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| US11795170B2 |
Therapeutic compounds, compositions and methods of use thereof
Compounds of Formula (I): salts thereof and methods of making and use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein. |
| US11795169B2 |
MAP4K4 inhibitors
This invention relates to pyrrolopyrimidine comprising compounds that may be useful as inhibitors of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase-4 (MAP4K4). The invention also relates to the use of these pyrrolopyrimidine comprising compounds, for example in a method of treatment. There are also provided processes for producing compounds of the present invention and method of their use. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds of formula (I). |
| US11795167B2 |
Inhibitors of (α-v)(β-6) integrin
Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors of αvβ6 integrin, and methods of using them to treat a number of specific diseases or conditions. |
| US11795159B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of SARS
Bis-amide inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID); pharmaceutical compositions comprising same; and methods of treating a severe acute respiratory syndrome. |
| US11795155B2 |
Compound having naphthobenzofuranyl structure, material for organic electroluminescence device, organic electroluminescence device, and electronic instrument
A compound represented by the following formula (1): The R1 to R9, L1 to L3, and Ar1 to Ar2 in the formula (1) are as defined in the description. An organic electroluminescence device contains the compound, and an electronic instrument includes the organic electroluminescence device. |
| US11795154B2 |
Method for the synthesis of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
The present invention relates to a method for the synthesis of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a more efficient and economical method capable of preparing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid having various functions with high purity and high yield, even without using a transition metal catalyst. |
| US11795149B2 |
Substituted indoline derivatives as dengue viral replication inhibitors
The present invention concerns substituted indoline derivatives, methods to prevent or treat dengue viral infections by using said compounds and also relates to said compounds for use as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent dengue viral infections. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of dengue viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds. |
| US11795147B2 |
Modulators of complex I
The present invention describes compounds modulating the function of mitochondrial complex I (NADH-quinone oxidoreductase) having formula (I) |
| US11795146B2 |
Crystalline forms of a cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) modulator and methods of use and preparation thereof
Described herein are polymorphic forms of a CB1 modulator, methods of making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such forms, and methods of using such forms in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of the CB1 receptor. |
| US11795143B2 |
Amino acid surfactants
The present disclosure provides derivatives of amino acids that have surface-active properties. The amino acid can be naturally-occurring or synthetic, or they may be obtained via a ring-opening reaction of a lactam, such as caprolactam. The amino acid may be functionalized to form a compound that is surface-active and have advantageous surfactant characteristics. The compounds of the present disclosure have low critical micelle concentrations (CMC) as well as superior ability to lower the surface tension of a liquid. |
| US11795142B2 |
Method for preparing guanidino acetic acid
A modified method for preparing guanidino acetic acid (GAA) involves reacting cyanamide with an excess molar amount of glycine in an aqueous reaction mixture, in the presence of a base. The method avoids high molar amounts of base or acid for pH control, and maintains the reaction selectivity and product yields. |
| US11795140B2 |
Urea production with triple MP streams
The disclosure pertains to a urea production plant and process using a high-pressure CO2 stripper, downstream medium-pressure treatment unit and a medium-pressure dissociator receiving urea synthesis solution from the reactor, wherein gas from the treatment unit and dissociator are condensed in a first condenser and off-gas from the synthesis section is condensed separately in a second condenser. A revamping method is also described. |
| US11795137B2 |
Manufacturing method of nitrile compound
A manufacturing method of a nitrile compound comprising a first step of introducing a raw material gas containing a cyclic compound having an organic substituent, ammonia, and air into a reactor and reacting the raw material gas in the presence of a catalyst to generate the nitrile compound, a second step of discharging a reacted gas from the reactor and separating the nitrile compound from the reacted gas, and a third step of collecting mist from a first residual gas obtained by separating the nitrile compound from the reacted gas to remove water and ammonium carbonate in the first residual gas. |
| US11795136B2 |
Methods for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and other ophthalmic diseases
Methods are provided herein for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases or conditions such as an ophthalmic disease or disorder associated with diabetes in a patient. Also provided herein are methods of treating retinopathy of prematurity in a patient. Further, provided herein are methods for treating wet age-related macular degeneration in a patient. The methods comprise administration of compounds disclosed herein to a patient in need thereof that inhibit or slow one or more signs or symptoms of such conditions. |
| US11795135B2 |
Prostacyclin compounds, compositions and methods of use thereof
Prostacyclin compounds and compositions comprising the same are provided herein. Specifically, prostacyclin compounds comprising treprostinil covalently linked to a linear C5-C18 alkyl, branched C5-C18 alkyl, linear C2-C18 alkenyl, branched C3-C18 alkenyl, aryl, aryl-C1-C18 alkyl or an amino acid or a peptide (e.g., dipeptide, tripeptide, tetrapeptide) are described. The linkage, in one embodiment, is via a carbamate, amide or ester bond. Prostacyclin compounds provided herein can also include at least one hydrogen atom substituted with at least one deuterium atom. Methods for treating pulmonary hypertension (e.g., pulmonary arterial hypertension) and portopulmonary hypertension are also provided. |
| US11795128B2 |
Methods of synthesizing cannabigerol, cannabigerolic acid, and analogs thereof
Disclosed are methods for preparing cannabigerol (CBG) or a CBG analog, embodiments of the method comprising providing a compound (I); combining the compound (I) with geraniol and a solvent to form a reaction mixture; and combining the reaction mixture with an acid catalyst to form a product mixture comprising the CBG or the CBG homolog. The method may further comprise separating the CBG or the CBG analog from the product mixture and may further comprise purifying the CBG or CBG analog. Methods for preparing cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) or a cannabigerolic acid analog are also disclosed. The present disclosure also provides highly purity CBG, CBGA, and analogs thereof. |
| US11795125B2 |
Integrated process for making 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd) from a mixture of high-boiling fluorinated components
The present disclosure provides a method for conversion of a mixture of high-boiling fluorinated components comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloro-1-fluoropropane (HCFC-241fa), 1,3,3-trichloro-1, 1-difluoropropane (HCFC-242fa), 1,1,3-trichloro-1,3-difluoropropane (HCFC-242fb), 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fa), 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fb), 3-chloro-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244fa), their isomers, and combinations thereof, to 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd). Heavy impurities, such as oligomers and other high boiling impurities, that are present may be purged during the process to prevent yield loss and reduction of catalyst efficacy. |
| US11795118B2 |
Combustion chamber hot face refractory lining
A refractory lining in a combustion chamber operating in a reducing atmosphere. The lining includes at least one or more Zirconia (Zr)-based refractory lining members comprising one or more Zr-based parts. The Zr-based parts comprise at least 90 wt. %, preferably at least 95 wt. %, of monoclinic ZrO2 and/or partially stabilized ZrO2 and/or fully stabilized ZrO2, wherein the total content of tetragonal and cubic ZrO2 amounts to at least 20 wt. %, preferably more than 35 wt. %, as well as Zr based refractory lining members and methods for manufacturing the Zr based refractory lining members. |
| US11795117B2 |
Refractory foam
A porous refractory in the K2O—SiO2—B2O3 system is formed by chemical direct foaming by heating to over 600° C., resulting in adherent black or white foam. The foam can function as highly porous thermal insulation, a high or low thermal emissivity surface, as a sealant for deteriorated refractory surfaces, as a filler for pockmarks/holes/gaps or as a bonding agent for parts with large gaps between them. |
| US11795115B2 |
Carbon fiber reinforced carbon foams
Methods of forming a carbon fiber reinforced carbon foam are provided. Such a method may comprise heating a porous body composed of a solid material comprising covalently bound carbon atoms and heteroatoms and having a surface defining pores distributed throughout the solid material, in the presence of an added source of gaseous hydrocarbons. The heating generates free radicals in the porous body from the heteroatoms and induces reactions between the free radicals and the gaseous hydrocarbons to form covalently bound carbon nanofibers extending from the surface of the solid material and a network of entangled carbon microfibers within the pores the porous body, thereby forming a carbon fiber reinforced carbon foam. Carbon fiber reinforced carbon foams and ballistic barriers incorporating the foams are also provided. |
| US11795113B2 |
Cubic boron nitride sintered material
A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 80 volume % and less than or equal to 96 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a binder, wherein the binder includes tungsten carbide, cobalt, and an aluminum compound, and Ha/Hb≥0.40 is satisfied, where Hb represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material and Ha represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material after performing acid treatment onto the cubic boron nitride sintered material to substantially remove the binder in the cubic boron nitride sintered material. |
| US11795112B2 |
3-D printing of a ceramic component
A method for producing the component, and to the use of the component. The method for producing a three-dimensional, ceramic component containing silicon carbide, by a) providing a powdery composition having a grain size (d50) between 3 microns and 500 microns and comprising at least 50 wt % of coke, b) providing a liquid binder, c) depositing a layer of the material provided in a) in a planar manner and locally depositing drops of the material provided in b) onto said layer and repeating step c), the local depositing of the drops in the subsequent repetitions of the step is adapted in accordance with the desired shape of the component to be produced, d) at least partially curing or drying the binder and obtaining a green body having the desired shape of the component, e) carbonising the green body, and f) siliconising the carbonised green body by infiltration with liquid silicon. |
| US11795109B2 |
Use of antioxidants and recycling agents for improving long-term performance of asphaltic materials
An asphalt pavement modification system and method for improving aging resistance of asphalt pavement and a method of manufacturing reclaimed asphalt pavement. The asphalt pavement modification system and method include using one or more antioxidants and one or more recycling agents in a blended binder to provide improved short term and long term performance of the asphalt pavement. The method of manufacturing reclaimed asphalt pavement includes mixing at least one antioxidant with at least one recycling agent to form a binder that constitutes a portion of the reclaimed asphalt pavement. One of the antioxidants may be zinc diethyldithiocarbamate. |
| US11795108B2 |
Microorganism loaded aggregate and manufacturing methods
The invention is directed to compositions, tools and methods for the manufacture of construction materials, masonry, solid structures and compositions to facilitate dust control. More particularly, the invention is directed to the manufacture of bricks, masonry and other solid structures using small amount of aggregate material that is pre-loaded with spores and/or vegetative bacterial cells. |
| US11795106B2 |
Method for ecological filling with mixed coal gangue and fly ash
A method for ecological filling with mixed coal gangue and fly ash includes the following steps: S1: construction of a double-impermeable base layer: leveling a pit or gully, laying a fly ash-based cementitious material, compacting and curing; spraying a layer of polymer waterproof coating on a surface of the fly ash-based cementitious material, and fully curing to obtain a double-impermeable protective structure; S2: three-dimensional layered filling: dumping coal gangue and fly ash in sequence on the double-impermeable protective structure formed in S1, where the coal gangue and the fly ash are three-dimensionally layered and well graded; the coal gangue is coal gangue after coal washing, which is used as an aggregate; the fly ash is used as a filler and cementitious material to achieve a compact filling structure; and S3: rolling: rolling by a roller after the three-dimensional layered filling. |
| US11795103B2 |
Chemically-strengthened thin glass substrates new paradigms for modified curvature and methods of manufacture
Chemically-strengthened thin glass having modified curvature and a method for making the same. The method includes providing a thin glass substrate which has host alkali ions situated in its surface regions, and possesses a treatment-advantaged surface region and a treatment-disadvantaged surface region located opposing each other; conducting a step of ion-exchange with invasive alkali ions having an average ionic radius larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions, thereby producing a chemically-strengthened substrate which is characterized by an undesired curvature (warpage), and then conducting a step of reverse ion-exchange with reversing alkali ions having an average ionic radius equal to, or smaller than, the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions before ion-exchange, so as to produce a chemically-strengthened substrate having either less curvature or having a predetermined profile of curvature, which is not present in the chemically-strengthened glass substrate prior to reverse ion-exchange. |
| US11795102B2 |
Non-contact coated glass and related coating system and method
A coated glass article and of a system and method for forming a coated glass article are provided. The process includes applying a first coating precursor material to the first surface of the glass article and supporting the glass article via a gas bearing. The process includes heating the glass article and the coating precursor material to above a glass transition temperature of the glass article while the glass article is supported by the gas bearing such that during heating, a property of the first coating precursor material changes forming a coating layer on the first surface of the glass article from the first precursor material. The high temperature and/or non-contact coating formation may form a coating layer with one or more new physical properties, such as a deep diffusion layer within the glass, and may form highly consistent coatings on multiple sides of the glass. |
| US11795095B2 |
Cold-formability of glass laminate article utilizing stress prediction analysis and related methods
Articles and methods related to the cold-forming of glass laminate articles utilizing stress prediction analysis are provided. A cold-forming estimator (CFE) value that is related to the stress experienced by a glass sheet of a glass laminate during cold-forming is calculated based on a plurality of geometric parameters of glass layer(s) of a glass laminate article. The calculated CFE value is compared to a cold-forming threshold related to the probability that defects are formed in the complexly curved glass laminate article during cold-forming. Cold-formed glass laminate articles are also provided having geometric parameters such that the CFE value is below the cold-forming threshold. |
| US11795091B2 |
System for preheating glass melting furnace batch materials
A system for preheating batch materials includes a preheater, a charger, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a valve, and a charger temperature controller. A first recirculation duct provides exhaust fluids from the charger to a second recirculation duct coupled to an inlet of the preheater. The first temperature sensor is configured to generate a first temperature signal indicative of a first temperature of fluids within the second recirculation duct and the second temperature sensor is configured to generate a second temperature signal indicative of a second temperature of the fluids within the second recirculation duct upstream of where the first temperature is obtained. The valve is configured to control an amount of fluid in the second recirculation duct that is diverted to the charger and the charger temperature controller is configured to control the valve responsive to the first and second temperatures. |
| US11795089B2 |
Resource treatment system for urine and feces separation and recovery in urine diversion dehydration toilets
A resource treatment system for urine and feces separation and recovery in urine diversion dehydration toilets, includes a urine-faeces division toilet, a urine and gray water treatment system, and a fermentation and biodegradation fecal system. The urine-faeces division toilet is configured to separate and recover urine and feces discharged by users. The urine and gray water treatment system includes an adjusting pool, a microalgae culture device and a metal-based electrogenerated dynamic membrane. The adjusting pool is configured to receive the urine in the urine-faeces division toilet and domestic sewage, and adjust a urine-to-domestic sewage ratio. The metal-based electrogenerated dynamic membrane includes a metal microfiltration membrane, a stainless-steel mesh and a power supply. The fermentation and biodegradation fecal system includes a collection and adjusting device, a fermentation bed and a biodegradation chamber. |
| US11795063B2 |
Titania-carbon nanotube-sulfur (TiO2-x-CNT-S) composite and preparing method therefor
A titania-carbon-sulfur composite including a titania-carbon composite prepared by mixing cylindrical carbon materials and titania (TiO2-x), in which some oxygen is reduced (i.e., x is less than 2), to have a structure in which cylindrical carbon materials are entangled and interconnected in three dimensions; and sulfur introduced into at least a part of the external surface and inside of the titania-carbon (TiO2—C) composite, and a method for preparing the same. |
| US11795062B2 |
Electron or hydride ion intake/release material, electron or hydride ion intake/release composition, transition metal-supported material and catalyst, and use in relation thereto
The present invention is to provide an electron or hydride ion intake/release material comprising a lanthanoid oxyhydride represented by the formula Ln(HO) (in the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid element) or an electron or hydride ion intake/release composition comprising at least one kind of lanthanoid oxyhydride; a transition metal-supported material wherein a transition metal is supported by the above electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition; and a catalyst comprising the transition metal-supported material. The electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition according to the present invention has a higher ability for intake/release of electron or hydride ion than that of a conventional hydride-containing compound, and can be used effectively as a catalyst such as a catalyst having excellent ammonia synthesis activity by supporting a transition metal thereon. |
| US11795057B2 |
System and method for removal of carbon from carbon dioxide
Disclosed is a system and method related to removal of carbon from carbon dioxide via the use of plasma arc heating techniques. The method involves generating C atoms and H atoms from CxHy. The method involves generating graphite and H2 from the C atoms and H atoms, and extracting the graphite. The method involves quenching the H2 with CxHy. The method involves receiving, at a generator, the quenched the H2 and CxHy and generating electricity. The method involves generating a concentrated stream of H2 from the quenched H2 and CxHy. The method involves receiving CO2 and the concentrated stream of H2 and generating C, O, and H atoms. The method involves receiving the C, O, and H atoms and generating graphite, wherein the graphite is extracted. In the hydrocarbon CxHy: x is an integer 1, 2, 3, . . . , and y=2x+2. |
| US11795053B2 |
Sensor devices with gas-permeable cover and associated production methods
A sensor device includes a sensor chip with a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) structure, wherein the MEMS structure is arranged at a main surface of the sensor chip, and a gas-permeable cover arranged over the main surface of the sensor chip, which covers the MEMS structure and forms a cavity above the MEMS structure. |
| US11795052B2 |
Constraint for a sensor assembly
A constraint for a sensor assembly includes a silicon wafer and a flexible structure. The silicon wafer has a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a passageway extending through the silicon wafer from the first side to the second side. The first side is a continuous planar surface except for the passageway. The flexible structure extends from the second side. |
| US11795049B2 |
Pressure/vacuum (PV) valve for fuel storage tanks, in-line pressure-vacuum valve test unit, and combination thereof
A flow-through pressure-vacuum valve includes a valve body having a tank-side opening and a vent-side opening. A pressure relief valve (e.g., a ball held in a corresponding seat by gravity) is positioned within a first passageway through the body. The ball is moved from the first valve seat to open the first passageway when pressure at the tank-side opening exceeds pressure at the vent-side opening by a predetermined pressure differential. A vacuum relief valve is positioned within another passageway (e.g., a serpentine passageway). The vacuum relief valve (e.g., also a ball held in a corresponding seat by gravity) is positioned within the serpentine passageway. Analogously, the ball is moved from the valve seat to open the serpentine passageway when pressure at the tank-side opening is less than the pressure at the vent-side opening by a predetermined pressure differential. |
| US11795048B2 |
High pressure fuel nozzle leak stop assembly
A leak stop assembly for an automatic shut-off fluid nozzle having a fluid flow path and a check valve with a through bore in the flow path. The assembly includes a bleeder seat that houses a length of the flow path proximate the check valve, a rubber plug, and a rigid cross-brace attached to the bleeder seat and holding the plug. Fluid flows around the check valve when open. The cross-brace positions the plug relative to the check valve through bore such that the plug seals against the check valve through bore when the check valve is closed. |
| US11795046B2 |
Beverage dispenser with container engagement features
A clamp of the dispensing device may include a container engagement surface arranged to engage and/or disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pushed downwardly or pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface with a lower portion that slopes upwardly and inwardly, and an upper portion that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically relative to the container neck. A latch may maintain a body portion of the dispensing device in an upper position, preventing needle insertion, until a container is suitably engaged with the base portion of the device, e.g., by a clamp. Sensors may detect engagement of a container with the device and/or insertion of a needle into the container. |
| US11795044B2 |
Ampoule breaker for a biological indicator
A device for breaking an ampoule of a biological indicator includes: a main body; a pivoting body attached to the main body at a main pivot point; a receiving area in the main body and configured to receive the biological indicator; a pressing surface inside the pivoting body; and a compressing element including a compressing surface, the compressing surface being operable between a first position and a second position located in the receiving area. |
| US11795042B2 |
Apparatus for loading and storing large bales
A bale loading apparatus has a base frame mounted to a loader vehicle operative to move the base frame up and down. Right and left fork frames are connected to right and left portions of the base frame by corresponding right and left linkages, and right and left fork pairs extend away from the loader end of the base frame. A right actuator is operative to pivot the right fork pair with respect to the base frame upward and outward to the right of a path of the loader vehicle from a lowered right position to a raised right position, and a left actuator is operative to pivot the left fork pair with respect to the base frame upward and outward to the left of the path of the loader vehicle from a lowered left position to a raised left position. |
| US11795041B2 |
Scissor arm lift assembly and method of operating the same
A lift assembly including a platform movable to a raised position, a lowered position, and an intermediate position between the raised and lowered positions. A scissor arm system defines a cavity beneath the platform. The scissor arm system includes a pair of scissor arms pivotably connected to each other. The scissor arm system has opposed first and second ends with the first ends of the scissor arm system being coupled to the platform. A stanchion guides the platform between the raised and lowered positions. The stanchion extends from a first stanchion end to a second stanchion end above the first stanchion end. A drive mechanism is mounted to the platform to move with the platform. A flexible member is coupled to the stanchion and the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism winds and unwinds the flexible member to move the platform between the raised and lowered positions. |
| US11795033B2 |
Elevator car door interlock
A method of unlocking an elevator car door or an elevator car includes operating a door operator and moving a movable vane operably coupled to the door operator. If the elevator car is positioned within a landing door zone, the movable vane is moved into contact with an interlock roller. An engagement latch is rotated to disengage from an electrical contact in response to moving the movable vane into contact with the interlock roller. |
| US11795031B2 |
System and method for servicing remote elevator calls based on proximity to elevator landing
Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator, the elevator having an elevator landing and an elevator controller, the controller capable of communicating over a network with a device, and the device may be located within an area positionally associated with the landing, the controller: receives from the device, a request for elevator service at the landing, effects monitoring the device relative to the area, effects a first response upon determining that the device is inside the area, otherwise effects a second response. |
| US11795029B1 |
Integrated spiral and hooping winding equipment for multi-bundle fibers
Carbon fiber winding equipment includes integrated spiral and hooping winding equipment for multi-bundle fibers. The equipment includes a spiral winding unit, a hoop winding unit, and a guide base and a supporting base for supporting the spiral winding unit and the hoop winding unit. An end face of a gear driving plate includes a continuous bulbous iris curve sliding rail, a sliding rod extends into the sliding rail and is capable of driving a yarn guide shaft tube to slide radially along with the rotation of the gear driving plate. A bevel gear is capable of driving the yarn guide shaft tube to do auto-rotation motion along with the rotation of a second transmission gear ring. A ratchet driving plate rotates to drive an electric telescopic rod to push a hoop rotation plate to rotate so as to drive a hoop winding bundling device to complete a hoop winding action. |
| US11795025B2 |
Stacking device and forming machine of sheet-shaped elements
The invention relates to a stacking device (10) for placing sheet-shaped elements (P) in stacks in a forming machine (1), said stacking device (10) comprising: a movable stacking surface (11), and an actuating device (12) for moving stacking surface (11): between a retracted position and a vertical forward position in a reciprocating back-and-forth motion for stacking sheets, and between the retracted position and a stowed position to open an access to the stack of sheet-shaped elements (P), characterized in that the actuator (12) comprises cam means configured to move the stacking surface (11) upwardly in the retracted position, in a raised position to be located above the top of the sheet stack. The invention also relates to a machine forming sheet-shaped elements comprising at least one such stacking device. |
| US11795022B2 |
Method of making a coreless retail, paper roll
A paper rewinding machine includes a rewinding assembly operable to produce coreless retail paper rolls. |
| US11795020B2 |
Method of producing a fabric roll and roll thus made
A fabric roll is produced by winding a fabric (4) around at least two reels, that are coaxially aligned, spaced from each other, and have a total length (L) that is less than the width (Wr) of said fabric roll (11). |
| US11795019B2 |
Sheet conveying device
According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a tray and a correcting member. On the tray, a sheet bundle in which a plurality of sheets are overlapped is stacked in a thickness direction of the sheet bundle. The correcting member moves relative to the tray in the thickness direction. The correcting member abuts against an upper layer portion of an outer peripheral portion of the sheet bundle on the tray, and presses the upper layer portion from an outside after abutting. The correcting member corrects a position of the upper layer portion in a lateral direction intersecting the thickness direction toward an inside from the outside of the sheet bundle. |
| US11795017B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body including an abutting portion, an opening/closing member, a stacking member, a feeding member, a conveyance unit including a separation portion, and a guide configured to guide a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the feeding member from the stacking member toward the separation portion. The guide includes a supported portion supported pivotably by the apparatus body and an abutted portion configured to be abutted against the abutting portion. The guide is configured to move in interrelation with an operation of closing the opening/closing member and to be positioned inside the apparatus body with respect to the opening/closing member in the closed state of the opening/closing member. In the opened state of the opening/closing member, the guide is configured to be restricted from pivoting by the abutted portion being abutted against the abutting portion. |
| US11795016B2 |
Sheet-shaped-medium feeder and sheet-shaped-medium handling apparatus
A sheet-shaped-medium feeder includes a housing, a mount portion that is disposed to be vertically movable in the housing and that receives sheet-shaped media, a lift that vertically raises or lowers the mount portion, a discharger that transports the sheet-shaped media stacked on the mount portion in order from an upper one of the sheet-shaped media, and first air outlets that blow air to the sheet-shaped media stacked on the mount portion at left and right edges in a feed width of the sheet-shaped media. The mount portion is changeable to a long mount portion capable of receiving long sheet-shaped media by extending an end portion of the mount portion upstream from an unchanged position in a transportation direction of the sheet-shaped media, the end portion corresponding to an upstream end portion in the transportation direction. The sheet-shaped-medium feeder has a second air outlet that blows air to at least one of left and right edges of the long sheet-shaped media stacked on the extended portion of the long mount portion. |
| US11795003B2 |
Circulation conveyor transport wheel, substrate carrier and method
According to various aspects of the disclosure, a circulation conveyor transport wheel (100) may have: a framework (102) at which the circulation conveyor transport wheel (100) can be rotatably mounted; a multiplicity of coupling devices (104) which are arranged at an outer circumference of the framework (102) and of which each of the coupling devices has at least one form-fit contour (104f) for the form-fitting coupling-on of a substrate carrier (400), wherein the multiplicity of coupling devices (104) has a pair (302) of coupling devices (104), the form-fit contours of which have a smaller spacing to one another along the circumference than to the form-fit contours of the multiplicity of coupling devices (104) which are arranged immediately adjacent to the pair (302). |
| US11795002B1 |
Conveyor assembly having dynamic frame components and method of using the same
Various embodiments are directed to conveyor apparatuses and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, a conveyor apparatus comprises a conveyor frame including a plurality of opposing sidewalls extending in a length direction and a bottom panel comprising a hinged configuration relative to the opposing sidewalls such that the bottom panel is configured for movement throughout a range of rotational motion between a closed position and an open position; and a bottom panel positioning assembly comprising: a mounting bracket secured to one of the opposing sidewalls; a positioning element slidably engaged relative to the mounting bracket and configurable between a nominal position and an engaged position; and a retention element configured to bias the positioning element towards the nominal position; wherein the bottom panel positioning assembly is configured to facilitate selective arrangement of the bottom panel based at least in part on an arrangement of the positioning element. |
| US11794999B2 |
System of buffer storage and sequencing of items comprising two elevators
A system for buffer storage and sequencing of items that receives unsequenced items and delivers sequenced items is provided. The system includes: a buffer storage unit having N input levels each having a FIFO conveyor, where N≥2; reciprocating input and output elevators positioned respectively at the input and output of N input levels; and a control unit configured to organize, under a constraint of delivery to at least one forward output conveyor of at least one sequence of items, various movements of items (from at least one forward input conveyor to the reciprocating input elevator, from the reciprocating input elevator to the N input levels, from the N input levels to the reciprocating output elevator, and from the reciprocating output elevator to the at least one forward output conveyor). |
| US11794998B2 |
Cup dispenser for a beverage vending machine
A cup dispenser comprising a cup-holder turret comprising a plurality of columns containing respective stacks of cups and each provided with an associated cup release device operable to release individual cups from the stack of cups; and an electronically-controllable actuator assembly comprising a first electric actuator to rotate the cup-holder turret; and a second electric actuator to operate the cup release devices of the columns. |
| US11794993B2 |
Autonomously propelled waste receptacle and associated methods
Embodiments of the present invention are related to an autonomously propelled waste receptacle including a top, a collapsible lid, a housing, an exterior, an interior, and a bottom. The housing includes a circuit board panel, a door, and doorway. The exterior includes a user interface, a plurality of sensors, at least one antenna, and a camera. The interior includes a bin, a trash compactor with a plurality of threaded rods connected to the collapsible lid, an upper can platform, and a bottom tech platform. The bottom includes a plurality of wheels used to drive the autonomously propelled waste receptacle.The collapsible lid also acts as a descending masher compacting trash within the interior bin and the bin is structured to rotate through the doorway to empty. The autonomously propelled waste receptacle may navigate using at least one of sensors, camera, WiFi communication, cellular communication, and GPS communication. |
| US11794980B1 |
Packaging with illumination system and methods of operating the same
A packaging subassembly for containing at least one foodstuff item. The packaging subassembly includes at least one foodstuff item container and foodstuff-containing packaging portion. The foodstuff-containing packaging portion supports the at least one foodstuff item container. The foodstuff-containing packaging portion includes an illuminator having one or more light sources that is configured to produce light for illuminating the at least one foodstuff item container. A packaging assembly is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed. |
| US11794974B2 |
Holding structure for simultaneously holding a plurality of containers for substances for pharmaceutical, medical or cosmetic applications, transport unit and transport or packaging container having the same
The present invention relates to a holding structure for simultaneously holding a plurality of containers for substances for pharmaceutical, medical or cosmetic applications or of devices having such containers, having a plurality of receptacles. The receptacles are arranged in a regular arrangement and are formed by in each case peripherally formed side walls. The receptacles have in each case one or two widened clearances having a dimension which is greater than the width of a gap between the containers received in the receptacles and side walls of the receptacles in the regions other than the widened clearances. The widened clearances additionally make available space for access to containers or devices which are received in the receptacles for handling thereof. |
| US11794973B2 |
Carton and carton blank
A top-engaging carrier includes a top panel (18a) and a sloping shoulder panel (16a) hinged to the top panel by a first fold line (21a). The first fold line is interrupted by at least two curved cut lines (40a) such that by folding the shoulder panel about the first fold line, an article-engaging edge is defined by each of the at least two curved cut lines. The shoulder panel includes a stress-reducing second fold line (29a) extending alongside at least a part of the first fold line. |
| US11794965B2 |
Flip top cap for containers providing evidence of first opening
A flip top cap for containers providing evidence of first opening includes a cover part and a pourer part coupled by a hinge arrangement and produced as a single piece. The cover part is rotatable around the hinge arrangement to be brought from a closed position engaging the pourer part to an open and separate position with respect to the pourer part, an engagement system engaging the cover part after rotation into a closed position on the pourer part. The engagement system is breakable and is arranged partly on the cover part and partly on the pourer part, and remains integral with at least one of the cover or pourer parts when they are broken at the first opening. |
| US11794964B2 |
Assembly for dispensing liquids
An assembly (2) for dispensing liquids comprises: • a base member (8); • a cap (4) on the base member (8); and • a dispensing capsule (6) in the base member (8) and covered by the cap (4). The dispensing capsule (6) comprises: • a capsule body (7) having a first end (16) and a second end (18); • at least one wall (20) defining a first cavity (38) within the capsule body, the first cavity (38) having a first opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • at least one wall (22) defining a second cavity (40) within the capsule body, the second cavity (40) having a second opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • the first opening and the second opening provided with a seal member (64) which seals the first cavity (38) and the second cavity (40). The walls of the first cavity and the second cavity are collapsible if pressure is applied to the cavities from the second end (18) of the capsule body. |
| US11794962B2 |
Bottle cap assembly
There are described bottle cap assemblies. In some embodiments, a bottle cap assembly includes a cap which is snappingly engagable to a bottle and disengageable by rotating the cap and the bottle relative to one another, squeezing the cap suitably and pulling the cap away from the bottle. |
| US11794956B2 |
Closure
An improved snap-on/twist off closure which is very durable. The invention is also directed to a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess and a guidance recess. A bottom rim of the pipe, the resistance recess and the guidance recess are in contact with a forcing element on a shoulder of the bottle and guide the closure into positions permitting unscrewing of the closure. |
| US11794955B2 |
Bottle-top adapter
A bottle-top adapter is an apparatus that allows a user to retain a bottle cap for repeated use. The apparatus has a grip that extends beyond the width of the bottle cap retaining features, thus allowing enhanced leverage during use. A writable surface connected to the top of the gripping feature allows a user to indicate the owner and contents of the disposable bottle. A user may place or press a bottle cap into the cap-retaining segment of the apparatus to secure the bottle cap in place during use. The user may then grasp the grip, or other exposed features, and twist to open or close the disposable bottle. Upon completion, the user may remove the bottle cap from the cap-retaining segment of the apparatus to prepare the apparatus for subsequent usage upon another disposable bottle cap. Consequently, the apparatus may help in the reuse of disposable bottle caps. |
| US11794951B2 |
Pallet repair system and methods for manufacture
A pallet wrap system and manufacture for repair of wood pallets that extends the service life of wood pallets to reduce associated costs, environmental concerns, and workplace injuries. The wrap or wrap component comprises a plurality of portions hingedly attached to one another and configured to surround or cover a portion of a pallet. The wrap component may be manufactured using recycled material, such as paper, aluminum, or plastic, and may further include a chemical for properties such as elasticity, adhesion, and bonding grip. The wrap component may further be folded to such that it can be erected from a flattened state to form a display unit for products. The wrap may include printed information content such as advertising/marketing content, or manufacturer's or shipper's information, identification or logo to make sure that only that business' product is shipped or used with the identified pallet. |
| US11794946B2 |
Vented container for housing a scented product and related methods
A container for housing scented product includes a bottom wall, a top wall, a plurality of longitudinal sidewalls, and a plurality of lateral sidewalls. The container further includes a scented product disposed within the cavity and a first plurality of selectively openable and closable vents extending through the top wall of the container. The first plurality of vents is configured to at least partially open when a force is applied to one or more of the plurality of longitudinal sidewalls and the plurality of lateral sidewalls of the container. The container further includes a second plurality of selectively openable and closable vents extending through the bottom wall of the container. The second plurality of vents are configured to at least partially open when the force is applied to one or more of the plurality of longitudinal sidewalls and the plurality of lateral sidewalls of the container. |
| US11794945B2 |
Container having leak-resistant fold-in tray and blank therefor
A container formed from a blank of sheet material includes an outer tray having a bottom wall, front and rear walls, and first and second side walls. A fold-in tray is configured to nest within the outer tray. The fold-in tray is hingedly connected along an upper edge of at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall. |
| US11794944B2 |
Visibility packaging for energy storage elements
Visibility packaging for energy storage elements includes a front wall spaced apart from a rear wall and provided with at least one viewing cutout and at least one web having a central apex region fixed to a contact region of the rear wall, wherein the web and the rear wall together form a K-shaped cross section in a closure position and the web closes a removal opening of a receiving space, and the rear wall has at least one perforation that delimits a contact region from a remainder of the rear wall and makes it possible to separate the contact region from the rear wall such that the web can be transferred by a folding operation into a removal position in which the apex region of the web is spaced apart from the rear wall and the web frees the removal opening of the receiving space. |
| US11794938B2 |
Container finish having improved rim planarity
A reinforced plastic container having improved rim planarity. The container has a non-round main body portion integral with a finish portion. The main body portion has a central longitudinal axis and defines a hollow interior of the container. The finish portion has an upper surface defining a rim with a circumference framing a round opening that provides access to the hollow interior of the container, a radially outwardly extending snap bead being adapted to receive and retain a closure and hermetically seal the container and including interrupted portions located around the circumference of the rim, and a plurality of reinforcements located in the interrupted portions of the snap bead and assuring substantial planarity of the upper surface of the rim even when substantial forces act on the container. Each reinforcement has a strut bounded by and centered between a pair of strut indents, with each indent supported by a buttress. |
| US11794937B2 |
Label applicator
A labeling device includes: a robot having articulated arms with arm sections that are articulated: together, to a robot base, and to a platform of a label pickup device. The pickup device has a base plate and a plunger. The plunger has a fixed portion mounted to the base plate and is not displaceable relative to the base plate in a longitudinal direction, has a portion that is movable in the fixed portion in the longitudinal direction toward the base plate to a retracted position, and has an end configured to pick up a label. A pressure regulator of the plunger breaks a negative pressure in the plunger. The plunger's fixed portion covers an opening of its movable portion in a gas-tight manner by of the when the movable portion in an extended position and which is not covered when in the retracted position. |
| US11794936B2 |
Labeling machine with label application system for recycling the container
A labeling machine is presented for labeling containers by a continuous film strip suitably cut into labels, configured for fixing the label to the container by an adhesion fluid adapted to adhere the label to the container. The adhesion fluid is of the dissolvable type within a determined time sufficient to guarantee the function of applying the label to the container and/or removable through the use of suitable removal means. |
| US11794935B2 |
Systems and methods for spill detection
A pharmaceutical filling system for a high volume pharmacy is described. The system can include a spill detection subsystem and method. The system can include a cameras to take images that a processed to determine presence of a spilled pharmaceutical. A mirror portion is provided so that the camera can take images of the entire field of the filling area. The mirror portion can be a concave mirror that increases the field of view of the camera. A light panel can illuminate the field of view to allow the camera to take high speed images. A controller can receive a series of at least two images captured by the camera and determine whether an object in the captured images is a spilled pharmaceutical. |
| US11794934B2 |
Adjustable cartoner infeed bucket and associated cartoner
A cartoner infeed bucket includes a bottom wall, a first end wall extending upward from the bottom wall and a second end wall extending upward from the bottom wall and spaced apart from the first end wall to define an item carrying space, the second end wall running substantially parallel to the first end wall. The second end wall is mounted for adjustable movement along the bottom wall so as to vary a spacing between the first end wall and the second end wall and/or the first end wall is mounted for pivotable movement relative to the bottom wall. |
| US11794928B2 |
Satellite deployer with externally adjustable payload restraint
A satellite dispenser and method of using same are disclosed. In various embodiments, a satellite dispenser as disclosed herein includes a dispenser body defining an interior cavity to accommodate a payload; and a plurality of externally adjustable restraints positioned within the interior cavity and configured to be extended further into the interior cavity by actuation of a manual interface external to the interior cavity. |
| US11794925B2 |
Assistance system and method for positioning a first component relative to a second component and remote control for an assistance system
An assistance system for positioning a first component relative to a second component includes a sensor arrangement configured to detect a current position of a first reference point and a current position of a second reference point of the first component in a first measurement setting in a second measurement setting, respectively, a data processing device configured to control the measurement setting of the sensor arrangement and to determine a current position deviation based on the detected current position and a target position of the reference point, a display device configured to graphically output the current position deviation, and a remote controller having a housing having a coupling structure for detachably coupling to the first component, a control element, and an electronic signal generation circuit configured to generate and send an acknowledgement signal to the data processing device in response to an actuation of the control element. |
| US11794923B2 |
Aircraft refueling system
An aircraft refueling system (10) includes a master controller (12), a fleet controller (14) in communication with the master controller, a platform controller (18) in communication with the fleet controller, and a fuel control system (16) in communication with the platform controller. Embodiments of an aircraft refueling system may include a primary pressure controller (20), a secondary pressure controller (22), a programmable logic controller (24), and a data logger controller (26). The master controller may be configured to receive and analyze data from at least one of the fleet controller, the platform controller, and the fuel control system; and to modify operational parameters or upgrade the fuel control system based at least in part on the analysis of received data. |
| US11794922B1 |
Mobile UAV nest
A mobile nest for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a cuboid-shaped frame, staging pads, charging electronics, and exterior siding. The cuboid-shaped frame includes vertical supports positioned at corners of the cuboid-shaped frame. The staging pads are adapted for landing, launching, and charging the UAVs. The staging pads are mounted to pivot about two or more of the vertical supports. Each of the staging pads rotates into the cuboid-shaped frame when stowed and rotates out of the cuboid-shaped frame when deployed for launching or landing the corresponding one of the UAVs. The charging electronics are disposed within the cuboid-shaped frame and coupled to the staging pads to charge the UAVs when the UAVs are positioned on the staging pads. The exterior siding is mounted to the cuboid-shaped frame to provide a weather barrier that protects the UAVs from weather when the UAVs are stowed within the mobile housing structure. |
| US11794921B2 |
Aircraft lamp
An aircraft lamp includes a light source unit, a lamp housing that houses the light source unit, and a power supply control unit that has a casing and includes a control circuit structure configured to control light emission of the light source unit. The control circuit structure is housed in the casing. The casing is disposed outside the lamp housing. |
| US11794920B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and managing the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft
Systems for policing and managing the operation of so-called unmanned vehicles are presented which allow for the takeover of the unmanned vehicle in the event of the detection of possible or actual ill-intentioned or inappropriate use of, malfunction or usurpation of the vehicle. Embodiments of the invention include dual-control unmanned vehicles which allow both pilot and police control of the vehicle, with the police having priority. |
| US11794917B2 |
Parallel control loops for hybrid electric aircraft
A method of controlling a hybrid-electric aircraft powerplant includes running a first control loop for command of a thermal engine based on error between total response commanded for a hybrid-electric powerplant and total response from the hybrid-electric powerplant. A second control loop runs in parallel with the first control loop for commanding the thermal engine based on error between maximum thermal engine output and total response commanded. A third control loop runs in parallel with the first and second control loops for commanding engine/propeller speed, wherein the third control loop outputs a speed control enable or disable status. A fourth control loop runs in parallel with the first, second, and third control loops for commanding the electric motor with non-zero demand when the second control loop is above control to add response from the electric motor to response from the thermal engine to achieve the response commanded. |
| US11794915B2 |
Method and system for a two-motor propulsion system for an electric aircraft
Aspects relate to an electric aircraft having a two-motor propulsion system and methods for use. An exemplary electric aircraft includes a flight component attached to the electric aircraft, where the flight component is configured to generate thrust, a first electric motor and a second electric motor, where each of the first electric motor and the second electric motor are mechanically connected to the flight component and configured to provide motive power to the flight component, and the second electric motor is able to provide motive power to the flight component if the first electric motor is inoperative. |
| US11794914B2 |
Emergency power unit for electric aircraft
Electric aircraft power plants and associated methods are provided. One power plant includes an emergency power unit (EPU) for providing electric power in the event of a malfunction of a battery pack of an electric aircraft to permit the electric aircraft to make an emergency maneuver. The EPU includes a rocket engine for generating a stream of exhaust fluid using a rocket propellant, a turbine operatively connected to extract energy from the stream of exhaust fluid generated by the rocket engine, and an electric generator operatively connected to be driven by the turbine and to supply electric power to an electric motor propelling the electric aircraft. |
| US11794911B2 |
Pressure relief valve with deflecting disks for inflatable
A pressure relief valve may comprise a housing, a disk, and a seal. The disk may be configured to deflect relative to the housing. The seal may form a sealing interface with at least one of the housing or disk. The pressure relief valve may be coupled to an inflatable slide or an aspirator. |
| US11794909B2 |
System and method for detecting ice formation on a body
The present invention relates, but without limitation, to a system and method for detecting the formation of ice on a surface of a body (1) on which an air stream impinges. Said system comprises: a first and a second temperature detectors (2, 5) with different thermal inertia; and an electro-optic module (10) connected to both detectors (2, 5). Thus, by calculating the different responses of the detectors (2, 5) it is possible to detect the ice formation on a body (1), and more advantageously, the almost instantaneously freezing of supercooled water on a body (1). The present invention can be applied to aircrafts, wind turbines or to electrical power transmission lines. |
| US11794903B2 |
System for providing temperature-controlled water in an aircraft
A system for providing temperature-controlled water in an aircraft has a tank, a water temperature-controlling unit, a control unit, and a power supply terminal. The water temperature-controlling unit can be coupled to the tank to heat or to cool water situated therein. The control unit is connected to the water temperature-controlling unit to activate the water temperature-controlling unit for controlling the temperature of water in the tank to a predefined temperature. The power supply terminal can be connected to an on-board voltage source for the water temperature-controlling unit and the control unit to be supplied with electrical voltage. The system is in the form of a coherent and self-contained unit which can be integrated into a standard parking place of a galley of the aircraft. The tank is mounted so as to be exchangeable or the system has a water discharge connection which is coupled to the tank. |
| US11794900B2 |
Information processing apparatus
Baggage is connected to an aerial vehicle in a state in which the baggage is suspended by a connector such as rope. A learning unit of a server device performs machine learning on the relationship between the piloting of an aerial vehicle and the behavior of baggage on the basis of an aerial vehicle behavior history and a piloting history acquired by a first acquisition unit and a baggage behavior history acquired by a second acquisition unit. With this arrangement, the automatic piloting of the aerial vehicle at the time of lowering baggage is achieved. |
| US11794899B2 |
Method for controlling unmanned aircraft, server, and remote control device
A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes receiving locking instruction information for locking the UAV; remotely controlling, based on the locking instruction information, a remote control device of the UAV to lock the UAV; and remotely controlling, after controlling the remote control device to lock the UAV, the remote control device to unlock the UAV. |
| US11794898B2 |
Air combat maneuvering method based on parallel self-play
The present disclosure provides an air combat maneuvering method based on parallel self-play, including the steps of constructing a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) maneuver model, constructing a red-and-blue motion situation acquiring model to describe a relative combat situation of red and blue sides, constructing state spaces and action spaces of both red and blue sides and a reward function according to a Markov process, followed by constructing a maneuvering decision-making model structure based on a soft actor-critic (SAC) algorithm, training the SAC algorithm by performing air combat confrontations to realize parallel self-play, and finally testing a trained network, displaying combat trajectories and calculating a combat success rate. The level of confrontations can be effectively enhanced and the combat success rate of the decision-making model can be increased. |
| US11794897B2 |
Aerial drone
An aerial drone is configured to capture aerial objects. The aerial drone has an airframe, a propulsion system mounted to the airframe, and a capturing device mounted to the airframe. The propulsion system is configured to control the movement of the aerial drone. The capturing device is configured to receive and capture an aerial object located above the aerial drone. A method of capturing an aerial object using the aerial drone is also contemplated. |
| US11794894B2 |
Landing apparatuses for unmanned aerial vehicles
Landing apparatuses for unmanned aerial vehicles are provided herein. An example UAV includes a frame; a propeller rotatably coupled to the frame; and a landing guard armature extending from the frame. A terminal end of the landing guard armature extends beyond a propeller radius of the propeller. The landing guard armature has a surface area that is sized to promote airflow around the landing guard armature. |
| US11794893B2 |
Transportation system for transporting organic payloads
Systems are described for transporting organic material, such as trees and logs, by flight. Such a transportation system may include a remotely-piloted air vehicle, a frame coupled thereto, multiple air vehicles, one or more propellers, a harness, and/or other components. The frame is coupled to both the remotely-piloted air vehicle and to the multiple other air vehicles. |
| US11794891B2 |
Aerial vehicle equipped with multicopter mechanism
An aerial vehicle includes a propulsion unit and a fuselage unit. The propulsion unit includes a rotary shaft extending in a first direction and thrust producing mechanisms provided at both ends of the rotary shaft and produces a propulsion force for flying in air. The fuselage unit is suspended from the propulsion unit below the rotary shaft, has a center of gravity at a position below the rotary shaft, is configured to freely rotate around the rotary shaft, and is capable of storing an article. |
| US11794889B2 |
Rotorcraft
There is disclosed a rotorcraft comprising: an array of lift devices supported at a structure; a first group of the lift devices configured to generate thrust in a first common direction; a second group of the lift devices being tilted or tiltable relative to the first group of devices so as to generate thrust in at least a second common direction; and a flight control system. |
| US11794888B1 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage defining a fuselage chamber. A first boom is coupled to the fuselage. A first rotor lift assembly is coupled to the first boom for providing a first lifting force. A second boom is coupled to the fuselage. A second rotor lift assembly is coupled to the second boom for providing a second lifting force. A third boom is coupled to the fuselage. A third rotor lift assembly is coupled to the third boom for providing a third lifting force. A fourth boom is coupled to the fuselage. A fourth rotor lift assembly is coupled to the fourth boom for providing a fourth lifting force. An electronic controller system is within the fuselage and operates the first rotor lift assembly, the second rotor lift assembly, the third rotor lift assembly and the fourth rotor lift assembly. |
| US11794886B2 |
Hybrid rotorcraft having at least one pusher or puller propeller, and an associated piloting method
A rotorcraft including a first power plant, at least one main rotor participating at least in providing lift for the rotorcraft in the air, and at least one tail rotor carried by a tail boom, the first power plant including at least one engine. In accordance with the invention, the rotorcraft includes: at least one pusher or puller propeller independent from the at least one main rotor, the at least one pusher or puller propeller participating at least in providing propulsion or traction for the rotorcraft; a second power plant including at least one electric motor; and at least one control member configured to generate a control setpoint or instruction for controlling the at least one electric motor. |
| US11794884B1 |
VTOL take-off control system
An improved vertical takeoff aircraft of the type having a set of pads that are in contact with the ground when the aircraft is at rest on the ground and a controllable lift and propulsion system. The aircraft includes an array of force sensors coupled to the set of pads. The array has an output providing measurements over time of forces exerted on the pads along at least two independent axes. The aircraft also includes a controller, coupled to the lift and propulsion system and to the array of force sensors. The controller is configured to control the lift and propulsion system in a manner to counteract forces exerted externally on the aircraft that would cause undesired motion of the aircraft when on the ground and transitioning from the ground to flight. |
| US11794877B2 |
Integrated assymmetry brake mechanism
An integrated asymmetric brake system for an aircraft includes a housing and a control surface actuator arranged in the housing. The control surface actuator includes a torque limiter output member and is operable to selectively deploy and retract a control surface. An asymmetry brake system is arranged in the housing and is operably connected to the control surface actuator and the torque limiter output member. The asymmetry brake system is selectively operable to prevent deployment of the control surface by activating the torque limiter output member upon detecting an asymmetry event. An asymmetry brake test monitor switch is mounted in the housing and operably coupled to the asymmetry brake system. The asymmetry brake test monitor switch is monitored to confirm functionality of the asymmetry brake system prior to flight. |
| US11794873B2 |
Auxiliary power unit enclosure and method of making the same
An auxiliary power unit enclosure of an aircraft includes a space frame configured to carry a load and defining an auxiliary power unit compartment. The space frame includes a plurality of frame elements coupled together at a plurality of nodes. The auxiliary power unit enclosure also includes a fairing coupled to and surrounding the space frame. |
| US11794864B2 |
Gyro stabilizer
A gyro stabilizer includes a rotor arranged to rotate about a spin axis, and a stator, wherein the rotor and the stator include rotor and stator assemblies, respectively. The rotor assembly is arranged radially outside the stator assembly with respect to the spin axis, wherein the rotor and/or stator assemblies include magnets with magnetic axis in the direction of the spin axis. |
| US11794861B2 |
Double-chamber inflatable kayak
A double-chambers inflatable kayak, including an upper chamber and a lower chamber which are fixedly connected to each other by a connecting portion and between which a cavity is formed, wherein the upper chamber includes a cockpit hole and a first air valve provided on the surface, the cockpit hole being in communication with the cavity, and the first air valve being used to inflate and deflate the upper chamber, and wherein the lower chamber includes a second air valve which is used to inflate and deflate the lower chamber. |
| US11794854B2 |
Bicycle electric power assist device and bicycle
A bicycle electric power assist device includes: an electric motor connected in a torque transmitting relationship to a crank arm or a crankshaft driven by a pedal force; a battery; a control unit configured to control operation of the electric motor; a rotation angle sensor configured to detect a crank rotation angle position of the crankshaft; and a current sensor configured to detect a motor current, wherein the control unit includes: a pedal force estimation/calculation unit configured to estimate the pedal force of the pedals from a difference between the motor current in a first crank rotation angle position and the motor current in a second crank rotation angle position which is different from the first crank rotation angle position; and a motor drive control unit configured to control a drive current of the electric motor according to the pedal force estimated by the pedal force estimation/calculation unit. |
| US11794849B2 |
Pedal for bicycles
A pedal for bicycles includes a pedal pin that extends along a reference axis and has a first axial end structured to be coupled to a pedal crank of a bicycle and a second axial end opposite to the first end and a pedal body that comprises a hub coupled in a freely rotatable manner to the pedal pin so as to be able to rotate around the reference axis. On the pedal pin there are at least two inner chambers having a circular section and extending along the reference axis coaxial thereto, a sensor circuit coupled to the pedal pin, an electronic circuit configured to determine the mechanical deformation of the pedal pin, and an electric storage device arranged in an inner chamber. |
| US11794848B2 |
Hydraulic brake control device with handlebar proximal hose attachment
A control device for a hydraulic brake for a bicycle includes a reservoir for hydraulic fluid. The reservoir has a variable volume. The control device also includes a reservoir cover at least partially defining the reservoir, and a support that is attachable to a handlebar of the bicycle via an inner annular surface of the support. A handlebar proximity zone is radially outer relative to the inner annular surface of the support and is within two centimeters of the inner annular surface of the support. At least part of the reservoir cover is within the handlebar proximity zone. |
| US11794843B2 |
Method of operating a vehicle and a vehicle
A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: an engine; a throttle operator moveable by a driver; a throttle valve regulating airflow to the engine; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connected to the engine; at least one ground engaging member including at least one of: a wheel and a track; a piston operatively connected to a driving pulley of the CVT for applying a piston force to the driving pulley when actuated and thereby changing an effective diameter of the driving pulley; and a control unit for controlling actuation of the piston and the piston force. The method includes: determining a driven pulley speed of a driven pulley of the CVT; detecting an uphill stand condition indicative of the vehicle being stopped on an uphill; responsive to the detection of the uphill stand condition, controlling the piston force based on the driven pulley speed. |
| US11794836B1 |
Vehicle seat with storage capacity
A seat for use with a vehicle is provided. The seat includes a base, a cushioning material coupled to the base, an outer cover positioned over the base and the cushioning material, the outer cover including at least one accessory portion comprising at least one strap coupled to a seam of the outer cover and a securement component coupling the at least one strap to the outer cover. |
| US11794835B2 |
Anti-theft device for bicycles by braking at least one wheel
Anti-theft device of a bicycle wheel includes at least one braking unit having two pads acting on a rim of the wheel and an actuator to control at least one braking unit. The actuator includes two tie-rods pivoting on shafts and is actuated by a key acting on a key cylinder to press the pads on the rim of the wheel. Each tie-rod is driven at one end by a secondary transmitter piston interacting with a primary transmitter piston and driving a receiver piston holding the pad at its other end. The rotational movement of the key cylinder is converted into a translational movement of the primary transmitter piston by an indirect movement converter. |
| US11794832B2 |
Trailer, in particular for a bicycle, for providing a usable space
A trailer for providing a usable space. The trailer includes a wheeled underframe with a base element which is at least partially open at a top, a roof element with a roof surface and four adjacent side walls, and a connection element which connects the base element to the roof element in a set-up state. The connection element has an upper surface with at least two adjacent, opposite side walls. In a travel state, the roof element surrounds the connection element and the base element from an outside at the top and at least partially at the sides. To provide the set-up state of the trailer, the roof element extends a dimension of the base element by being erected substantially vertically, and the connection element increases a height of the base element by being erected, so as to provide a firmly enclosed usable space in an interior of the trailer. |
| US11794831B2 |
Self-propelled tandem axle trailer
A trailer for towing by a power vehicle is provided and generally includes a frame and a tandem wheel assembly. The frame forms an undercarriage chassis which the tandem wheel assembly is positioned there under. The undercarriage chassis includes a rear wheel assembly, a front wheel assembly, and an extension assembly moving the front wheel assembly between trailing position and a self-propelled position. At least one of the wheel assemblies is powered by a selectively engageable drive assembly including a motor, transmission, driveshaft, selectively engageable clutch and hub, to drive the rotation of at least one of the wheels. |
| US11794826B2 |
Hoist system for a motor vehicle
A cable hoist system for a spare tire carrier in a vehicle includes a housing; a drive cable; a reel assembly; and a drive mechanism. A first gear assembly of the drive mechanism includes a control plate member connected to a first gear using at least two frangible connectors. The at least two frangible connectors connecting the control plate member and the first gear provides a frangible connection in the first gear assembly such that, when the first gear assembly is subject to a force exceeding a predetermined value caused by momentum of a spare tire applied through the reel assembly and a second gear of a second gear assembly, the at least two frangible connectors break to allow the first gear to move relative to the control plate member such that the second gear and the reel assembly can rotate to allow for pay out of the drive cable. |
| US11794824B2 |
Vehicle air guide path structure and air guide path forming member
In a vehicle air guide path structure, a vertically long air guide path forming member is provided along an outer edge of a side surface portion of a vehicle body on a rear side of a wheel house. A vertically long air guide path is formed at the rear side of the wheel house. The vertically long air guide path suctions air from the wheel house and exhausts air along a side surface of the vehicle body. A partition member partitions the vertically long air guide path so as to form a plurality of sections in an upper-lower direction. A vertically long inclined surface is formed on the side surface portion of the vehicle body at a rear side of the vertically long air guide path. The partition member protrudes to a rear side from the vertically long air guide path. |
| US11794823B2 |
Pipeline padding machine cab assembly
A pipeline padding machine is disclosed. The pipeline padding machine includes a machine main frame, a cabin coupled to the machine main frame and an extension mechanism. The extension mechanism can couple the cabin to the machine main frame. The extension mechanism can be configured to translate the cabin vertically relative to the machine main frame. Because the extension mechanism can translate the cabin vertically, the pipeline padding machine can allow for improved operator access and improved operating positions. Alternatively, or additionally, the cabin may be horizontally translated and/or rotated about a vertical axis. |
| US11794822B2 |
Utility vehicle
A utility vehicle is described having front and rear passenger area, and an HVAC system provides treated air to both front and rear areas. The front area includes a tunnel extending longitudinally rearwardly, and a low profile duct extends within the tunnel to communicate treated air to the rear passenger area. The frame has been modified to mount a drive shaft carrier bearing to maximize the arear under the tunnel for hose routing. The frame has been modified to maximize the ingress area for the foot of the rear passenger. The frame has been modified to better seal the vehicle when doors are utilized. |
| US11794821B2 |
Vehicle fender assembly including a charge port assembly
A vehicle fender assembly includes a fender including a body having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The body defines a body opening. A stiffener is mounted to the body inner surface and is located at the body opening. The stiffener includes stiffener holes sized to receive associated fasteners. A charge port assembly includes a bracket mounted to the stiffener. The bracket includes bracket holes sized to receive the associated fasteners. The bracket holes are over-sized relative to the associated fasteners to allow for positional movement of the charge port assembly on the associated fasteners relative to the body opening. The stiffener includes at least one stiffener locating feature and the bracket includes at least one bracket locating feature adapted to mate with the at least one stiffener feature to ensure proper placement of the bracket on the stiffener relative to the body opening. |
| US11794820B2 |
Latching mechanism for a closure panel using multiple latches
A latching mechanism for facilitating opening and closing of a closure panel of a vehicle, comprising: a first latch mounted in a first location, the first location positioned on a first side of the vehicle, the first latch coupling the closure panel to the body of the vehicle when engaged with a corresponding first mating latch component; a second latch mounted in a second location, the second location positioned on a second side of the vehicle, the second latch coupling the closure panel to the body of the vehicle when engaged with a corresponding second mating latch component; wherein one of the first latch and the second latch is maintained in a latched state and the other of the first latch and the second latch is in an unlatched state when the closure panel is moved between an open position and a closed position. |
| US11794819B2 |
In-vehicle structure of electrical equipment
In an engine compartment, an engine, a generator using the engine as a power source, a motor for driving the vehicle, and a gear box are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction. The first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a generating unit that includes the engine and the generator. The second high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a drive unit that includes the motor and the gear box. The first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment are coupled by a coupling member that extends substantially horizontally in the vehicle width direction and supports the high-voltage equipment, against a falling load directed from one thereof toward the other. |
| US11794818B2 |
Cowl cover apparatus
A cowl cover apparatus includes a cowl cover that covers a cowl portion, a vertical wall body detachably attached to the cowl cover and being positioned while rising with respect to the cowl cover in a state of being attached thereto. The vertical wall body includes an insertion portion in an end portion in a vehicle width direction. The cowl cover includes a regulation portion into which the insertion portion is partly inserted in the vehicle width direction. The insertion portion is formed to be elastically deformable in the vehicle width direction due to a reaction force from the cowl cover against a load onto the vertical wall body in a predetermined direction intersecting the vehicle width direction. |
| US11794816B2 |
Automated driving vehicle
An automated driving vehicle includes: a traveling unit to which an upper structure can be attached and which does not have a passenger compartment; and a connector provided in the traveling unit and connected to the upper structure detachably attached to the traveling unit. |
| US11794814B2 |
Reinforcement and protection braces for mounting structures of vehicle steering knuckle lower control arms
The present invention provides reinforcing braces for attachment to factory-supplied chassis mounts for the lower control arms of steering knuckles of vehicles to reinforce and shield the mounts from objects below the vehicle encountered when traveling through rugged terrain. Each brace includes a pair of parallel sturdy metal flanges that are attached to a sturdy metal lower base plate. Each flange is designed to be attached to one of the flanges of the factory-supplied chassis mounts, and has an opening therein for receiving mounting hardware, and an open section for engagement with camber adjustment structures. The sturdy base plates provide a lower shield to protect the chassis and mounting hardware from damage from contact with large objects encountered below the vehicle. The front base plate may also include an elongated front shield for deflecting large objects as the vehicle moves forward. |
| US11794808B1 |
Control assembly for zero turn device
A control assembly for use with a vehicle having a pivot arm for controlling output of the vehicle includes a bracket, a yoke attached to the pivot arm, and a shaft engaged to the yoke and extending into the bracket. The pivot arm is rotatable about a first axis of rotation between a neutral position and a plurality of forward positions and a plurality of reverse positions. When in the neutral position, the pivot arm may also rotate about a second axis of rotation between an operative position and a stopped position, and a switch may be engaged when the pivot arm is rotated to the stopped position. A return to neutral assembly may provide a return force to the pivot arm when it is rotated about the first axis of rotation away from the neutral position. |
| US11794805B2 |
Method and arrangement for ensuring road tracking up to a predefined lateral acceleration limit using a PID controller in a vehicle
Methods for ensuring road tracking up to a predefined lateral acceleration limit in a vehicle having an autonomous steering function arranged to selectively apply a steering wheel overlay torque to a normal steering assistance torque in an electrical power assisted steering system of the vehicle are provided. Such methods include acquiring the predetermined lateral acceleration limit; acquiring a signal representing a current lateral acceleration of the vehicle; comparing the predetermined lateral acceleration limit with the acquired current lateral acceleration signal to obtain a controller error; setting a torque limit for the steering wheel overlay torque; and subjecting the controller error to a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, which is arranged to provide the torque limit for the steering wheel overlay torque after setting the torque limit to the initial value. |
| US11794804B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling motor driven power steering system
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor driven power steering system. The apparatus for controlling a motor driven power steering system includes a steering angle position controller configured to control a steering angle by adjusting a gain value based on a steering angle error between a command steering angle inputted by an autonomous driving system and a current steering angle; a current controller configured to compensate for a current error between a second command current outputted from the steering angle position controller and a sensor current; and a disturbance estimator configured to estimate noise due to an external factor, to remove the estimated noise in advance from a third command current outputted from the current controller, and to apply the third command current with no noise to an MDPS. |
| US11794801B1 |
Heated steering wheel cover assembly
A heated steering wheel cover assembly for warming a steering wheel in a cold environment includes a steering wheel cover that is positionable over a steering wheel of a vehicle. A plurality of heating elements is each integrated into the steering wheel cover. Each of the heating elements is in thermal communication with the steering wheel cover for heating the steering wheel cover when the plurality of heating elements is turned on. In this way the plurality of heating elements enhance comfort for a user in a cold environment. Additionally, each of the heating elements is aligned with a respective quadrant of the steering wheel. |
| US11794799B2 |
Handle joint base and carrier control handle
A handle joint base including a joint fixing base and a microswitch detachably connected thereto, wherein a trigger component is provided in the joint fixing base, and a trigger part of the trigger component is movable relative to the joint fixing base. The microswitch includes a contact for triggering the microswitch to be turned on or off. Part of the surface of the contact is exposed outside a housing of the microswitch and is arc-shaped. An outer wall surface of a first end of the trigger part is wedge-shaped. When the trigger part is pressed downward, the wedged-shaped outer wall surface abuts and presses the arc-shaped surface of the contact, driving the contact to move into the housing to trigger the microswitch to be turned on or off. Also disclosed is a carrier vehicle in a configuration of a pallet truck having the foregoing handle joint base. |
| US11794796B2 |
System and method to ensure signal light integrity and viewability
A system and method is proposed to ensure detection of signal light integrity and viewability. The system includes a wireless network of signal light monitors attached unobtrusively to the sun visors on each signal light for which monitoring is required. Each signal light monitor includes diverse sensors which detect signal light integrity and viewability. The detection sensors are simultaneously active to detect signal light intensity, color intensity and viewability. The information obtained from the sensors is transmitted wirelessly to a base signal light monitor. The base signal light monitor communicates this information over a mesh network to an edge processor. The network is self-healing and ensures data integrity using a pre-calculated communication link if a communication link between base signal light monitors is lost or broken. The edge processor is capable of image and condition analysis on the detection data and communicates events to an enterprise network for action. |
| US11794793B2 |
Compact braking system for zip-line
A compact braking system for zip-line that brakes a sliding car including an anti-return trapping device that traps the sliding car preventing its return by a zip-line cable and a braking device that transfers and dissipates the energy of the arrival impact of the slide car without the use of one or more cables and/or elements external to it and without the activation of any operator. |
| US11794792B2 |
Portable handle apparatus and method
An apparatus including a first strap configured to be placed in a straight or a curled state; and a handle attached to the first strap; and wherein the first strap in the curled state is configured attached to a subway ceiling rail. The first strap may be attached to the handle through a carabiner, a ring, and a second strap. The second strap may have a triangular section and a base of the triangular section may be attached to the handle by passing through an opening of a hollow cylindrical tube of the handle. The first strap may have first and second layers of material and a first attachment device between the layers, and a second attachment device attached to the outside of the first strap; wherein in the curled state, the first attachment device is attached to the second attachment device to hold the apparatus onto the rail. |
| US11794788B2 |
Automatic driving system
An automatic driving system includes an electronic control device configured to: detect a driving operation input amount during an automatic driving control for a vehicle; determine whether the driver is able to start manual driving during the automatic driving control for the vehicle; output a signal for performing switching from automatic driving to the manual driving based on a result of a comparison between the driving operation input amount and a driving switching threshold that is a threshold for the switching from the automatic driving to the manual driving; set the driving switching threshold to a first driving switching threshold when it is determined that the driver is able to start the manual driving; and set the driving switching threshold to a second driving switching threshold exceeding the first driving switching threshold when it is determined that the driver is not able to start the manual driving. |
| US11794787B2 |
Vehicle assist feature control
While operating a host vehicle in a first lane on a road, respective first statistical probabilities of a) an average speed of a plurality of vehicles, including the host vehicle, operating in the first lane, b) an average distance between the vehicles operating in the first lane, and c) an average number of braking events performed by the vehicles operating in the first lane are determined based on sensor data. A high traffic density probability for the road is determined based on the first statistical probabilities. A host vehicle assist feature is transitioned between an enabled state and a disabled state based on the high traffic density probability for the road being greater than a threshold probability. |
| US11794785B2 |
Multi-task machine-learned models for object intention determination in autonomous driving
Generally, the disclosed systems and methods utilize multi-task machine-learned models for object intention determination in autonomous driving applications. For example, a computing system can receive sensor data obtained relative to an autonomous vehicle and map data associated with a surrounding geographic environment of the autonomous vehicle. The sensor data and map data can be provided as input to a machine-learned intent model. The computing system can receive a jointly determined prediction from the machine-learned intent model for multiple outputs including at least one detection output indicative of one or more objects detected within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle, a first corresponding forecasting output descriptive of a trajectory indicative of an expected path of the one or more objects towards a goal location, and/or a second corresponding forecasting output descriptive of a discrete behavior intention determined from a predefined group of possible behavior intentions. |
| US11794782B2 |
Sensor aggregation module
The subject disclosure relates to features for improving the modularity and interoperability of sensors and in particular, sensors deployed for use in vehicle related sensing applications. In some aspects, the disclosed technology encompasses a sensor aggregation module (e.g., sensor pod) that includes a sensor enclosure having an interior volume configured for housing one or more sensors, a data port integrated into an exterior surface of the sensor enclosure, wherein the data port is configured to be electrically coupled to a vehicle data port, and a plurality of sensor ports disposed within an interior volume of the sensor enclosure, wherein the sensor ports are configured for modular connectivity to the one or more sensors. |
| US11794774B2 |
Real-time dynamic traffic speed control
The present disclosure is directed to method for controlling an autonomous or human-driven vehicle that can include receiving, via a processor a vehicle communication indicative of a traffic flow parameter, and determining, based on the vehicle communication, a driver behavior characteristic, determining, via the processor and based on a historic driver behavior record, a driver performance characteristic, generating, via the processor, a first speed assignment and a lane assignment and associated with the vehicle and causing to transmit a first speed and lane assignment message to the vehicle. The system uses enhanced sensing technology within a connected environment to observe vehicle speeds and other vehicle patterns to ingest real-time, road network patterns of vehicle behavior, manages traffic through simulation, and sends messages to dynamic lane management controls such as signage, V2V communication, etc. |
| US11794770B1 |
Systems and methods for hearing impaired drivers
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for evaluating a driving environment of a vehicle for hearing impairment conditions, detecting a request related to hearing impairment conditions, activating an accessibility mode in response to the request based on the hearing impairment condition, the accessibility mode providing sensory aids in response to the hearing impairment conditions, and altering vehicle motion to enable driver attention to the driving environment. The detecting the request related to hearing impairment conditions includes receiving a driver request for accessibility, a predetermined setting implementing a driver profile indicating a request for accessibility, and an alert from a drivers assisted technology system using artificial intelligence (AI) that the driving environment has hearing impairment conditions. The alert from the DAT system includes analyzing behaviors of the driver including response times to environmental sounds and analyzing driver-chosen volume settings indicative of a hearing-impaired driver. |
| US11794769B2 |
Determination of a state of a user actively driving a motor vehicle or not
A method and device for determining whether a user is actively driving a motor vehicle or car sick. The sensor device is provided for sensing eye movement of the user and the method includes supplying an artificial intelligence with data originating from the sensor device in order to recognize at least one frequency of eye movements of the user, a frequency of eye movements above a first threshold characterizing a visualization by the user of a passing landscape, and being distinguished from a concentration of gaze of a vehicle driver, and determining a current frequency of eye movements of the user and comparing the current frequency with the first threshold, and if the current frequency is greater than the first threshold, triggering a notification signal for the user. |
| US11794765B2 |
Systems and methods to compute a vehicle dynamic pose for augmented reality tracking
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for receiving proximity characteristics at a nomadic device, the proximity characteristics including mapped obstruction data identifying locations of one or more obstructions of an area surrounding a vehicle; calculating at last one unobstructed pose orientations for establishing a secure connection between the nomadic device and the vehicle based on the proximity characteristics, the unobstructed pose orientation determined at least in part on the mapped obstruction data; and displaying the unobstructed pose orientation on the nomadic device within an array of augmented reality pose orientations on the nomadic device. In some embodiments, the systems and methods include displaying an interactive overlay as a direction to a user of the nomadic device, the interactive overlay coaching the user to locate to the at least one unobstructive pose orientation. |
| US11794764B2 |
Approximating a time of an issue
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, that an issue will soon occur, determining, by the transport, a time the issue will occur, and displaying, by the transport, the time the issue will occur. The issue is based on sensor data approaching a threshold within a period of time that is faster than an average period of time. |
| US11794762B2 |
Peer-to-peer occupancy estimation
A method for prioritizing occlusion information is presented. The method includes determining, at a first time period, a first sensor's view of a spatial area is occluded. The method also includes observing, at a second time period, the spatial area. The method further includes determining a level of risk associated with the spatial area based on the observation. The method still further includes prioritizing transmission of the occlusion information corresponding to the spatial area based on the determined level of risk and transmitting the occlusion information corresponding to the spatial area based on the priority. |
| US11794761B2 |
User input signal management in a vehicle to selectively limit the prime mover rotational speed
A user input signal management method for a vehicle provided with a prime mover having an output that rotates and an input for a user input signal that controls the rotating speed of the output of the prime mover. The method including the reception of a signal representative of the position of a user input of a vehicle, the reception of data representative of at least one condition of the vehicle, the modification of the received signal representative of the position of the user input as a function of the data received and the supply of the modified signal to the accelerator input of the prime mover. |
| US11794760B1 |
Systems and methods for configuring a vehicle
Methods and systems described in this disclosure identify a driver of a vehicle. The driver may have a profile indicating vehicle settings, and at least one of the vehicle settings may not be overridden by the driver. The vehicle may be configured according to the vehicle settings in the profile, such that the vehicle may not operate outside of at least one of the vehicle settings that cannot be overridden. An insurance rate for insuring the vehicle may be generated based at least in part on the vehicle settings associated with the profile. |
| US11794759B2 |
Automatic testing of autonomous vehicles
The present technology is effective to cause at least one processor to instruct an autonomous vehicle to navigate a specific course and to record diagnostic measurements while navigating the specific course, receive the diagnostic measurements from the autonomous vehicle, and analyze the diagnostic measurements from the autonomous vehicle in a context provided by a collection of diagnostic measurement data collected from a fleet of similar autonomous vehicles navigating the specific course. |
| US11794758B2 |
Selective health information reporting systems including integrated diagnostic models providing least and most possible cause information
A first network device includes a transceiver, a memory and a control module. The transceiver receives an integrated model from a second network device that is separate from the first network device. The memory stores the integrated model and diagnostic trouble code data, most probable cause data, and least probable cause data, which have corresponding cause of issue indications for an issue of a vehicle. The control module while executing the integrated model: compares the cause of issue indications to determine whether the cause of issue indications are consistent such that a same cause of issue is indicated; in response to the cause of issue indications being consistent, displays the same cause of issue, and in response to the cause of issue indications being inconsistent and based on a set of conditions, displays a portion of health related information while refraining from displaying another portion of the health related information. |
| US11794756B2 |
Estimating vehicle velocity based on variables associated with wheels
Techniques are described for using variables associated with vehicle wheels (e.g., linear velocity at a wheel and orientation of the wheel) to estimate velocity of a vehicle during a turn maneuver. In examples of the disclosure, in association with one or more wheels, a wheel orientation during the maneuver and a linear speed during the maneuver may be determined, and well as a yaw rate (e.g., from an inertial measurement unit, gyroscope, etc.) of the vehicle. Examples of the present disclosure include, based on the variables associated with the wheel(s) and the yaw rate associated with the turn maneuver, estimating a vehicle velocity, which may be used by various downstream components, such as to determine or update a pose of a vehicle as part of a localization operation. |
| US11794754B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU); and a controller electrically connected to the IMU. The controller is configured to receive an output signal including at least one of an angular velocity and an acceleration from the IMU, to identify a driving state of the vehicle according to at least one of the output signal, a steering angle of the vehicle, a steering angular velocity of the vehicle, a number of gear stages of the vehicle, a wheel speed of the vehicle, and a braking pressure of the vehicle, to identify an offset and an offset reliability of the output signal according to the driving state of the vehicle, and to transmit a signal from which the offset is removed from the output signal according to the offset and the offset reliability. |
| US11794751B2 |
Pro-active trajectory tracking control for automated driving during elevation transitions
In exemplary embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided that include: one or more sensors disposed onboard a vehicle and configured to at least facilitate obtaining sensor data for the vehicle; one or more location systems configured to at least facilitate obtaining location data pertaining to a location of the vehicle; a computer memory configured to store map data pertaining to a path corresponding to the location; and a processor disposed onboard the vehicle and configured to at least facilitate: generating an elevation profile along the path using the sensor data and the map data; and providing instructions for controlling the vehicle using the elevation profile. |
| US11794743B2 |
Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus
At the time of starting a vehicle, if the vehicle is stopped even without an operation of braking the vehicle, a drive force to be generated before an actual start of the vehicle is limited to or below a predetermined maximum drive force. |
| US11794739B2 |
Vehicle driving assistance apparatus during vehicle cut in operations
A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment information acquirer that acquires environment information about a surrounding of the vehicle, a leading-vehicle detector that detects a leading vehicle based on the environment information, a moving-body detector that detects a moving body in the surrounding of the vehicle based on the environment information, a vehicle-speed detector that detects a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and a region setter that sets a cut-in detection region for detecting entrance of the moving body between the vehicle and the leading vehicle when a travel controller causes the vehicle to travel such that the vehicle follows the leading vehicle. The region setter sets a protruding region that is included in the cut-in detection region based on at least the vehicle speed such that a length of protrusion in a left-right direction of the protruding region increases as the vehicle speed decreases. |
| US11794738B2 |
Filtered battery current based vehicle speed limiter
According to one embodiment, a vehicle includes an electrified propulsion system having an electric machine powered by a traction battery over an electrical distribution system (EDS). A controller is programmed to, reduce a speed limit of the vehicle from a maximum speed limit to an EDS speed limit in response to a measured average current of the EDS being within a threshold percentage of an average current limit of the EDS, and, in response to a measured speed of the vehicle exceeding the EDS speed limit, command a torque to the electric machine that is less than a driver-demanded torque such that the vehicle is propelled at a speed below the EDS speed limit. |
| US11794735B2 |
Vehicle drive assistance apparatus
A vehicle drive assistance apparatus includes a surrounding environment information acquiring unit, a crossing-vehicle recognition unit, a contact estimation unit, a contact avoidance operation determination unit, and a front-vehicle recognition unit. The crossing-vehicle recognition unit recognizes a crossing vehicle based on the surrounding environment information acquired by the surrounding environment information acquiring unit. The contact estimation unit estimates a possible contact between an own vehicle and the crossing vehicle at an intersection by comparing an intersection entering time of the own vehicle with an intersection entering time of the crossing vehicle. When a front vehicle entering the intersection prior to the own vehicle is recognized by the front-vehicle recognition unit, the contact avoidance operation determination unit calculates an intersection entering timing of the front vehicle, and determines that the contact avoidance operation is not to be executed if the estimated intersection entering timing is a predetermined value or less. |
| US11794733B2 |
Risk estimation device and vehicle control device
Provided is a risk estimation device capable of appropriately estimating a risk in a traveling direction of an own vehicle even under the condition that a relationship between a traffic participant and a road condition is inappropriate. The risk estimation device recognizes a traffic participant, a road condition, and a condition of the traffic participant in the traveling direction of the own vehicle based on a surrounding condition data, determines, by using a reference relationship model, whether the relationship between the traffic participant and the road condition is appropriate, estimates, by using a risk model, a traveling risk in a case where the relationship between the traffic participant and the road condition is determined to be appropriate, and estimates the traveling risk according to the condition of the traffic participant in a case where the relationship between the traffic participant and the road condition is determined to be inappropriate. |
| US11794727B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling movement of a vehicle
An apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle includes processing means configured to: receive first signals from a receiving means in dependence on received transmitted signals from a remote control device indicating a requested motion of a vehicle; receive one or more second signals indicative of a diagnostic device being in operative communication with the vehicle; and provide an output signal for controlling movement of the vehicle in dependence on the requested motion. The output signal is inhibited if: a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle and a maintenance mode has not been activated, as determined from the first signals or from one or more third signals; or if a door or the bonnet is open, unless a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle; or if the vehicle weight is not being borne by the wheels unless a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle. |
| US11794722B2 |
Mobility device
A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel. |
| US11794720B2 |
Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling the same
A hybrid electric vehicle capable of starting an engine in the event of failure of a DC-DC converter and a method of controlling the hybrid electric vehicle are provided. The hybrid electric vehicle includes a driving motor, an engine, and a first relay that starts a starter. A second relay is disposed between a first power line, connected the starter and a first battery, and second power line, connects a DC-DC converter that converts the power of a second battery and an electric load. A controller selectively adjusts the states of the first relay and the second relay. Upon determining starting of the engine and detecting failure of the DC-DC converter, the controller maintains the on state of the second relay and turns on the first relay to perform cranking of the engine. |
| US11794719B2 |
In-vehicle actuator control method and in-vehicle actuator control apparatus
When an estimation state of a road noise value based on an angular acceleration of a wheel is a proper estimation state, it is determined whether a background noise of the vehicle is in the high background or the low background noise state according to magnitudes of the road noise value and a predetermined threshold value. When the estimation state is not the proper estimation state, it is determined that the background noise of the vehicle is in the low background noise state regardless of road noise value. When the background noise is in the high background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively large. When the background noise is in the low background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so that noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively small. |
| US11794715B2 |
Brake assist during vehicle one pedal drive
Responsive to accelerator pedal release and a speed of a vehicle being less than a threshold in a presence of indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced for at least a predetermined period of time during an absence of brake pedal engagement, a controller operates friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop. Responsive to accelerator pedal release and the speed being less than the threshold in an absence of the indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced and brake pedal engagement, the controller operates an electric machine and not the friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop. |
| US11794714B2 |
Control algorithm and intrusive state-detection diagnostic for sensorless driveline disconnect
A sensorless clutch state feedback method is provided including a driveline disconnect. To engage the sensorless disconnect, respective speeds of a motor assembly and the sensorless disconnect are synchronized to within a speed delta threshold of each other, a control system facilitates the engagement of the motor assembly and the sensorless disconnect, and the control system determines the success of the engagement by the motor speed response of the motor assembly (e.g., whether the presence of a load is detected). |
| US11794711B2 |
Controlled air delivery for tire inflation and air brake
One or more techniques and systems are described herein for synchronized air delivery method between a vehicle's central tire inflation system (CTIS) and an air trailer brake (ATB) system. A synchronized air delivery system can utilize a shared air source as a common shared input to drive two different systems, including the ATB system and CTIS. Based on ATB and CTIS air need feedback, an air compressor clutch can automatically control ON and OFF modes for air inputs using a control algorithm. Air can be provided to the ATB system, to provide air to brakes on a coupled trailer, over the tire inflation operation, such as during a braking event. |
| US11794705B2 |
Sensor device for a towing vehicle coupling
A sensor device for a towing vehicle coupling or as a component of a towing vehicle coupling, with which a trailer vehicle, in particular a semi-trailer, can be coupled to a towing vehicle wherein the towing vehicle coupling has a coupling element for detachably coupling a coupling counter element, which are/can be secured to the towing vehicle and the trailer vehicle, and in the coupled state forming a joint, where they can rotate relative to one another about at least one joint rotational axis, wherein the sensor device has a follower, which is mounted on a bearing body where it can rotate relative to the coupling element about a follower rotational axis, which can rotate about the follower rotational axis by rotationally following the coupling counter element in a rotation about the at least one joint rotational axis, and which is for detecting a rotation of the coupling counter element relative to the coupling element about the at least one joint rotational axis, and wherein the sensor device has at least one sensor for detecting a respective rotational position of the follower relative to the bearing body in relation to the follower rotational axis. The follower is mounted such that it moves relative to the coupling element for providing or maintaining a follower coupling to the coupling counter element with at least one degree of freedom of movement that is different to the rotatability about the follower rotational axis. |
| US11794704B2 |
Vehicular operation pedal device
A brake pedal device includes: a pedal bracket fixed to a dash panel; an operation pedal mechanism having a step portion rotatable with respect to the pedal bracket and in which the step portion is stepped forward of a vehicle; a rotating member having a bent portion, a front end portion, and an upper end portion, and rotatably supported with respect to the operation pedal mechanism by a rotating shaft portion at the bent portion; a connecting pin and a clevis that rotatably hold a tip portion of an operating rod projecting rearward of the vehicle from the dash panel with respect to the rotating member, at the front end portion of the rotating member; and a caulking pin that fixes the rotating member and the operation pedal mechanism, at the bent portion of the rotating member. |
| US11794703B2 |
Carwash dryer apparatus and method
The present invention, a carwash dryer apparatus and method, is detailed. The apparatus uses a plurality of drying scoop assemblies to remove water from a wet vehicle through contact. The drying scoops are made from 10-lb foam or felt. The apparatus is then dried by spinning until it has released the absorbed water. The scoop shape facilitates both quick drying of vehicles and the rapid elimination of moisture from the scoops, themselves. The method allows for the sensing of the water retained in the plurality of drying scoop assemblies and adjusts the voltage in order to eliminate the water. |
| US11794700B2 |
Wiper system for a vehicle windshield
The present disclosure relates to a wiper system (100) for a vehicle windshield (102), the wiper system comprising a first wiper arm (104) and a second wiper arm (106), the first and second wiper arms being movable in at least a vertical direction (200); and a horizontal wiper arrangement (300) comprising a wiper blade (302) arranged to wipe the surface of the vehicle windshield, the horizontal wiper arrangement (300) further comprising a horizontally extending wiper guide element (304) connected to the wiper blade for arranging the wiper blade to extend between vertical end sides (502, 504) of the vehicle windshield, the first (104) and second (106) wiper arms being connected to the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304) for vertically moving the horizontal wiper arrangement (300) between a vertically lower position (602) of the vehicle windshield and a vertically higher position (604) of the vehicle windshield; wherein the wiper system (100) further comprises a plurality of spring elements (700) connecting the wiper blade (302) to the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304), the plurality of spring elements being spaced apart from each other along the length of the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304), wherein the spring elements (700) are arranged to force the wiper blade (302) towards the windshield in a horizontal direction (202) perpendicular to the direction of the horizontally extending wiper guide element. |
| US11794699B2 |
Windscreen wiper device
A windscreen wiper device is provided. The device comprises a connecting device pivotally connected to an oscillating arm about a pivot axis, with the interposition of a joint part. The joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging a correspondingly shaped hole provided in the oscillating arm. The resilient tongue is rotatable along a hinge axis between an outward position retaining the wiper blade onto the oscillating arm and an inward position releasing the wiper blade from the oscillating arm. The oscillating arm has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to the joint part and at least one leg of the U-shaped cross-section of the oscillating arm comprises an inwardly extending protrusion cooperating with a bottom surface of a side wall of the joint part near an extremity of the joint part facing away from the free end of the oscillating arm. |
| US11794695B2 |
Car sharing management system
A sharing management system for managing usage objects, particularly vehicles. A detection apparatus installed on the object identifies a user from a database, At least one optical and/or physical sensor detects the user and obtains optical data, and a processing unit is configured and provided to store measured values of the sensor. Data measured by the sensor are sent from the processing unit to a CPU. The CPU and/or the processing unit compares these data with corresponding values stored in or sent to the database, and, if the sensed values or corresponding value ranges match stored values, the CPU sends a release signal to a comparing device, which then releases the usage object for use, in particular wherein the CPU is installed in at least one assembly station, in particular a stationary assembly station, away from the usage object, so that the CPU can communicate wirelessly with the comparing device. |
| US11794690B2 |
Seatbelt monitoring system
A vehicle seatbelt monitoring system for monitoring seatbelts of a plurality of seats comprising: i) a buckle sensor for each seat configured to determine whether a seatbelt is buckled into a buckle attachment of each seat; ii) a seatbelt webbing payout sensor for each seat configured to determine an amount of seatbelt webbing that is unwound from a seatbelt retractor associated with each seat; and iii) a seatbelt monitor control module coupled to the buckle sensor and the seatbelt webbing payout sensor and configured to receive buckle state data from the buckle sensor for each seat and seatbelt payout data from the seatbelt webbing payout sensor for each seat. The seatbelt monitor control module is further configured to determine if a first seatbelt is unbuckled or not properly worn and, if so, to determine if a second seatbelt is buckled or properly worn when the first seatbelt is unbuckled or not properly worn. |
| US11794688B2 |
Vehicle sensitive seat belt retractor control with suppressed Z-axis sensitivity
A vehicle sensitive retractor control system having reduced sensitivity to Z-axis acceleration experienced during normal driving. The retractor control system incorporates a rolling mass and a locking lever which, in a resting position, are arranged such that the locking lever does not engage a ratchet wheel of a seat belt retractor spool. In response to accelerations in the horizontal plane, the rolling ball mass becomes unseated from its resting position and allows the locking lever to rotate due to the position of its center of gravity relative to its pivot point allowing it to pivot and lock the retractor. In response to Z-axis acceleration, the rolling mass is prevented from contacting the locking lever by a mass restrictor. |
| US11794684B2 |
Passenger restraint device
Pair of airbags, a left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth stowed within the seat cushion of the seat, and a lower tensile cloth that connects both ends of the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth in the inner portion of the seat cushion, wherein the lower tensile cloth is disposed in the center in the left-right direction of the seat cushion and to the front side of center in the front-rear direction of the seat cushion, where the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth extend to the left and right rearwardly from both the left and right ends of the lower tensile cloth in the inner portion of the cushion, such that the left side tensile cloth and the right side tensile cloth are stretched between the seatback and the seat cushion when the airbag expands and deploys. |
| US11794683B2 |
Roof mounted airbag for protection of front row mid and outboard passengers in frontal, offset, and oblique crash modes
The present disclosure describes a roof-mounted airbag apparatus in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a roof, an instrument panel, and two passenger seats in a front row. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag that is fluidly coupled to the inflator. The airbag is inflatable and deployable from the roof in an interior of the vehicle between the passenger seats and the instrument panel, and includes a cavity. |
| US11794680B2 |
Vehicular vision system with underbody camera
A vehicular vision system includes an underbody camera disposed at an underside of a body of a vehicle and viewing a ground surface under the body of the vehicle and being traveled on by the vehicle. The underbody camera captures image data as the vehicle is moving, An illumination source, when operated to emit light, emits near infrared light illuminating the ground surface under the body of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) is disposed at the vehicle and includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the underbody camera. The underbody camera views at least forward towards a front portion of the underside of the body of the vehicle. The vehicular vision system, via processing at the ECU of image data captured by the underbody camera, determines presence of an object forward of the underbody camera and having height greater than a threshold height. |
| US11794673B2 |
Electronic device
This electronic device, which is used while being assembled at a mounting position of an assembling target, includes: a plurality of terminals configured to receive a plurality of input signals and a mounting position registration unit that determines and registers a mounting position on the basis of a combination of input states of the plurality of terminals including the plurality of input signals received through the plurality of terminals. |
| US11794671B2 |
Automatically adjustable partition wall for an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods for automatically adjusting the interior cabin of an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, an autonomous vehicle can include a main body including a floor and a ceiling that at least partially define an interior cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can include a partition wall that is movable within the interior cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The partition wall can extend between the floor to the ceiling of the main body. The autonomous vehicle can include a computing system configured to receive data indicative of one or more service assignments associated with the autonomous vehicle and to adjust a position of the partition wall within the interior cabin based at least in part on the one or more service assignments. |
| US11794669B2 |
Fastening structure for vehicle
A fastening structure for a vehicle includes an upper trim of which an outer clip inserted into a panel is formed thereon, and a lower trim of which an inner clip inserted into the outer clip is formed thereon. |
| US11794668B2 |
Camera system for particulate material trailer
A camera system for a trailer that cooperates with a tarping system of the trailer to capture images during loading and unloading. The camera transmits the images to a display. A driver may watch the display to monitor loading and unloading. The camera system maintains a camera of the camera system positioned to capture images of an interior of the trailer regardless of the operation of the tarping system. The camera system generally includes an arm member, a pivot structure connected to the arm member, a camera connected to the arm member, and a weight connected to the arm member. Responsive to a force of gravity the camera remains oriented upward to capture images of the interior of the trailer during loading and unloading. |
| US11794662B2 |
Cargo storage system and methods for using same
Disclosed herein is a modular cargo storage rack and system for a vehicle cargo area, comprising a spanner assembly and at least one at least one carrier module releasably coupled to said spanner assembly and configured to securely store or carry cargo, the carrier module including a plurality of guide posts, each guide post including a channel for receiving a guiding rail; a plurality of guiding rails, at least one guiding rail configured to cooperatively slide back and forth in a channel along a predetermined travel path associated with orientation of said channel; at least one carrier support including a floor roller, each carrier support connected to at least one guiding rail and configured to move back and forth along said predetermined travel path; and a cargo holding apparatus, such as a rack or compartment. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the disclosed cargo storage devices and system. |
| US11794650B2 |
Folding joint for rear view display device
A folding joint for attaching a rear view display device to a vehicle includes one or more hinge sections each of which is adapted to rotate relative to the vehicle, with each of the one or more hinge sections having a first end and a second end, and a biasing element comprising a spring, a coil, a wave spring, or other elastic member for biasing at least one of the one or more hinge sections in response to rotation of the folding joint, with the biasing element biasing at least one of a spring biased cam section and a biased clamping bolt. An external rear view display device for a vehicle may include the folding joint, and a vehicle may include two external rear view display devices. |
| US11794649B2 |
Rearview device with moveable head assembly and method of assembling same
A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a moveable head assembly, an actuator assembly having a fixed part and a moveable part, the moveable part being attached to the head assembly, a motor cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly. A method of assembling a rearview device comprises providing the rearview device and attaching the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly using the motor cradle. |
| US11794647B2 |
Vehicular vision system having a plurality of cameras
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras including a rear camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having at least a rearward field of view and a front camera disposed at a front portion of the vehicle and having at least a forward field of view. Responsive to processing at an electronic control unit of provided vehicle data, the vehicular vision system determines a vehicle motion vector during maneuvering of the vehicle. Responsive to image processing at the electronic control unit of frames of captured image data, the vehicular vision system determines an object present in the field of view of a camera of the plurality of cameras and determines movement of the object relative to the vehicle. The vehicular vision system compares the determined relative movement of the object to the determined vehicle motion vector to determine misalignment of the camera. |
| US11794644B2 |
Device and method for providing notification of occurrence of vehicle accident
A device and method are configured to provide a notification of an occurrence of a vehicle accident when an airbag is deployed. The device acquires an intensity of a signal received from a server for at least one communication medium, transmits a notification including information on an occurrence of an accident to the server when an airbag of a vehicle is deployed, and retransmits the notification based on the intensity of the received signal when the transmission of the notification has failed. When the transmission of the notification including the information on the occurrence of the accident has failed because a wireless network communication is not operating correctly, wireless communication connection may be reattempted the appropriate number of times to increase a success rate. |
| US11794643B2 |
Method for warning road users by means of surroundings monitoring for a running vehicle, and apparatus for performing the method
A method for warning road users by means of surroundings monitoring for a running vehicle is disclosed and furthermore situation detection for the road users in the surroundings of the running vehicle and ascertainment of the probable paths of movement of the running vehicle and the other road users, furthermore ascertainment of an impending hazard situation and, if an impending hazard situation is ascertained, audible warning in and around the running vehicle. Furthermore, an apparatus for performing the method for warning road users is disclosed, wherein the running vehicle is in the form of a land vehicle and the other road users can move in a ground-based manner. |
| US11794636B2 |
Headlamp and headlamp control system
A headlamp is configured to emit a low beam toward a forward direction of a vehicle. The headlamp is switchable between a first low beam distribution state and a second low beam distribution state. The headlamp is configured to, in the first low beam distribution state, illuminate a low area straight ahead of the vehicle, and in the second low beam distribution state, illuminate at least one of: a width-direction intermediate portion of the low area, one width-direction end portion of the low area, and the other width-direction end portion of the low area, even brighter than the first low beam distribution state. |
| US11794635B2 |
Lamp controller interlocking system of camera built-in headlamp and method thereof
A lamp controller interlocking system of a camera built-in headlamp inventive concepts includes a headlight module integrated with a camera and a light source, a camera controller generating a single frame image by composing an image captured in a short exposure section, in which a shutter opening time of the camera is relatively short, and an image captured in a long exposure section, in which the shutter opening time of the camera is relatively long, and a lamp controller controlling the light source to emit more light in the long exposure section more than in the short exposure section in synchronization with timings of the long exposure section and the short exposure section of the camera. |
| US11794632B2 |
Headlight matrix systems and methods for a vehicle
A headlight system for a banking vehicle is provided. The headlight system includes a plurality of optical assemblies being arranged about an optical horizon and an optical vertical axis. Each of the plurality of optical assemblies includes an illumination source and an optical element. Each of the illumination sources is configured to direct light toward a corresponding one of the optical elements to produce an illumination region. The illumination regions combine to form an illumination pattern that includes at least one illumination region that is radial and is positioned relative an optical origin. The intersection between the optical horizon and the optical vertical axis defines the optical origin. |
| US11794629B1 |
System for monitoring strap tension
A method is provided of monitoring a tension in a strap secured about a cargo item on a vehicle. The method includes removably attaching at least a first sensor to the strap, the first sensor capable of determining a relative position of the first sensor and to transmit data relating to said first relative position. Relative position is sensed of at least a second sensor operable to determine a relative position of the second sensor. A position of the first and second sensors relative to one another is compared to monitor a change in position of the first and second sensors relative to one another to monitor a change in tension of the strap. |
| US11794628B1 |
Device and method for providing a flexible strap for tightening cargo
Embodiments herein illustrate a cargo strap tightening device. The cargo strap tightening device includes a buckle assembly that comprises a strap webbing. The cargo strap tightening device includes a spring having high tension. Each end of the spring being coupled to the buckle assembly. Further the cargo strap tightening device includes at least two hook and loop connecting points and at least two shrink tubes to fasten the buckle assembly. The at least two shrink tubes are used to fasten the ends of the spring and the strap webbing when heat is applied on the shrink tubes. Furthermore, the cargo strap tightening device includes a protective sleeve to cover the spring. |
| US11794627B2 |
Folding camping apparatus
A folding camper has a body having a lower end configured for positioning within a bed of a pickup truck or on a trailer. The camper has sidewalls rotationally engaged between the roof and body whereby the folding camper is moveable between a collapsed position wherein a first sidewall and a second sidewall and a front wall and rear wall are all folded to a substantially horizontal positioning, to a deployed positioning wherein the roof is elevated above an upper end of the body with the first sidewall and the second sidewall both rotated to a substantially vertical positioning. |
| US11794625B2 |
Vehicular pressure vessel mounting system
A vehicular vessel mounting system is provided. In one aspect, a vehicular vessel mounting system includes a mount arranged to support a pressure vessel in a substantially vertical orientation. The mount includes a vertically oriented spine and a backing connected to the spine. The backing is shaped to match an outer wall of the pressure vessel. One or more retention mechanisms are arranged to retain the pressure vessel to the backing. |
| US11794621B1 |
Vehicle seat device and control method for vehicle seat device
Provided is a vehicle seat device that includes a headrest to support a head of an occupant seated on a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat device includes a rest operation adjustment mechanism provided on the headrest and to restrict or allow movement of the head of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat and a controller that controls the rest operation adjustment mechanism to allow the movement of the head of the occupant when a frequency of a vibration in a width direction of a vehicle is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. |
| US11794620B2 |
Armrest
Disclosed is an armrest for a seat, which is accommodated at a lateral side of a seat cushion at a standby position and adjusted in height with respect to the seat cushion at an operation position. The armrest includes: a base disposed adjacent to the seat cushion; a first module rotatably connected to the base and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis so that a height of the first module with respect to the seat cushion is adjusted; and a second module rotatably connected to the first module and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis traversing the first rotation axis so that the second module is disposed horizontally or vertically with respect to the seat cushion. |
| US11794619B2 |
Seat frame
To reduce the weight of a cross member bridged between right and left sides of a seat frame. A seat frame includes an upper frame forming an upper portion of a seat back frame, and a cross member bridged at the upper frame. The cross member includes right and left end portions in a seat width direction, the right and left end portions being fixed to the upper frame; and a first recessed portion that is recessed upward or downward and provided between the right and left end portions. The first recessed portion is provided at a center portion of the cross member in the seat width direction. |
| US11794618B2 |
Conveyance seat
Regarding a skin in which pores are formed for passage of a current of air generated by an air blower, the present invention properly ensures strength around the pores. A vehicle seat includes a skin forming a part of a seat body facing an occupant and an air blower attached to the seat body. The skin is provided with a top layer provided on a side of the skin facing the occupant in a thickness direction and a fabric layer provided at a position on a side opposite to the top layer. A plurality of pores allowing passage of a current of air generated by the air blower are formed in both the top layer and the fabric layer. A part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a fabric constituted by urethane resin-impregnated fibers being knitted. |
| US11794617B2 |
Spring element and vehicle seat having a spring element
A vehicle seat having a lower part and an upper part displaceable relative to the lower part in a longitudinal direction, and a spring element for cushioning longitudinal horizontal movements of the upper part relative to the lower part. A scissors frame connects the lower part and the upper part so that they can move relative to one another. The spring element comprises a first holding arm connected to the upper part, and a second holding arm connected to the scissors frame. The first holding arm and the second holding arm are connected to one another by a first connecting element such that the first holding arm is displaced towards the second holding arm during a displacement of the upper part relative to the lower part. A resiliently deformable spring element part is deformed during a displacement of the first holding arm relative to the second holding arm. |
| US11794614B2 |
Conveyance seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion provided with a seat cushion frame, a front link configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to a base that is a slide rail or a vehicle body floor, and a front load detection sensor attached to an upper rail and configured to detect a load applied to the vehicle seat. The seat cushion frame includes a pair of side frames separated from each other in a seat width direction, the front link includes a first rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the seat cushion frame and a second rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the base, and the front load detection sensor is arranged at a position different from the second rotation shaft in a front to back direction of the seat. |
| US11794613B2 |
Gearbox quick connection for long rail assembly
A long rail assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a fixed long rail, a rail drive assembly having a drive wheel for transposing the rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail, an upper gearbox attached to a vehicle seat, and an auto-centering quick connection mechanism for operatively coupling a guide pin extending from the upper gearbox to the drive wheel when the vehicle seat is attached to the rail drive assembly. The auto-centering quick connection mechanism further automatically rotates the guide pin to a home position when the vehicle seat is decoupled from the rail drive assembly. |
| US11794611B2 |
Kinematic vehicle seat
A vehicle seat comprises: a seat base; a first side member is affixed to a base at a first side of the base; a second side member is affixed to the base at a second side of the base, opposite the first side of the base; a slider slidably received in the base; a seat back assembly is rotatably coupled to the first side member and rotatably coupled to the second side member; a linkage rotatably coupled to the seat back assembly and rotatably coupled to the slider; a first lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a lifting bracket, wherein the lifting bracket is rotatably coupled to the first side member at a first end of the lifting bracket; and a second lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a bracket rotatably coupled to the base and a link arm rotatably coupled to the bracket and rotatably coupled to the slider. |
| US11794599B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for rail-based and other electric vehicles with modular cascaded energy systems
Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided for electric vehicles that are subject to intermittent charging, such as rail-based electric vehicles, having one or more modular cascaded energy systems. The one or more modular systems can be configured to supply multiphase, single phase, and/or DC power to numerous motor and auxiliary loads of the EV. If multiple systems or subsystems are present in the EV, they can be interconnected to exchange energy between them in numerous different ways, such as through lines designated for carrying power from the intermittently connected charge source or through the presence of modules interconnected between arrays of the subsystems. The subsystems can be configured as subsystems that supply power for motor loads alone, motor loads in combination with auxiliary loads, and auxiliary loads alone. |
| US11794596B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle
A fuel cell vehicle provides improved space utilization and a desired intensity of voltage. The fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a junction box disposed on the fuel cell, and a power controller disposed between the fuel cell and the passenger compartment. The power controller boosts the output voltage of the fuel cell. |
| US11794594B2 |
Electric-vehicle battery restraint
An electric vehicle includes a first rocker and a second rocker spaced from each other. A first slider is slideably engaged with the first rocker, and a second slider is slideably engaged with the second rocker. A first pyrotechnic actuator is supported by the first rocker and is configured to slide the first slider relative to the first rocker. A second pyrotechnic actuator is supported by the second rocker and is configured to slide the second slider relative to the second rocker. A cable extends from the first slider to the second slider. |
| US11794586B2 |
Magnetic high voltage interlock loop (HVIL) for variable frequency drives in transport applications
A magnetic HVIL system for a drive in a transport application includes a Hall effect sensor within at least one housing of the drive that includes terminals and a removable cover. The removable cover includes a magnet having a magnetic field that is detectable by the Hall effect sensor when the removable cover is installed on the housing. The magnetic field of the magnet is not detectable by the Hall effect sensor when the removable cover is removed from the housing. The magnet HVIL system is configured to be operable to enable active operation of the drive when the Hall effect sensor detects the magnetic field of the magnet and is in a closed circuit condition and disable operation of the drive when the Hall effect sensor does not detect the magnetic field of the magnet and is in an open circuit condition. |
| US11794585B1 |
Electrical circuit based voltage control of electric vehicle batteries
Voltage control of electric vehicle batteries is provided. A system can include an electrical circuit of an electric vehicle that can include a plurality of power supplies and a driver component that can be configured to be energized by the plurality of power supplies and provide a voltage greater than a threshold from a battery of the electric vehicle to a motor of the electric vehicle. The electrical circuit can include a switch module that connects the driver component with the plurality of power supplies. The switch module can detect that the electric vehicle generated a signal to actuate an element of the electric vehicle and disconnect, in response to the detection, the driver component from the plurality of power supplies to reduce the voltage provided to the motor below the threshold. |
| US11794583B2 |
Drive device for a motor vehicle and method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle
The disclosure relates to a drive device for a motor vehicle, with a primary power network and a secondary power network, wherein a fuel-cell device is provided in the primary power network, and a battery is provided in the secondary power network, and a drive unit of the drive device is electrically connected to the secondary power network, and wherein the battery provides, within an operating voltage range delimited downwards by a minimum voltage and upwards by a maximum voltage, electric current for proper operation of at least one electrical consumer over an operating current range delimited downwards by a minimum amperage and delimited upwards by a maximum amperage. It is provided in this respect that an open-circuit voltage of the fuel-cell device correspond at most to the maximum voltage, and that the fuel-cell voltage provided by the fuel-cell device across the operating current range be higher than the minimum voltage. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle. |
| US11794582B2 |
Knob device for vehicle
A knob device for vehicle includes a knob unit and a locking unit. The knob unit includes a rotating cover, a rotary shaft and a motor configured to drive the rotating cover to vibrate. The locking unit includes a rotary wheel which includes a main body fixed to the rotary shaft and locking notches formed at a periphery of the main body. The locking notches are sunk from the periphery of the main body toward a center of the main body in radial directions of the main body. The locking unit further includes a locking pole configured to be inserted into one of the locking notches to block rotation of the rotary wheel, and an actuator configured to drive the locking pole to move. The knob device applies a locking unit which is capable of locking the rotary wheel, thereby realizing diverse use requirements. |
| US11794581B2 |
Vehicle display control device, acceleration display method, and non-transitory memory medium memorizing program
A vehicle display control device includes: an acceleration prediction section that predicts a direction of an acceleration acting on a vehicle based on information including at least one of: information regarding a planned travel path of the vehicle, information acquired from a periphery information detection sensor that detects information regarding a vehicle periphery, or information acquired from an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle; and a display control section that, in a case in which an acceleration predicted by the acceleration prediction section is greater than a predetermined threshold, displays a direction of the predicted acceleration at a display portion in a vehicle cabin. |
| US11794574B2 |
Transmission, a powertrain, and a vehicle
A transmission comprises a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft. A first input shaft gearwheel, a second input shaft gearwheel, a first intermediate shaft gearwheel, a second intermediate shaft gearwheel, a first output shaft gearwheel drivingly connected to the first input shaft gearwheel, a second output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the first intermediate shaft gearwheel, and a third output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the second intermediate shaft gearwheel, are provided. A first shifting device is selectively settable to: a first shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a first shifting device neutral state, and a first shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the second output shaft gearwheel, A second shifting device is selectively settable to: a second shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the second output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a second shifting device neutral state, and a second shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the third output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft. |
| US11794572B2 |
Electric drive axle system with multi-speed gear train
Methods and systems for an electric drive axle of a vehicle are provided. An electric drive axle system includes, in one example, an electric motor-generator rotationally coupled to a gear train. The gear train includes an output shaft rotationally coupled to a gear assembly axially offset from an input shaft rotationally coupled to the electric motor-generator, where the gear assembly is rotationally coupled to a differential and the differential is rotationally coupled to an axle, a first clutch assembly is configured to rotationally couple and decouple a first gear set from the output shaft, and a second clutch assembly is configured to rotationally couple and decouple a second gear set from the output shaft, the second gear set having a different gear ratio than the first gear set. |
| US11794571B1 |
Blow molded fuel tank with separate internal brackets
A blow molded thermoplastic fuel tank with built-in fuel system components inside of the tank on separate and spaced apart internal brackets reduces the detrimental effects of thermoplastic swell to ensure fuel volume capacity is maximized, and appropriate clearances with the fuel tank wall are maintained. An internal configuration with separate spaced apart brackets provides more design freedom in the shape and configuration of the tank while enabling the tank shape to be thinner overall and fit within tighter spaces. The separate brackets also act as baffles to prevent sloshing noises of liquid fuel in the tank. |
| US11794561B2 |
Device for applying a rubber profile
A device for applying a rubber profile to a surface comprises a robot arm moving and guiding a guide head into a position to apply the rubber profile along a defined contour on the surface. A feed device connected to the guide head feeds the rubber profile onto the surface at a defined speed. A guide element on the guide head guides the rubber profile. The feed device includes a motorized drive roller, with a profiled circumferential surface, and a counter-element with a passage for the rubber profile formed between the drive roller and the counter-element, such that the profiled circumferential surface engages the rubber profile A control unit detects the speed of the guide head where the rubber profile is applied to the surface and controls a drive roller such that the rubber profile is advanced on the basis of this speed. |
| US11794559B1 |
Visor clip and sun visor assembly equipped with visor clip
A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion. |
| US11794553B2 |
Vehicular vision system with enhanced functionality
A vehicular vision system includes a forward-viewing camera that views through a windshield forward of a vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera while the equipped vehicle is traveling along a road, another vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle is detected, and the vehicular vision system may determine lateral acceleration of the detected other vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The vehicular vision system may generate an output based at least in part on the determined lateral acceleration of the detected other vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. Responsive to determination that the equipped vehicle is approaching a school zone, pedestrian detection via image processing of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera may be enhanced. |
| US11794549B2 |
Vehicle air-conditioner
When the temperature of a device that is constituted by an electric component or an electronic component and that is arranged below a rear seat exceeds a predetermined value during air-conditioning operation in an internal-air circulation mode, an air-conditioning switching action by which a rear air-conditioning unit is switched from the internal-air circulation mode to an external-air introduction mode is performed, and thereby ventilation of the vehicle cabin is performed. Therefore, before the surrounding temperature of an occupant significantly rises due to heat generated by the device and the occupant feels uncomfortable, by restraining the surrounding temperature from rising through external-air introduction to avoid a situation in which occupant feels uncomfortable, it is possible to maintain comfortableness in the vehicle cabin. |
| US11794543B2 |
Method and apparatus for an adjustable damper
A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper. |
| US11794542B2 |
Shock absorber with metal damper tube and composite mounting attachment and spring seat
A shock absorber having a metal damper tube and base assembly is provided. The base assembly, which includes a composite mounting attachment made of a composite material, such as a recyclable thermoplastic, is fixed to an external surface of the metal damper tube, which may be a finished product. A cavity in the composite mounting attachment houses at least a portion of the metal damper tube and thus defines an overlapping region where the composite mounting attachment and the metal damper tube are co-extensive with each other. One or more windows are provided in the overlapping region of the composite mounting attachment where the metal damper tube is left exposed. This helps to promote heat dissipation away from the metal damper tube while reducing weight and heat transmission from the metal damper tube to the composite mounting attachment to reduce overheating of the composite material. |
| US11794541B2 |
Vehicle lift kit
A vehicle lift kit for a golf cart is disclosed. The lift kit comprises a front suspension attached to a vehicle frame having a suspension body, a pair of lower control arms, a leaf spring, and a pair of spindles connected to the pair of lower control arms. Each spindle comprises a spindle shaft, an upper bracket, and a lower bracket. The upper control arms are configured to connect between a steering rack mount of the vehicle and the upper end of the spindle. Further, the lift comprises a camber alignment adjustment on the connector between the upper control arm and the upper bracket of the spindle to provide proper alignment. The spindle further comprises a support gusset to strengthen the joints. The lift kit also has grease fittings to provide lubrication of the mounting points. Further, the lift kit comprises a rear suspension kit for the golf cart. |
| US11794538B2 |
Multi-point underbed hitch mounting system
An under bed hitch mounting apparatus is shown and described. The under bed hitch mounting apparatus may comprise a first bracket attachable to a frame of a vehicle below a load bed of the vehicle and a second bracket attachable to the frame of the vehicle below a load bed of the vehicle, the second bracket transversely spaced from the first bracket. The under bed hitch mounting apparatus may also include a first receiving member attached with the first bracket, the first receiving member configured to engage an accessory member, where at least a portion of the first receiving member extends above the load bed of the vehicle, and a second receiving member attached with the second bracket, the first receiving member configured to engage the accessory member, where at least a portion of the second receiving member extends above the load bed of the vehicle. |
| US11794537B2 |
Trailer coupler riser
An adapter for a trailer coupler assembly includes an elongated riser member configured to be removably mounted to a vertical channel of a trailer coupler. The riser member has a transverse cross-section generally in the shape of an I-beam having a first channel portion and an opposing second channel portion. The first channel portion includes a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section and is configured to be removably mounted to a vertical channel of a trailer coupler assembly at one of a plurality of longitudinal positions along a length of the vertical channel of the trailer coupler assembly. The opposing second channel portion includes a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section configured to hold a trailer coupler. |
| US11794535B2 |
Vehicle trailer sway control method and system
A method for dampening trailer sway, includes: receiving, by a controller of a vehicle system that is coupled to a trailer, a vehicle speed signal of the vehicle system, wherein the vehicle speed signal is indicative of a vehicle speed of the vehicle system; determining a friction force to be applied to the trailer by an actuator using the vehicle speed of the vehicle system and a graph that establishes a relationship between the friction force to be applied to the trailer and the vehicle speed; and adjusting, by the controller, the graph that establishes the relationship between the friction force and the vehicle speed using the decay rate of the plurality of oscillation amplitudes to create an updated graph. |
| US11794533B2 |
Fastening device for a tire pressure monitoring system
A system for tire pressure monitoring has a tire valve for disposition on a rim of a vehicle and includes a tire valve stem and a tire valve base, a holding means being disposed on the tire valve base and a tire pressure monitoring unit having a housing in which a pressure sensor for measuring the tire pressure and a transmitter for wireless transmission of tire pressure data are disposed. The tire valve and the housing of the tire pressure monitoring unit can be fastened by means of a fastening element which is implemented in one piece or of the same material with the housing and which interacts with the holding means. The holding means and the fastening element are implemented such that a movement of the tire pressure monitoring unit on the tire valve base is only possible in the direction of a rim well. |
| US11794529B2 |
Run-flat tire
A run-flat tire includes side reinforcing rubber between a carcass layer and an innerliner layer in sidewall portions, first bead filler rubber arranged inside folded back portions of the carcass layer, and second bead filler rubber arranged outward of the folded back portions of the carcass layer in a lateral direction and along the carcass layer. In a meridian cross-section, a radial-direction height of the first bead filler rubber is 15% or greater and 40% or less of a cross-sectional height, a radial-direction height of the second bead filler rubber is 35% or greater and 55% or less of the cross-sectional height, a linear distance from a radial-direction outer end to a radial-direction inner end of the second bead filler rubber is 20% or greater and 45% or less of the cross-sectional height, and the second bead filler rubber has a larger cross-sectional area than the first bead filler rubber. |
| US11794525B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion that includes a first circumferential groove and a first land portion. A groove bottom portion of the first circumferential groove includes a groove bottom reference surface and a plurality of projections projecting outwardly in a tire radial direction from the groove bottom reference surface. The first land portion has at least one first lateral groove extending from the first circumferential groove and terminating within the first land portion. In a tread plan view, an entirety of a first lateral groove extension region obtained by extending a connection portion of the first lateral groove at the first circumferential groove to the groove bottom portion of the first circumferential groove so as to be parallel to a tire axial direction is formed on the groove bottom reference surface. |
| US11794524B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass layer, and tread rubber disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having belt angles with an absolute value from 10° to 45° both inclusive and mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° relative to the tire circumferential direction. The distance (Gcc) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumferential surface along the tire equatorial plane and the distance (Gsh) from the tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface have a relationship satisfying 1.10≤Gsh/Gcc. The groove depth (Dsh) and under-groove gauge (UDsh) of the outermost circumferential main groove have a relationship satisfying 0.20≤UDsh/Dsh. |
| US11794519B2 |
Bassinet
A bassinet includes a base, a column assembly rotatably connected to the base at a first end of the column assembly, an arm rotatably connected to a second end of the column assembly, a tub frame pivotably connected to the arm, an infant tub retained within the tub frame, the infant tub including a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls and having areas of reduced height along the front wall and at least one of the side walls to provide enhanced access to the infant located within the infant tub, and an insert configured to reversibly fit within an interior of the infant tub. |
| US11794517B2 |
Methods and apparatus for releasably supporting a vehicle wheel assembly
An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle shaft having a bolt end and a lever end. The axle assembly includes a cam assembly coupled to the lever end of the axle shaft. The cam assembly includes a cam housing, a cam follower shaft coupled to the cam housing, and the cam follower shaft is located coaxially within the axle shaft. The cam follower shaft does not extend the full length of the axle shaft. The cam shaft is coupled to the cam follower shaft, and a lever is coupled to the cam assembly. The lever is rotatable from an open position to a closed position, and an angle of maximum rotation for the lever between the open position and the closed position is less than 180 degrees. |
| US11794514B2 |
Emergency wheel with mounting element
This disclosure relates to an attachment for a vehicle wheel which allows the vehicle to be driven with limited tire functions. |
| US11794512B1 |
Magnetic paintbrush or tool holder
A tool holder includes a body having a posterior arm with a first longitudinal axis extending from a posterior arm proximal portion to a posterior arm distal end. The body includes an anterior arm having a second longitudinal axis extending from an anterior arm proximal portion to an anterior arm distal end. The anterior arm proximal portion includes an anterior arm offset portion having a third longitudinal axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis at or below a midpoint of the posterior arm. The body also includes a u-shaped portion joining the posterior arm distal end and the anterior arm distal end. At least one magnet is positioned on the anterior arm to connect to a paintbrush or other tool. |
| US11794510B2 |
Double-locking clicker mechanism and uses thereof
An improved double-locking clicker mechanism is generally disclosed. The clicker mechanism includes a housing, plunger, and lock button. The lock button interacts with the housing such that it is capable of locking the plunger in two positions: a retracted mode and an extended mode. The clicker mechanism can couple with other elements to form a functional structure, such as forming part of a writing tool. With such a structure, the writing tool can be locked in writing and non-writing modes, providing improved safety for users thereof. |
| US11794503B2 |
Media processing device with enhanced media and ribbon loading and unloading features
A described example includes a ribbon cartridge having a first spool housing to receive a first spool. The ribbon cartridge further having a second spool housing to receive a second spool. The ribbon cartridge further having at least one frame member extending between the first spool housing and the second spool housing and a spool lock, wherein the spool lock is configured to engage at least one of the first spool or the second spool in response to the ribbon cartridge not being received within a ribbon positioning assembly. |
| US11794499B2 |
Filters
Example filters are disclosed herein. In an example, the filter includes a housing including a central axis, an inlet, and an outlet. The central axis extends perpendicularly to a fluid flow direction at the outlet. In addition, the filter includes an outlet flow path defined within the housing that extends angularly about the central axis to the outlet. Further, the filter includes a first plurality of vanes extending from a radially outer surface of the outlet flow path. |
| US11794497B2 |
Label printer
The invention relates to a label printer for printing self-adhesive linerless endless tape labels, said label printer comprising a printhead and a driven print roller, wherein the endless tape labels can be led along a label track between the printhead and the print roller; and a stripping element for stripping off the labels from the print roller, said stripping element being connected downstream of the print roller in a transport direction of the endless tape labels, wherein the print roller is replaceably inserted into a print roller receiver of the label printer and is captively held in the print roller receiver by the stripping element. |
| US11794492B2 |
Portable miniaturized printer device
A printer device includes: a pair of rack gears arranged in a staircase-like shape on a paper conveyance direction side of a continuous paper accommodated in a recessed accommodation part that accommodates a roll-shaped continuous paper and having tooth rows arranged in a first direction orthogonal to the paper conveyance direction so as to face each other; a pinion gear fitted into the tooth rows; and a pair of paper guides that are respectively provided at a position of an upper rack gear that is closer to a center side in the first direction from one end portion in the first direction and a position of a lower rack gear that is closer to the center side in the first direction from another end portion in the first direction or the other end portion. The paper guide provided on the upper rack gear is mounted to an upper mounting part extending from a back surface of the upper rack gear opposite to the tooth row to the paper conveyance direction side. |
| US11794486B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a print head on the conveyance path, a main scan direction of the print head crossing the conveyance path, and a controller configured to control the print head to, in a first printing mode, set a print reference position to a first end of the print head in the main scan direction and print an image on the sheet from a leading end side of the image, and in a second printing mode, set the print reference position to a second end of the print head in the main scan direction and print the image on the sheet from a trailing end side of the image. |
| US11794484B2 |
Ink maintenance system for a printer
An ink maintenance system for a printer comprising a first tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the first tray having a first length and an open top along the length and a second tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the second tray having a second length and an open top along its length. The system also includes a fan and a filter. To use the system, a print head is positioned in a standby or cleaning position within the printer and ink is ejected from one or more print nozzles into an ink maintenance system within the printer such that the ejected ink is collected in at least one of a catch tray or a filter of the ink maintenance system. The system is then removable from the printer for cleaning. |
| US11794481B2 |
Inkjet printer
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to discharge ink and an ink tank including a plurality of ink storage portions in which the ink is stored to supply the ink to the inkjet head via a connected tube, and replenishing ports via which the plurality of ink storage portions is replenished with ink, wherein the ink tank has an outer wall facing an outer side of the ink tank and having a thickness greater than a thickness of a partition wall arranged between the plurality of ink storage portions. |
| US11794479B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus and recovery method
The inkjet printing apparatus includes: a printing unit to eject ink; a wiping unit capable of wiping an ejection opening surface by moving relative to the ejection opening surface with an opening, adapted to be in contact with the ejection opening surface, put in contact with the ejection opening surface; a suction unit connected to the wiping unit and configured to apply negative pressure to the ejection opening surface via the opening; a moving unit to move the wiping unit relative to the ejection opening surface; and a control unit to perform suction wiping operation by wiping the ejection opening surface with the wiping unit while applying negative pressure to the ejection opening surface. The control unit determines the timing to perform the suction wiping operation, and, according to the timing, determines a moving speed of the moving unit and a pressure value caused by the suction unit. |
| US11794478B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, a determination circuit, a clock, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether the clock is in an on or off state. In response to determining that the clock is in an on state, the controller is configured to perform an inspection process at a first time. In the inspection process, the controller drives the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from a nozzle of the plurality nozzles and receive a determination signal that is output from the determination circuit in response to ejection of liquid from the nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. In response to determining that the clock is in an off state, the controller is configured to perform the inspection process at a predetermined time that is a time after the clock is returned to an on state. |
| US11794474B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head includes: an actuator including a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate; and a pressure chamber substrate including a pressure chamber whose volume changes when the vibrating plate deforms, in which 0.35×FR1≤FR2<1.00×FR1, where one position in a longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber is a first position, another position closer than the first position to an end of the pressure chamber in the longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber is a second position, bending rigidity of the actuator in the thickness direction at the first position is FR1, and bending rigidity of the actuator in the thickness direction at the second position is FR2. |
| US11794472B2 |
Method and apparatus for continuous inkjet printing
A method of processing phase signals for continuous inkjet printing, said method comprising: providing at least one phase signal, wherein said at least one phase signal is an analogue signal; converting the at least one phase signal into at least one corresponding digitised phase signal; and processing said at least one digitised phasing signal, wherein the processing comprises extracting at least one predetermined phase parameter from the at least one digitised phasing signal when the at least one digitised phasing signal is a time-domain digitalised phase signal, and wherein the at least one predetermined phase parameter comprises one or more time-domain signal features of the at least one digitised phasing signal. |
| US11794463B2 |
Web material application systems and methods
A system for cutting a web material and applying the web material on a substrate. The system comprises a feed roll configured to advance a web material. The system includes an anvil roll configured to receive the web material from the feed roll and provide a section of web material having a defined length. The system includes a cutting element configured to cut the web material to form the section of web material. The anvil roll is configured such that the anvil roll surface advances at an anvil roll surface speed. The feed roll is configured to rotate at a first feed roll surface speed that is slower than the anvil roll surface speed and a second feed roll surface speed that is substantially the same as the anvil roll surface speed when the cutting element cuts the web material. |
| US11794461B2 |
Lamination system
Disclosed is a lamination system. A lamination system, which bonds a panel and a bonding target panel to from a panel assembly, according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a transfer which moves along a transfer shuttle and supports any one among the panel, the bonding target panel, and the panel assembly, a bonding chamber which is provided parallel to the transfer shuttle and bonds the panel and the bonding target panel, and a first robot which transfers any one among the panel, the bonding target panel, and the panel assembly between the transfer and the bonding chamber. |
| US11794459B1 |
Composite panels and methods for making the same
The disclosed panels generally comprise a protective layer composed of a paper impregnated with a melamine resin. The protective layer may be incorporated into a panel comprising a rigid composite core, such as a plastic composite core or a mineral composite core. Disclosed are also methods for manufacturing the panels. |
| US11794458B2 |
Wrapped paperboard packaging
A packaging structure and methods of manufacturing a packaging structure. The packaging structure, for example, an edge protector, a corner board, etc., may generally include a first ply having a first width, a second ply having a second width, and a third ply having a third width wider than the first width and the second width. The second ply may be wrapped around at least one end of the first ply, and the third ply may be wrapped around the first ply and the second ply. The third ply may overlap at a portion (e.g., an intermediate portion, an apex, etc.) of the packaging structure. |
| US11794456B2 |
Laminated stretched polyamide film
It is provided that the laminated stretched polyamide film having excellent water-resistant adhesiveness (water-resistant lamination strength), shock resistance, and pinhole resistance. A laminated stretched polyamide film that is a biaxially stretched polyamide film comprising three layers including layer B: an easily adhesive layer, layer A: a base layer, and layer C: a slippery layer in this order, wherein the layer A contains not lower than 65% by mass of polyamide 6, the layer B contains 0 to 40% by mass of polyamide 6 and 60 to 100% by mass of a polyamide 6 copolymer in which a ratio of a copolymerization component in the copolymer is 3 to 35% by mass, and the layer C contains not lower than 70% by mass of polyamide 6 and 0.05 to 1% by mass of fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 10 μm. |
| US11794454B2 |
Thermally stable multilayer polymer extrusion
A combination of materials that may be formed through an extrusion process. The resulting product has at least two layers. By coextruding multiple layers of at least two types of materials together, the final product may have improved mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other properties as compared to the original materials used. Additionally, by using an additive, filler, or doping material in at least one layer of the final product during the extrusion process, the mechanical, thermal, electrical, or other properties of the final product may be further improved. |
| US11794445B2 |
Multi-layered fibrous structures for moderate temperature
An article comprising: (a) one or more nonwoven material layers comprising a lofted fibrous material; and (b) one or more molded material layers having a fibrous matrix, wherein the article is configured to at least partially thermally insulate an item or compartment and the article absorbs external heat or cold to substantially prevent amplitude of temperature fluctuation of the item or within the compartment. |
| US11794442B2 |
Superposition interior component
A superposition interior component includes a base, an outer layer member, which covers the base, and a middle member, which is made of a soft plastic and disposed between the base and the outer layer member. The superposition interior component is formed by stacking the base, the middle member, and the outer layer member together. The middle member includes a plate-shaped body, first protrusions, and second protrusions. The first protrusions protrude from a first surface of the body, which faces the base. The second protrusions protrude from a second surface of the body, which faces the outer layer member. |
| US11794430B2 |
Methods for producing polymer-containing coatings upon cured inner liners, methods for producing tires containing such inner liners, and tires containing such inner liners
Methods for producing a polymer-containing coating upon a cured tire inner liner using a coating composition of specified composition are provided. Also provided are methods for producing a tire comprising a cured inner liner (with a polymer-containing coating upon its radially inward-facing surface) and at least one component positioned radially inward of the cured inner liner. Tires containing a cured inner liner (with a polymer-containing coating upon its radially inward-facing surface) and at least one component positioned radially inward of the cured inner liner are also disclosed. |
| US11794428B2 |
Inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens
An inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens and fluids that can be used in an inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens are disclosed. The inkjet method includes the following steps: a) providing a substrate to be printed on, b) applying to the substrate to be printed on from step a) at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another, c) transferring the at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another from step b) into at least one volume composite, d) transferring the at least one volume composite from step c) into at least one homogeneous volume composite, e) transferring the at least one homogeneous volume composite from step d) into at least one final volume composite. |
| US11794427B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of lenses
Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of contact lenses containing low oxygen permeable components or oxygen impermeable components. Components may be embedded within a contact lens by forming a device on a polymer substrate, molding a spacer onto a male mold, bonding the device to the spacer, removing the polymer substrate, and molding the remainder of the contact lens. |
| US11794418B2 |
Apparatus and method for threaded-welded reinforced thermosetting resin pipe joints
A system for coupling pipes includes a first pipe having a tapered, spigot end; a second pipe having a tapered, spigot end; wherein the first pipe and the second pipe are made from a reinforced thermosetting resin (RTR), and a coupler having two tapered socket ends adapted to internally receive the respective tapered, spigot ends of the first pipe and the second pipe, wherein a thermoplastic material is disposed between an exterior of the first pipe and an interior of the coupler. A thermoplastic material is disposed between an exterior of the second pipe and the interior of the coupler. Upon application of induction heating to the coupler, the heat between the first pipe, the second pipe, and the coupler is sufficient to melt the thermoplastic material such that, when the heat is removed, the hardened thermoplastic material seals the first pipe and the second pipe to the coupler. A system for coupling pipes includes a first pipe having a tapered, spigot end; and a second pipe having a tapered, socket end adapted to internally receive the tapered, spigot end of the first pipe. The first pipe and the second pipe are made from a reinforced thermosetting resin (RTR). A thermoplastic material is disposed between an exterior of the first pipe and an interior of the second pipe. Upon application of induction heating to the coupler, the heat between the first pipe and the second pipe is sufficient to melt the thermoplastic material such that, when the heat is removed, the hardened thermoplastic material seals the first pipe to the second pipe. A method includes disposing a thermoplastic material between an exterior of a first pipe and an interior of a coupler; disposing a thermoplastic material between an exterior of a second and an interior of the coupler; inserting the first pipe and the second pipe into the coupler; and applying induction heating to the coupler sufficient to melt the thermoplastic material such that, when the heat is removed, the hardened thermoplastic material seals the first pipe and the second pipe to the coupler. A method of coupling pipes includes disposing a thermoplastic material between an exterior of a first pipe and an interior of a second pipe; inserting the first pipe into the second pipe; and applying induction heating to the coupler sufficient to melt the thermoplastic material such that, when the heat is removed, the hardened thermoplastic material seals the first pipe to the second pipe. |
| US11794415B2 |
System and method for simulation-assisted additive manufacturing involving estimating anisotropic deformation
A simulation-assisted additive manufacturing system and method for generating an anisotropic compensation to account for non-uniform deformation due to additive manufacturing and service loading. The predicted deformation may not be fully defined. The present disclosure provides a system and method for estimating the missing deformation data through regression analysis. The present disclosure also provides an integrated framework where the various simulated-assisted design modules are configured for two-way communication and sharing access to changes to the model. |
| US11794413B2 |
Additive manufacturing on unconstrained freeform surfaces
Systems and techniques are described for additive manufacturing, e.g., 3D printing, a component on an unconstrained freeform build surface. The systems and techniques may allow determining a 3D trajectory and/or deformation of a target deposition region on the build surface by determining a relative location of at least one registration feature on the build surface. Control circuitry may control, based on the 3D trajectory and/or deformation and based on a build model of the component, at least one dispenser to cause dispensing of at least one composition from the at least one dispenser in a predetermined pattern on or adjacent to the target deposition region. The predetermined pattern of the composition defines at least one portion of the component. |
| US11794410B2 |
Cleaning systems for additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for using the same
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations. |
| US11794407B2 |
Method for producing three-dimensional shaped article using applied reheating and secondary shaping steps
A method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article includes shaping a first portion constituting at least a part of the three-dimensional shaped article by ejecting a molten material according to shaping data generated based on a shape resulting from adding a cutting allowance for cutting processing to a target shape of the three-dimensional shaped article, performing the cutting processing for the first portion, obtaining a measured shape of the first portion by measuring a shape of the first portion, specifying an excess portion and a lacking portion of the first portion by comparing a shape of a portion corresponding to the first portion of the target shape with the measured shape, performing the cutting processing for the specified excess portion when the excess portion was specified, and ejecting the molten material so as to fill the specified lacking portion when the lacking portion was specified. |
| US11794406B1 |
Stereolithography additive manufacturing of photoaligned liquid crystal elastomers
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure of liquid crystal (LC) elastomers includes contacting a resin layer of LC oligomers with a layer of photoalignment material, and exposing a portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the portion of photoalignment material in a first orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the first orientation of the illuminated portion. The portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured. Operations for forming additional layers include creating a relative movement of the resin layer away from the photoalignment material, contacting another resin layer with the photoalignment material, and exposing another portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the photoalignment material in a different orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the different orientation, and the portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured. |
| US11794404B2 |
Offset layer slicing and offset layer forming of vat photopolymerization additive manufactured parts
A method of additive manufacturing a part via vat photopolymerization (VPP) includes irradiating a first material through a first transparent wall of a first material tank and forming a first section of an nth layer of the part on a platform, positioning the platform with the first section of the nth layer in a second material tank with a distance between the first section of the nth layer and a second transparent wall, and irradiating a second material such that a second section of the nth layer of the part is formed on the platform adjacent to the first section of the nth layer. The method repeats forming first and second sections of additional layer until a predetermined number of total layers are formed. Positioning the first and second sections with a distance between the second and first transparent walls, respectively, inhibits crashing during forming of the part. |
| US11794401B2 |
High-efficiency filament helical winding devices
The present disclosure provides a high-efficiency filament helical winding device, which includes a frame body and a plurality of multi-filar guides. The frame body is provided with a through-hole, the plurality of multi-filar guides distributed in a circumference along a center of the through-hole are rotationally connected to the frame body and filament is extended out from each multi-filar guide in the plurality of multi-filar guides, and the frame body is provided with a first driving mechanism that drives each multi-filar guide to rotate. |
| US11794400B2 |
Method for manufacturing a composite pressurized-fluid vessel
A method for manufacturing a composite pressurized-fluid vessel including winding a first polyolefin resin-based tape thereby forming a first layer of the vessel, depositing an intermediate second layer on the first layer, consisting of a material having variable permeability properties depending on the temperature and permeability below a pre-determined temperature threshold and non-permeability above the temperature threshold, winding a second resin-based tape on the intermediate second layer thereby forming a third layer, and cooling the intermediate second layer to a temperature below the temperature threshold while the first and third layers are each kept at a temperature above the melting temperature of their resin. Wherein the tape forming the third layer is based on a different resin from the first layer and during the step of depositing the intermediate second layer. |
| US11794399B2 |
Method and forming tool for hot-forming a flat thermoplastic laminate
A flat laminate element made of thermoplastic is hot-formed in a two-stage method. In a first stage, the flat laminate which includes film(s) and/or panels(n) is placed on a flat frame-shaped pallet and is heated to a forming temperature in a heating zone between two flat heat screens in a contactless manner. The edge zone of the hot flat laminate element lies on the pallet such that the laminate piece cannot be clamped in a first laminate direction but rather can be slide on the pallet in this direction. Two non-flat rigid contours which are identical or largely identical act on two opposing parallel laminate edge sections uniaxially and perpendicularly to the laminate plane and only in the first laminate direction, i.e. monodirectionally, and shape the entire heated laminate element into a monodirectionally molded blank. |
| US11794395B2 |
Method of producing a glueless dustless composite flooring material system
A method of producing a glueless dustless composite flooring material system providing PVC-based flooring having waterproof layers providing different qualities of hardness, wear-resistance, sound deadening, and decorative patterns, avoiding the use of moisture-susceptible compressed cellulose-based filler, with layers fused together, avoiding the manufacturing complexity and delamination risks of using glue or adhesive, with a quickly-cured, UV-cured top coating providing long-lasting high performance and shortening and simplifying the manufacturing, which can be done in a sheet-form, essentially continuous-run manner, with an ability to quickly and simply change the optional design printing and texturing produced, and having an optional underlayment layer. |
| US11794391B2 |
Injection apparatus for plastic preforms
An injection apparatus for injecting molten plastic into a mold of articles made of thermoplastic material including bottle preforms. The injection apparatus includes an injection nozzle and a shutter for controlling flow of the molten plastic through the injection nozzle. A cylinder-piston system moves the shutter from open and closed positions of the injection nozzle. The cylinder-piston system includes a first chamber with a first passage for introducing fluid into the first chamber to open the shutter, and a second passage, different from the first passage, for discharge of fluid and of possible particles from the first chamber. A fluid distribution device with a first channel is connected to the first passage, and a second channel different from the first channel is connected to the second passage. The cylinder-piston system includes a second chamber having a third passage for introducing fluid into the second chamber to close the shutter. |
| US11794385B2 |
Integrally molded body
The following configuration is adopted for the purpose of solving reduction in strength and rigidity at a weldline which is a problem of an injection molding body, and enabling free design such as thin wall molding or complex shape molding of the injection molding body. That is, there is provided an integrally molded body in which a substrate for reinforcement (a) having a discontinuous fiber (a1) and a resin (a2) and an injection molding body (b) having a discontinuous fiber (b1) and a resin (b2) are integrated, the substrate for reinforcement (a) covering a part or all of a weldline of the injection molding body (b) to be integrated with the injection molding body (b), the ratio of thickness Ta of the substrate for reinforcement (a) to thickness T of a weldline part of the integrally molded body satisfying relational expression: in a case of Ea≠Ebw, Ta/T≤((Ebw−√(Ea·Ebw))/(Ebw−Ea)) in a case of Ea=Ebw, Ta/T≤0.5 wherein, Ta: Thickness of substrate for reinforcement (a), T: Thickness of weldline part of integrally molded body, Ea: Flexural modulus of substrate for reinforcement (a) in width direction of weldline, and Ebw: Flexural modulus of weldline of injection molding body (b) in width direction of weldline. |
| US11794382B2 |
Methods for depositing anti-coking protective coatings on aerospace components
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on an aerospace component and methods for depositing the protective coatings. The protective coating can be anti-coking coatings to reduce or suppress coke formation when the aerospace component is heated in the presence of a fuel. In one or more embodiments, a method for depositing the protective coating on an aerospace component includes exposing the aerospace component to a cleaning process to produce a cleaned surface on the aerospace component and sequentially exposing the aerospace component to a precursor and a reactant to form a protective coating on the cleaned surface of the aerospace component by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The aerospace component can be one or more of a fuel nozzle, a combustor liner, a combustor shield, a heat exchanger, a fuel line, a fuel valve, or any combination thereof. |
| US11794381B2 |
Laser-debondable composition, laminate thereof, and laser-debonding method
A laser-debondable composition includes an acrylic resin, a light-shielding material, an additive, and a solvent. Wherein, the acrylic resin includes at least one nitrogen-containing organic group selected from a group consisting of tertiary amino groups and secondary amino groups, an organic group having a cyclic ether group, and an organic group having a hydroxyl group, and the additive includes at least one adhesion promoter. The laser-debondable composition has excellent adhesion ability to a substrate, attachability, and solvent resistance. |
| US11794375B2 |
Split mold insert for forming a relief portion of a molded article and mold stack incorporating same
A mold stack comprises: a split mold insert split into parts, each having a mating face with an inner face region, an offset, and an outer face region, the insert further having a male projecting portion with a shutoff face and an outer surface, at least a part of the inner face region terminating at the shutoff face, the offset terminating at the outer surface; and an adjacent mold stack component having an associated a female receptacle, the insert having a cleaning configuration wherein: the shutoff face acts as a molding surface; the male projecting portion cooperates with the female receptacle to define a melt barrier; the complementary inner face regions are spaced apart to form an extension of the mold cavity terminating, at least in part, at the shutoff face; and the complementary offsets cooperate to prevent melt from passing therebetween and to guide melt towards the melt barrier. |
| US11794373B2 |
Method for processing flat workpieces
A method for processing plate-shaped workpieces made of wood or wood substitute materials, having the following steps: providing a large-format plate made of wood or wood substitute materials, and supplying the large-format plate to an isolation station; isolating plate-shaped workpieces by dividing the provided large-format plate in the isolation station such that cuts are made in the large-format plate by at least one isolation unit; supplying the isolated workpieces to at least one downstream machining station, in order to finish the isolated workpieces. At least a portion of each isolated workpiece receives, from the isolation unit, an alignment portion having at least one reference drilled hole for engagement of gripping elements. The isolated workpiece provided with the alignment portion is received by means of a gripping element, an engagement element or an acquisition element engaging on the alignment portion, following the separation of the isolated workpiece. |
| US11794370B2 |
System and method for adjusting the opening of containers to avoid damage to contents
First scanned images of the first container are received from a scanning device that show the contents of the interior of the first container before the first container is cut and opened. Second scanned images that are of the contents of the first container after the first container is cut and opened are also received. The images are analyzed and, based upon the analysis, selective modifications to the operating parameters of the container opening machine are determined and made. |
| US11794368B1 |
Throwing knife with detachable guard
A knife adapted for competitive knife-throwing that includes removable guards that can be added in the case that the knife throwing is directed toward a target with holes therethrough. The removable guards can be put in place prior to throwing at such a target to provide a stop against the hazard of the knife potentially moving through a hole and hitting an unintended target. |
| US11794366B2 |
Coatings for a razor blade
A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate that converge at a tip; and first and second coatings disposed substantially on the first and second outer sides, respectively. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade, including: applying a first coating to at least a portion of the first outer side; and applying a second coating to at least a portion of the second outer side. The first and second coatings each extend from the tip region toward the base and are substantially different, as compared to each other. |
| US11794360B2 |
Electric knife
An electric knife includes a cutter blade, a handle, and a drive unit and a driven unit mounted inside the handle. The drive unit includes a first movable sleeve. The driven unit includes a second movable sleeve. The cutter blade is set on the second movable sleeve. The drive unit and the driven unit are connected through a link, so that the drive unit can drive the second movable sleeve of the driven unit and the cutter blade to reciprocate along an axis. |
| US11794357B2 |
Processing apparatus
A processing apparatus includes a table base to which a jig table is removably secured, a cutting unit, a moving assembly for moving the table base between a processing area and a mounting/dismounting area, and a delivery assembly for delivering the jig table from a temporary rest area onto the table base while applying a negative pressure to a second suction channel of the jig table. The delivery assembly includes a pair of grippers for gripping both sides of the jig table, a suction pipe connected to the second suction channel of the jig table that is gripped by the grippers, and a lifting and lowering unit for positioning the suction pipe selectively in an operative position where the suction pipe is connected to the second suction channel and a lifted position where the suction pipe is spaced from the second suction channel. |
| US11794345B2 |
Unified robotic vehicle systems and methods of control
A robotic system comprising a master robotic system, and a first robotic system comprising a first mobile platform operable to move about a surface, and comprising a first manipulator. The robotic system can comprise a second robotic system comprising a second mobile platform operable to move about the surface, and comprising a second manipulator. A control module can be associated with the master robotic system and the first and second robotic systems, and can be operable in a paired control mode to facilitate paired control of the first and second robotic systems to move about the ground surface, and operable in an unpaired control mode to facilitate non-paired control of a selected one of the first or second robotic systems. |
| US11794343B2 |
System and method for height-map-based grasp execution
Systems and method for grasp execution using height maps. |
| US11794338B2 |
Robotic rod benders and related mechanical and motor housings
A robotic rod bender is disclosed. The robotic rod bender includes an autoclavable top assembly that includes a rod feeding subassembly, a brake subassembly, and a bending subassembly. The rod bending subassembly, the bending subassembly, and the brake assembly are disposed on a top plate. The robotic rod bender also includes a motor housing that includes one or more motors, a spline shaft, and a linear actuated elevator assembly. The linear actuated elevator assembly includes a linear actuator, a movable plate, and a mid-plate. The spine shaft extends from the moveable plate. The autoclavable top assembly is removably disposed atop the mid-plate. |
| US11794335B2 |
Modular robot system for a container processing facility
Modular robot system for a container processing facility, comprising a mobile platform, which comprises a chassis that is supported on the floor for moving in a working area of the container processing facility, and comprising multiple robot units of different types for carrying out jobs of different types in the container processing facility, wherein the mobile platform and/or the robot units are designed such that the robot units can selectively be connected to the mobile platform in order to transport each robot unit in the container processing facility and position it for the respective job. |
| US11794332B2 |
Storage systems and methods for robotic picking
A storage system configured to house a plurality of containers housing inventory items includes support members, a first set of parallel rails to support a mobile, manipulator robot, and a fluid supply line having a plurality of valves disposed within the fluid supply line. Each of the valves having a closed condition in which the supply line is in fluid isolation from an outside environment and an open condition in which the supply line is in fluid communication with the environment such that the supply line is configured to supply fluid to a mobile, manipulator robot. Mobile, manipulator robots for retrieving inventory items stored within the containers and retrieval methods are also disclosed herein. |
| US11794330B2 |
Hammer
A hammer (1) for use in shape processing of a silicon block is a hammer for crushing a silicon block so as to carry out shape processing with respect to the silicon block, the hammer including: a handle (10) made of a resin; and a hammer head (20) fixed to the handle (10). |
| US11794326B2 |
Hand-held power tool
A hand-held power tool, in particular a saber saw, having at least one holding unit for fastening the hand-held power tool to a holding device, in particular to an arresting cable and/or carabiner clip. The holding unit includes at least one receiving opening for receiving the holding device, and at least one damping element for damping a force transferred from the holding device to the hand-held power tool, in particular to a housing of the hand-held power tool. The damping element includes an at least substantially elastic element that at least partially encloses the receiving opening and receives in a form-fitting manner a fastening part delimiting the receiving opening. |
| US11794322B2 |
Fastener-driving tool having a superconductor power source
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a fastener-driving tool that includes a battery-charged supercapacitor as a power source. The fastener-driving tool includes first and second spaced-apart, conductive rails and a partially conductive piston slidably mounted on the rails. The rails and the piston are electrically connected to one another. The supercapacitor is electrically connected to the first rail. When the supercapacitor discharges electrical current, the electrical current flows from the supercapacitor, into the first rail, through the piston into the second rail, and from the second rail. The electrical current induces magnetic fields in the rails and the piston, and the combination of the electrical current and the magnetic fields induce a Lorentz force that acts on the piston to move the piston toward a nosepiece to drive a fastener. |
| US11794309B2 |
Automated smart vise system
An automated vise is disclosed. A gross moveable jaw drive has a stroke longer than the stroke of a fine moveable jaw drive. With this construction, the gross moveable jaw drive can be utilized to actuate the one or more moveable jaws of the vise over a distance greater than the fine moveable jaw drive stroke to a position in which actuation of the fine moveable jaw drive is capable of positioning the one or more moveable jaws in a clamp position to apply pressure to hold the workpiece for machining by, e.g., a CNC machine. In this way, the automated vise can account for workpieces of differing size. |
| US11794306B1 |
Tools and related methods for cold-working fluid ends
A fluid end having a longitudinal bore less than about 36 inches in diameter has an internal surface that is cold-worked to have compressive stresses of at least 15 ksi (103.42 MPa) beneath the metal surface up to about 40 mils (1.016 mm). |
| US11794300B2 |
Workpiece transfer system
To change or update each operating pattern and/or an operating condition according to a workpiece feeding state and/or an operating state of a robot. A workpiece transfer system includes: a workpiece infeed device for feeding a workpiece; a robot for transferring the workpiece being fed; a control device for selecting an operating condition of the robot based on a condition related to the workpiece and/or a condition related to the robot, the control device including a storage unit in which plural operating conditions are stored and a selection unit for selecting, as the operating condition of the robot, an optimum operating condition out of the plural operating conditions. |
| US11794297B2 |
Internal cooling/external cooling-switching milling minimum-quantity-lubrication intelligent nozzle system and method
The present disclosure provides an internal cooling/external cooling-switching milling minimum-quantity-lubrication intelligent nozzle system and method, relating to the field of milling lubrication. The system includes: a vision system, configured to acquire a real-time milling depth of a workpiece and send the real-time milling depth to a lubrication manner controller for processing; a lubrication system, including an internal cooling system and an external cooling system connected together to a cutting fluid supply source through a reversing device; and the lubrication manner controller, configured to communicate with the vision system and the lubrication system respectively, and control the reversing device to act according to a set milling depth threshold and data acquired by the vision system, so as to adjust and switch to the internal cooling system or the external cooling system to work. Milling depth data of a machine tool is collected, the milling depth data is transmitted to a control center for data analysis and processing, the data is compared with an initially set internal cooling/external cooling switching threshold to obtain the most suitable cooling and lubrication manner under current machining conditions of the machine tool, and the control center controls the internal cooling and external cooling systems according to the obtained result to realize intelligent switching of the cooling and lubrication manner between internal cooling and external cooling. |
| US11794291B1 |
Assembling device for rotating joint of rotary drying equipment
The present disclosure discloses an assembling device for a rotating joint of rotary drying equipment, including a telescopic upright column; a mounting sleeve is fixed at a top of the telescopic upright column; an inner end of each bevel gear is connected with a first screw rod; the first screw rods are sleeved with fixed rods through threads; a microprocessor is fixed at a bottom of the mounting sleeve; a motor is fixed at a top of the mounting sleeve; an oil slot formed in an inner wall of a top of a detection tooth ring is internally connected with a detection seat through a first elastic telescopic rod; an adjustment rod is embedded into a right bottom of the detection seat in an elastic sliding manner through a spring. |
| US11794289B2 |
Suction unit, transfer mechanism, loading device, and method for laying solar cell string
A suction unit, including a first module, a second module, and a third module. The first module is provided with an air-permeable zone. The second module is provided with air holes a. The third module is provided with air holes b. A solder ribbon and a solar cell are sequentially stacked on the first module. A channel S2 is formed by the air holes b and the air holes a to fix the first module to the second module. A channel Si is formed by the air holes b, the air holes a and the air-permeable zone to fix the solder ribbon and the solar cell on the first module. |
| US11794288B2 |
Rosin-modified product, flux composition, liquid flux, flux cored solder and solder paste
A rosin-modified product being a reactant of a rosin or a rosin derivative and an alkanolamine represented by a following Formula (1) NH3-n—(R—OH)n(n≤3); or (1) being produced by a reaction of a rosin or a rosin derivative, an organic acid and an alkanolamine. |
| US11794286B2 |
Copper solder formulation
Bulk copper solder is highly desired as a solder compound because it is very electrically conductive and has a high melting point relative to other solders. A composition for a copper solder includes copper(II) oxide powder in the range of 37-53% by mass, silicon carbide (SiC) powder in the range of 8-14% by mass, and a flux in the range of 35%-53% by mass. Energy in the form of microwave energy can be applied to the copper solder to convert the Cu(II)O to Cu, for a Cu product conversion of >93%. |
| US11794272B2 |
Automatic joining system
The automatic joining system includes: a fixing device; a friction stir device; a measuring unit; and a controlling device, in which a rotating tool includes a base end side pin and a tip end side pin formed continuously to the base end side pin, the controlling device sets a target moving route along which the rotating tool moves when friction stir joining of a butting portion is performed, based on a ridge line position before the friction stir joining is performed, and also sets a modified moving route at a position displaced toward a first metallic member side in substantially parallel with respect to the target moving route, and the friction stir device controls the rotating tool to move along the modified moving route and thereby performing the friction stir joining along the target moving route. |
| US11794267B2 |
Welding torch comprising a device for feeding a consumable welding wire towards the tool center point
A welding torch includes a torch body and at least one device for feeding a consumable welding wire towards the tool center point that has an attachment device for attachment to the torch or an element connected thereto. A base support, which is connected to the attachment device, includes at least two deflection elements for guiding the wire towards the center point. The at least two deflection elements are arranged on the base support so that a first wire path length from the last deflection element located closest to the center point to the center point is shorter than a second wire path length between the last deflection element and a further deflection element as viewed counter to a main wire feed direction, and so that the arcuate wire has a greater segment height along the second path length than the segment height along the first path length. |
| US11794264B2 |
Electro-hydraulic combined device
An electro-hydraulic combined device is provided. The electrical insulator is fixedly connected with a spindle shell; a top end of the electro-hydraulic joint supply base is fixedly connected with the electrical insulator; a connection port of the working fluid pipe and a binding post are arranged on the electro-hydraulic joint supply base; a bottom end of the electro-hydraulic joint supply base is provided with a terminal connection port; the connection port of the working fluid supplying pipe and the terminal connection port communicate with a fluid channel in the electro-hydraulic joint supply base; when the terminal connection port is snap-engaged with a top end of the terminal of electro-hydraulic joint supply pipes, the fluid channel in the electro-hydraulic joint supply base is communicated with a fluid channel in the terminal; the fluid channel in the terminal is further communicated with a flushing fluid container on an electrode shank for electro machining. |
| US11794260B2 |
Milling tool
Provided is a milling tool that allows a life of a tool main body to be elongated. The milling tool includes a replaceable cutting insert and a tool main body in which at least one insert seat that fixes the cutting insert is provided on a distal end side. The tool main body has a reinforcing wall covering at least a portion of the cutting insert when the cutting insert that is in a state of being fixed to the tool main body is viewed from the distal end side. |
| US11794258B2 |
Subsea processing machine comprising a tool holder with a change hub for receiving rotary tools
In order to mill, drill, saw or the like in the offshore sector, subsea processing machines are used which comprise a tool holder with a change hub for receiving at least one rotary tool, such as for instance a milling cutter, saw, drill or the like. The tool holder preferably has a carrier body for receiving the tool hub, wherein the latter comprises a hub flange for receiving tools. The preferably centric hub ring of the change hub can be arranged on the carrier body of the tool holder and can be connected to the tool holder in such a manner as to be able to be detached and clamped by means of at least one locking apparatus. |
| US11794255B2 |
Method and apparatus for forming overhang structures with a metal drop ejecting three-dimensional (3D) object printer
A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is operated to form sloping surfaces having a slope angle of more than 45° from a line that is perpendicular to the structure on which the layer forming the slope surface is formed. The angle corresponds to a step-out distance from the perpendicular line and a maximum individual step-out distance determined from empirically derived data. Multiple passes of an ejection head of the apparatus can be performed within a layer to form a sloped edge and the mass of the sloped structure is distributed within the sloped edge so the edge is formed without defects. |
| US11794254B1 |
Efficient bulk unfused powder removal system and method
An additive manufacturing system for producing a three-dimensional article includes a print engine, a post-fabrication powder removal apparatus, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The post fabrication removal apparatus includes a rotary frame defining an internal receptacle cavity, a plurality of clamps coupled to a corresponding plurality of actuators, a clamping plate coupled to a lift apparatus, and an agitation device mounted to the clamping plate. The controller is configured to perform the following steps: (1) Operate the transport mechanism to transport the build box to the internal receptacle cavity. (2) Operate the plurality of actuators to engage the build box with the plurality of clamps to secure the build box to the rotary frame. (3) Operate the rotary frame to rotate the build box until unfused powder begins to exit the build box. (4) Operate the agitation device to facilitate pouring of the unfused powder from the build box. |
| US11794244B2 |
Method for manufacturing dust core and raw material powder for dust core
A method for manufacturing a dust core, including: a step of preparing a raw material powder including a coated pure iron powder composed of a plurality of pure iron particles each having an insulating coating layer, a coated iron alloy powder composed of a plurality of iron alloy particles each having an insulating coating layer, and a metal soap;a step of manufacturing a molded article by performing a compression molding of the raw material powder filled in a mold; and a step of performing a heat treatment of the molded article to eliminate distortions in the coated pure iron powder and the coated iron alloy powder, wherein a difference Tm−Td between a melting point Tm of the metal soap and a temperature Td of the mold in the step of manufacturing the molded article is greater than or equal to 90° C. |
| US11794243B2 |
Method for manufacturing magnetic powder, method for manufacturing compact, magnetic powder, and compact
A method for manufacturing a magnetic powder includes a step of producing a magnetic powder by spray-drying a spray liquid containing first magnetic particles, second magnetic particles, a thermosetting resin, and an organic solvent. A magnetic powder includes first magnetic particles and a thermosetting resin coating film on surfaces of the first magnetic particles. The first magnetic particles are soft magnetic metal particles. The resin coating film contains second magnetic particles. The second magnetic particles have a smaller average particle size than the first magnetic particles. |
| US11794240B2 |
Powder metal alloy composition for sintered powder metal insert for aluminum casting
A powder metal alloy composition is used in the production of a sintered powder metal insert for casting into an aluminum casting. The powder metal alloy composition includes an iron powder metal base, copper such that the copper is 3.5 weight percent or more of the powder metal alloy composition, and carbon in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent of the powder metal alloy composition. Upon compacting and sintering the powder metal alloy composition to form the sintered powder metal insert, the sintered powder metal insert has a copper gradient that provides a higher concentration of copper on the surface of the sintered powder metal insert than in a center of the grains of the sintered powder metal insert. The higher concentration of copper at the surface of the insert enables a strong metallurgical bond to be formed with the aluminum casting during casting. |
| US11794238B2 |
Mold flux and casting method using same
Provided is a mold flux used for casing a cast slab, the mold flux including, bases on a total wt % of thereof, 32-38 wt % of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 8-12 wt % of strontium oxide (SrO), 8-12 wt % of potassium oxide (K2O), 8-12 wt % of fluorine (F), 5-8 wt % of boron oxide (B2O3), 3-5 wt % of lithium oxide (Li2O), and inevitable impurities. Thus, according to the mold flux, a change in components due to silicon oxide (SiO2) and calcium oxide (CaO) may be suppressed or prevented compared to those in the conventional art. |
| US11794234B2 |
Processing apparatus, processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
A processing apparatus includes a holding section that holds a processing target, an imaging section that is positionally fixed with respect to the holding section, and images a surface of the processing target, and a control section that controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target. |
| US11794232B1 |
Tool for curving structural framing components
A system for shaping a workpiece, which may be in the form of a structural framing component, includes a tool with first and second indenting blades for indenting the workpiece as driven by a blade control apparatus. The workpiece is supported at the tool by one or more workpiece support modules that are each selectively and removably securable to the tool. A base plate is provided at the tool for removably securing the workpiece support modules to the tool without having to detach the tool from a platform of substructure. The workpiece support modules may therefore be quickly replaced to coordinate with workpieces of various size and shape. |
| US11794229B2 |
Extrusion machine, method for distance control and method for changing a friction wheel in an extrusion machine
An extrusion machine includes a main frame, a friction wheel, a tool holding device, a locking device and a tool unit supported on the tool holding device. Furthermore, a shielding unit with at least one first nozzle and at least one second nozzle is provided, wherein the nozzles are formed to emit a gas which is free of gaseous oxygen. The first nozzle is directed at a peripheral portion of the friction wheel. The second nozzle is arranged below a stripping area of the tool unit. Further, an extrusion machine has a sensor unit between the tool holding device and the tool unit and a method controls distance between two tool components of the extrusion machine. Furthermore, different extrusion machines as well as methods for changing friction wheels are provided. |
| US11794224B1 |
Tools for and methods of debris removal in chemical injection ports
A decalcification tool for cleaning chemical feed injection port includes a rod having a first end, a second end and a handle bar segment between the first end and the second end. The tool includes a stopper having a threaded exterior surface for mating with an orifice of an injection port and being installed on the rod at a location below the handle rod segment and above the first end. The stopper is slidable along a portion of a longitudinal axis of the rod. The tool includes a paddle integrated with or affixed to the first end of the rod and configured to be inserted into the injection port. Rotation of the rod causes the paddle to rotate within the injection port such that the paddle applies impact forces to chip, crack, or breakup debris along an interior surface of the injection port. |
| US11794222B1 |
Passive brushes for cleaning surfaces in the presence of acoustic excitation
Passive brushes formed from plastics, rubbers or other suitable materials may be inserted into openings of aerial vehicles or other machines and subjected to excitation at natural frequencies of vibration of the passive brushes. Where surfaces of the passive brushes are in contact with surfaces of components that are fouled by dust, dirt, grime, or other substances, the vibration of the passive brushes resulting from the excitation causes the dust, dirt, grime or other substances to be released from such surfaces. The passive brushes may have dimensions or shapes that are selected to correspond to internal dimensions of the aerial vehicles or specific components, and may be formed by 3D printing, nanolithography, or in any other suitable manner. |
| US11794217B2 |
Cleaning apparatuses and devices for applying cleaning fluid to substrates
Exemplary embodiments of cleaning buckets are shown and described herein. An exemplary cleaning bucket includes a housing that has a cleaning solution reservoir, a dirty water reservoir and an insert for inserting into the housing. The housing has a first surface. The first surface covers the cleaning solution reservoir. The first surface is configured to allow water to flow into the dirty water reservoir through one or more openings allowing fluid to flow into the dirty water reservoir. The insert further includes a cleaning solution dispensing member located on the first surface, a pump for drawing cleaning solution out of the cleaning solution reservoir; and an activation device for causing the pump to pump fluid from the cleaning solution reservoir to the cleaning solution dispensing member. |
| US11794208B2 |
Fluidized-bed coating method and fluidized-bed coating apparatus
A fluidized-bed coating method includes: immersing at least part of a workpiece in a powder coating material contained in a fluidized-bed vessel while air is introduced from a bottom of the fluidized-bed vessel at an average air flow rate of 5 mm/min or higher and 20 mm/min or lower per unit area of the bottom so that a floating ratio of the powder coating material is 5% or higher and 20% or lower, the workpiece having a temperature higher than or equal to a softening temperature of the powder coating material and lower than or equal to a melting temperature of the powder coating material; taking the workpiece out of the powder coating material; and heating the powder coating material attached to the workpiece. |
| US11794206B2 |
Applicator for applying material near the edges of a vehicle door
A dispensing head for a supply tube that enables material to be evenly applied adjacent to the peripheral edge of a thin structure, such as a vehicle door. The dispensing head has a first end with a first opening and a second end with a discharge opening. A guide extends from the second end. The guide includes a descending element and a lateral foot element, wherein the bottom surface of the second end, the descending element, and the lateral foot element define three sides of an open gap space. The dispensing head is attached to a supply tube. The thin structure is positioned within the guide. The hook shaped guide positions the discharge opening a set distance from the application surface on the thin structure. The guide is moved along the peripheral edge where the material can be dispensed evenly at a set distance from the peripheral edge. |
| US11794197B1 |
System and method for wastewater treatment
A low-density suspended solid separation apparatus and method is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a separation tube adapted to receive pre-filtered wastewater and a vortex generator rotated to create a vortex in the separation tube such that the vortex separates low-density suspended solids having a density less than one (1) from the pre-filtered wastewater when the pre-filtered wastewater is passed through the vortex generator. An adjustable tube is inserted from the opposite end of the separation tube into the vortex wherein air inside the adjustable tube is at a pressure less than that of the separation tube causing the low density suspended solids to be removed from the vortex. Remaining water is then discharged from the separation tube. |
| US11794195B2 |
System and process for removing particulate from a coal fired power waste stream
A system and process for closed loop system for removing particulate from a coal fired power wash water waste stream comprising a submerged flight conveyor for receiving used wash water, a bleed line for diverting wash water from the submerged flight conveyor, a filter for removing particulate from the diverter wash water, and pumps to recirculate the wash water on a loop through the system. |
| US11794191B2 |
Dispensing tip holder
A dispensing tip holder is used when a dispensing tip is attached to a tip of a pipette, and includes a peripheral wall having a shape surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the dispensing tip, and an insertion portion having an insertion opening into which the dispensing tip is to be inserted. The peripheral wall has a first end into which the dispensing tip is to be inserted, and has a second end provided at a position opposite to the first end. The insertion portion is formed in the peripheral wall such that an outer peripheral surface of the dispensing tip abuts against an edge of the insertion opening, and is formed in the peripheral wall such that a tip of the dispensing tip does not project from the second end of the peripheral wall, when the dispensing tip is inserted into the insertion opening from the first end. |
| US11794189B2 |
Fluid container
A container includes a base with a top wall, a vessel depending from a top wall aperture in the top wall, a fluid retainer projecting above the top wall and surrounding the top wall aperture, and a skirt surrounding the vessel and including opposed grooves for gripping the container. A lid is disposed on a top end of the base and includes a cover wall with a lid aperture generally aligned with the top wall aperture of the base. A septum is disposed between the top wall of the base and the cover wall with a portion of the septum disposed between the lid aperture and the top wall aperture. Fluid retainer/return structure is configured to prevent fluid deposited on the septum from dripping off the container and to allow at least a portion of the fluid deposited on the septum to run off the septum and into the vessel. |
| US11794188B2 |
Ultra high efficiency microfluidic platform
A combination micro/macro-fluidic analysis system with one or more of a droplet transition unit, a droplet cleaving unit, a droplet synchronization, and a merging unit to enable highly efficient complex droplet microfluidic assays. |
| US11794187B2 |
Highly parallelized droplet microfluidic apparatus
A microfluidic device contains a first layer having a plurality of channels, a second layer having a plurality of droplet makers, and a third layer having a plurality of through-holes connecting the plurality of channels to the plurality of droplet makers. The channels have a height of at least 4 times greater than the height of the droplet makers. The microfluidic device has at least 500 droplet makers in an area less than 10 cm2. The channels are formed by direct laser-micromachining and the droplet makers are formed by soft lithography molding. |
| US11794183B2 |
Specimen tester method
A specimen collection, storage, transport, and testing device (1) can include an outer vessel (2) containing an internal cup (5) having an openable drain (23) having a brim (22) raised above the bottom floor (27) of the cup. Once opened the drain allows a portion of liquid specimen to flow from the cup into a lower chamber (55) of the vessel and onto a cartridge (3) containing a number of chromatographic assay strips. A lid (4) sealing the vessel can include a downwardly projecting guide tube (35) having first barrier (39) sealing a bottom aperture (38). An oblong initiator (6) can axially engage the guide tube, break the first barrier and open the drain to initiate the test while retaining a pool of liquid specimen in the cup for subsequent confirmatory testing. |
| US11794176B2 |
Antifouling oligomerization catalyst systems
A catalyst system that may reduce polymeric fouling may include at least one titanate compound, at least one aluminum compound, and an antifouling agent. The antifouling agent may be chosen from one or more of a phosphonium or phosphonium salt; a sulfonate or a sulfonate salt; a sulfonium or sulfonium salt; an ester including a cyclic moiety; an anhydride; a polyether; and a long-chained amine-capped compound. The catalyst system may further include a non-polymeric ether compound. |
| US11794171B2 |
High porosity metal oxide catalyst coatings
Disclosed in certain implementations is a catalysis composition that includes a metal catalyst and a support material impregnated with the metal catalyst. |
| US11794169B2 |
Oxidation catalyst for a compression ignition engine
An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material. |
| US11794163B1 |
Metal-organic framework for adsorptive separation of acetylene/ethylene mixture and preparation method therefor
The present invention provides a metal-organic framework material for the adsorptive separation of acetylene/ethylene mixture and preparation method therefor. The metal-organic framework material is named TJE-2 with a chemical formula of [Ni(pyc)(apyz)]n, wherein, Ni represents nickel as a metal center, pyc represents the organic ligand 1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid, and apyz represents the organic ligand 2-aminopyrazine. The preparation method is as follows: thoroughly dissolving pyc, apyz and Ni(NO3)2·6H2O, transferring the mixture to a pressure-resistant closed container for heating reaction, followed by solvent exchange and activation to obtain a homogeneous powder material. The ultra-microporous metal-organic framework material prepared by the present invention features a significantly high C2H2 adsorption capacity, good selectivity, and low raw material costs, and therefore can realize C2H2/C2H4 separation at lower costs. |
| US11794162B2 |
Heat exchange system and preparation system of diester-based composition comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a heat exchange system which is capable of saving energy consumed in a whole process by exchanging heat of different streams from each other, included in a continuous preparation system of a diester-based composition. |
| US11794152B2 |
Bubble generating device
The purpose of the present disclosure is, in a bubble generating device provided with a bubble generating unit for generating minute bubbles in water flowing through the inside of the cylindrical main body unit, to improve the bubble generating efficiency of the bubble generating unit. Provided is a bubble generating device provided with a cylindrical main body unit and a bubble generating unit disposed within the main body, wherein: the bubble generating unit is provided with slits extending radially centered on one point within the main body unit in a cross-sectional plane of the main body unit, and a column part protruding from the inner peripheral surface of main body unit and formed on the peripheral edge of the slits; and the amount of protrusion of the column part is gradually reduced toward the upstream side from the peripheral edges of the slits, and the column part has a recessed part formed on the downstream surface. |
| US11794144B2 |
Gas adsorbent body, method for producing thereof, and carbon dioxide gas concentration device
A CO2 concentration device has an adsorbent body formed from sheet material. Solid adsorbent particles are adhered onto at least a single surface of the sheet material and then the sheet material is wound onto itself or laminated in layers. The adsorbent body is divided into at least into a processing zone and a regeneration zone. CO2 is adsorbed in the processing zone when the processing zone is wet with water and a CO2 containing gas is passed through. The regeneration zone desorbs CO2 when saturated steam is passed through. Condensation heat from the steam condensing causes CO2 desorption. The solid adsorbent particles may be aligned in a linear or a staggered arrangement when the solid adsorbent particles are adhered to the sheet material to follow a gas flow and form gas introduction paths between adjacent layers of the sheet material. |
| US11794142B2 |
Pulse cleanable deep pleated industrial filter
A filter media pack with pleat folds, pleat panels and a plurality of glue bead sections is provided. The glue bead sections provide increased rigidity, dimensional stability and maintain spacing between adjacent pleat panels. Methods of manufacturing the filter media packs are provided. Filter elements including the filter media packs are contemplated. |
| US11794137B2 |
Water drainage device, filter module, and method
A water drainage device for a filter module is provided with a valve housing that has a valve bore and a valve body received at least in sections thereof in the valve bore. The water drainage device can be transferred from a closed state, in which the valve body seals in relation to a valve seat of the valve bore, into an open state, in which the valve body is lifted off the valve seat, and transferred from the open state into the closed state. The valve body, upon transfer of the water drainage device from the closed state into the open state, moves linearly along the longitudinal axis of the valve bore and away from the valve seat along or at a slant to a direction of gravity in downward direction. |
| US11794136B2 |
Filter interconnect using a correlated magnet torque design
A filtration system interconnection structure having manifold with a rotatable manifold magnet of correlated magnets, a shroud with alignment tracks, an actuating valve for water ingress, and a filter cartridge having a rotatable filter magnet of correlated magnets, where the manifold magnet and the filter magnet are in magnetic communication with one another when the filter cartridge is inserted with the shroud, and are at least partially rotatably compatible, where the manifold magnet rotates with the filter magnet until the manifold magnet experiences a rotational stop beyond a predetermined rotation of the filter magnet, thus allowing the filter magnet to shift polarity with respect to the manifold magnet and present a repulsion force for removal of the filter cartridge from the shroud. |
| US11794134B2 |
Multiphase separation and pressure letdown method
A method and apparatus for the separation of gas and liquid-solid slurry under pressure, and passage of the liquid-solid slurry to an atmospheric discharge. |
| US11794131B2 |
Power unit phase angle for separation unit control
Embodiments described herein provide a method of separating a liquid mixture, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator, electrically coupling a power circuit to the liquid mixture inside the separator, applying a time-varying voltage to the power circuit, detecting a phase angle in the power circuit; and controlling the phase angle by adjusting a characteristic of the time-varying voltage. |
| US11794130B2 |
Method for producing a water separator, and water separator
In a method for producing a water separator, a support structure surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis and a hydrophobic screen fabric are provided. By ultrasound or by laser radiation, a material of the support structure is plastified in regions that are radially outward at the support structure in relation to the longitudinal axis to generate plastified regions. The hydrophobic screen fabric is arranged at an outer circumferential side at the support structure and the hydrophobic screen fabric is pressed into the plastified regions. A water separator is provided that has a support structure surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis and a hydrophobic screen fabric of a material that is transparent for a laser radiation. The hydrophobic screen fabric is arranged at an outer circumferential side at the support structure and has sections embedded in radially outwardly positioned regions of the support structure. |
| US11794128B2 |
Reducing surface and bulk contamination in plastic
The present invention generally relates to a method of reducing contamination from plastics. The resulting purer plastic can be used in demanding applications. |
| US11794127B2 |
Methods and systems for separating compounds
Methods and systems for separating a desublimatable compound from hydrocarbons is disclosed. A feed fluid stream, consisting of a hydrocarbon and a desublimatable compound, is passed into an upper chamber of a vessel. The feed fluid stream is cooled in the upper chamber, thereby desublimating a portion of the desublimatable compound out of the feed liquid stream to form a product gas stream and a desublimatable compound snow which is collected in the lower chamber of the vessel. A lower portion of the desublimatable compound snow is melted to form a liquid desublimatable compound stream such that an upper portion of the solid desublimatable compound snow remains as an insulative barrier between the upper chamber and the liquid desublimatable compound stream. The liquid desublimatable compound stream is removed at a rate that matches a production rate of the solid desublimatable compound snow, thereby maintaining the insulative barrier. |
| US11794126B2 |
System, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing particles
Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient. |
| US11794124B2 |
Connection systems for toy construction pieces, toy construction pieces including the same, and toy construction kits including the same
Connection systems for toy construction pieces, toy construction pieces, and toy construction kits. A connection system includes a male connection element and a female connection element. The male connection element includes a peg unit with a connector peg. The female connection element includes at least a portion of a connector core that defines a receiver cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the connector peg and at least a portion of a core shell. A toy construction kit for assembling a constructed assembly includes a plurality of toy construction pieces that collectively embody the connection system. A first construction piece includes the male connection element and a second construction piece includes the female connection element. The connection system is configured to selectively and repeatedly couple the first construction piece and the second construction piece to one another. |
| US11794123B1 |
Electric motor and electric toy
An electric motor and an electric toy, wherein the electric motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, a front end cover assembly, a rear end cover assembly, a three-phase power line, and a data transmission line. The rotor assembly is sleeved on the stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a magnetic ring, a magnetic knitting frame, an iron core, several tile-shaped magnets, a rotating shaft, and a rotor end plate. A positioning slot is arranged between adjacent tile-shaped magnets. The magnetic knitting frame is provided with a positioning boss that is inserted into the structure of the positioning slot. The electric motor allows the accurate positioning and assembling of the rotor assembly, so that the magnetic poles of the magnetic ring correspond to the magnetic poles of the tile-shaped magnet. |
| US11794121B1 |
Theme or amusement park attraction using high frame rate active shutter technology
A high frame rate image system in a theme park attraction simultaneously displays images that are unique to each individual viewer. Although all viewers in a room or theater may be watching the same screen or area, they may see entirely different images. This allows the attraction to present more complex story narratives, and also allows the projected images to be matched to specific guests. |
| US11794120B2 |
Systems and methods for tokenizing and sharing moments in a game
Systems and methods for tokenizing moments in a game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: create an asset that represents a set of rights pertaining to an occurrence of a given moment in the game. The given moment includes a transition from a first user game state to a second user game state that has occurred to a given user-controlled character. The set of rights includes a right to a given type of usage of the asset. Implementations may include recording ownership of the asset; receiving a request for using the asset according to the given type of usage; verifying whether the requesting player owns the given right; creating a presentation of the game as requested; and presenting the presentation to the requesting player. |
| US11794119B2 |
Intelligent prioritization and manipulation of stream views
The present technology provides a mechanism for assisting in generating a prioritized view of an in-game environment of a game session of a game title by establishing and propagating the prioritized view to spectator devices, the game session played by user devices controlling characters in the in-game environment. The prioritized view is intelligently determined based on in-game indicators associated with each respective game view at the user devices. |
| US11794115B2 |
Systems and methods for providing in-game consequences for unique digital articles based on real-world information
Systems and methods to provide in-game consequences for unique digital articles, the in-game consequences being based on real-world information, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first and a second player account associated with a first and a second player; record player-configurable sensitivity of player-owned unique digital articles to be exposed to in-game consequences of either receiving distributions of benefits or losing stakes; determine real-world information based on events that have occurred in the real world; evaluate whether to distribute the benefits or seize the stakes, based on the real-world information; and either provide the distributions of benefits or seize the stakes accordingly. |
| US11794113B2 |
Storing information from a verification device and accessing the information from a gaming device to verify that the gaming device is communicating with a server
A system includes a server, which provides activities and possibly other services to a player through a gaming device. To verify that the gaming device is communicating with the server, information received from a verification device is stored. Thereafter, in response to a request from the gaming device, the stored information is determined and sent to the gaming device via the server. |
| US11794110B2 |
System and method for toy recognition
System and method for automatic computer aided optical recognition of toys, for example, construction toy elements, detection of those elements on digital images and associating the elements with existing information is presented. The method and system may recognize toy elements of various sizes invariant of toy element distance from the image acquiring device for example camera, invariant of rotation of the toy element, invariant of angle of the camera, invariant of background, invariant of illumination and without the need of predefined region where a toy element should be placed. The system and method may detect more than one toy element on the image and identify them. The system is configured to learn to recognize and detect any number of various toy elements by training a deep convolutional neural network. |
| US11794109B2 |
Method and system for saving a snapshot of game play and used to begin later execution of the game play by any user as executed on a game cloud system
A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image. |
| US11794107B2 |
Systems and methods for improved collision detection in video games
The patent discloses improved methods and systems for detecting a collision between a player controlled virtual character in a video game and an object positioned on a surface in a virtual environment of the video game. Two geometric models are defined, one of which is preferably a cylinder and the other of which is preferably a capsule. For a frame of the video game, data indicative of a position, velocity and direction of the virtual character is acquired and, in a subsequent frame, data indicative of another position of the virtual character is acquired. The first geometric model is moved vertically downward by a predefined distance to identify a level of the ground surface and the second geometric model is moved horizontally forward to detect a collision of the virtual character with the object. |
| US11794106B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium and video game processing system
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control progress of a video game is provided. The functions include: a first arranging function configured to arrange a first object determined based on a user operation at a position determined based on a position of the user terminal in a virtual space corresponding to map information of a real space; a second arranging function configured to arrange a second object with which a predetermined event is associated at a position determined based on a position of the first object after a time determined in accordance with the first object elapses from a time when the first object is arranged; and a generating function configured to generate the predetermined event in accordance with a positional condition regarding the positions of the user terminal and the second object. |
| US11794104B2 |
Systems and methods for pivoting player-controlled avatars in video games
Systems and methods are described for imparting dynamic, non-linear and realistic movement and look and feel to a player's/virtual character's first-person limbs and hand-held object model, and procedurally animating a first-person virtual camera such that it simulates the movement of a camera handheld by the player/virtual character. To impart chaotic or random motion to the first-person limbs and hand-held object model a first module defines and implements first and second two dimensional mass-spring-damper systems, each of which is linked to the player's/virtual vector's view vector. Procedural animation or rotational shake is implemented by a second module by applying a coherent noise function to each of the six axes of the first-person virtual camera. |
| US11794103B2 |
System and method for rotating drop rates in a mystery box
A system and method configured to enhance gameplay between users in an online game and to provide enhanced interest in virtual goods associated with collections of virtual goods through the ability to rotate drop rates associated with these virtual goods from time to time. The system and method includes the provision of functionality which allows providers of online games to periodically rotate drop rates associated with mystery boxes in order to maintain and/or generate additional interest in specific mystery boxes. As a result, it is possible for game operators to enhance revenue opportunities associated with these boxes even in the case where such boxes have been available for a relatively lengthy period of time and/or where players would have otherwise lost interest in specific boxes. |
| US11794102B2 |
Cloud-based game streaming
Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards systems and methods of implementing multi-player online games using cloud computing. By using cloud computing (also known as a cloud network), hardware and/or software requirements for running the multi-player online game can be minimized as the game itself would be executed and run using resources available in the cloud network rather than based on local resources, such as a laptop or gaming console. Different users situated at different locations can all be provided access to the same game without the need for the specialized hardware, software, and resource levels. |
| US11794101B2 |
Augmented reality mobile edge computing
Processing of actions within a shared augmented reality experience is split between an edge node of a communications network (e.g., a cell tower) and a server. As a result, computation of the current state may be sharded naturally based on real-world location, with state updates generally provided by the edge node and the server providing conflict resolution based on a master state (e.g., where actions connected to different edge nodes potentially interfere with each other). In this way, latency may be reduced as game actions are communicated between clients connected to the same edge node using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol without routing the actions via the game server. |
| US11794099B1 |
Universal controller and associated methods thereof
A universal controller having a housing is provided. The housing includes a first curved segment and a second curved segment, the first curved segment located on a first side of the housing and the second curved segment located on an opposite, second side of the housing, the first curved segment and the second curved segment symmetrical in shape and begin from a front surface of the housing and end at a rear surface of the housing enabling a user to grip a first side wall at a rear side of the housing and a second side wall at the rear side of the housing; and a cavity created at a bottom segment of the housing, the bottom segment coupled to a bottom support structure for receiving a first battery and a second battery to provide power to a plurality of electronic components of the universal controller. |
| US11794098B2 |
Game controller with removable controller accessory
A game controller includes an electronic input sensor and a mounting platform. The mounting platform includes an accessory-retention feature and a sensor-activation feature. The accessory-retention feature is configured to removably affix a selected removable controller accessory to the mounting platform. The selected removable controller accessory is one of a plurality of differently configured removable controller accessories removably affixable to the mounting platform. The mounting platform is configured to move from a default posture to an activation posture responsive to finger manipulation of the selected removable controller accessory when the selected removable controller accessory is affixed to the mounting platform. The sensor-activation feature interfaces with the electronic input sensor to generate an activate control signal in the activation posture. |
| US11794096B2 |
Information processing method
An information processing method is provided. The method includes: a motion control including an area object and an operation object is provided on the GUI, and an initial position of the operation object is within a range of the area object; a first sliding touch operation is detected on the motion area, and the operation object is moved within a predetermined range according to a movement of a touch point of the first sliding touch operation; the position of the operation object is detected on the GUI, and in response to a staying duration of the operation object in a preset area on the GUI exceeding a preset duration, the operation object is controlled to enter a position-locked state; and, under the position-locked state, the virtual character is controlled to continuously move in the game scene. |
| US11794095B2 |
Information processing apparatus and device information derivation method
A captured image acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by capturing a first device that includes a plurality of markers and a second device that includes a plurality of markers. An estimation processing unit first derives position information and posture information of the first device on the basis of marker image coordinates in the captured image and then derives position information and posture information of the second device on the basis of remaining maker image coordinates excluding marker image coordinates of the first device. |
| US11794092B2 |
Poker machine and playing card collating method therefor
A poker machine and a poker card collating method therefor. The poker machine includes the following. A card feeding device, includes a control disk being provided at the center of a panel, the control disk being driven up and down by means of a center lifting mechanism, and when the control disk is lifted, a card feeding port for placing cards being formed below the control disk. A card collating device, the center of a card collating base being provided with a center rotating disc driven to rotate by means of a rotating disc electric motor, includes an arc-shaped card collating channel for collating the cards being formed between the center rotating disc and a card collating channel outer side wall, and a plurality of conveying rollers being provided at the bottom of the arc-shaped card collating channel. A dealer includes a card storage box and a card dealing device. |
| US11794091B2 |
Playing card machine and delivery mechanism thereof, and playing card shuffling method
A playing card machine and delivery mechanism thereof, and a playing card shuffling method are provided. The playing card machine includes a base and a machine core. The machine core is arranged on the base or inside the base, and the machine core includes a card receptor and a card dealer. The machine core can be driven to move up and down on the base by a machine core lifting drive mechanism. The card dealer is arranged at a center of the card receptor and is able to be driven by a rotation drive mechanism to rotate relative to the card receptor. The card dealer includes a card storage box, a card distribution mechanism, and a delivery mechanism. The card receptor is provided with multiple card reception positions around the card dealer. |
| US11794088B2 |
Methods and systems for swim analysis
Automatic swimming analysis and nearly immediate feedback on a user device is disclosed. A sensor placed on a swimmer's waistline instantaneously measures data of the swim, allows to upload this data to a cloud system performing immediate analysis using algorithms. The cloud system provides feedback which helps determine proper (or improper) swimming techniques, comparing patterns to own past swims or to professional swimmers. The sensor enables stroke improvement with output including graphs, single numerical values, and detailed single-stroke data. The output provides both easy to understand metrics for amateur swimmers as well as more technical analysis options for advanced users. Metrics for amateurs can include swim symmetry analysis, speed consistency analysis, and stroke consistency analysis. More technical/detailed information includes comparison of strokes of each arm to the other, comparison of strokes made by left and right arms, mathematical analyses of strokes, and average, maximum, minimum, and instantaneous speeds. |
| US11794087B1 |
Pet ball launcher
Provided is a pet ball launcher, comprising an avoidance drive assembly, a ball throwing assembly, a sensor and a ball serving shell; the ball serving shell is provided with a ball storage space and a launch channel communicated with the ball storage space, and the sensor is installed at an outlet of the launch channel; an output end of the avoidance drive assembly is connected with the ball serving shell, and the ball throwing assembly is installed on the ball serving shell; and when the sensor detects that there is an obstacle in front of the launch channel, the avoidance drive assembly drives the ball serving shell to rotate by a preset angle, the ball throwing assembly throws out a to-be-thrown object from the launch channel, so that the object thrown out of the launch channel avoids the obstacle. |
| US11794086B2 |
Golf putting training system and method
A putting training device and method for monitoring and tracking a golfer's putting activities. |
| US11794084B2 |
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. |
| US11794079B2 |
American-style football having a reduced MOI
An American-style football may include a prolate spheroidal shaped bladder having a longitudinal axis, an outermost layer about the bladder, a lacing surface featuring a series of parallel projections from an exterior of the outermost layer and an intermediate sandwiched between the bladder and the outermost layer, wherein the intermediate layer is configured to decrease a MOI of the football. |
| US11794078B2 |
Golf ball
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling while maintaining the resilience performance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and at least one cover covering the core, wherein the core is formed from a core rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) a monophenol compound having a substituent group only at p-position. |
| US11794073B2 |
System and method for generating movement based instruction
A method, comprising providing playback of one or more sets of three dimensional positional data of a subject performing an activity; detecting input from an editor respective to the playback of the one or more sets of three dimensional positional data; and storing parameters of the activity based on the detected input in an activity profile for use in movement based instruction. |
| US11794070B2 |
Systems and methods for cooling an exercise device
An exercise system includes a housing, a drive motor, a drive member, a filter, and a fan. The housing defines an interior volume and has an intake and an outlet. The drive motor is positioned in the housing and is connected to the drive member. At least part of the drive member is positioned inside the housing and part of the drive member is outside the housing. The drive member is positioned through the outlet in the housing. The filter is in fluid communication with the intake, and the fan is in fluid communication with the intake and the filter. The fan provides a positive pressure in the interior volume of the housing. |
| US11794069B2 |
Braking and locking system for a treadmill
A system for a treadmill with a tread that rotates on front wheels supported on a front axle and rear wheels supported on a rear axle includes a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises a first device associated with one of the front axle or the rear axle and configured to prevent rotation of respective front wheels or rear wheels in a first direction and a second device associated with another of the front axle or the rear axle and configured to prevent rotation of the respective front wheels or rear wheels in a second direction opposite the first direction. The system also includes a controller and a sensor configured to detect a user on the tread. The controller is configured to, in response to the sensor detecting no user on the manual treadmill, engage the locking mechanism to prevent movement of the front wheels and the rear wheels. |
| US11794066B2 |
Upper and lower body reciprocating arcing motion exercise machine with an adjustable angle user support
An upper and lower body reciprocating arcing motion exercise machine with an adjustable angle movable user support frame wherein, movable left and right lower body user support assemblies comprising foot platforms and shin support pads mounted on an arcing track, move along a rearward portion of the movable user support frame and movable left and right upper body user support assemblies comprising gripping handles mounted on pivoting levers, pivot about a forward portion of the movable user support frame. A linkage assembly operatively connects and synchronizes the movable upper and lower body user support assemblies. In certain embodiments, an adjustable resistance mechanism is operatively engaged with the movable upper and lower body user support assemblies for providing adjustable resistance to the exercise motion of the movable upper and lower body user support assemblies during an exercise motion. |
| US11794065B2 |
Exercise machine with adjustable platforms
An exercise machine with adjustable platforms for adjusting the angular orientation of one or more end platforms and/or carriage platform to allow for a wide range of exercise moves. The exercise machine includes a rail to which a carriage is movably connected and a first end platform connected to an end of the rail. The carriage includes a platform which may be adjusted between a level position in which the platform is laid flat and a raised position in which the platform is at an angular incline. The first end platform may similarly and independently be adjustable between the level position in which the first end platform is laid flat and a raised position in which the first end platform is at an angular incline. In some embodiments, the exercise machine may include a second end platform which is similarly adjustable between a level position and a raised position. |
| US11794064B2 |
Exercise machine reversible resistance system
An exercise machine reversible resistance system for reversing the directional force of resistance against an exercise implement before, during, or after the performance of a routine of one or more exercises. The exercise machine reversible resistance system generally includes a frame, an elongated member movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the elongated member has a first run and a second run, a resistance device that applies a resistance force to the elongated member in a single direction, an exercise implement movably connected to the frame and a clutch connected to the exercise implement. The clutch is adapted to selectively engage the first run or the second run of the elongated member for selective control of the resistance direction of the exercise implement. |
| US11794061B2 |
Convenient weight-adjustable dumbbell
A convenient weight-adjustable dumbbell, comprising a handle, and two rotating disks, two connecting disks, and two fixed blocks, a flexible shaft is connected to the side of each rotating disk, the flexible shaft surrounds the center of the rotating disk, and the other end of the flexible shaft runs through the connecting disk and the fixed block, an outer side of each fixed block is detachably connected with at least one weight block, one side of each weight block is connected with a lock for connecting the fixed block, the other side of each weight block is provided with a second slot, and each weight block is provided with a insertion hole for—the flexible shaft to pass through. |
| US11794060B2 |
Core swinging apparatus and method
A core exercise apparatus having a frame. The frame has a first wall, a second wall, a frame roof, and a frame floor. A first bumper is coupled to the frame roof. A second bumper is coupled to the frame roof. A first plate is coupled to the first frame wall. A second plate is coupled to the second frame wall. An elongated handle is coupled to the frame floor. A pendulum is coupled to the first plate and second plate such that the pendulum swings from the first bumper to the second bumper and from the second bumper to the first bumper. |
| US11794057B2 |
Exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus comprises a frame with a chamber having a piston slidable between first and second cavity ends of the chamber, and a cable assembly for pulling the piston by an applied force towards the second cavity end to cause a vacuum in the chamber to exert a resistance force on the cable assembly. A cable subassembly extends between first and second parts of the cable assembly, comprising a pulley wheel attached to the first part and a cable extending around the pulley wheel having first and second cable ends. Stoppers on the cable ends engage a bearing member to restrain movement of at least the first cable end when the second cable end is pulled relative to the pulley wheel. Releasable connector means connect the cable ends to the second part to allow a user to choose a magnitude of the resistance force opposing the applied force. |
| US11794052B2 |
Cable exercise machine
A cable exercise machine includes a first pull cable and a second pull cable incorporated into a frame. Each of the first pull cable and the second pull cable are linked to at least one resistance mechanism. The at least one resistance mechanism includes a flywheel and a magnetic unit arranged to resist movement of the flywheel. |
| US11794051B1 |
Unweighting exercise equipment
A DAP unweighting system for unweighting a user while using an exercise machine is provided that includes an unweighting assembly having a substantially airtight chamber formed about at least a portion of the exercise machine that includes a user seal for encapsulating a portion of the user, and at least one additional frame member for securing to the exercise machine frame element to secure the chamber to the exercise machine. The exercise machine can include a treadmill having a belt extending a belt length in a longitudinal direction of the unweighting system The at least one additional frame member can have a frame member length less than the belt length that can be oriented substantially parallel with the belt when securing the chamber to the treadmill. |
| US11794050B2 |
Portable barre exercise device
A portable, foldable barre exercise device providing balance support for a user during exercise may include a pair of legs and a pair of support arms. Each support arm may be pivotally attached to a corresponding leg and may be adapted to be extended upward with the device in an open state. A horizontal exercise bar may be arranged between upper ends of the support arms. The device may further include a pair of weight stacks of removable dumbbells, each attached to a corresponding support arm, and one or more quick release straps for facilitating folding of the device into a closed state for stowage and for strapping the support arms and legs together. The device is lightweight yet structurally configured so as to support a user's entire weight thereon. |
| US11794049B2 |
Fire suppression compositions
A fire suppression composition comprises CF3I and CO2, wherein said CF3I is present in an amount of from 23 mol. % to 39 mol. %, based on the total moles of CF3I and CO2 present in the fire suppression composition. Alternatively, the fire suppression composition comprises CF3I and CO2, wherein said CF3I is present in an amount of from 53 mol. % to 85 mol. %, based on the total moles of CF3I and CO2 present in the fire suppression composition. |
| US11794048B2 |
Nonfluorinated agent for liquid vehicle systems
Firefighting compositions that may be used in onboard firefighting systems of heavy industrial equipment, such as heavy vehicles and other types of heavy equipment used in construction, forestry, mining, and other similar industries, are provided. The firefighting composition are aqueous liquids which include (a) a sodium and/or potassium salt of an organic acid; (b) one or more of an alkylpolyglycoside surfactant, an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, an alkyliminodialkylcarboxylate surfactant and a zwitterionic surfactant; (c) an acetylenic diol derivative surfactant and/or a siloxane-based surfactant; and (d) alkylene glycol and/or glycerol. Methods of producing a firefighting foam from the aqueous firefighting composition and using the aqueous firefighting composition to fight a fire, such as fighting a fire using an onboard industrial equipment firefighting system, are also provided. |
| US11794045B2 |
Expandable fire-fighting foam system, composition, and method of manufacture
A method of manufacturing a self-expanding fire-fighting foam solution is disclosed. Here, the method can include purging air from a container, wherein the purging is performed via flowing an inert gas into the container, such that substantially inert environment is created within the container. In addition, the method can further include dispensing or filling a pre-determined amount of foam concentrate into a container, dispensing or filling a pre-determined amount of water into the container, and mixing the foam concentrate and water within the container, wherein the mixed foam and water within the inert container provide the self-expanding fire-fighting foam solution and having a pH ranging from about 6.8 to 7.8 moles per liter. |
| US11794042B2 |
Nose filtering device
The present invention relates to an individualized air filtration device including a generally inverted U-shaped nose ring and filter combination that fits partially within the nostrils of a user to prevent bacteria, microbes, particulate matter and viruses from entering the body through the user's nasal passages. The nose filtering device is preferably comprised of a nylon mesh material with an acetate fibrous material on at least the backside of the filter so that a hydrogen peroxide or other protective solution can be applied to the device before inserting the filter into the user's nostrils. The solution is preferably comprised of a hydrogen peroxide, but may also include a fragrance, medicine, therapeutic agent, camphor, eucalyptus oil, and a menthol. |
| US11794038B2 |
Proton beam system and methods for irradiating a target
A method for creating an irradiation plan. The method may include receiving an irradiation therapy plan for irradiating a target with a proton beam from a gantry. The irradiation therapy plan may have a plurality of irradiation spots for delivering protons to the target. The method may include identifying a rotational profile for angular rotation of the gantry with respect to the target, a slew time for a proton beam to travel between each of the plurality of irradiation spots, and an amount of protons to be delivered to each irradiation spot. The method may also include creating an irradiation plan. The irradiation plan may include a plurality of groups of irradiation spots based on the rotational profile, the slew time, and the amount of protons to be delivered to each irradiation spot. Each group of irradiation spots may be associated with a respective portion of the angular rotation. |
| US11794037B2 |
Radiation therapy treatment verification with electronic portal imaging device transit images
A method for radiation therapy treatment verification includes acquiring: treatment plan information from a radiation therapy system; patient image data; and transit image data received from an electronic portal imaging device during radiation therapy. The treatment plan information is divided into a plurality of segments. Predicted segment image data is determined utilizing a predicted image calculation algorithm and at least the patient image data and the treatment plan information. A predicted integrated image is determined through superposition of the predicted segment image data. Measured segment responses are determined from the transit image data utilizing the predicted segment image data and the predicted integrated image. The measured segment responses are converted to measured segment doses. A measured dose map having a sum of the measured segment doses is compared to a planned dose map based on the treatment plan information to assess radiation treatment delivery. |
| US11794033B2 |
Surgically positioned neutron flux activated high energy therapeutic charged particle generation system
A process for treating highly localized carcinoma cells that provides precise positioning of a therapeutic source of highly ionizing but weakly penetrating radiation, which can be shaped so that it irradiates essentially only the volume of the tumor. The intensity and duration of the radiation produced by the source can be activated and deactivated by controlling the neutron flux generated by an array of electrically controlled neutron generators positioned outside the body being treated. The energy of the neutrons that interact with the source element can be adjusted to optimize the reaction rate of the ionized radiation production by utilizing neutron moderating material between the neutron generator array and the body. The source device may be left in place and reactivated as needed to ensure the tumor is eradicated without exposing the patient to any additional radiation between treatments. The source device may be removed once treatment is completed. |
| US11794030B2 |
Magnetic core bone screw
A screw cap removably associated with a bone screw, the bone screw comprising: a head having a set of interior threads, one of the set of interior threads having a circular slot; a magnet; and an interior cavity located within the bone screw and configured to house the magnet; the screw cap comprising: a top end configured to receive a driving means for inserting the screw cap into, and removing the screw cap from, the head; a body having a set of cap threads, one of the set of cap threads comprising a locking bead; and an annular recess concentrically lining a portion of the body, the annular recess comprising a leakage ring for establishing a seal between the screw cap and the head; wherein an association of the set of cap threads with the set of interior threads causes the locking bead to be engaged with the circular slot. |
| US11794028B2 |
Transcranial electromagnetic treatment
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a method is described. According to the method, an emitter of a transcranial electromagnetic treatment (TEMT) system is positioned at a location relative to a head of a patient such that the emitter emits an electromagnetic frequency signal toward the head of the patient. The emitter is activated to apply TEMT to the patient to treat amyloid oligomers. In some examples, the TEMT has a frequency between 1 MHz and 430 THz. |
| US11794021B2 |
Interleaving stimulation patterns provided by an implantable pulse generator
An implantable medical device is configured to receive an input that specifies a time domain allocation between two or more stored stimulation programs and to provide control signals corresponding to each of the two or more stimulation programs to stimulation circuitry to interleave the two or more stimulation programs in time according to the input. The time domain allocation may set a proportion of time during which each of the stimulation programs is active during repeating epochs. The time domain allocation may be set by a user to transition between configured stimulation programs or to specify stimulation that is based on two or more different stimulation programs. The time domain allocation may also be adjusted automatically to optimize an indication of an effectiveness of stimulation that is provided by the patient. |
| US11794019B2 |
Methods and systems for reducing interference in stimulation treatment
Systems and methods are provided for reducing stimulation interference between two stimulation modules positioned on a user's body, which may be used in stimulation systems without a central treatment controller. Systems and methods are also provided for stimulation treatment using multiple independent stimulators wirelessly managed by a remote management device. |
| US11794017B2 |
Stimulation field modelling in an implantable stimulator device
A field measurement algorithm and measuring circuitry in an implantable stimulator, and an field modelling algorithm operable in an external device, are used to determine an electric field in a patient's tissue. The field measuring algorithm provides at least one test current between two electrodes, and a plurality of voltage differentials are measured at different combinations of the electrodes. The voltage differential data is telemetered to the field modelling algorithm which determines directional resistance at different locations in the patient's tissue. The field modelling algorithm can then use a stimulation program selected for the patient and the determined directional resistances to determine voltages in the patient's tissue at various locations, which in turn can be used to model a more-accurate electric field in the tissue, and preferably to render an electric field image for display in a graphical user interface of the external device. |
| US11794010B2 |
Systems, devices and methods for neurostimulation
Systems, devices, and methods for neurostimulation via vestibular stimulation are described. One example is a device for administering thermal stimulation to an ear canal of a subject. The device may include an earpiece configured to be at least partially insertable into the ear canal of the subject; a thermoelectric device thermally coupled to the earpiece and configured to heat and/or cool the earpiece to thereby heat and/or cool the ear canal of the subject; and a controller configured to administer a selected treatment plan including administering a caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) stimulus to the ear canal of the subject in a condition-treatment effective amount during a first treatment interval. The treatment plan may be effective to produce a durable improvement in at least one symptom of the condition for a time of at least 1 week following cessation of the administering. |
| US11794009B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for treating urological and gastrointestinal disorders by electrical stimulation of the foot
Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for treating urological and gastrointestinal disorders, including bedwetting, through stimulation of the dorsal or plantar surface of the foot, including the superficial peroneal nerve and branches thereof, such as the dorsal intermediate and medial cutaneous nerves, or the medial and/or and lateral plantar nerves. The device facilitates placement of electrodes on the foot. Also provided herein is a system including the device, a pulse generator, and a controller, and methods of manufacturing and using the same. |
| US11794008B2 |
Support devices including electrical stimulation systems and methods for using the same
A support device includes a base portion structurally configured to support a user, one or more engagement members coupled to the base portion and engagable with a surface, a distance sensor, a power source electrically coupled to one or more electrical stimulation electrodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the distance sensor and the power source, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium including a computer readable and executable instruction set, which, when executed, causes the processor to receive a signal from the distance sensor indicative of a detected distance traveled by the support device, and send a signal to the power source to engage the one or more electrical stimulation electrodes based at least in part on the detected distance traveled by the support device. |
| US11794006B2 |
Multifunctional closed loop neuro feedback stimulating device and methods thereof
The present invention discloses a brain stimulation systems, devices and methods to: induce lucid reality; improve sleep; improve motor performance; improve learning; enhance gaming activities; improve mental health; and any combination thereof. The system comprises at least one head mounted device; at least one power supply unit; at least one communication unit; at least one microcontroller; at least one external device; and at least one cloud-based storing device. |
| US11794004B2 |
Electroporation with cooling
A medical system includes a catheter including an insertion tube having a distal end, an elongated resilient distal section fixed to the distal end of the insertion tube, the distal section having an outer surface, and a plurality of electrode structures, each electrode structure being disposed on, and bulging above the outer surface of the distal section, each electrode structure including a respective primary electrode and at least one respective secondary electrode extending around the outer surface, and respective electrically insulating material disposed around the outer surface and between the respective primary electrode and the at least one respective secondary electrode, the respective primary electrode bulging further above the outer surface than the at least one respective secondary electrode and the electrically insulating material. |
| US11794000B2 |
Electrical muscle stimulation electrode mask pad and method using the same
The present disclosure relates to an EMS electrode pad. Each electrode may be provided to correspond to the shape and size of the divided area according to the virtual line. The EMS electrode pad and the EMS method using the same according to the present invention may minimize the edge current effect by the shape of the electrode to which electric energy is applied. In addition, energy transfer efficiency may be improved by capacitive coupling between the electrode and the skin. In addition, due to the coating of the electrode, a rate of contact with an affected part may be increased so that current may be applied evenly to each part. |
| US11793999B2 |
Pulse definition circuitry for creating stimulation waveforms in an implantable pulse generator
Improved stimulation circuitry for controlling the stimulation delivered by an implantable stimulator is disclosed. The stimulation circuitry includes memory circuitry that stores pulse programs that define pulse shapes, steering programs that define electrode configurations, and aggregate programs that link a selected pulse program with a selected steering program. Each steering program defines the stimulation polarity and the allocation of current of the specified stimulation polarity for each of the pulse generator's electrodes. Each pulse program includes one or more pulse instructions, where each instruction defines the parameters of a single phase of the pulse program. Pulse definition circuits in the stimulation circuitry execute aggregate programs to generate stimulation waveforms, which stimulation waveforms can be generated simultaneously by the different pulse definition circuits. |
| US11793996B2 |
Devices and methods for treating edema
The disclosure relates to devices and methods for the treatment of edema, which devices use a restrictor for flow compensation. Devices and methods of the invention further use a flow-restrictor in the circulatory system, upstream of an intravascular pump, to balance pressure changes induced by the pump and to compensate for downstream flow. The device may be provided as an indwelling, intravascular catheter with a mechanical pump such as an impeller and a selectively deployable restrictor such as an inflatable balloon. Congestive heart failure or edema is treated by\operating the pump in an innominate vein and using the restrictor for flow compensation, to restrict the upstream flow and thus amplify or maintain pressure reduction at the lymphatic outlet. |
| US11793991B2 |
Linear cardiac assist pulsatile pump
Described herein are pumps that linearly reciprocate to assist with circulating blood within the body of a patient. Red blood cell damage may be avoided or minimized by such linear pump movement. The linearly reciprocating movement may also generate a pulsatile pumping cycle that mimics the natural pumping cycle of the heart. The pumps may be configured to reside at various body locations. For example, the pumps may be situated within the right ventricle, the left ventricle, the ascending aorta, the descending aorta, the thoracic aorta, or the abdominal aorta. In some instances, the pump may reside outside the patient. |
| US11793984B2 |
Vascular access instrument and related devices and methods
A vascular access system may include a catheter assembly, which may include a catheter hub and a catheter extending distally from the catheter hub. The vascular access system may include an instrument advancement device coupled to the catheter assembly. The instrument advancement device may include a vascular access instrument. The vascular access instrument may include a coil formed by a flat wire wound around an axis into multiple loops. The instrument advancement device may be configured to advance the vascular access instrument from a retracted position to an advanced position beyond a distal end of the catheter. The distal end of the catheter may include a distal opening. The coil may extend through the distal opening of the catheter in response to the vascular access instrument being in the advanced position. |
| US11793977B2 |
Peel-away sheath assembly
Systems and methods for a multi-layered peel-away sheath assembly for insertion of a blood pump, the peel-away sheath assembly including a sheath hub and a sheath body having a proximal end that is connected to the sheath hub, and a distal end. The sheath body comprises multiple layers including a reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer improves flexibility and kink resistance of the assembly. The reinforcing layer can comprise LCP, PEBAX, stainless steel, Nitinol, or Kevlar. The reinforcing layer may be a laser-cut hypotube or a braided or coiled filament. A first layer material and a third layer material are thermoplastics, including PEBAX or TPU. The reinforcing layer has at least one discontinuity, which is aligned with peel-away lines in the sheath body to allow an operator to peel-away the assembly. The peel-away lines are formed of inner notches, outer notches, or both inner notches and outer notches. The sheath hub also includes a discontinuity to allow the sheath hub to peel-away. |
| US11793975B2 |
Systems and methods for anchoring medical devices
Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that secures a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) in place relative to a skin penetration point using subcutaneous anchors. |
| US11793974B2 |
Fixation devices for catheters
Fixation devices are disclosed herein that can be used to secure to a catheter. The fixation devices include a body having a central bore extending therethrough to receive a catheter and at least one end having a tapered profile tapering inwardly a distal edge thereof. The body can include an expanded intermediate portion, such as one or more bulbous portions. The fixation devices can also include suture openings or grooves to secure the devices to tissue. |
| US11793973B2 |
Combination steerable catheter and systems
A steerable catheter has a body with an outer surface and an inner surface defining a central lumen. The outer surface and inner surface define a wall of the body, which has a plurality of steering lumen and control lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. The body includes a body material. The steering lumen and control lumen have a control lumen lining and steering lumen lining, respectively, with a higher durometer than the body material. A steering wire is positioned within the steering lumen and a control wire is positioned within the control lumen. |
| US11793970B2 |
Brainwave entrainment using virtual objects and gamification
A system and method for brainwave entrainment using virtual objects and gamification, in which brainwave entrainment is applied using some combination of gaming elements, brainwave is enhanced by virtue of the user's active participation, and long-term use is encouraged by virtue of the entertaining nature of the gamification. Depending on configuration, the system and method may comprise a display comprising virtual objects, a light-producing device (other than the display), an audio-producing device such as speakers or headphones, a haptic feedback device such as a vibratory motor, a device for monitoring the user's attention, and a software application which applies brainwave entrainment using some combination of the display, the light-producing device, the audio-producing device, and the haptic feedback device. |
| US11793966B2 |
Ventilation system and method
A T-piece for controlling ventilation support to a patient includes a t-shaped body having a gas source connection port, an interface connection port, and a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) control port. A PEEP adjuster cap is connected to the PEEP control port and has a bypass hole to allow gas to exit the T-piece and configured such that when the bypass hole is closed substantially all gas received at the gas source connection port is directed to the patient and when the bypass hole is open at least a portion of the gas received at the gas source connection port exits through the bypass hole to maintain PEEP to the patient. A bypass cover is automatically operated by an actuator circuit to close the bypass hole to enable delivery PIP to the patient and to open the bypass hole to effectuate PEEP delivery to the patient. |
| US11793965B2 |
Adjustable headgear tubing for a patient interface
Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads. |
| US11793962B2 |
Intubation system, method, and device
An intubation device utilizes a steerable endotracheal tube guide to position an endotracheal tube at a laryngeal opening, and is also configured for soft tissue retraction to improve visualization of the laryngeal opening. An ETT is positioned within an overtube of intubation device having proximal and distal ends and a flexible tip. The distal end houses a feeder mechanism for displacing the endotracheal tube through the overtube. A hood includes a stem, base, and expandable body and is affixed to the overtube's distal end. The ETT-containing overtube is precisely positioned at a laryngeal opening via positioning effects of body expansion, activation of a tip director, and/or flexible tip articulation. Unhindered visualization of the laryngeal opening is achieved by expansion of the expandable body, pushing soft tissue outwardly and extensibly. An actuation module controls the feeder mechanism as well as the flexible tip to position flexible tip and endotracheal tube. |
| US11793959B2 |
Ventilator with adjustable user interface
A ventilator (100), includes a basic unit (1) with a cover plate (10). Patient ports (4) are arranged at the basic unit (1) and a user interface (2) is arranged at the cover plate (10). The cover plate (10) can be arranged at the basic unit (1) at different angles in relation to a vertical axis. |
| US11793957B2 |
Apparatus and method for manipulating characteristics of inhaled air
Exemplary embodiments are directed to an apparatus for manipulating one or more characteristics of air to be inhaled. The apparatus includes an outer housing including an outer surface, a hollow interior, and at least one opening formed in the outer housing and extending between the outer surface and the hollow interior. The apparatus includes a manipulation enclosure disposed within the hollow interior of the outer housing, the manipulation enclosure capable of receiving therein an air characteristic manipulation component. A substantially continuous channel is formed between the manipulation enclosure and the outer housing. |
| US11793954B2 |
Inhalation device, substance storage, inhalation system, and method of operating an inhalation device
An inhalation device including at least one processor configured to control an inhalation process including vaporing a substance received from a substance storage when coupled to the inhalation device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to be operated in an operation mode or in a standby mode, an electronic interface configured to be coupled to a substance storage interface, a passive detection circuit coupled between the electronic interface and the at least one processor and configured to detect whether the substance storage is coupled to the inhalation device, and, in case it is detected that the substance storage is coupled to the inhalation device, cause the at least one processor to switch from the standby mode to the operation mode. |
| US11793947B2 |
Seal for an inhalation device
The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to an improved seal construction for an inhalation device having a nebulizing nozzle and a piston which moves relative to a pumping chamber in order to generate pumping pressure and to an inhalation device comprising such seal. |
| US11793944B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying an anesthetic and bactericide
A method and an apparatus for applying an anesthetic that includes a receptacle having an upper end, a substantially hollow interior, a lower end having a tube or nozzle extending therefrom, and an attachment for attaching to the barrel of a syringe or vice versa. The receptacle receives a container or canister containing an endothermic gas or vapor (propellant) that rapidly absorbs heat when released to the atmosphere. A depressible actuating member or trigger propels the gas or vapor through an outlet nozzle that is oriented to project a stream of gas or vapor along a delivery axis that intersects a delivery axis of the needle, therefore, the gas or vapor can be successively delivered to an injection site with minimal repositioning of the housing. |
| US11793942B2 |
Needle with multi-bevel tip geometry
A multi-beveled needle point geometry for hypodermic needles such as pen needles. A proximal bevel is formed at a first angle of inclination, a pair of intermediate bevels at a second angle of inclination, and a pair of distal bevels at a third angle of inclination and differing angles of rotation. The second angle of inclination is substantially different than the first angle of inclination to define a marked apex at the intersections between the proximal bevel and the intermediate bevels. At least one smooth transition is typically provided between adjacent bevels, between a bevel and an outer surface of the needle, and/or between a bevel and the lumen of the needle. |
| US11793941B2 |
Injection needle assembly
An injection needle assembly is presented having an injection needle; a tubular needle holder having distal engagement means and proximal engagement means; a tubular cap having proximal outer engagement means and proximal inner engagement means; a tubular needle cover having first engagement means arranged to cooperate with the proximal engagement means, and second engagement means arranged to cooperate with the proximal outer engagement means of the cap. A needle cover is arranged to be displaced from a first position wherein the second engagement means and the proximal outer engagement means prevents the needle cover and the needle holder to be axially displaced by a linear displacement, to a second position wherein the needle cover and the needle holder are distally displaced where the needle holder can be displaced distally, but not proximally. |
| US11793938B2 |
Devices for injecting medicaments and methods of use
A device for injecting a medicament is provided. The device has a housing with a container within it which can hold a medicament. At its proximal end the container has a needle and a stopper. The device includes a plunger which at one end can engage the stopper. At the opposite end, the plunger can engage a first resilient member to move the stopper within the container to inject the medicament from the container. The device includes a collar with distal and proximal ends, the distal end engaging with a carriage and causing its rotation and the proximal end engaging with a second resilient member. The second resilient member can engage with a skin sensor which has distal and proximal ends. At the proximal end, the skin sensor can contact an injection site. The housing has a cap which can reduce or prevent movement of the skin sensor. |
| US11793925B2 |
Method and device for intraoperative determination of drag coefficient values of different medical instruments in the use of a medical fluid pump
A medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities includes a controllable fluid pump, a memory device, a feed line, a pressure sensor in the feed line, a medical instrument to be connected to the feed line. The pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value. The resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined when starting the pump. The pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump. |
| US11793923B2 |
Dressing with differentially sized perforations
A dressing for treating a tissue site may include a base layer, a sealing member, a first and a second wicking layer, and an absorbent layer. The base layer may have a periphery surrounding a central portion and a plurality of apertures disposed through the periphery and the central portion. The apertures in the periphery may be larger than the apertures in the central portion. The sealing member and the base layer may define an enclosure. The first and the second wicking layer may each be disposed in the enclosure with the absorbent layer positioned between the first and the second wicking layer. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US11793922B2 |
Vacuum treatment array and film for producing a vacuum treatment array
The invention relates to a vacuum treatment array having at least one open-pored contact element, by way of which a negative pressure and/or suction can be generated in a body cavity, wherein the open-pored contact element is configured, at least in sections, in the manner of a tube, having an outer and/or inner boundary surface rotating around a tube axis, at least in part. |
| US11793921B2 |
Replacement part for ophthalmological apparatus
The invention relates to a replaceable cartridge (1) for an ophthalmological apparatus (2), comprising at least one hard region as a housing and at least one soft region, the hard region and the soft region forming inner liquid channels of the replacement cartridge (1). The soft region embodies functional elements of the replacement cartridge (1), said functional elements comprising at least one pump device for pumping liquid into the liquid channels, a valve device for modifying a through-flow cross-section in at least one of the liquid channels, and a pressure-detecting device for determining a liquid pressure in at least one of the liquid channels. The pressure-detecting device comprises a pressure chamber which is connected to one of the liquid channels, and a flexible membrane which peripherally surrounds a coupling element. The coupling element is designed with a recess such that a fork-shaped arm of a force-measuring device, which is oriented substantially parallel to the membrane, can be inserted into the recess in such a way that the coupling element has at least two sides, and with the arm, a force effect occurring in a substantially normal direction in relation to the membrane can be detected on the membrane. |
| US11793919B2 |
Extracorporeal oxygenation system for low flow rates and methods of use
This invention is directed to system and methods for the oxygenation of the blood of a patient, comprising an extracorporeal blood circulation path adapted to be coupled to the patient's vascular system, and comprising apparatus for oxygenating blood flowing therein and withdrawing CO2 therefrom, wherein the flow rate of blood flowing in said extracorporeal blood circulation path does not exceed ⅖ of the patient's blood flow. The extracorporeal blood circulation path preferably comprise a cartridge including an oxygenator and at least one cannula. |
| US11793911B2 |
Stent made of a bio-degradable magnesium alloy with a magnesium fluoride coating and an organic coating
The present invention relates to stents made of a magnesium alloy degradable under physiological conditions having an inorganic coating comprising magnesium fluoride and having an organic coating. The stents according the invention can additionally be coated with at least one antiinflammatory, antiproliferative, antiangiogenic, antirestenotic, and/or antithrombogenic active agent. |
| US11793908B2 |
Light-adjustable hydrogel and bioanalogic intraocular lens
A bioanalogic implantable ophthalmic lens (“BIOL”) capable of replacing the natural crystalline lens (NCL) in its various essential functions after the NCL having been removed and BIOL implanted into the posterior eye chamber and placed into the capsular bag vacated from the NCL. At least the posterior surface of the lens has a convex shape and is made from a transparent flexible hydrogel material. At least the anterior and posterior optical surfaces are defined by rotation of one or more conic sections along the main optical axis and the surfaces defined by the rotation will include a plane perpendicular to the axis and conical surface symmetrical by the axis. A hydrogel implantable ophthalmic lens whose optical parameters can be optimized and/or customized by a controlled absorption of electromagnetic radiation resulting in a change of the refractive index of the irradiated hydrogel. |
| US11793904B2 |
Protective respirator utilizing far UV-C irradiation
A protective respirator that deactivates pathogens in a kill zone in front of a mouth and nose of a user by emitting Far UV-C radiation (e.g., having a wavelength centered around 222 nanometers). In some embodiments, a controller uses a mathematical model to determine a required intensity or emission time to provide a threshold probability of killing a microbe (e.g., a virus such as SARS-CoV-2). The required intensity or time may be determined based on atmospheric conditions and/or physiological conditions of the user. The Far UV-C radiation may be emitted in a direction through the kill zone that does not intersect with the skin or eyes of the user (e.g., away from the user or across the front of the user's face). Alternatively, the controller may estimate the fluence of Far UV-C radiation at the skin or eyes of the user over time and adjust the Far UV-C radiation emitted. |
| US11793901B2 |
Pass box
The present invention provides a pass box with which not only surface sterilization by means of a germicidal lamp on an article delivered in the pass box but also isolation of different articles can be performed in a space-saving manner, the cleanliness in the pass box is maintained, and mutual contamination is prevented during article delivery in the pass box. Air is sent from a blower of an upper pass box to an upper space of the upper pass box through a filter, the air is supplied to a lower space of a lower pass box via the upper space, and an airflow circulation path is provided to return the air that has passed through the lower space to the upper blower. |
| US11793895B2 |
Residualizing linkers and uses thereof
The present invention relates to conjugates including a residualizing linker, methods for their production, and uses thereof. |
| US11793894B2 |
Modulation of immunity and CEACAM1 activity
The present technology comprises methods for regulating an the immune system, and in particular methods for the regulation of a specific immune response, including the regulation of lymphocyte activity. Methods of the present technology comprise both the negative and positive modulation of CEACAM1 protein function. |
| US11793892B2 |
Nanosilica carrier with spions and a curcuminoid
Silica nanocarriers hybridized with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (“SPIONs”) and curcumin through equilibrium or enforced adsorption technique. Methods for dual delivery of SPIONs and curcumin to a target for diagnosis or therapy, for example, for SPION-based magnetic resonance imaging or for targeted delivery of curcumin to a cell or tissue. The technique can be extend to co-precipitation of mixed metal oxide involving Ni, Mn, Co and Cu oxide. The calcination temperature can be varied from 500-900° C. The nanocombination is functionalized with chitosan, polyacrylic acid, PLGA or another agent to increase its biocompatibility in vivo. |
| US11793887B2 |
Gene therapy for treating peroxisomal disorders
Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBDs). More particularly, recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) provided in the form of compositions are used to deliver a nucleic acid encoding human PEX1 to host cells. The rAAVs comprise a AAV capsid, and packaged therein a vector genome comprising an AAV 5′ inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence; a promoter; a coding sequence encoding a human PEX1; and an AAV 3′ ITR. |
| US11793885B2 |
Substituted benzo[5,6][1,4]diazepino[1,2-a]indoles for the treatment of proliferative disorders
The invention relates to novel benzodiazepine derivatives with antiproliferative activity and more specifically to novel benzodiazepine compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III). The invention also provides conjugates of the benzodiazepine compounds linked to a cell-binding agent. The invention further provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a proliferative disorder in a mammal using the compounds or conjugates of the invention. |
| US11793884B2 |
Cyclic peptidyl inhibitors of CAL-PDZ binding domain
Described herein, in various embodiments, are peptides comprising: (i) a cyclic cell-penetrating peptide sequence (cCPP) and (ii) a CAL-PDZ binding sequence, which is conjugated, directly or indirectly, to an N-terminus of an amino acid in the cCPP, to a C-terminus of an amino acid on the cCPP, or on a side chain of an amino acid in the cCPP. In other embodiments, the peptides further comprise a physiologically cleavable group, wherein after entering the cell, the physiologically cleavable group is reduced, thereby providing a linear peptide. Without being bound by theory, the inventors discovered that the amino acid sequence in the cCPP, which facilities cytosolic delivery of the CAL-PDZ binding sequence also, surprisingly and unexpectedly, synergistically improves binding of CAL-PDZ binding sequence to the CAL-PDZ binding domain. Additionally, the cCPP sequence may also improve selectivity of the CAL-PDZ binding sequence for the CAL-PDZ domain relative to other PDZ binding domains. |
| US11793879B2 |
Monolithic composition for dual-rate release with high drug loading
The present document describes a process for the preparation of a low functionalization polysaccharide having carboxyl groups, comprising a) swelling of a polysaccharide granule in boiling water or a water/polyol mixture, to obtain a swollen polysaccharide; b) partial gelatinization of said swollen polysaccharide in an alkaline solvent mixture of water and alcohol and/or polyol, to obtain a partially gelatinized polysaccharide; and c) partial functionalization of said partially gelatinized polysaccharide with a functionalizing agent, to obtain the low functionalization polysaccharide. |
| US11793878B2 |
Drug formulations comprising polyoxazolines as matrix excipient
The present invention relates to polyoxazoline polymers, polymer combinations and compositions comprising those polymers or combinations of polymers. The invention further relates to the use of said polyoxazoline polymers, said combinations and compositions comprising such polymers and combinations for the sustained release of one or more active ingredients, in particular one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients. It further relates to the use of polyoxazoline polymers or polymer combinations as drug carrier. |
| US11793877B2 |
Controlled drug release from electrospun fibers
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrospun fibers and, more particularly, to the controlled release of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) from electrospun fiber scaffolds (EFSs). |
| US11793876B2 |
Bulk polyethylene glycol compositions
The present invention relates to bulk dry compositions comprising polyethylene glycol and an additive, such as a flavoring agent and/or sweetener, wherein the additive remains at a consistent concentration throughout the bulk composition. The invention also relates to processes for preparing the bulk dry compositions comprising polyethylene glycol. |
| US11793875B2 |
High load dispersions
The present invention relates to the field of carrier and delivery systems for active molecular compounds. In particular, the present invention provides aqueous dispersions for delivery of active molecular compounds. |
| US11793868B2 |
Antigen for use in malaria
The present invention provides polypeptides useful as antigens expressed at the pre-erythrocytic stage of the malaria parasite. The antigens can be utilized to induce an immune response and sterile protection against malaria in a mammal by administering the antigens in vaccine formulations or expressing the antigens in DNA or other recombinant protein expression systems delivered as a vaccine formulation. |
| US11793866B2 |
Peptides and T cells for use in immunotherapeutic treatment of various cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US11793865B2 |
Cultured phagocyte supernatent compositions
A composition including a supernatant obtained from co-culture of phagocytes with apoptotic cells. The composition is obtained by a) providing phagocytes, b) providing apoptotic cells, c) optionally washing the cells from step a) and b), d) co-culturing the cells of step a) and b), and e) separating the supernatant from the cells. The composition may be used in preventing or treating a pathological immune response. |
| US11793864B2 |
Use of serine protease inhibitors in the treatment of skin diseases
This invention relates to therapeutic compounds which are inhibitors of serine proteases, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to their use in the treatment of the human or animal body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for the treatment, diagnosis or prognosis of skin diseases comprising the administration to a subject in need thereof of a therapeutically effective amount of a Serine protease inhibitor. |
| US11793863B2 |
Functionalized microbubble embodiments for ultrasound-mediated treatment and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a functionalized microbubble designed for treating and/or preventing vascular obstructions, including microvascular obstructions. The functionalized microbubble embodiments comprise a microbubble that can be activated upon exposure to ultrasound and further that has a lipid-based shell that is attached to an exteriorly-attached therapeutically active agent, such as a thrombolytic agent. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for making and using the functionalized microbubble embodiments. |
| US11793849B2 |
Method of Chinese herbal medicine extract used for treating multiple diseases caused by drug resistant bacteria infection
Disclosed is a new drug application of a Pithecellobium Clypearia Benth Extract (EA), and particularly is a method of the EA used for treating multiple diseases caused by drug resistant bacteria infection. Related drug resistant bacteria include a Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter Baumannii (MDRAB), an MDR Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (MDRPA), an Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia Coli (ECO) and an ESBL-producing Klebsiella Pneumonia (KPN). |
| US11793848B2 |
High yield extraction method for and products of Rhodiola plants
A method of extracting a Rhodiola plant comprising the steps of harvesting and drying the plant; extracting the alkaloids from the plant in a solvent; filtering the solvent-Rhodiola plant mixture to remove the solvent and extracted alkaloids from a spent plant matter; drying the spent plant matter; purifying and separating the extracted alkaloids from the solvent; and mixing the purified alkaloids back into the dried spent plant matter. Also, products of the method include vaporizing liquids, medicinal compositions, kief compositions, rolling papers, and filters for tobacco and vaporizing equipment comprising the mixture of the purified alkaloids and the dried spent plant matter produced according to the method. Further disclosed is a Rhodiola plant having approximately 1.3-8.57% total phenolic compounds containing 1-3.5% salidrosides and 0.03— 3.6% Rosavins. |
| US11793846B2 |
Bitter Ganoderma lucidum spore powder and preparation method thereof
Disclosed is a method for preparing bitter Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, and relates to the field of drugs or health care products. The method includes: removing visible impurities from Ganoderma lucidum spores, conducting ice bath and heating extraction, filtering through a microfiltration membrane, sterilizing by drying, and conducting sporoderm disruption to obtain the bitter Ganoderma lucidum spore powder. The preparation method effectively improves the content of the bitter substances in the Ganoderma lucidum spore powder by removing shriveled spores through multiple times of impurity removal and filtration in combination with the manner of conducting sporoderm disruption after extraction. Taking the total Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids in the Ganoderma lucidum spores as a representative of the bitter substances, the content of the total Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids can reach 5-8%. Meanwhile, the preparation method can also make the content of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides reaching 6-10%. |
| US11793844B2 |
Virus for treatment of tumor
Provided are an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) or a modified form thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule comprising a genomic sequence or cDNA sequence of the EV-D68 or a modified form thereof, or a complementary sequence of the genomic sequence or cDNA sequence, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the EV-D68 or a modified form thereof, or the nucleic acid molecule, and use of the EV-D68 or a modified form thereof, or the nucleic acid molecule in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treating a tumor. |
| US11793840B2 |
Nano-armored single cell product for treating Parkinson's disease through bacteria and a preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a nano-armored single cell product, comprising a liposome and probiotics encapsulated by the liposome, wherein the probiotics are fermented to produce gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that alleviates the activation of an inflammatory response in substantia nigra inducedin a MPTP induced PD model, thus mitigating an inflammatory injury to dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra and having a neuroprotective effect; encapsulation of the probiotics by the liposome can protect the probiotics from strong acids and digestive enzymes in gastric acid. |
| US11793837B2 |
Conditioned medium from human adult liver stem cells and its use in the treatment of liver disorders
The invention relates to cell-free compositions obtained by culturing adult-derived human liver stem/progenitor cells (ADHLSC) in cell culture medium and isolating the resulting conditioned medium (ADHLSC-CM) that has advantageous properties, such as anti-fibrotic effects. ADHLSC-CM, compositions based on ADHLSC-CM, and other related and derived products, can be used in cell culture processes or as a medicament, more particularly for the treatment of diseases involving organ injury, organ failure, in organ or cell transplantation or the pathological disruption, inflammation, degeneration, and/or proliferation of cells within a tissue or an organ, in particular within liver. |
| US11793833B2 |
Engineered B cells and related compositions and methods
Provided herein are engineered B cells, such as for adoptive cell therapy. In some aspects, also provided are methods and compositions for engineering and producing the cells, compositions containing the cells, and methods for their administration to subjects. In some embodiments, the cells are engineered to produce and/or secrete an exogenous protein, such as a therapeutic protein, including antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. In some aspects, features of the cells and methods provide for increased or improved activity, efficacy and/or persistence of the cells. |
| US11793830B2 |
Method of administration and treatment
Provided herein are formulations for topical and/or transdermal administration, and methods of using these formulations for the treatment of proliferative diseases related to cancer such as cancers and related conditions, and solid tumors. Also provided are formulations for topical and/or transdermal administration, and methods of using these formulations for melasma, gout, skin disorders, and other diseases and disorders described herein as well as methods for modulating the pH (e.g. raising) of a tissue or microenvironment proximal to a tumor, modulating pH, or improving the effectiveness of know chemotherapeutic agents, immunotherapy and the like for the prevention, treatment of cancers and related conditions described herein. |
| US11793828B2 |
MicroRNA 19A/19B for use in treating a pathological condition associated with bone loss or reduced muscle function
The invention relates to inhibitors of microRNAs 19a and 19b and their use for treating or preventing conditions or diseases which are associated with bone loss, in particular osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfect (OI). The inhibitors are also useful for inducing an anabolic effect in bone, either alone or when administered in combination with parathyroid hormone or a recombinant fragment thereof. The invention further relates to inhibitors of microRNAs 19a and 19b and their use for treating or preventing conditions or diseases which are associated with reduced muscle function, in particular muscle degeneration and muscle atrophy. The inhibitors are also useful for stabilizing and/or strengthening muscle function. In addition, inhibitors of microRNAs 19a and 19b can be used for treating or preventing cancer-related bone destruction or bone metastasis. |
| US11793823B2 |
Compounds and pharmaceutical uses thereof
A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which Ring X is a 3 to 7 membered monocyclic ring, at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is OR5 or CH2OR5 and the other R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently are halogen, OH, OR5, CH2OR5, CO2H, OC═OR6, (C═O)R6, R6, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl, C2-10 alkynyl, H, or absent. Also provided herein are therapeutic uses of the compound of Formula (I). |
| US11793821B2 |
Substituted 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of α7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation |
| US11793815B2 |
Oxindoles and methods of use thereof
Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula I′: or a stereoisomer or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating disease by administering or contacting a subject with one or more of the above compounds. |
| US11793813B2 |
Pemetrexed formulations
The present invention is directed to pemetrexed formulations comprising a non-aqueous solvent that remains stable after dilution for at least about 48 hours when stored at 2° C. to 8° C. The present invention is also directed to pemetrexed formulations comprising a non-aqueous solvent that remains stable for at least about 24 months when stored at 2° C. to 8° C. |
| US11793812B2 |
Methods of treating endometriosis
Methods for treating uterine fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, or heavy menstrual bleeding in a subject, which include administering to the subject from 10 mg to 60 mg per day of N-(4-(1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-5-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-(6-methoxy-3-pyridazinyl)-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)phenyl)-N′-methoxyurea, and from 0.01 mg to 5 mg per day of a hormone replacement medicament. The present disclosure has methods for reducing menstrual bleeding in a subject, reducing bone mineral density loss in a subject caused by administering a GnRH antagonist to the subject, suppressing sex hormones in a subject, reducing vasomotor symptoms or hot flashes in a subject, and reducing symptoms of decreased libido in a subject having uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or adenomyosis. Further provided are methods of maintaining blood glucose profile, maintaining lipid profile, and/or maintaining bone mineral density in a pre-menopausal woman being treated for one or more conditions or symptoms of endometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, or heavy menstrual bleeding; and methods of contraception and treating infertility. |
| US11793805B2 |
Methods for treating antipsychotic-induced weight gain
The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel opioid modulator effective in reducing pharmacologically induced weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic use. The present invention provides methods of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain, methods for suppressing food intake and reducing ghrelin levels induced by atypical antipsychotic medications in a patient. |
| US11793799B2 |
Sustained-release anesthetic compositions and methods of preparation thereof
Provided is an anesthetic composition for locally administrating an amide-type anesthetic into a subject in need thereof. The anesthetic composition has multilamellar vesicles with entrapped amide-type anesthetic prepared by hydrating a highly entrapped lipid structure comprising an amide-type anesthetic and a lipid mixture with an aqueous buffer solution at a pH higher than 5.5. Also provided is a method to prepare an anesthetic composition using a simpler and more feasible process for large-scale manufacture and for providing a high molar ratio of amide-type anesthetic to phospholipid content as compared to the prior art. This anesthetic composition has a prolonged duration of efficacy adapted to drug delivery. |
| US11793798B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising a pyridylaminoacetic acid compound
Provided is a pharmaceutical preparation for treatment or prevention of glaucoma or ocular hypertension, comprising 0.0003 to 0.01% (w/v) of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate, or a salt thereof. |
| US11793797B2 |
Uses of a lysyl oxidase-like 2 inhibitor
Described herein is the use of a LOXL2 inhibitor in the treatment or prevention of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity. |
| US11793796B2 |
Inhibition of crystal growth of roflumilast
Roflumilast crystals have been shown to increase in size during storage. The size of the roflumilast crystals can affect the bioavailability and efficacy of a pharmaceutical composition. The growth of roflumilast crystals can be inhibited during storage by including hexylene glycol in the composition. The resulting composition has improved bioavailability and efficacy and can be used to inhibit phosphodiesterase 4 in a patient in need of such treatment. |
| US11793792B2 |
Composition for prevention and treatment of hair growth disorders
The present invention relates to the use of iminooxothiazolidine derivatives for preventing or treating hair growth disorders. The iminooxothiazolidine derivatives may be formulated as compositions suitable for either the systemic administration or the local application to the scalp. |
| US11793786B2 |
Administration of benzodiazepine compositions
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more benzodiazepine drugs for nasal administration, methods for producing and for using such compositions. |
| US11793785B2 |
Thin film oxidation of crystallized cannabis products
Crystallized cannabis extract having a purple color is made by first providing cannabis having a detectable amounts of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) as well as secondary components including terpenes. Pentane or other solvent is added to the cannabis material to dissolve the secondary components. The cannabis material is enclosed in a filter basket, or a rosin press filter bag, having an average pore diameter of 25 microns. The centrifuge spins the filter bag or filter basket to separate the THCA from the cannabis material and thereby yielding a primary product that is a concentrated cannabis material having at least 95% THCA and a secondary product (high terpene extract) having combined THCA and secondary components including terpenes. The concentrated cannabis material is distilled in a wiped film evaporator or a short path evaporator to oxidize the concentrated cannabis material and yield a super concentrated cannabis material having at least 98% THC. |
| US11793784B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating an infection
The present application relates to compounded compositions, methods of making compounded compositions, and methods of using compounded compositions. For example, disclosed herein are compounded compositions and methods of making compounded compositions comprising one or more anti-infective agents such as mupirocin. |
| US11793781B2 |
Autoimmune disorder treatment using RXR agonists
The present specification provides RXR agonist compounds, compositions comprising such RXR agonists, and methods using such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection as well as use of such RXR agonists to manufacture a medicament and use of such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection. |
| US11793778B2 |
Compositions and methods for keto stacking with beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate
Compositions for delivering ketone bodies to a subject include one or more beta-hydroxybutyrate salts, one or more acetoacetate salts, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, and optionally acetoacetic acid. The compositions may optionally include one or more ketone body esters, such as one or more beta-hydroxybutyrate esters and/or one or more acetoacetate esters. An example composition contains about 2% to about 98% on a molar basis of the one or more beta-hydroxybutyrate salts and the one or more acetoacetate salts, about 2% to about 98% on a molar basis of the beta-hydroxybutyrate free acid and optionally the acetoacetate free acid, and optionally about 2% to about 98% on a molar basis of one or more ketone body esters. |
| US11793777B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating conditions associated with an abnormal inflammatory response
This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound exhibiting activity as a mitochondrial uncoupling agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof; e.g., a compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof; e.g., a compound, such as a niclosamide analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof) that are useful, e.g., for treating one or more symptoms of a pathology characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response (e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases) in a subject (e.g., a human). This disclosure also features compositions as well as other methods of using and making the same. |
| US11793772B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising THA as active ingredient for treating breast cancer
Provided is a composition comprising 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone (THA) as an active ingredient, and a method for preventing, alleviating or treating breast cancer using the composition by inhibiting the activity of polo-like kinase 1 (PlK1). |
| US11793766B2 |
Non-aqueous patch for the relief of pain
[Problem] If lidocaine is composed of non-aqueous patch, the adhesive power of the preparation tends to get lower, as the composition amount of lidocaine is higher. It is popular to solve lidocaine in dissolving agent in order to compose lidocaine in patch and release effective amount into skin. However, if the amount of dissolving agent gets higher, the adhesive power gets extremely lower, so that an long-time attachment is difficult.[Solution]A non-aqueous patch comprising lidocaine and/or its reactant, and a dissolving agent which are contained in a base of plaster, the plaster being hold by a support, of which strength of 50% stretched to longitudinal direction is less than 2000 g/50 mm and of biaxially-oriented stretch cloth. |
| US11793765B2 |
Vaginal films
Provided herein are stable, dissolvable films containing active ingredients, such as antimicrobial composition, antiviral compositions, or anti-retroviral compositions for intravaginal or intrarectal placement to provide prophylaxis against viral infections. |
| US11793763B2 |
Water-soluble lutein ester microcapsules and a method of preparing the same
A method of preparing water-soluble lutein ester microcapsules includes: mixing marigold flower particles with an extracting solvent, refluxing at 65-85° C.; removing the extracting solvent to obtain a crude extract; washing the crude extract with a washing solvent; removing the washing solvent to obtain a crude lutein ester; adding an oil-phase antioxidant and a vegetable oil to the crude lutein ester, mixing and heating at 90-100° C. to obtain a lutein ester oil phase; adding a wall material, an emulsifier, a water-phase antioxidant, and a water-phase filler into water, and heating to obtain a water phase; adding the lutein ester oil phase to the water phase under a high-speed shearing, mixing evenly, and homogenizing to obtain a lutein ester emulsion; drying twice to obtain semi-finished lutein ester microcapsules; and solidifying to obtain the lutein ester microcapsules. Water-soluble lutein ester microcapsules prepared by the method are also disclosed. |
| US11793759B2 |
Lyophilized formulations of tegavivint
Lyophilized formulations of tegavivint, methods of making such formulations, and methods of treatment of cancer by administering the formulations. |
| US11793758B2 |
Formulations of biological polymers for oral administration
The disclosure relates, among others, to methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions that can be provided to the subject in oral form, comprising as an active ingredient: a protein with a mass of 10 kilodalton or more, a nucleic acid molecule of 15 nucleotides or more, or a combination thereof. The one or more active ingredients are distributed in particles in a way that facilitates the uptake of the particles by the intestine and the release of the active ingredient(s) into the blood stream. Methods for preparing such pharmaceutical compositions comprise preparing an aqueous composition comprising one or more active ingredients; a mono- or disaccharide; one or more further compounds and chitosan; and spraying the prepared aqueous composition into an anti-solvent and/or supercritical fluid in which the water fraction of the composition is soluble or miscible and in which the solutes of the composition are not soluble, thereby precipitating the solutes and producing particles with an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) to 20 micrometers (um); collecting the particles; and preparing the pharmaceutical composition comprising the particles. Also provided are collections of particles with an average diameter of 50 nm to 20 um comprising a homogeneous distribution of indicated ingredients. Also provided is a pharmaceutical formulation in oral dosage form comprising such a collection of particles for use in the treatment of a disease. |
| US11793755B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for intraarticular delivery
The present invention provides methods of treating arthritis. A sustained release composition comprising liposomes and one or more therapeutic agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a subject in need thereof. The liposomes may be in an aqueous suspension. The sustained release composition can be administered intraarticularly. |
| US11793752B2 |
Aqueous gel composition and its use
An aqueous gel composition comprising a) water, at least one polysaccharide and at least one high molecular weight polyethylene oxide, wherein the water content is at least 90% by weight of the composition, and b) a local anaesthetic agent or an analgesic agent, for use as a local anaesthetic or analgesic. The aqueous gel shows transparency, lubricity, stringiness, elongation, extensiveness, and cohesiveness while being devoid of taste and smell and non-tacky or non-sticky. |
| US11793751B2 |
Encapsulation of gastric residence systems
Compactable gastric residence systems comprising therapeutic agent formulations for sustained gastric release of therapeutic agents are disclosed, as well as methods and systems for encapsulating such gastric residence systems. Hie methods and systems for encapsulating the gastric residence systems can be automated from receiving a bulk of gastric residence systems, orienting, placing, compacting, securing, and encapsulating the gastric residence systems. |
| US11793748B1 |
Pharmaceutical compositions of aspirin for parenteral administration
The invention relates to methods for the parenteral administration of aspirin, pharmaceutical compositions of aspirin prepared using the methods, and kits that may be used in the method. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: mixing a first vial comprising aspirin and optionally at least one excipient with a second vial comprising an aqueous solution comprising meglumine, sodium citrate, or mixtures thereof, optionally at least one surfactant, tonicity adjusting agent, or mixtures thereof, optionally at least one monosaccharide, disaccharide, sugar alcohol, or mixtures thereof, and optionally at least one non-aqueous co-solvent; to obtain an aqueous aspirin composition; and parenterally administering the aqueous aspirin composition to the subject in need thereof. |
| US11793746B2 |
Intense skin hydration systems and methods
Topical formulations comprising a dipeptide having a sequence of Lys-Pro, optionally complexed with an amino add, and at least one bioflavonoid or bioflavonoid extract in a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier provide intense skin hydration and improve skin texture and appearance. |
| US11793743B2 |
Compositions comprising acetone, a monoalcohol, glycerin, and cellulose thickener
Compositions are provided for removing nail polish that include a co-mixture that consists of C2-C3 monoalcohol, glycerin, and acetone. The glycerin and the C2-C3 monoalcohol are present in a glycerin to C2-C3 monoalcohol weight ratio of less than about 0.6. The composition further includes a cellulose polymer soluble in said C2-C3 monoalcohol. The concentration by weight of water in the composition is less than the concentration by weight of glycerin. |
| US11793741B2 |
Topical composition
The present invention relates to a topical composition comprising from 0.001 to 10% by weight a compound of formula (I), i.e. N-cyclopropyl nicotinamide, that provides improved antimicrobial effect through generation of antimicrobial peptides when applied to an external surface of the human body. A combination of compound of formula I and at least one ingredient selected from niacinamide, picolinamide and iso-nicotinamide triggers generation of AMPs in a synergistic way. |
| US11793739B2 |
Hair shaping material
The present invention relates to novel hair treatment materials, and in particular materials for shaping hair and/or strengthening the hair. Also described are the use of these compounds in hair care formulations for shaping, straightening, strengthening or treating the hair, and the use of the compounds for hair straightening and/or hair strengthening. |
| US11793738B2 |
Lipo-amino acid alkyl esters as SPF boosters
The use of lipo-amino acid alkyl esters as SPF (Sun Protection Factor) boosters in cosmetic compositions containing a sun filter is described. The alkyl esters, when added to cosmetic compositions containing a sun filter, increase their SPF value by 50% or higher. As a result, the amount of sun filter in the cosmetics can be significantly reduced while maintaining a high SPF. The SPF booster effect was observed in different types of cosmetic compositions and with different sun filters. The alkyl esters have a strong natural connotation and can be obtained by eco-friendly synthesis methods. Photoprotective cosmetic compositions are thereby obtained which are safe to use and have better acceptance by the consumer. |
| US11793734B2 |
Aqueous oral care iodide-containing compositions, methods, and kits
An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; iodide anions; fluoride anions; and water. |
| US11793726B2 |
Automatic pill dispenser and methods for automatic pill dispensing
A portable, versatile pill dispensing system can be used in a variety of settings and for a variety of pill dispensing regimens. Such systems and methods can be configured for intuitive filling or refilling, early or flexible dispensing, remote monitoring software to verify user compliance with a predetermined medication regimen, and features designed to improve compliance while traveling. |
| US11793725B1 |
Smart dispensing system
Embodiments relate to a system comprising a drug dispenser; a user interface to receive a user information; a bio-feedback monitoring device to monitor at least one vital of a user as an input to the bio-feedback monitoring device; a communication module; a processor; a database; a memory; wherein the processor is communicatively coupled with the memory; and wherein the processor is configured to: receive a prescription; dispense a drug through the drug dispenser on authenticating the user information with at least one vital of the user and the prescription; update an inventory of the drug through the communication module; log record of dispensing of the drug; maintain a ledger of the record of dispensing of the drug, use blockchain technology. The output of the bio-feedback monitoring device controls a quantity of drug dispensed from the drug dispenser. |
| US11793724B2 |
Gelatin supply device for softgel encapsulation machine
Provided is a gelatin supply device for a softgel encapsulation machine, the device having multiple spreader boxes provided on a guide having adjustment holes arranged in an arc shape to form multiple gelatin sheets, the device being further provided with a printing unit between the provided spreader boxes to print an information mark on an upper surface of a gelatin sheet while forming the gelatin sheet, the device forming a shell of a capsule by covering the information mark with another gelatin sheet. |
| US11793722B2 |
Valve unit for a system for producing a medical preparation
The invention relates to a valve unit for a system for producing a parenteral nutrition, in which a three-way valve is used for respectively two connections to a source container. The valve unit is a component which is mounted on the system and can be removed again following use. The valve unit is in particular provided as a replaceable disposable component. |
| US11793721B2 |
Medicinal fluid delivery device
In some embodiments, a reconstitution or medicinal fluid delivery device includes a transfer engine including two fluidly connected spikes, each configured to pierce a container. A check valve may be disposed between the two spikes to allow unidirectional flow from one container to the other. Physical access to a fluid outlet may be obstructed by a housing until the reconstitution or medicinal fluid delivery device is actuated, whereupon physical access to the fluid outlet is permitted. The reconstitution or medicinal fluid delivery device may be placed on a flat surface and actuated with force applied in a single direction toward the flat surface. |
| US11793720B2 |
Medical bag hanger and blood collection device package
Provided is a medical bag hanger that hangs a plurality of bags of a blood sampling line set. The medical bag hanger includes a hanger main body that is hangable on a blood component separation device. The hanger main body includes a hook unit on which the plurality of bags is hooked, and a base plate on the surface of which the plurality of bags of the blood sampling line set are arranged side by side. |
| US11793716B2 |
Muscle optimization device and method
A device and method are provided for therapy and treatment of biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, and ligament tissue, by use of a device and method in which therapeutic vibrational frequency resonance patterns are transmitted to tissues of a patient. The resonance frequencies originate from many resonance domains, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and fatty acids. Each domain includes therapeutic frequency resonance patterns. These resonance patterns may be passively excited and transmitted to a patient to enhance tissue function, to decrease the normal rehabilitation time of damaged tissue, and provide therapeutic benefits for muscle tissue dysfunction. Therapeutic frequency resonance patterns may also be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the therapeutic frequency resonance patterns to the patients for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits. |
| US11793714B2 |
Support devices for head up cardiopulmonary resuscitation
An elevation device used in the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes a base and an upper support pivotably coupled to the base. The upper support is configured to elevate the individual's upper back, shoulders and head when pivoted. The upper support is expandable lengthwise. The upper support includes a neck support that is configured to support the individual's spine in a region of the individual's C7 and C8 vertebrae throughout elevation of the upper back, shoulders and head. |
| US11793712B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for controlling devices using an alarm
A system is disclosed. The system has an alarm control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, and an accessory including an accessory processor and an accessory memory. The alarm control module and the accessory are configured to control the accessory processor to execute on a first plurality of programming instructions stored by the accessory memory, the first plurality of programming instructions controlling the accessory and including one or more alarm clocks, and when the one or more alarm clocks that are preset in the accessory are activated, drive the accessory. Driving the accessory includes performing one or more predefined sexual stimulation acts to stimulate a human user of the accessory. |
| US11793710B2 |
Heel protector and corresponding rehabilitation systems and methods for using the same
A heel protector (100) includes a leg engaging section (101) and a foot engaging section (102) intersecting at a heel receiver (103). The leg engaging section (101) and the foot engaging section (102) define a leg insertion aperture (104). The leg engaging section (101) defines at least one aperture (203) disposed in an ankle region (205) to permit a connection tube (1002) extending from an inflatable bladder (901) of a compression device (800) to pass therethrough. The heel protector (100) and compression device (800) work together as a rehabilitation system (1300). |
| US11793707B2 |
Vision improving device
A vision training device includes a housing having at least one eyepiece unit corresponding to an eye of a user, a display that displays a target image in front of a fixation axis of the user, a lens arranged between the eyepiece unit and the display unit, a movable unit capable of moving at least one of the display and the lens along the fixation axis, and a control unit that sets at least one training range within a movable range of the display and the lens and controls the movable unit such that at least one of the display and the lens is moved within the training range. |
| US11793704B2 |
Assisting device control system and driving permission range deciding method
The disclosure provides an assisting device control system capable of appropriately fixing a brace to the body of a wearer. A control system S includes: a waist sensor 10f, a right leg sensor 14f, and a left leg sensor 14g detecting a tension factor when a brace is worn; a tension recognition part 25 recognizing a tension from the tension factor; and a driving control part 26 controlling the driving of an assisting device 1. The driving control part 26 permits the driving of the assisting device 1 if the recognized tension is within a permission range, which has a predetermined lower limit value and a predetermined upper limit value. |
| US11793703B2 |
Lift-assistance exoskeleton
An exoskeleton system and associated components are described herein. The exoskeleton system assists a user in lifting and/or bending to perform various operations. Components of the exoskeleton system can include a force device, a release mechanism, and a leg differential system. The force device includes a gas spring and a compression spring to store and release energy to assist a user of the exoskeleton system, the force device having a smooth force profile with no initial loading. The release mechanism disengages and re-engages the force device when actuated by a user. The leg differential system enables walking while wearing the exoskeleton system and equally loads different force devices of the exoskeleton system when a user's legs are displaced relative to one another. |
| US11793700B2 |
Airbag cushion assembly, intelligent pressure sore prevention cushion, and monitoring system
An airbag cushion assembly includes an airbag cushion and an inflation-deflation apparatus that communicates with the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a plurality of sub-airbags, and an airbag gap is formed between adjacent sub-airbags. The inflation-deflation apparatus is provided with an exhaust port, the exhaust port is provided in the airbag gap, and the inflation-deflation apparatus is configured to inflate and deflate the airbag cushion. For the airbag cushion assembly, the exhaust port is provided in the airbag gap, air exhausted by the airbag cushion takes away damp air accumulated between a patient and the airbag cushion, to reduce humidity of the contact area between the patient and the airbag cushion, thereby achieving a pressure sore prevention effect. |
| US11793697B2 |
Wheelchair mounting systems and methods of using the same
A system includes an adapter and a lock. The adapter includes a flexible collar and an attachment structure. The flexible collar is configured to at least partially surround a portion of the wheelchair such that the flexible collar engages the portion of the wheelchair and aids in preventing rotation of the adapter relative to the portion of the wheelchair. The attachment structure has a first arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar and a second arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar. The lock includes a body and a mounting platform attached thereto. The body of the lock is configured to engage the attachment structure to aid in maintaining the flexible collar in a closed position. The mounting platform has one or more coupling mechanisms attached thereto for use in removably mounting one or more accessories to the system. |
| US11793696B2 |
Robot
Provided is a robot including a main body provided with a traveling wheel, a seat disposed above the main body, a foot supporter protruding forward from the main body, a lower plate disposed below the foot supporter, and a moving mechanism disposed between the lower plate and the foot supporter, the moving mechanism allowing the foot supporter to move forward and backward between a first position and a second position that is disposed in front of the first position. |
| US11793690B2 |
Accessible scooters and methods of use
Accessible scooters and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example scooter can include a scooter base that is adapted to interface with a frame of a wheelchair, a locking mechanism associated with the scooter base, the locking mechanism releasably securing the frame of a wheelchair to the scooter base, and a steering column associated with handlebars of the scooter. |
| US11793688B2 |
Vehicle ramp assembly
A foldable ramp assembly for providing wheelchair and patient trolley access from ground level to the interior of a vehicle cabin whose floor includes a pan which is configured to receive and retain the ramp assembly when not deployed. The ramp assembly comprises an elongate section which, when the assembly is deployed, engages at one end with the ground and at its other end through a hinge mechanism with the vehicle pan. The elongate section of the ramp assembly includes along each side edge an upstanding rigid flange member of a height sufficient to prevent a wheel or wheels of a wheelchair or trolley travelling along the ramp assembly inadvertently passing over one or other side edge of the ramp assembly. The pan includes side channels which are inclined downwardly towards openings formed in an external surface of the vehicle cabin and which are dimensioned to receive said flange members when the ramp assembly is located within the inclined pan. |
| US11793687B1 |
Removable rubber bracelet for cast cutting
The removable rubber bracelet for cast cutting is an attachment for a cast cutting saw that greatly reduces the occurrence of both abrasive and thermal injuries to patients during the cast removable process. The rubber bracelet has two parallel, arcuate, generally semicircular bands or arms extending from opposite ends of a crossbar. The bracelet has an inner core of a flexible, malleable, and at least semi-resilient material, such as copper or spring steel, for maintaining the shape of the bracelet, coated by a layer of rubber for protecting the patient's skin. The bracelet has a smaller, saw attachment band adapted for gripping a barrel of the cutting saw, and a larger guard band or arm adapted for being spaced apart from the rear edge of the saw's cutting blade in cantilever fashion to protect the patient from accidental cuts opposite the portion of the blade edge cutting the cast. |
| US11793686B2 |
Absorbent article with belt having profiled elasticity
The disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a front belt and a rear belt, each comprising a central zone and first and second peripheral zones, the zones extending substantially in transverse direction of the absorbent article. The at least first belt provides improved fit in the low motion zone of a wearer while being able to adapt easily to the motion of the wearer outside the low motion zone. |
| US11793684B2 |
Folded individual article in a circular package
A packaged elongate sanitary protection product includes a folded sanitary protection product enveloped in a substantially circular package and having first and second arcuate end portions comprising first and second ends, respectively, separated by a central portion. The topsheet and backsheet are joined in a flange surrounding the absorbent structure, and the absorbent structure comprises at least three intersecting, substantially circular sections aligned along a longitudinal axis. A first circular section is associated with the first arcuate end portion, and a second section is associated with the second arcuate end portion, and a central portion is associated with at least one intervening substantially circular portion. The intersections define folding axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and enlarged flange sections of the topsheet and backsheet. The product is folded at the fold lines and the enlarged flange sections are folded inwardly to give the product a generally circular form. |
| US11793677B2 |
Patient interface system, method for coupling a patient interface to a patient interface holder, patient interface, and patient interface holder
A patient interface system for positioning a patient's eye relative to a laser device for laser surgery is disclosed that includes a patient interface for coupling to the patient's eye, and a patient interface holder for arranging the patient interface on the laser device. The patient interface holder has a suction duct for connecting to a suction device, and the patient interface has a fluid-conducting device that couples to the patient interface holder, and when in the coupled state, together form a fluid path which fluidically couples the suction duct to the patient interface in order to hold a first positioning device of the patient interface against the patient's eye by a relative negative pressure generated by the suction device. A method is disclosed for coupling a patient interface to a patient interface holder, and a patient interface. A patient interface holder is also disclosed. |
| US11793675B2 |
Methods and systems for changing a refractive property of an implantable intraocular lens
A method of altering a refractive property of a crosslinked acrylic polymer material by irradiating the material with a high energy pulsed laser beam to change its refractive index. The method is used to alter the refractive property, and hence the optical power, of an implantable intraocular lens after implantation in the patient's eye. In some examples, the wavelength of the laser beam is in the far red and near IR range and the light is absorbed by the crosslinked acrylic polymer via two-photon absorption at high laser pulse energy. The method also includes designing laser beam scan patterns that compensate for effects of multiphone absorption such as a shift in the depth of the laser pulse absorption location, and compensate for effects caused by high laser pulse energy such as thermal lensing. The method can be used to form a Fresnel lens in the optical zone. |
| US11793674B2 |
Contact lenses with bifocal characteristics
A contact lens (318,400,500,600) may include a contact lens body (402), an exterior contact surface (322,404), and an annular bifocal surface (326,408). The contact lens (318,400,500,600) may be configured for use in a contact lens assembly (300) for laser-based ophthalmological surgical treatments. The exterior contact surface (322,404) may be on a first end of the contact lens body (402). The exterior contact surface (322,404) may be configured for direct physical contact with a cornea (102) of an eye (100) of a patient. The annular bifocal surface (326,408) may be on a second end of the contact lens body (402). The second end may be opposite the exterior contact surface (322,404). The annular bifocal surface (326,408) may include a central portion (347,412,502,602). The central portion (347,412,502,602) may include a first focal distance. The annular bifocal surface (326,408) may include an outer portion (349,414,504,604) that surrounds at least a portion of the central portion (347,412,502,602). The annular bifocal surface (326,408) may include a second focal distance. |
| US11793669B2 |
Combination therapy intravaginal rings
The present invention provides improved intravaginal drug delivery devices, i.e., intravaginal rings, useful for the prophylactic administration of dapivirine in combination with either an antimicrobial compound or a contraceptive to a human. The present invention also provides methods of blocking DNA polymerization by an HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, methods of preventing HIV infection in a female human, methods of treating HIV infection in a female human, methods of preventing unintended pregnancy in a female human, and methods of preparing intravaginal rings. |
| US11793667B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for applying distributed forces for mandibular advancement
Improved systems, methods, and devices for treating sleep apnea are provided herein. In one aspect, an intraoral appliance for treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises an appliance shell comprising a plurality of cavities shaped to receive teeth of a jaw of the patient. The appliance shell can comprise an advancement structure arranged to interact with an opposing jaw of the patient so as to displace the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw. The plurality of cavities can comprise cavity geometries shaped to reduce repositioning of one or more received teeth elicited by displacement of the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw. |
| US11793663B2 |
Dressing for concealing a structure on a human body
The present invention relates to surgical, medical or other anatomical dressings that may be applied to the human body. In particular, the invention relates to a dressing for concealing a structure (in particular, a stoma) on a human body, the dressing comprising a patch arranged to be placed on the body; wherein the patch has an indentation for receiving the structure so as to conceal the structure when the patch is placed on the body. |
| US11793660B2 |
Emergency limb fixation or restraining device
A method of splinting limbs of a patient by a single person and an elongated splint device, for use in the method. The splint device has a first track member and second and third elongated riding members movably held and positioned on the first track member. The riding members are freely movable on the first track member along a single longitudinal axis to obtain a proper length for splinting and a releasable locking mechanism is included to maintain the selected length. Two or more adjustable belt elements are removably connected to the riding member and serve to affix the splint device to a patient in a proper splinting position. |
| US11793659B2 |
Orthosis manufacturing system, system for generating correction data for manufacturing orthosis, and orthosis manufacturing method
This orthosis manufacturing system is designed to manufacture an orthosis to be fitted on a human body and provided with: an orthosis modeling data generation unit (2) for generating orthosis modeling data (D4) for the orthosis on the basis of three-dimensional data (D1) of the human body generated by measuring the shape of a portion of the human body to which the orthosis is to be fitted, a model shape data (D2) for the orthosis, and manufacture history data (D3) relating to other orthoses manufactured in the past; and an orthosis formation unit (3) for three-dimensionally forming the orthosis on the basis of the modeling data (D4). |
| US11793657B2 |
Prosthetic socket system
A prosthetic socket system includes a prosthetic lock assembly having a lock body defining a pin hole adapted to receive an attachment pin, and a locking device in the lock body. The locking device is engageable with the attachment pin to unidirectionally lock the attachment pin in the lock body while permitting insertion of the attachment pin in the lock body. A valve assembly is positioned in the lock body that is movable between a closed position and an open position in which the valve assembly is unsealed so that air moves into the lock body via the valve assembly. A release mechanism positioned in the lock body is arranged to both release the locking device from the attachment pin and move the valve assembly to the open position by translating the locking device in the lock body. |
| US11793655B2 |
Steerable spine implants
A spine implant (e.g., for a TLIF surgical procedure) is configured to be steered into place during implantation in conjunction with a complementary insertion instrument. The cage of the implant is constrained to a limited range of rotation about a post carried by the cage. The insertion instrument is configured to hold the post while controllably rotating the cage relative to the post in order to angularly position the implant during implantation. Range of rotational motion is controlled by the configuration of a groove in the post. A retaining pin of the implant extends from the cage into the groove of the post to rotationally connect the cage to the post. |
| US11793648B2 |
Prosthetic joint and manufacturing method for same
Provided is an artificial joint that can improve fatigue strength while achieving the ability to fix to a bone. An artificial joint 1 includes a stem portion 2. The stem portion 2 has a distal end for insertion into a bone and a proximal end opposite the distal end and includes a roughened surface portion 4 which is provided in a proximal end-side portion, which has a rougher surface than a distal end-side portion, and which is larger in cross-sectional area than the distal end-side portion. The roughened surface portion 4 includes a distal end-side edge section 7 and a proximal end-side section 7, the distal end-side edge section 7 including a distal end-side edge portion of the roughened surface portion 4, the proximal end-side section 7 being configured as a section closer to the proximal end than the distal end-side edge section 7 is to the proximal end. The distal end-side edge section 7 has a surface roughness Ra1 lower than a surface roughness Ra2, Ra3 of the proximal end-side section. |
| US11793646B2 |
Rigid segmented flexible anchors
A prosthetic implant replaces hyaline cartilage in a synovial joint with a flexible polymer sliding surface, preferably of hydrogel, on a segmented support with an array of adjacent segments to which the hydrogel is molded. Adjacent segments are laterally and angularly displaceable permitting the implant to conform to rounded or irregular surfaces or to be rolled or folded for arthroscopic placement. Tension cables threaded through segments along a circuit can cinch segments together for stiffening the supporting layer and/or the cable can pull the implant against a bone surface. Adjacent segments can have inter-engaged structures. In some embodiments the segments are carried on a flexible foil or fibrous sheet. |
| US11793645B2 |
Porous implant structures
Porous biocompatible structures suitable for use as medical implants and methods for fabricating such structures are disclosed. The disclosed structures may be fabricated using rapid manufacturing techniques. The disclosed porous structures each have a plurality of struts and nodes where no more than two struts intersect one another to form a node. Further, the nodes can be straight, curved, and can include portions that are curved and/or straight. The struts and nodes can form cells that can be fused or sintered to at least one other cell to form a continuous reticulated structure for improved strength while providing the porosity needed for tissue and cell in-growth. |