pump the fluid medium from the disposable component inlet port, through the first disposable conduit and the disposable bubble eliminator, to the disposable component outlet port; and a reusable component including a reusable movable stage operable to compress the disposable piston pump assembly; and a reusable mechanical actuator operable to drive the movable stage. |
| US11779697B2 |
Device for subcutaneous delivery of fluid medicament
An improved device delivers a fluid medicament to the subcutaneous tissue of a user. The device is better suited for patients with Parkinson's Disease and other central nervous system disorders, than conventional infusion devices. The device can include a reusable part including a drive component (e.g., motor) and control electronics and a disposable part including a medicament reservoir. Medicament can be evacuated from the medicament reservoir by a plunger assembly that includes a plunger attached to a lead screw that is rotated by a nut, all within the disposable part. The device can be fluidically coupled with the tissue via a flexible cannula. Various embodiments relate to an improved cannula insertion mechanism that delivers the cannula under a force applied by a spring. Various embodiments relate to improved filling of the device, for example, using a vial adapter and an automated filling station. |
| US11779696B2 |
System and method for insulin pump medical device including a slider assembly wherein images on display allow for highlighting and magnifying images
A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output signal and a second output signal. A display assembly is configured to receive, at least in part, the first output signal from the processing logic and render information viewable by the user. The second output signal is provided to one or more medical system components. The information rendered on the display assembly may be manipulatable by the user and at least a portion of the information rendered may be magnified. |
| US11779695B2 |
Instrument used in surgery and irrigating of the instrument
An instrument configured for performing a surgery includes a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a tube connecting the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. A fluid fitting includes an inlet configured for receiving flow of an irrigating fluid into the instrument and at least two exits configured for guiding the flow of the irrigating fluid out of the instrument. A first exit is configured to allow the irrigating fluid to flow towards the distal end portion of the instrument and a second exit is configured to allow the irrigating fluid to flow towards the proximal end portion of the tube. A size of the first exit is larger than a size of the second exit to enable greater flow towards the distal end portion. |
| US11779693B2 |
Negative-pressure wound therapy dressing with zone of ambient pressure
Disclosed embodiments may relate to dressings configured to provide negative-pressure wound therapy to a tissue site, while simultaneously shielding a portion of the tissue site from the negative pressure. For example, dressing assembly embodiments may comprise an outer dressing configured for applying negative-pressure wound therapy to a tissue site, and an underlying isolation patch configured for use under the outer dressing. The isolation patch may be configured to seal the portion of the tissue site so that it does not experience the negative pressure. Additionally disclosed are other apparatus, dressings, systems, and methods. |
| US11779689B2 |
Blood treatment systems and methods
Dialysis systems are disclosed comprising new fluid flow circuits. Systems may include blood and dialysate flow paths, where the dialysate flow path includes balancing, mixing, and/or directing circuits. Dialysate preparation may be decoupled from patient dialysis. Circuits may be defined within one or more cassettes. The fluid circuit fluid flow paths may be isolated from electrical components. A gas supply in fluid communication with the dialysate flow path and/or the dialyzer able to urge dialysate through the dialyzer and urge blood back to the patient may be included for certain emergency situations. Fluid handling devices, such as pumps, valves, and mixers that can be actuated using a control fluid may be included. Control fluid may be delivered by an external pump or other device, which may be detachable and/or generally rigid, optionally with a diaphragm dividing the device into first and second compartments. |
| US11779687B2 |
Breastmilk pump
The present invention relates to breastmilk pumps imitating the suckling mechanism of a baby's mouth. |
| US11779686B2 |
Coating for medical devices
A medical device substrate with a coating including a functional layer located on the substrate, with the functional layer including at least one sugar alcohol and being bonded to the substrate directly or indirectly via a functionalization of the sugar alcohol. Alternatively, the functional layer may also include other saccharides, in which case it is essential that polymerization of the saccharides takes place only upon bonding to the substrate. The inventive medical device exhibits reduced platelet adhesion and aggregation. |
| US11779680B2 |
Connective-tissue-based or dermal-tissue-based grafts/implants
The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. Also disclosed is a tissue graft or implant comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. The composition and/or tissue graft or implant of the invention is usable in combination with seeded cells, a tissue growth factor, and/or a chemotactic gent to attract a desired cell. |
| US11779676B2 |
Sanitizing device
A sanitizing device includes a nonlinear optical element, one or more laser diodes, a lens, and a battery pack. The one or more laser diodes are each configured to direct a beam of optical energy to the nonlinear optical element. Each beam of optical energy has a first wavelength and the nonlinear optical element is configured to produce UV-C energy having a second wavelength from the beams of optical energy. The lens is configured to focus the UV-C energy to cover a desired area for sanitizing purposes. The battery pack is configured for powering the one or more laser diodes. |
| US11779675B2 |
Air sterilization insert for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
An airflow sterilizing unit configured to airflow in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is disclosed. The airflow sterilizing unit includes a portion of a duct at least partially lined with an ultraviolet (UV) reflective material, a plurality of hollow structures positioned within the portion of the duct, each comprising an external UV reflective surface, and at least one array of UV light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on a surface of at least one of the plurality of hollow structures. The sterilizing unit is configured to replace a section of an existing duct in the HVAC system such that air within the HVAC system passes through the sterilizing unit before exiting from one or more vent. |
| US11779674B2 |
Vehicle air filtration system
An air filtration system for a vehicle includes a first inlet assembly. A second inlet assembly is in fluid communication with the first inlet assembly. A first fan is disposed within a housing and is in fluid communication with the first inlet assembly. A second fan is disposed within the housing and is in fluid communication with the second inlet assembly. A light source is disposed within the housing proximate the first and second fans. The light source emits ultraviolet light. A filter is disposed within the housing proximate the first and second fans. An outlet is in fluid communication with the first and second inlet assemblies. Air is drawn into the housing by the first and second fans, subjected to the ultraviolet light, and expelled via the outlet. |
| US11779668B2 |
UVC-integrated LED structure adapted to air sterilization-and-disinfection grilles
A UVC-integrated LED structure adapted to air sterilization-and-disinfection grilles is provided. The UVC-integrated LED structure includes a housing, an opening disposed at top of the housing, multiple wavy grilles engaged with both sides of inner wall of the opening, placement grooves openly disposed at one side of the wavy grilles, and COB light boards disposed inside the placement grooves. The UVC-integrated LED structure installs the COB light boards at the placement grooves. The structure allows the COB light boards to be hidden on the surfaces of the wavy grilles for decreasing height of the COBs. Therefore, air resistance can be reduced when the ultraviolet ray irradiates on the passing air. The impact of dust being adhered to the COB light boards can be reduced. The air passing through the multiple wavy grilles can be sterilized and disinfected. |
| US11779666B2 |
Continuous differential-pressure steam sterilization system and method for a powder
A continuous differential-pressure steam sterilization system for a powder, and belongs to the field of material sterilization includes: a superheated steam generation system, a steam pressure and flow rate control system, a quantitative feeding system, an instantaneous differential-pressure sterilization system, a dust explosion suppression system, a sterile cooling system, a primary gas-solid separation system, a secondary gas-solid separation system, a sterile storage system, a steam recovery and reheating system, and a condensate recovery system. The continuous differential-pressure steam sterilization system shortens the thermal contact time and mainly accumulates the heat on the surface of the powder, rather than in the center of the powder, which reduces the damage to the nutritional quality of the powder. Comprehensive treatment methods such as superheated steam, temperature compensation and non-sticky inner lining are adopted to reduce the problem of powder binding, agglomeration, and even blocking in the pipe of the system. |
| US11779664B2 |
Targeted contrast agents for MRI of alpha-synuclein deposition
A liposomal composition (“ADx-003”) is provided, ADx-003 comprising a first phospholipid; a sterically bulky excipient that is capable of stabilizing the liposomal composition; a second phospholipid that is derivatized with a first polymer; a macrocyclic gadolinium-based imaging agent; and a third phospholipid that is derivatized with a second polymer, the second polymer being conjugated to a targeting ligand, the targeting ligand being represented by Formula I: wherein X is —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —CHO—, or —O—CO—; Y is —CH—CH═CH— or A and B are independently selected from C and N; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from —H, halogen, —OH, and —CH3; and R5, R6, and R7 are independently selected from —H, halogen, —OH, —OCH3, —NO2, —N(CH3)2, C1-C6 alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C6 aryl group, except that when A and/or B is N the adjacent R5 and/or R7 is —H, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11779660B2 |
Viral vectors for cancer therapy
The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding an immunomodulatory polypeptide (e.g., a pro-inflammatory cytokine such as a human IL-2 or IL-12 polypeptide); viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions and formulations comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for the treatment of cancer, such as lung cancer); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof. |
| US11779657B2 |
Compositions and methods for mitochondrial genome editing
Compositions and methods for mitochondria genome editing are provided. Also provided are methods for treating mitochondrial disorders by the disclosed compositions. |
| US11779650B2 |
Pyrrolobenzodiazepine-antibody conjugates
Conjugates of an antibody that binds to CD25 with PBD dimers. |
| US11779648B2 |
Co-agonists at GLP-1 and GIP receptors suitable for oral delivery
Peptide co-agonists of the human GLP-1 and GIP receptors suitable for oral delivery, including long-acting derivatives, and their medical use in treatment and/or prevention of obesity, diabetes, and/or liver diseases are described. |
| US11779647B2 |
Complex coacervate for controlled release and related methods
Provided herein are coacervate compositions including cytokines, and methods of making and using the same. The coacervate can be formed by the mixing of an active agent, such as a drug or protein with the polyanion, such as heparin or heparan sulfate, and a custom-made polycation (e.g., PEAD or PELD). The coacervates can be used in the treatment of diseases and disorders where targeted treatment is desired, for example in treatment of cancers. |
| US11779641B2 |
Tolerogenic synthetic nanocarriers for allergy therapy
Disclosed are synthetic nanocarrier compositions, and related methods, comprising immunosuppressants and MHC Class II-restricted epitopes of an allergen that provide tolerogenic immune responses specific to the allergen. |
| US11779637B2 |
Targeted neoepitope vectors and methods therefor
Systems and methods are presented that allow for selection of tumor neoepitopes that are then used to generate recombinant nucleic acids that encode one or more polytopes that are optimized for proper trafficking and processing. In preferred methods, the polytopes are encoded in a plasmid and/or a viral expression system for use as a therapeutic agent. |
| US11779621B2 |
System and method for aerobic respiratory treatment
A method of producing pure cannabidiol (CBD) isolate crystals including the steps of extracting the CBD compound from a cannabis plant; winterizing to remove fats, waxes and chlorophyll from the CBD extract; filtering the CBD extract through a series of filter plates; removing carboxylic acid and CO2 from the CBD extract; removing impurities from the CBD extract by distillation; and crystallizing the purified CBD extract to produce pure CBD isolate crystals and chopping the pure CBD isolate crystals to produce crystals of between 200 and 600 microns in size. A further embodiment includes the steps of grinding the crystals to produce micro-particles of between 1 and 5 microns and releasing the micro-particles into an air environment. |
| US11779620B2 |
Combined fungal composition for modulating inflammatory response
Described herein are combined fungal compositions for treating, prophylaxis of, or ameliorating symptoms of one or more adverse reactions triggered by an infectious disease or condition that causes an inflammatory response. In one aspect the composition comprises an aqueous or solid fraction of Trametes versicolor and Fomitopsis officinalis mycelium, fermented substrates thereof, or combinations thereof. |
| US11779618B2 |
Treatment of topical and systemic bacterial infections
Bacteriophage covalently attached to a carrier particle with an average diameter of from 0.1 microns to 15 microns, are used in topical treatment of bacterial infection. Bacteriophage covalently attached to a carrier particle of average diameter 7 microns or less are used in systemic treatment of bacterial infection. A plurality of bacteriophages lytic against different bacterial strains gives wide antibacterial activity. A combination therapy comprises administration of antibiotic and bacteriophage covalently attached to a carrier particle. |
| US11779612B2 |
Engineered immunostimulatory bacterial strains and uses thereof
Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella or modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin− and/or pagP−. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd−, purI− and msbB−. The immunostimulatory bacteria, such as Salmonella species, are modified to encode immunostimulatory proteins that confer anti-tumor activity in the tumor microenvironment, and/or are modified so that the bacteria preferentially infect immune cells in the tumor microenvironment or tumor-resident immune cells and/or induce less cell death in immune cells than in other cells. Also provided are methods of inhibiting the growth or reducing the volume of a solid tumor by administering the immunostimulatory bacteria. |
| US11779610B2 |
Acellular soft tissue-derived matrices and methods for using same
Methods are provided for treatment of several conditions of one or more body features, where the method comprises implanting an acellular soft tissue-derived matrix in, on, proximate to, or a combination thereof, the body feature, wherein the acellular soft tissue-derived matrix comprises a delipidated, decellularized adipose matrix. The delipidated, decellularized adipose tissue matrix is produced by delipidating an adipose tissue sample, followed by decellularizing the delipidated adipose tissue sample. The resulting matrix contains a proportion of lipids which is less than the proportion of lipids contained in a matrix produced by decellularizing an adipose tissue sample prior to delipidating. The delipidated, decellularized adipose matrix may be provided as particles, a slurry, a paste, a gel, an injectable form, or in some other form. |
| US11779607B2 |
Detection of a defect on HLA-E restricted CD8+ T regulatory cells
The present invention provides a composition comprising dendritic cells loaded with hHsp60sp, which dendritic cells are from a subject and have been fixed with paraformaldehyde (PFA). The subject may suffer from an autoimmune disease. Also provided are a method for preparing the composition; recombinant human cells comprising a heterologous gene encoding a fusion protein of HLA-E and hHsp60sp or B7sp, and expressing the fusion protein on the surface of the cells; a method for determining a percentage of maximum inhibition of testing the function of the HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject, determining whether HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells freshly isolated from a subject are defective, or determining whether defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject are correctable; and a method for correcting defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells, treating type 1 diabetes (T1D), or treating multiple sclerosis (MS). |
| US11779600B2 |
Methods of treating or preventing alzheimer's disease and associated conditions
The present invention describes a method of treating, preventing, reducing the likelihood of or alleviating a symptom of Alzheimer's disease and associated conditions by increasing OPN expression. The invention further provides for a method of improving cognitive function in a subject in need thereof. |
| US11779597B2 |
Method of treating Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases
Compositions that comprise salts, compounds and complexes of 64Zn-enriched zinc, such as 64Zn-enriched zinc aspartate, and further optionally include 85Rb-enriched rubidium salt compounds of general formula 1, below, wherein each of R1 through R14 is independently selected from H, OH, F, Cl, Br, I, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, and NO2, such as the compound of Formula 1 in which R3 is CH3 and all other R groups are H for use to treat a neurodegenerative disease (NDD), such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods that entail administering such compositions to treat an NDD, such as PD, optionally in combination with any other treatment for an NDD such as for PD. |
| US11779593B2 |
Agent for improving ocular subjective symptoms and method thereof
Provided is an agent for improving human ocular subjective symptoms containing hyaluronic acid having an aminoalkyl cinnamate covalently bonded thereto. |
| US11779591B2 |
Compositions containing decitabine, 5azacytidine and tetrahydrouridine and uses thereof
Compositions comprising decitabine and tetrahydrouridine or 5-azacytidine and tetrahydrouridine for the treatment of cancer are disclosed. The compositions in the form of a pill is administered to a human subject sequentially or alternately guided by the measurement of predictive biomarkers. |
| US11779590B2 |
AMP-activated protein kinase activating compounds and uses thereof
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds, compositions and methods, especially as they relate to the treatment and/or prevention of conditions such as muscle disorders such as polymyositis, dermatomyositis, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rhabdomyolysis, and cardiomyopathy, brain disorders including Alzheimer's, stroke, cerebral atrophy, traumatic brain injury, and dementia, aging, diabetes, and cancer, using compounds of Formula (I): as described herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. |
| US11779588B2 |
Method of treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The present invention relates to the treatment of a sporadic ALS patient with oral fausdil at a dose of 180-240 mg/day. This results in an anticipated 25-50% reduction in the average decline over at least three months as measured using the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale. |
| US11779587B2 |
Vareniciline compound and process of manufacture thereof
The present disclosure relates to the field of synthesizing substantially pure varenicline and its intermediates. It also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising varenicline and the method of use of these pharmaceutical compositions for smoking cessation. |
| US11779584B2 |
Alpha polyglutamated pemetrexed and uses thereof
The disclosure relates generally to alpha polyglutamated pemetrexed, formulations containing liposomes filled with alpha polyglutamated pemetrexed, methods of making the alpha polyglutamated pemetrexed and liposome containing formulations, and methods of using polyglutamated alpha polyglutamated pemetrexed and liposome containing formulations to treat hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and disorders of the immune system (e.g., an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis). |
| US11779583B2 |
Tricyclic amino containing compounds for treatment or prevention of symptoms associated with endocrine dysfunction
The disclosure provides methods of use of certain compounds that are useful for treating certain symptoms of endocrine disturbances, and in particular those associated with hot flashes. |
| US11779582B2 |
Composition for preventing or treating metastatic ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer or breast cancer
A method for treatment of cancer selected from the group consisting of metastatic ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, and breast cancer includes administering a composition comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof: The composition can efficiently kill cancer cells present in a spheroid form, thereby being usefully applied as novel medicament for metastatic ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer or breast cancer. |
| US11779580B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising (s)-4-(4-(4- (((2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1-oxoisoindolin-4-yl)oxy)methyl)benzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-3-fluorobenzonitrtle and methods of using the
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions (e.g., oral dosage formulations) comprising (S)-4-(4-(4-(((2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1-oxoisoindolin-4-yl)oxy)methyl)benzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-3-fluorobenzonitrile, or an enantiomer, mixture of enantiomers, tautomer, isotopolog, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a carrier or diluent. Also provided herein are methods of preparing and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11779579B2 |
Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan. |
| US11779577B2 |
Nonselective metabotropic glutamate receptor activators for treatment of anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder
This application relates to methods of diagnosing and treating anorexia nervosa (AN) and binge eating disorder (BED) with a nonselective activator of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). |
| US11779574B2 |
Gel containing pirfenidone
The invention relates to a gel composition containing pirfenidone, which is advantageous over other cutaneously administered pharmaceutical forms known in the prior art and which can be used in treatment for the restoration of tissues with fibrotic lesions and for the prevention of fibrotic lesions. |
| US11779572B1 |
Methods of treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors to a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ripretinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11779571B2 |
Methods for treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
The present invention provides new methods and kits for treating IBS; treating IBS in females; treating IBS in older subjects; and treating IBS in non-white subjects. |
| US11779570B2 |
Method for inhibiting dengue virus infection
The present invention concerns the use of compounds and compositions for the treatment or prevention of Flavivirus infections, such as dengue virus infections and Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Flavivirus virus infection, such as dengue virus and Zika virus infection, by administering a compound or composition of the invention, to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting Flavivirus infections, such as dengue virus and Zika virus infections, in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits useful for treating or preventing Flavivirus infections, such as dengue virus and Zika virus infections. |
| US11779564B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating bile acid diarrhea, diarrhea associated with small intestine resection or gallbladder removal, and short bowel syndrome
Presented herein are methods for treating bile acid diarrhea, short bowel syndrome (SBS), and cholecystectomy-associated diarrhea by administering to a patient in need thereof, an inhibitor of chloride-ion transport in an amount sufficient to treat diarrhea. In particular embodiments, infants, and juveniles with SBS are treated with an inhibitor of chloride-ion transport in an amount sufficient to treat diarrhea. Treatment of diarrhea includes the treatment of the diarrhea as well as the pain, abdominal discomfort and other symptoms associated with diarrhea. In one embodiment, the inhibitor of chloride-ion transport is crofelemer. |
| US11779561B2 |
Compounds and pharmaceutical uses thereof
A method of treating coronavirus infection, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition, wherein the composition comprises one or more compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11779558B2 |
Receptor subtype and function selective retinoid and rexinoid compounds in combination with immune modulators for cancer immunotherapy
Disclosed herein are methods for culturing CAR-modified immune cells with at least one Retinoic Acid Receptor and/or Retinoid X Receptor active agent. |
| US11779553B1 |
Methods and devices for treatment of eyelid ptosis
Provided herein is a drug eluting device that can be implanted into the Muller's muscle of a subject to elute a sympathetic stimulant such as oxymetazoline, phenylephrine, norepinephrine, adrenaline, or a combination thereof. Also provided herein are methods to use the device and sympathetic stimulant to treat or prevent eyelid ptosis. |
| US11779548B2 |
Arylfluorosulfate compounds and methods
A high-throughput screening methods for identifying candidate anticancer medicinal agents is described herein. The candidate anticancer medicinal agents are arylfluorosulfate compounds derived from phenolic compounds. The method involves in situ generation of the arylfluorosulfate compounds in multi-well plates by reaction of phenolic compounds in DMSO with a saturated solution of SO2F2 dissolved in a solvent such as acetonitrile, in the presence of an organic base, followed by reaction of generated fluoride ion with trimethylsilanol to form volatile trimethylsilyl fluoride. Solvents, organic base, and silyl compounds are then removed, in vacuo, to afford the arylfluorosulfate compounds suitable for biological screening in cancer cell lines without further purification. |
| US11779547B2 |
Multiparticulate L-menthol formulations and related methods
An L-menthol pharmaceutical dosage form includes an effective amount of L-menthol for treating a gastrointestinal disorder. The L-menthol is within a plurality of particulates having a core and an enteric coating over the core. The core includes an L-menthol source that is at least 80% pure L-menthol. The dosage form may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome. |
| US11779546B2 |
Disassembly of cholesterol crystals
The invention relates to methods for disrupting cholesterol crystals and related methods for the prevention and/or treatment of disease. |
| US11779543B2 |
Ocular drug delivery
This invention relates to a Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (NLC) particle comprising a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein for ocular delivery of the therapeutic agent, wherein the Nanostructured Lipid Carrier comprises: (i) a solid outer shell comprising a solid lipid, and (ii) a liquid core comprising a liquid lipid; and wherein the core comprises the therapeutic agent. Compositions of the NLC particles, use of the NLC particles, methods of treatment or prevention of an eye disorder and an eye drop dispenser are also provided. |
| US11779542B2 |
Mineral coated microparticles for co-delivery of anti-inflammatory molecules with nucleic acids to improve gene delivery outcomes
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the co-delivery of ribonucleic acids and interferon binding proteins. Compositions include mineral coated microparticles having a mineral layer, a ribonucleic acid, and an interferon binding protein. Ribonucleic acids and interferon binding proteins can be adsorbed to the mineral layer, can be incorporated into the mineral Layer, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed are methods for co-delivery of ribonucleic acids and interferon binding proteins and methods for treating inflammatory diseases using mineral coated microparticles having a mineral layer to provide co-delivery of ribonucleic acids and interferon binding proteins. |
| US11779532B2 |
Topical compositions and methods
The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful to reduce dark spots, age spots, and/or unwanted pigmentation of skin. The composition includes a combination of niacinamide, phytic acid, Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract, Chondrus crispus extract, and a combination of Saxifraga sarmentosa extract, Carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, and Psidium guajava (guava) fruit extract. The composition is effective to reduce dark spots, age spots, and/or unwanted pigmentation of skin. The composition is effective to inhibit tyrosinase and/or Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPAR-γ) activity. The composition is further effective to reduce melanin content in skin, particularly dark skin, in some instances by at least 30%. |
| US11779530B2 |
Composition for the permanent deformation of hair having reduced odor
The present invention relates to a permanent shaping composition for the permanent deformation of hair comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, at least one reducing agent comprising a mercapto functional group, at least one alkalizing agent, and a malodor suppressant system comprising at least a first malodor suppressant, herein the first malodor suppressant has a molecular weight of from 100 to 400 g/mol, and wherein the malodor suppressant system has a distribution coefficient log P (octanol/water) of 2 or more. |
| US11779528B2 |
Personal cleansing composition
Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) cationic surfactant that includes a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amidoamine, (b) cleansing surfactant and (c) water, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte. |
| US11779527B2 |
Useful compositions for the cosmetic treatment of oily skin
The invention relates to the cosmetic use of an association of (i) at least one polyphenol selected from the monomers and oligomers of flavonoids extracted from vines, the derivatives thereof and the mixtures thereof, and (ii) at least two essential oils selected from peppermint, geranium, lemon balm, lemongrass, rosemary and lavender, for treating and/or preventing oily skin or skin with oily tendencies and/or aesthetic skin problems associated therewith. The invention also relates to a cosmetic method for treating oily skin, and to compositions containing the association. It also relates to the association of polyphenols and the mixture of essential oils for treating acne or skin with oily tendencies. |
| US11779523B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for substance dependence cessation management
Systems, methods and apparatus for substance dependence cessation management are described. The system involves an electronic mobile device, a communication network and a substance packet holder adapted with a substance packet dispenser, the substance packet holder connected to the electronic mobile device through the communication network. The system being capable of collecting user related information of a user for activating for an algorithm on the electronic mobile device based on the user related information, defining a plan for the cessation of substance dependence and capable of controlling a dispensing of a substance packet from the substance packet dispenser for the user. |
| US11779522B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing microtablets
Embodiments provide methods and apparatus for manufacturing a microtablet from a precursor material such as a pharmaceutical powder. Various embodiments provide a method which includes compressing the powder to form a compressed mass of a selected density and repeatedly compacting the compressed mass to increase the density of the compressed mass and form a microtablet. Related methods and apparatus are provided. |
| US11779514B2 |
Personal use extracorporeal low intensity acoustic or shock wave mechanical tip and methods of use
A treatment device includes a housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a striking element disposed within the housing and moveable along the longitudinal axis, a tip disposed adjacent the distal end, and a nose cone disposed about at least a portion of the tip, the tip being moveable within the nose cone. |
| US11779509B2 |
Massage machine
The massage machine includes a massage unit for treating a treatment target person, a first drive unit for driving the massage unit in a direction facing a treatment site of at least the treatment target person, and a control unit that controls driving of at least the first drive unit. The massage unit is configured to include a treatment unit in an articulated structure with at least two or more joints, and a second drive unit that drives the treatment unit in the direction facing the treatment target site of the treatment target person. The at least the two or more joints are shifted from each other in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the treatment target site. |
| US11779506B1 |
Connecting rod self-locking structure for double-folded rollator
The present invention discloses a connecting rod self-locking structure for a double-folded rollator, comprising a cross pipe and two sets of main frame bottom pipes arranged in parallel to the left and right. A folding plastic seat is movably mounted on the top of the front end of the main frame bottom pipe via a pin shaft, two sides of the bottom of the folding plastic seat are clamped on the side edge of the main frame bottom pipe, the bottom of the cross pipe is movably connected to the folding plastic seat, a connecting rod hook is connected to a connecting rod via a torsion spring, and a limiting column for the connecting rod hook to be buckled is further provided on the upper part of the cross pipe. |
| US11779504B2 |
Wearable apparatus for increasing muscular force
A wearable apparatus for increasing muscular force includes: a mount body coupled to an upper body of a wearer; a shoulder frame coupled at one end thereof to the mount body at the dorsal surface of the wearer and which is rotatable in up and down direction; a mounting frame coupled at one end thereof to the other end of the shoulder frame to be torsionally rotated; a supporter, which surrounds part of an upper arm of the wearer to support the upper arm of the wearer; and a compensation frame, which is integrally coupled to the supporter to be rotated together with the supporter about a shoulder joint of the wearer. The compensation frame capable of generating supporting force that varies depending on the angle to which the compensation frame is rotated. |
| US11779496B2 |
Absorbent cores comprising a superabsorbent polymer immobilizing material
Described herein is an absorbent article having an absorbent core. The absorbent core includes a superabsorbent polymer material and a superabsorbent polymer immobilizing material. The superabsorbent polymer immobilizing material includes from about 20% to about 70% of a first polymer and from about 30% to about 80% of a second polymer. The superabsorbent polymer immobilizing material has a Shear Viscosity at 10 (1/s) at 230° C. of from about 300 mPa·s to about 10,000 mPa·s. |
| US11779495B2 |
Disposable absorbent article having breathable side flaps
A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, is described. The disposable absorbent article includes a first side edge and an opposing second side edge; a first side flap and an opposing second side flap, each of the first and second side flaps forming at least a portion of the wearer-facing surface, each of the first and second side flaps having a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has a first layer proximal edge and the second layer has a second layer proximal edge. The second layer proximal edge is disposed laterally outboard from the first layer proximal edge. |
| US11779494B2 |
Method and apparatus for making tampons
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for making tampons including primary and secondary absorbent members. During assembly, primary absorbent members, a continuous length of secondary absorbent members, and a continuous cord are advanced in a machine direction. Leading edges of the primary absorbent members are separated from each other in the machine direction by a pitch distance. Discrete secondary absorbent members are cut from the continuous length of secondary absorbent members. Leading edges of the discrete secondary absorbent members are also separated from each other in the machine direction by the pitch distance. The continuous cord is positioned on a first surface of the secondary absorbent members. And a second surface of a secondary absorbent member is positioned in contact with and in a facing relationship with a primary absorbent member. A thread is sewn through the continuous cord, the secondary absorbent member, and the primary absorbent member. |
| US11779491B2 |
Adjustable laser surgery system
Systems and methods for adjusting an angle of incidence of a laser surgery system include a laser source to produce a laser beam and an optical delivery system to output the laser beam pulses to an object at an adjustable incident angle. A first rotator assembly receives the beam from the laser source along a first beam axis. The first rotator assembly rotates around the first beam axis and the first rotator assembly outputs the beam along a second beam axis different from the first beam axis. A second rotator assembly receives the beam from the first rotator assembly along the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly rotates around the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly follows the rotation of the first rotator assembly and the first rotator assembly is independent of the rotation of the second rotator assembly. |
| US11779489B2 |
Apparatus for treating excess intraocular fluid having an elastic membrane
Apparatus and methods are provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the device includes a housing shell defining a cavity between a first end and a second end of the housing shell, and an elastic membrane disposed within the cavity to divide the cavity into a fluidic channel that permits a flow of fluid from the first end to the second end and a sealed cavity. The elastic membrane deforms to change the volume of the sealed cavity responsive to pressure fluctuations between the first and second ends, thereby varying the fluidic resistance of the flow of fluid through the fluidic channel. |
| US11779488B2 |
Cooling and refrigeration based on vacuum-driven water evaporation
Apparatus for cooling an object, space, or tissues of a patient. A vacuum chamber is designed to be placed in thermal contact with the object or space to be cooled, or against a patient to be treated. A water sprayer is configured to spray water into the vacuum chamber or against a cooling wall of the chamber. A vacuum pump and control are designed to maintain vacuum below ambient pressure in the vacuum chamber sufficient to cause accelerated evaporation of the water and cooling to a temperature desired for cooling of the object, space, or patient. |
| US11779483B2 |
Apparatus for treating GERD
An apparatus for the treatment of acid reflux disease comprising two or more movement restriction device segments adapted to be movement restriction device of a controlled size. The movement restriction device can at least partly be invaginated by a patient's stomach fundus wall. A substantial part of the outer surface of the movement restriction device is adapted to rest against the stomach wall without injuring the latter in a position between the patient's diaphragm and at least a portion of the lower part of the invaginated stomach fundus wall, such that movement of the cardiac notch of the patient's stomach towards the patient's diaphragm is restricted, to thereby prevent the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax, so as to maintain the supporting pressure against the patient's cardia sphincter muscle exerted from the patient's abdomen. |
| US11779482B2 |
Intragastric device
Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, monitoring, and retrieving the same are provided. |
| US11779481B2 |
Controlled endoprosthesis balloon expansion
A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover. |
| US11779479B2 |
Bifurcated endovascular prosthesis having tethered contralateral leg
An endovascular delivery system includes a bifurcated and inflatable prosthesis including a main tubular body having an open end and opposed ipsilateral and contralateral legs defining a graft wall therein between. A tether is disposed securably disposed to the contralateral leg, and the contralateral leg is releasably restrained towards the ipsilateral leg tether to prevent undesirable movement of the contralateral leg. A release wire within the endovascular delivery system releasably retains the tether near the ipsilateral leg. |
| US11779475B2 |
Torque measuring spring for a prosthetic drive
An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring. |
| US11779473B2 |
Powered prosthetic flexion device
Technology is described to provide a powered prosthetic wrist flexion device or elbow device. This device helps individuals with upper-limb loss to orient and position grasped objects. |
| US11779472B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for the fabrication of materials and tissues utilizing electromagnetic radiation
The present invention provides a three-dimensional bioprinter for fabricating cellular constructs such as tissues and organs using electromagnetic radiation (EMR) at or above 405 nm. The bioprinter includes a material deposition device comprising a cartridge for receiving and holding a composition which contains biomaterial that cures after exposure to EMR. The bioprinter also includes an EMR module that emits EMR at a wavelength of about 405 nm or higher. Also provided is a bioprinter cartridge which contains cells and a material curable at a wavelength of about 405 nm or greater. The cells are present in a chamber and are extruded through an orifice to form the cellular construct. |
| US11779465B2 |
Biocompatible medical device and method of making same
The present invention relates generally to biocompatible medical devices, such as cranial implants, and a method and means of attaching to bone. More specifically, the present invention relates to multilayered porous material with controlled porosity and drug load designed to control the release of drugs from a medical device. Additionally the present invention provides methods for controlling release of drugs by integrating the multilayer structure in medical devices with successive layers of polymer coatings of different porosities and drug contents. The multilayer material is inserted in between two plates such as meshes that provide strength to the implant. The present invention relates to biocompatible medical devices that has osseointegration and antibacterial properties. The present invention also relates to a method and means of attaching the medical device to defect in a bone structure and comprises of tree mounting parts configured to secure the medical in place. |
| US11779464B2 |
Customized ventricular support device
Provided herein is a method of forming a ventricular support device for a diseased heart, including providing imaging data of the diseased heart, forming a three-dimensional (3D) heart model based on the imaging data, providing strain data including a plurality of strain estimates for at least one segment of the diseased heart, mapping the plurality of strain estimates onto corresponding portions of the 3D heart model to form a 3D diseased heart model, based on the 3D diseased heart model, forming a model of the ventricular support device configured to surround at least a portion of the diseased heart and provide support based upon said strain estimates, and converting the model of the ventricular support device to a digital file useful for directing a 3D printer device to print said ventricular support device for said diseased heart. Also provided is a customized ventricular support device so produced. |
| US11779454B2 |
Vascular prosthesis with crimped adapter and methods of use
The vascular prosthesis includes a luminal graft component that defines at least one fenestration and a crimped adapter at the at least one fenestration. The crimped adapter includes a perimeter and an opening with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the fenestration, and includes a crimped portion of generally concentric folds about the opening. The opening can move relative to the perimeter region of the crimped adapter to accommodate positioning of a branch prosthesis extending through the crimped adaptor. The vascular prosthesis is implanted in a patient to thereby treat, for example, an arterial aneurysm that spans a region of an artery that includes at least one arterial branch. |
| US11779452B2 |
Vascular implant
A vascular graft configured for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a biocompatible polymeric textile structure formed of a plurality of filaments spaced to enable blood flow through spaces between the filaments. The textile structure forms a tubular body having a first longitudinally extending opening. An inner element has a proximal end and a distal end, the inner element composed of an open pitched metal coil having a second longitudinally extending opening and is positioned within the longitudinally extending opening of the textile structure. |
| US11779451B2 |
Peripheral vascular filtration systems and methods
A peripheral vascular filter according to some aspects of the invention includes a filter body forming a cavity therein, the filter body having a proximal end and a distal end in a length-wise direction of the peripheral vascular filter, the filter body having an opening in the proximal end thereof; a spring system arranged proximal to the filter body and in mechanical connection with the filter body and with a filter wire, the spring system being stretchable along the length-wise direction; a plurality of retractor wires, each retractor wire having a distal end connected to the filter body, and a proximal end connected to spring system. In a deployed configuration, the spring system absorbs forces applied to the filter wire proximal to the filter body to prevent the peripheral vascular filter from becoming dislodged from a position in a peripheral vasculature. |
| US11779448B2 |
Pre-formed parastomal hernia reinforcement mesh
A mesh for repair/prevention of a parastomal hernia during ostomy treatment is disclosed. More specifically, a pre-molded mesh having a unique shape to provide support to the abdominal wall adjacent a stoma formed during an ostomy procedure to prevent/repair formation of a parastomal hernia is disclosed which also provides a clearance channel through which the bowel can pass in a manner that prevents collapse or obstruction of the exposed segment of the bowel. |
| US11779445B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a bite position between teeth of a subject
A method and a system for determining a bite position between arch forms of a subject. The method comprises: receiving a 3D model including a first portion and a second portion respectively representative of lower and upper arch forms of the subject; determining, a respective distance value from each point of the first portion to the second portion; determining, for each point of the first portion, a respective weight value, thereby determining a respective weighted distance value; aggregating respective weighted distance values associated with each point of the first portion to determine an aggregate distance value being a remoteness measure between the first portion and the second portion; and determining the bite position based on the aggregate distance value. |
| US11779441B2 |
Dental flosser with floss tensioner
A dental flosser having a handle, a dental floss support mounted to the handle and having first and second projections, each projection defining a tip, a floss dispensing spool mounted to the handle, and a floss collecting spool mounted to the handle. The dental flosser also includes a thumbwheel operable to rotate the collecting spool to cause uptake of floss from the dispensing spool, across the tips of the first and second projections, and onto the collecting spool, and a spool brake member mounted to the handle and operable to fix rotated positions of the dispensing and collecting spools, and to automatically release the dispensing and collecting spools to rotate upon operating the thumbwheel. |
| US11779439B2 |
Coupling for a multi-part dental implant system
The invention relates to an abutment for use in a dental implant system, wherein the abutment is provided with a guiding and lock for associating the abutment to a dental implant, the guiding and lock including: a first conically tapered section; a second substantially non-tapered section arranged apically adjacent to the first section, the second section being provided with an anti-rotational means; and a third substantially circular cylindrical section arranged apically adjacent to the second section, such that to provide axial guiding to the abutment upon the insertion thereof into a dental implant. Further, the invention relates to a dental implant formed in a similar manner. |
| US11779437B2 |
Treatment of temperomandibular joint dysfunction with aligner therapy
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing and generating a treatment plan for temporomandibular joint dysfunction where a polymeric shell appliance is utilized to generate one or more activation forces that facilitate tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth. |
| US11779432B2 |
Marking device and implantation system
Marking device (100) for implantation into a tissue (260), having a support structure (102) which is formed by at least one elastic metal wire, is compressible and is self-expanding and which, in an expanded state, encompasses an interior space (104), characterized in that the marking device (100) is designed to transform itself on its own from a compressed state into an expanded state, even against a tissue pressure prevailing at a tissue site to be marked, and the marking device (100) in the expanded state has a hollow, approximately spherical shape. |
| US11779427B2 |
Multiple-input-coupled illuminated multi-spot laser probe
Systems and methods for creating multi-spot laser light beams, multiplexing an illumination light and the multi-spot laser light beams, and delivering the multiplexed light to a surgical handpiece via a multi-core optical fiber cable. |
| US11779424B2 |
Instrument cassette for handling instruments
An instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) for handling instruments comprises a body section (101, 201, 301) for holding the instruments and a radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) readable from a distance away from the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) facilitates tracing operations, such as for example disinfection, sterilization, reparation, and clinical use, directed to or carried out with a set of instruments handled with the aid of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The instruments can be for example medical and/or dental hand instruments. |
| US11779422B2 |
Magnetically steerable continuum robotic guidewires for neurovascular applications
Robotic devices and methods for performing minimally invasive procedures on the vascular system, particularly cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgical procedures, where a submillimeter-scale continuum robotic device is configured and adapted for active steering and navigation based on external magnetic actuation. The submillimeter-scale continuum robotic device includes an elongate body having an inner core and an outer shell, where the outer shell is fabricated of an elastomeric material having a plurality of ferromagnetic particles dispersed therein. |
| US11779420B2 |
Robotic surgical attachments having manually-actuated retraction assemblies
A robotic surgical attachment is disclosed. The robotic surgical attachment comprises a control interface comprising a manually-actuated retraction assembly and a shaft extending distally from the control interface. The robotic surgical attachment further comprises an articulation region and an end effector assembly extending from the shaft by way of the articulation region. The end effector assembly comprises a firing member movable through a first distance during a jaw closure stroke and a second distance to cut and staple tissue clamped between jaws of the end effector assembly after the completion of the closure stroke. The manually-actuated retraction assembly is operable to selectively retract the firing member. |
| US11779418B2 |
System and apparatus for positioning an instrument in a body cavity for performing a surgical procedure
Methods and systems for insertion of an instrument into a body cavity of an animal for performing a surgical procedure using a processor circuit controlled robotic surgery system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method involves receiving body cavity image data representing an interior view of the body cavity captured by a camera inserted into the body cavity, determining, by the processor circuit, instrument parameters associated with physical extents of the instrument to be inserted, determining, by the processor circuit, an instrument envelope identifying a region through which the instrument is capable of moving in the body cavity, and generating, by the processor circuit, display signals operable to display a composite view of the interior of the body cavity on a display, the composite view being based on the body cavity image data and including an envelope overlay image generated to represent the instrument envelope. |
| US11779406B2 |
Systems and methods for guidance of intraluminal devices within the vasculature
System for guiding an instrument within a vascular network of a patient are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system receives a medical image from a medical imaging device and identifies a distal tip and a direction the instrument in the image. The system may then determine a waypoint for the distal tip of the instrument based at least in part on the position and direction of the distal tip of the instrument. The system may then generate a trajectory command for moving the instrument through the vascular network from the current position to the waypoint. The system may operate in a closed loop. The system may provide the trajectory command to a robotic medical system configured to move the instrument according to the command. |
| US11779401B2 |
Methods for surgical navigation
Methods for surgical navigation use a trajectory frame/guide assembly for use with surgical navigation systems that includes a base having a patient access aperture formed therein. A yoke is mounted to the base and is rotatable about a roll axis. A platform is mounted to the yoke and is rotatable about a pitch axis and interchangeably holds a single lumen or multi-lumen guide array and a device guide. A device guide can be rotated to align an access channel with a desired lumen path. No x-y actuators are required and a virtual guide array may also or alternatively be used to identify a desired open channel in the device guide for the preferred trajectory path. |
| US11779400B2 |
Combining strain-based shape sensing with catheter control
Provided are robotic systems and methods for navigation of luminal network that can improve strain-based shape sensing. In one aspect, the system can compare strain-based shape data to shape data determined based on robotic data (e.g., kinematic model data, torque measurements, mechanical model data, command data, etc.) and adjust the strain-based shape data as necessary. Any portion of the strain-based shape data can be adjusted, weighted differently, or discarded based on the comparison. For example, data from trustworthy sources may indicate that the shape of an instrument exhibits or should exhibit one or more characteristics. If the system determines that any portion of the strain-based shape data is not in agreement with such characteristics, the system may adjust the portion of the strain-based shape data such that the adjusted strain-based shape data is in agreement with the characteristics of the instrument. |
| US11779395B2 |
Multiple treatment zone ablation probe
An energy delivery probe and method of using the energy delivery probe to treat a patient is provided herein. The energy delivery probe has at least one probe body having a longitudinal axis and at least a first trocar and a second trocar. Each trocar comprises at least two electrodes that are electrically insulated from each other, and each electrode is independently selectively activatable. An insulative sleeve is positioned in a coaxially surrounding relationship to each of the first trocar and the second trocar. The probe also has a switching means for independently activating at least one electrode. The method involves independently and selectively activating the first and second electrodes to form an ablation zone, then repeating the ablation by delivering energy to a second set of electrodes, producing one or more overlapping ablation zone, and eliminating the need to reposition the ablation probes. |
| US11779393B2 |
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. |
| US11779391B2 |
Forming a lesion based on pre-determined amount of abaltive energy vs lesion size curve
A method of ablation includes storing in a memory a pre-determined relation between lesion size and amount of ablative energy, for each of one or more selected temperatures. Using a processor, user input is received, that indicates a lesion size and a tissue temperature. Based on the relation, an amount of energy is determined, that matches the lesion size and the tissue temperature. An ablation probe is controlled to apply the amount of ablative energy that matches the selected lesion size. |
| US11779387B2 |
Clamp arm jaw to minimize tissue sticking and improve tissue control
An end-effector and a surgical instrument including the end-effector are disclosed. The end-effector includes a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade configured to acoustically couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple to a pole of an electrical generator. The clamp arm includes a clamp jaw, a cantilever electrode configured to electrically couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator. The cantilever electrode is fixed to the clamp jaw at a proximal end and free to deflect at a distal end. The clamp arm includes control features to adjust a tissue path relative to the clamp arm to create a predefined location of contact. |
| US11779385B2 |
Surgical forceps
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from its distal end. Each jaw member is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are capable of selectively conducting energy through tissue held therebetween. A knife channel is configured to reciprocate a cutting mechanism therealong. An actuator selectively advances the cutting mechanism. A switch is disposed on the first shaft and is configured to be depressed between a first position and at least one subsequent position upon biasing engagement with a mechanical interface disposed on the second shaft. The first position of the switch relays information to the user corresponding to a desired pressure on tissue and the at least one subsequent position is configured to activate the source of electrosurgical energy to supply electrosurgical energy to the jaw members. |
| US11779379B2 |
Sternum fixation devices and methods
A sternum fixation device includes a plate having a first end and a second end, a right lateral edge and a left lateral edge, an inner side configured for placement against the sternum, and an outer side. A first lobe includes a band socket defined as a blind recess in the outer side of the plate. The band socket includes a right lateral stop and a left lateral stop opposite the right lateral stop. A right lateral channel is defined in the first lobe from the right lateral edge to the band socket, the right lateral channel defined above a right side floor in the socket. A left lateral channel opposite the right lateral channel is defined in the first lobe from the left lateral edge to the band socket, the left lateral channel defined above a left floor in the socket. |
| US11779376B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument includes a first member and an actuator disposed with the first member. An assembly is provided that includes a second member engageable with a bone fastener receiver. A third member is rotatable relative to the second member and threadably engageable with the bone fastener receiver to capture the bone fastener receiver. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US11779370B2 |
Subcutaneous delivery tool
Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler. |
| US11779367B2 |
Polypectomy snare devices
Polypectomy devices and methods for making and using polypectomy devices are disclosed. An example polypectomy device may include an elongate sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A shaft may be slidably disposed within the sheath. A handle may be coupled to the proximal end region of the sheath. The handle may be designed to axially shift the shaft relative to the sheath. A snare may be coupled to the shaft. The snare may include a first region, a traction region, and a distal tip region. The first region may have a non-circular cross-sectional shape. The traction region may include a plurality of traction members. At a position between two adjacent traction members the snare may have a reduced cross-sectional area relative to the first region. The distal tip region may have a circular cross-sectional shape. |
| US11779362B1 |
Methods and apparatus for true lumen re-entry
A catheter for facilitating re-entry of a re-entry wire into a true lumen or into any desired region of a blood vessel may have an elongate shaft with a first lumen. A distal port and a first proximal port are fluidly coupled with the first lumen. A wire re-entry port is adjacent the distal end of the elongate shaft. The wire re-entry port has a re-entry axis. An ultrasound transducer on the catheter is configured to produce an image the blood vessel, and has a central axis that allows visualization of the re-entry wire as it exits the re-entry port and re-enters the true lumen. This allows the operator to ensure that the re-entry wire re-enters the true lumen in a desired location and does not damage the vessel. |
| US11779361B2 |
Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space
Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion with a concave side, inserting the first device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, and orienting the concave side of the distal portion toward the vascular lumen. |
| US11779356B2 |
Orthopedic surgical guide
A system for establishing an intramedullary path includes a body sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space. The body defines a first aperture that extends through the body and is sized and configured to receive a surgical tool therethrough. A first bone engaging structure extends from the body in a first direction and includes a first surface that is complementary to a surface topography of a first bone. When the first surface of the bone engaging structure engages the surface topography of the first bone to which the first surface is complementary, an axis defined by the first aperture is substantially collinear with a mechanical axis of the first bone. |
| US11779355B2 |
System for connecting a connecting device, in particular a distractor, to a bone
System for connecting a connection device to a bone with a bone pin, wherein the connection device is provided with an opening for receiving the bone pin, wherein the system comprises: said connection device; a guiding tube arranged to guide the bone pin from the connection device to the bone for connecting the bone pin to the bone, wherein the inner diameter of the guiding tube corresponds to the outer diameter of the bone pin and wherein the guiding tube can be slidably received in the opening, the guiding tube being slidable with respect to the connection device along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the opening; a locking device arranged to be received in the opening of the connection device and arranged to engage the bone pin for locking the bone pin with respect to the connection device, wherein the guiding tube is movable with respect to the connection device and bone pin such that the guiding tube is removable from the combination of the bone pin and the connection device and wherein the locking device is arranged to lock the bone pin after removal of the guiding tube. |
| US11779353B2 |
Bone material removal device and a method for use thereof
A bone material removal device including a cannula, a bone drilling forward tip and a bore widening element including a bone carving portion that slides axially relative to the cannula and extends in a circumferential direction and wherein the axial movement of the bore widening element relative to the cannula brings a carving portions to travel and extend radially in a circumferential direction beyond a surface of the cannula and carve bone from a wall of a bore. |
| US11779345B2 |
Tourniquet
Tourniquets have an elongated body having opposed first and second anchor locations, a strap having a body end connected to and extending from the first anchor location of the body, the strap having a free end, the second anchor location of the body having an adjustor buckle defining a passage receiving an intermediate portion of the strap between the body end and the free end, the adjustor buckle configured to resist movement of the strap through the passage in response to tension applied between the body and the portion of the strap extending toward the body end, and to enable movement of the strap through the passage in response to tension applied between the elongated body and a tail portion of the strap extending from the intermediate portion to the free end, the elongated body having a tightener, and the tail portion being connected to the elongated body. |
| US11779343B2 |
Staple reload assembly with releasable knife
A surgical stapling device includes an anvil assembly and a reload assembly that includes a knife and a knife carrier. The knife is releasably coupled to the knife carrier and is embedded in a cut ring of the anvil assembly when the stapling device is fired. The knife is separable from the knife carrier upon application of a predetermined force on the knife. The predetermined force is applied to the knife after the stapling device is fired by moving the anvil assembly in relation to the reload assembly from a clamped position to an open position. |
| US11779342B2 |
Laparoscopic purse string suture device
A surgical device, or a portion of a surgical device, that places purse string sutures in tissue within a body (e.g., intra-peritoneal space). The surgical device includes, or an end effector for a surgical device includes, a jaw assembly, staple cartridges, and a suture. |
| US11779340B2 |
Ligation clip loading device
A ligation clip loading device includes a cannula including a cannula body and an instrument lumen extending through a longitudinal axis of the cannula body, and a stack of ligation clips axially arranged about the instrument lumen. The ligation clips are accessible through a series of slots allowing for loading of an endoscopic clip applier with the ligation clips within a body cavity, such as an intra-abdominal cavity. |
| US11779334B2 |
Surgical stapling device including a manual retraction assembly
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly and a handle assembly. The tool assembly includes first and second jaw members. The handle assembly includes a rack and a retraction assembly. The rack is operatively coupled to the tool assembly and slidably supported in the handle assembly. The rack includes teeth extending along a length of the rack. The retraction assembly includes a shaft, a lever including a wheel and a lever handle extending from the wheel, and a pawl pivotably secured to the wheel. The lever is secured to the shaft for concomitant rotation therewith. The shaft is transitionable between a disengage state, in which, the pawl is disengaged from the teeth of the rack, and an engaged state, in which, the pawl engages the teeth of the rack such that when the lever handle is rotate about the shaft, the rack is retracted. |
| US11779331B2 |
Closure assembly for linear surgical stapler
A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member having a distal portion that supports a plurality of staple-forming pockets, a second elongate member having a distal portion that supports a staple cartridge, and a clamp member movable from an open position to a closed position to releasably clamp the first and second elongate members together. A clamp lockout feature is supported by the first elongate member and is moveable between a lockout position in which the clamp lockout feature prevents closure of the clamp member, and a release position in which the clamp lockout feature permits closure of the clamp member. An actuating feature is supported by the second elongate member and is configured to actuate the clamp lockout feature from the lockout position to the release position in response to approximation of the distal portions of the first and second elongate members. |
| US11779330B2 |
Surgical instrument comprising a jaw alignment system
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector including a first jaw and a second jaw rotatable relative to the first jaw is disclosed. One or both of the first jaw and the second jaw comprise alignment features. |
| US11779328B2 |
Shipping wedge for end effector installation onto surgical devices
Shipping wedges for installing end effectors onto an endoscopic assembly of a surgical tack applier are provided. In aspects, a shipping wedge includes an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a channel therethrough, and an arm disposed within a slot defined in a side wall of the elongate body. The arm includes a first end coupled to the side wall and a second end that is movable laterally with respect to the side wall. In aspects, a shipping wedge includes an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a channel therethrough. A proximal portion of the elongate body includes a first arm extending proximally from a distal portion of the elongate body and a locking tab extending laterally into the channel of the elongate body. |
| US11779327B2 |
Surgical stapling system including a push bar
A surgical stapling system comprising an end effector, a firing beam, and a push bar is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw rotatable relative to the first jaw between an open position and a closed position. The firing beam is movable from a proximal position toward a distal position during a firing stroke. The firing beam comprises a first cam configured to engage the first jaw during the firing stroke, a second cam configured to engage the second jaw during the firing stroke, and a middle span extending between the first cam and the second cam. The middle span is defined by a span distance. The span distance comprises a span midpoint. The push bar is engaged with the firing beam at a level between the first cam and the second cam other than at the span midpoint. |
| US11779322B2 |
Methods and devices for surgical access
An apparatus for positioning a patient during surgery includes a surgical table frame having a longitudinal dimension and a centerline, and at least one laterally movable support mounted thereon that includes longitudinal rails and transverse rails, and one or more modular body supports mounted on the surgical table frame. The laterally movable support includes a pair of platforms where one platform is laterally translatable relative to the other platform on a plurality of tracks between the platforms, the lateral translation being to one or both of the left and the right of the centerline. |
| US11779320B2 |
Vascular closure device
A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle. The actuator is coupled to the release component and is in communication with the suture such that actuation of the actuator causes (i) the release component to move the proximal direction relative to the delivery component so as to release the toggle from the release component, and (ii) the suture to be pulled in a proximal direction to thereby place the filament in tension and urge the toggle against a distal end of the delivery component such that the toggle is oriented in a sealing position. |
| US11779316B2 |
Biopsy device
A biopsy device includes a cutting cannula and an inner member. The inner member has a rotatable toothed rack, a sharpened distal tip, and a sample notch. The inner member is configured to be received in the cutting cannula. The rotatable toothed rack has a proximal portion and a rotation zone in the proximal portion. The rotation zone of the rotatable toothed rack has circumferential toothing configured as a series of longitudinally spaced cut-outs that run around an entire circumference of the rotatable toothed rack to facilitate both a longitudinal movement and a rotational movement of the rotatable toothed rack and inner member. A drive is configured to engage the circumferential toothing to move the rotatable toothed rack within the cutting cannula in at least one of the longitudinal movement and the rotational movement. |
| US11779315B2 |
Self-contained sampling device for processing whole blood
A collection device is disclosed having a tubular housing detachably receiving a valved bulb reservoir at a first end thereof, the housing having a second end for dispensing fluids. The valved bulb reservoir has a sample capillary tube attached at one end thereof. The bore of the capillary is fluidically coupled to the valved bulb reservoir. The capillary is removed from the tubular housing to collect a sample in its bore, and is then replaced into the tubular housing. The contents of the valved tubular reservoir, which can be a buffer solution, a reagent, or other analytic fluid, or a gas, are then passed through the capillary bore to expel the sample and mix therewith in the housing. The sample product can then be dispensed from the tubular housing. |
| US11779307B2 |
Intravascular device with captively-held filling
Intravascular systems, devices, and methods having a captively-held filling are provided. An intravascular imaging device can include a flexible elongate member including a lumen having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a drive cable disposed within the lumen such that an ultrasound transducer coupled to the drive cable is positioned within the distal portion of the lumen; and a filling captively held within at least the distal portion of the lumen and surrounding the ultrasound transducer, the filling facilitating transmission and receipt of ultrasound signals. A method of manufacturing an intravascular imaging device can include acquiring a flexible elongate member including a lumen; inserting a drive cable into the lumen, a rotational ultrasound transducer being coupled to the drive cable; inserting a filling that facilitates transmission and receipt of ultrasonic signals into the lumen such that the filling surrounds rotational ultrasound transducer; and sealing the filling within the lumen. |
| US11779304B2 |
Acoustic damping for ultrasound imaging devices
An ultrasound imaging device includes an ultrasound transducer module disposed within a housing and a flowable acoustic damping material disposed on at least one surface located within an interior of the housing. The flowable acoustic damping material may be a Teflon™-containing gel material, in contact with at least one internal surface of the imaging device to provide acoustic damping. |
| US11779301B2 |
Blood flow probe, blood flow sensor, and blood flow measuring instrument
The present invention is: a blood flow sensor that sandwiches a longitudinal-direction section of a blood vessel of a subject, from the outer circumference of such section, to generate an electrical signal corresponding to the blood flow; and a blood flow measurement instrument that processes the electrical signal from the blood flow sensor and converts the signal to an electrical signal indicating blood flow. The blood flow sensor and the blood flow measurement instrument are provided with connectors so as to be mechanically and electrically separable from each other. |
| US11779300B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting flow instability
A method of detecting flow instability includes insonating an area of interest with ultrasound wave pulses, acquiring radio frequency (RF) data from echo pulses of the ultrasound wave pulses, processing the RF data, and deriving a Doppler band-width from the processed RF data by AR modeling. Also described herein is a device for detecting flow instability. The device includes an emitter configured to insonate ultrasound wave pulses on an area of interest, a receiver configured to acquiring radio frequency (RF) data from echo pulses of the ultrasound wave pulses, and a processor configured to process the RF data, and derive a Doppler band-width from the processed RF data by AR modeling. |
| US11779299B2 |
Control device, control method, and control program
A control device including: wherein the processor controls a mammography apparatus that a breast, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that normal imaging which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image and tomosynthesis imaging which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles and emits the radiation with the second energy at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images and a plurality of high-energy projection images are performed in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member. |
| US11779298B2 |
Systems and methods for limited view imaging
A system for limited view imaging is provided. The system may obtain a reference image of an object. The system may identify, from the reference image, one or more critical boundaries between a target organ of the object and one or more adjacent organs of the target organ. The system may determine an imaging angle range of the object based on the one or more critical boundaries. The system may further cause an imaging device to scan the object based on the imaging angle range, the object being in a breath-hold state during the scan. |
| US11779297B2 |
Control device, control method, and control program
A control device includes a processor that controls a mammography apparatus that irradiates a breast with radiation to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that the radiation with either first energy or second energy higher than the first energy is emitted at each of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles while a radiation source is being moved to capture low-energy projection images with the first energy and high-energy projection images with the second energy, an irradiation time for which the radiation with the second energy is emitted is longer than an irradiation time for which the radiation with the first energy is emitted, and a focus size of the radiation source in a case in which the radiation with the first energy is emitted is larger than a focus size of the radiation source in a case in which the radiation with the second energy is emitted. |
| US11779294B2 |
Method, device and system for calculating microcirculation indicator based on image and pressure sensor
A method, device and system for calculating a microcirculation indicator are provided. A method includes: injecting a vasodilator and subjecting a blood vessel to be measured to coronary angiography; selecting at least one angiographic image of a first body position when the blood vessel to be measured is in a resting state and an angiographic image of a second body position when the blood vessel to be measured is in a dilated state; obtaining a three-dimensional coronary artery vascular model by three-dimensional modeling; injecting a contrast agent, and obtaining time T1 taken for the contrast agent flowing from an inlet to an outlet of the segment of blood vessel and time T2 taken for the contrast agent flowing from an inlet to an outlet of the segment of blood vessel; obtaining the microcirculation indicator. |
| US11779293B2 |
System and method for thermal load prediction of proposed imaging procedures for X-ray tubes
A system and method for the prediction of a thermal load for a proposed imaging procedure in view of the current thermal state for an imaging system employs a suitable software program/algorithm which determines a predicted or likely set of individual steps for a proposed imaging procedure to be performed. The system receives parameters for the particular imaging procedure to be performed and compares these parameters with information stored concerning prior performed imaging procedures to locate prior performed imaging procedures that have similar parameters to that for the proposed imaging procedure. The system utilizes the similar prior performed procedures as models of a likely set of imaging steps for the proposed procedure and estimates the heat generation produced by the models. The software program/algorithm can then determine if the entire proposed imaging procedure represented by the models can be successfully performed under the current thermal state for the imaging system. |
| US11779292B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters. |
| US11779290B2 |
X-ray imaging system and x-ray imaging apparatus
An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray detection unit, an imaging unit that acquires a subject image obtained by imaging an appearance of the subject, a position information acquisition unit that acquires a position information of the subject captured in the subject image, a target position acquisition unit that acquires a target position according to imaging conditions, and a projection unit that projects a marker indicating a contour of the subject for guiding a position of the subject to be the target position acquired by the target position acquisition unit, onto an imaging position that is the subject or a surface to which the subject is fixed. |
| US11779288B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining radiation doses
Methods and apparatus for determining radiation doses based on phantom matching are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory to store computer readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to prompt a capture of a second scout image when at least one of: (A) a first anatomical landmark in a first scout image of a first scout image file does not include an organ, (B) a first set of dimensions of the first anatomic landmark in the first scout image cannot be determined, or (C) the first set of dimensions are outside of a predefined range; and calculate a radiation dose for an organ in a second anatomical landmark of a second scout image file corresponding to the second scout image. |
| US11779286B2 |
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) planning interface with pressure data and vessel data and associated devices, systems, and methods
Devices, systems, and methods directed to evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a display, a screen display including: a visual representation of a pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel and the first instrument remains stationary within the vessel; and a visual representation of the vessel; receiving a user input to modify one of the visual representations of the pressure ratio and the vessel to simulate a therapeutic procedure; and updating the screen display, in response to the user input, including: modifying the selected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel based on the received user input; and correspondingly modifying the unselected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel. |
| US11779284B2 |
Basal metabolism estimation device, basal metabolism estimation system, basal metabolism estimation method, and program
A basal metabolism estimation device includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire first measurement data related to a left foot and second measurement data related to a right foot; identify a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left and right feet based on the first and second measurement data; calculate a stride time for one cycle of movement of one of the feet during walking and a degree of asymmetry between the first measurement data in the stance phase of the left foot and the second measurement data in the stance phase of the right foot; and estimate basal metabolism based on the stride time and the degree of asymmetry. |
| US11779279B2 |
Method for positioning a patient couch in a patient receiving area of a magnetic resonance device for a magnetic resonance examination
Techniques are disclosed for positioning a patient couch in a patient receiving area of a magnetic resonance device for a magnetic resonance examination, which includes starting an introduction of the patient couch into the patient receiving area, acquiring monitoring data within an acquisition area of at least one sensor unit by means of the at least one sensor unit during the introduction of the patient couch into the patient receiving area, evaluating the monitoring data with respect to a selected area of an examination object and/or a selected area of the patient couch, and positioning the patient couch within the patient receiving area in dependence on an acquisition of the selected area of the examination object and/or the selected area of the patient couch in the monitoring data. |
| US11779277B2 |
Systems and methods for endovascular device detection and apposition measurement
Devices, systems, and methods for stent detection and apposition are disclosed. Embodiments obtain a plurality of images of intravascular image data of a vessel wall and an endovascular device, generate a signal that represents the plurality of images, identify one or more images that correspond to the endovascular device based on the signal that represents the plurality of images, generate a representation of a three-dimensional (3D) shape of the endovascular device based on the one or more images, determine an apposition value of the endovascular device relative to the vessel wall using a representation of a 3D shape of a lumen segment that corresponds to the endovascular device, the apposition value based on a volume difference between the 3D shape of the lumen segment and the 3D shape of the endovascular device, and present information indicating the apposition value. |
| US11779276B2 |
Systems and apparatuses for protecting continuous glucose monitoring and insulin infusion devices
Systems and apparatuses for securing and protecting diabetes management devices, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices and insulin infusion sets. An apparatus comprises a base having multiple pairs of arms which can be attached to a band. The apparatus also comprises a shell for retaining a diabetes management device and which may be unitarily formed with, or removably attached to, the base. A system may include an apparatus, a diabetes management device retained in the shell of the apparatus, and a band attached to the base of the apparatus. The band may be placed around a body part of a user, such as an arm or the abdomen. A system can include an adhesive patch which can adhere to the shell of an apparatus and which has an adhesive layer overlaid with multiple liners having cutlines formed therebetween. |
| US11779275B2 |
Multi-sensory, assistive wearable technology, and method of providing sensory relief using same
A system and method for providing sensory relief from distractibility, inattention, anxiety, fatigue, and/or sensory issues to a user in need. The user can be autistic/neurodiverse, or neurotypical. The system can be configured to connect to a datastore storing one or more sensory thresholds specific to a user of a wearable device of the system, the sensory thresholds selected from auditory, visual or physiological sensory thresholds; record, using one or more sensors of the wearable device, a sensory input stimulus to the user; compare the sensory input stimulus with the sensory thresholds to determine an intervention to be provided to the user, the intervention configured to provide the user relief from distractibility, inattention, anxiety, fatigue, or sensory issues; and provide the intervention to the user, the intervention comprising filtering, in real-time, an audio signal presented to the user or an optical signal presented to the user. |
| US11779272B2 |
Wearable devices and systems for prescription adherence
A wearable computing device for monitoring and facilitating prescription adherence by a patient is provided. The wearable computing device is in communication with an inventory management server. The wearable computing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a set of prescription plan data including at least a prescription identifier and a prescription rate associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is further configured to determine an inventory level associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is also configured to determine, based at least on the prescription rate, a time value representing a period of time in which a patient is prescribed to take a pharmaceutical associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is additionally configured to present a prescription inventory indicator representing the inventory level. The processor is also configured to present a timer indicator representing the time value. |
| US11779267B2 |
Macro/micro-structure of sleep and similar states of consciousness to optimize pain treatment
An apparatus and method for employing the macro- and micro-structure of sleep and similar states of consciousness to optimize pain-treatment are disclosed wherein an objective biomarker of pain-related sleep disturbance guides pain treatment from a sleep perspective. Furthermore, this concept can be extended to states of reduced consciousness such as coma or sedation. Additionally, it could be applied on individuals who are non-communicative due to injury, disease, language issues and/or infancy. |
| US11779266B2 |
Portable polysomnography apparatus and system
A portable polysomnography apparatus comprises a unitary flexible structured pillow that is embedded with one or more sensors for data collection. The one or more sensors can comprise a tilt sensor that is configured to generate respiratory effort signals based on tilting of the head of the subject on the pillow. The one or more sensors can further be configured to generate ballistocardiogram signals from movement of the head of the subject caused by beating of the heart of the subject. The polysomnography apparatus can be advantageously sized and shaped to cause the sleeping subject to properly orient her head with respect to the sensors for optimal data collection while the subject is asleep. |
| US11779246B2 |
Hemoglobin measurement from a single vessel
A system and method to measure blood oxygenation levels and total hemoglobin on individually selected blood vessels, to provide a representation of the subject condition and of tissue perfusion that may be used for diagnosing specific tissue conditions. Reflection spectra from individual blood vessels or a collection of vessels are measured by using wide-field imaging for selecting target vessels and a narrow-field confocal detection system to enable measuring local blood oxygenation and hemoglobin. Optical fibers may be used to illuminate the target vessel and to detect light diffusively reflected therefrom. The reflection spectra may be analyzed in a spectrometer to extract the ratio of the deoxy- to oxyhemoglobin and to determine their absolute concentration for computing total hemoglobin levels. An alternative implementation uses image processing on camera images of a blood vessel, generated at an isosbestic wavelength of the deoxy- and oxyhemoglobin, and optionally also at neighboring wavelengths. |
| US11779245B2 |
Fingerprint capture system, fingerprint capture device, image processing apparatus, fingerprint capture method, and storage medium
A fingerprint capture system, a fingerprint capture device, an image processing apparatus, a fingerprint capture method, and a storage medium that can acquire a high quality fingerprint image are provided. A disclosed example includes: a capture unit that captures a fingerprint; an image processing unit that processes a transferred fingerprint image captured by the capture unit; a display unit on which the fingerprint image transferred to the image processing unit is displayed; a recording unit where the fingerprint image transferred to the image processing unit is recorded by the image processing unit; and an instruction unit that inputs, in the image processing unit, a record instruction that instructs the image processing unit to record the fingerprint image in the recording unit. The image processing unit records, in the recording unit, the fingerprint image displayed on the display unit at the time the record instruction is input by the instruction unit. |
| US11779239B2 |
Core designs for miniature inductive coil sensors
A position sensor used in medical devices for use with medical positioning systems. The position sensor includes a core (80) having a body and one or more projections (841,842) extending from the body, wherein the core comprises a high-permeability material. The position sensor further includes a coil (74) surrounding the body, wherein the coil is configured to generate a voltage when subject to a magnetic field. The one or more projections extending from the body of the core are configured to concentrate the magnetic field into the coil and increase the voltage. Thus, various core designs are described which have projections which may increase the electrical and/or mechanical integrity of the position sensor and/or which may also induce magnetic flux flow within the position sensor thereby increasing the signals generated by the position sensor. |
| US11779238B2 |
Implantable sensors for vascular monitoring
An implantable sensor for implantation in a vessel, comprising a plurality of electrodes for placement on, in or adjacent a vessel wall, means for providing a drive signal to the electrodes, means for measuring at least one of impedance and capacitance between at least two of the plurality of electrodes, and means for wirelessly communicating data from the sensor and a blood vessel monitoring system comprising same. |
| US11779236B2 |
Vascular assessment device
A vascular assessment device includes an antenna unit and a fabric unit. The antenna unit includes a substrate, a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna spaced apart disposed on the substrate, and a circuit module disposed on the substrate. The circuit module cooperates with the transmitting antenna to emit a carrier radio wave toward a fistula of a subject, and receives, via the receiving antenna, a return wave signal formed through reflection of the carrier radio wave. The fabric unit is sleeved on the antenna unit, and includes an isolating layer adapted to be disposed between the transmitting antenna and the skin above the fistula. The fabric unit has a dielectric constant not greater than 3. |
| US11779232B2 |
Flexible pressure sensor using multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a flexible pressure sensor having improved flexibility, sensitivity, and stability for use in a wearable device, and a method for manufacturing the same. Further, the present invention relates to a physical sensor for measuring a force applied from the outside, and more particularly, to a multi-directional physical sensor using a multi-layer microchannel array, which may sense all forces applied from the outside in three-dimensional directions such as a perpendicular direction and a parallel direction by applying the multi-layer microchannel array to a body having a three-dimensionally protruding shape. |
| US11779231B2 |
Multiple source-detector pair photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor
Systems, devices, and methods for tracking one or more physiological metrics (e.g., heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and the like) of a user are described. For example, one or more light sources and one or more light detectors may be positioned on a wearable device such that light can be emitted towards the user's skin and further such that light reflected back to the wearable device can be measured and used to generate values for the one or more physiological metrics. |
| US11779228B2 |
Bio-signal measurement apparatus and blood pressure measurement apparatus and method
A bio-signal measurement apparatus may include a first substrate and a second substrate, an optical sensor mounted in the first substrate, a force sensor disposed on or below the first substrate, and a separation structure interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to prevent transmission of a force between the first substrate and the second substrate. An upper surface of the first substrate and an upper surface of the second substrate may be provided at the same level. |
| US11779227B2 |
Multisensory technology for stress reduction and stress resilience
A multisensory environment apparatus for providing stress reduction to a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support frame that defines a recess. Auditory signal generators, somatosensory signal modules, olfactive signal modules, visual signal modules, and vestibular signal modules are positioned to deliver the associated to a user positioned in the recess. One or more of these signals are delivered to the user by the multisensory environment apparatus during a session. The delivery of the auditory and vibrotactile signals to the user work to meet the user's vital functions where they are, entrain them, and guide them to a more relaxed state, helping to reduce stress. The combination of the signals and the apparatus provide short term relief of acute stress, and long term benefits by breaking the cycle of chronic stress. |
| US11779226B2 |
Method and a system for determining the maximum heart rate of a user in a freely performed physical exercise
A method and a system for determining the maximum heart rate, called HRmax of a user of in a freely performed physical exercise and using an apparatus with software and memory. An intensity model takes account of, in addition to heart rate, respiration rate and/or kinetics information. |
| US11779225B2 |
Hemodynamic analysis of vessels using recurrent neural network
A method of and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for predicting hemodynamic parameters for a target vessel, in particular of an aorta, as well as to a computer-implemented method of training an AI unit of the AI system are disclosed. A vessel shape model of the target vessel and a corresponding flow profile of the target vessel are received. At least one hemodynamic parameter is predicted by the AI unit based on the received vessel shape model and the received flow profile. The AI unit is arranged and configured to predict at least one hemodynamic parameter based on a received vessel shape model and a received flow profile of the target vessel (aorta). |
| US11779224B2 |
Livestock health monitoring system and method of use
An animal wellness notification system includes an attachment body configured to securely engage with an ear of the animal; an elongated temperature probe secured to the attachment body and configured to extend within the ear of the animal; a housing secured to the attachment body; a power module electrically connect to and configured to provide power to (or recharge) at least one other element of the animal wellness notification system; a computer disposed within the housing and operably associated with the temperature probe; and a notification device in data communication with the computer, the notification device being configured to provide notice if a temperature of the animal goes beyond a determined. |
| US11779219B2 |
Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors
A system for providing intraoperative feedback to a user during the course of surgery. A core imaging unit provides low-coherence optical radiation coupled to a sampling device and generates optical coherence tomography (OCT) data based on combining scattered light received from the sampling device together with a reference signal. The sampling device is adapted to receive the low-coherence optical radiation from the core imaging unit and to illuminate the tissue, and to collect light scattered by the tissue and to return said light to the core imaging unit. A core software unit receives the OCT data from the core imaging unit provides real-time feedback, such as an image, to the user via an indicator. |
| US11779218B2 |
System, method and computer-accessible medium for predicting response to electroconvulsice therapy based on brain functional connectivity patterns
An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium for determining a position or a characteristic of a target(s) for a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment of a patient(s) can be provided, which can include, for example, receiving imaging information of a portion(s) of a head of the patient(s), and determining the position or the characteristic of the target(s) for the TMS treatment of the patient(s) based on the imaging information. The imaging information can be magnetic resonance imaging information. The imaging information can include information regarding a brain and a skull of the patient(s). The position or the characteristic of the target(s) can be determined by identifying (i) the skull, and (ii) a parcel in a section(s) of a brain of the patient(s). The parcel can a dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) parcel. The DLPFC parcel can be identified using a parcellation procedure, which can be a human connectome pipeline procedure. |
| US11779211B2 |
Fluorescein fluorescent fundus angiography device employing polarizing beam splitter and linear polarizing filter
Disclosed is a fluorescent fundus camera which is one kind of ophthalmological diagnostic equipment, using a blue excitation light beam when a contrast medium appears in the retinal vessels. When an abnormal blood vessel is present, the contrast medium leaks into the retina or appears as color in tissues surrounding the retina, and the presence of damage to the retina and the appearance of abnormal neovascularization can be found. |
| US11779205B2 |
Image classification method, device, and program
In classifying images by machine learning, provided are an image classification method, device, and program for classifying the image from which the feature difference is hardly detected, in particular, classifying the interference fringe image of tear fluid layer by the dry eye types. The method includes a step of acquiring a feature value from an interference fringe image of tear fluid layer for learning, a step of constructing a model for classifying an image from the feature value acquired from the interference fringe image of tear fluid layer for learning, a step of acquiring the feature value from an interference fringe image of tear fluid layer for testing, and a step of performing classification processing for classifying the interference fringe image of tear fluid layer for testing by types of dry eye using the model and the feature value acquired from the interference fringe image of tear fluid layer. |
| US11779204B1 |
Interchangeable lens mechanism for a head-worn display system and method of assembling the lens mechanism
A lens mechanism for a head-worn display device and a method of assembling the lens mechanism is disclosed. The lens mechanism includes a first housing disposed on a head-worn display device, wherein the first housing includes a first lens display, a first optic and a first optic holder configured to rigidly maintain the first lens display and the first optic, wherein the first optic holder includes an aperture configured to allow light waves to pass from the first lens display to the first optic. The lens mechanism includes a second optic holder that includes a second optic configured for vision correction, wherein the second optic is interchangeable and located over the first optic. The second optic holder is configured to removably dispose the second optic to the head-worn display device. |
| US11779203B1 |
Animated stereoscopic illusionary therapy and entertainment
Illusionary motion-in-depth for vision therapy or entertainment is provided by altering the positional disparity by relative speed of movement and/or delay of movement of images of an image pair in motion which are viewed on a digital display device by stereoscopic means. |
| US11779198B2 |
Package for capsule endoscope
The present invention discloses a package for a capsule endoscope. The package includes an inner package. The inner package includes a base and a cover arranged above the base. A first end of the cover is connected to a first side of the base and a second end of the cover is connected to a second side of the base in an assembled mode. When the second end of the cover is assembled and connected to the second side of the base, the bottom surface of the cover and the base form an holding slot for holding the capsule endoscope. Through such arrangement, the present invention improves the existing package and avoids a reduction of performance of the capsule endoscope during transportation. |
| US11779197B2 |
Tip part for a vision device
A tip part for an insertable vision device, and an insertable vision device including the tip part. The tip part includes a housing accommodating an electronic vision receptor and adapted to extend from a distal end of an insertable elongate portion of the insertable vision device, and a light guide positioned within the housing, the light guide having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction between a light reception end and a light emission end, the light reception end configured to receive light emanated from a light source and the light emission end configured to emit the light. The light guide includes, along at least a portion of the predetermined length, an expanding sector or a narrowing sector. |
| US11779186B2 |
Scuff-removing pad
A scuff-removing pad is provided that includes a piece of vinyl or linoleum sandwiched between two similarly shaped pieces of adhesive backed felt. The materials are pressed together using 15 tons of pressure for maximum adhesive and then die cut to form the shape of the scuff-removing pad. Each pad has a small through hole to allow for the insertion and tying of a tether which is tied at an opposite end to a clip or other device for removable attachment to a custodian's belt. The scuff-removing pad is useful for the custodian to erase scuff marks from vinyl flooring or other solid flooring. |
| US11779185B2 |
Magnetic sponge assembly
A multi-layer sponge assembly is disclosed which contains an abrasive portion and a magnet that mates with a separate magnetic element to allow the sponge to be elevated in a suspended position to dry. |
| US11779183B2 |
Floor sweeping robot system with automatic dust collection function
The present application provides a floor sweeping robot system with an automatic dust collection function, which sucks garbage in a water-dust integrated box and automatically treats garbage inside a floor sweeping robot, thereby solving problems for consumers. Accordingly, the frequency of cleaning the machine and recycling garbage is reduced, and the cleaning operation is performed at one time, so that the cleaning efficiency is improved greatly. The integrated design of the water-dust integrated box can greatly save the space, and is lower in production cost and more convenient for a user to clean. |
| US11779182B1 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a fluid delivery system and a recovery system, and is operable in a plurality of user-selectable cleaning modes, including at least a wet vacuuming mode and a dry vacuuming mode. The fluid delivery system has a fluid dispenser that may comprise a spray manifold for wetting a brushroll. The recovery system includes a tank that may have a baffle to separate liquid and/or debris from a working airstream. Operating parameters of the apparatus may be automatically adjusted based on a detected floor type. The apparatus can dock with a tray for recharging and/or self-cleaning. |
| US11779180B2 |
Robot cleaner for cleaning in consideration of floor state through artificial intelligence and operating method for the same
A robot cleaner for cleaning in consideration of a floor state through artificial intelligence includes a cleaning unit including a suction unit and a mopping unit, a driving unit to drive the robot cleaner, and a processor to obtain a carpet area or a rug area based on cleaning data, and to control the driving unit to change an entrance direction of the robot cleaner when the robot cleaner enters the carpet area or the rug area. |
| US11779179B2 |
Filter cleaning
A filter device for a vacuum cleaner having a turbine device for generating at least one first and one second main air flow through at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner having and a control unit. The filter device has a first chamber including a first filter element, a first outflow opening, a first inlet opening and a first pressure surge element dividing the first chamber into a first chamber first space and a first chamber second space and reversibly movable between a first pressure surge element first position and a first pressure surge element second position, and a second chamber including a second filter element, a second outflow opening, a second inlet opening and a second pressure surge element dividing the second chamber into a second chamber first space and a second chamber second space reversibly movable between a second pressure surge element first position and a second pressure surge element second position. |
| US11779172B2 |
Deployable transfer member for a lavatory
A lavatory includes a toilet, a wall proximate to the toilet, and a transfer member moveably secured to the wall. The transfer member is moveable between a stowed position away from the toilet, and a deployed position. At least a portion of the transfer member in the deployed position is supported by at least a portion of the toilet. |
| US11779166B2 |
Bath scrubber with handle
A bath scrubber includes an elongated handle, a scrubbing member, and a tightening member. The handle has a positioning structure at one end thereof, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The positioning structure includes a first position-limiting hole and a second position-limiting hole run through the first side and the second side, and a first anti-slip portion located between the first and second position-limiting holes. The first and second position-limiting holes and the first anti-slip portion are arranged on an axis. The tightening member is fastened to the scrubbing member and inserted through the first and second position-limiting holes to fix the scrubbing member on the handle and to make the scrubbing member engage in the first anti-slip portion. |
| US11779163B2 |
Blender having bi-directionally rotatable blades
A blender having bi-directionally rotatable blades includes: a blade assembly including a main blade shaft that is provided to allow a first blade and a first main coupler to integrally rotate in a forward direction and a reverse-rotation blade shaft that is provided to allow a second blade and a first reverse-rotation coupler to integrally rotate in a reverse direction; and a gearbox assembly including a main gear shaft that is provided to allow a second main coupler and a main gear to rotate in the forward direction, at least one sub-gear that is engaged with the main gear and rotates in the reverse direction, a ring gear to which the sub-gear is internal and engaged, and a second reverse-rotation coupler that is configured to integrally rotate with the ring gear in the reverse direction and transmit the reverse rotation to the first reverse-rotation coupler. |
| US11779162B1 |
Blender with integral food residue scraper
A blender adapted to reduce food pieces and produce a blended food mixture, comprising a blending container for holding the food pieces, a pedestal having a motorized blade for reducing the food pieces, and a food scraping assembly positioned within the blending container. The food scraping assembly has a scraping ring adapted to dislodge unblended food particles adhering to an inner surface of the blending container, a rod adapted to alternatively raise and lower the scraping ring within the blending container, and an air pocket puncturing projection adapted to collapse a cavitation air bubble which surrounds the blade and interferes with the production of the blended food mixture. |
| US11779159B2 |
Locking blade base
A blender is provided that uses a latch handle to lock the blade base onto the jar member without the use of threads. When the latch is locked onto the jar member, the latch itself is engaged to a tab member protruding from the jar member in order to prevent the latch from opening on accident. |
| US11779158B2 |
Blending apparatus and methods
Blending devices can be used to blend material directly in a container such as a disposable container, such as a paper or plastic cup. In some instances, a disposable container can be coupled to an adapter that includes a blade assembly to blend a food product. The food product can be blended directly within the container when the container is coupled to the adapter and supported with a support sleeve that at least partially surrounds an exterior of the disposable container. In further instances, a stand can selectively couple with multiple different sizes of sleeves and disposable containers to the adapter. The food product can be blended directly within the disposable container without causing damage or flex to the disposable container. |
| US11779148B2 |
Beverage brewer
A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder. |
| US11779147B2 |
Passive metering for pour-over coffee brewing
In pour-over brewing, a vessel containing water can be suspended over a brew basket so that the water can drain, under gravity, into the brew basket and onto the coffee, and the water level in the brew basket is used to regulate the flow of water from the vessel. A vessel that is closed, other than the mouth thereof, and containing brew-heated water, is suspended over the brew basket so that the water can drain from the mouth of the vessel into the brew basket and into the ground coffee to brew liquid coffee, which drains into a container. Rising of the water in the brew basket causes interruption of drainage of the water from the mouth of the vessel into the brew basket, and lowering of the water in the brew basket causes resumption of drainage of the water from the mouth of the vessel into the brew basket. |
| US11779145B2 |
Modular Christmas tree
The present invention provides a modular Christmas tree (10) comprising three or more sides (12) that rise from a floor to give the tree a tapering shape, and central support structures (14b) that extend outwardly to support the sides. Each side (12) comprises elongate pieces (16a-c) joined together with connectors that allow the series of elongate pieces to be separated for storage of the disassembled Christmas tree. Each central support structures includes a hub that supports each side, and may also comprise spokes that extend from the hub to each side. The hubs, spokes and sides are joined by connectors that allow the tree to be disassembled for storage. |
| US11779143B2 |
Disposable garment and donning system
A donning system allows a user to don disposable garments without contaminating the exterior of the garment. The disposable garment is part of a garment package, which also includes a cuff by which the garment is loaded into and dispensed from the donning system. The cuff includes elements whereby multiple garments are simultaneously loaded, but the garments are dispensed and donned one at a time. The donning system can include multiple cartridges allowing the user to don multiple garments simultaneously, such as right and left gloves or shoe covers. The donning system can include multiple chambers allowing the system to dispense garments of different sizes. |
| US11779137B2 |
Furniture
Furniture articles have an integrally formed shell that generally has rounded features, the shell diminishing in circumference outwardly from a mounting surface, and a mounting portion configured to secure the shell to the mounting surface. A perimeter edge of the shell defines a mounting plane against which the mounting surface is to be secured. When the shell is secured to the mounting surface, the mounting portion is inaccessible and hidden from view. Furniture includes a shelving unit, a desk unit, a seating unit, and a bed. |
| US11779134B2 |
Door arrangement for refrigerated merchandising cabinet
A refrigerated merchandising cabinet comprises an insulated casing, an interior of which forms a product display chamber. Refrigeration apparatus for generating and delivering a cold airstream through the product display chamber to cool the product display chamber is mounted on top of the casing. Access doors are mounted at a front of the casing to provide access to the product display chamber. Each access door is mounted on the casing by means of an inner frame forming an integral part of the casing and defining an access opening at the front of the casing and a complementary outer frame which is demountably engaged with the inner frame. Each door is hingedly mounted on the outer frame. |
| US11779129B2 |
Game table and chair for babies
The present utility model provides a game table and chair for babies, comprising a semi-closed seat with armrests and a backrest, wherein the front sides of the armrests are detachably connected with a table board; the outer side faces of the armrests are planes, and table top mounting belts are arranged on the outer side faces; the two sides of the table top mounting belts are connected with the armrests, and first mounting holes are formed between the middles of the table top mounting belts and the armrests; the side face of the table board is correspondingly connected with table top mounting strips; magic tapes and magic tape fasteners are arranged at the ends and belt bodies of the table top mounting strips respectively; the table top mounting strips penetrate through the first mounting holes, and the table top mounting strips and the seat are detachably connected together through the magic tapes and the magic tape fasteners; two backrest mounting belts are arranged on the front face of the backrest; the two sides of the backrest mounting belts are connected with the backrest; and second mounting holes are formed between the middles of the backrest mounting belts and the backrest. The present utility model is suitable for the intelligence development of babies and training of hands-on ability; and it is convenient for disassembly and assembly, convenient for babies to get on and off the chair, with a large activity space and high comfort. |
| US11779126B2 |
Bed
A bed includes a mattress set on which a user's body is placed, an adjustable bedframe to adjust a position or orientation of the mattress set for various sitting and sleeping positions, and a dryer to dry the mattress set. The dryer includes a fan, a filter, and a heater to discharge filtered hot air toward the dryer to reduce mildew and mites. A humidity sensing sheet may be provided to sense a humidity level at different regions or areas of the bed, and the dryer may be controlled to supply hot air to regions of the bed having a higher humidity level than a predetermined humidity level or humidity range. |
| US11779125B2 |
Bed
A bed includes a mattress set, an adjustable bedframe to adjust a position or orientation of the mattress, and a dryer to dry the mattress set. The dryer includes a fan, a filter, and a heater to discharge filtered hot air toward the dryer. A humidity sensing sheet may be provided to sense a humidity level at different regions or areas of the bed, and the dryer may be controlled to supply hot air to regions of the bed having a higher humidity level than a predetermined humidity level or humidity range. |
| US11779121B2 |
Chair having pliable backrest and methods for same
A seating assembly includes a seat and an upright coupled with the seat. A pliable backrest is coupled with the upright and includes a support face and a coupling face. The pliable backrest includes a pliable material extending between the support and coupling faces. The support face is a first exterior face of the pliable back rest and the coupling face is a second exterior face of the pliable back rest. The coupling face is spaced away from the upright with a deformation gap. Another seating assembly includes a joint assembly along the upright member. The joint assembly includes a pivot configured to promote rotation of a first upright portion of the upright relative to a second upright portion. The joint assembly includes opposed stop interfaces configured to control rotation of the first upright portion relative to the second upright portion. |
| US11779120B2 |
Chairs with adjustable back supports
An adjustable chair can support an occupant that sits on a front portion of a seat cushion. When the user leans back, the chair can provide back support without requiring that the user slide rearwardly along the seat cushion, thereby providing back support to minimize, limit, or substantially eliminate lower back fatigue, discomfort, or the like. A back support of the chair can be located at a desired forward/rearward position based on the user's position on the seat. In some settings, the chair can be used by a card dealer who tends to sit on a forward portion of the seat when dealing cards. The back support can be positioned to comfortably support the dealer's back when, for example, the dealer sits generally upright. The chair can also be used by other individuals that frequently sit on the front of the seat cushion. |
| US11779118B2 |
Seat plate gas cylinder quick-release device
A quick-release device is for securing a rod of any gas cylinder into the plate of any chair, item of furniture, or other device supported by a gas cylinder and activating the rod with a button thereon. This universal quick-release device includes a sleeve in in the seat plate, an adapter fit into the sleeve, the adapter including an upper portion and a lower portion with different inner and outer diameters. The sleeve is configured to receive the lower portion of the adapter in a press-fit engagement. The upper portion is configured to receive the rod of the gas cylinder in a removable engagement. |
| US11779117B2 |
Drive mechanism
A drive mechanism for an article of adjustable furniture, the drive mechanism having support sections, the support sections including a first support section and a second support section, an actuator mechanism, and at least one connecting mechanism, the at least one connecting mechanism includes a first arm pivotally connected to the first support section, and a second arm pivotally connected to the second support section, the first arm being pivotally connected to the second arm, in which the actuator mechanism is drivingly connected to the second support section to effect concertina-like movement between the first arm and the second arm to move the second support section relative to the first support section. |
| US11779116B2 |
Control panel for furniture and home entertainment system
Furniture entertainment hubs are disclosed that are integrated in a piece of furniture to conveniently control the piece of furniture, while at the same time providing a convenient means of communicating with and charging a remote smart device such as a smart phone or tablet. The entertainment hubs can be in many different locations in the piece of furniture, with some embodiments embedded in an armrest with the hub having a touch screen accessible at the top surface of the armrest. The entertainment hub provides a sleek, aesthetic and easy to mechanism for controlling the chair/sofa and interfacing with remote devices. One embodiment of an entertainment hub for a seating apparatus comprising a body with a plurality of planar surfaces, wherein one of said plurality of surfaces comprises a substantially flat control panel. The control panel comprises a plurality of visual touch buttons, a remote device wireless charging pad, and a speaker. Wherein said body is arranged to be mounted in a piece of piece of furniture with most of the body embedded in said piece of furniture with said control panel being visible and accessible. The body can also have movable surfaces or features to form cup holders to hold beverages. |
| US11779115B2 |
Display mounting apparatus
The present disclosure provides a display mounting apparatus for mounting a display screen on a wall. The display mounting apparatus includes a wall plate, a first adjusting mechanism, a second adjusting mechanism, and a mounting support. A rear end of the first adjusting mechanism is rotatablely coupled on the wall plate. The second adjusting mechanism is rotatably coupled with a front end of the first adjusting mechanism. The second adjusting mechanism is configured to mount the mounting support. The mounting support is configured to mount the display screen. By using the display mounting apparatus, the display screen is closer to the wall, so that the ultra-thin effect of the display screen after installation is better. |
| US11779114B2 |
Adjustible center post for multi-door enclosures
A center post assembly for eliminating sagging of a roof panel in a cabinet, where doors of the cabinet latch to the post assembly. The post assembly includes a base portion and a post portion, where one of the base portion or the post portion includes a plurality of slots and the other one of the base portion or the slot portion includes a plurality of threaded studs. The base portion further includes a first bracket and a jackscrew threaded into a threaded opening in the first bracket and the post portion further includes a second bracket, where the jackscrew engages the second bracket so that rotation of the jackscrew causes the second bracket to move relative to the first bracket so that the studs slide in the slots and increase the length of the post assembly to remove the sag. |
| US11779113B2 |
Trim assembly for an appliance shelf
An appliance includes a cabinet that has an inner surface. A frame is coupled to the inner surface of the cabinet. The frame includes a frame boss that extends from a bottom surface thereof. A panel is positioned within the frame. The frame extends along a perimeter of the panel. An inner trim member has a flange that extends therefrom. The flange defines an aperture configured to align with the frame boss. A fastener is configured to extend through the aperture and engage the frame boss to couple the inner trim member with the frame. An outer trim member is disposed over the inner trim member. The inner trim member is configured to slidably receive the outer trim member. |
| US11779112B2 |
Drawer glide mechanism
A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate glide member, a ball bearing component, and a v-notch socket. The first elongate guide member includes a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members. |
| US11779111B2 |
Student smart desk and impromptu shielding system
A smart desk and barricade provide ad-hoc protection during emergencies and an augmented presentation environment. A first desk tabletop includes a connection positioned on an underside of the first desk tabletop, that is configured for detachable coupling to a desk frame. Removal of the tabletop from the desk frame provides a shield. An interlocking element is positioned on one or more edges of the first desk tabletop. The interlocking element is configured to temporarily connect to an edge of a second desk tabletop. A temporary attachment of the first desk tabletop to the second desk tabletop forms a barricade system. In some embodiments, a computing device is integrated into the desk tabletop. A smart room environment may network the desk with integrated computing device to other computing devices in the room. |
| US11779110B2 |
Accessory organizer device
The present invention relates to a hanging accessory coordinator or organizer including a plurality of pockets with dividers for storing accessories and clothing items in an organized manner. The coordinator or organizer has an adjustable hook for hanging a planar surface of the tool, the hook has a telescoping sliding member to adjust distance of the planar surface from a wall upon which the hook is mounted and has a swivel mechanism to turn the planar surface relative to the hook. The planar surface has a plurality of elastic or fiber pockets with or without dividers for storing accessories. The tool has other storage spaces with fasteners for storing items that are easy to retrieve. The tool can be hung inside a closet or on a door of a closet. |
| US11779107B1 |
Movable desk with adjustable lift and tilt
An electrically lifted and titled computer desk and office desk thereof, wherein the computer desk comprises a desktop, a first and second tilt plate coupled to the vertical members, wherein the actuator driving mechanism drives the desktop to tilt and/or raise simultaneously. |